Chapter 25: Tracking
Sunderland's face was very bad at the moment, he really didn't expect Song Zheng to run away so fast, or that it could no longer be described as running.
And he also said before that he could let Song Zheng run for a minute first, and threatened that as long as he could run away, he would let him go once, as long as he thought of this, he was extremely annoyed.
"Is there any magic item in that kid's hand? Otherwise, it would never be possible to run that fast! In addition to anger, greed slowly appeared in his eyes.
When mages were bored, they used to make all kinds of magic items, among which there are many that have the ability to accelerate, but the price is not low.
"No matter how fast you run, you will still leave some breath behind, and with my Sunderland tracking skills, I will definitely be able to find you!" Sunderland gritted his teeth and swore to himself that the next time he caught the kid, the first thing he would do would be to break his hamstring.
He was originally a hunter, and he was especially good at hunting down all kinds of precious beasts that nobles liked in the wilderness, although he was defeated by Song Zheng in speed at the moment, he was still extremely confident in his tracking skills.
"Here it is, look at the traces of the earth...... That kid should have stopped here, and it was really hard enough to run so far in one go. Sunderland soon reached the place where Song Zheng's 'sprinting' effect had disappeared, and then crouched down to carefully examine the traces around him, and even gently sniffed the breath left in the air.
"Damn, this kid looks like he's up the mountain, huh...... Do you think you can escape my tracking by hiding in the mountains? Sunderland glanced at the mountains and forests next to him, and immediately showed a sneer.
Song Zheng was doing the final bandaging for Sal on the mountain at the moment, but Sal suddenly showed a look of alarm.
"Oh no, someone came, mostly to arrest me, I accidentally ran into the guards when I escaped from Dunholm, and although I eventually escaped, those people were always chasing me." Sal said with a solemn expression.
Song Zheng couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly observed the surrounding situation carefully, and soon his face changed greatly.
It was true that someone had already gone up the mountain nearby, and it was not far from his position, but the other party seemed to be very cautious and had been hiding his actions.
If it weren't for Sarna's amazing insight, it is likely that the other party touched his side and he didn't even know it.
"So what now?" Song Zheng couldn't determine the identity of the person who came, he and Sal were being hunted down, whether it was the people of the Cursed Church or the guards of Dunholke, it was probably not something he and Sal could resist.
"Let's hide first, my injuries are not healed, and it is difficult for me to fight fiercely." Thrall is not a reckless man, but he knows the truth of being able to bend and stretch.
"Okay." Song Zheng naturally couldn't ask for this, his combat power was too weak, and no matter who he met, he could only continue to flee for his life.
The two of them quickly carefully hid in the dense bushes nearby, although Sal's embodiment was large, but his green skin was undoubtedly the best protective color in the mountain forest.
Soon after they hid, a figure quickly appeared where they had been.
"Well, there seems to be some noise here......" it was Sunderland, who looked around with a puzzled look on his face, and crouched down to pick up some dirt with his fingers and sniffed softly in front of his nose.
Song Zheng had already recognized the person in the dark at this moment, and hurriedly held his breath and concentrated, but he was quite surprised in his heart.
"Sunderland's tracking skills are really strong, and he found them...... Oh no, there seems to be blood stains from Thrall on the dirt! Song Zheng's heart sank, and his fingers slowly stretched out to the dwarven musket in his arms, and once Sunderland was close to the place where he and Sal were hiding, he would shoot first.
However, to his great surprise, when Sunderland carefully checked the surrounding situation, he immediately stood up with a curse.
"Damn, there's a smell of blood here, but it seems like the blood of those filthy orcs, it's really unlucky!"
Sunderland threw the dirt away, then turned away.
Song Zheng, who had been hiding in the shadows, finally breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't expect that Sal, who was inadvertently saved, would help him escape, and at the same time, he couldn't help but be surprised that Sunderland's tracking skills really had a hand and could distinguish the source of the bloodstains.
"It seems that the profession of hunter still has some doorways, and I have to try to learn it in the future." Song Zheng secretly thought, he was also quite interested in the tracking technique.
"This person doesn't seem to be chasing me......" Sal next to him seemed a little confused.
"Well, he's actually here to chase me, let's get out of here." Song Zheng sneered.
"Oh." Sal nodded but didn't say anything, and immediately followed Song Zheng carefully out of the bushes, preparing to go down the mountain.
However, before the two of them could get far, Sal stopped again.
"Be careful, that guy is back." Sal whispered.
"Who...... Sunderland? Song Zheng was shocked, he naturally wouldn't doubt Sal's judgment, this tall orc had already demonstrated his powerful insight just now.
But before he could pull out the dwarven musket, a cold voice came from behind him: "Hmph, it turns out that you got mixed up with the filthy orcs, so I thought that there was a problem with my tracking skills." ”
Song Zheng didn't refute, didn't even look back, and ran directly towards the bushes next to him...... With the keen perception of his thief's profession, he heard Sunderland's voice as well as the sound of a blade breaking through the air, and Sunderland's words were only to disguise the attack of the short knife in his hand!
Sunderland seemed slightly surprised that Song Zheng could avoid his attack, but he snorted coldly, and immediately chased after him with an arrow, and the short knife in his hand still stabbed at Song Zheng rapidly.
Song Zheng was still unstable at the moment, and he was about to be stabbed by the short knife, but a pair of rough and huge green palms stopped the arm holding the knife.
"You orcs are also looking for death?" After Sunderland was stopped, he immediately turned his palm, and the short knife in his hand slashed through a strange trajectory, and actually stabbed directly into Sal's ribs.
However, Sal was able to neutralize Sunderland's attack by simply pressing his palm down, and his other hand was already quickly climbing towards Sunderland's throat.
Sunderland, who had always been full of arrogance, finally showed a solemn look, and defused Thrall's attack as she retreated.
In reality, however, he made a huge mistake when he chose to engage in melee combat with Thrall.
You must know that Thrall has been trained as a gladiator since he was a child, and he is also the champion of the gladiatorial arena, so things like snatching a sword with his bare hands are very easy for him.