Skill extraction starting from Dragon Clan

After hearing Zheng Shu's words, there was a commotion among the surrounding heroes.

Living in ancient Greece in the Age of Gods, these heroes can naturally be said to be well-informed. In their concept, basically there are only two possibilities for this kind of event that requires a lot of flesh and blood.

One is that there is an evil wizard who wants to complete some horrific magical ritual for a particularly outrageous purpose, so he will send out his servants or magical creations to massacre the village and surrounding beasts to collect enough "raw materials." ".

The other kind is that an evil priest collects a large amount of flesh and blood as a sacrifice to the god he believes in for a particularly horrifying purpose.

But all in all, no matter what type of incident this encounter is, what this group of heroes can be sure of is that the instigator behind the scenes is definitely not something they, the little shrimps, can afford to offend.

Generally speaking, if you encounter this kind of thing, the best way is to report it to the kingdom immediately and let them send divine blood heroes and troops to deal with it.

Therefore, in the face of possible huge threats, the heroes who originally wanted to avenge their boss suddenly became timid.

In fact, they didn't come here to avenge their boss in the first place. It was just an excuse. If it weren't for Zheng Shu and Vera, these heroes would have probably fled the village long ago after discovering that their companions were missing. .

The reason why they dare to risk their lives and come here to search for the truth is mainly to use the power of Zheng Shu and Vera to see if they can find out the truth.

But now, they discovered that Zheng Shu and Vera might not be able to protect them. The deterrent power of evil wizards and unknown gods is deeply rooted in the hearts of people in this world. In the legends of various countries, he is basically the top mastermind behind the evil dragon.

For this reason, these people have already decided to retreat after such a thing happened. Now they are leaving to go to the king to report and they may get rewards. If they continue to search with these two people, they may also risk their own lives. You can see at a glance how to maximize profits.

Therefore, after listening to Zheng Shu's words, this group of heroes immediately left the team on the grounds of searching for traces and clues in the valley.

"Are you just going to let them go like this? If there weren't these people, it would have taken a lot of time for just the two of us to search." Vera turned her head and glanced at Zheng Shu next to her.

Naturally, the actions of these heroes cannot be hidden from the two of them. After all, their eyesight is the strongest among all the people present. For those heroes, the distance and mist are enough to cover their figures. Under the eyes of Zheng Shu and Vera, You can see everything at a glance.

To them, the behavior of this group of people was like a group of ostriches burying their heads in the soil, deceiving themselves and others.

"No, I probably already know the extent of the enemy's ceremony." Zheng Shu went straight to the place where the thieves left all their luggage.

What these people call "luggage" is actually all kinds of collected flesh and blood, mainly the bodies of dead thieves in the valley. But among these corpses, there is something special.

It was a sack as tall as a person, and Zheng Shu could still feel the subtle breath from it.

Opening the sack, as expected by Zheng Shu, there was a rather delicate-looking female villager inside. Judging from the rise and fall of her chest, she was just unconscious and not fatally injured.

"Are there any villagers nearby who would casually come to this valley?" Zheng Shu asked.

Vera shook her head: "Of course it's impossible! The fact that this valley is the headquarters of the thieves group is almost common knowledge among the surrounding villages. Although we defeated the thieves group yesterday, but come with us The villagers haven’t had time to return to their villages, so the news of the thieves group’s crusade has not spread yet, and the surrounding villagers should not come here casually.”

"There was no sign of any villagers missing when we left the village we stayed in. In other words... they worked so hard to go to other villages to plunder this woman." Zheng Shu looked at the body of the thief next to him. With a smile on his face, "Why do these people have to work so hard to go further to plunder a 'live' villager when corpses that have been dead for more than a day can be used?"

Vera, who has more knowledge in this area, immediately understood what Zheng Shu meant: "That means that the basic structure required for the thing that is not known to be an altar or a magic circle has been completed. The reason why it is captured The living women are here to complete the final step of the plan!”

"Yes, in the last step of the 'ritual', a living life is used as the final sacrifice... I think this situation should be very common, right?" Zheng Shu looked at Vera.

"It's very common!" Vera's expression looked a little serious, "Whether it is in sacrifices or magic rituals, using fresh sacrifices is often the last step, because it means breaking some kind of boundaries to complete extraordinary actions. .”

Zheng Shu raised his eyebrows, and he suddenly had a bad premonition: "Then it seems that our speed will be faster... Can you please bring this villager back to the village? I will look around again and see Let’s see if we can find another group of thieves—since they are collecting materials everywhere, they shouldn’t just send out this group of people. I’ll see if I can follow them and find their lair.”

"Okay!" Vera immediately picked up the villagers on the ground and left the valley without much delay.

Zheng Shu watched Vera leave and hid his figure in the thick fog that returned to the valley.

Even if no one can be seen in the thick fog, Zheng Shu believes that relying on his five senses that are far beyond ordinary people, he can definitely detect the enemy before he finds himself.

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"Horse! What's going on?!"

Zheng Shu looked at the deformed thief in front of him, cursed angrily, raised his leg and kicked him away.

boom!

With a dull explosion, the thief, whose body had been deformed to the extreme, exploded in mid-air, showering with blood.

Vera on the side looked at Zheng Shu's actions and smiled helplessly. Most of the day had passed since they discovered these thieves. Vera had even sent the villager back to the village and back.

During this period, Zheng Shu had not found traces of other thieves, but without exception, no matter what method he used to hide his figure, the other party could immediately find him and attack him.

The bodies of these thieves have obviously been modified. Not only have their physical fitness been greatly improved, but once they are defeated, their bodies will quickly deform and explode into a ball of blood mist, giving Zheng Shu no chance to interrogate them.

Finally, through Vera's rich knowledge of magic, it was identified that the mist at the bottom of the valley should be mixed with a part of the magic breath, and as long as there are creatures moving inside, they will be discovered.

The method to deal with it is also very simple. Zheng Shu only needs to release the spirit of words again to disperse the fog.

But the problem is that even if the fog is dispersed for a short time, their whereabouts will still be exposed. After all, the eyesight of the modified thieves is not bad. Without the cover of thick fog, Zheng Shu and the others would not be able to survive in these bushes without even a single bush. The valley hides his figure.

However, although no one was caught alive, Zheng Shu at least confirmed that their headquarters should be in the valley, because all thieves emerged from the fog in the valley, and all thieves who collected flesh and blood would eventually return to the valley.

Knowing this, Zheng Shu asked Vera to help him watch the entrance and exit of the entire valley from the top of the mountain after he returned, while he turned over the entire valley like a bulldozer.

Although the valley is very large, it cannot withstand Zheng Shu's almost carpet-like search. Theoretically, they should be able to find the gathering place of thieves soon.

Unfortunately, it backfired. Zheng Shu almost searched the entire valley, but still found nothing that looked like a gathering of people. The thieves continued to appear from the thick fog, as if they were lives born from the thick fog.

"What should we do now?" Vera was also a little worried.

By now, their actions have obviously been noticed by the mastermind behind the scenes, and he can clearly feel that there has been a change in the opponent's action strategy. The problem is that they have already calculated that the other party's ritual has reached the final step.

They spent such a long time but failed to find the other party's lair. If the other party took advantage of this time to complete the ritual, then with the way the mastermind behind the scenes is now acting, the success of the other party's plan will inevitably cause a huge disaster.

"I have a plan." Zheng Shu suddenly put away his irritable expression, leaning on his mace and looking deeply at the thick fog in front of him.

Hearing this, Vera's eyes lit up.

To be honest, until now, Vera still cannot see through the person in front of her. The other person is as elusive as the fog in front of her. Both her origin and behavior pattern are like a mystery.

This is inevitable, after all, the time they have been together now is too short, and they can't tell anything at all. But Vera could still feel Zheng Shu's logic and wisdom from the various actions just now.

Therefore, now Zheng Shu suddenly said that he had a plan, which was very convincing to Vera.

"I would like to hear the details." Vera nodded and straightened her posture.

"I think you should have discovered that the enemy has now changed their action mode." Zheng Shu explained seriously.

"That's right!" Vera nodded.

It must have been discovered that the thieves could not defeat the two of them even after being strengthened. The mastermind behind the scenes obviously changed the way the thieves acted, from the original team of a dozen people to a team of two.

Although the combat effectiveness of each team has been reduced, their simultaneous search range has been greatly improved. Although Zheng Shu and Vera are fast, some fish will still slip through the net in this case.

This is also the reason why Vera feels impatient, because in this case, they don't know when some fish will slip through the net and bring back the final sacrifice needed for the entire ceremony.

Zheng Shu also expressed the worries in Vera's mind at this time: "The number of the two of us is still too small, and we cannot confirm when the other party will gather the final sacrifices. In this case, I think we can put this aspect into perspective." The initiative is in your own hands.”

"You mean..." Vera's mind was active, and she immediately understood what Zheng Shu meant, "bait?"

Seeing Zheng Shu nodding in agreement with his statement, Vera immediately firmly objected: "No! If we let ordinary villagers serve as bait and put themselves in danger just for this, then I firmly disagree! Our heroes should originally be to protect the people. War, if people are sacrificed for this, isn’t that putting the cart before the horse?!”

When he said this, Vera's body seemed to be glowing with moral light.

Faced with his objection, Zheng Shu not only did not get angry, but showed a satisfied smile:

"Yes, I have the same opinion as you. Moreover, the bodies of ordinary villagers are too weak to ensure that they stay awake and send back information in a timely manner during the sacrifice process. So the person who serves as the bait not only has a weak appearance, And he must also have strong skills.”

"But... as far as I know, there seems to be no suitable female hero in the nearby towns." Vera shook her head.

In the Age of Gods, women were not necessarily weaker than men, but because of the differences in abilities brought about by gender, most women existed as wizards or priests. Although the combat effectiveness on the battlefield is also very strong, for such a infiltration mission, it is better to have a physical hero.

But in this era, most physical heroes are male. It is too difficult to find a female physical hero in such a hurry.

"No, no, no!" Zheng Shu shook his finger, and the smile on his face made Vera suddenly feel a deep chill. "Your thinking is too rigid. Who told you that the bait must be Female?"

"But... Judging from the actions of the bandits, the final material needed for this ritual should be young women..." Vera was a little confused.

"You have to know that after the transformation of those bandits, their IQ has been greatly weakened. They will only rigidly complete the goals set in advance, which means... as long as the appearance is passable, they will not check it at all. Is the material I captured really a female?" Zheng Shu looked at Vera and showed a meaningful smile.

Vera's expression suddenly changed, because he suddenly felt a malice as deep as an abyss.

(PS: More updates tomorrow!)