‘Bang’, an alchemical flare was fired into the night sky.
Orange-gold light passes through the treetops and shines straight into the forest.
Fang Plover looked up at the dazzling light on the roof of the carriage, and his thoughts seemed to have returned to Talen a month ago. That night was the same night battle in the mountains and forests, except that the two sides changed people.
This time it was replaced by Rain Listener and Blood Oath.
Perhaps history played a minor joke on him, because the latter happened to have an unexplained relationship with one of the participants that day, the Jeffree Reds.
This relationship may be either a secret chapter or an alliance, but it is not officially recognized by either party.
This is already the fourth illumination bomb rising in the night sky. They illuminate the valley as bright as day.
The people of the Blood Oath seemed a little confused by the Rainlistener's course of action after their first breakout, and wanted to use this method to find out their true direction.
But in a complicated valley, this is not easy. Both sides have completely lost the whereabouts of each other's main force. Only scattered small teams bump into each other. Such sporadic fighting proves that the two sides have not broken away from contact.
It's like two people blindfolded and playing hide-and-seek with each other. Everything can only be guessed.
The battlefield was in chaos, and small-scale battles occurred from time to time. Even Fang Plover himself was not sure where they were, and could only barely judge that they were still heading south.
The last message from Grant was five minutes ago, telling them to go south through a valley and informing them that their destination was not far away.
This valley runs north to south, but with dead leaves piled up in the forest and roots growing wildly in the darkness, it looks inaccessible, and there are no traces of the Snake Man.
Fang Yu looked down. On the platform, Luo Yu was seizing the time to strengthen the suspension bridge. Others were guarding the surroundings. Tianlan and Jita were guarding a ballista on the left and right sides.
Due to the experience gained from the last night raid, Fang Plover's temporary solution was to install a crystal searchlight on the front saddle bridge, the size of the lamp was the size of a human head, and use the platform's own magic furnace as a searchlight for occasional use.
As for increasing the burden on the magic engine.
This search light is more useful than imagined. The beam it emits can shine dozens of meters away in the forest. Not only can it be used to blind the night lizards, but it can also be used to find the way and avoid the dark night.
Fall into dangerous terrain traps.
The only disadvantage is that the operator himself may be exposed to danger, but if it is controlled by a big cat person and a maid lady, it is generally not a big problem.
It's a coincidence.
It was at this time that Fang Plover saw the maid's searchlight tilted to one side, as if he had discovered something in that direction.
Then suddenly there was a hissing sound in the darkness.
Everyone was already familiar with this sound. Tianlan screamed from the platform below: "Night Lizard!"
Fang Plover then straightened up from the roof and looked around. This was not the first time they had fought against these monsters, and they knew their habits very well.
The next moment, he saw those monsters with blue-black skins walking through the darkness. They had excellent climbing and jumping abilities, and they were walking on the nearby tree trunks as if they were on the ground.
After approaching a certain distance, they screamed and jumped from the tree trunk, landing on Mr. Gray Rock's back as gracefully as apes.
Tianlan and Jita were already moving, turning the huge ballistae under Parker's guidance and making a clicking sound.
"On the right!" Papalar and the maid who acted as observers shouted in unison.
Tian Lan pulled the trigger and hit one of the monsters with a crossbow bolt as thick as an arm, causing the monster to fall from the air. "I hit it!" the little girl shouted excitedly.
But the ballistae is used to deal with larger opponents, and for the large number of night lizards, it would be like throwing a stone into the sea.
Although Parker was also doing some finishing touches, it was to no avail. The Night Lizards quickly broke through the first layer of defense.
Just then, a night lizard flew out of the darkness with the sound of wind and landed not far from Fang Plover.
Fang Plover looked at the monster.
To be honest, this was the first time he had observed this kind of humanoid monster up close. Night lizards are cave-dwelling creatures, so they are generally short in stature, with an average height of about 1.5 meters to 1.6 meters.
They look thinner than humans, but they are agile, have night vision and the ability to detect heat sources like snakes, and have an excellent sense of smell, making them natural hunters.
Their biggest feature is that they have blue-black skin like a tree frog, and a collar like an umbrella lizard on their neck.
The night lizard landed steadily on the roof, and then approached the square plover with a wooden spear in hand. Like a wild beast, it opened its collar and made a hissing sound threateningly.
Fang Yu couldn't help but think of the discussions he had read about these creatures in the community, and related papers and works by Professor Lawrence. The latter was the first generation pioneer and an authority on New World biology.
Lawrence believes that the Night Lizards do not live in the shallow rock crevices of the floating continent as the aborigines imagined, but come from a deeper underground world.
Because some geologists also support this view, after they calculated the buoyancy of Guy's Crystal, they concluded that most floating continents may have a cavity layer, and there may be an ecology below that is very different from the surface continent.
When Fang Plover saw the white eyes of the Night Lizards, which looked like they were covered with a silver film, he had a sudden feeling in his heart. This was a typical characteristic of life in a low-light environment. At this moment, the first thing he thought of was not fighting, but a battle.
After planting it on paper, you will finally feel a sense of enlightenment.
Every time he stayed in this world for a moment, he felt more and more confident that he had come right. Every strange and bizarre place in this world deeply attracted the adventure factor flowing in his blood.
Even beneath this beauty lies the same danger.
Seeing that he was indifferent, the night lizard man probably thought that this human being had been frightened by him and had already screamed and launched an attack. Only then did Fang Plover come back to his senses, raised his right hand and fired a rocket flying fist with a bang.
But the night lizard was so nimble that it ducked slightly to avoid his punch. However, it clenched its spear and was about to move forward when suddenly there was a low buzzing sound in its ears.
That's the sound of a small magic engine
The small winch built into the Square Plover gauntlet was retracting the line with all its strength. The cable connected to the flying fist suddenly tightened into a straight line. The night lizard suddenly realized the danger. When he turned around, he saw only a black figure.
It's flying roaring.
Fang Yu turned the palm of his hand back, and let the flying gauntlet strike the Night Lizard man on the bridge of his nose with a knife. The latter hissed in pain and was so dizzy that he couldn't tell the difference between east, west and north for a while.
Fang Plover retracted his gloves with a click, and at the same time stepped forward and pushed hard, knocking the dizzy lizard man off the platform.
At the same time, three or four more night lizards landed on the roof.
Just as Fang Plover was turning around, a shield suddenly flew out of the darkness and bounced around the four night lizards, knocking them all away before flying back in the direction they came from.
The big cat man raised his hand, caught the shield firmly, and then put it back on his right forearm with a click.
"Thanks, Mr. Reid!"
"You're welcome, come down first. You don't know how you can be so bold." The lion paladin shook his head. When they first got along, he just thought that this human boy was a bit innocent, but after a while, he found out that he was a little naive.
Another trait.
Heartless.
Anyone who dares to climb onto the roof of the carriage at this time is either a highly skilled person or a fool. But the other person is just a combat craftsman and half-alchemist. Generally speaking, these two professions require you to stay away from danger as much as possible.
of.
"Don't worry, Mr. Reed, I can still handle one night lizard," Fang Plover jumped down from the top obediently: "Actually, if Mr. Reid doesn't take action, I can also try the three night lizards.
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"Come on," Red turned around and slashed with his sword, cutting down a night lizard that climbed up from below. He turned around and replied, "If you get hurt, Attila will not let me go."
"Miss Elf is just a little too nervous. How can you take risks without getting hurt?"
"Then you go talk to her yourself."
Fang Yu chuckled, he didn't have the guts.
In fact, he just wanted to observe the situation in the valley from above. Who would have thought that he would encounter a battle?
However, he also intends to practice his melee combat ability and take part-time jobs in the Supreme Choice School. Isn't that the purpose? If he has learned relevant skills and knowledge but is not proficient in mastering it, what is the difference between it and a waste of experience?
At least he was very satisfied with his Rocket Flying Fist. He still had a lot of ideas that he hadn't used yet. In terms of rich theoretical knowledge, Fang Yu was confident that few of the trainees from the Grand Guild could match him in breadth.
of.
Of course.
In a truly dangerous situation, he would never put himself in danger easily.
He is very courageous, but that does not mean that he is not smart.
In his judgment, the nature of this battle was not much different from the previous one. In fact, it was just a small-scale encounter.
He did not see the night lizard wizard, nor did he see a large number of sacrifices, indicating that the other party was just a small team.
This was indeed the case. After the opponent launched several strong attacks on the platform and took two explosive shots from Parker, they left more than a dozen charred corpses and left the battlefield in panic.
The light from the flares had completely dissipated, and darkness returned to the forest.
Fang Plover looked at the shadows gradually disappearing in the forest, then turned back and said to Red: "This should be the last group of night lizards. The more they go north, the more they become. You see them fleeing north, and there should be more in front of them."
None of these monsters exist anymore."
"Does that mean we succeeded in breaking through?"
The big cat man picked up the body of a lizard man with his claws and threw it off the platform. The body turned into white points of light in mid-air and disappeared.
In the darkness, Rhett struck a match and lit his pipe.
It held up the pipe, bit it in its big mouth, raised its head and looked at the light spots flying in the forest, then blew out a puff of smoke and said: "What is the relationship between these ghosts and the Blood Oath? I heard that they never get along with each other."
Human intercourse.”
"Ahem." Tian Lan came over from a short distance away and was choked by the smoke. Because her nerves were too tight, her face was a little pale at the moment, and she couldn't help but said dissatisfied: "Big Cat Man, you smoke again.
!”
Rhett took down the pipe and asked softly, "Are you choking?"
Tian Lan shook her head and said magnanimously: "Forget it, you can keep pumping." As she said this, she took two steps back.
As for the lion man's question, Fang Plover couldn't find an answer.