Chapter 6: Crystal Monsters
The lively forest fell silent as night fell, and the man in the trench coat drove the carriage to a relatively empty place, where he planned to stop for the night. The vicinity of the www.biquge.info Pavilion had been carefully inspected by him, and no trace of thieves or beasts had been found.
On the board, Evan and Leah were tied up and couldn't move.
"I'm so hungry..."Evan was tied several times with his hands, feet and body, and now he could only lie in the car, staring at the stars in a daze. But don't say it, the shape of these stars together really looks like a plate of roast chicken.
"Where's the outing. Leah, who was lying on the sidelines, was still trying to break free from the hemp rope that bound her.
A bonfire was lit with a "hula", and the man in the trench coat sat in front of the fire, stretching out his hands to evenly distribute the heat, feeling the temperature brought by the flame. The coffee dog curled up beside the wheel with half-squinted eyes, scratching the itch on its hind legs.
"Don't waste your efforts, unless someone unties the knot I tie for you outside, you won't be able to break free with skill alone, believe me, I'm a professional. Although the man in the trench coat had his back against the carriage, he had already mastered every move on the carriage. He pulled a rabbit leg out of his bag and gradually roasted it to the next level.
"Ahh
"Where are you taking us?" Evan asked tentatively, holding back his saliva, it didn't matter where he was taken now, he was just trying to delay the roasting rabbit leg of the man in the trench coat so that he could smell it a few more times.
"Take it to my client, of course. β
"Client, Marcus, or the old woman?" Evan thought for a moment, and voted for Marcas.
"No comment, it's a clause of the contract, I must keep it, and you'll understand when you get there. The man in the trench coat remembered something as he spoke, turned around and asked, "Did you two steal something from my client that shouldn't have been stolen?"
"Stealing, no, no, we're not thieves...", Evan said, his gaze swept to the black iron sword crooked to the side, and thought to himself, could this be what he said?
However, the bounty hunter, who knows how to read words and colors, caught Aven's gaze and grabbed the black iron sword.
"This patternβ" The trench coat man wiped the hilt of his sword, carefully examining the delicate lines on the end of the hilt by the light of the fire.
"Wow!wow!" the coffee dog flipped up, bared its teeth and barked its teeth viciously at the black woods.
"Anemo, what's wrong?" the man in the trench coat lowered his iron sword, and he seemed to hear the rhythmic sound of broken branches from deep in the woods. Something is approaching here!, the man in the trench coat tentatively threw a stone at it. If it was in normal times, with his strength, ordinary people would not be able to avoid it, but at this time, it was as if he had submerged in the sea, and he failed to arouse a sound.
"Squeak... Squeak.." The sound of branches breaking was constantly heard in the woods.
The sound got closer and closer, the frequency became higher and higher, and suddenly, a behemoth about three meters high suddenly pounced out of the darkness, and the huge impact from its landing instantly extinguished the bonfire.
"Ang!!!" the horse was frightened, and desperately pulled the reins that were tied to the stone.
"This, what kind of creature is this!" the man in the trench coat swallowed and took a few steps back, and the coffee dog was also quite frightened, and hid behind his master with his tail down.
In the faint light of the moon, the monster's face began to gradually appear: it was a four-legged beast more than 3 meters tall, with no eyes, only two glowing scratches, no fangs, and only patches of skin stuck to its upper and lower jaws. It is covered in thick brown fur like a brown bear, its extremely muscular limbs are covered with pale green glowing crystals, and its forehead is inlaid with dark green gems that ooze green mist in the moonlight.
What kind of beast is this?Brown bear?It's already a monster, and it's so big!Evan struggled to lean up, trying to see what was going on outside, but as soon as he looked at it, he shrank back in fright, and even began to regret his thirst for knowledge.
"What should we do, are we going to be eaten..."Ai Wen was tied hand and foot, if the bounty hunter was defeated by the crystal monster, then there was only one fate for himself, and that was to become a monster's meal.
"I've never seen this monster before, but looking at the unique crystal patterns on its body, it should come from the relic forest in the west of the continent. Leah also saw the monster's appearance clearly, and she remembered that the older generation in Ironrock had talked about "crystals".
The Iron Rock City in the middle of the continent did not originally have such a large and rich variety of crystals, and it was just an ordinary central city backed by mines. However, in the Second Age, there was a terrifying Battle of Ironrock (a group of monsters from the Relic Forest attacked Ironstone), and then there was a huge amount of crystal resources. And what happened in that battle was buried in the deepest part of Iron Rock City as a top secret.
His mind returned to the present, as we all know, the crystals of Iron Rock City currently only have the technical level to cast them into weapons, and there has never been a case of successfully possessing them into animals. The only explanation is that it did come from the relict forests to the west.
"What are you kidding, how can you meet a monster of this level here. The man in the trench coat held two short daggers in his hand and put on a posture to meet the enemy, this was obviously no longer an ordinary jungle beast, "Don't underestimate our Bounty Guild, you monster." β
"Wang!" the coffee dog straightened up, no longer hiding behind him. The encouragement of its master seemed to have played its part, and it also assumed a posture of meeting the enemy.
"Roar!!" The crystal monster roared and rushed over, and the birds on the branches of the tree immediately scattered in all directions, and the aftermath of each step it moved caused the weeds to swell half a meter high like a wave.
The man in the trench coat didn't dare to be careless, and flipped back lightly, moving back a few meters quickly.
"Boom!" the fluttering crystal monster seemed to trigger some kind of trap and crashed headfirst into the pale blue transparent square wall.
"Don't forget to be vigilant at all times, try to avoid frontal combat, these are the two basic qualities of a bounty hunter, since you have fallen into my counterattack trap, then don't think about coming out for the time being, I am also a red-level hunter!" said the man in the trench coat proudly, "I'm a professional." β
"Bang!!!" The crystal monster was sealed in a pale blue square array, pounding at the walls.
Don't bother with it, the counter trap is strong when it's strong, and weak when it's weak, and each of your attacks will only increase the intensity of your own damage. The trench coat man knew that he couldn't hold off the crystal monster for long, so he prepared to drive the wagon out of the place, because completing the mission was his first goal.
However, the crystal monster apparently did not give up resistance, it stood up and gathered its left front paw together at one point, and after accumulating its strength, it poked violently, and actually pierced a circular crack.
"This..."The man in the trench coat looked at the monster in front of him in shock, although he knew that it wouldn't last long, but he didn't expect that the trap would be dismantled in just a few seconds, and this was already a phalanx of leapfrogging levels in the trap!
The monster punctured a gap, held down the crack, shifted its body, and violently tore through the pale blue wall of energy.
The "Boom !!" square array burst due to the loss of control of energy, and the man in the trench coat who didn't have time to avoid it was blown out in an instant - his back fell heavily on the rock, and his ribs seemed to be broken, but he turned around and fled regardless of the pain.
"Wow!" the coffee dog jumped over, letting his master crouch on his back, and ran in the other direction.
"Roar!" the crystal monster followed, seemingly uninterested in the carriage left behind.
The agitation gradually weakened, and the surroundings returned to calm.
"I, I'm still alive, I'm still alive! it's terrible!" Evan thought about the rest of his life alone, still a little frightened. The battle just now was obviously beyond the scope of his knowledge as a little blacksmith.
"Let's find a way to escape, and hope our good fortune isn't exhausted. Leah writhed violently, trying to break free of the hemp rope that bound her back, but the bounty hunter's rope was not easy to untie.
"Whew!" came the whistle, and when the horses heard this, they broke free from the ropes that were tied to it, and pulled the wagon swaying from side to side towards the whistle.
"Ouch, ouch. "Evan who was lying on the plank was now not only in pain in his butt, but also in his head.
"Ahh β
"It's not good to stay here for a long time, so hurry up and go to Noze. Alexon jumped into the carriage, quickly untied the two of them, and without further ado, drove the carriage out of the place with a "driving".