Chapter 238: Convoy Seven
The kingdom of Scarlet was separated from the kingdom of Kadim in the south, and there was a large area of pristine territory. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The low hills in the south of Jinyu City cut off the temperate birch forest and the subtropical banyan forest, and in some extreme areas, it has formed a peculiar natural landscape of birch forests in the north of the mountain and weeping banyan trees in the south of the mountain. For people living in the valleys of the north, the first thing that comes to mind when they think of the south is the evergreen broad-leaved forest that covers the sky and the dark and quiet atmosphere of the perennial flowing water in the forest.
But the scene in front of them subverted all the common sense of the trainees in the valley.
The simple landing pad is surrounded by a wide open field, and when you look at the distance along the flat ground, you can even see the shadow of the distant mountains and the sky. It's not treeless like the northern grasslands, but the only tall plants are sparse and don't obscure the view.
"I don't know...... There are also such vast plains in the south. Feng Chen sighed.
"It's not a plain." The girl, Shentu Miaoling, squatted down and crushed on the gravel ground, "This is the swamp...... The Hunters' Guild was so bold that they sent us here. ”
The ground under everyone's feet was soft, and when you stepped on it, you felt like you wanted to sink. Of course, such a ground could not be used to land airships, so the advance staff threw a boatload of gravel and wooden planks on the ground, and leveled it for many days before it could barely make such a landing pad.
"Swamp?" Lu Xiu took a deep breath, only to feel that the mist in the air was heavy, making his breathing slightly blocked. After inhaling the dry and cold wind in the air for two days, it fell into such a wet and heavy environment at first glance, which made it a little difficult for several teenagers to adapt, "No wonder there is no feeling of broadness at all, but there is an indescribable eerie and oppressive atmosphere." ”
"Don't say I've been here for half a month, I'll be fed up in about three days." Nie Xiaoyang complained that the south was not warm in winter, and the cold was penetrating to the bones under the steam, and when he got off the boat, he had already taken off his upper body outfit, and wrapped himself inside and out. The outer armor of the animal skin was covered with soft hair, and it was difficult for moisture to penetrate after warmth, which was considered a cheap measure, but even so, the resentment on his face was still strong.
"Don't pick and choose, hunters need to be able to adapt to any environment." Jia Xiaozheng said, "Besides, most of the hunters who came with the team are from the vicinity of Golden Feather City, and they have relatively little experience in fighting in the south, so everyone is the same at this point, let's go, the leader is organizing the team." ”
According to the requirements of the power of attorney, the trainees are to contact the convoy of materials they are escorting within a quarter of an hour after landing to determine the escort target and the route of action. The transport's cargo hold had long since been opened, and boxes of supplies and construction materials were transported out and loaded onto small pallet trucks.
"This ...... Do you want us to push the cart ourselves? Feng Chen's eyes were blank, "That's not what the commission said." ”
"Rare and strange," Nie Xiaoyang smiled, the little hunter had seen so much hunting knowledge in the book, but he had never seen this kind of transport, "The two vertical beams in front of the cart are not the handrails of the cart, they are used to fix the saddle." ”
"The cart is so small, how can you put a herbivorous dragon? Do you want to use a horse cub to pull the cart? The little hunter looked puzzled.
"It's not the horses that pull the cart, it's the guys." Jia Xiao raised his hand and pointed, only to see a group of strange-looking dwarf birds and dragons driven out of the warehouse. The monster was covered in brownish-green feathers, only two heads taller than an adult, with a bloated body, small wings, a thin and long neck, a duck-like face on top, and a ball-like sarcoma on its head.
The pressure bearing capacity of the swamp is very low, and the large load-bearing monsters themselves have a lot of weight, so it is inconvenient to work here, and only the relatively small Marutori can move freely through it with the help of its palm flippers.
"This kind of monster is only used as a means of transportation in mountainous areas and areas with extremely poor road conditions," Jia Xiaoru has obviously seen it many times, "but as a pack tool, Marutori still has a great advantage." ”
The monster's bloated body is full of fat, which can adapt to long-term high-intensity running, and the pill bird itself is an omnivorous animal, not as strict as the herbivorous dragon and horse, and its favorite food is even the beetles and light insects that can be found everywhere on the mainland, and most of the shrub leaves and grass leaves can also enter its mouth, which allows the traveler to spend a lot less effort on feeding.
"Marutori is so good, why is it only used in mountains and swamps?" Nie Xiaoyang asked curiously.
"Well," Jia Xiao's face changed, as if he remembered something bad, "It's not without reason." Marutori is excellent in every way, except for one thing - it is relatively timid. ”
"Huh?"
"Once frightened, this monster will make ...... Belch...... It's hard to predict things, and it's really hard to control. ”
Everyone was puzzled, the cute Marutori was putting on the saddle one by one, hanging up the cart, all the monsters seemed obedient and quiet from beginning to end, some of them were close to the staff, and from time to time rubbed them with the soft sarcoma on their heads. The teenagers couldn't imagine what it would be like for such a monster to go crazy.
"Team Seven!" Xiong Fuji pointed to the flag in the distance, "That's the target of our commission." ”
The carts were gathered one by one under the flags, and hunters with two-star and three-star badges were shouting under the banners, they were the backbone of the large commissions, and a large number of higher-level orders had to be conveyed to the one-star rookies and trainees through them.
"Tie the rope tighter! Don't be alarmed by Marutori! Under the eyes of the trainees, a bearded middle-aged man was wielding a giant hammer to command everyone in front of him, "Hell! Don't tie to the axle! Are you sent to make trouble? ”
The big man was like a bell, standing at the back of a cart, and the pillo, carrying it, I don't know whether he was overwhelmed by the heavy armor and giant hammer on the man's body, or was a little uncomfortable by his thick voice, and the soles of his feet kept beating on the ground, looking very irritable.
"That...... We are ......" Seeing the gap between the other party's shouts, Feng Chen handed over the power of attorney of the team, and the big man didn't look at it, and grabbed it roughly, "The trainee went over there to report, there is a carriage specially reserved for you!" Hell, take the time to take care of you little ghosts. ”
Deliberately ignoring the complaints of the Samsung hunters, Jia Xiao patiently asked, "So, is there a task for us now?" We can help. ”
The bearded man was directing two one-star hunters to carry a large and heavy box onto the board cart, and when he heard this, he finally looked at the young trainees, "There is no work for you here, and even on the way to escort it, you just stay quietly in that board car, and you can get out of here when you reach the entrusted destination." ”
The leader thought for a moment, "If you behave well and are lucky enough to meet one or two lonely miscellaneous fish monsters on the way, I may be able to let you come out and play tricks, but other than that, if anyone wants to stand up and make trouble, I will throw him in the swamp and do what I say!" (To be continued.) )