Chapter 14: Killing the Hound Monster
Hound, level 9. Both HP and attack are a cut above the Minotaur. Despite its name, it bears no resemblance to a hound, except that its head resembles a dog's head. The physique is smaller than the head of a bull, but the erect body is more agile. With a pair of bizarre hook-like limbs on his back, he excels at stealth and quick attacks.
Normally, the hound will hook the deformed limbs of its back to a tree branch and hang it in mid-air, hiding its breath and waiting for careless creatures to come into its attack range. Then leap from the air to attack the prey. Its strong hind limbs are more like a frog and are good at bouncing, making it a very difficult character for low-level witchers.
The night was as cold as water, and Qin Tian narrowed his eyes and looked at the depths of the jungle. Between the shadows of the trees swaying in the wind, there was a strange and ugly silhouette stirring. There is more than one, like a hundred ghosts walking at night. They were growling at each other, their teeth rubbing against each other, and the thirst for flesh turned them on.
Shuicao struggled to breathe and looked at Qin Tian nervously, she clenched her bow and arrow to maintain the posture of shooting at any time. Qin Tian turned his head and smiled at her, this smile reassured her a lot, and her hands and feet seemed to be rejuvenated.
The next moment, Qin Tian started to act, and he rushed towards a clearing in the forest. The creature hiding in the dense forest finally couldn't hold back its instinctive desire, and it rushed out with countless broken branches and leaves.
The moonlight just happened to reappear at this time, and the aquatic plants gasped when they saw the ugly creature. The skin was as white as a dead man, with dark blue spots, like a patchwork of decaying corpses. The ugly dog's face was sharp and messy, and the sharp teeth hung with slime and dragged into silk threads, and it ran like a fly. The two dancing deformed limbs on the back have an indescribable evil connotation.
The hound monster jumped and pounced on Qin Tian, but Qin Tian seemed to have expected its movements and turned to avoid it. The hound monster threw itself on the ground and smashed a burst of dirt, and the deformed limbs on its back pierced Qin Tian like a poisonous snake.
Qin Tian smashed the strange limb away with his shield, and the hand axe in his right hand slashed off a deformed limb.
"Archery!" He shouted back.
The still stunned aquatic grass shot an arrow in panic, but it didn't shoot into the soil accurately.
The hound monster that turned around and got up screamed because of its injury, and the sound of such an ugly and strange monster was as sharp as that of a puppy, which was really unbearable.
The second arrow of the aquatic weed, which had adjusted its mentality, came again, and the feathered arrow hit its shoulder with a pop, and the monster screamed again.
Shuicao suddenly saw Qin Tian abandon the monster in front of him and rush towards her. No sooner had she landed her third arrow than out of the corner of her eye saw another hound smash through the trees and scream angrily toward her.
Before she had time to adjust her direction, Qin Tian had already swung her axe and collided with this monster. In the blink of an eye, the two figures rolled into the woods and flew wildly.
Mizucao calmed down at this time, and she did not forget the injured hound monster. She didn't want to let herself and Qin Tian be hosted, she instinctively felt that this man should be able to deal with that monster.
The third arrow still hit the wounded hound's thigh accurately. She took a deep breath and no longer thought about Qin Tian, who was fighting in the woods, and the Hound Monster that was approaching her. All she could see was the ever-magnifying monster and the constant pumping and shooting of her own arrows.
When the sixth arrow was fired, the hound, which was only two steps away from her, finally fell. It wasn't until the moment the monster fell that Mizucao felt his hands tremble slightly. This monster is not as terrible as imagined, and you can kill it yourself. An emotion that could be called confidence pervaded and made her feel a little excited.
She jerked back into the woods, two figures tangled. Qin Tian flipped on the back of the hound monster and used his legs to stabilize his body like a cowboy. The shield in his left hand had been thrown away, and now it was firmly gripping the deformed limb on the back of the hound, and the axe in his right hand had slashed its head with great force.
The axe slashed through the hard skull once, twice, and the blood donation mixed with the brain pulp sprayed Qin Tian's body. The hound monster suffered from pain, and its body struggled desperately, and its body jerked violently, and Qin Tian almost fell off the monster's body.
The heart of the water grass seemed to be raised to the throat, and he kept aiming at it with the bow and arrow in his hand. But the two figures were too close, and she was afraid that Qin Tian would be injured by mistake and never dared to shoot out.
Qin Tian suddenly jumped down from the monster's body and waved his hand axe seemingly casually, and the blade of the axe slashed through the monster's neck like a gust of wind.
He turned and walked towards the waterweeds, the head of the Hound Monster rolling to the ground with a grunt. Blood spurts out from his neck, as if to make a perfect backdrop for his figure. The headless hound monster slammed to the ground, turning into Mana energy and pouring into the bodies of the two men.
"You're doing a good job, you're doing a good job." Qin Tian patted Shuicao's shoulder comfortingly, in his opinion, in the chaotic situation just now, she could still make the right choice, which was rare. This is also the first time that the aquatic plants are not disgusted by the touch of men.
After the second hound monster died, it dropped a pair of +2 leather gloves, which made Qin Tian a lot happier. Although it takes 44 strength to wear. However, he will soon be leveling up, which will give him another 8 defense and 8 attack speed.
"This is a mixed area of hounds and minotaurs. Although the Hound Monsters are three levels higher than the Bull's Head, you can see that we can still defeat them. This monster is a little ugly, but the experience and gold coins given are much better, and I'll level up here tonight. ”
As time passed, the cooperation between Qin Tian and the water grass that had increased his confidence became better and better, and the Mana energy he got from a high-level hound monster was worth dozens of low-level spiders. So after a night of fighting, both of them were promoted to level 4 and level 6 respectively. After Qin Tian put on the +2 leather gloves, his overall strength increased a lot, and he was more comfortable dealing with the Hound Monster.
For the first time, the aquatic plants discovered that leveling can also be so efficient. Originally, when I was alone, I could only fight some low-level spiders and the like, and once the monster got close, I had to flee in embarrassment. The inefficiency is still very tiring, but the experience and gain are pitiful.
But now you don't have to worry about anything, just feel free to shoot boldly. The man who was fighting the monster took all the risks, and every move he made to attack the monster was so smooth and pleasing to the eye. Aquatic plants have never seen anyone who can turn combat into an art.
Several times Mizucao saw him fall into danger surrounded by several monsters, thinking that he was going to be hacked to death with a knife. But the man remained unmoved, unusually calm, and his eyes reflected the moonlight in the dark night as bright as jewels.
He always dodged the blade with his incredible skill, or the shield in his hand was just the right flash of golden light to defuse the monster's attack. His attacks are so simple, accurate and effective, and he always does a lot of damage to the monsters with no extra fancy moves, eventually turning them into large balls of Mana energy and gold.
Mizucao herself didn't realize that her mentality was quietly changing, and she began to feel worried and happy for this man. Tonight's experience was something she had never experienced before, and perhaps it was only in battle that an unbreakable friendship or affection could quickly emerge.
As the tacit understanding between the two people is getting better and better, the pressure from the monster has been reduced a lot. They can start chatting with each other while leveling up.
Qin Tian found that the aquatic plants were still naturally suitable for being an archer, she was slender and agile, and more importantly, the painful experience brought her a calm and calm heart and was ruthless enough.
Sure enough, Mizucao said that she dreamed of being a dancer when she was a child, and she received strict dance training since she was a child. Although the cataclysm destroyed her dreams, the foundation of basic skills is still there. In fact, in a sense, dance can also be turned into a killing skill with a slight change to increase the intensity of the attack.
Qin Tian consciously taught some attack methods and bow and arrow skills to the aquatic grass in battle. Although he is not an archer himself, he has communicated and fought with many high-level archers in his previous life, and any little experience can make the current archer improve greatly.
He was very satisfied with the comprehension ability of Mizucao, and some of the small skills given to her were quickly mastered. The arrows she shot became more accurate and swift, though her words were still scarce.
But it doesn't matter if it's a person's personality, as long as her heart knows how to be grateful, at least there is a kind presence for her own people. Qin Tian is only now beginning to really consider cultivating this girl as a core member of his future team.
The sky in the distance was already showing the dawn, and the time seemed to pass quickly, and the night was about to pass. But Qin Tian was still not satisfied, he looked at the Mana energy bar on his character attribute panel, there was still a small bar to be able to upgrade one level to level 5, so he decided that he must upgrade before dawn.
He took out a small vial of red recovery potion from his backpack and drank it to replenish his lost stamina. After all, the level is still too low, and his current physical strength is completely unable to cope with a long battle. This is already the last recovery potion.
This recovery potion can only be concocted by Nice people at the moment, and the ingredients in it are still a mystery to earthlings. But it can quickly improve a person's physical strength, and even some non-fatal wounds can be recovered, which is a necessary supply for all witchers when they go out.
The price is also very expensive, and the smallest bottle package to restore 10% of physical strength costs dozens of gold coins a bottle. Now that there is no intellectual archer to recover his strength, Qin Tian also gritted his teeth and bought some in order to level up.
After regaining some strength from the potion, he rushed towards a freshly refreshed hound again. He didn't look back to greet Mizucao, but he was confident that the girl would follow in time. He didn't ask, but he thought the girl must be very tired. But she didn't say a word, as long as she rushed up to kill the monster, her bow and arrows would definitely appear in time.
Qin Tian liked this woman's stubbornness and forbearance, and in his opinion, this was a necessary condition for adapting to the cruel war in the future. After slashing the hound monster half to death in three or two strokes, he turned around and rushed to the next one, and the dying monster was handed over to the water grass to solve with a bow and arrow.
Now he is like a tireless killing machine, precise and efficient, without wasting any time. He's in a race against time, and there's so much to do. But without hierarchy, it's all empty words.