Chapter 31: Mrs. Crushing?
In the forest, the army led by Balk is looking for the rumored monster, but how can such a large forest easily find a monster?
Monsters basically have a certain amount of intelligence, and no monster would be stupid enough to come out and provoke humans after seeing so many humans.
Although it may not be possible for so many people to beat a monster, it's like a normal person who sees a hundred squirrels looking for him everywhere and will still choose to avoid it, right?
Survival in the natural world is to try not to get hurt, injured animals rarely have the ability to heal wounds, and any battle may become the fuse of their own death. The monsters will try to avoid unnecessary battles, of course, among all the monsters, there is such a monster that is famous because Tou Tie wants to be scared of everything he sees, that is, the monster who has always had a deep relationship with Zhen Xiang, the red-eyed koala.
It's like the first time a red-eyed koala broke into Andrei's lair as a bandit and gave all the bandits to the nest, and at the same time paid the price with his own life. He has made great contributions to the anti-crime and anti-evil work of the Kingdom of St. Martin.
Later, the red-eyed koala also fought with Felix who rushed in order to grab Tang Yuhan's food, and was slashed in the wrist by Felix, and the red-eyed koala is estimated to be difficult to continue to survive after that, right? After all, the bear's paw as a weapon was injured, and basically it couldn't compete with other monsters for territory or anything like that.
But apart from the red-eyed koala, there is no other monster in this world that would attack humans so recklessly.
As an ancient dragon, Margara and the monster Ibilu tried their best not to fight against powerful opponents, and they specialized in picking soft persimmons and pinching them. What's more, ordinary monsters that are weaker than them won't go to humans to fight when they have nothing to do.
Zhen Xiang felt that at this time, it was very likely that they had been noticed by the monsters living in this forest, but that monster did not intend to fight with humans, and wanted to wait for humans to leave on their own, right?
"It's really troublesome to find monsters." Balk had already dismounted from his horse, and he sat under a tree and yawned long and said, "Actually, I haven't seen much powerful monsters since I've grown so big, and I usually see relatively small monsters, and I haven't even seen a red-eyed koala." ”
Zhen Xiang smiled and didn't speak, and Balk asked Zhen Xiang again, "Miss Lilith, have you ever seen a red-eyed koale?" ”
Zhen Xiang replied, "Yes." ”
"Oh? What is it like? Isn't it huge? Is it bigger than a house? ”
"No, it's not that big, maybe it's bigger than a normal brown bear or something, right? Actually, if you don't look closely, it will feel like a normal bear, but in fact, its body is much stronger than a normal bear. If you provoke it, I'm sure your soldiers will have to pay a little bit to take it. ”
Didn't Andrei's bandits fight with Andre before they were wiped out by the red-eyed koala? Zhen Xiang remembered that there were estimated to be about thirty bandits there, right? Thirty ordinary people plus a red-eyed koala that Andre can barely fight, even if it is a well-armed soldier here, it shouldn't be easy to fight, right?
"Is that an exaggeration?" Balk felt a little incredulous, "If we can't even beat a red-eyed koala, can we catch the fox we talked about?" ”
"I don't know about this, the most important thing is that none of you have any experience in fighting monsters, and you don't know the habits and fighting methods of most monsters. If one or two of you have fought monsters before, it might be easier...... By the way, do you have any traps? ”
Zhen Xiang said all this from Andre and Strey before, and from the two of them, I learned that many adventurers would prepare traps when fighting to make up for the gap in strength between humans and monsters. As for Felix...... Felix's fight is always to rush up and be reckless, and he won't prepare traps or anything like that.
And just as Zhen Xiang thought, Balk shook his head and asked, "What trap?" ”
"It's okay...... Anyway, let's use the number of people to make it up......" Zhen Xiang didn't even feel that he needed to do anything, this Balk might be killed by monsters in this adventure.
The surrounding soldiers were scattered into several squads to search for traces of monsters, and Zhen Xiang also got up to look for them, but did not find any traces related to monsters.
"Didn't find it?" Balk looked at the teams that had returned in vain, then got up and said, "Then let's go to the next area and have a look, I don't believe that I can't find that monster today." ”
Zhen Xiang followed and mounted his horse, and the army advanced again.
Zhen Xiang, who was sitting on horseback, suddenly felt something unusual, as if he had awakened some sixth sense. She looked back at the end of the line, only to see what appeared to be a pair of golden eyes staring at the forest not far away.
Monster ...... Zhen Xiang didn't care about that, after all, for Zhen Xiang, she didn't need to be afraid of most of the monsters, with chili sauce, she could use the power of the ancient dragon clan, and the monsters and other unpopular people would not cause her panic at all.
It's just that the monster has no intention of coming, and it seems that the other party also understands that so many humans are not easy to provoke, right?
"Miss Lilith, what's wrong?" When Balk found out what Zhen Xiang was looking at, he also looked back. But the owner of those eyes had already burrowed back into the forest, and Balk saw nothing.
Zhen Xiang shook his head and said, "It's okay, it's just that my neck is not very comfortable, so I twist it...... By the way, if we don't find the monster this time, what are you going to do, my lord? ”
Asked by Zhen Xiang, Balk thought for a while and said, "I plan to try it again tomorrow, anyway, I'm idle and bored, and I take the army out every day to find monsters to pass the time." No matter how cunning that monster is, I will find it one day. ”
Zhen Xiang was a little worried when he heard this, if he really found the monster, it would inevitably be a life-and-death battle at that time.
Although Zhen Xiang didn't feel sorry for this lord Balk, it would be worthless if the soldiers under his command were sacrificed like this because of a boring idea of the lord, right?
So Zhen Xiang said to Balk: "If you really want to make a coat, you don't necessarily need to use monster fur, right?" What if you made a coat out of monster fur? Spread it out to show off? ”
"Of course." Balk directly admitted: "Otherwise, what would I do with the trouble of finding monsters?" It's to show off to others that I have clothes made of the fur of a monster, preferably something that is particularly powerful...... By the way, at the very least, a monster that can only be defeated by a gold-level adventurer, right? ”
Zhen Xiang said again: "But what use can you use if you wear it out to show off?" If you don't say it, others will look like an ordinary coat, and even if you say it, others may not believe that there are very few people who can recognize the difference between the fur of monsters and ordinary animals at a glance, and most of them are adventurers. If you want to show off your clothes, you should show off to other nobles, right? Do you think they'll know that you didn't lie to them? ”
Balk fell into deep thought when he heard this, as if what Zhen Xiang said made sense.
He scratched his head, and then laughed: "Miss Lilith is right, what do I do with such a strange idea when I am idle, let's go back, there is no need to find any more monsters." ”
The soldiers were relieved when they heard the lord say that they should stop looking for monsters, after all, they were actually quite scared, what if there was a battle after encountering some monsters? They all know that monsters are very powerful and terrifying, and if there is a fight, many people may die here.
The soldiers turned and left in the direction they had just come, and after a long time, they walked out of the forest and continued towards the city of Beymni.
After walking out of the forest, Zhen Xiang felt something strange again, and when she looked back at the forest, she saw the pair of golden eyes again, was it still the monster just now? Look at the height of the eyes, this monster is at least three meters tall, right? If it's a creature lying on its stomach, it's already a behemoth.
The other party didn't show up from beginning to end, but Zhen Xiang was a little concerned...... What is that monster? If it really wants to hide, it should be far away from people, right? There is no need to follow the army all the time.
Zhen Xiang held his chin and pondered, maybe that monster had any other intentions?
"Miss Lilith?" Balk's voice interrupted Zhen Xiang's thoughts, "Miss Lilith should be satisfied now, right?" ”
Balk smiled, "Who is Miss Lilith trying to persuade me not to use monster fur for clothes?" For the sake of monsters? Miss Lilith, you said you were a monster researcher, but I don't think there is such a profession...... That's why you persuaded me to protect that monster, right? ”
Looking at Balk's self-satisfied smile, Zhen Xiang couldn't say that Zhen Xiang was protecting Balk's men, not for some monsters or something. After all, if it really fights, basically Balk's army is more than lucky.
But since the other party thought so, Zhen Xiang pushed the boat down the river and said, "I was seen through by the lord...... I'm actually a big fan of monsters, so I don't want a monster to be killed because they didn't do anything to harm humans. ”
"Oh? It's really rare that there would be such a person. Balk instantly became interested in Zhen Xiang and said, "Miss Lilith's thinking is so different, I'm afraid ...... A nobleman, right? ”