Chapter 11: Rookies
The wilderness of the undead is desolate, the animals have long been in hiding, and the undead are full of cursed breath, and their instincts will warn them that they will not come out of hiding until the curse becomes less harmful.
However, sooner or later, the expeditionary fleet of the Old World will come to the New World, and this time it should be the last undead revolt that will break out on the New Road.
In the future, even if there is a large-scale war and death, the priests of the gods will purify the power of death and resentment on the battlefield, and the party that cleans up the battlefield will also collect the dead and burn or bury them to avoid large-scale resurrection of the undead.
Leaving Ruth, Shepard continued south, until he saw no longer the vast wilderness of the north, but rolling hills and dense forests, and majestic mountains in the distance, he knew that he had finally stepped into the middle of the New World.
At this time, it was already a month after he left Ruth City, fortunately, there were still a lot of 'hitchhikers' to rub along the way, otherwise he would have to spend more time on his legs alone, even if he could keep traveling all day long, he would feel extremely bored and irritable mentally, so it was impossible.
The journey of the moon is not boring, although there is no opposite sex to obtain the great harmony of life, but this has allowed him to brush up the hunter level all the way, and the level of the revenant hunter has also reached level 5, and the skill is not high because he must accumulate proficiency to level up.
There were also many tribes along the way, but they left after only a little supply, and they didn't stay, and there was a sense of crisis in his heart, compared to the arrival of the expeditionary fleet, the day of the opening of the game plot is not far away, so as one of the few true gods in the New World, he will get this kind of reminder.
The dispute between the old and new continents is far more than the superficial resources and population, including the will of the sky and the earth of this continent will unanimously exclude outsiders, and the war between the two sides is protracted, not just because of some superficial reasons, the old continent uses the term 'new world' to describe this new continent across the vast ocean, this name is not wrong, because it is indeed like the collision of two worlds, as small as a flower and a grass, as large as the will of the whole world is colliding.
Walking up a hill, the field of vision became a little wider, Shepard tried to find traces of humans as much as possible, and for a long time, he could only regretfully give up this plan and walk down the hill.
After walking for a long time, a dog's head suddenly stretched out of the package behind him, and he barked twice, Shepard looked back and said happily: "Woke up?" Do you want to come down and have fun? β
The package moved, and the sunhound, who woke up, jumped off Shepard's back, and his body size was larger than when he signed the contract, this growth rate was not a normal speed, it should be because of Shepard, normal animals will also have certain changes after signing a contract with intelligent life, not to mention a true god like Shepard.
Shepard named it "Tai Chong" in honor of a friend in the game in his previous life, but unfortunately he can't see the friends who did the quest together at that time.
"That's right, Taichong, look for any traces of humans or evil creatures nearby." Animal allies and contractors have a heart-to-heart connection, and they can understand each other's meaning without verbal commands, especially the Sunlight Hound, a semi-otherworldly creature from the Essence Field, which is an excellent pet choice.
Tai Chong snorted, and trotted into the jungle, Shepard was not afraid that it would run away, as long as the telepathic connection continued, it could sense the location of its master.
Shepard followed the direction Tai Chong left, and after walking for more than ten minutes, a message came from telepathy, and his heart moved, and he quickly followed.
The sounds of fighting and screaming drifted in the wind, and Shepard walked a little faster, and when the sound was clear, the source of the sound appeared in his sight.
The air was filled with the smell of blood, and a warrior in scale armor and a giant club in his hand was stiffly attacking several humans wearing inlaid armor or leather armor and weapons of various types.
The warrior's scale armor was badly damaged, and there was no helmet on his head, revealing a terrible head with serious decay, followed by several skeletons with weapons in their hands, and some with wooden shields, pushing the humans in front of them into a desperate situation step by step.
There are still two people on the ground, and it seems that life and death are unknown from the side, and one of the few people who is fighting with the scaly undead warrior over there is obviously the main force with a one-handed sword and shield, but looking at his already somewhat deformed arms, I'm afraid he won't be able to hold on for long.
Shepard whispered to Tai Chong to hide, and immediately drew his bow and arrows, although there was no sunlight, he did not consume much self-enchantment, and he also accumulated a lot of divine power in the godhead, one arrow, and several skeletons were eliminated in a few breaths.
The change behind it attracted the attention of the scaly undead, and he gave up the few people who were being pressed by it step by step, and strode towards Shepard.
Shepard's face was expressionless, and an arrow hit the rotten head of the undead, because it didn't have much power attached, it just exploded the carrion on its head at once, and there were clear cracks on the skull, but in its empty skull, there was no trace of soul fire.
'Treacherous undead. β
Shepard frowned, taking advantage of the sluggish time of the undead being blown up, he took another arrow, this time with a golden thread from the beginning to the end, and the power attached to the arrow was far greater than the previous arrow.
Aiming at the chest and abdomen of the undead, as soon as the hand was released, the blessing arrow broke through the air and hit the undead with a bang, and after a bang, the undead's originally badly damaged scale armor was blown open, and the waist of the undead was also blown off, and the undead who was divided into two halves fell to the ground, still refusing to give up and wanted to get close to Shepard.
Before the undead who fell to the ground turned over, another arrow flew and there was a bang, this time the undead's chest and abdomen shook, and the soul fire in the chest cavity was detonated by Shepard's arrow from the waist and abdomen, and finally completely rested.
Only then did Shepard put away his bow and arrows, pulled out his short sword, first looked at the two people who had fallen to the ground, and found that they were no longer alive, and then picked up the arrows that could still be recovered on the ground, and then walked to the few people who were paralyzed on the ground, looked at them, and immediately frowned: "...... A bunch of newcomers? None of you have combat experience? β
When I got closer, I found that the faces of this group of people were surprisingly immature, although the equipment and weapons on their bodies looked like they had been used for a long time, but none of them had a temperament that matched the weapons and equipment.
The survivors of the four men and two women looked at each other with a wry smile, and the sword and shield hand with the deformed arm gritted his teeth and explained: "The fathers in our town were all killed or injured in the last battle called for by the lord, so after discovering the traces of the undead, only a few of us adults were able to put on equipment and carry weapons out to fight, but we didn't expect to meet a team of resurrected warriors, poor CrΓ©tini and Magdor ......"
The rest of the people also sobbed, and the partners who grew up together were killed in the battle, which was a great blow to these young people who had escaped death, and coupled with fear and fear, they couldn't suppress their sadness for a while.
Shepard understood their feelings, but thinking about what the Sword and Shield Bearer had said, it seemed to provide him with a lot of information, so he comforted, "Well, I'm a wandering hunter, where is your town?" I'll send you back. β
The sword and shield grinned in pain and thanked him: "Thank you, kind hunter, our town Yanan Town is half an hour's walk over there, we will take you there, the residents of our town are very hospitable!" β
Shepard nodded and said casually, "It's nothing, what's your name?" β
The sword and shield hand replied, "Hunter of Yanan Town, Mr. Hunter, you can just call me Hunter. β
Shepard escorted a few young men to Yanan Town, and when he whistled, Tai Chong immediately came out of the woods and circled his legs happily.
Hunter next to him was surprised: "Mr. Hunter, is this your pet?" β
Shepard nodded, "Yes, it's my animal companion." He suddenly noticed a bloody streak on Hunter's face: "Your face is injured, is it left by the undead?" If so, I can treat you. β
Hunter shook his head: "No, it was scratched by a branch, I will leave this wound and remind me of today's lesson in the future." β
He was suddenly surprised: "Mr. Hunter, can you treat me?" Are you a doctor? β
Shepard denied, "No, it's just that the gods I believe in have given me some abilities to heal such minor wounds. β
A girl in leather armor who was following behind heard the conversation between the two and leaned up, her young and delicate cheeks had some freckles like stars, and she asked curiously, "The power bestowed by the gods?" Your Lord's town has a temple! But those priests, although they are powerful, do not have the ability to heal wounds, Mr. Hunter, can you give us your ability? β
Shepard looked at the bold and curious girl and asked, "Can you tell me your name first?" β
"My name is Evie, Mr. Hunter." The girl replied obediently.
Shepard looked at the curious Hunter and Evie, and said with a smile: "Call me Shepard, don't call me sir, my ability is given to me by my God, He is a kind and strict God, I can't teach you this ability, but I can guide you how to believe in my God, if you are pious enough, God will give you this ability." β
Before Hunter and Evie could speak, the other young people around them were already shouting excitedly.
"Really? Are you sure? Mr. Hunter, can you teach us how to believe in your gods? β
"Mr. Shepard? Oh my God, will you teach us to believe in your God? Will your God give us that kind of power too? β