Chapter 222: Siphonia
Things turned out a little more than the two had originally expected. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Jason suddenly pulled Ye Sheng onto the horse, pulled the reins, and quickly galloped in the direction where the original convoy was.
Not only Ye Sheng and Hara Eha, but even Team Leader Walker couldn't help but feel inexplicable in his heart.
However, Jason has never been a person without purpose, and seeing that he is so anxious, there must be something crisis going on.
In a completely different way, the vehicles and horses in the convoy were clearly out of their original positions, especially since a large part of the guard was concentrated in the middle and rear positions.
Ye Sheng sat on the back seat of the horse, and before he could have any guesses in his heart, the horse's hooves flexibly bypassed a few carriages and came to the place where the crowd was wrapped.
When the guards saw that it was Captain Jason leading the university forward, they turned sideways and squeezed a gap so that they could enter.
"It's ......"
In front of Ye Sheng's eyes, a writhing brick-red, longer than a human arm appeared a soft limb worm, which looked like a harmless earthworm, but the blood in the cracked slit at its front and the five or six lifeless people who fell on the ground told Ye Sheng that this was definitely a dangerous creature.
"If I hadn't been staying nearby, I guess I'd have lost even more."
Hearing these words, Gary came from the other side, and pointed to the red striped worm with a few scars on its body that had dismembered its body, plus its appearance at this time, it seemed that it was out of breath more and less in breath.
"Well, do you recognize what this is?" At this time, Jason completely put aside the original prejudice against Ye Sheng, and he also knew that since the Scholar's House had awarded this Heavenly Favor the honor of being a university scholar, he must know more than himself.
Ye Sheng had long searched in his memory for insects that matched what he saw in front of him, but he was not a researcher in this area after all, even though he had deliberately learned about the monster information here because of the border, but it was still very difficult to distinguish several similar differences in depth and subtlety to infer the name and characteristics of the monster in front of him.
Captain Jason and Gary looked at Ye Sheng's pensive appearance and did not continue to speak, they also understood that it was really difficult for Ye Sheng to come up with the type of worm in this situation.
From the appearance of this insect, Ye Sheng quickly locked on a few of the many kinds of insects, all of which were extremely aggressive and had a habit of liking swampy environments.
Next, Ye Sheng began to recall what he had learned about the Crimson Swamp before.
Gary had said that there was no need to worry about the security here, which meant that there had been no attacks on the caravans before, but ...... How to explain it now?
"I guess I know."
Ye Sheng let his thoughts fly for a while, and finally said slowly.
"Hurry up." Jason thought that Ye Sheng was playing a dumb riddle, and immediately urged, and Gary also stared at his face, as if he immediately wanted to know about this monster.
"Its name is Siphonius, it is very bloodthirsty, it likes wet and cold places like swamps, and it generally falls into a state of slumber, and it has all kinds of blood for food, but the demand is not very high, so it is not usually seen very often."
When Ye Sheng said this, he couldn't help but start to observe the expressions on the faces of the two, and continued to add in his heart: But it is very interested in cherishing the blood of the race.
Listening to Ye Sheng's introduction of the situation about this worm, Jason frowned: "Then why did it suddenly appear, does it want to just suddenly lack food, so it wants to suck human blood?" But why it hasn't appeared in so many caravans before, this time it's just a coincidence......"
As for Captain Jason's doubts, Gary was more certain: "It must be so, otherwise there is no way to explain why I can meet this siphon here." ”
At this time, Team Leader Walker and Hara Ai also hurried over, and when they saw the scene in front of them, they began to ask what was going on.
Yuan Ai Ai and Ye Sheng are still in a state of teaming, so they whispered a lot of words in the team channel, and after a while, Yuan Ai Ai understood it.
"So the caravan was attacked by siphoniers because of us?"
Watching Captain Jason instruct the team to bury the siphonifera, which was gradually losing its vitality, Hara asked in the team channel.
Ye Sheng nodded heavily, but walked to Captain Jason's side and said something that shocked him.
"Siphoniens are social animals, and if one siphon worm appears, then other siphoniferes should not be far away."
And Gary, who was on the side, also heard what Ye Sheng said, he looked back at the busy guards around him, but he panicked: "Then what can I do, I have fought with siphonipers before, and the general second-order can't deal with one, how many siphonicorns usually live together in groups?" We haven't even crossed the crimson swamp yet, so how could we come across this weird bug? ”
There were more than fifty guards in the caravan, and this was still plus Jason and Gary, and now there were two more because of the siphon. And several of the drivers of the convoy also died, and there was a certain amount of chaos in the caravan all of a sudden, but if the news of this group of insects was still coming, it would definitely cause a large area of panic, and maybe the combat effectiveness of the original escort team would be reduced.
"Don't worry, the number of siphonipers won't be too much, at most thirty, and if you're lucky, it's estimated that there will only be about ten."
Ye Sheng was afraid that Gary would have despair in his heart, so he directly said all his estimates, and at the same time began to think about the weakness of siphonias.
When Jason heard the news, he immediately rode out and began to set up defenses to avoid heavy losses for the caravan.
"You must still have two mages with you in your escort, right?" Ye Sheng asked Gary directly about the news obtained from observing the entire convoy before this, and after receiving a positive reply, he continued, "Siphonifers are afraid of flames, if you carry relevant alchemy tools and sacrifice a few carts of spices, you can reduce your losses as much as possible." ”
After recalling what the Heavenly Favored One said in front of him, Gary's eyes suddenly lit up, he knew what Ye Sheng meant, the most important thing now is to save the guards, if the goods in the convoy lose too many people, they can only be abandoned in the Crimson Swamp, so this time the caravan has not traveled for long, and it has already been declared a failure.
Gary, who suddenly figured it out, thanked Ye Sheng and began to leave the neighborhood quickly, found Jason, who was frowning and thinking of a way, and relayed Ye Sheng's words to him word for word.
"Mage...... Then you go over and tell them what to do, and we'll set up the relevant things first. ”
Jason was very receptive, gave a series of instructions in an instant, and decided to implement the plan immediately, completely discarding any personal feelings.
The caravan vehicles quickly moved closer together, and the circle of guards kept getting smaller and smaller, densely wrapping the coachmen in the middle.
"Where will the siphonworms appear next?"
Gary was very worried that a caravan escort failure would cast a shadow over their escort career. And especially for him, this time is even more important.
"It's over there."
Ye Sheng was also surrounded by the guards, and according to his current strength, he was no better than the strength of the group of horsemen.
His pupils constricted, and the dragons had given him the ability to see slightly in the dark, and although it was not obvious many times, it was much better than the other humans present.
And the direction in which these siphonworms are coming is obvious......
It was where he stood.
Maybe Jason and Gary didn't suspect it, but he already knew in his heart that these siphons were so unwilling to give up and wanted to come over to attack the caravan because he ......
To be exact, it's him and Hara-e.
Hara Ehae stood beside him, without a trace of turmoil in his heart.
"There aren't many of them." A guard with good eyesight suddenly said happily, but the next moment he began to exclaim again, "That...... There was a big bug in it, even bigger than before. ”
Just listening to the description, Jason and Gary knew what was going on.
"Don't panic, there aren't many siphonias in total, and I'll deal with that big bug."
Jason glared at the screaming member of the guard, and suddenly his figure jumped out like a cannonball, and the speed was amazing.
"If it's the captain, there will be no problem."
As if noticing Ye Sheng and Hara Eha's gaze, Gary explained directly to them, and Captain Jason's departure made him take over the baton of the live battle, so he immediately stopped talking to Ye Sheng and the two, but nervously began to command the battle.
"The people in the front row will stand up for me immediately, don't be afraid, the big one has been solved by Captain Jason, and I am still by your side, and I will fight side by side with you next."
Gary's words are very contagious, coupled with his excellent popularity, even though the entire guard staff was a little flustered in the face of such a bug at first, they quickly adjusted after that.
Unlike the half-dead siphon that I saw earlier, the siphon in front of me was even more ruthless.
Because Ye Sheng didn't participate in the battle, he could observe the whole scene carefully.
The guards circled around the non-combatants, and the siphonworms took advantage of the faint moonlight of the night.
The sticky dirt covered their bodies, and if it weren't for their size, they inevitably streaked across the ground, making it almost impossible for anyone else to spot them on a night like this. (To be continued.) )