Chapter 85: Ballista (4)

After one of their companions was hit by a ballista and died quickly, the parasitic dragonflies took off like frying pans and circled around [Swamp City] in mid-air, not daring to land for a while.

But even if parasitic dragonflies are a little smarter than ordinary insects, they can't understand what is attacking them.

The parasitic dragonflies searched up and down the [Swamp City] area with their giant compound eyes, but found nothing, and they did not find any possible threats such as bees or ants near the scene.

Of course, these parasitic dragonflies actually saw the ballistas and the small teams around the ballistas.

It's just that these dozens of ants are "so far away" that the parasitic dragonflies naturally rule out their threat.

As for the ballista, it was nothing more than a pair of wood in the eyes of the parasitic dragonfly, and the stone projectiles placed next to it were just a small group of gravel, which was not a notable thing.

After failing to find the culprit, the parasitic dragonflies soon landed again and began to gnaw at the ropes of the air defense nets, and ignorance made them fearless.

When the enemy is flying, the protagonist is not in a hurry to shoot, long-distance moving targets are not something that a novice like him can hit accurately, blind shooting is just a waste of ammunition, and it may also startle the snake.

When the parasitic dragonfly lands again, the protagonist begins to aim at the closer parasitic beast again, this time firing a stone projectile.

Perhaps due to the fact that the target was farther away from the previous one, and the trajectory of the stone projectile that was not very regular in shape was not as straight as that of the long giant arrow, the protagonist's first shot missed and missed the target.

But the terrible sound of breaking the air still disturbed the parasitic dragonfly that was targeted. Other parasitic dragonflies are far away and remain unaffected.

The protagonist re-targets a parasitic dragonfly, but only hits its wings, knocking a hole in the parasitic dragonfly's beautiful, transparent veined wings.

The dragonfly was also frightened and stumbled because of a wound to its wings.

The protagonist fires four stone bullets, only two of which are hit, and both of them are hit in the wings, without killing a single parasitic dragonfly.

The parasitic dragonflies were attacked again and flew up, but after a while they did not perceive the "threat" and landed again, only two parasitic dragonflies with injured wings flew away towards the depths of the swamp and did not stay.

Maybe they were lucky, at least temporarily, but their injuries affected their flight, and they would also affect their future foraging and escape, and how long could they survive in this swamp with fierce competition for survival?

The protagonist quickly realizes that the accuracy of stone bullet shooting is far lower than that of arrows, and even shooting at about half a meter can not be pointed.

Fortunately, there are enough stone bullets, and he is not afraid of waste, and the protagonist chooses a parasitic dragonfly as a target this time, and puts five stone bullets in the bullet tank at a time.

As the bowstring flicked, a startling sound and a dense sound of breaking the air sounded one after another, and five stone projectiles ejected like a small cloud of mist, enveloping the target parasitic dragonfly entirely.

Five stone projectiles are fired at the same time, and the speed of the stone projectiles is significantly reduced, and the protagonist's trajectory can be seen clearly with the naked eye.

However, although the speed has slowed down, the power is still very sufficient, five stone bullets, one hit the net rope of the air defense net and was bounced back, two missed, one hit the wings of the parasitic dragonfly, and the last one hit the parasitic dragonfly's mouthparts, shattering the big jaw and mouthparts, and even piercing deep into the head.

The parasitic dragonfly staggered to escape at night, but it suffered a severe blow to the head, and even if it could barely maintain its flight, it would not live long.

No, the silk thread parasites on the back of the parasitic dragonfly also pulled out of their roots and fell into the water - they sensed that their host was dying and began to leave in search of a new target.

The parasitic dragonfly eventually fell crookedly into the water and could no longer fly.

The protagonist then finds a chance to shoot a few more times, but to no avail, the stone bullets are indeed not suitable for accurate shooting, and the protagonist is reluctant to use the precious giant arrows when they are not critical. After all, stone bullets are like silver coin bullets, there is no need to cherish them, and giant arrows are gold coin bullets.

The parasitic dragonflies were finally frightened by the successive attacks and casualties, and no longer stayed on the air defense net, but kept circling, refusing to leave or land.

The protagonist tries to shoot two moving targets in the air, but to no avail, he has to give up.

At this time, in addition to the enemy's parasitic war beasts in the air, the parasitic dragon lice in the water are already in place, and they are continuing to spray water cannons, but there are very few ants in the open air outside, and they are also covered, not afraid of the attack of water cannons.

The main target of the parasitic dragon lice is still the tall ant mound, and the parasitic war beasts in the water are trying to destroy the majestic castle with water cannons.

A parasitic locust and a parasitic tiger armor finally arrived in [Swamp City] and tried to burrow through holes in the air defense net, but they were stuck and unable to move.

The protagonist shoots these two fixed targets with stone projectiles, although the distance is long, but fortunately the targets cannot move, and after firing ten stone bullets quickly, both of them are already dying, and their carapace is simply not enough to withstand direct fire from ballistas.

Subsequently, the protagonist, who could not find the target, shifted his position and went to the position of the second ballista.

The ballista is located at a lower altitude and closer to the front line, where the protagonist is able to directly target the parasitic dragon lice that are hiding in the water with most of their bodies.

Previously, the Divine Envoy King's legion lacked the means to fight back against the parasitic dragon lice, and could only let the enemy be arrogant. The protagonist is going to take a good breath today.

The nearest parasitic dragon lice was less than half a meter away, almost all of its body was underwater, leaving only its butt on the surface of the water, aiming in the direction of [Swamp City], but also at the protagonist and the ballista, and constantly spraying water bombs at a frequency of several minutes.

The protagonist is not stingy this time, chooses a giant arrow, aims accurately, and slowly pulls out the trigger. With more than a dozen shots, the protagonist has also found the hang of it, and the stability of the shot has been greatly improved.

Not disappointing the protagonist, the huge crossbow bolt flew straight over, right in the middle of the parasitic dragon lice's exposed buttocks.

The parasitic dragon lice that was spraying water bombs seemed to have a valve suddenly blocked, and the second half of the water bomb was forced back, and half of the huge crossbow arrow penetrated through it, leaving only the tail with arrow feathers.

The parasitic dragon lice didn't even struggle, it floated out of the water, motionless - the crossbow bolts and the water cannon that had been held back destroyed its internal organs, and it could not die again.

The other parasitic dragon lice are very scattered, and their eyesight and hearing are not good, so they have not found anything abnormal here!