Chapter 177: Being tracked down
It turned out that on the night of Turner's departure, the saint's convoy was attacked by horse bandits when they were camping, the strength of the horse bandits was extraordinary, led by two senior magicians plus two senior swordsmen, and a large group of middle and low-level swordsmen, without Turner's escort group was beaten by magic when the sneak attack just happened, the magician created a large amount of fire and smoke to make the team fall into a panic, they don't know how many horse bandits there are, in order to protect the safety of the saint at the moment of crisis, the temporary person in charge led the team to choose to break through, and when he finally got rid of the pursuit of the horse bandits, the temporary person in charge found that the saint did not know when to leave the carriage and disappeared。 Such a big event happened, the temporary person in charge did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly sent someone back to Lua City to inform Turner, who was supervising the search for Allen's traces by the river, was so frightened that he almost didn't fall into the moat after receiving the news. If the saint really had an accident in her own hands, she would have died a thousand deaths, but fortunately, the saint was just missing, and no body was found. Therefore, he had no time to care about Eren anymore, and instead left the tracking to the Templar reconnaissance camp, and he quickly led people to find the missing saint.
Despite the absence of his toughest opponent, Allen's troubles have not diminished. The reconnaissance battalion divided into multiple squads to search for his traces, and notified each other as soon as they found it, so he finally got rid of a group of opponents, and immediately became targeted by another group. In this way, Alan tried his best to never ask for the opponent's tracking, and his situation became worse and worse. Because of the head injury, he continued to cast spells in the process of escaping, which caused the injury to worsen, and he almost fainted several times. His spell-casting ability was also greatly affected by this, and several high-level swordsmen plus mid-level swordsmen left him scarred and exhausted.
In a recent encounter, Eren finally used fireball magic to kill several hounds that were tracking him, but he also paid the price, being hit by an arrow in the shoulder. He no longer had the strength to continue to escape, so he could only make an escape illusion to deceive his opponent, in fact, he hid on the branch of a big tree, and used the last bit of mental power to lay a stealth magic for himself, and then he passed out without even treating the arrow wound on his shoulder, and when he woke up, it was already midnight.
In the sky, the faint glow of the moon was surrounded by dark clouds, and the smell of the water element in the air around it became stronger.
"It's windy, shouldn't it rain?"
Alan leaned against the branch, gradually adjusting to the pain in his head and shoulders, and it took him a moment before he looked up tiredly and looked around, muttering to himself. After the autumn rains, the weather will cool down, and the winter in the south will also come, and at this time the rain will not know whether it is a bad thing or a good thing for him, the rain will make his environment worse, but at the same time it will hide his whereabouts.
As the clouds piled up in the sky, the light in the woods dimmed, the moon was finally blocked, and the sound of "crackling" raindrops hitting the leaves gradually became louder and denser. Some of the rain had already fallen on Allen's body through the branches and leaves overhead, and Allen did not dare to use the magic shield, not only for fear that the light emitted by the magic shield would attract the attention of the enemy, but more importantly, he had to retain his mental power and try to use it in a critical moment. So he had to pick a few large leaves to block the top of his head, but despite this, his shoulders were quickly soaked with rain, and his body immediately became cold.
In this wet and cold environment, Alan finally survived until dawn, but instead of abating, the rain became heavier, and he raised his head and looked at the sky through the gap in the canopy, where the clouds were still thick, and there seemed to be no sign of stopping the rain for a short time.
No, we can't wait any longer, we have to leave immediately.
Alan rested for a moment before making up his mind. Take advantage of the rain action, the rain can wash away the traces and smells left by yourself, this is a great opportunity to get rid of the opponent's tracking, and the woods are wet and cold, stay for a long time, do not be caught by the opponent, and you will also die due to hunger and cold The injury worsens, so find a place to shelter from the rain as soon as possible, and recuperate quietly, as long as your brain injury recovers a little, and the shoulder wound is healed, then it will be much easier to escape.
Alan moved his sore body and began to prepare to get off the tree, which could be easily completed with a flotation technique as long as his mind moved, but it took him nearly half an hour at this time.
By the time Alan came to the bottom of the tree, his whole body was already soaked, half of it was rain, and the other half was sweat, and he was shivering from the cold wind of the early morning. But he couldn't care about it now, reason told him that it was not safe here, that the enemy could not find him, and that he would definitely come back to search again, after all, he was seriously injured and could not escape too far.
Holding on to the wound on his shoulder, Alan began to walk in the direction he had fled from, out of the woods, and walked less than a mile out, when a small stream blocked the way, the stream was not wide, but the torrent was very fast, and Alan could not cross it, so he could only walk down the stream for a while. Then he found a crossing point, and there was a large fallen tree lying across the river, and he stepped on the trunk of the tree to the opposite side, but the trunk wet by the rain was very slippery, and Allen, who came to the center of the river, slipped his foot and fell into the river, and was carried downstream by a rapids.
Although Alan is not proficient in water, but after experiencing several waterway actions, he has no fear of water, and he does not panic after falling into the water, and he does not even struggle, he just tries his best to control his breathing, looking for an opportunity to expose his mouth and nose to the surface of the water, take a deep breath, so that he will not suffocate or choke on water, until he finds an opportunity, catches a tree trunk, he lies on the trunk and lets the rapids carry him downstream, but he does not drift for long, and the sound of the water in front of him suddenly becomes louder.
"Boom!"
The river in front of him dropped suddenly, and the river water here changed from advection to vertical descent, forming a waterfall with a drop of nearly fifty paces or so, and when Alan realized that the danger was approaching, it was too late to go ashore, so he could only follow the current in panic and ride headlong into the waterfall below and fell into a situation, and when he struggled out of the pool, not only did his stomach drink half full, but the wound on his shoulder was torn again, and the blood tore his clothes again. Extremely weak, he lay on the shore for a while, until he vomited the water in his stomach, and then struggled to get up and continued to walk down the mountain, hoping to find a place to get some supplies and replenish his body that was close to collapse.
But in the wilderness, Alan couldn't release his magic, how could he get supplies? He could only rely on his survival instinct to drag his tired and aching body forward, hoping to come across a hunter or a logging hut to save his life.
The sky was getting dark, the triple torture of hunger, cold, and pain, Alan walked slower and slower, and more and more blood flowed out of the wound, ticking down on the road he walked, the initial pain was gradually replaced by numbness, and Alan felt that his consciousness became trance.