Chapter 41: Rushing (Asking for Collections, Recommendations)
Ten minutes later, Aoki took the Dark Raven and the Dumb Beast back on the path to complete the mission.
Aoki, holding a dagger in his hand, walks through the woods, and by comparing his surroundings with the markings on the map, if he wants to continue looking for mission items, the first thing to do is to return to the path drawn on the map.
The Dark Raven hovered above Aoki's head, keeping an eye on his surroundings, and in such a dangerous forest, a chip with a small detection range was not enough to respond to unexpected situations in time.
The Dumb Beast followed Aoki closely, with blue light in its eyes, and under the effect of telekinesis, the Silly Beast, which was originally relatively slow, was able to keep up with Aoki's footsteps.
Having learned the lessons of the encounter with the Gotha Duck, the Dark Raven acts as Aoki's first line of defense, being able to spot the enemy's trail in the first place and attack before it touches Aoki, killing the enemy.
If the enemy's strength is strong enough to get past the defense of the Dark Raven, it doesn't matter, because the Silly Beast that is closely following Aoki is the existence of the second line of defense.
The Dumb Beast is able to use telekinesis to control the enemy as soon as it crosses the Dark Raven's defense, and then quickly defeat them together with the help of the Dark Raven who reacts.
Even if the strength of the sneak attack elves is very strong, and the Dark Raven and the Dumb Beast can't defeat it together, then as a last resort, the teleportation of the Dumb Beast can also protect everyone's safety.
Perhaps because the aftermath of the battle between the Tyrannosaurus and Menas that appeared yesterday was too powerful, and the elves were still relatively rare in the forest near the lake today, Aoki walked safely for nearly an hour without encountering any powerful elves along the way.
Gradually, the farther away from the waterfall became, the water vapor in the air was not as strong as before. Subsequently, the elves in the forest gradually appeared.
According to the map, at the current walking speed, it will take another hour to return to the road drawn on the map.
Once again, a vine blocking the path was cut down, revealing the beast path hidden behind. Walking on the beast path, although the possibility of encountering elves is relatively high, but the beast path at least has a way to walk, which is much easier than walking with branches and shrubs everywhere.
Aoki didn't hesitate, and just stepped directly on the beast path. Now that the owner has the double protection of the dark crow and the dumb beast, there is basically no need to worry about safety, even if you can't beat it, it's still no problem to escape.
Sure enough, it didn't take long to walk on the beast path before a battle broke out.
I don't know if it's because my luck was too good before, but now my luck has become worse, or because I'm walking on the beast path. A succession of wild elves attacked Aoki, although these elves were not of high level, under the protection of the Dark Raven and the Dumb Beast, let alone close to Aoki, few of them were able to break through the first level of the Dark Raven.
In the battle in the forest, the dark crow can be described as a dragon entering the sea, and the body that is more and more adaptable to the weight is increasing, and the speed is further accelerated. Now carrying a weight of 10 pounds, the speed is almost as fast as the time to set off.
Weave your way back and forth from tree to tree, toying enemies from one enemy to another.
For example, the monkey monster in front of him who was shot away by the dark crow, originally relied on his ability to quickly shuttle between the woods, and wanted to sneak attack Aoki directly, but he didn't expect that he was discovered by the dark crow at the moment of his shot, and then under the premise of the flight system to restrain the fighting system, this monkey monster with a level of 19 was killed in seconds by a wing attack by the dark crow.
This was just one of many attacks, but none of them were predestined from the moment the elves intended to attack Aoki.
Aoki didn't choose to keep his hand, and all the elves who shot were killed by the Dark Raven and the Dumb Beast. In this forest where the fittest survive, if they stay, more and more elves will have a fluke heart and repeatedly attack them, until finally the dark crows are unable to parry.
And the decisive shot, the merciless killing, can cause a certain shock to the surrounding elves. Every elf that sneaks up is one of the better in the forest, so every time they are killed, for a period of time, no elf will dare to continue to attack until they leave the area.
After reaching another area, new elves will attack them directly without fear of death.
The dark crow and the dumb beast also because of the Gotha Duck incident, for every elf who dared to make a move, they were directly killed, and their resentment against the Gotha Duck could only be vented on those elves who came to the door to send them to death.
However, as more and more elves were killed, the anger on the dark crow and the dumb beast became heavier and heavier, carrying a faint smell of blood, and there were fewer and fewer elves who dared to make a move.
In just an hour's journey, Aoki and the others walked for nearly two hours, just because there were too many attacks on the road. Although the trouble continued, the results were still very good, first of all, the level of the Dark Crow was raised by one level again to level 18, although the level of the Dumb Beast did not increase, but it was more proficient in mastering the skills, and the way of fighting under the command of the trainer was more familiar.
If the Dumb Beast at this time fights with the Dark Crow when it was subdued before, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to subdue, even if the Dark Crow is the superpower system of the evil elf to restrain the Dumb Beast, in this short two hours, not only the superpower skills, but also the mastery of the water skills of the Dumb Beast has also been greatly improved.
On top of that, the Dumbbeast gradually learns its own fighting rhythm and is able to react to attacks in a timely manner.
Finally returned to this road again, because he was chased by the Lada group, he fled in a hurry, and ran to the waterfall, and then met the dumb beast, and finally subdued it, which can be regarded as a kind of fate.
After a little sigh, Aoki said, "It's finally back on this road, but it takes a bit of time." He smiled wryly, then said, "Take a break, prepare lunch, and continue your journey in the afternoon." ”
I chose a relatively flat tree, accumulated some dead branches and leaves, and made a simple fire.
In the end, Aoki took out two of the four hares that he had just caught on the road from the storage space of Team Rocket's belt, as well as some seasonings such as salt and pepper that had been specially bought for seasoning.
The hare was skillfully skinned with a dagger, eviscerated, and washed with water with the help of the dumb beast, and in this way, the two fluffy hares were transformed into two pieces of delicious rabbit meat.
It didn't take long for Aoki to have a careful barbecue, and four roasted golden and crispy rabbit meat appeared in front of him, and at this time, the dark crow and the stupid beast who had been fighting hard all morning had already come to Aoki, staring at the fragrant golden rabbit meat.
Although it is better for him to eat only energy cubes, and the taste of energy cubes is also good, he can never give up on Aoki's excellent barbecue skills, so he fills the rest of his stomach with energy cubes after eating barbecue every time.
After trying Aoki's grilled fish for the first time, the Dumb Beast was also impressed by the taste, and now when he sees the grilled rabbit meat that seems to be even more delicious, of course, he drools and waits for it to eat it for the first time.
Aoki smiled and used a dagger to cut off half of one of the roast rabbits and eat them himself, placing the other in the dark crow's rice bowl, and giving the remaining two and a half directly to the dumb beast.
The Dumb Beast eats a lot more than the Dark Crow, and two and a half roast rabbits can barely eat enough, and the rest of the belly is left on the road, and when it sees the fruit stone it likes, the Dumb Beast will use its mental power to pick it off, and then eat it as it walks.
"Alright, it's time to go." After distributing the food, neither the dark crow nor the dumb beast moved, but waited for Aoki's order to eat it as quickly as he could.
The Dark Raven was the first to finish eating, and glanced greedily at the rabbit meat that was still left in the Dumb Beast's rice bowl, and then lowered his head and began to eat the energy cube that Aoki had prepared a long time ago.
Originally, the Dumb Beast wanted to give the Dark Raven a little more, but when the Dark Raven refused, it gave up.
Soon, the leisurely lunch time passed. During this period, there were also elves who were lured by the fragrance, but when they saw the dark crow and the dumb beast, and then felt the faint bloody aura entangled in their bodies, they finally chose to give up.
After the meal, Aoki took out the map and looked at it.
Now it's back to the original road, although from the distance, it should be a day to reach, but considering that the elves will be encountered on the road, plus after gradually going deeper, the level of the elves will be higher and higher, and the road will be more and more difficult to walk, so the time is calculated as two days.
After a lunch break and a replenishment of lunch, the Dark Raven also returned to its peak strength.
Once again on the path to complete the mission, enjoying a leisurely afternoon, Aoki took the Dark Raven and the Dumb Beast back into the forest.
It's just that not long after they left, a few people suddenly appeared where Aoki had just grilled meat.
The leader slowly walked to the ashes left after Aoki's barbecue with a smile, stretched out a white and slender hand, not caring that the ashes would stain his hand, gently touched the temperature on the ashes, and then put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed.
With his back to everyone who had arrived with him, he showed a grim smile and muttered, "What a coincidence, Aoki!" The last two words came out of my mouth almost through gritted teeth.
A person behind him watched his movements, stepped forward, patted him on the shoulder and asked, "Did you find anything?" Soros. ”