Chapter 82: Fortune and Misfortune (2)
Hu Bin, who slept until noon, took the stream water that Su Jia called for him, washed his face and sobered up, and then had lunch with Howard. There was no change in the direction of the mushroom mountain, except for the beasts that began to come alive during the day, and the roars kept coming from the other side of the mountain. Hu Bin began to consider giving up here, because ordinary beasts could not achieve the purpose of training, not to mention that with their numbers, Hu Bin and his gang were not able to deal with them. Hu Bin was sure that there must be a leader-level beast on the mountain, but he had no way to get there, and there were not a few followers behind the eldest brother in these years, so he decided to find a target with few followers as the training object.
However, it seems that something has happened on the mountain, a large number of wild beasts rushed out from all corners of the mountain, and the large number of them made Hu Bin and his gang chill in their hearts, but fortunately, the direction of the beasts did not go towards their hiding place. A loud roar came from the mountains, crushing the beasts that were in chaos underground, and then they ran in the same direction like an army.
"It's good you didn't find us, Reed, what did you do last night?" Howard breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Hu Bin with resentment.
"Absolutely not, it's none of my business, who knows what nerves those brutes have, but that direction seems to be." Hu Bin pointed to the direction in which the beast tide was heading.
"Well, it's the direction of the temple." Howard said expressionlessly, and then the two looked at each other face to face for a long time, and suddenly sprang up.
"Good chance!" The two of them said at the same time that the beast boss that the younger brother had gone, they liked it the most.
Kane was so upset that he was teased by the damn stele and decided to chisel it open, and Fanta was the one who did it.
Fanta was also quite helpless at this time, and at that time he thought about whether he would be excluded from this group of Svadian numberers alone, but he was open-minded and then put this problem behind him, and was coerced and sent out by Kane.
"Blessed by the goddess of nature, I am not sincere in destroying this stone tablet, I am willing to sacrifice my faith, please be merciful and forgive me." Fanta muttered quietly, and Si Si Ai raised the hammer and chiseled it heavily on the stele, followed by a second blow, then a third blow.
Everyone saw that nothing had happened, and the material of the stele was not unbreakable, so a few people simply went up and destroyed it together. Over time, the surface of the stele shattered layer by layer, revealing the innermost metal.
"This TM is the cold star iron that is greedy for Mithril, how can there be such a large piece of cold star iron!" One of the digging-numbered people got a hint of the space, and the Cold Star Iron was the main material of rare-grade enchanted weapons, and it was very precious, not to mention Mithril.
Kane was relieved to see that there was a metal block about two cubic meters in size hidden in the stele, although the harvest was not as exaggerated as Lord Reed said, it was enough for everyone present to make a windfall.
"Be careful, don't spoil the treasure inside."
"What nonsense are you talking about, this is Hanxing Tie, it's much tougher than the guy in my hands."
The numberers were in a cloudy mood and began to joke with each other, but on the ground, where no one was looking, the peeling rubble emitted a faint point of light, which was very inconspicuous in the morning sun. Some of the points of light broke away from the rubble and were scattered in every corner of the island. These points of light became attached to them when the adventurers encountered them, and strangely some of the points of light scattered on Fanta's body were inhaled by Fanta without his knowledge.
The stele, which had finally been completely peeled away, revealed a piece of metal like a work of art, covered with inscriptions, though the numberers were too lazy to decipher the words, and they thought that the metal was enough to be a hundredfold larger gold. Excitedly, the crowd discovered that the metal could not be contained in anyone's backpack, and there was no way for them to divide it, so they prepared to make a larger raft and transport the precious metal back.
Fanta looked at the excited Swadia numberer, always felt that something was wrong, and wanted to remind everyone, but remembered the scene when she was pushed out by them as cannon fodder, and changed her mind, anyway, this time she also earned money, and she wanted to do so much.
What they didn't know was that the beasts in this jungle were called by them that they couldn't resist, and although the lord-level beasts had some sanity and could resist the call, they also sent their own subordinates to the source to investigate, and the mighty beast tide was coming towards the numbered ones on the island, and there was a mess and a bloody atmosphere along the way.
Hu Bin, Howard, and Su Jia came to the Mushroom Mountain with six entourages, and found that the ordinary beasts were empty. The freelancers were left behind to guard the camp, and Howard's retinue was recruited into the squad to act together because they were strong and not afraid of losses.
The retinue template of the warband world is very interesting, the retinue that is seriously injured and loses its combat effectiveness can be placed by the lord in an independent space to recover slowly, but it costs a certain amount of resources, including a large amount of dinar and double the food consumption, Hu Bin is very troubled by Ted's recuperation costs, although his combat power is worth the investment. In addition, the retinue can also help their lord deal with some things, but this requires corresponding intelligence and talent, in fact, the retinue is not much different from the numbered person except that they do not have the rights of nobles. They can also be captured, but for a sum of money spent on the traveler in the tavern, the retinue will return on their own after a week, if nothing else, and it is a very useful helper with no worries.
Howard's retinue came from the Templar camp of the Heroic World, and he was lucky enough to gain the lifelong allegiance of two veteran marksmen, both of whom had a decent level of intelligence, and had been sent out by him to earn mission rewards before, and this adventure was summoned back by Howard, who felt that he was not strong enough.
Hu Bin and his gang, whose long-range combat power had been strengthened, cautiously climbed up the mountainside and found a result that made them almost burst their mouths, the group of monkeys actually left a lot of numbers, and it seemed that it was obviously impossible to pass without being discovered by them. If you miss this opportunity, there will be no more, although the beasts don't know what to do, but Hu Bin and they still have to find the leader as soon as possible.
"Prepare for battle." In desperation, Hu Bin took out the holy sword and grabbed it with both hands, and decided to start a frontal battle, after all, the number of monkeys was still within his acceptable range. Howard behind him also added a sword and shield, Ted and the other three consciously blocked in front of the two marksmen, Lorraine also raised his small hunting crossbow, and held a holy light bullet in the other hand. Su Jia didn't care at all and pulled out a fancy thin sword, it seemed that it was more ornamental than practical, but Hu Bin, who knew her, knew that this girl's playful mind began to awaken. Even the dumb at Su Jia's feet bared his fangs, staring closely at the monkeys who were many times bigger than him.
Hu Bin saw that the military heart was available, and as the first meat shield to rush up to open the monster, for a while, the roar of the human beings was mixed with the chirping alarm of the monkeys, and the screams of Dumb.
The two Swadia numberers who had gone out to harvest had not yet returned, and Fanta was sensitive to the situation, but for now he just wanted to take care of himself. After a while, he noticed that Kane seemed to realize this, and sent a few people to find the guys who had lost track of time, maybe they were too excited about today's harvest and had nowhere to vent their energy.
Fanta shook her head secretly, she only cared about his share, and he didn't want to care about anything else. However, it seems that things are not going so well, and five numbered people have been sent before and after, and no one has returned now, which has raised the vigilance of everyone on the island.
Suddenly, one of the numbered individuals rushed out of the woods, quickly jumped into the lake, and screamed for help as he swam desperately to the island. Fanta noticed that he had some scars on his body, his weapons had been missing, and the lake around him was stained red with blood.
A raft was immediately sent to rescue the wounded man, and as soon as they returned to the island, they saw the sight of the beast on the other side of the lake.
"What the hell is going on here?" One of the numbered individuals was just about to avenge his companion, but now he didn't realize that his weapon had already fallen. Herds of wild beasts appeared on the other side of the lake, and it was hard to imagine that they would gather here at the same time, when the river water does not interfere with the well water.
Kane's pupils shrank, and he looked back at the peeling rubble, thinking to himself that it was really not so easy to pass, it turned out that he was waiting for him here.
According to the numbered person who escaped, he and the other three found their seriously injured and unconscious companion on the way, but they also found traces of many wild beasts, but by the time they realized something was wrong, it was too late. The other two stayed in the way to cover his escape, and they escaped after stabbing to death a beast that attacked him. According to his observations, the number of beasts is very large, and many of them are strong individuals.
As the numbered man spoke, the faces of the crowd grew darker. Fortunately, there is a lake in the way, and the numberers are still safe, and the food is well stocked, and they can catch fish in the lake. But how to get out is a big problem, and everyone looks at Lord Kane, who is leading the team, hoping that he can come up with a plan now.