Verricro was picking up two killed mountain antelopes by a stream at the foot of a cliff when he heard gunshots coming from the ruins. This is the most common wild antelope in the three southwestern provinces and likes to climb rocks and walls to feed.
The moss and leaves of small shrubs on the rock wall can also effectively avoid predators. Because many carnivorous beasts do not have the skills to climb rocks, they can only drool while watching the delicious food on the rock wall in mid-air.
Kamiya was wandering around leisurely...
It's just that these mountain antelopes didn't expect that the beasts can't climb up the rock wall, but someone can knock them down from the rock wall. For Viricero, these mountain antelopes are really the best targets. Even if the three people are close to the cliff, these mountain antelopes
The mountain antelopes did not panic. Perhaps many ferocious beasts tried to hunt them, but the bloody lessons of falling from the rock wall convinced these mountain antelopes that the enemy could not climb the cliff and would not be a threat to them.
Verricro raised his gun in a leisurely manner, aimed and fired, and a mountain antelope rolled down the cliff. But the other mountain antelopes were not aware of the danger yet. The roar of the gun sounded more like it to the ears of these mountain antelopes.
It was the sound of thunder, and the fall of his partner was probably regarded as a slip by other mountain antelopes. So the remaining mountain antelopes just stopped eating, called out "bleating" uneasily, raised their heads and looked around, and paid more attention.
Their resting place.
The three Viricolos were overjoyed when they saw that the other antelopes did not run away. They worked harder to clean the barrels of their guns, pour powder, plug the guns, wind the match, light them, and continue to aim their guns...
There was another roar, and another mountain antelope rolled down from the air. Only then did the surviving mountain antelope realize that the real threat came from the three two-legged beasts below. They were holding strange sticks, and every time they made a thunder
There was a burst of white smoke, and one of the companions fell off the cliff... Soon the remaining antelopes were jumping on the cliff as if they were on the ground, and soon they all disappeared on the other side of the cliff...
The three of Vericro re-equipped the matchlocks with their guns before going in search of the prey they had caught, because no one could guarantee whether there would be other carnivorous beasts ambushing nearby and preparing to hunt mountain antelopes.
When picking up prey, you may encounter wild beasts unexpectedly. Bock'ar's stone crossbow and Erikson's hunting bow alone cannot guarantee everyone's safety.
I was lucky and didn't encounter any ferocious beasts. Verricro said that the most dangerous ferocious beast in Bailuzhou is the mountain leopard, which is the overlord of the mountain forest. Each mountain leopard is as big as a calf and is extremely alert and alert.
Any experienced hunter would not confront a mountain leopard without preparation. That would be simply asking for death.
The two mountain antelopes that had been hit and fell off the cliff were easy to find. They fell on the slope below the cliff, not far from the three of them. But when Bokoar saw these two trophies, he couldn't help but sigh and complain.
.
In fact, the two mountain antelopes are very fat, but what is pity for Bockar is their fur. After rolling down the cliff and touching the hard rock, the fur of the two mountain antelopes got many cuts, which made them look a little bit...
tattered.
Last time, Verricro went to the old Monk's grocery store and sold two old skins, which also belonged to this mountain antelope. But although the two skins were older, they were complete, unlike the two newly hunted mountain antelopes.
The antelope's fur has been scratched to pieces.
"This one can only be sold for two riaso at most. This one is better, about three riaso. What I'm talking about is that we can only sell it at the old Monk's grocery store, and the price Vakuri may give us.
If you get it from Gilp Fur Store, they might refuse to buy it because it is damaged." Bockal made the appraisal very expertly.
"Here's a hand, stop talking nonsense," Erikson said unhappily: "Let's raise one end, Vero take the other, go to the creek and peel the skin first. Don't worry about how much it costs, the skin should be peeled."
You still have to peel it off. As for whether it’s worth it, I doubt your eyesight is accurate at all. You can’t even hit a pheasant at such a close range, and that crossbow arrow was in vain..."
"You're still talking about me, and you yourself are the same. You can't even catch a hair from two rabbits..." Bockaar retorted unconvinced, but he still went over and picked up the front legs of the mountain antelope, and
Ericson walked together towards the mountain stream not far ahead.
"I'm not used to it, you know. This is a hunting bow, not a school practice bow. I just got it and haven't mastered the strength yet. If it had been my short gun, I would have hit those two rabbits long ago." Eric
Sen was making excuses for why he couldn't catch two rabbits.
"Humph..." Bock'ar sneered: "That short gun of yours? That's the range? Are you going to crawl over and stuff the short gun into the rabbit's ass and then fire it? If you don't talk about it, I can shoot it too."
middle……"
The two of them quarreled and came to the mountain stream, and then watched Viricero skinning and breaking down the mountain antelope, and continued to quarrel while being alert.
While Viricero was cutting the mountain antelope into pieces, he heard a gunshot from the far side of the ruins.
Verricro suddenly stood up: "Did you also hear the gunshots?"
Bokhar nodded: "Yes, I heard gunshots."
Erikson was a little worried: "Did something happen to Claude?"
Verricro glanced at the mess on the ground and said, "Take those two antelope skins and the four antelope hind legs. We don't want anything else. We will go back immediately."
It wasn't until about forty minutes passed after the gunshot that the three sweating men rushed back to the Magic Tower ruins. At first sight, they saw Claude covered in mud lying in the open space in front of the ruins.
The three of them were all a little frightened. They threw the things in their hands and ran towards Claude without caring about them, shouting as they ran: "Claude, Claude..."
But Claude, who was lying on the ground, raised his head and smiled reluctantly: "You guys are here... I'm fine... I'm just a little tired and weak..."
Verricro rushed in front of Claude, knelt down and carefully checked Claude's body, and found no external injuries. Then he breathed a sigh of relief, helped Claude up and sat up, looking serious.
asked: "What happened? Why are you covered in mud, so dirty and smelly..."
Claude pointed to the inside of the ruins: "I went to the underground level and killed a big python there. You guys go have a look and pull up the python's body..."
"Big python?" Viricero was startled and stood up: "Ike, Boa, let's go take a look..."
"The innermost underground entrance near the cliff..." Claude shouted.
In fact, he didn't need to say anything. Just by looking at the traces of fallen silt on the ground, you could tell which underground entrance Claude came up from. After a while, Bockar ran back: "Awesome, Claude, you are actually a
A man killed such a big python! Did you know that the three of us were shocked when we saw the big python when we went down, fearing that it was still alive? Ike asked Vero to shoot again to see if it was true.
Dead..."
"Was a gunshot fired?" Claude asked, thinking that he didn't hear any gunshots just now. Although it was on the underground floor, gunshots should be heard so close.
"No," Bockaar shook his head: "Vero said that the python must be dead, otherwise there would be no movement when we went down. He got off the rope ladder alone and went over. By the way, I came up to get some more firewood.
Yes, those fires inside are almost extinguished..."
Bockaar hurried to get firewood again.
About half an hour later, Claude also stood up. This was enough for his acting. Even if he was tired and had rested for so long, he should have regained his strength.
When they walked to the underground entrance, they happened to see the three Vero people dragging up the dead python. Claude didn't feel much about it when they were fighting in the mud underground, but now that it was placed on the ground, he realized that the python was really
It was very big, with a body of more than three meters and nearly four meters long. It looked very scary, and Claude couldn't help but feel scared.
If the python didn't bite the gun body but bit his face when it rushed towards him, Claude would break out in cold sweat again. It would be a moment of life and death...
"This python skin can be sold for at least three silver thalers in the town." Bockal expressed his professional vision in surprise.
"Not only the python skin, don't forget that the python tendons are even more valuable," Erikson added.
"That's enough! Don't just care about money!" Verricro's face was dark: "I don't understand, Claude, why do you want to go down to the underground floor? I have already said that there is nothing but mud down there.
You are lucky today. If anything happens to you, how do you ask the three of us to go back and explain to your parents!"
Only then did Bockaar and Erikson react. Thinking of what Vericro said, they were also frightened. If Claude had not killed the python but was killed by it... they could no longer imagine it.
"Sorry..." Claude said: "I originally just wanted to stand on the stone steps and take a look, so I threw a few torches down. As a result, I found something shining in the mud next to the stone steps under the light of the fire.
There was a golden light, so I made a rope ladder and threw the piles of bush branches down. I just wanted to see what the golden thing was, but I didn't expect to be suddenly attacked by this big python..."
"Then did you find out what that shiny gold thing is?" Vericro looked at Claude suspiciously. In his opinion, this might just be Claude's choice of words to find a reason for his adventure.
"I found this..." Claude put his hand into his pocket, took it out, and opened it again. Several shiny gold coins fell to the ground, making a crisp clinking sound.
"This, this is Sullivan!" Boker picked up one and took a look at it. He shouted in surprise: "I'm not mistaken. This is a gold coin from six hundred years ago. I saw it in the coin encyclopedia at home.
The image of a magician in a cloak. Later, after the establishment of the Armstrong dynasty, this gold coin was completely abolished. Unfortunately, this is not Sullivan's magic gold coin."
"I searched for a long time, but only found these five in total." Claude said: "They are all next to the stone staircase. I wanted to expand the scope, and I ran into the python."
Vericro's suspicions were gone, because it was impossible for Claude to conjure up a few gold coins from six hundred years ago. It seemed that the situation should be as he said. He threw the torch and found something shining in the mud, so he
I threw down a few piles of shrubs and branches and made a rope ladder. The preparations were complete, but I didn't expect that there was such a big python hidden on the underground floor. This was indeed an unexpected situation.
Ericson picked up the other four Sullivan gold coins on the ground. He didn't think as much as Viricero thought: "Is this valuable?"
"I don't know if it's valuable or not," Boker said, "This should actually be considered an antique gold coin. After all, it has a history of at least six hundred years. But it cannot be considered an antique, because the image of this gold coin is that of an evil magician.
Therefore, it is prohibited to use it in all countries in the continent of Farea. However, it is still allowed to be exchanged into general coins at the bank according to its gold content. In our kingdom, I remember that it seems that it can be exchanged for two gold crowns, which is ten silver towers.
Le.”
"Haha, Claude, you are rich." Ericson said with envy: "I didn't expect that you would gain the most when you came to Bailuzhou this time. Not only did you kill such a big python, you also found such five
A gold coin. Take it, it's yours."
Claude waved his hand and did not take the gold coins handed over by Erikson: "Give them all to Boa and let him keep them. Didn't we already agree when we came here that all the gains will be shared equally by everyone. I found
These five gold coins are no exception."
"But, you killed this big python by yourself, you found the gold coins by yourself, and none of us helped at all..." Bock'ar said with a wry smile.
Claude laughed: "We came here together, so we were together before we went home. Just like the three of you go hunting and I am here alone, you will give me a share of the prey. In the same way.
The truth is, if there is an eventuality that I did not kill this python, you will also have to shoulder this responsibility and go back to accept the punishment. So, whether it is this python or the five gold coins, everyone has a share. Vero, you
Tell me if this is true."
"That's right." Verricro replied angrily: "But there are rules for hunting together. Whoever puts in more effort gets the bigger share, and the one who doesn't put in more effort gets the smaller share..."
"Okay, I'll take two of the five gold coins, and you'll get one each. That's it. Vero, you lead them to skin the python first, and we'll eat grilled python meat tonight." Claude had no doubts.