bookrandom Chapter 297: Clearing the Mist
Chapter 297: Clearing the Mist
"That's easy!" Lucas pointed at Lilith's ring and winked at her slyly, "Have you forgotten the things you showed us before you left?"
Lilith was startled, and immediately exchanged signals with the shifty Lucas - "Got it!"
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The bright moon climbed up to the treetops. A thin white mist rose up among the woods, making the twisted shadows of the trees look even more eerie and terrifying. From time to time, the chirping of unknown birds could be heard in the distance. In this weird atmosphere, Lilith, Ian and Lucas slowly disappeared in front of everyone.
"Wow, this thing is pretty powerful!" Lulu's cute face was full of amazement. She tried to reach out and explore, but Lilith dodged her with a malicious look.
"Of course! I bought this from Mr. Antonio's shop at a high price!" Lilith looked up proudly, then realized that no one could see it. She immediately became playful and took advantage of no one to poke it left and right.
But when she turned around, she found that the gargoyle was staring at her position. When Lilith moved to the left, it turned its head to the left, and when Lilith moved to the right, it also turned right.
Lilith: "...Don't say you can see it."
The gargoyle heard the master's order and turned its head silently.
Lilith: ...You kid, are you really some kind of higher-dimensional creature? !
"Don't waste time!" Lucas urged in a low voice, "We are still some distance away from their camp!"
They chose to set up camp in a small open space nearly two miles upstream from the Spring of Purity. Although this place was not as clean and spacious as the place where the Knights of Light were located, fortunately there was a trickle of water. Although they could not take a bath as Bobby had imagined, it was enough to get clean water.
The duration of the invisibility fog is limited, and they have to rush to the Clean Spring camp before its effect dissipates to see if they can get some information.
Because after some discussion, everyone agreed that the Knights of Light went to such great lengths to come to the Demonic Swamp Forest, which was infested with mosquitoes and monsters, during the Festival of Light. They must have found something good that they wouldn't let go!
Judging from their attitude, Lilith felt that in previous years, many alumni had always been taken advantage of by the Knights of Light and the God's Favored Ones. Now that they had gotten the chance, she would feel guilty if she didn't take advantage of them!
Finally, after asking others to help them confirm that there was no exposure, the three of them no longer hesitated and headed silently towards the direction of the Spring of Purity.
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Deep in the quiet swamp, the forest was like a huge black curtain, covering everything. The knight sitting quietly beside the campfire in the camp looked up at the moon uneasily from time to time, with a look of anxiety in his eyes.
"Crack-"
A tiny noise broke the silence. Perhaps it was just a small animal returning home at night running through the grass, or a stronger night breeze shaking the branches. But it was like dropping a huge rock on a calm lake, instantly startling the night watch team in the camp, and causing those sitting around the campfire to stand up at the same time.
Someone subconsciously clenched the weapon in his hand, and the collision of metal made a series of clinking sounds, which seemed particularly abrupt in this atmosphere. The knight standing in the front had his eyes wide open, trying to find the source of the sound in the darkness, his heart beating so fast that it almost jumped out of his chest.
"what happened?!"
The chaos attracted the captain who had confronted Lilith today. He came out of the tent, waving his arms to drive away the poisonous mosquitoes in the swamp, and walked quickly towards the campfire, finally breaking the suffocating silence.
After everyone's attention was drawn away, Lilith hit Lucas with an elbow. The other party grimaced in pain and dared not make a sound - how did he know there was a dead branch there! It was an accident!
"Captain...I..."
The knight who was hit by Lilith today was also in the night watch team. Seeing that they had made another mistake, he was even more at a loss for words.
The old and steady captain looked into the darkness for a long time but didn't see anything wrong. When he turned around, his face looked very ugly.
"Are you babies who can't stand any sound? The rats on the roadside are braver than you!" The captain shouted angrily at the night watchman behind him, embarrassing everyone present.
"Captain, aren't we leaving yet?" One of the knights gritted his teeth and asked even though he was scolded, "The full moon will be here in a few days, and the gods haven't arrived yet. We should leave..."
These words made the old captain look up at the sky. Lilith followed their gaze and looked up at the sky. The moon was bright, with only a thin arc of space missing. It was almost full...
——But, so what? Lilith was full of doubts.
"I, I still feel very uncomfortable." The knight who was hit by Lilith during the day had a strange look on his face and kept digging at his chest. "Captain, I feel a little itchy here. Could it be that mushrooms really have grown inside? I think we need to reunite with the main force as soon as possible—"
"Do you think I don't want to?!" The old captain couldn't stand the whining of these rookies anymore, his eyes were filled with anxiety. "The ravens we released must have been intercepted. Those creatures are used to communicating with animals. Now we can only hope that the team that goes back to pick them up will be there."
"...wait two more days." Seeing the panic on the faces of these knights, the captain said in a deep voice, just to comfort them - "Wait two more days. If they still can't catch up, we will retreat immediately... We have been chasing them for so many days, are you willing to give up just like that?! Do you want to betray the trust of His Majesty the King and the Bishop?"
A look of confusion flashed across the young knight's face, but with the captain's assurance that they would evacuate before the full moon, he finally felt a little relieved. After saluting the captain, he sat back down next to the campfire.
Seeing that everyone was stabilized, the captain breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the tent.
Under the bright moonlight, only the night watch team was left, trembling with fear as they watched the fire in the dark.
Lilith held her breath and moved closer again. At this moment, she was only two meters away from the campfire. The people around the campfire were afraid of waking up their companions, so their conversations were very low. This was the only way she could hear clearly.
"...Don't scare yourself, brothers." A knight who was a little braver was whispering to comfort the people next to him, "They want to hit the target with one strike, and only a full moon can maximize their abilities. Before that, they won't show up at will."
"I'm still itchy--" The knight who was hit by the spore cloud scratched his chest with a pale face, which made Lilith roll her eyes. This is just a psychological effect, brother!
"Yes, that thing is very cautious, just like Charlie." Another knight at the side also spoke up, pointing at the knight who kept scratching and teasing him, causing everyone to laugh in low voices.
The atmosphere relaxed and they no longer discussed the things that puzzled Lilith. The invisibility fog could not last much longer, so she retreated silently and returned to the shadows of the woods.
At the same time, in another corner of the camp, a slender shadow flashed by and disappeared into the forest in an instant.