Wizard: I devour the stars with swarms of insects.

Chapter 91 A deserted outpost, a bizarre scene!

At the same time, upon noticing the stench of blood emanating from the outpost, Wayne instantly issued instructions via the Hive Network.

Within the dense foliage, several Armed Stinging Flies that had been lying in wait suddenly flapped their wings, transforming into several barely perceptible dark shadows.

They infiltrated through the gaps in the outpost's wall, transmitting the view from inside the outpost into their minds.

Now, through the perspective of the stinging fly, Wayne sees the environment inside the outpost; everything is quiet.

The facilities and layout inside remain unchanged, without any bloodstains or messy signs of battle.

The half-filled trough in the corner held a few fallen leaves floating on the surface, completely still, and everything inside still bore the marks of someone having lived there.

But the eerie silence inside clearly indicated that something was wrong, and the place was completely empty, with not a single knight or guard in sight.

However, apart from that... there doesn't seem to be any other danger?

At that moment, Kale pushed the gate of the outpost, but couldn't open it at all; it seemed to be blocked by something behind it.

The gate of the outpost was made of ironwood.

This type of wood grows in the tundra of the North and is so heavy that even nails are difficult to drive into it.

Furthermore, since the outposts were responsible for guarding the Black Forest and providing a place for the knights' guards to stay, they needed to have a certain level of security and stability.

Therefore, the surface of the outpost gate was reinforced with a gold-plating process, making it very difficult to force open and requiring a considerable amount of time.

After thinking for a moment, Kalai suddenly pulled out a silver-white mannequin that resembled a human body from inside his chest.

And he recited a spell.

"Spencer...Barrow!"

Then a glow appeared at the fingertips, and the doll was thrown towards the door.

After the doll landed on the ground, it seemed to come to life, got up from the ground, climbed up the door, and then quickly removed the panel behind the door bolt.

And then, *thud*.

The door opened with a gentle push.

After noticing this scene, Wayne saw the silver-white doll behind the door and asked in surprise.

"What is this?"

"An arcane puppet, once infused with a wisp of spiritual power, can perform some simple actions according to its master's commands," Kalai replied. "You know, I have one as a secondary skill."

Next, Kalai beckoned, and the silvery-white little figure in front of him ran over again, climbing up Kalai's wizard robe and trousers on all fours.

Its head tilted to the side and shrank back into Kalai's chest.

There was no further movement.

Furthermore, the faint glow in the doll's eyes also disappeared.

Next, they pushed open the door and went inside.

As he stepped inside, Wayne unleashed a thorny tongue that snaked out from beneath the sleeves of his wizard's robes.

It hovers in a circle about a foot around itself, with the blade facing outwards, ready to launch at any time to deal with emergencies.

Kalai also took out two crystal bottles from his chest and held them beside him.

The bottle is a deep amber color, and the liquid inside has an eerie dark red hue under the light.

It should be some kind of harmful potion from the potion-making system.

Once the two entered the outpost, everything was eerily quiet, utterly silent.

A glance swept across the surrounding buildings; all the doors were closed, and there wasn't a single person in sight at the entire outpost.

"What exactly happened? It's like they've all vanished..." Kale frowned slightly.

My nose twitched, and I could only smell a faint scent of blood.

Next, Kalai stepped forward, took a medicine bottle out of his pocket, unscrewed it, and sprinkled the powder inside onto the ground, where it spread.

Immediately afterwards, Kalai took out another medicine bottle containing some kind of liquid and spilled it on the ground.

The originally white powder began to wriggle like a living thing, forming a pattern resembling footprints.

"Um..

"...There don't seem to be any signs of a struggle on the ground?"

"If that's the case, what exactly happened inside the outpost? Where are the people inside? Did they all escape? What on earth happened?"

Kalai said with a puzzled expression.

Wayne looked up at the two-story buildings around him.

The building is made of red sandstone, without plastering, and the gaps between the stones are filled with mortar.

There are three doors side by side on the ground floor, all made of heavy solid wood, which are currently closed.

The corridor was empty.

"Maybe it's inside a room?" Noticing Wayne's gaze, Carly also looked up and saw the tightly closed rooms in the two-story building around them, and asked.

"I don't know... but something's definitely not right here. We'd better be careful."

Wayne replied.

Now, his stinging flies hovered around him, monitoring the environment inside the outpost, but because the outpost was built in the Black Forest, it served a defensive function.

Therefore, many buildings have no windows in the rooms, and the doors are tightly closed, so you can't see what's going on inside.

"Let's go and take a look! If there's anything going on here, we must report it. Otherwise, if we delay alerting to any emergency, it will be our dereliction of duty."

7

"Kala said."

As members of the Black Forest patrol, they are now aware of this incident at the Redstone outpost along their patrol route, and they must investigate the situation and report back to the patrol.

Then, step forward and walk toward the building ahead.

Wayne followed beside Carly, surrounded by thorny tongues, always ready to deal with any unexpected situation.

Ta-ta-ta-ta...

Silent footsteps echoed inside the building. Soon, the two walked down the corridor and entered the building, trying to push the door open.

Crunch~~~

The door opened; it wasn't locked.

But behind the door, the room was empty; there was nothing there.

Just then, a strange noise suddenly came from the second floor.

"Who goes there?!"

Kalai's expression suddenly changed, his cold eyes flashing like lightning as he looked towards the second-floor staircase, but no one responded.

Carelli hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward, holding a vial of potion in his hand, ready to be prepared at any moment.

Next, as he rounded the corner and was about to step inside, a long, scarlet tongue swept up to his shoulder and dragged him backward.

Almost at the same instant he was dragged away from his spot, a sharp, cold light fell vertically from the ceiling!

Clang—!

A sharp whooshing sound followed, and a sharp dagger appeared in the path where Kalai had just stepped forward.

If Wayne hadn't pulled him back in time, he would probably have been stabbed through the neck by now.

At the end of that dagger was a bluish-gray arm covered in scales.

The figure had long, slender fingers with prominent bone spurs at the joints and jet-black nails. After the figure jumped from the ceiling and landed on the ground, revealing its face, it was revealed that it had a long, slender finger.

It is completely naked, without any clothing, and its body is covered with scales from head to ankle, with the scales on its chest and abdomen being slightly smaller and densely arranged.

The scales on its back and the outer sides of its limbs are larger, layered like armor.

It looks like a combination of some kind of snake and a human.

A light-colored scale pattern ran from between his eyebrows to his tailbone, gleaming faintly in the dim light.

Meanwhile, the eerie yellow snake eyes were coldly staring at Wayne and Carly.