Chapter 425 The Incredible Tig People

Chapter 425 The Incredible Tig People

“Tsk~~~”

The original location of the obelisk has now become a large depression. In the depression, there is a large area of ​​thick liquid that reflects the luster of some kind of alloy under the moonlight. These liquids emit heat, and the remaining heat is still very high. Even without the moonlight, these liquids still emit light from time to time due to the residual heat.

The obelisk was destroyed along with the last beam of light when it disappeared. If the scene just now had not happened right in front of everyone's eyes, it would have been hard for them to believe that this pool of liquid was a five-meter-tall giant just a few seconds ago.

Gloria rushed over and braked the car in front of the depression in time so as not to fall into the "liquid". She immediately tried to sense the energy of the liquid. Fortunately, the energy not only did not dissipate, but increased a lot.

"Huh... this damn guy always plays this trick."

Gloria breathed a sigh of relief, sat on the edge of the depression, took out the dagger from her waist, and stabbed the liquid below a few times. It seemed that the temperature of the liquid was very high. Even though the temperature was constantly decreasing, it was still able to melt the metal. The tip of Gloria's dagger had been melted, and the remaining part was also hot due to the high temperature.

Gloria didn't think anything, but the surrounding Tige people were shocked. In their cognition, that powerful guy died in front of them. Until now, Hai, who had always been suspicious of Han Zu and Gloria's identities, finally let go of his prejudice. This guy didn't lie. He was indeed not a hunter. After all, those guys never protect anyone.

"Tsk~~"

The pond in front of them was emitting hot steam that was slowly taking away the heat of the liquid. The Tigre team expressed their gratitude for the liquid. Although the original reason was probably not them but Gloria, it could not be denied that the other party's self-sacrificing action did save their lives.

Although there may have been a little conflict between the two sides' original positions, now the Tig team expressed due respect. They walked to the edge of the pond and expressed their gratitude to the liquid in it using the Tig etiquette.

"Um...what are you doing?"

But this seemed a little puzzling to Gloria.

"We are saluting. He is a respectable opponent."

"It seems that my previous suspicion of him was wrong. He is indeed not a hunter."

"Uh... you guys made it seem like this guy was dead. Wait, you don't think he's really dead, do you?"

Although Gloria was just stating the facts, the Tig team thought that she was too sad and instinctively denied the fact that her companions were dead. After all, in the Tig team's understanding, they were melted into liquid by the high temperature, which meant they were dead. Even those powerful top hunters would never be able to survive after suffering such a heavy blow.

As one of the women in the team, Xin walked up to Gloria who was sitting opposite her, gave her a hug, patted her on the back, and had a serious expression. She wanted to comfort her. Although they had been at loggerheads before, now they might not be enemies.

"Forehead...."

Gloria was very confused. It seemed that these guys really thought that Han Zu was dead and that he might be crazy. However, Xin had a good figure. The armor she wore before covered up her curvy and muscular body. So although Gloria understood that the other party was wrong, she did not break free from their embrace.

"Once our rescue team arrives, we will be responsible for recovering his remains and then send you back to your hometown."

"Wait a minute. Thank you for your kindness, but this guy is indeed not dead. He stood up on his own after a while. According to past experience, this guy becomes much stronger every time he recovers from this state. However, with such a serious collapse, it may take him a longer time to recover."

Hearing Gloria's words, Xin sighed. In her opinion, the other party's denial of accepting reality was more serious than she thought, so she hugged Gloria in her arms again.

Seeing the other party's actions, Gloria understood that the other party must not have heard a word she said. Gloria was not going to continue to refute them, so she simply started to play badly and lay directly in Xin's arms.

Wu, who was standing somewhere else, saw something reflecting at his feet. He bent down and saw that it was the tobacco bag that Gloria had given to Han Zu before. The thing reflecting was the metal buckle on it. He picked up the tobacco bag, walked to Gloria, and handed it to her.

Looking at the group of Tigres around her, whose expressions looked as if they were holding a funeral, Gloria finally couldn't hold it in anymore and laughed.

“Puff..Puff hahahaha!”

Gloria's hearty laughter made the people around her feel sad for her. Xin rubbed her back, trying to comfort her. But soon, Gloria gently held her hand and pushed her away.

"Alright, alright, I'm not going to mess with you guys anymore. I'm not crazy. This guy..." Gloria pointed at the pool of liquid emitting metallic luster next to her.

"...I'm not dead. Similar situations have happened several times. Although I haven't experienced all of them, I have experienced one or two. Thank you for your comfort, but if you hold me again, we may need to find a room."

Xin looked at Gloria's eyes. Her pupils did not change. She was not lying, or her brain was making some protective action. Sadness and solemnity soon turned into doubt. She looked at the other team members, and their expressions were the same. This made Xin start to think about Gloria's statement. She began to suspect that maybe Han Zu was not dead.

"But this... how is this possible? What we saw was the same. We all felt the energy and heat carried by the beam of light released by the obelisk. It couldn't be fake. Moreover, he had been liquefied by the high temperature. How could he still be alive?"

But including Xin, reason told all of them that the other party could not be still alive, but Gloria obviously had other ideas.

"First of all, how high do you think the level of heat just now was?"

Engineer Sinler thought for a moment and gave his answer.

"Anything that comes into direct contact with the beam of light should be vaporized, or even turned into plasma... Wait!"

"I guess you have guessed what I was going to say. What is the form of this pool of liquid in front of us?"

"Liquids are of course liquids...wait a minute..."

Gloria stood up from the ground and threw the tobacco bag in her hand twice.

"This guy just reached his hand into the beam of light. Not only that, have you ever thought about why the bag appeared at Wu's feet? That place is far away from the beam of light. Not to mention that the bag would be vaporized immediately, even if it didn't, it wouldn't roll so far after falling off his body. This guy must have thrown it out in advance."

"But that only means that he subconsciously wanted to keep this thing. It doesn't mean that he is still alive."

"Okay, since we arrived in this world and the equipment disappeared, everyone has the ability to sense energy. Didn't you notice that the strange energy on this guy, which appeared not long ago, is still here and has not disappeared at all? Oh, right, maybe the energy concentration has become higher now."

The surrounding Tigr people immediately tried to sense the energy in the pond. Sure enough, it was exactly the same as what Gloria said. The familiar and strange energy still existed, and there was no reaction of large-scale and rapid dissipation of energy after the carrier's death.

“This…this…”

"..This is not..."

"How is it possible...?"

All signs indicate that what Gloria said might be true, and the guy who calls himself γ might not really be dead. However, looking at the pool of warm liquid in front of them that looked like liquid alloy, everyone couldn't help but find it hard to believe.

"If, as you said, he is still alive, how long will it take for him to recover to normal?"

"According to what he said, it will take about ten hours. If he has enough energy, like now, the time may be gradually shortened. Let me say that if your support can arrive smoothly by noon tomorrow, it should be about the same time as his full recovery."

While talking to the Tigres around her, Gloria removed some wooden boards and sticks from the gallows not far away, made a few rough signs, and inserted them next to the "pond". She used the mud on the ground to draw a few obvious skulls on them, and then drew a cross underneath.

"What are you doing? These signs won't provide any effective protection."

"The beam of light released by the obelisk may have been seen by the entire duchy. If hostile forces arrive at this location, these crude notice boards will be useless."

"Protect him? You're wrong. This thing is used to warn other people with brains. Oh, I forgot to tell you one thing. Don't get close to the liquid in this pool. If you accidentally fall in, I don't know what will happen. But since he told me before, if he loses consciousness, it's best to stay away from him. I guess it's probably not a good thing."

One or two Tige members who were squatting by the pond and almost reaching their hands into the pond were curious and quickly retracted their hands after hearing this information.

"Is this true? Is it that exaggerated?"

Although they agreed with it, they still raised doubts. It is more convincing to let them see it with their own eyes than to say it with their mouths.

"Wait for me here for a moment. Don't fall in out of curiosity."

Gloria left quickly, and a few minutes later she came back carrying a local animal about the size of a goat, which was supposed to be tomorrow's breakfast.

"Okay."

Gloria walked to the pond and put the animal in. The liquid was not deep, only above the animal's knees. The heat had dissipated to a normal warm level, and the animal looked comfortable, walking back and forth in it. It looked like nothing had happened.

"This... should be considered normal, right? It's not as dangerous as you say..."

“Gulp, gulp, gulp…”

Before Wu could finish his words, a large number of bubbles began to appear in the liquid, but the temperature of the liquid did not change, and the animal did not care about the sudden appearance of the bubbles at all and continued to walk in the liquid.

"Clap."

However, after the animal took two more steps, it suddenly fell down. Its body decomposed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in the blink of an eye it disappeared from the sight of the people around it, leaving nothing behind.

"See, I'm not kidding."

The Tige team was stunned by the scene before them, and their original doubts disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"This... this is too scary." The two players who almost put their hands in the pond murmured, their eyes full of fear. Xin, who was standing next to Gloria and closest to the pond, was also stunned by the situation.

Gloria patted her shoulder, "So, stay away from this liquid."

This time it was her turn to comfort the other person.

After explaining the "precautions", just as everyone was preparing to find a place to spend the night, not long after, a noisy sound was heard in the distance, as if a group of people were rushing towards this side.

"It should be someone who discovered the light column and is heading this way. Let's hide for now. There's no need to cause any more trouble."

"Then what about this beach... What should he do?"

"I'm not worried about him at all. I'm just afraid that some unlucky person will ignore the sign and break in directly. But that would be courting death, so we can't blame others. Let's go. The secret passage we came out of before is a good place to hide."

Everyone quickly rushed towards the secret passage. Not long after they hid, a group of people wearing strange clothes and armed with weapons appeared by the pond. They didn't look like soldiers from the castle or guards brought by the guests. They should be the Duke's private soldiers, otherwise they wouldn't have found this location so quickly.

They looked at the signboard and didn't pay much attention. The first guy who rushed in walked too fast, missed a step, and fell into the liquid.

"unlucky!"

"Hurry up and get up here. The beam of light should appear right here... What are you doing lying there? Hurry up and get up here. Don't be lazy!"

When the people at the back saw the first person fall, they instinctively went over to pull him up. Soon, most of the guys who arrived at the location stepped into the pond.

At this moment, the originally calm liquid suddenly churned violently, and the shallow pond surged with waves, instantly sweeping those people in. They screamed in fear, but in the blink of an eye, they were silent and disappeared in the liquid. The remaining few people standing behind them were terrified and retreated one after another.

Gloria, who was hiding in the dark, raised her eyebrows and said, "See, this is the consequence of not listening to advice." The members of the Tige team were still frightened.

The group of people didn't dare to get any closer and instinctively retreated, but they accidentally bumped into the signboard behind them. A few of them, like frightened birds, thought that there were other people behind them and instinctively turned around and retreated. The result can be imagined, these people eventually stepped into the liquid, and their fate was almost the same as those in front.

"This is too stupid... It's so stupid..."

Gloria led everyone out of the secret passage and continued to wait by the pond for Han Zu to recover. Everyone sat quietly, looking at the liquid from time to time. Almost everyone was trying to stay alert to avoid falling asleep and rolling into the liquid.

Although on the surface, Gloria was dismissive of the performance of the Tigre team, in fact, she was the one who was farthest away from the pond.