Chapter 22 The Herd of Beasts
Arthur's hand holding the bow trembled slightly, from excitement rather than fear.
Judging from the reactions of Keynes and the mercenaries, the next battle will never be simple, and the boy's heart is pounding when he encounters such a battle on his first mission.
Soon the figure of Angus appeared in Arthur's field of vision, and Angus ran wildly, looking back from time to time.
In Arthur's opinion, Angus was a little embarrassed to run, and he couldn't help but want to laugh, but he found that Keynes and the mercenaries around him all had grim faces.
"Fight, fight, it's Bi Guan!" Angus's almost torn voice came.
Only then did Arthur realize that Angus was running for his life, and behind Angus waves of gray-white waves were chasing him frantically, as if they could swallow him at any moment.
What kind of waves are there, it's clearly a herd of gray-white beasts!
As they got closer, the ferocious appearance of these little beasts called Bi Guan was also clearly imprinted in Arthur's eyes.
The Bi Kana is slightly smaller than the hounds domesticated by the Terrans, with a mouth full of sharp canine teeth. The hair on the whole head is white, but the hair on the back of the neck has turned gray, and the most peculiar thing is that these little beasts have two long fluffy tails like fox tails. The two long tails swung rapidly, allowing Bi Guan to glide close to the ground for short distances while running, and even the speed of Angus, a fifth-level captain, was only slightly faster than the speed of these little beasts.
Bi Kana is a creature between a beast and a first-level demonic beast, and the reason why it cannot be defined as a first-level demonic beast is because there is a controversy within the Magicians' Guild.
The human definition of Warcraft is that this creature must have natal magic skills, and Bi Kana does not have natal magic. However, Bi Jian has the ability to be bloodthirsty, and the vitality and attack power of Bi Guan in the bloodthirsty state will be multiplied, and he will not die in the hunting process. The mainstream view in the Wizards' Guild is that bloodlust does not belong to the category of magic, but there are also many magicians who believe that bloodlust belongs to the branch of dark magic, but this view is not accepted by the mainstream because the dark magic inheritance on the continent has been cut off for thousands of years.
No matter how the Wizards' Guild characterizes Bi Guan, Cairns and other veteran mercenaries know the horror of these small beasts. Because of the terrifying speed and ferocious habits, the fate of the small group of mercenaries when they encounter Bi Guanqun is to be wiped out.
The group of Bi Kanas was getting closer and closer, and there were hundreds of them chasing Angus, and their low whining roars as they ran made people shudder.
"Come on, little brutes!" Tony cursed under his breath as he pulled the trigger, and with a creak, a crossbow bolt wrapped in fighting spirit shot out at a rapid pace.
The Terran army's special steel crossbow had an effective range of 150 meters, and the bolts flew close to Angus's side, but they were stuck diagonally on the ground in front of the Bi Guan.
Tony took a long breath and calmly shot a second arrow.
A cluster of blood splashed in the group, and the one that ran in front fell to the ground.
Far from stopping the herd, the blood completely aroused Bi Guan's ferocity, and their speed increased in vain, and their low roar almost turned into a roar.
A little blood can put the entire herd into a bloodthirsty state!
"Tony, you bastard, you want to kill me!" Angus scolded, his speed was originally only a little faster than the herd, and the speed of Bi Guan, who had entered a bloodthirsty state, increased even more, and in the blink of an eye, he chased after Angus and bit his ass.
Tony rubbed his nose in embarrassment, then pulled the trigger again, and a cluster of blood splashed in the pack again.
Tony laughed and threw the steel crossbow to the ground, "Shoot it, brothers, or Angus's ass won't be saved." ”
After Tony's three arrows, the herd had already rushed into the best range within a hundred meters, and with Tony's greeting, one by one the crossbow arrows whizzed out with the sound of the wind.
The mercenaries deliberately avoided Angus as they shot, and clusters of blood bloomed behind him, and they kept falling down.
Behind the running man was a blooming blood red, and the killing battlefield showed a strange beauty at this time, which made Arthur a little in a trance, and he forgot to shoot an arrow for a while.
"Arthur!" a low roar from Keynes pulled Arthur back to reality.
Arthur's face turned red, and he hurriedly opened his bow and fired the first arrow, but this arrow was really outrageously off.
The mercenaries fired three rounds of crossbow arrows as fast as they could, then threw the steel crossbow to the ground like Tony, drawing their shields, swords, axes, and other melee blades.
While the crossbow arrow has the advantage of stronger lethality and higher hit rate, it also has an unavoidable disadvantage, that is, the winding time is long, and the best steel crossbow can only shoot three arrows in a row, and after shooting three crossbow arrows in the receiver, it will become a piece of scrap iron, and the battlefield will not have time to rewind it.
The mercenaries didn't have the ability to kill Tony with one arrow, and the three rounds of crossbow arrows only killed the dozens of Bi Kana who rushed to the front, and the beasts had already rushed within fifty meters.
Arthur, who was standing next to Keynes, fired a second and a third arrows in succession, this time without losing the standard again, one arrow went directly into Bi Guan's mouth, and the other arrow also nailed one Bi Jian to the ground.
Arthur never had a chance to shoot the fourth arrow, and the striker of the beast tide had already collided with the mercenaries in the first row.
The mercenaries did not rush out, but stood in formation, waving their blades and killing one by one.
After the orc camp a few years ago, Arthur once again got a close look at the Blue Enchantress's mercenaries as if they were an army.
The mercenaries standing in a row each face only one Bi Guan's attack, and for Bi Guan's side rushing over from the side, there will be mercenaries next to or behind him who take the initiative to stop them.
Angus and Tony, who retreated, quickly moved through the front row, occasionally making up for a key spot or two.
The first-level Bi Jian against the third-level mercenaries, in the case of not being besieged by numerical superiority, no matter how vicious these little beasts were, they could not escape the fate of being slaughtered, and soon three or four corpses were piled up in front of each mercenary in the first row.
Most of the beasts were killed in a blink of an eye, but these Bi Kana still rushed up without fear of death, even if the abdomen was pierced by a sword, they still stretched their necks to bite the mercenaries' arms, which can be described as extremely vicious, and many mercenaries were hung up with some color.
The herd also tried to bypass the mercenaries in front of them and attack the team from both sides, but were also stopped by the prepared mercenaries.
When the herd was slaughtered to a few dozen, the remaining Bi Guan finally became frightened and began to turn and flee.
During the whole process, Keynes, Adeline, and Iraya, who were hidden in the shadows, did not make a move, and Keynes also stopped the mercenaries from chasing the remaining herd.
This victory did not bring any joy to Keynes, looking at the corpses all over the ground, Keynes's brows were still furrowed, "I just entered the mountain and encountered a herd of demonic beasts, it seems that this mission is destined not to go well......"