Chapter 4: The Steelmaned Beast
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The town is built along the river, and the mother river, Uswar, runs from west to east between the town of Red and the Monster Forest. On the other side of the hundred-meter-wide river is the edge of the Demonic Beast Forest, where some low-level Demonic Beasts live.
There are no bridges over the Uswar River, and monsters generally don't flow into the town of Red, except for the occasional sight of some monsters drinking from the river. So the monsters and humans here are quite safe. Usually, only some hunters will cross the river by boat and hunt some low-level magical beasts back to the town for some money.
The summer breeze blows the Uswar River, causing ripples on its surface.
At this time, a black-haired teenager was taking a homemade bamboo raft and ferrying on the river. The young man's black hair flew in the wind, and under the sword eyebrows of the sideburns were a pair of black eyes, and the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned with a lazy and uninhibited smile.
This teenager is none other than Lorraine.
Every day off, Lorraine always has to enter the Warcraft Forest to hunt Warcraft, and he can use the Warcraft he hunts for money to subsidize his family, and Lorraine's main purpose is to use the crisis to break through his limits!
Although Warcraft does not have the wisdom of humans and cannot cultivate Douqi, Warcraft has a strong predatory ability and an instinct to escape. In the dense woods, with their agile movement and strong flesh, the attacks of the monsters will be unguardable.
These demonic beasts are much more dangerous than human warriors of the same level!
often fighting with such magical beasts has trained Lorraine's vigorous skills.
Although Lorraine is not even a trainee martial artist so far, he can fight some first-order demonic beasts, and even escape under the claws of second-order demonic beasts, which is something that even some trainee martial artists cannot do.
It didn't take long for the raft to reach the other side.
When the bamboo raft docked, Lorraine fixed the raft with an iron shovel to prevent the raft from drifting away with the river.
With an arrow on his back, a bow and crossbow hanging on his left waist, and a dagger pinned to his right waist, this is all the equipment for Lorraine's adventure to the Warcraft Jungle, although it is simple, but Lorraine is used to such light equipment, and the thick and bulky equipment is not suitable for fighting in the dense forest.
After checking the equipment, Lorraine walked towards the dense forest.
In the past, Lena had traveled with her, but now that Lena had moved back to Harran City, Lorraine was the only one who came to adventure.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, Lorraine came to the edge of the Monster Forest.
The endless dense forest in front of you is like a creeping green beast, which makes people feel awe!
After a moment's pause, Lorraine scurried into the forest without hesitation.
Entering the jungle is like entering another world.
Although it was a hot summer day, the dense forest was still as cool as spring. The sunlight struggled to shine through the dense foliage, bringing a glimmer of light to the jungle, and the big trees hugged by three or four people seemed to tell the long history of the jungle.
Lorraine cats bent on their waists, silently weaving through the gaps in the dense forest.
In the dangerous jungle, the most important thing to pay attention to is not to make any movements, so as not to be detected by the magical beasts with sensitive senses. This is the most basic quality that you must have as a professional hunter.
After walking for more than ten minutes, there was a sudden rustling sound in front of Lorraine, and there was a lot of movement.
Lorraine climbed the trunk of a large tree with great ease, squinting and looking ahead.
Quietly waiting, a brown behemoth finally came into Lorraine's sight. It was a steel-maned beast, a first-order demonic beast, with a body shaped like a pig, but the hair on its body was as hard as a steel needle, and it could be ejected through muscle contraction to damage its prey. When frightened, it will also launch its steel mane to make it easier to escape.
The first-order demonic beast is actually just a general term, from the harmless horned rabbit to the steel-maned beast, all of which are classified as first-order demonic beasts, and starting from the second-order demonic beasts, they are generally much stronger than human warriors of the same level. And the steel-maned beast is considered to be one of the most powerful first-order demonic beasts.
"I didn't expect to run into a steel-maned beast so soon."
Lorraine licked his lips, slightly excited, he had no experience of hunting steel-maned beasts before, and even if he saw it, he avoided it. And this time he didn't want to escape, the more dangerous the battle, the more he can break through himself in the limit, maybe this time he can break through to the realm of a trainee martial artist!
Lorraine crouched silently on the trunk of the tree, waiting for the steel-maned beast to approach.
The steel-maned beast, which was burying its head in search of food, was unaware of this, and still hummed and arched the dead leaves on the ground with its proboscis left and right, hoping to find some food to satisfy its stomach.
Suddenly, the steel-maned beast's ears twitched, and it heard a 'crash' sound coming from directly above, followed by a screeching sound from a sharp weapon piercing the air!
A crossbow bolt pierced the air and shot straight down with a whistling sound, and with a 'tuk', it was nailed directly into the neck of the steel-maned beast!
The steel-maned beast screamed in pain, though it turned its head at the last moment to avoid the vital point. However, before it could howl a few times, a figure shot straight down from the trunk of the tree with its head and feet, and the dagger in its hand flashed with cold light, cutting directly into the neck of the steel-maned beast!
The steel-maned beast stepped on its left hoof, turned its head to avoid the falling dagger, and then threw it out with great force, its twenty-centimeter-long fangs stabbing fiercely at Lorraine.
Seeing the opportunity, Lorraine catapulted to the side as soon as he landed, avoiding the deadly fangs, and raised his hand to shoot another arrow, hitting the side ribs of the steel-maned beast.
The steel-maned beast's skin was thick and thick, and the crossbow bolts could not hit it hard, but instead it stimulated its madness, and its small eyes turned red.
"Come on, stupid guy!"
Lorraine slowly stepped back, a defiant sound coming out of her mouth.
The steel-maned beast snarled with its head down, its front hooves digging into the ground, and the only thing in its eyes was the hateful human!
Suddenly, it howled and crashed straight into Lorraine!
Despite its huge size, the steel-maned beast was not slow at all, and its running momentum was very amazing, and the dead leaves were trampled deep into the earth everywhere it was hoofed!
In the face of the menacing steel-maned beast, Lorraine did not panic, and still leaned back unhurriedly, waiting for the time to come.
With the sound of hooves getting faster and faster, the huge body of the steel-maned beast was already close at hand, and Lorraine could even make out the needle-like hairs on the steel-maned beast's body.
Just as Lorraine was about to be pierced by the steel-maned beast's hideous fangs, he suddenly exerted his strength and leaped out to the side!
"Phew!"
Lorraine dodged the collision, but the steel-maned beast couldn't regain its momentum, and slammed into a big tree behind Lorraine that was hugged by four people, and in the loud noise, the whole tree suddenly shook violently, and the leaves fell down, which shows how terrifying the power of the steel-maned beast's collision is!
Seeing that it didn't hit its target, the steelmane prepared to regroup and attack again.
And at this moment, it found a very embarrassing thing.
Most of its sharp fangs sank into the trunk of the tree, and it stomped on the ground with all four hooves, and it was difficult to pull it out for a while!
Lorraine's face flashed with joy, and he saw the opportunity to rush back to the steelmane beast, wanting to give the beast the final blow, but at this moment, a dangerous aura suddenly enveloped his heart!
Before he had time to think about it, Lorraine immediately fell to the ground.
'Whew! ’
"Tuk Tuk ......"
A dull roar suddenly sounded in the woods, and the surrounding circles of big trees were nailed with steel manes, densely packed, and three points into the wood!
"It's dangerous!"
Lorraine wiped a cold sweat, if she hadn't dodged in time just now, I'm afraid it would have turned into a sieve now.
But there was no time to be afraid, and he leapt up again, and the dagger stabbed directly into the steel-maned beast's vital point.
Like a lamb to the slaughter, the steel-maned beast with its fangs stuck in its fangs watched as Lorraine stabbed himself into the vital point.
"Poof!" A stream of blood shot out, splattering Lorraine.
"Whew!"
With a miserable howl, the steel-maned beast struggled even more desperately, but the massive blood loss caused the steel-maned beast's strength to pass away little by little. It didn't take long for the steelmane to twitch and gradually lose its breath.
Unstabbing the dagger into the steelmane's neck, Lorraine leaned against the trunk of the tree and gasped. As soon as the tense nerves relaxed, Lorraine felt a wave of tiredness sweep through her body.
Although the whole process is thrilling, even if you are knocked down, it will be either dead or disabled.
Before his strength had fully recovered, Lorraine stood up, pulled out his dagger and cut a cut from the weak point behind the steel-maned beast's ear, reached in and touched it for a while, then his face showed joy, he pulled out his hand, spread out his palm, and a stone the size of a bloody fingernail lay quietly in the palm of his hand.
This is the core of the steelmane!
The Demon Core is the most valuable thing on the body of a Demon Beast, but not every Demon Beast can condense the Demon Core. Cores are extremely valuable and can be set into weapons by blacksmiths like gemstones, or used for alchemical research.
Having obtained a magic core, Lorraine was in a very good mood. Although he still failed to condense his fighting spirit, Lorraine was not discouraged, hasn't he been like this in the past few years? Lorraine firmly believes that what should come will always come!
After wiping the blood stains on his body and taking out the medicinal powder to cover up the smell of blood on his body, Lorraine continued to walk deeper into the dense forest.