It has been almost twenty days since Weiru left Duodan Town, and there is still no news.
Surdak sent a cavalry squadron to search the edge of the Warcraft Forest for a long time, but could not find any trace of him.
He suspected that Viru might have crossed the Dark Worm Valley and continued to explore to the north.
The hunting in Duodan Canyon is still going on. The aborigines in the town only dare to move around the northern city wall. Only the mercenary regiment and the cavalry battalion squadron dare to go deep into the middle of the canyon to search for the magical beasts active in that area.
As the ghost leopards and moon blade fire wolves continue to pour into the Dodan Canyon, they are the first target of hunters, especially the ghost leopard. The fur has a natural jungle camouflage effect. Although it is a first-level monster, it is still deeply loved by leatherworking.
Followed by masters.
This kind of monster is usually difficult to catch in the jungle. On the contrary, it was only after they got into the Duodan Canyon that they became traceable.
Andrew was lying in the grass, surrounded by waist-high white sword grass. This season's sword grass has spit out its seed spikes, and it is as hairy as small snails rushing into the sky. There are patches of white sword grass.
It looks like a wheat field, which constantly rises and falls when the wind blows, forming waves of wheat.
The Nanai indigenous warriors were followed by a cavalry squadron, and everyone lay quietly in the grass.
Suldak was in the grass two meters in front of Andrew.
If it weren't for his red leather armor that could still be seen through the cracks in the grass, Andrew would hardly be aware of his presence.
Andrew was a little impatient in waiting. He supported his body with his arms, crawled on the grass and pushed away the weeds little by little. He crawled to Surdak's side, spit out the half-chewed straw in his mouth, and whispered to Surdak.
Dak said: "Could he have run away?"
"Wait a minute, I can feel it there, but I can't see it!" Surdak whispered, staring at a pool under the slope.
"It's waiting for us to leave!" Andrew said.
"Let's go back and try."
Suldak made a gesture to Samira on the other side, and then he and Andrew lay down in the grass and backed away little by little.
On the top of the slope, only Samira was left, almost blending in with the surrounding white sword grass.
Half-elf archers possess half-elf blood in their bodies. They are born with the ability to be close to nature and are good at hiding in nature.
A quarter of an hour later, a ripple suddenly appeared on the edge of the pool, and the water halo continued to spread outward. The head of a ghost leopard appeared next to the pool, and then the front half of its body was exposed.
Its body is slender and muscular, and its body is the same gray-white color as the sword grass, and even has grass-leaf-like markings on it.
He lay down by the pool and licked his beard-covered mouth. He felt a little thirsty after hunting a rex rabbit in the morning.
It found a pool.
Just when it walked to the pool, it sensed an extremely dangerous pressure in the distance with its animal instinct, so it lay down in the grass and did not dare to move.
After finally waiting for the oppressive feeling to disappear, it wanted to take the opportunity to escape quickly, but hesitated when it saw the clear water in front of it, leaned forward slightly, and licked the water with its tongue.
A ripple appeared on the water...
The moment it sensed danger, Samira had already loosened the bowstring of the Painting of Withering, and two fine steel arrows flew out one after another against the grass spikes. The sharp arrow blades cut the soft sword-shaped grass blades.
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As grass clippings flew, two arrows flew fifty meters across in an instant.
The ghost leopard's body was like a huge spring, bouncing backwards at an incredible angle, but it still couldn't dodge and was shot in the front leg by an arrow from behind.
Andrew stood up from the grass, holding an alloy bow in his hand, and called on the cavalry on the hillside to catch up.
A lame ghost leopard can't go any faster, not to mention that its legs are still bleeding, and the blood is stained among the grass blades.
What these cavalrymen who came out of the desolate land most lacked was endurance and the ability to adapt to harsh environments. They jumped out of the grass one after another, spread out in a fan shape, and chased after the ghost leopard that was desperately escaping.
The cavalry in front rushed to the pool under the slope. They could not catch up with the ghost leopard, even though one of its legs was injured.
But the cavalry who followed behind them roared past them on their war horses, and found the ghost leopard in a short bush.
Just when it was about to jump up and hurt someone, the cavalry in front raised the knight's light shield in its hand, and the cavalry behind quickly thrust out the war spear in its hand...
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Andrew rode a horse, holding the soft ghost leopard in his hand, and came to Surdak.
"It's really a ghost leopard! Boss, how did you discover it?"
Andrew threw the ghost leopard to Surdak, but Samira who was standing aside reached out to take it.
This was a young ghost leopard, weighing only eighty or ninety pounds. Samira easily carried it in her hand. She pulled out the stainless steel arrow from the ghost leopard's leg, and opened the ghost leopard's closed neck with her hands.
Lips, look at the sharp teeth inside.
"It's a very subtle perception, and I can't explain it clearly," Suldak said.
He thought of that morning when he was lying on the bed, letting his senses spread to the surroundings. It was a wonderful feeling. The sacred breath in his body and the magical elements in the surrounding air produced a weak vibration.
Based on these subtle information feedbacks, the surrounding scenery can be constructed in the sea of spiritual consciousness, just like having another pair of eyes.
After receiving the ghost leopard handed over by Samira, Surdak did not rush to skin it, but waved his hand to let the rest of the cavalry mount their horses.
He stuffed the body of the ghost leopard directly into his magic pocket, and said to all his men: "Let's go, don't delay here any longer. I'm afraid the indigenous friends of the Dakuni tribe are already waiting impatiently on the other side of the canyon.
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The transaction with the indigenous people was delayed for nearly half a month before the second batch of goods was collected.
However, this time the four-wheeled carriage could not cross the canyon, so Suldak had no choice but to lead two squadrons of cavalry and use horses to carry the goods through the canyon to the Dakuni tribe waiting at the entrance of the canyon.
Samira wore a salamander leather armor that was almost the same style as Surdak's. Her slim body allowed the excellent quality of the salamander leather to be fully reflected. The softness and tension of this leather tightly wrapped her body. It seemed that before
I have never noticed that the half-elf archer’s thighs are so round and slender...
Surdak shook his head vigorously to get rid of the distracting thoughts that suddenly arose in his mind. He felt that he should go back to Wall Village.
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The indigenous tribes were preparing to hide in the mountains. Only by climbing to the snow-covered peaks of the thorny mountains was the restricted area that the ghost-striped red ants did not dare to enter.
Duodan Canyon belongs to the middle section of the Thorn Mountains. The biggest feature of the mountains here is that starting from the middle of the mountain, stone swords like sharp swords are erected in the mountains. These stone swords are of different lengths. The longer ones are almost several
Ten meters, some are only a few meters short. They are close together with almost no gaps, completely isolating the peak and the foot of the mountain into two worlds.
The top of the mountain is covered with snow all year round and is always hidden above the clouds.
Only the elders of the indigenous tribes have the secret path through the middle of the Thorny Mountain. They can pass through the stone swords and thorns and hide on the cold mountain top before the beast tide comes.
There is a lack of survival supplies there, so you can only climb the mountain if you have prepared food and cold protection supplies.
Carrying a large amount of supplies, the two cavalry squadrons carefully bypassed the Moon Blade Fire Wolves occupying the forest area at the mouth of the canyon and arrived at the intersection between the canyon and the hills.
This is where the deal was agreed upon with the Dakuni tribe.
The original border line of the northern occupied area has been completely destroyed, and the cavalry battalion has not left the canyon and patrolled along the border line for half a month.
The hilly land in front of us has been completely reduced to a barbaric land. Many poisonous monsters emerged from the monster forest and appeared in groups. They have driven the Moon Blade Fire Wolf group into the Dodan Canyon. Obviously, these groups of monsters outside the canyon are
Be more dangerous.
It is not that easy to hunt Warcraft here. Only powerful Warcraft will become lone wolves in this hunting ground. Most of the low-level Warcraft appear in groups. These Warcraft all have the ability to control magic.
With this ability, once the entire group is angered, they will often face a large-area covering magic attack.
Not far away, there is a group of black-ridged ice-horned rhinoceros. It is said that this is a rare second-level monster. Their traces can only be found in the northern part of the Invercargill monster forest.
The group of black-ridged ice-horned rhinoceros that appeared in front of Surdak's eyes numbered about three hundred. They were on the top of a hill, occupying a large area of bushes. It seemed that these bushes should be their favorite food.
There was a group of iron-backed man-bears gathered at the foot of the mountain. There were about seventy or eighty of them. The two groups of monsters seemed to have taken a liking to the hills at the same time.
Iron-backed bears rarely gather in groups. One of these giant beasts is almost running rampant on the edge of the Invercargill Monster Forest. Now there are actually seventy or eighty of them gathered together, charging up the hillside together.
The iron-backed bears are also very agile when running, but the black-ridged ice-horned rhinos are not afraid of them at all. The crystal-like rhinoceros horns on their foreheads light up with magic lines, and then ice arrows fall from the sky...
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If a single black-ridged ice rhinoceros releases ice arrows, it will have almost no power.
But hundreds of black-ridged ice-horned rhinoceros released ice arrows at the same time, causing a blizzard to break out in the hilly ground in an instant.
In this blizzard, the iron-backed bear's body lit up a semicircular earth shield from time to time.
Unfortunately, although the iron-backed bear was strong, it still could not withstand the wind and snow. Soon a thick layer of ice formed on its body, and its movements became sluggish.
Originally there was only a distance of less than two hundred meters, and it was like a natural chasm blocking them in front of them.
A quarter of an hour later, these iron-backed bears covered in frost and snow fled collectively...
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Surdak led the knight squadron to hide in a mountain col between the hills. Near the mountain col grew some wild radish with a faint odor. Many Warcraft did not like the smell of this plant. It was close to the mountain.
The forest area at Taniguchi.
As soon as the cavalry squadron arrived here, a group of indigenous warriors ran out of the woods nearby.
This time, the Dakuni indigenous warrior led the team, and Surdak never knew his name.
In the middle of the indigenous team, there were four indigenous people carrying a stretcher. There was also a tattered chair tied to the stretcher. The great elder of the Dakuni tribe was sitting firmly on it. He was short and his body was curled up.
Together, it looks like a thin and small black monkey, holding a polished black and shiny human-shaped walking stick.
Surdak walked out of the cavalry team and stood at the front.
The great elder also raised the cane in his hand high, and four bare-chested natives walked out quickly carrying chairs. The surrounding native warriors got out of the way.
The indigenous elder came to Suldak, a faint smile appeared on his wrinkled face.
"Young knight, you are indeed a man of your word. You have brought us the supplies we need most." The voice of the indigenous elder was not loud, but Surdak heard it very clearly.
Surdak waved his hand, and the cavalry behind him came up one after another and piled the supplies on their horses in front of the great elder.
Soon it was piled up into a hill, and several indigenous warriors ran out and picked and inspected it.
Then he handed a tattered backpack to Surdak.
Surdak opened the lid of the backpack and took a look inside, and was speechless: a bundle of silver-leaf grass and some dried kudzu were packed inside, just like a basket of rotten cabbage...
These herbs, which are almost impossible to buy in the imperial magic shop, seem to be of little value in the eyes of the indigenous people.
Seeing Surdak frowning, as if he was a little dissatisfied, the indigenous elder waved his hand again, and then another native ran out and handed another basket of herbs to Surdak.
"Recently, it has become difficult to collect herbs in the forest, so these are the only ones." The indigenous elder said with an embarrassed look.
"These magic herbs are enough to exchange for those supplies. Judging from the current value of these herbs... I may even take advantage of it!" Surdak tried his best not to look too proud.
He lowered his voice and gave a very pertinent evaluation.
"Then our deal is happily concluded. I hope we can continue to cooperate after this beast tide is over." The Aboriginal elder seemed relieved and waved his hand, asking the accompanying Aboriginal warriors to carry the supplies in front of them.
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Afterwards, they would take the natives back to the woods.
"Wait a minute, Great Elder, have you ever thought about...the warriors of your Dakuni tribe accepting my employment?"
When the natives were about to turn around, Surdak suddenly called out to the great native elder and asked him.
The indigenous elder raised the black wooden cane in his hand again, and the team immediately stopped.
He turned to look at Surdak with his eyes widened, and that somewhat bright gaze seemed to see into Surdak's heart again, making it impossible for Surdak to hide his thoughts.
It feels very uncomfortable to have someone see through your inner thoughts all of a sudden.
When Suldak thought of using the spiritual power in the sea of spiritual consciousness to resist, the indigenous elder had already withdrew his gaze.
"You want to hire my children to help you fight off the beast tide?"
The indigenous elder asked slowly, his expression a little solemn.