Chapter 506

He was falling as he spoke, and in the process of falling, the Ice Archer, who was wrapped in blue and white cold air, appeared behind Jenkins.

She suddenly lifted Jenkins up and disappeared at the same time. When Jenkins reached the sky at a very fast speed, the Ice Archer appeared behind Jenkins again and pulled the bowstring against his arm.

Whoosh~

The first blue light arrow shot out and hit the contact point between the wheels and the rails of the train still running on the rails. The arrow did not cause explosive damage, but formed a very thick ice to try to freeze the rails and the train together. But because the speed of the train was too fast, the ice was instantly torn apart.

But this was enough. The first light arrow slowed down the train, and then the second and third light arrows were shot from the archer's bowstring as if they were connected end to end. The continuous blue light arrows constantly exchanged momentum and kinetic energy between the train and the rails, and the teeth-grinding brake sound meant that it worked.

Chapter 1226 Chapter 1205 Pre-dawn Repair

"Freeze!"

Jenkins, who was in mid-air, clung to the cold body behind him, and as he fell with it, a steady stream of cold air flowed out from his hands and drifted toward the seam between the rails and the wheels, like a light blue light.

The temperature continued to drop, and ice appeared more and more frequently between the rails and the wheels. As the speed of the train was reduced, it finally stopped suddenly in less than two seconds, and was completely frozen to the track.

At this time, one-third of the carriages had fallen, and even the front of the train was less than 20 feet away from the ice surface under the bridge.

The ice archer retracted the bow and disappeared from behind Jenkins. With a high-pitched cry, the little beast flew out of the broken space barrier, provided Jenkins with a new leverage point, and then disappeared. (Note 1)

Jenkins followed the power of the unicorn and jumped from the air to the top floor of the carriage hanging in the air.

[Cat's Grace] was activated immediately, and he jumped on the top of the almost vertical carriage as nimbly as a cat. A few seconds later, he entered his carriage again through the broken wooden window, and then successfully found Chocolate, who was fighting with the cotton on the pillow.

It looked healthy. Jenkins grabbed its four short legs and checked them several times. After confirming that it had no fractures or internal injuries due to the fall, he was relieved.

This temporary train was not a passenger train, but a "troop carrier" specially used to transport the support team of the Loen Diocese to the northern front. In addition to Jenkins, who had a carriage for one person, other gift-givers from various churches also had their own comfortable compartments.

The train stopped without falling to the ground because of Jenkins' continuous deceleration, so this accident did not cause any deaths. It was just that many people fell heavily. When everyone on the train moved to the other side of the cross-river bridge and began to count the number of people, most of them were injured.

After all, it was not early morning yet, and most people were still sleeping just now.

"Mr. William, it's a good thing you're here this time."

Jenkins and the people of the Sage Church gathered on the left side of the bridge. Captain Usia said as he watched Jenkins help treat the wounded.

For this operation, the Sage Church of the Loen Church sent two complete teams of scribes, and some logistical support personnel from the cities around Loen also came. A total of 30 people were gathered before they set off. The one who spoke was Captain Yela Usia, who had a big beard and looked very warm. The other captain was Ariana Sidorov, who was younger and was communicating with the leaders of other churches not far away about the injuries.

"It's nothing."

"No, that's amazing. I was at the window just now and saw your actions before you fell further down. That's amazing..."

The bearded man said in amazement. Like everyone else, he happened not to see the unicorn, but like Miss Sidorov, he knew Jenkins' identity as the Son of God.

"It's not my own power. I just used an object."

Jenkins casually patted the chest of the young man wearing a cotton felt hat. After a flash of green light, he went to deal with the next wounded.

He didn't know what injuries the wounded he had just treated had. He just asked the patients with fractures to straighten their bones by themselves and ignored everything else. After all, he didn't rely on sophisticated technology to treat, but just simply and roughly instilled vitality.

As the two talked, they looked up at the train frozen on the bridge. For some reason, after everyone evacuated the train, even if Jenkins did not continue to use [Frozen Ice] to maintain the low temperature, the train was still fixed there, and the ice layer was still thickening and spreading.

In just twenty minutes, the metal surface of the train had completely turned into a clear ice color, shining brightly under the weak sunrise at dawn.

The sun shone obliquely on the carriage, and the metal and ice were combined in the most perfect proportion. This scene was actually very suitable for being recorded in oil paintings, but no one had time to do it at this time.

"So who or what froze the rails?"

Jenkins looked at the frozen rails again. The ice spread from far away to here. The tracks were just like frozen in ice. The derailment was caused by this reason.

This is not a natural phenomenon. Although the temperature is very low now, it cannot be exaggerated to this extent. In addition to the railway tracks, the cables on the bridge, the signs on the bridge and even the woods in the distance did not suffer from such severe icing effects.

This must have been intentional, it's easy to figure out.

Although such a bad thing happened, this is a well-organized and powerful combat force, so although it suffered an accident, no attrition occurred.

In addition to Jenkins, the pastors of [All Things and Nature Church] and [Earth and Harvest Church] also have effective treatment methods. Except for a few seriously injured crew members who could not recover immediately due to mental problems, the rest of the injured were not lost. Mobility.

Of course, these are all trivial matters. The more important thing is that after gathering the team, Jenkins heard from Captain Usia and Captain Sidorov that the extraordinary personnel used to temporarily communicate with the rear temporary command headquarters of Loen Parish. The creation communication device, as if interfered by an invisible force, completely failed in its current position.

There are 15 combat teams from eight churches and 22 non-staff logistics personnel like Jenkins, totaling more than 200 people (Note 2). Some of them have rare long-distance communication capabilities.

But again, these abilities don't work. According to the woman whose left eye is the purple magic eye. She was able to communicate with distant places, but the images and sounds she received were distorted and weird, as if she were peering into a twisted abyss.

Everyone's current position is very embarrassing. Judging from the map, it is at least 5 miles (about 8km) away from the nearest town that can be repaired. In addition, there are many mountains nearby. It is not clear whether the road is smooth under the current situation. Even if you want to It is also difficult to temporarily move to a town.

Finally, after determining that it was impossible to directly contact the city using existing means, the church leaders discussed it and decided to send two benefactors from the Traveler Church to return the same way and go to nearby towns to explore and report. If they could communicate with Lu Well, it would be best to get in touch directly.

But now the frozen train was no longer usable because the steam furnace was damaged when it fell. The people were unable to set off and could not solve the ice on the tracks, so they temporarily organized a small team to go ahead and explore the ice. origin.

PS: Note 1: The ice was too brittle to support him from jumping that far, so he didn't use [Ice Condensation] but called the Unicorn.

Note 2: I have modified the previous article. The number of benefactors of this team is not nearly 200, but more than 200.

Chapter 1227 Chapter 1206 Poisoned Meat

"In this situation, is it necessary to send a team to explore forward?"

When people were carrying tents and other supplies from the carriages to prepare for camp, Jenkins asked Captain Usiah next to him. In addition to transporting Lun's team to the front line, this train also transported some necessary supplies to the front line, so even if they were trapped in the ice and snow, these more than 200 people did not have to worry about food and survival issues.

"No matter what happens, we will eventually move forward. We are the elite of Loen. If we don't solve it ourselves, I'm afraid that by the time the support troops from the south arrive, the battle on the front line will have been delayed."

The middle-aged man said this, and Jenkins suddenly realized, but at the same time he was very worried. When he looked in the direction where the railroad tracks extended, what he saw was an extremely mottled spiritual light, as if someone had spilled all the paint in the palette onto the canvas.

He couldn't tell what it was, but it certainly wasn't something good. Jenkins planned to join the exploration team, but in any case, it was not his turn to do this kind of thing.

He could only watch the benefactors from the [Church of All Things and Nature] commanding the element-like summons to set up tents, while thinking about how to deal with the snowman army in the north.

To be honest, if he had even a drop of divinity in his hands now, no matter how big the legion was, as long as the fear of fire was still there, he could rely on the fire method of divine sublimation to defeat them with rain of fire from the sky.

But now in this wilderness, where even travelers can't see, let alone divinity, Jenkins is really worried about the war in the north.

The team continued to move along the railway track and returned to the camp at noon. By this time, everyone in the camp had already started living and cooking. All twelve people in the group returned safely, but they brought no valid information.

They walked along the railway track for a long time without seeing anything strange. For the sake of safety, before the exploration team left, they had made an agreement with the large group to return before noon, so they could only come back empty-handed.

It can’t be said that they were completely empty-handed, as they at least brought back a snowshoe hare that happened to hit a tree stump and was killed.

There were no obvious external injuries on the rabbit, but it was already lifeless. Because the temperature was extremely low, the body showed no signs of decay, so a passing team easily picked it up.

"One rabbit is definitely not enough for so many people."

Jenkins said in his heart, and when lunch started, he discovered that the golden rabbit roasted was sprinkled with expensive spices, wrapped in lotus leaves and delivered to him.

He and the cat swallowed together:

"this......"

"Everyone knows that you saved this car, and you also played a big role in treating the injured just now. We are not short of food, and it's not like we will starve to death if we take one less bite of rabbit. Just accept it. "

The fortune teller from the Church of Fate and Order, who was wearing a white priest robe, smiled gently. Although he looked very young, he was already a level 7 gifter, the same level as Miss Audrey of Nolan, and one of the strongest people in this large group.

Since he said so, Jenkins had to accept it. He sat down by the campfire again with the lotus leaf in his hand. Just when he was about to ask someone for a clean knife to share the rabbit meat with others, he saw his cat stretched out its claws and scratched his leg.

"I know, I know, I will share it with you. Did you want to remind me that there was danger ahead this morning? I didn't expect your perception to be so sensitive, so good~ Oh, where did they get the lotus leaf from?"

He freed one hand and touched the cat's head, and the cat tilted its head slightly and "meowed~" backwards.

Jenkins was not very sober in the morning, and only thought that Chocolate had given a warning a few seconds in advance, but he didn't know that the cat had discovered the abnormality at least fifteen minutes before the accident.

Taking the knife from the scribe, Jenkins skillfully held the knife in his left hand and cut off a small piece of rabbit meat. After the meat was separated, the rabbit's "wound" was still steaming, and the aroma of meat and spices mixed together, and everyone around couldn't help but look over.

"This is yours."

Putting the knife in the lotus leaf, holding the lotus leaf with one hand, Jenkins leaned forward slightly and put the meat in the palm of his left hand and handed it to the cat at his feet.

Chocolate looked up at Jenkins, then stretched out his cat claws to pull his hand to the other side.

"Huh?"

This was an action that Jenkins had never expected. For a moment, he even doubted whether this cat was his cat.

"Don't you want to eat it?"

Holding the piece of meat between his fingers and handing it to Chocolate, when the small piece of meat was about to touch the cat's lips, the cat raised its claws again to pull Jenkins' hand away, and at the same time made a threatening "meow~" sound.

"This rabbit is poisonous!"

Jenkins screamed, and without thinking, he threw the lotus leaf in his hand into the distance. This was a completely instinctive action, and when he realized what he had done, he was still admiring his timely reaction.

Even though the sound was not very loud, because there were people around, many people heard Jenkins' words and noticed his actions.

Although he was skeptical, since he said it was poisonous, he naturally had to test it. There are many priests of [Spirit of All Things] and [Mother Earth] here. They are all proficient in the testing and monitoring of poisons, but they cannot test that there is something wrong with rabbit meat.

Of course, this is also a common thing. There are many ways to circumvent common poison testing techniques and abilities, so the safest way to test is to directly use living things for experiments.

There is a river nearby. The middle-aged captain of the [Church of Death and the End] who has been silent all the time, smashed through the ice and used his ability to attract bones, and fished up two big fish from the bottom of the water. After feeding them a small amount of rabbit meat, in just a few breaths, the two fish began to freeze from the internal organs, and finally were frozen into ice cubes from the inside out.

"I knew that my cat could not be picky about food. There must be something wrong with this thing!"

Jenkins said while holding the well-behaved cat.

It was difficult to judge whether the rabbits had bad intentions or people had bad intentions, so the exploration team that had just returned and everyone who had come into contact with the rabbits were temporarily monitored.

But the gifted people here were all experienced combat troops, and they had encountered more complicated situations than this, so no one would question this decision. Not to mention, people later discovered that the ice on the frozen fish and the ice on the rails had the same extraordinary properties, which confirmed that the "curse" or "toxin" in the rabbit meat came from the culprit that caused the rails to freeze.

Chapter 1228 Chapter 1207 Night Pursuit

Because the matter of the rabbit was noisy until the evening, there was no result. The sky gradually darkened, and the two gifted people who went to the nearby town showed no signs of returning, so after dinner, the duty time was arranged, and everyone in the camp went to rest.

If there is no news before 12 noon tomorrow, the large army will set off directly along the rails to the town ahead. Although it will take at least a day and a half, at least there must be a road where the rails pass.

The northern front needed them, and the Loen's benefactors could not waste too much time on the road. Rather than waiting for the front to find out that they did not arrive at the scheduled meeting place on time, it is better to find a way to move forward.

There was a light snow in the sky, and because of the dark clouds, the sun disappeared very early. After dinner, Jenkins held his cat and prepared to rest. He originally planned to plant a big tree with cedar seeds and build a tree house on the tree to rest, which would be safe and warm.

But later he found that other people, regardless of gender and position, lived in tents, so he did not make any special arrangements and slept in his own tent honestly.

The area in the tent was small, but fortunately there were a lot of quilts. After all, during the day, they took out almost all the blankets and bedding in the train compartment.

There was no need for a sleeping bag or worry about catching a cold. Chocolate looked very excited after being put down, jumping on the quilts.

Jenkins played with it for a while, and felt a little sleepy, so he got into the quilt to rest. Seeing that Jenkins was not playing with it, the cat also arched its head into the quilt.

In this kind of weather, Chocolate would definitely catch a cold if he slept next to the pillow, so Jenkins didn't throw Chocolate out of the quilt this time. But because he was worried that he would crush it when he turned over in his sleep, he slept very alert all night, so he easily heard unusual subtle sounds in the middle of the night.

The strong wind rolled snowflakes flying on the ground, and when they passed the tent and the temporary fence made of wood from the distant woods, they made strange sounds.

And in this roar of nature, the sound of the soles of boots rubbing against the snow surface was transmitted to Jenkins' ears. He was not in deep sleep to begin with, and he was lying on his side with his ears against the sheets, the sheets against the mattress, the mattress against the mattress, the mattress against the waterproof sheets, and the sheets against the ground. Now he was equivalent to putting his ears on the ground.

Jenkins, who was in a semi-sleeping state, was relaxed in his body, and his soul's perception was amplified to an astonishing degree. He could almost feel any vibration of the ground, not to mention that the footsteps were coming towards his tent.

"Meow~"

The cat reminded.

"I heard it."

Jenkins touched the chocolate, then held his breath and sat up. Because the weather was so cold, he even took off his coat and lay down, so it was very convenient to move now.

But even so, when he sat up from the quilt, he still felt that the temperature outside was terribly low, and he couldn't help shivering.

Whoosh~

Something cut through the cold air, knocked a small hole in the surface of the tent that should have been solid, and flew into the tent at a very fast speed. Jenkins subconsciously caught the thing. In the dark, he felt that the thing in his hand was heavy and cold, but it didn't move at all, it didn't look like a living thing, and his inspiration didn't indicate danger.

So he summoned his monocle and looked down, only to find that it was actually a steam bomb, and it was a grenade-type bomb that pulled the safety, shook it quickly 3 times, and then delayed for 5 to 7 seconds to explode.

"Huh?"

He made a questioning sound with a nasal voice, and of course there was great fear in this voice. But he still didn't feel threatened, and the cold bomb didn't show any signs of exploding.

"Dud?"

This is not impossible. After all, the gun pointed at him could explode, so it is understandable that the bomb thrown at him is a dud.

"Who is it?"

With such doubts, he grabbed his coat and crawled out of the tent, and then shivered from the cold.

Looking around, in addition to the dim light of the campfire in the camp, a dark shadow can be seen quickly climbing over the temporary fence in the distance and running towards the vast snowfield in the dark.

"Don't go!"

Jenkins shouted loudly, waking up the others and chasing after him. He ran very fast, and before the people on guard could react, he ran away in the blink of an eye.