Chapter 2: Black Eats Black
There is an exit from the Dark Abyss in the western forest, where the Terrans have stationed a knight order and a church of the Holy See. In addition, there are many elven tribes here, and the purpose of such layers of defense is to prevent any demon from escaping from the forest
In addition to these official forces, the Terran hunting team is also a force to be reckoned with, the hunting team usually hunts demonic beasts in the forest, and they will not be soft when they see demons, a demon's head can be exchanged for a lot of money in the church, and the level of the bounty varies with the different types of demons, among which the fear demon is the highest, and the small evil demon is the lowest. Of course, if a particular demon is particularly famous, that's a different story.
Darkness reached the surface from the exit, and he saw blue skies and white clouds, small rivers and fish, and endless green forests. Compared to the monotonous abyss, which is only dark red, the colors on the surface are too rich.
It was the first time in his life that he had seen so many colorful worlds, more beautiful than what he had seen in books, and the only bad thing was that the shadow power here was too little, which made him feel a little empty in power. But it doesn't matter, he's more interested in all kinds of scenery than powerful forces.
"It's wonderful, why don't the other demons in the abyss appreciate these things much?, what's the point of studying and dissecting humans every day?" said he walked on the emerald green grass, and the sheepskin boots on his feet brought a comfortable soft touch. The outfit on his body came from a brave man who committed two crimes, the thief named Kerr ran into the abyss to challenge the demon king with no effort, and met Darkness who was advancing to the fifth layer on the way, but he was cut by Darkness without even seeing the face of the Demon King, his clothes and equipment were taken away by Dark, and the body was fed to the little devil.
A hare emerged from the haystack and looked left and right, the cute little creature still chewing grass in its mouth. The western forests are rich in water and grass. The hare was very fat, and its fur was oily and smooth, shimmering with an amber shimmer in the sunlight, as if it had been glazed.
Whoosh!
With unparalleled speed, a stone struck the hare in the head, and the hare fell straight down, and it was this small stone, but the hare's skull was broken.
"Precise. A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, and he was unexpectedly good at throwing stones.
Picking up the dead hare, he decided to eat it first, saying that there is a recipe for roasting rabbits in the Terran cooking books, and he has never tried it before, so he just tried it this time.
Peel the hare with a small dagger to remove the dirt, wash it with clear water, string the hare with branches, smear it with spice plants found on the spot, and roast it directly. A small fireball is enough! Even though the talent is shadow magic, one or two other practical little magic can still be used.
The branch hit by the small fireball quickly burned, and Mi began to wait, her crimson pupils full of anticipation......
The Eric hunting team is going to hunt a fanged wild boar today, and they have to pass through the territory of a group of wind wolves on the way, so everyone in the hunting team is fully armed, and with their strength, it is okay to deal with a single monster, and when they encounter a group of monsters, they can only flee for their lives.
"Everyone, check that you're covered with regulating powder and that your equipment is in good condition! I don't want you to come back short of personnel. Eric, the leader of the hunting party, reminded his team in a loud voice. Breath powder is a must-have for hunters, it can eliminate the smell on the body, prevent it from being detected by animals with a keen sense of smell, and as long as it is not in face-to-face contact with the wind wolf, it is difficult to detect them with the wind wolf's wisdom.
"Everything is ready!" the team members said in unison after checking it.
"Okay, let's go!" Eric waved his hand, and the hunting party set off.
Not far away, Merkel watched deeply as Eric led the group into the forest, and he took a deep puff of a bad cigar, which certainly could not compare with the good Grim cigars of the aristocratic lords, but still made Merkel's eyes squint in satisfaction.
"Chief, Eric, they're leaving, let's follow. Next to Merkel, a man of short stature and obscene eyes said. "After this vote, the brothers can go to the Hammer Tavern again!"
"Hmm. Dwarf, call brothers, follow!" Merkel said, casually shoving his cigar into his mouth.
"Thank you, Boss!" said the dwarf sip, taking a beautiful puff on his cigar, which he could not afford to smoke in a normal way, so he could only use the leaves to satisfy his cravings.
With the reward of a small half cigar, the dwarf squirrel worked harder and soon gathered all the people.
Merkel's men are all outlaws, all ruthless, before they took a fancy to a seven-star flower obtained by Eric's hunting team, and wanted to take it, but they couldn't take it by force, but they also injured two people, which made Merkel extremely annoyed, but in terms of strength, Eric is a great swordsman, and there are two swordsmen in the team. A ranger and even a magic apprentice. Merkel's side is full of swordsmen, and he himself is at most half a thief, and he can't beat Eric at all.
If you can't grab it head-on, you can only use the yin trick of sneak attack. Hearing that the seven-star flower was bought by a noble lady who loves flowers and plants for ten gold coins, Merkel and the others immediately had a crooked mind.
Ten gold coins, that's ten gold coins! With this money, they can go to the best ** to have a good time, they can go to the Hammer Tavern to drink the best rum, and they no longer have to drink inferior ale mixed with water! Thinking of this, Merkel's eyes are red. He's got to get the money!
A few days ago, Merkel learned that Eric's hunting party was going to hunt a fanged wild boar on the Eagle's Beak Cliff on the outskirts of the western forest and sell it to the butcher in the town, and the butcher offered two silver coins, which was not a low price, and Love immediately agreed. Merkel knew that this was an opportunity, so he prepared a lot in advance and planned to sneak attack.
The Eric hunting party was unaware of the stalking, and at this time, they were still slowly advancing.
"Captain, why do you want to take this order? It's tired and dangerous, why don't we find some medicinal herbs, or catch two small animals and sell them to those nobles to make money, noble ladies like flowers and plants and furry animals. You see, didn't the Seven Star Flower earn ten gold coins before? Leo, the ranger of the hunting party, thought to himself, he really couldn't get the slightest interest in hunting fanged boars.
Eric patted Leo on the head and said, "Do you really think we're just going to hunt wild boars? As you all know, it's an important ingredient for making potions, and it's much more valuable than the Seven Star Flowers, which can only be seen. That magician is in the important stage of making potions, and he can't leave, so he needs us to look for it, as long as we find the Ghost Face Flower and hand it to him, he will pay us five gold coins, for these five gold coins, I took the butcher's job to cover up, as for why I told you now, it was because I was afraid that you would leak your mouth and be taken away by someone else!"
"Oh, Captain Wise!" the rest of the hunting party Li all expressed their understanding, after all, it was a big job of five gold coins, so there was no problem.
"Five gold coins, we're almost as much as a mercenary!" said Aina, the only woman on the team, a twenty-two-year-old magic apprentice.
Eric sighed and said: "We are still far from the mercenaries, we are already the top existence in the hunting team, but if you apply for mercenaries, at most they are one-star mercenaries, not even two-star, and two-star mercenaries have at least one gold coin income per order, but our order is just accidental, usually not once in a year and a half." ”
Eric's words were like a basin of cold water, dousing Aina's ambition to gas just now.
"If I'm promoted to Swift Ranger, then I'll go to the Mercenary Guild and register for a mercenary status. Leo said.
"If you want to be promoted to Swift Ranger, it will take at least three years to practice archery, and you must master at least one archery skill, even if it is the most common 'three arrows'. Daru, the swordsman of the hunting team, said. Daru is a big man, good at using heavy swords, and has already learned the 'double slash' sword technique, as long as he can master the sword skills and improve the heavy sword skills, he can enter the hall of the great swordsman.
"Daru is right, but you're only sixteen years old, you're still young, unlike the two of us who are already twenty-six. Another swordsman of the hunting team, Damien, said that he was Daru's younger brother and was good at using stabbing swords, but he had not yet learned swordsmanship.
Leo listened to the words of the two of them, and his expression was a little depressed. There are five levels of Ranger, namely: Trainee Ranger, Swift Ranger, Wind Ranger, Traceless Ranger, and Free Ranger. With Leo's qualifications, I'm afraid that he will be a swift ranger in this life, and he can reach the level of a low-level wind-chasing ranger. No way, the lifespan of the human race is too short.
"Don't be discouraged, boy, let's pick out a book of archery skills that suits you when this is done. Eric patted the young ranger on the shoulder and gave him a little encouragement.
"Really, thank you, Captain!" Leo was overjoyed.
Eric nodded, not talking. As they walked, the Eagle's Beak Cliff had arrived.
"Ghost-faced flowers!" Ranger had good eyesight, and Leo immediately spotted a strange large flower hidden in a bush, the flower was the size of a palm, and the black lines on the drawing board and the stamens of the flower formed a grimace.
Eric and the others were overjoyed, the information given by the magician was indeed accurate, and there was really a ghost-faced flower here.
Aina, an apprentice magician, carefully lowered the precious ghost-faced flower and put it into a box dedicated to herbs. Next, they only need to hunt one more fanged boar and go back to the business, and the thought that the five gold coins will be purchased soon, everyone's face is full of smiles.
Death always comes when people are most excited.
Eric only felt a tingling scalp and a cool air on the back of his neck, and years of keen intuition told him that there was great danger!
A tailless steel crossbow arrow with a whistling sound pierced Aina's chest in an instant, and the girl with beautiful long light brown hair fell with a hollow gaze, and before she could even retract the box in her hand, the young soul returned to the arms of the god of the underworld.
A crossbow arrow was also fired at Eric, who dodged it by rolling forward on the spot, and then drew his sword and slashed it behind his back, and with a "clang", one of the bolts was knocked away. In just a split second, two crossbow arrows were dodged by Eric, but the others had no such good luck.
Leo, a ranger with a dream of a good dream, is nailed to a tree by a crossbow arrow, Damien is pierced by three crossbow arrows, and Daru is still alive but is also seriously injured.
Within two breaths, three of Eric's hunting party were killed and one was seriously injured.
"Who's it?" Eric clenched his sword and shouted in the direction where the bolts were flying.
Merkel and a dozen of his men came out of the bushes with a sinister smile on their faces and a well-wound crossbow in their hands, a long-range attack weapon specially designed for non-ranger units that was so powerful that it was impossible for the average person to escape under the fire.
"Hey, hey, hey...... Eric, is there anything you want to say before you die?" Merkel pointed her crossbow at Daru and pierced his head with an arrow. "Now, you're alone. ”
Eric glared at Merkel, and his hand holding the sword began to tremble with anger. "Merkel, if you have the ability, you will come to the duel! What kind of ability is it to play yin behind your back?!"
Merkel shook her head sadly, made a sad look, and said: "Erik, Eric, you are a great swordsman, I am just a swordsman with a certain talent for thieves, you let me fight you? am I stupid or are you stupid? Since I know that I can play yin, then of course I will play to the end." His expression instantly became teasing, and then more than a dozen crossbow arrows were fired at Eric.
Eric is just a great swordsman, and he can't stop so many crossbow arrows at all, and in the whistling sound of crossbow arrows, Eric fell in a pool of blood, his eyes widened, full of unwillingness.
Eric Hunting Team Full.
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A pair of scarlet pupils watched what was happening, and no one noticed its existence.
Gloomy saw the ins and outs of the whole thing clearly, although the ghost face flower was of little use to him, it was not bad to keep it in his hands, anyway, Merkel They were not good birds, so Gloo decided to laugh at this ghost face flower.
"Hurry up and take all the valuable things from them, and then let's go sell this ghost-faced flower!" Merkel commanded, brandishing her bow and crossbow. A few guys who hadn't touched a woman in a long time salivated over Aina's body, and Merkel slapped one of them on the back of the head. "Damn, when is it, when do we sell the ghost face flower, what woman don't you want?
The money, weapons, jewelry, and other valuable things of the Eric hunting party were not in the pockets of the poor and crazy guys, and just as they were about to leave, a slender figure blocked their way.
"Hand over the ghost-faced flowers. He lowered his head and whispered.
"Where did you come out of nowhere, the robbery has robbed your Grandpa Merkel's head! Get out!" Merkel opened his mouth and scolded, waiting until he saw the demon's sharp horns on his dark head. Gloomy was already in front of him.
The other big men were already scared to pee their pants. Merkel shuddered and spat out the frightening word: "Evil... Evil... Evil... The demon ......" His Adam's apple swelled and he spat hoarsely.
"Don't you give it?" looked up at him. "If you don't give it, you will die. ”
A flash of lightning plunged into Merkel's chest, pulling out a beating red heart with blood on it.
The big guys are all stupid. He stared at the heart for a moment, then lowered his head and bit it. This move instantly broke through the last spiritual defense line of the big men.
"Ahhhhh......h
The more ruthless the person, the more fragile the soul. In front of a demon who eats people's hearts, they can no longer hold it and shout for mercy one by one. The feces and urine flowed all over the ground, and the scene was full of stench.
"It's unpalatable. He spat out the heart fragment in his mouth, and then threw the missing piece of the heart in his hand far away. The elders of the clan have been recommending the delicacy of people's hearts, and I really don't know how they think this thing is delicious, at least they think that roast rabbit is delicious.
Ghostface was on Merkel's body, and he found the small box, and then, he took a small dagger, and then turned away.
The big men who were originally crying on the ground found that the demon was gone, and they cried with joy one by one, and even danced in place, no one noticed the strange floating shadow on the ground, and they were still cheering for the tiger's mouth to escape.
Burst......
Death always comes when people are most excited, and this is the case with the Eric hunting team, and the Merkel hunting team cannot escape.
The strong smell of blood could not even stop the medicinal powder, and soon, the nearby beasts followed the smell to find it, and the corpses were thrown away by them, tearing until they could no longer see the shape.
It's a feast.