Drake's Sword Chapter 17 Hunting

East of the Underworld...... Tartarus ......

This place is mainly a place to allocate some of the most vicious souls after the judgment of the underworld.

Even with so many eighteen people from all walks of life, there is one place here that no one dares to mess with. That is the hilly and dark green forest area north of the aforementioned 'Tartarus', where there is a Nemesis lion in captivity.

And now, in a winery, six faces looked at each other with some embarrassment. Not for anything else, just because there are new faces and his descriptions. The new face of many is none other than George Sen, the yellow-skinned Oriental face.

"Is that lion really that powerful?" asked Mark, still in disbelief, after listening to George's description.

"Of course! Some time ago, someone offered three chests of gold in exchange for the lion's head. George said.

"And what happened later?" asked Monica.

"I went to a dozen of them, but only one came back, and it came back at the cost of a broken leg. Later, although five chests of gold were added, no one dared to go. George said helplessly.

"Five crates of gold? Oh my God......" Mark exclaimed, "That's not necessarily that much gold if you rob at least ten ships!"

"I'm more curious about who would be willing to pay such a big price. Clint thought for a moment.

"It's a witch!" said George.

"emmm......" Diana and Monica looked at each other, there was still a witch in the underworld, but on second thought, it would be bad if it was a dark mage......

Diana and Monica alertly walked over to the bounty list and looked at the signature...... It turned out to be 'Theria', Diana's mother! At this moment, Diana's excited feet kept stepping around, and tears rolled in her eyes.

"George, where does the person who posted the bounty live?" Diana said excitedly.

"Well...... I forgot...... It's not Tartarus anyway......" George said with a shrug.

Mark saw that Diana suddenly became so excited, and came over curiously to take a look, and suddenly his eyes lit up, everyone knew that Terea was Diana's mother, which was simply great news for Diana, because at this moment, Diana felt that she had everything again!

"Calm down, calm down!" Mark pressed Diana's shoulder, and thought for a moment, "George, how many people does your steel robot need to control?"

"It's usually two people, but theoretically one person can drive!" George said.

Mark thought for a moment and said, "How about I go hunting that lion with Clint and George in a group, and the girls go to Diana's mother!"

"No, I don't worry about Clint, what if I can't beat that lion with brute force!" Monica said, looking at Clint with concern.

In that case, Diana and Marjorie go looking for Diana's mother, the others go lion hunting, and Monica can control the magic output in case she needs it from time to time. That's it!" Mark thought for a moment.

Everyone nodded in acquiescence, seeing that there was no objection. Mark looked at the rum in his hand, took a sip and said heartily, "That's it, everyone is ready to act!"

Everyone was almost rested, and just as they were about to leave, Diana grabbed Mark and said, "Don't be too reckless, if you can't do it, you can withdraw first!"

Mark raised his hand and touched Diana's head and said, "Okay! I know, you guys should be careful on the road!

"Yes, definitely!" Diana nodded, and with that, everyone parted ways in front of the winery.

It's just that no one notices that on a roof opposite, a dark shadow has quietly disappeared.

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Mark, Clint, Monica, and George drive their giant steel robots north to the dark green forest. And in order to get acquainted with the specific workflow of this behemoth, they all took turns along the way.

The three or four meters tall giant steel man cost 1,931 parts. The upper and lower parts are composed, and the lower part is the mobile power group, which is supported by four mechanical legs that are fully one meter wide. All four legs can be operated individually. Although it moves slowly, it is surging with power, and it is difficult for ordinary people to resist.

The upper body is composed of a huge body, and a huge bearing is used in the middle of the upper and lower parts to drive the momentum wheel to control the rotation, so that the upper body can rotate 360 degrees without dead angles. The upper body of the body is divided into two cabs, one upper and lower, the lower cab controls movement, and the upper cab can control two stout robotic arms and two fully automatic reloading smoothbore guns below!

However, the upper cab can also be moved while attacking, but it will be quite complicated to operate and require a high level of proficiency.

There are hanging supports at the links between the upper and lower fuselages, and the gun can be pressed down and then lifted on its own, and solid projectile shells can be installed from the front. The power source of the entire giant steel robot is two sets of steam engines in the middle of the body, which are repeatedly driven by a lever by burning boiling water through flames.

The entire giant robot, from top to bottom, was developed by George himself, from which he borrowed a lot of scientific and technological characteristics from the East and West, and there is great room for improvement in the future.

(PS: Here we refer to the various types of heavy machinery DIY in 'Siege'.) ）

After a few days of walking in a giant robot like a fortress, Mark and his party came to the depths of the forest.

However, even in the depths of the forest, there was no lion's tracks, but when everyone was a little discouraged and retreated first, Cint spotted a small stream. The stream was blood-red blood, the air smelled a pungent smell of blood, and the ground around it was covered with fresh, uneaten human skeletons.

The crowd decided to hide in place, camouflage the huge robot with branches or something, this is the lion's activity place, so they just wait for the rabbit. I don't know how long it took for the lion to slowly walk along a forest path. It has just returned from predation and is ready to return to its nest to rest.

Even if the lion was on all fours, it was already two meters tall at the shoulders, and it was not much smaller than the giant robot they had prepared. It had eaten to a bulging belly, and there was still a little blood dripping from its head, mane, and chest, and its tongue licking the blood from its lips. Seeing it approaching, Mark quickly made eye contact with Clint1, climbed into the giant robot, quietly waited for the lion to approach, and aimed his loaded cannon at its waist.

Hold your breath and fire!

According to George, a single artillery attack can reduce the intermittent time and continue to output. The gun lever in Mark's left hand pulled back sharply, and the left smoothbore gun fired first!

'Boom !!'

The deafening sound apparently frightened the lion in front of him. A clever dodge, the huge solid projectile was unexpectedly dodged without danger, leaving only a scratching and burning trace!

"I'm in a hurry!!" Mark reproached himself.

But the obvious provocation of the active attack just now made the lion angry, and the lion raised his bloody head, and turned his eyes to look around, revealing his terrible fangs.

Now, it's right with its chest facing Mark. Mark seized the moment and aimed the cannon at its heart, the second shot!

'Boom !!'

The lion dodged violently, and the huge projectile hit the abdomen, and the lion was directly knocked out of the air, shattering along with the huge trees behind him!

"Be careful!" Clint was keenly aware of the anomaly.

Monica, who was on the side, hurriedly released several magic balls and threw them out, 'Bang! 'Bang!' but the mending knife didn't seem to react, and it didn't seem to hit.

Just when everyone looked around vigilantly. The lion suddenly appears behind the giant robot. It wrenched its long tail in a rage, its neck swollen with rage, its mane stood on end, its back arched, its blood-red eyes wide, and its dull roar swooped down on its foes.

Since it is attacked from behind, the upper half of the body cannot attack the rear. At the same time, the lion used his body to accidentally block the exhaust pipe that discharged the hot gas of the steam engine in the rear, and for a time the entire steam engine continued to release hot gas from all sides. If you don't release it again, I'm afraid that if you don't kill the lion, you will blow yourself up first!

"Quick, stop the water supply!!!" George commanded hurriedly.

Clint hurriedly did so, and the burning hot combustion chamber, the flames that erupted from the lion's belly were baked. Plus the abdomen that had just been hit. Immediately the lion was much slower in his movements.

Seeing this, Monica hit the gravity javelin in her hand directly, firmly controlling the lion in place, and blasted out a few magic balls in her hand. At the same time, Cint hurriedly refilled the water, and the combustion chamber resumed its work, generating enough power for the upper half of the body to turn around.

Mark reloads his ammo and fires a volley of his left and right hands. Two projectiles hit the lion's spine in succession!

Seeing that the lion was still not dead, and that it would take time to reload the artillery, Mark had no chance to miss it, so he directly hammered down the lion's head with his mechanical arm and hit it in the neck. The lion was first shot in the abdomen one after another, and then roasted by the fire of the steam engine, and the internal organs must not be better if they were tossed so much, and then they were directly hit in the spine and hit hard, and finally they were directly hit in the neck by Mark, and suddenly their entire body fell to the ground.

Before it could recover, Clint immediately rushed forward. Pressed close to his face, the cannon was loaded, Mark wrapped his mechanical arm around the lion's neck, and the cannon opened fire again! At the same time, under the continuous artillery bombardment of the throat and abdomen that was so desperately jammed, the lion struggled for a while, and finally died.

Looking at the crowd as this was finally over, Mark realized that his back was covered in cold sweat. Although it all feels light, it is absolutely terrifying in the face of a behemoth that stands three or four meters tall. This kind of monster is really more practical for team combat.

But just as others were cheering, watching Mark jump down and hug him excitedly, George smiled, but there was a pimple in his heart that he couldn't get rid of......