Chapter 26 Footprint Tracking
"The wooden stubble is new, and the mark has just been left." On the wooden stake, a lightning-shaped mark mixed with the wood texture is very inconspicuous. Only after prior agreement can you find it at a glance like Dark. Take off your hand armor, gently wipe the fingers of the Crescent Knight on the printer, put the wood debris stained on the tip of his nose and smelled it, and whispered, "It was carved from Malin's great sword, and there are also marks of the Iris' nails next to it. It's them, that's right."
"How are their emotions when they leave their mark?" Shur squatted aside, holding his chin to pretend that he could understand it, but after reading it for a while, he still gave up. "Can you see it?"
"I know what you mean, but it's hard to judge. I can't tell the situation that is too detailed, but from the appearance, they are not nervous when engraving the marks. There is no difference between the marks and what is engraved in normal state."
"In other words, their situation was basically normal at that time and it was not urgent at all?"
"Yes, if the situation is urgent, the mark will show it." The Crescent Knight nodded, "and Sister Marian should also leave corresponding information, not just a mark of being here."
"Have your mercenary group always had this habit?" Shuer asked curiously, "No matter whether it is a matter of time or not, leave a few signals for others."
"Of course, this is a habit that must be developed." Dake replied seriously, "The so-called members who go out to perform missions must leave marks when entering places that may be in danger, indicating their traces and their status when entering. If there is anything wrong, these marks can give reinforcements enough clues, increase the chances of rescue of those in distress, and ensure the safety of reinforcements to the greatest extent."
"The question is, is this a place where you may encounter danger?" Shuer asked with a smile. "If they were not missing, would you think you would be in danger when you entered this camp to investigate?"
Dark couldn't answer the conversation. He found that he had indeed ignored this problem. Why did Marlin leave a signal? In the mercenary group, the signal setting is strictly stipulated. What situations need to be left, which signal corresponds to which state, and the settings are classified in detail. It is absolutely impossible to keep it as you want.
"Imagine if it wasn't for Malin's team, but you and me." Shure didn't know why, but he was faster than Dark's brain, and more able to reason and imagine. "After handing over with Xinyue and the others, we will follow Yanzhu all the way..."
Halfway through, Shuer's body suddenly stiffened and he suddenly looked back at the center of the camp. There was indeed a deliberately made fireworks there. It must be that the fuel had been exhausted, and only very light smoke rose on the fire. No wonder I didn't notice the smoke column far away just now.
"Don't worry, it's normal for the smoke column to dissipate, don't be too nervous." Dark discovered what Shure was paying attention to and explained, "I had noticed it when we were at the parasite just now."
"No, what I'm worried about is another problem, let's talk about it later." Shuer shook his head and continued to say something just now, "Let's follow Yanzhu all the way and arrive at the outside of the camp. After patrolling outside, I found that everything is normal and it starts to walk inside. If it were you, would you leave a signal?"
"No." There is no doubt that there is no sign of danger. It is impossible for the mercenary group to leave marks, but the fact is that Malin did leave marks, which means...
"It means they encountered a situation we did not encounter, either humans, organisms, or phenomena." Shure directly followed the words, "This made them feel uneasy, well, strongly uneasy, so I first convey the message to us to avoid accidents."
"What did they see?" None of the two asked this question, because both of them knew it, and it was useless to ask, but they were still fully revealed from each other's eyes.
"They met... maybe people." The Crescent Knight, who had not made a sound for a long time, suddenly woke up the two people in contemplation. When he turned around, he found that the Crescent Moon was walking around, his eyes were still on the ground.
"Why did you get in?" Dake was startled. He had not checked the space there yet. God knew if there was a crack in the space. It was a very dangerous behavior for the crescent moon to penetrate rashly.
"It's okay, I'll let him off your vigilance, and you don't have to explore the way." Shure explained, "It's already certain that Marlin and the others must have entered, and they must have run through the camp. I didn't smell the smell of blood, which means that they were not damaged by the cracks in the space, which means that there should be no space breaking happening nearby, and it's a blessing in disgrace."
"Hu." Dake breathed a sigh of relief. His experience did leave him a lot of psychological shadow. It was not because of blood, but because of a warrior who was close to him. He was inexplicably cut into pieces. It must be the same if he had to change himself. The more confident a person is, the more serious the psychological shadow will be at this time.
"That's good." Dark turned the weird shield in his hand back into the rose. "What did you say just now, is it a human?"
"Yes, it's probably human." Xinyue was almost lying on the ground, crawling on the ground with all his limbs, "Look at the traces here."
Indeed, the ground in the camp was very hard and there were no footprints left, but not nothing was missing. After all, it was wild, plants, dust, and there were many things that could leave traces. Under the prompt from the Crescent Knight, the two found many traces of human activities.
"Most of them were left by Sister Ma Lian and the others. Look at this place, there are Fenglang's combat boots, and the one next to them is Sister Ma Lian's footprints, and these are the hoof prints of the split wind beast. It can be seen that they have been staying at the camp gate for a long time."
Yes, from the traces on the ground, the four knights wandered around the camp for a while. However, the number of traces was not large, which means that they stood still for most of the time, unlike Shuer and the other three, walking around in a small range.
There are not many reasons for this phenomenon. The biggest possibility is to confront the enemy. If there is no enemy, there is probably only one reason left, who are they communicating with.
Of course, it is impossible to walk around when you communicate face to face. It is not only impolite, but also looks stupid. This can explain why the four knights left such traces now, and...
"And, look here." Xinyue crawled to the other side and patted the ground and said, "These traces are definitely not left by the brothers, they can only be outsiders."
On the ground, a few shallow marks would never be left by the knights, because the knights were all wearing heavy armor, and even the Slit Wind Beast was wearing horse armor, so the marks left were much deeper.
Shuer looked at his feet. Well, the owner of the trace should be wearing cloth or leather armor like himself, otherwise the weight would not match.
"Can it be left by the people in the original camp themselves?" Shull tried to guess, "and he happened to be together with Malian and the others."
"The possibility is not high. Master, look, this person's traces have always been opposite the traces of Sister Marlene. Unless the two have been communicating face to face, it is difficult to have such a coincidence."
"Yeah." As he knocked on his thigh, Shuer's brain was spinning rapidly, and he suddenly looked up suddenly, "Crescent Knight, explore out from the door to see if there are any signs of Malian and the others leaving."
"No, I've checked it." His eyes drooped, and it was obvious that the Crescent Knight was very disappointed. "There are only traces of coming in, and there are no ones going out."
"I understand, so." Shur nodded thoughtfully, "Okay, then you can try it, follow the traces left by Malian and the others to see if you can find where they went afterwards."
"This is fine. Their traces have just been left for a while, and they are still very obvious." Xinyue still has such confidence. She stood up and patted the dirt, lowered her head and walked into the camp with Shuer and Dark. "Look, it's still the footprints of that person. He took Sister Ma Lian and the others to walk around the camp for a while, including the truck parking area, the material warehouse, and the dormitory area. This should be the tent of the nobleman, which looks the most luxurious. Well, it seems that he took his brother around the camp halfway and stopped several times in the middle."
"It should be an introduction." Shuer and Dark looked at each other and nodded, "It seems that Marlin and the others have met survivors."
"After walking around for a long time, they finally arrived in this area." There were several large tents in front of them, and the curtains of the tent were all open, so you can clearly see that there was no one inside. There were several large dining tables in the tent. If nothing unexpected happened, the banquet last night was held here. There were no chairs in the tent, and the chairs should have been put away, and the tables were still left in place. It must be because they were too heavy and planned to demolish the camp the next day when they demolished the camp. Unfortunately, no one could have thought that they had no chance to demolish the camp.
"There are only traces of going in, no one left." Xinyue said gritting her teeth, "No matter whether it is the mysterious man or the elder sister Ma Lian, there is no one."
"Will there be other paths behind?" Shuer's idea was reasonable, but after walking around the areas of several large tents, he was sure that the five people never came out again after entering.
"It seems that the problem lies in these tents." Shul narrowed his eyes and stared at the tents for a long time. "I don't know what happened to them after they entered."
"You'll know if you go in and take a look." Dark was obviously in a bad mood with a stern face. "You can go in and take a look, maybe there's still a chance to pull them out."
"I want to go to you, I'm here to help you collect the body." Shuer sneered, "If they really fall into the ghost space, then we are their only hope. If we fall into it, then we might as well join us in the ghost space together."
He sighed with a calm face, and Dake also knew that he was a little impatient, and this was not a good phenomenon.
Article 8 of the mercenary code: Impulsiveness is the biggest enemy of mercenaries. As the degree of impatientness increases, the chance of survival decreases in proportion, and there will never be exceptions.
"Okay, you're right." Dark smiled bitterly, "I'm a little confused now, you'd better decide, what should I do?"
Chapter completed!