"Crack, crack," the roaring bonfire made dull crackling sounds from time to time. After marching on the Yingfeng Grassland for a short while, the caravan felt tired and decided to rest for a while.
After resting for a while and eating something before continuing on the road, the moose were gathered together, and the caravan guards and crew members were in groups of three or five, setting up a bonfire next to the moose.
In addition to dead grass and fallen leaves collected from the surrounding areas, the fuel for the bonfire is mainly dried moose dung cakes. This kind of dung cake fire has less smoke, is durable in burning, and has a light grass fragrance in the light smoke, which is a Shang Dynasty.
A must-have item for traveling underground.
"Zi, Zhi," Liu Yu sat alone by a bonfire. On the bonfire was a hunted hare, which was smoking with oil. In addition to cave rats, there were also many rabbits on this grassland.
In addition, the intermittent howls of wolves came from the open grassland in the distance, indicating that there are many wolves here.
"Yeah!" Liu Yu was flipping the roasted rabbit on the campfire when he suddenly felt a thorn in his back. He turned around suddenly and saw the strangers from the North who were sitting around the campfire not far behind him. They were looking towards him and whispering.
Seeing Liu Yu turning around, he immediately turned sideways.
Not long after setting off from the small town, Liu Yu noticed someone secretly peeking at him along the way. After paying attention, he discovered that it was the people at the campfire behind him.
These people all have unfamiliar faces. Judging from their behavior, they should be adventurous servants hired by the grain merchant. Like him, they are temporary guards.
Liu Yu frowned. He was sure that he had never seen these people before. What were their intentions?
Could it be someone from the Yousha Arena? Liu Yu couldn't help but feel a layer of gloom in her heart. As the saying goes, there must be monsters when things go wrong. She was afraid that someone would be watching her, so she had to be careful in the next step.
"It smells so good!" Just as Liu Yu was deep in thought, a man from the north who was as strong as a bear and the captain of the caravan's guard "Red Bear" came over and looked at the burnt rabbit meat that was sizzling in the fire and shining brightly.
Swallowing his saliva, he sat down and said.
"The heat is about the same, it will be ready in a while!" Liu Yu turned over the roasted rabbit, sprinkled a handful of salt and spices, roasted it for a while, tore off one of the hind legs of the rabbit, and handed it over to the other party for a taste.<
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"Brother, I won't be polite!" Chixiong took a big mouthful, saying "fragrant". Unexpectedly, the craftsmanship of this Taoist from Zhongzhou was very good, no worse than those in the tavern.
"How can good meat be without good wine? Come on, Taoist Priest, drink some!" After eating the meat, Chi Xiong smiled and took out a pot of good wine and handed it out. This Taoist from Zhongzhou was the only foundation-building monk in the escort team besides him.
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Chixiong deliberately made friends with him along the way. In fact, he just hoped that if something happened to the caravan, this person would be able to lend a helping hand instead of patting his butt and running away.
Chixiong knew that the owner would definitely look down on the small reward given by his employer to accept this escort mission.
It's nothing more than a drop-in. For a veteran like him who has been underground for many years, he can tell at a glance that each caravan has its own official guard, and Chixiong has been the guard captain of this caravan for many years.
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Caravans traveling to and from the underground, in addition to their own bodyguards, usually hire some adventuring servants from the Adventure Guild at low prices to act as temporary bodyguards before setting off.
The bid is not high, but you can always recruit some people, because there are many adventurous servants who come along, with the mentality that if you can earn a spiritual stone, it is a spiritual stone, and most of them are willing to become temporary guards.
Besides, if you travel with a caravan, at least you won’t have to worry about food and drink.
"Hoo~!" Just as Liu Yu was chatting with the captain of the guard, two northerners carrying an iron cage were flying from far to near using the art of controlling the wind.
This sudden change caused the members of the three caravans to stand up one after another. They must have encountered a robbery, but that was wrong, there were only two people coming.
After the two people approached, they stopped and sat down in an open space outside the caravan. The two people were panting and had obviously traveled a long way.
As soon as they sat down, the two of them took the elixir and began to regulate their energy and energy as if no one else was watching. There was an iron cage covered with black cloth between them, which was mysterious.
"Ouch!" Seeing that these two people were passers-by, they probably saw a bonfire here and rushed over to have a rest, so the caravan paid no attention to it.
But after a stick of incense, everyone felt something was wrong. The howls of wolves coming from far away became more and more urgent and louder. It was obvious that a pack of wolves was approaching quickly.
This change happened shortly after the two strangers arrived. When the caravan was about to question the two men, the two men stood up without saying a word, lifted the iron cage, and flew forward, their figures almost invisible.
The breath disappeared into the dim grassland.
"It's not suitable to stay here for a long time, let's go!" Something is wrong. Red Bear shouted with a solemn face. The three caravans all started to pack up, extinguished the bonfires, tied up their gear, picked up the fed moose, and prepared to hit the road.<
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"Who are they!" Not long after the caravan set out on the road, two figures running wildly appeared in front of them. If you look carefully, they were the two people carrying the black cloth and iron cage, and they left again and came back again.
"Ouch!" There was no need for these two people to answer. Everyone knew what happened, because two strong and fierce wolves rushed out from behind them.
One black and one white, the stronger one has a black mane, grinning, and looks ferocious, while the smaller one has snow-colored wolf hair, a slender body, and an aura of agility.
Judging from the spiritual power emitted by these two giant spiritual wolves, they have actually reached the foundation building stage. Red Bear screamed in his heart, maybe he has encountered two "Wayland Wolf Kings"?
The suspicion in his mind soon became clear, because from the darkness surrounding the caravan, pairs of green wolf eyes were emerging one after another, and the muffled low roars made everyone in the caravan feel chilly.
Pairs of green eyes like ghost lanterns, densely packed and too many in number.
"Gather all the moose together, quickly!" Red Bear, an experienced man without much thought, shouted immediately.
The three caravans moved very quickly. They were all old caravans who had been traveling underground for many years. Soon, the nearly century-old moose was gathered together. They covered the moose's eyes with linen cloth and at the same time took out a "silencer" and stuck it on the moose's forehead.
rendering these moose temporarily deaf.
In this way, the moose will not panic and run away when they hear the howling of wolves. It is a trivial matter to lose the goods. However, if these moose get lost or are killed by these cave wolves, the loss will be huge.
The gathering of these moose can also free up more manpower to defend against subsequent wolf attacks.
"I'll kill you if you come any closer!" The two Northlanders carrying the iron cage also wanted to enter the defensive circle, but before they could get close, a few sword energy stopped them. The one who took action was secretly just now.
The group of people watching Liu Yu.
"In the cage are two Wolf King cubs that we brothers stole from the wolf den not long ago. They are both mutated fifth-level "moon wolves". They are good things. If you let us in, we will keep our brothers safe and wait for the wolves."
The cub takes action, and you will share the spirit stone." Seeing the dilemma, one of them suddenly opened the black cloth covering the iron cage and pointed at the two sleeping white-haired wolf cubs in the cage.
It turned out that a group of adventurous servants, including these two people, accidentally discovered a wolf den and found that the two wolf pups born by the wolf king were actually fifth-level "moon wolves" with higher bloodline.
For Xiu, it is a rare companion spiritual beast, and it will definitely sell for a good price.
As the saying goes, people die for money and birds die for food. These people don't want their lives. They dare to hide not far from the wolf's den and secretly watch every move in the wolf's den. Their hard work pays off, and these people really got the chance. Just today, the two wolf kings went out together. The group was overjoyed. After the two wolf kings left, they stormed the wolf den. Although they paid a heavy price, they successfully captured the two wolf cubs.
But the good luck of this group came to an end. When they were escaping, they happened to encounter two wolf kings who came back in a rage. The group was chased by the wolves all the way, and now they were the only two people left in the group. "Boss, how about..." Someone is obviously interested. If the two fifth-level "Moon Wolf" cubs are successfully brought back to Beluga Port, the price of each cub will probably not be less than a million.
I don’t know how these two cubs fell into the hands of these two people. Not only the group of people who secretly watched Liu Yu were moved, but even the other people in the caravan were also a little moved.
"Ouch!" Just as everyone was hesitating, the black-maned wolf king who was originally afraid of the many monks in the caravan roared. It couldn't wait anymore and ordered the wolves to attack. Obviously, in the eyes of the wolf king, the businessman
Team is working with two thieves.
When the Wolf King gave the order, the surrounding "cave wolves" rushed towards the caravans forming a circle like arrows. The black mass was like a wave. There were probably hundreds of them. Liu Yu couldn't help sweating his palms.
This is really a misfortune that fell from the sky, and luck came home.
"Get ready to fight and hold the line!" Facing the "cave wolves" rushing from all directions, several guard captains shouted loudly to encourage their guards and adventure servants.
With so many "cave wolves", they can only defend the circular formation. If the circular formation is breached and the caravan is scattered by the wolves, everything will be over.