第五章 · 雨中的獵人們
十分鐘前,68Please respect copyright.PENANAd10peHgiMS
灰林深處。
Brakka一行人在灰林深處前進。68Please respect copyright.PENANAO394etbQ6M
雨剛開始落下來。68Please respect copyright.PENANAaKiWnSSJq2
樹葉間傳來細碎的滴水聲。
隊伍裏難得有點安靜。
Mara忽然開口。68Please respect copyright.PENANA1cV0AIRJRs
“我一直不明白。”68Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZCaRGVnP0
“你為什麼老是去惹Lyra那丫頭。”
Kade走在前面,沒有回頭。68Please respect copyright.PENANAuxa8ewcTje
“我哪知道她這麼容易激動。”
Lukas在後面笑了一聲。68Please respect copyright.PENANABRxSgsqllT
“估計是看上人家了。”
Kade回頭瞪了他一眼。68Please respect copyright.PENANAwIRyo9lmr0
“放屁。”
Lukas聳了聳肩。68Please respect copyright.PENANATnd9h8ahAQ
“那你老盯著她看幹嘛。”
Mara側過頭,看了一眼Kade的表情。68Please respect copyright.PENANAxHklsiFbPo
嘴角微微勾了一下。
Kade沒好氣地說。68Please respect copyright.PENANAHxzuGKHmAb
“我有Mara。”
Mara抬腳踢了他一下。68Please respect copyright.PENANAgGUoiaclLw
“滾一邊去。”
Iris在隊伍後面淡淡地說。68Please respect copyright.PENANAsQou2I37yf
“那你為什麼還去激怒她。”68Please respect copyright.PENANABFEvHE3vKk
“你不怕Ronan揍你?”
Kade沉默了一會。
Lukas忽然又說。68Please respect copyright.PENANAMD5b8WsKoo
“從漂木鎮回來,你就一直很奇怪。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAzE6Co3aoqi
“那天到底發生什麼了?”
Kade沒有回答。
Mara皺了皺眉。68Please respect copyright.PENANASQr3wdX0GO
“我還以為你們知道。”
Iris搖了搖頭。68Please respect copyright.PENANAFHInilI7xe
“我和Lukas趕過去的時候。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAvmJotEUXIK
“他們已經打起來了。”
Kade忽然低聲說了一句。68Please respect copyright.PENANAh5QBQI3qXY
“……你們覺得,那會是什麼?”
沒人說話。
Kade繼續說。68Please respect copyright.PENANAfoPSvkR1WS
“她的眼神……”68Please respect copyright.PENANA6uiKe5hggy
“像野獸一樣。”
Lukas笑了一聲。68Please respect copyright.PENANAGwuAQVEFyA
“所以你看上她了?”
Iris也輕輕笑了一下。
Kade沒有再說話。68Please respect copyright.PENANA7oVCvfJAaw
臉色卻有點難看。
他想起漂木鎮那天。68Please respect copyright.PENANAXI9YfqwsFc
Lyra看他的眼神。68Please respect copyright.PENANA23wIFh2Tjr
那一瞬間。68Please respect copyright.PENANAQBaJN0SgEh
他真的以為——68Please respect copyright.PENANA5UsVJrFbLs
那不是人類。
Mara皺著眉看著Kade。68Please respect copyright.PENANANaz0LtjYD4
“你到底想說什麼?”
Kade沉默了。
漂木鎮那晚。68Please respect copyright.PENANAGApFrZhZTK
酒館很吵。68Please respect copyright.PENANAaI9ivPx7kD
雨一直在下。68Please respect copyright.PENANAJkvwbo5vc2
獵人們剛從灰域回來,整個大廳都是濕衣服的味道。
Kade已經喝了幾杯。68Please respect copyright.PENANAjTHDKOUUQ1
人有點微醺,但意識還清醒。
他端著酒杯站起身。68Please respect copyright.PENANA7XZ5dMLl1s
“我去找Mara。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAXZNmvhv0xs
他說了一句。
Lukas在旁邊笑。68Please respect copyright.PENANAFbbqNtC25M
“她早上樓了。”
Kade揮了揮手。68Please respect copyright.PENANAdcKdq4psHB
“我知道。”
他晃晃悠悠走上樓梯。
二樓走廊燈光很暗。68Please respect copyright.PENANAzLmDtoZbgx
只有幾盞舊燈。68Please respect copyright.PENANA8PC925YVOr
木地板被雨水踩得有點潮。
走廊盡頭站著一個人。68Please respect copyright.PENANAoRjOaGZqzY
長髮。68Please respect copyright.PENANAWbe5P07z5G
瘦高的身影。68Please respect copyright.PENANAT5AB8zhhFG
靠著牆。
Kade沒多想。68Please respect copyright.PENANAWfW8102Url
他走過去。68Please respect copyright.PENANAnY3DxBkVb0
順手一把抱了上去。
“喂,Mara——”
話還沒說完。68Please respect copyright.PENANAshXj2hdqh8
砰!68Please respect copyright.PENANAVO2aD80uM4
一股巨大的力量從腹部傳來。68Please respect copyright.PENANABG1a8pSVrX
Kade整個人被一腳踹飛。68Please respect copyright.PENANAyCCRIKOaI6
背重重撞在走廊的牆上。68Please respect copyright.PENANACkt3aBzyWV
酒杯掉在地上摔碎。
他罵了一句。68Please respect copyright.PENANAqFelt1pQnU
“操——”
抬頭一看。68Please respect copyright.PENANAYg9e55AXKE
站在他面前的不是Mara。68Please respect copyright.PENANAmcSHtqL7iI
是Lyra。
她的眼神冷得嚇人。68Please respect copyright.PENANAiEN2p4XrNC
像一只被驚動的野獸。
Kade愣了一下。68Please respect copyright.PENANAsX7rIYnxSW
“……抱錯人了?”
Lyra沒有回答。68Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5HUThO2tw
她只是盯著他。68Please respect copyright.PENANAk4ljgwXa4y
那種眼神讓人很不舒服。
Kade皺了皺鼻子。68Please respect copyright.PENANArvpXtVuOBm
忽然聞到一股氣味。68Please respect copyright.PENANAXLEbcqZvld
不是酒味。68Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7CC23kDTH
不是汗味。68Please respect copyright.PENANAjuKikc8gRZ
而是一種很奇怪的味道。68Please respect copyright.PENANA2wyQ2D3CLs
像灰域深處那些淵體留下的氣息。
Kade皺起眉。68Please respect copyright.PENANAnQ730FPrUz
“奇怪……”
Lyra的瞳孔微微收緊。68Please respect copyright.PENANAgbatfEY1Rn
“什麼?”
Kade盯著她。68Please respect copyright.PENANATpPGxaq2Vb
忽然笑了一下。68Please respect copyright.PENANA2cHZ3E6Rur
像是半開玩笑。68Please respect copyright.PENANAkl0nuaOjDJ
“你身上的味道。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAtbxwRXdAZe
“有點像灰域那些東西。”
走廊突然安靜。
Lyra的手落在刀柄上。68Please respect copyright.PENANAGYYhzZHLkR
金屬摩擦聲輕輕響了一下。68Please respect copyright.PENANAefpKfYL9xM
刀鋒從握柄中彈出半截。68Please respect copyright.PENANAQLRrkoLLRS
冷光在燈下閃了一下。
Kade臉上的笑慢慢消失。68Please respect copyright.PENANA3pHQ2lDY33
他第一次認真看向Lyra。
然後他說了一句。68Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZPjdkL2Qn
“你真的是人類嗎?”
下一秒。68Please respect copyright.PENANAqiTpNe3MCS
腳步聲從樓梯傳來。
Ronan已經站在樓梯口。68Please respect copyright.PENANAqm9vwvm6hY
“Lyra。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAS95e2AAnE6
聲音很平靜。
Lyra沒有動。
幾秒後。68Please respect copyright.PENANA8bMSSRDqA9
她慢慢把刀收了回去。68Please respect copyright.PENANA78QjvABJpf
轉身離開。
走廊重新安靜下來。
Kade靠在牆上。68Please respect copyright.PENANAzkcfENlKJG
過了一會兒才說了一句。68Please respect copyright.PENANA3RyVQuhucv
“那丫頭……”68Please respect copyright.PENANAQbZrH32Ynq
“絕對不正常。”
Kade思緒再次回到現實。
“你們知道深裔嗎?”
隊伍裏安靜了一下。
Lukas在前面哼了一聲。68Please respect copyright.PENANAhk1aLT08M5
“聽說過。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAengCw5xm7P
“但沒見過。”68Please respect copyright.PENANACzXeP00JWd
“他們藏得很深。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAkLwkXg88fI
“基本不出現在人類面前。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAiYUnufFM5M
“就算真出現了,也很難查清楚身份。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAjFpTY2MDi3
“除非有專門的探測器。”
Mara皺了皺眉。68Please respect copyright.PENANAa2D1Ap1umF
“我也聽說過。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAIfRSTvjN2I
“不過他們到底算什麼?”68Please respect copyright.PENANAxzISZU7uOv
“怪物?”68Please respect copyright.PENANAcFkvyI0r06
“我只知道他們很危險。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAqrwBsAid24
“聯邦軍這些年一直在清理他們。”
Torren這時候開口了。68Please respect copyright.PENANA6VKQPIVdMi
聲音低沉。68Please respect copyright.PENANALcqXLAVzN9
“他們原本就是人類。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAW3ZKjFEs15
“只是變成了半淵體。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAUMpcZ1WJnJ
“半人半淵體。”
Lukas點了點頭。68Please respect copyright.PENANAXDARuKnn28
“我知道他們有四個階段。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAfFfhoZO9Be
“從弱到強。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAYMIMn5fL3B
“第四階幾乎算完全體。”
Iris忽然說了一句。68Please respect copyright.PENANARX3QMpU73C
“Torren。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAwhP3rB1ppK
“我記得三年前。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAsZqSp1R6mV
“你和團長參加過一次四階深裔討伐。”
Torren歎了口氣。68Please respect copyright.PENANAYqRRzJ11L6
“那一場很慘。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAEZT2bKV6ep
“去了很多獵人。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAPisYPeB8l6
“也死了很多。”
Mara看向他。68Please respect copyright.PENANAowKmccetEU
“最後呢?”
Torren搖了搖頭。68Please respect copyright.PENANAREASIiOl96
“還是被他跑了。”68Please respect copyright.PENANA3QVFJ0nWRn
“如果當時聯邦軍參戰。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAudWj8GF4CA
“結果可能不一樣。”
Lukas也想起來了。68Please respect copyright.PENANAn6VSgX2aqQ
“對。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAAo4SfaSPqr
“三年前那次。”68Please respect copyright.PENANA3GeeBt8Sz7
“聚了很多厲害的獵人。”
Mara皺著眉。68Please respect copyright.PENANAVRQV8MGwCr
“就為了一個深裔?”
Lukas低聲說。68Please respect copyright.PENANANzvNTqwsnN
“聽說四階深裔有一種能力。”68Please respect copyright.PENANA9mUxYcHj2l
“能操控低階和中階淵體。”
Torren點了點頭。68Please respect copyright.PENANA4DHP9bRmeS
“沒錯。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAbtXJDVvRVV
“這才是他們最可怕的地方。”
隊伍最後面。68Please respect copyright.PENANAyMRygth1uf
Brakka一直沒有說話。68Please respect copyright.PENANAK7yMMoMBCE
他只是靜靜聽著。
天色變暗。68Please respect copyright.PENANANmzbuaUCEg
樹林變得更暗。
Brakka忽然想起三年前的那一天。
那場戰鬥結束後。68Please respect copyright.PENANAIhvETMQXtG
戰場一片狼藉。68Please respect copyright.PENANAcE8gAyc0uI
遠處站著一個人。68Please respect copyright.PENANAl8TUTHHqdH
Ronan。68Please respect copyright.PENANA7pxoirJh9G
他手裏握著長劍。68Please respect copyright.PENANAy0L0TXxUcw
腳下是一圈淵體屍體。
從那天起。68Please respect copyright.PENANAnMJUIbaZvh
Brakka才真正明白。68Please respect copyright.PENANA5EzV55Nzj0
Ronan到底有多強。
Lukas忽然看向Kade。68Please respect copyright.PENANAGUMoVfZRQy
“等等。”68Please respect copyright.PENANACP14QAtktM
“你突然問深裔幹什麼?”
Kade沒有回答。68Please respect copyright.PENANACdprgrgs29
只是繼續往前走。
Lukas眯起眼。68Please respect copyright.PENANAUKebL7PGJv
“你不會是在懷疑……”68Please respect copyright.PENANAADTYPvjmBH
“Lyra吧?”
Iris在後面淡淡說了一句。68Please respect copyright.PENANAz3iDyNxI7J
“如果她真是。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAzXWFriHvgQ
“你早就死了。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAfkifDdmRw3
“你應該慶倖自己還活著。”
Mara歎了口氣。68Please respect copyright.PENANAF4Tdw9oqa1
“你想太多了,Kade。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAQbvqmkGCPK
“Lyra只是單純討厭你。”68Please respect copyright.PENANA765IPtPUzw
她看了他一眼。68Please respect copyright.PENANAhANIzl3rl3
“還有。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAzzLVa9MHb7
“別再惹人家。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAfJaeiS6nSI
“再惹她,我都要煩你了。”
Kade皺著眉。68Please respect copyright.PENANAdXqQXSBUz7
“行吧。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAJZCgsIty25
“不信就算了。”
Lukas聳了聳肩。68Please respect copyright.PENANAPhcz78dWY8
“就算她真是。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAyYXTQvtsYV
“人家也沒對你怎樣。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAuSFiLzvejQ
“別忘了。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAIIYvyCcEbH
“她背後是Ronan。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAc5RIWp53FT
“還有Anchored。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAL9kOk94t4W
“我可不想因為你這個蠢貨去跟人家打起來。”
Iris點了點頭。68Please respect copyright.PENANABXrHNNt12m
“我同意。”
Lukas忽然笑了一聲。68Please respect copyright.PENANAQxI81648Z8
“不過說真的。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAfVuX3yEZVw
“上次在酒吧那出戲挺精彩。”
Kade回頭瞪了他一眼。
Lukas聳了聳肩。68Please respect copyright.PENANA6LPCwN6YHw
“還害我們差點被守衛隊長趕出灰鎮。”68Please respect copyright.PENANA2voXGQ9dYi
“真是丟臉死。”
Kade解釋說。68Please respect copyright.PENANA7ssVBIcEJG
“是那丫頭先動手的。”
Mara瞪了他一眼。68Please respect copyright.PENANA5jwiwD02KI
“那你少說兩句不就沒事了。”
Kade還想再說兩句。68Please respect copyright.PENANAKxvbc291Be
“我又不是——”
話還沒說完。68Please respect copyright.PENANAiIdQb0yAJt
Iris冷冷地說了一句。68Please respect copyright.PENANAL8FhWmFv8Z
“少說兩句。”
Kade沒有再說話。68Please respect copyright.PENANAgWYP368ltv
臉色有點難看。
Mara歎了口氣,看了Kade一眼。68Please respect copyright.PENANApMSA4Gp5Lt
“要是你哥在現場,看見你在酒吧那副德性,說不定已經一巴掌過去了。”
Kade張了張嘴,想反駁什麼,但最後還是閉上了。68Please respect copyright.PENANADOgy1iDQNq
他當然知道他哥會怎麼做——那個男人從來不在外面丟Iron Wolves的臉。
Lukas在後面笑了一聲。“看來Kade還是怕他哥的。”
Kade沒回頭。“閉嘴。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAUH0rvDKBQX
但語氣明顯虛了。
他心裏很清楚。68Please respect copyright.PENANAimKMMCwmf5
如果再惹Lyra一次。68Please respect copyright.PENANAF2x2yF6I8A
那丫頭可能真的會殺了他。
Brakka一行人已經深入樹林。68Please respect copyright.PENANAdIEkk3e5EG
空氣變得越來越潮。68Please respect copyright.PENANASLAWKuWxFx
隊伍繼續在灰林裏推進。68Please respect copyright.PENANAZG3pN2bP7w
樹林很安靜。68Please respect copyright.PENANAXpvYHNOzjd
只有腳步踩在濕泥上的聲音。
走了一段時間。68Please respect copyright.PENANAnly5RZWdxI
Kade忽然有點不耐煩。68Please respect copyright.PENANApTQb1kETNo
“Lukas。”68Please respect copyright.PENANA4r1Yg1HXMC
“走了這麼久。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAuvEgtLLhH0
“到地方沒有?”
Lukas沒有立刻回答。68Please respect copyright.PENANA5G6TZ95hp7
他抬起手腕,看了一眼終端上的定位。68Please respect copyright.PENANAOsYHu9YpAx
螢幕上的座標正在微微閃動。
Lukas皺了皺眉。68Please respect copyright.PENANAadIYRChNSQ
“奇怪。”
他又確認了一次座標。68Please respect copyright.PENANAquiGoqLWqf
“位置就在附近。”
Kade四處看了一圈。68Please respect copyright.PENANAV86d0o51RZ
樹林裏什麼都沒有。68Please respect copyright.PENANAqp8RmaOZ0t
“那箱子呢?”68Please respect copyright.PENANAyEQDkt5Hny
“連影子都沒有。”
Lukas慢慢抬頭。68Please respect copyright.PENANAzL9jfBCIeh
視線在樹林裏掃了一圈。68Please respect copyright.PENANAVOP35vS3Dc
空無一物。
他低頭看向地面。68Please respect copyright.PENANAi4yCRrdtZb
泥土有些地方明顯被翻動過。
Lukas的眉頭慢慢皺緊。68Please respect copyright.PENANA276VnOuYF8
他蹲下身。68Please respect copyright.PENANAloIrc6jR3T
用手撥開一層泥土。68Please respect copyright.PENANASmmzr8isAP
下麵露出一道拖拽的痕跡。
Lukas低聲說了一句。68Please respect copyright.PENANA6dd6MkUesA
“等等。”
他盯著那道拖痕。68Please respect copyright.PENANABWfgohAjrB
沉默了一秒。68Please respect copyright.PENANAH5WLdQmy2b
然後慢慢抬起頭。
“難道……”68Please respect copyright.PENANA6aZseLohD0
“在下面?”
就在這時。68Please respect copyright.PENANAO9AYHq8gxW
樹林深處忽然傳來一陣細微的窸窣聲。68Please respect copyright.PENANAUpYVZfoPIF
像有什麼東西在移動。
一只淵體從岩石後爬出來。68Please respect copyright.PENANA9Ffj1KCQMz
接著第二只。68Please respect copyright.PENANAI0YWrDCQL6
第三只。
Lukas低聲說了一句。68Please respect copyright.PENANAxn5nBwfVvM
“低階,威脅指數 3,但數量不對。”
樹林裏又有影子動了一下。68Please respect copyright.PENANAC7Ncp5IGIO
越來越多。68Please respect copyright.PENANAQhzhwJtAeF
粗略看過去。68Please respect copyright.PENANAyqh4npzEER
至少四五十只。68Please respect copyright.PENANAgCDaWGSDPD
全部是低階淵體。
Iris把腰側的面罩扣在臉上,金屬介面輕輕“哢”了一聲。68Please respect copyright.PENANA6PohjtGWdK
鏡片亮起。狙擊槍瞄準鏡的畫面同步出現在眼前——十字線、距離、熱源標記,一排排光點正在視野裏移動。
她聲音從通訊裏傳來,依舊冷靜。68Please respect copyright.PENANABT5yfpcNE2
“熱源四十……四十五……還在增加。”
就在這時。68Please respect copyright.PENANA75ZOaODk85
一滴雨落在Kade臉上。68Please respect copyright.PENANAirtuGiW8gA
第二滴。68Please respect copyright.PENANAXbxR69BlMt
第三滴。
Kade抬頭看了一眼灰暗的天空。68Please respect copyright.PENANAx4iKSQfslu
“該死。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAaTJtwPChce
“這雨怎麼說下就下。”
雨開始慢慢變密。68Please respect copyright.PENANAubBpDwFKO5
泥土很快變得濕滑。
Brakka沒有說話。68Please respect copyright.PENANAJsnxhmNopq
只是抬手做了個手勢。
所有人同時扣上腰間的面罩。68Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZmIlJb7BS
金屬卡扣輕輕響了一下。68Please respect copyright.PENANAUUJZmG3YlN
面罩密封。
聲音立刻從通訊裏傳出來。68Please respect copyright.PENANAGZM6jEDO9m
“頻道正常。”68Please respect copyright.PENANA5SvzMklRiD
Mara的聲音在耳邊響起。
就在這時。68Please respect copyright.PENANAACYKW80FUY
樹林深處忽然傳來沉重的腳步聲。
四個更大的影子從黑暗裏走出來。68Please respect copyright.PENANAcL7U453tXq
體型明顯更大。68Please respect copyright.PENANAfPwyMr42KG
甲殼更厚。68Please respect copyright.PENANAhGLGHXBbq2
頭部兩側長著像螞蟻一樣的巨大鉗子。
Lukas盯著終端螢幕上的數據。68Please respect copyright.PENANAz2kbGzQXYq
“威脅指數 5……甲殼厚度超過三十毫米,鉗部肌肉密度異常……”
Kade吹了聲口哨。68Please respect copyright.PENANAZnEa6n4KJc
“比灰林週邊那些大了一倍。”
黑暗中,那四個影子緩緩走出。灰褐色的甲殼像被壓實的地殼,表面佈滿棱脊和舊傷疤。最前面那只的頭部兩側,巨大的鉗子在雨中張開,內側鋸齒上還掛著半幹的黏液。
“威脅指數 5。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAHJOrliR5bQ
“中階淵體。”68Please respect copyright.PENANANMdE2bY1ew
聲音通過頻道傳開。
緊接著。68Please respect copyright.PENANAYNfptMip6W
第二只。68Please respect copyright.PENANAQSknXAZCss
第三只。68Please respect copyright.PENANAh8tkEzWkXs
第四只。
Lukas愣了一下。68Please respect copyright.PENANAIcmOZR3GT7
“四只……中階?”
所有人的頻道傳來Lukas的聲音。
Kade咧嘴笑了一下。68Please respect copyright.PENANA53nREYn490
“哦。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAOL2tznTGr9
“這才有意思。”
樹林已經被怪物的影子填滿。68Please respect copyright.PENANAqtWooJKzR3
低階淵體不斷從樹後爬出來。68Please respect copyright.PENANAAUCDJHq616
四十只。68Please respect copyright.PENANACZk7gHvdu0
五十只。68Please respect copyright.PENANAPgQOS2eiSM
數量還在增加。
雨開始下。68Please respect copyright.PENANAgcGVsOZmme
細密的雨滴落在樹葉上。
下一秒。68Please respect copyright.PENANAugZwtcNNYG
Brakka已經動了。
散彈槍在左手抬起。68Please respect copyright.PENANAdaVaFqw0E1
砰——68Please respect copyright.PENANAyFG4vjtPe5
近距離的霰彈瞬間把一只撲來的低階轟碎。68Please respect copyright.PENANAAwOFyAXJE1
泛著微光的藍色體液和碎殼濺了一地。
同時他的右手已經掄起戰斧。68Please respect copyright.PENANA5i5AjOftmw
斧刃落下。68Please respect copyright.PENANA61NbifnL46
另一只淵體直接被劈成兩半。68Please respect copyright.PENANAL2AXoq1h3b
泥水和發光的藍色體液一起飛濺。
那兩只中階淵體立刻注意到了他。68Please respect copyright.PENANAMNC1e0AolQ
同時轉向。68Please respect copyright.PENANAbu74C8ssRM
像捕獵一樣朝他沖去。
Kade臉色一變。68Please respect copyright.PENANA0Le1FXx65O
“團長!”
Brakka卻頭也沒回。68Please respect copyright.PENANAR68bnTf4BK
“別過來。”
他一邊開槍,一邊後退。68Please respect copyright.PENANALKmze9tZy9
故意往樹林另一側移動。
散彈槍再次轟響。68Please respect copyright.PENANAz7ktQ0oDYM
又一只淵體被打飛。
那兩只中階淵體立刻追了上去。68Please respect copyright.PENANAfIjGtattU4
連帶著十幾只低階一起沖向Brakka。
“你們撤。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAklnOmLfhqT
“現在。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAIsxeqYnXTN
頻道裏傳來他的聲音。
Torren低聲罵了一句。68Please respect copyright.PENANAPeUHb74gU9
“媽的。”
Kade卻咧嘴笑了一下。68Please respect copyright.PENANAkabuyjMKQl
“團長又在逞英雄。”
話還沒說完。68Please respect copyright.PENANA49DILb5VhE
樹林另一側突然又湧出更多怪物。
Iris的聲音冷靜地響起。68Please respect copyright.PENANAtELMdDSIEd
“數量還在增加。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAT1xmEeAtum
“我們被包圍了。”
她的狙擊槍已經架起。68Please respect copyright.PENANArWpVxPwKQq
一槍。68Please respect copyright.PENANAxLtRzmb2lt
一只撲向Lukas的低階直接被爆頭。
Kade一邊揮鐮刀一邊罵。68Please respect copyright.PENANAaSkvnttQM4
“這鬼東西怎麼這麼多!”
Torren把背上的自動步槍甩到胸前,扣下扳機。68Please respect copyright.PENANAxM72MYijN4
噠噠噠噠——68Please respect copyright.PENANATqgqGlx33L
火舌在雨幕裏閃動。68Please respect copyright.PENANA6cosIaNsX1
一只沖向Kade的低階被子彈撕碎。68Please respect copyright.PENANAL9wFCL2ckN
“穩住陣線!”
Lukas盯著終端。68Please respect copyright.PENANAayBfheN8SU
臉色慢慢變得難看。68Please respect copyright.PENANALQV04ylzXR
“活性在增加。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAbPiscXRJr8
“它們在強化。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAuwHEB3yH3n
“威脅指數上升。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAldbE6BOseD
他停了一秒。68Please respect copyright.PENANAaDSyZdv8Ax
“低階升到 4。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAuY46sNZE0l
“中階升到 6。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAc6Owrh9M8A
“共振頻率異常。”
Kade罵了一句。68Please respect copyright.PENANAq3FXG26M6c
“靠!”
Mara的手始終靠在腰間的手槍上,目光掃過四周。一只低階淵體從側面的樹影裏竄出來,她抬手就是一槍,子彈貫穿怪物的眼窩,屍體翻倒在泥水裏。
另一只從她背後撲來。她沒有回頭。左手從腰後抽出那截金屬柄,拇指按在彈出機關上。
“哢。”
長刀從柄中彈出來,刀身在雨裏閃過一道冷光。她側身,刀鋒從下往上撩,切開怪物的側腹,藍色體液濺了一地。怪物還沒倒下,她已經轉身,左手刀橫在身前,右手槍口指向另一只剛冒頭的淵體。
砰。
子彈打在怪物的頭上,它晃了一下,沒倒。Mara往前邁了一步,刀鋒斬進它的頸甲縫隙。怪物抽搐著倒下。
她甩掉刀上的體液,收回腰後。從拔刀到收刀,不過幾秒。彈殼還在地上轉。
Kade在頻道裏喊了一聲。“帥!”
Mara沒理他。
另一側,Torren和Lukas被一只中階淵體拖住了。
那只怪物沒有沖進核心戰場,一直在外圍遊走。它比正面那幾只更小心,幾次撲擊都被Torren的步槍掃退,但始終不退。
“這東西在等我們犯錯。”Lukas的聲音從通訊裏傳來。
Torren沒回答。他換了一個彈匣,連射三發,子彈打在中階的側甲上,只留下幾個白坑。怪物連停都沒停,反而往前壓了一步。
步槍打不穿。
Torren罵了一聲,把步槍甩到背後,左手從腰側抽出短柄戰斧,右手拔出第二把。
怪物趁他換武器的間隙撲上來。鉗子橫掃,Torren側身閃開,左斧斬在鉗根上,只砍進去半寸。怪物的另一只鉗子從側面砸過來,他來不及閃,只能用右斧硬擋。整個人被震退兩步。
Lukas從樹後閃出來。他手裏捏著一枚爆破裝置,盯著怪物的左後腿——那裏有一道舊傷,甲殼比別處薄。
怪物轉頭看他。Torren立刻沖上去,雙斧輪番劈在怪物的側甲上,逼它轉身。怪物被吸引住,鉗子砸向Torren。Torren硬接了一擊,被震得後退兩步,虎口發麻。
“快點!”他吼了一聲。
Lukas按下延時開關,把爆破裝置甩出去。裝置貼著地面滑到怪物後腿下麵。
轟。
甲殼炸開一個口子,體液濺出來。怪物嘶叫一聲,後腿一軟,往一側倒了一下,但很快又撐住了。它轉過頭,眼睛盯著Lukas,鉗子重新抬起來。
“沒炸斷。”Lukas低聲說。
“看見了。”Torren把戰斧握緊,擋在Lukas前面。
怪物沒有立刻沖上來。它拖著那條傷腿,緩慢地調整位置,鉗子張開又合上。它在等——等他們先動。
通訊頻道裏傳來遠處的槍聲和喊聲。這邊的戰鬥還沒完,但至少,這只中階暫時被拖住了。
Mara的聲音從頻道裏響起。68Please respect copyright.PENANAG5zy8VVV7j
依舊冷靜。68Please respect copyright.PENANAi9FpANr4W7
“繼續打我們會被耗死。”68Please respect copyright.PENANALkPePK1vF1
“必須撤。”
Kade抬手砍翻一只怪物。68Please respect copyright.PENANALyLmkPKaUs
“那就殺出去!”
Torren一邊換彈一邊問。68Please respect copyright.PENANAxddNU9n2pP
“團長怎麼辦?”
Iris淡淡地說。68Please respect copyright.PENANAq1LpDRwnn6
“該擔心的不是他。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAeejGmZYXvz
“是我們。”
Kade哼了一聲。68Please respect copyright.PENANA7nqVUzqOoz
“團長比我們強多了。”
話音剛落。68Please respect copyright.PENANA49lhC0jNis
Mara身後的樹林突然炸開。
一只中階淵體猛地從側面撲出。68Please respect copyright.PENANAx1AU9nowE3
巨大的鉗子瞬間夾住她的腰。68Please respect copyright.PENANAsW215tHZrb
金屬內甲發出刺耳的擠壓聲。
下一秒。68Please respect copyright.PENANAF3ekP33U32
鮮血爆開。68Please respect copyright.PENANAT9lMlEmUoO
Mara的身體被整個提離地面。
Kade的臉色瞬間變了。68Please respect copyright.PENANAPxd7ZIYUN5
“Mara!!”
Torren猛地抬起自動步槍。68Please respect copyright.PENANAUZDkfUJIbx
Lukas立刻吼了一聲。68Please respect copyright.PENANAn9eJKKPHS9
“別開槍!”68Please respect copyright.PENANAInhSRLRsXw
“會打中她!”
Kade已經沖了出去。68Please respect copyright.PENANAyl7mGbhjTg
鐮刀在雨中劃出一道弧光。68Please respect copyright.PENANAt0nVHS6Tzv
“放開她!”
Torren咬牙。68Please respect copyright.PENANA3P09NGfTnG
“我掩護!”68Please respect copyright.PENANAr3yN5rk23l
噠噠噠噠——68Please respect copyright.PENANANYq6qDD7jN
自動步槍的火舌在雨幕裏閃動。68Please respect copyright.PENANAvZHy3g8HEd
一只沖向Kade的低階被子彈打穿,身體翻倒在泥地裏。68Please respect copyright.PENANAUPrfkt4YcK
另一只剛從樹後撲出來的淵體也被掃射擊退。
另一邊。68Please respect copyright.PENANAZEOVOBjQOq
Iris已經半跪在地。68Please respect copyright.PENANANCm0bUmUW8
她的武器展開。68Please respect copyright.PENANANPq2yfYOvQ
重型狙擊步槍進入能源模式。68Please respect copyright.PENANAYJYlGGunni
藍色能量在槍管裏亮起。
她的聲音冷靜得可怕。68Please respect copyright.PENANA1qYSuevKtx
“別動。”68Please respect copyright.PENANACfqrfRyuq5
“Kade,低頭。”
下一秒。68Please respect copyright.PENANABRy3oLp545
轟——68Please respect copyright.PENANASoTfzzgrRV
能量彈精准命中那只中階淵體的鉗子。68Please respect copyright.PENANA8Kr6viRRzE
甲殼炸裂。68Please respect copyright.PENANAN6qT0I9WGo
怪物嘶叫一聲。68Please respect copyright.PENANAPFYijArUPJ
鉗子鬆開。
Mara的身體從半空掉下來。
Kade沖上去一把接住她。68Please respect copyright.PENANAGGBifKhzl3
“該死——”
他迅速拆掉她的面罩。68Please respect copyright.PENANA4OIdfFayQV
Mara的臉已經蒼白。68Please respect copyright.PENANAJByni5beaL
鮮血正從她腰間護甲的縫隙不斷湧出。
Kade的聲音第一次變得慌亂。68Please respect copyright.PENANAZhKlhvd9I9
“Mara……”
他接住Mara的時候,手已經被血染紅。68Please respect copyright.PENANAQlEwkfyTyo
鮮血正從她肋骨下方不斷湧出來。
“該死……”68Please respect copyright.PENANAx5OygCU7E8
Kade的聲音有點顫抖。68Please respect copyright.PENANAvowKnzSqjX
“Iris!”
Iris已經沖了過來。68Please respect copyright.PENANAYtBtgJCFXS
她跪在地上,迅速打開醫療包。68Please respect copyright.PENANA88A1a9GqKg
手套扣上。68Please respect copyright.PENANAXDz4cgiQO4
動作非常熟練。68Please respect copyright.PENANAEGngCIYCdJ
“按住她。”
Kade立刻壓住Mara的傷口。
Iris拿出一支戰術凝血注射器。68Please respect copyright.PENANA6rg2TafT68
針頭直接刺入傷口旁邊。68Please respect copyright.PENANAc9KzJBvU5G
“別動。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAvpx6TUo9a7
哢——68Please respect copyright.PENANAJs4qsglKGw
藥劑被推進去。
幾秒後。68Please respect copyright.PENANAqPQelsOqaC
血流明顯減慢。68Please respect copyright.PENANAn8ehpUnIeb
但依舊在滲。
Iris皺著眉。68Please respect copyright.PENANAUR43DPDcYu
“肋骨斷了。”68Please respect copyright.PENANA0dW4QwSW3k
“內出血。”
Kade臉色難看。
遠處戰鬥聲越來越近。68Please respect copyright.PENANAdqC69RCBFr
Torren的自動步槍還在掃射。68Please respect copyright.PENANA27w4z3KXQ6
Lukas的終端不停發出警告。68Please respect copyright.PENANAM8nnqH8SO8
另一只中階淵體正朝他們逼近。
Kade站起來。68Please respect copyright.PENANAaSIamj8PUi
重新握緊鐮刀。68Please respect copyright.PENANADdtm65BD9p
“看好她。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAT7VNvEpHTu
他說。68Please respect copyright.PENANAIgwHyyMXoa
然後一個人擋在前面。
怪物慢慢逼近。68Please respect copyright.PENANAnrHDWLJIT5
後面是Mara和Iris。68Please respect copyright.PENANAW7YIUtqHKV
再退一步就是死路。
就在這時——68Please respect copyright.PENANApN1nC5azXw
遠處樹林突然傳來一陣低沉的懸浮聲。68Please respect copyright.PENANAZjSxiMeimf
緊接著,樹木被撞開的聲音由遠及近。
一輛機動懸浮騎直接沖進林間空地。68Please respect copyright.PENANALVM6YycBlo
穩定場壓碎濕泥,撞斷的樹枝還在它身後落下。
Ronan騎在上面。68Please respect copyright.PENANAk8kqjcEHAN
左手已經抽出重型手槍。
砰!砰!砰!68Please respect copyright.PENANAf8nw1aYjA0
三發點射。68Please respect copyright.PENANAVUp1Qm8baA
三只撲向Torren的低階應聲倒下。68Please respect copyright.PENANAsRQUfSagj2
屍體翻進泥水裏。
但子彈打在那只中階淵體身上,只在甲殼上留下幾個白點。68Please respect copyright.PENANARp03TXXLa8
怪物連頭都沒回。
Ronan皺了皺眉。68Please respect copyright.PENANALvLpeuErUD
他把手槍插回腰側,右手已經拔出長劍。
懸浮騎滑行到戰場中央。68Please respect copyright.PENANAP45fgEBjsi
Ronan掃了一眼四周。68Please respect copyright.PENANAA0mFMhTASG
沒有看到Brakka。68Please respect copyright.PENANAPrtaxO2pdD
他皺了一下眉。68Please respect copyright.PENANAiaL7Fnw3uK
“你們團長呢?”
Lukas 抬起手腕。68Please respect copyright.PENANAF8HVNklQj5
終端快速掃描。68Please respect copyright.PENANAUU2x3TFbxf
“西北方向。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAfl4hMN3mya
“八十米。”
Ronan點了一下頭。68Please respect copyright.PENANALCtrf6ZjH3
懸浮騎瞬間轉向。
“Lyra。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAtzY0zsGytd
他說。
Lyra已經從後座跳下來。68Please respect copyright.PENANA2xL0RdjO3a
落在泥地上。
Ronan只說了一句。68Please respect copyright.PENANAnS8yUknSbC
“這裏交給你。”
懸浮騎立刻沖向樹林深處。
Lyra慢慢站直身體。68Please respect copyright.PENANATDHlgujUdZ
雨已經開始落下。68Please respect copyright.PENANAUuJENT0ecs
她看向前方。68Please respect copyright.PENANAIPBf0D49g4
那只中階淵體正朝他們走來。
Kade愣了一下。68Please respect copyright.PENANAes1whByb36
“你一個人?”
Lyra看都沒看他。68Please respect copyright.PENANAgxbrbrttG4
她從腰間抽出那把小型衝鋒槍——瞄準中階。68Please respect copyright.PENANAsYIibhPWYd
砰!砰!砰!68Please respect copyright.PENANADcOrVgV8j0
三發點射打在怪物的側甲上,火花四濺。68Please respect copyright.PENANAhCdI2XCgj4
甲殼上只留下幾個淺坑。
Lyra嘖了一聲。68Please respect copyright.PENANAHRdn5Q8MLz
她把衝鋒槍收回腰後,右手握住長刃的金屬柄。68Please respect copyright.PENANAHTNIealWYK
刀柄上閃過徽章的反光。
“你還站著幹什麼。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAw2Tm9lmj0P
“去看著Mara。”
Iris的聲音立刻從後面傳來。68Please respect copyright.PENANAiLfuZMalCx
“Kade!”68Please respect copyright.PENANAz60wwVLsNk
“我這裏頂不住了!”
Kade咬了咬牙。68Please respect copyright.PENANAVsMIEulk3F
轉身跑回去。
但他忍不住回頭看了一眼。
Lyra已經走向那只中階淵體。68Please respect copyright.PENANAZWVwSLkgeT
她的步伐很慢。68Please respect copyright.PENANA7kCBtUv9Wy
雨水落在她肩上。
她抬手按了一下後頸。68Please respect copyright.PENANAhWsosdIIDq
神經節點的藍光順著介面紋路流動,連耳後的感應片也微微亮了一下。
中階淵體撲了過來。
Lyra側身一閃,長刃在它側甲上劃出一道火花。68Please respect copyright.PENANAhDHxfYA5rP
不夠深。
她握緊長刃的金屬柄。手心貼著的那個地方,有一個錨形刻印——磨得很光滑,像是被握過無數次。
能源模式開啟。
下一秒。68Please respect copyright.PENANASiFD1DQza5
她手裏的武器亮起一層藍色光紋。68Please respect copyright.PENANAzBd2dsFYGB
能量沿著刀刃流動。68Please respect copyright.PENANANrYefSBb6b
持續時間開始倒計時。
她爆發衝刺。68Please respect copyright.PENANAqCFzQmauIS
速度瞬間提升。68Please respect copyright.PENANAsUc4CjOnBB
一道藍色弧光在雨裏劃過。
第一刀。68Please respect copyright.PENANAhCCpu9vy4V
直接切開怪物前肢。68Please respect copyright.PENANAMH1Uuvcmyc
第二刀。68Please respect copyright.PENANAx5ltkVF2oA
斬在頸甲連接處。68Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9xSrExBC3
第三刀。68Please respect copyright.PENANAbxGTsJhqCl
貫穿頭部。
傷口湧出泛著微光的藍色體液,在雨裏一閃一閃。68Please respect copyright.PENANAuOM7c5wTrO
怪物僵住,轟然倒在泥地裏。
雨繼續落下。
Lyra站在那裏。68Please respect copyright.PENANAKsZQqikbZg
能量光紋慢慢熄滅。
Iris在後面輕輕呼了一口氣。68Please respect copyright.PENANAqf2XFIqGVs
“結束了。”
Kade愣了一下。68Please respect copyright.PENANArhwqGtjuD9
那一瞬間。68Please respect copyright.PENANABSdgheZZ7S
他忽然覺得——68Please respect copyright.PENANA2DBo8kWmfE
這女人帥得離譜。68Please respect copyright.PENANALgs3zdGaWK
但Kade心裏也清楚——那不是普通獵人該有的速度。
樹林另一側。
Brakka一個人正在對付兩只中階淵體。68Please respect copyright.PENANAyNave0miLJ
雨已經落下來。68Please respect copyright.PENANAhCjKvHtQ16
不大。68Please respect copyright.PENANA77cnm1mG0X
只是細密地滴在樹葉和甲殼上。
兩只中階一左一右。68Please respect copyright.PENANAQvvHea3ABK
不斷逼近。
Brakka沒有開槍。68Please respect copyright.PENANASWnMR8nhAZ
散彈槍被扔在地上。68Please respect copyright.PENANAPbKeZzLuqE
他的戰斧握在手裏。68Please respect copyright.PENANAmEdTgl6rtP
沉重的斧刃在雨裏泛著冷光。
一只淵體先撲上來。68Please respect copyright.PENANA6LsiqsOMkX
巨大的鉗子橫掃。68Please respect copyright.PENANAQEiYbNPICf
Brakka側身一閃。68Please respect copyright.PENANAIvoJl5LTpv
斧柄橫擋。68Please respect copyright.PENANA2MKuKRTE3X
“鐺!”68Please respect copyright.PENANAk1C2N8Wtdh
甲殼和鋼鐵撞在一起。
另一只怪物從側面沖來。68Please respect copyright.PENANADe4MGlgX14
Brakka猛地後退一步。68Please respect copyright.PENANAJZYXHagxnd
戰斧掄起。68Please respect copyright.PENANAYVWXhdGF4t
一劈。68Please respect copyright.PENANALIhoV0H8ZY
斧刃重重砸在甲殼上。68Please respect copyright.PENANAMbnqcNyol5
碎裂的殼片飛濺。68Please respect copyright.PENANAsfqcZSM8Nv
怪物發出嘶叫。68Please respect copyright.PENANA8PFTEphmOO
但沒有倒下。
兩只中階再次逼近。
Brakka喘了一口氣。68Please respect copyright.PENANAF0yJ1F4Kky
嘴角卻咧開。68Please respect copyright.PENANAHFC16sOnpn
“來啊。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAsQKKjdVRHy
他低聲說。68Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5Lhg7oo68
“就這點本事?”
就在這時。68Please respect copyright.PENANAjgPMYR9SCA
樹林裏突然傳來懸浮聲。
一輛機動懸浮騎沖進林間。
Ronan從懸浮騎上跳下來。68Please respect copyright.PENANA7AYfXPv1AC
步槍已經在手裏。68Please respect copyright.PENANACdCGfoZySS
砰!砰!砰!68Please respect copyright.PENANAK2gDarG240
三發點射打在其中一只中階的頭部甲殼上。68Please respect copyright.PENANA9C1gEqu0Mc
子彈彈開,只留下幾個白點。
Ronan把步槍甩回背後。68Please respect copyright.PENANAAWLRFsRcaa
左手舉起重型手槍,右手握著長劍。
Brakka抬頭看了一眼。68Please respect copyright.PENANAB2TzoeWj3d
咧嘴笑了。68Please respect copyright.PENANA9jpZwb4TdV
“來得真慢。”
Ronan淡淡地說了一句。68Please respect copyright.PENANAeYT7iXRWCa
“打得真狼狽。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAlpV4riqw69
“Brakka。”
Brakka哼了一聲。68Please respect copyright.PENANANk2iw2PAQX
“少廢話。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAsjKbrV6pgv
“左邊你的。”
兩只中階再次沖上來。
下一秒。68Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0DiLNnrw5
兩人同時動了。
Ronan沖向左側。68Please respect copyright.PENANAnxi9WB5eGa
左手抬手一槍,打在怪物眼甲上,震得它動作一頓。68Please respect copyright.PENANARSYujiECQv
右手長劍緊跟著刺入甲殼縫隙。
Brakka戰斧砸向右側。68Please respect copyright.PENANAn3y3xwGbpu
斧刃劈開甲殼,體液噴濺。
樹林裏很快傳出沉悶的撞擊聲。
幾分鐘後。68Please respect copyright.PENANAQ86vGB5VYB
戰鬥結束。
兩只中階的屍體倒在泥地裏。68Please respect copyright.PENANAMYNFXvZuRX
雨還在下。
Brakka把戰斧從怪物甲殼裏拔出來。68Please respect copyright.PENANAX6a90ucpEV
甩掉上面的體液。
Ronan收起手槍。68Please respect copyright.PENANAot9WA045H4
看了一眼那兩只中階的屍體。68Please respect copyright.PENANAILDW4pgbLj
“把它們引出來?”
Brakka哼了一聲。68Please respect copyright.PENANAs3aFdGKtYt
“那幫小鬼頂不住。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAhRqgDoKlay
他用斧頭指了指樹林另一邊。68Please respect copyright.PENANAeFTf9t42F1
“在那邊。”
停了一秒。68Please respect copyright.PENANAWTfFPRX49n
他看向Ronan。68Please respect copyright.PENANAYeBJSoIqgC
“你怎麼會在這裏。”
Ronan只是看了一眼灰林深處。68Please respect copyright.PENANAB8w6IOddId
“順路。”
兩個人沉默了一會。
遠處還能隱約聽見戰鬥聲。
Brakka皺了一下眉。68Please respect copyright.PENANAUOdkqjZxKv
“那丫頭呢。”
Ronan轉頭看向遠處。68Please respect copyright.PENANAE0TK16X4AY
只說了一句。68Please respect copyright.PENANAurHpT7J1cA
“她在處理一只中階。”
Brakka愣了一下。68Please respect copyright.PENANAWtkQUaeIlO
然後笑了。68Please respect copyright.PENANA2iBrboKecD
“一個人?”
Ronan低聲說道。68Please respect copyright.PENANAXFO2dgLzFN
“嗯。”
Brakka站在原地看了一會。68Please respect copyright.PENANACXhdR28z6k
然後低聲笑了一下。68Please respect copyright.PENANA7Fivjac0lN
“有意思。”
不遠處。68Please respect copyright.PENANAdRJxGjo08B
Torren和Lukas那邊的槍聲也停了下來。
樹林重新安靜。68Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1sDi4QINK
只有雨滴落在地面的聲音。
Kade站在Mara旁邊。68Please respect copyright.PENANA6jIGqYGTGT
看著遠處Lyra的背影。68Please respect copyright.PENANAedE1luq9BQ
沉默了幾秒。
然後低聲說了一句。
“……這女人。”68Please respect copyright.PENANAxI9xN4r4bY
“還真不簡單。”
——(第五章完)

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