Chapter 94

Looking closely, each corpse vulture is two meters long, its wings are more than three meters wide, its sharp claws and beak look extremely sharp, and the whole shape is very similar to that of an eagle, but it is larger and more ferocious. Regardless, the sheer size, sharp claws, and beak don't guarantee the vulture's ability to attack.

Even if the vultures eat slowly, they will not leave easily when they are full, as they will not give up their ready-made food. Now, if a living person disturbs them to eat, they will only attack fiercely.

The more than twenty corpse vultures are basically just fourth-order fierce beasts, and if they are really right, in the face of these corpse vultures with some hard claws and sharp beaks, everyone will not take advantage. Moreover, because the corpse vulture often feeds on rotting corpses, and there are many toxins on its body, once it is injured by the corpse vulture, it is very likely to be poisoned, so there is no need, and the members of the mercenary team cannot easily attack the corpse vulture.

At this moment, except for people like Lin Xuanzhong who don't know much about corpse vultures, others are reluctant to deal with this kind of murderer who specializes in rotting corpses. In addition, it is completely impossible to drive away the vultures with the current conditions of the mercenary team and the means available to them. In terms of removing those carrion corpses, the huge beast corpses are all from some ordinary beasts, and they are huge, and the mercenary team cannot remove those carrion corpses without angering those corpse vultures.

The most troublesome thing is that from the perspective of the total size of the carrion, it is enough for those corpse vultures to eat for two or three days, in front of the favorite food, the corpse vultures will definitely not leave early, if the convoy has to wait, it needs to be moved to a place without smell first, and it will take a long time.

Apparently those who deliberately placed carrion bodies left the carcasses of the beasts on the road, using them to interrupt the mercenary procession. After the man in Tsing Yi sent out an inquiry, the middle-aged team leader briefly analyzed the situation in front of him and quickly made a decision. "This way doesn't work, we take another way. ”

In fact, most of the other people in the group had the same opinion as the middle-aged man, the problem on the road could not be solved, and the road was lined with dense trees on both sides, making it impossible to drive, and for now they either bypassed this area or retreated to a less smelly place to wait.

Wait for two or three days, wait until the vultures have eaten the carrion before leaving, but there may still be people in front of you for two days, so waiting is not a good idea. So even if it is guessed that the person who placed the corpse wants to separate the various mercenary teams, the middle-aged leader does not want to wait any longer, after all, the time to complete the task is limited, and if the task is completed later, the commission they get will be reduced accordingly.

In addition, even if the middle-aged team leader is willing to wait, other mercenary teams may not be willing, and there will definitely be mercenary teams who choose to turn back and take other paths, and they can only follow behind. In the eyes of the middle-aged team leader, it is better for them to go first than this, so the middle-aged team leader felt that the team had returned the same way, and found a route to take in the rear to start a detour.

The location of the people who placed the carcass of the beast was very good, and it was only after retreating for more than ten miles that the convoy found a fork in the road that could be driven. To be precise, it should be an area where you can drive. After starting again, there was a lot of time to go back and forth, but the team had no other options.

However, when returning the same way, everyone also considered that they could join forces with the mercenary team in the rear to solve the roadblock problem ahead. It's just that they didn't encounter other teams during the return, and everyone considered that if they encountered only a medium or small mercenary team, they would not be able to solve the roadblock problem, so after discovering the fork in the road, the middle-aged team leader didn't choose to wait because he didn't know when the team from the rear would arrive.

Under the inspection of the man in Tsing Yi and others, after more than an hour, the convoy could be regarded as embarking on another road that could be taken. Of course, according to the meaning of the middle-aged leader, the team still has to return to the original road.

Walking in a dense forest, yellow leaves are everywhere, making a forest lifeless. It is worth mentioning that there are a few fruit trees on the road, and the fresh fruits make everyone feast.

It's already October, and it's autumn, and the weather is not so hot, sometimes a little cold. Walking in the forest, everyone has not been idle, chatting very lively, and the haze caused by the deliberate destruction of the road has gradually disappeared.

"Do you think mercenary teams that go the other way will encounter the same situation?"

"There are so many mercenary teams in this area that if you encounter similar situations on a regular basis, many of them are likely to march in groups, making it even more difficult for the bandits who are lurking in the shadows to move. ”

"It's still far from the city that never sleeps, and there are many places where mercenary teams must pass through hundreds of miles of road during this period, and if they set up similar obstacles in each area, I'm afraid that no matter how many mercenary teams they are, they will be separated one by one. ”

"Then you say we're not going to have a similar situation ahead. ”

"It's hard to say, the last time it rained for nearly six days, delaying the ten-day journey of many mercenary teams, and possibly the actions of those robbers for ten days. If the bandits really want to make a big deal, then none of our mercenary teams are safe. ”

"Crow's mouth, I don't want to think about where so many robbers came from, now there are more than a dozen mercenary teams around here, nearly a thousand mercenary troops, how can there be so many robbers coming to attack us. ”

"But if those robbers really don't dare, how could they deliberately put some fierce beast corpses on the road to block our way?" I saw that everyone kept arguing one by one, and it seemed that everyone had some truth in what they said, Lin Xuanzhong couldn't refute their remarks, and Lin Xuanzhong had the same thoughts as many people.

There are several ways to get to the city that never sleeps, and each of them is hundreds of miles away. Based on their conversation, Lin Xuanzhong knew that there were many suitable positions for those bandits to use, and if those bandits were really willing to put in the effort, it would not be difficult to separate several mercenary teams individually, so it was best to be careful.

"Qingfeng, what do you think?" said Zhang Qi and asked Lin Xuanzhong.

"I think everyone has a point, so it's better to be careful. ”

Although Lin Xuanzhong's answer is not satisfactory, it can barely be regarded as a statement, and there are few victories.

"I think you better stop talking nonsense, big brother has his own decision. In the end, it was the middle-aged woman who interrupted the discussion.

In fact, this is the case, and everything is decided by their eldest brother, whether it is to move forward or stop. After the middle-aged woman spoke, they couldn't help but fall silent, each thinking about their own things, and Lin Xuanzhong and Zhang Qi stopped talking.

It took more than half a day for the convoy to get back on the road. Now, as the convoy continues to move forward, the road conditions are starting to change again. The crowd could see that the ground had become soft due to the sand.

As the road conditions deteriorated, the speed of the convoy slowed down, and the ruts naturally left deeper and deeper marks. Fortunately, it was still possible to drive, so the middle-aged leader did not stop the convoy.

"Stop," a quarter of an hour later, suddenly someone shouted in front of him, and the whole convoy came to a halt, and everyone looked ahead with puzzled expressions, only to see that the two wheels of the carriage in front were completely sunk into the mud and sand, and as the mammoth pulled the wheels deeper and deeper, soon even the mammoth was stuck in the mud and could not move again.

For the situation in front of them, everyone was a little puzzled, because although the road conditions were not very good before, there was no problem with the feasible car, but the road conditions became much worse all of a sudden, and there was no problem for people to walk, but the car encountered a big problem.

If you look closely, you can see that the road under the feet of the people in front of the convoy has obvious signs of turning in some places, and the road will look wet as soon as you step on it, and it is obvious that the upper level has simply been sprinkled with some dry sand.

"Big brother, what should I do?" the man sitting on the mammoth couldn't help but ask worriedly, seeing that the car was completely sunk into the mud and sand.

"Calm the mammoth first and tell the mammoth not to move again. The middle-aged team leader gave a brief explanation, then swept the road conditions under his feet, and then instructed the others: "You use weapons to test and see how much of the road has been turned over!"

"Yes," several people in the team took the order, and then pulled out their weapons one after another and probed until they reached the position of ten meters in front.

"It's about ten meters away, it's been turned over," Mo Lingyun, the second leader of the tall and thin men's team, spoke.

"Ten meters," the middle-aged team leader muttered, knowing that the convoy could not pass through this area normally, and since that was the case, he had to make another detour.

"Send a few people to find Qingyi and them all back, and the others will be responsible for pulling the vehicle back first. After a brief thought, the middle-aged team leader commanded.

Not long after, a few people walked out of the team to find the man in Tsing Yi and them, and the others first let the entire convoy back some distance, and then pulled the car up along with the mammoth through the rope under the instructions of the middle-aged leader.

Not to mention the whole process, but more importantly, the impact of this incident on everyone's hearts, and now many mercenary members are thinking, I'm afraid that those robbers are really preparing to do a big job this time. I only hope that my mercenary team will not be so unlucky and will be intercepted by bandits.

In fact, at this moment, there are quite a few teams in other mercenary teams that have encountered a similar situation, and some have simply changed their paths, while others have stayed where they are and set off with the other teams.

In fact, it is a taboo for the mercenary team to travel with other teams halfway, so the middle-aged team leader is not willing to stop and wait for other mercenary teams. However, if you do feel dangerous, it is a safe way to go with other teams.

And while these mercenary teams made various choices, hundreds of people set up camp in a hidden valley in the heart of the inn and the city that never sleeps.