Volume 1: The Storm of the Sea Chapter 9 The Might of the Behemoth
The hydra in the mouth of the bearded Bob was rushing towards them at a speed completely different from his size, and the light of the cloudy dense forest was dim, but its hideous size still startled Alez, and he quickly turned his head and ran desperately towards the camp.
It wasn't clear if the camp would be able to stop the behemoth, but he knew that if he stopped fighting the monster, he would only be crushed by it.
Suddenly, a sound of breaking the air came from behind him, and before he had time to think about it, Aleti rolled on one side of his body, and hurriedly got up and ran. But the bearded Bob was not so nimble, and he heard only the sound of bones breaking and "plopping" to the ground.
Alez dared not pause, rushed into the camp with all his strength, and hurriedly beckoned the two guards to flee inside, but the two guards looked at the huge monster rushing out of the forest, and trembled, and one of them fell to the ground before he could run two steps. Seeing this situation, Aletz and the other guard ran away without looking back, not because they didn't want to help, and it was really unnecessary to send them to death.
"There's a monster, there's a monster!" Aletz and the guard shouted as they ran, but some people were called out. But in order to build the camp, most of the people went out to work, and there were only twenty or thirty people left in the camp.
Alici, who was hiding on the side, saw the appearance of the nine-headed monster snake clearly, and couldn't help but shudder:
The body of more than 20 meters, the head is slightly upturned, and a huge sarcoma suddenly grows at the intersection of the neck and the back. There are not many scales on the sarcoma, but a grayish-black carapace is formed. And those eight so-called skulls popped out of this sarcoma.
But if you look closely, what kind of snake heads are those eight heads, they are clearly a few worms as thick as a person, poking their heads out of the huge sarcoma like parasites, intertwined and intertwined.
"Where is this hydra," Alex swallowed, "This is clearly a nine-headed worm! ”
"This is ......" Viscount Eric had just received a report and rushed back to the edge of the camp with his patrol, looking at the giant hydra, speechless for a while.
"My God, what the hell is this monster" Captain Knox was also shocked, and a grunt came out of his throat: "This can't be the giant python that swallows people." ”
Although he was still scared in his heart, seeing Captain Knox eating deflated, Bourjo, who came in a hurry, couldn't help but say: "Captain Knox, do you have any good methods for this big snake?"
"Dead Fat Pig" heard Bourcho's taunt, and Captain Knox's anger came up: "Then do you want Bibi to be your hard skin or my hard fists?"
"Huh...... Don't dare, don't dare, my little body can't withstand your fists" Hearing Captain Knox's anger coming up, Bourcho's newly established self-confidence instantly collapsed, and he took a few steps back and softened.
"Ahem, okay" Eric saw that Knox didn't stop beating Bourcho, coughed his throat, and stopped: "Let's think of any way to kill this snake, at least drive him away, and not let him destroy it anymore." Speaking of this, Viscount Eric frowned again.
Hearing the Viscount's order, Knox glared at Bourcho fiercely, but he did it. Bourcho was so frightened by this that he didn't dare to speak to Knox again, and stood aside obediently.
"By the way, Bourcho," asked Viscount Eric, "how is the artillery I asked you to dismantle, and how many are still usable?"
"Report to Lord Viscount, the cannon is almost disassembled, and there are really not many that can be used, and only three cannons can be used normally, but considering that we can repair or reforge some tools for the iron cannon in the future, I will let them all be shipped back" Bourcho squeaked as he spoke, glancing at the angry-eyed Captain Knox.
"That's good, no matter how powerful the artillery is, it can still hurt this kind of monster, how can flesh and blood fight against steel. Hearing this, Viscount Eric breathed a sigh of relief.
"Uh...... In fact...... Lord Viscount, I have bad news here" Seeing that Viscount Eric was so happy, Bourcho didn't dare to say it.
"If you have anything to say, don't be, like a" Before the Viscount could speak, Captain Knox was dissatisfied with Bourcho's hesitant attitude.
"Say it, Bourcho. Viscount Eric also spoke.
"That...... That ......"
"Tell me!" Captain Knox roared.
"That...... The artillery hasn't been shipped back yet," Bourcho whispered, "The first batch of discarded artillery has been transported, and the normal artillery has just arrived, and the result is ...... As a result, the ship capsized, the artillery sank again, and it was impossible to catch it for a while, so it could not be transported. ”
"Then what are you doing here" Viscount Eric twitched the corner of his eyes, suppressing his anger and not exploding.
"I'm coming back to call someone, I don't have enough men," Bourcho cried with a sad face: "I thought that the logging and hunting team should also be back, and I happened to find a few people, who did I expect to run into this mess, Lord Viscount." ”
"Then you still stay here and watch," roared Viscount Eric, "don't hurry up and get it, wait for me to whip you." If it's too late, I'll feed you to the snake first!"
"You fat pig, this snake is estimated to not need to eat for ten days and half a month, but it can give us some leisure," Captain Knox began to make fun of Bourcho.
"Knox, you go and organize the manpower, let's go to the big snake to practice" Viscount Eric turned to Knox and ordered: "The artillery can't be counted on for a short time, you can't expect it to eat people and eat enough, dismantle the camp and leave, go quickly." ”
"Yes, Lord Viscount, I'll go," Eric didn't have time to salute, and hurriedly withdrew to gather his men.
"Whew......" Viscount Eric sighed as he looked at the raging Hydra and turned to walk towards the command room.
Strange to say, the hydra went crazy for a while, as if it was having fun, and turned around and swam deeper into the forest. As if thinking that this human camp was nothing more than that, the hydra didn't even bother to hide its tracks, and swaggered back the way it came.
"Damn the beast. Looking at the hydra who left unscrupulously, Viscount Eric clenched his fist, slammed it on the trunk of the tree, and said to Captain Knox who followed him: "Knox, you go and call Bourcho back, count the losses, this is what he does." As for salvaging artillery, if you pick a few more water-based ones, you will definitely have to transport them back today. ”
"Yes, Lord Viscount, I'll go. Knox, too, looked resentful, and turned and went down the river to find Bourgeois.
As night falls,
There was an air of despair and fear throughout the camp.
In Eric's command tent, Viscount Eric, Captain Knox, Burghoul, and the newly assembled battle team are discussing the matter of the Hydra.
"Tell me, Bourcho, how much this monster has cost us today. Viscount Eric sighed, as did everyone present.
"The material loss is not small, more than a dozen tents have been completely damaged, and more than a dozen have been damaged to varying degrees, but fortunately we have a lot of tents in stock, and we don't plan to use them often. ”
"The barbed wire and fence on one side of the forest were all destroyed, and the stored timber was also destroyed, but no other beasts were found on this island, and the timber was mostly logs, and the reserves were abundant. ”
"The biggest loss is still the population, we originally had a total of 116 people, and only one of the 10 people in the logging team survived, and the others couldn't even find their bodies. One of the camp guards was killed when the serpent attacked, and six more were crushed to death in the tent by the serpent before they could dodge. At the moment we only have just a hundred people left. Speaking of this, Bourcho could not think of any words of comfort, and could only sigh.
"The damage is huge, but it can still be beared," Viscount Eric sighed, "But if this monster is not removed, we will be wiped out in a few months." ”
"Lord Viscount, the artillery has arrived at the camp and the battle squad has been formed," Captain Knox said hatefully, "If the snake comes back tomorrow, we will let it know what death is like." ”
"I hope so," Viscount Eric said, walking to the members of the battle squad again, "you are the hope, the hope that we can live on this island, now, go and rest." ”
Hearing this, the fighters also prepared to retreat in turn. Viscount Eric patted Alez, who was about to leave, and smiled: "You kid is really lucky, you can survive every time and have a good rest, I hope you can have good luck tomorrow." ”
"You too, Lord Viscount, we will all be in good luck. Aritz said this, and turned and left the tent.
"Knox, Bourgeois, stand down too, rest well, there may be something tomorrow," Viscount Eric waved his hand, signaling the two to stand down.
"Yes, Lord Viscount, I hope you will rest well," Knox and Bourcho also withdrew.
"I hope we all have the best of luck. Waiting for everyone to retreat, Viscount Eric sighed softly.