Chapter 170: High Frequency Signals
The attack of the bloodhounds sounded the horn of the opponent's attack in disguise
Thundered!
The ground in the northwest corner of the 3rd Corps' temporary defensive position caved in, revealing a large, swarthy cavern.
Countless coarse, long, thin, red, yellow, green, gray long snake pythons.
Tumbling out of it, like those beast legions, launching an outlaw attack.
There is an underground karst cave formed by karst landforms, the size of which is unknown, but the snakes seem to be endless, pouring out in a steady stream.
The line of defense formed by the herd of hounds was too thin in front of them, and in the blink of an eye, a dozen hounds were overwhelmed by the snakes, leaving only their whimpering in pain.
Andes is not rich in poisonous snakes in the mountains, but there are many pythons, and snakes are no exception, but falling among them, the death process is more painful, either strangled to death, or suffocated to death, either way of dying is more painful than poisoning.
The group of hounds did not die in vain, at least to win a certain amount of reaction time for the Third Corps, and the two centenarian guards, who were in reserve, had already pounced and formed a defensive line.
"Molotov cocktails, throw Molotov cocktails, build a wall of fire. Sean was startled but not confused, and ordered in a loud voice, "The first school, the second school will return to the defense, the attached siege equipment will turn the direction of the attack, and the third school will take over the frontal defense line, correct the trebuchet, put on the fire oil barrel, and head the snake cave hole." ”
The herald ran quickly, and the entire Third Corps moved in an orderly manner, although the Beast Legion in front of him could not jump out of the way from the current situation, but for the sake of prudence, a colonel was left for defense.
Boom! Boom!
Hundreds of incendiary bottles made of high-concentration alcohol in ceramic bottles smashed down, and the attack of the snakes slowed down.
It's just a slow time.
Under the influence of unknown reasons, these birds and beasts have completely violated most of their biological instincts, and when they are not even afraid of death, what else in this world can make them retreat?
The serpents are not afraid of death, one after the other, like an ant colony crossing the river, stepping on the corpses of their companions, and forcibly paving a way in the sea of fire.
"Formation, defense. ”
The two hundred-man guards of the Third Corps, who had thrown the Molotov cocktails at hand, stood shoulder to shoulder, shield against shield, forming a tight shield defense line, ready for battle.
Boom! Boom!
The interception of the two hundred guards won precious time for the Third Corps, and the polished angular boulders fell around the snakes, and after they landed, these boulders would roll at least five or six times, rolling out nearly a dozen meters of blood, and using the kinetic energy to the extreme.
The boulder landed more accurately each time, and the third piece had fallen directly on the edge of the cave where snakes were constantly surging out, smashing the surrounding land and making the mouth of the snake cave bigger, and the snakes were surging in it like waves, I don't know how many, as if all the snakes and insects in the entire Andes Mountains had gathered here.
"The catapult is corrected, the oil drum is loaded, and it is launched!"
Boom! Boom!
The fourth time the catapult threw out a boulder, it was a sealed wooden barrel that looked like a boulder and weighed about the same, and contained black fire oil, known as the blood of demons.
If the flames formed by hundreds of Molotov cocktails are described as a wall of fire, then more than a dozen oil drums smashed down, forming a sea of fire, accompanied by billowing smoke, the flames rose for nearly ten meters.
The violent explosion shook the two hundred-person formations that formed a shield formation not far away.
Countless bombed snake corpses smashed around like rain.
The entrance of the underground snake cave was also blown even bigger, and the snakes wanted to repeat their old tricks and use the corpses of a large number of companions to make a way out, but the power of the demon's blood was far from being comparable to that of high-concentration alcohol.
Even so, the snakes did not hesitate to gush out, becoming the accelerant of this huge brazier.
As soon as the fire was suppressed by them, several barrels of black oil fell again, making the fire even stronger.
On the other side, the members of the Temporary Special Affairs Team also picked up their pace, and the second leader of the beast to be put down was the cunning steppe wolf.
No matter how cunning the fox is, he can't fight the hunter.
By the time the steppe wolf found out that he had fallen for Achill's calculations, it was too late and he was cornered.
Among the five beast leaders, the steppe wolf has the weakest frontal combat power, and once it loses its speed advantage, it is not Achill's opponent at all.
Surprisingly, the third person to end the battle turned out to be Darnell who dealt with Andes Giant Bear, and everyone was even more focused on the fact that the two sides were in a confrontation most of the time except for the initial temptation.
Then Darnell's body burst out with a dazzling white light, apparently using the power of magic, and then the attitude of the Andes Giant Bear changed a hundred and eighty degrees.
From the initial hatred and hatred, he has become extremely docile, and he follows Darnell step by step, more well-behaved than the hound raised since childhood.
The rest of the matter was much simpler, and Darnell repeated his old tricks, striking at the octagonal bull with McGee the Skull-Crusher, and the razor-boar, which was battling the buns.
Although the changes were not as big as those of Andes Giant Bears, they all became much more docile and quiet, and they were put down by their opponents, and then injected a large amount of anesthetics, which was safe after all.
If it weren't for the fact that Andes Bear was intact, Darnell refused, and was afraid that it would have ended up like this.
These beast leaders, even the giant Andes Bear, are far from being able to compete with the champion knights, because they all have the idea of grabbing the mouse, and they are a bit of a mouse-thrower.
Otherwise, they simply don't have a chance to complete ten rounds under the Champion Knight.
After all, the champion knights not only possess the physical qualities of monsters, but also possess weapon armor that is sharper than the weapons they bring.
The leader of the sixth python that emerged from the sea of fire in the snake cave was in an awkward position, because its size was destined to make it a mount, even if it was not much smaller than the mutant Andes giant bear.
Its only fate is to become an experimental object in a medical research base, and the relationship between life and death is not very big, and it has no scruples when it starts.
Catapults and ballistas went into battle, and even the champion knights were half-crippled by a burst of indiscriminate bombardment, and they couldn't do anything about it.
In the face of a large number of anesthetics, it is also the life of being put into a cage in the end.
Aside from the sudden appearance of the snake group and the snake cave, which caused a certain amount of confusion to the Third Corps, the ensuing battle was lackluster.
A beast is a beast after all, and it can't play too many tricks.
The reason why the snakes appeared behind the Third Corps was not a conscious ploy, it was just the weakest place in the underground snake cave that led directly behind the Third Corps.
If they reach the front of the 3rd Corps' defensive position, they will also attack with the Beast Legion.
It can only be said that the Third Corps had a loophole when choosing its position this time, and did not take into account the threat from the underground.
"Mr. Darnell, how did you do that?" Sean was most interested in how Darnell made a beast as well-behaved as a hound.
Darnell's face was not good-looking, a little gray, and his spirit was also a little sluggish, obviously the magic power was overused, obviously the three strokes just now, the consumption was very considerable.
Darnell is still holding on, not only because the battle is not over yet, but also because there is a lot of experimental ingredients in dealing with this Andis giant bear, if you don't explain it clearly, without your own control, who knows if the other party will go berserk.
"Even if a beast has mutated, it is still a beast, and the behavior pattern should not change too much, so that they completely go against their survival instincts, and there can only be one reason, and that is that there is something to control them. ”
"At first, I always guessed that there was a warlock secretly manipulating, but all indications ruled out this, and there was no way to summon and control so many birds and beasts by manpower alone. ”
"There must be something we don't know about, that influences their behavior patterns, don't you feel anything unusual here?"
Darnell's final question was addressed to Sean and Elena, who were also warlocks.
"Abnormal?" Sean's eyes lit up, "Your Excellency also felt it? The closer you get to the canyon, the fluctuation of the magic power is extremely strong, and the magic power in the body becomes more and more active?"
"It's much more than that. Darnell said with a solemn expression, "If you listen carefully, you will find that there seems to be a strange magic force around you, which is constantly whispering in your ear, a very low voice, ordinary people can't hear it at all, but those birds and beasts can feel it, they should be summoned by this voice." ”
"High-frequency signal!" Sean's eyes widened and he exhaled a noun in a low voice.
"What does the word high-frequency signal mean, and how come I've never heard of it?" asked Darnell, confused.
"I have seen records of similar situations in the ancient books of the ancient Andes Empire, there are some relatively unique fluctuations or sounds of energy, which cannot be heard by humans, but some animals can hear or feel, the most typical representative of which is bats, which observe the surrounding environment through sound and locate and prey. ”
It's not the first time Sean has done this, once there is no way to explain it, he will push it directly to the Ancient Andis Empire, then again, with the relatively developed magic technology of the Ancient Andis Empire, it is really possible that this phenomenon has been discovered, but it has not been handed down, or it has stayed in a lonely book.
"That's pretty much the concept. "Darnell is accustomed to it, Sean's body hides too many secrets, and he can't finish asking the bottom of it, but he is also secretly determined in his heart to make up for the ancient Andis imperial Chinese when he has time, study the knowledge and information in this area, and wait until he finishes studying the relevant information, see what else this kid can use as an excuse.
"I used my magic power to cut off these anomalous signals, and they naturally returned to normal, this little guy is smarter than we expected, and he doesn't want to be regained control by that horrible thing, so he can only follow me, but I recommend sending them out of here as soon as possible, because I'm not sure if this severance is permanent or temporary, and what strange things will be ordered by those signals. Darnell said with a solemn expression.
The little guy in his mouth is the behemoth next to him, this big guy with a terrifying stature, his actual age is not very old, at most four or five years old, between adulthood and adulthood.
In fact, none of these captured beasts are particularly large, especially at the boss level of these bosses.
It is not yet known what role age plays in the variation, and it will take a series of comparisons to draw conclusions.
"Understood, I've already made arrangements. Sean nodded, this is a coincidence.
In addition to this consideration, because of the anesthetic, which has more or less side effects on **, especially continuous large doses, Sean doesn't want the guy they took the risk and worked hard to catch to become a cripple.
The fire at the mouth of the Snake Cave lasted for a day and a night, until the 3rd Corps ran out of oil barrels, and had to cut down a large amount of timber and turn it into a huge bonfire.
The air around the Grand Canyon is filled with the smell of meat and burnt paste.
In the next few years, within a radius of several hundred kilometers, wild mice and hares are only afraid of flooding.
In order to prevent other accidents, the Third Corps had to dig pits to bury the snake corpses burned to semi-carbon ashes.
In addition to a large number of insects and snakes that were burned to death, a considerable number of them were roasted and suffocated alive.
The underground snake cave has become a natural oven, and these snakes and insects instructed by unknown signals, even if there is an escape channel behind them, do not know how to turn around and escape, and run towards the road of death.
After the underground snake cave was cleared out, it was a deep, extendable underground cave, leading directly to the direction of the Grand Canyon, like a big mouth opened by a demon, placed in front of the Third Corps.
On the third day after the confrontation with the Beast Legion, the Third Corps of the First Legion of the Eternal Night Group Army withdrew, and the withdrawal was extremely hasty, only building simple fortifications and hiding the entrance to the snake cave.
It was as if there was an invisible demon chasing them behind them, and they retreated for fifty kilometers, not to mention the snake cave cave, and even the Grand Canyon that was close at hand, Sean did not send anyone to investigate.
Because from the second day, a very small number of soldiers in the Third Corps began to have abnormal symptoms such as nausea and headaches.
In the afternoon of the next day, the soldiers who had these symptoms began to sleepwalk, doing unbelievable things, and when they woke up, they did not know what they were doing.
In the early morning of the third day, the number of soldiers with such symptoms increased dramatically.