Chapter 39: A Roar of Terror
"This snake is poisonous!"
The soldier named Farr glanced at the triangular head of the long red snake and was shocked.
"Thank you."
Hearing the words of the Vale soldier and looking at Gray standing in front of her, Caroline's face was full of joy and gratitude.
The sudden burst of red snakes really startled her, causing her to forget to dodge in the first place.
Although she had also fought with the castle soldiers several times and had some combat experience, she was prepared after all, and in the face of such an unexpected situation, her reaction was a little slower.
Fortunately, Gray killed the long red snake, otherwise, if he was bitten by a venomous snake, even if he didn't die, I am afraid it would not be better.
"No, you don't."
Gray shook his head, even if it was an ordinary person, he would not hesitate to rescue him at this time, not to mention, the other party was still the sister of this body.
Not far away, Viscount Fergus raised his eyebrows, a hint of confusion appeared on his face, but then shook his head again.
The moment the red snake burst out just now, he naturally noticed it, and was about to rescue Caroline, but at this moment, he found that Gray had already drawn his sword and pounced.
During the whole process, Gray gave him the feeling that his reaction speed was actually faster than when he fought against the soldiers yesterday, even compared to the middle blood warrior, it should be about the same.
But after thinking about it, he felt that it was unlikely, after all, Gray had not even been a blood warrior for half a year, and it should have been his delusion just now.
He looked at Caroline and spoke.
"Caroline, be careful, and everyone, not only on the ground, but also on the trees!"
"Yes."
Gray's men and five soldiers all answered.
The team continued to set off, and this time, the focus was not limited to the ground, but also to the trees overhead.
Suddenly, Farr, who was at the front of the line, waved his hand to stop walking, then took a few steps back, came to Viscount Fergus, and whispered.
"Lord Viscount, there's a leopard in front!"
"Leopards?"
Gray and the others stepped forward slowly, and through the gap in the branches and leaves in the forest, they saw that dozens of meters ahead, on a bare tree growing in a Y shape, a large beast was lying at the intersection of the trees to rest.
It was a beast with yellow hair and black spots all over its body.
If you are about two meters long, it doesn't look strong, but it looks extremely slender.
It is very similar to the leopard that Gray saw in the film and television film "Animal World" in his previous life, but there are some differences, the biggest difference is that its head does not have a little black spot, while the leopard in his previous life has it.
"Lord Viscount, shall we take a detour or kill it?"
Farr asked in a whisper.
Viscount Fergus's eyes moved slightly, and he already had a plan, he looked at Gray and said.
"Gray, go kill this leopard!"
"Yes."
Gray didn't hesitate, gently unsheathed his sword from his left waist, and then tiptoed towards the leopard resting in the tree.
Thirty meters, twenty meters......
Whew—
Just when Gray was only ten meters close to the leopard, the leopard resting in the tree suddenly twisted violently, and looked at Gray with vigilance and ferocity, and it was obvious that Gray had already been discovered.
Although Gray has tried not to make a sound, his feet are full of fallen leaves, and it is too difficult to make a sound, and the leopard is a beast with an extremely developed sense of hearing.
Syllable!
Finding Gray, the leopard did not run away, but jumped down, landed lightly on the ground, and then pounced forward, and immediately pounced several meters towards Gray.
As a predator, when it sees humans, the first thing it thinks of is not to escape, but to kill humans!
Whew—
It runs extremely fast, and like the leopards in its previous life, the leopards in this world also have extremely terrifying speeds.
This kind of terrifying attack speed, even an adult strong man may not be able to dodge, and almost instantly approached Gray's body.
Two rows of sharp teeth were exposed, and the blood basin was biting towards Sean, and a strong fishy stench came from it.
This leopard must have just finished eating!
Swish!
Gray dodged sideways, and he had already avoided the leopard's frontal pounce.
Gray is not an adult strong man, but his speed and reflexes are more terrifying than that of an adult strong man, because he is a blood warrior, the most powerful group of human beings.
Sideways to dodge the leopard's frontal pounce, Gray did not stop there, the sword in his right hand, obliquely drawn, just appeared in front of the leopard's pounce route.
Burst!
The leopard slashed its throat as if it had struck the blade of its own sword, and the blood splattered into a blood mist.
With inertia, he rushed forward for several meters, and then fell to the ground with a thud, twitching abnormally, and his body slowly became stiff.
Gray, on the other hand, dodged quickly, avoiding the splatters of blood, not letting the blood spill onto his suit.
Seeing Gray beheading the leopard, Viscount Fergus and others came over.
"I actually killed this leopard with a single sword, Master Gray is really powerful!"
"Even this leopard was killed so easily with a sword, I'm afraid we can't stop Young Master Gray with such a sword!"
The five elite soldiers all looked at each other.
They are all elite soldiers of the Fergus family, aged in their thirties and forties, and their strength and skills are at the peak of their lives.
But Gray is only a 16-year-old boy who has not yet held an 18-year-old coming-of-age ceremony, but they feel that they can't do anything at the other's hands, which is really a bit embarrassing.
Viscount Fergus and the others were not surprised, with Gray's current strength, the elite soldiers could no longer block a move, and none of the seven elite soldiers yesterday had made two moves under Gray.
These soldiers have never fought against Gray, so they don't know, as for those who have fought against Gray, seven against one and lost, how can they say such a thing?
"What to do with this leopard?"
Gray asked with a little excitement.
The weight of the leopard is at least more than a hundred pounds, and it is the first time to kill such a big guy, Gray is eager to bring it back to the castle and let the castle chef make it into a delicacy and feast on it.
"Master Gray, just hang it from a tree with a rope so that it won't be spoiled by other beasts, and when we come back, we can take it back along the way."
"Then hang it up!"
Gray hurriedly said, after the amount of food increased greatly, he was really concerned about eating.
The leopard's carcass was hung from a tree with a rope, and the crowd searched the edge of the forest again.
Searching along the periphery of the forest, Gray and the others once again encountered several large beasts, including a python with yellow patterns and a length of more than ten meters, a wild boar with black hair and two curved horns on the side of its mouth, and a lone wolf with gray hair, which may have been driven out of the group......
Gray, Bernal, Ellis, and Caroline shot one after another.
In the end, the four of them actually killed more than a dozen of these large beasts.
"Lord Viscount, it's not right, there are too many large beasts at the edge of this forest!"
Farr, who had experience as a hunter, frowned and reported to Viscount Fergus.
"That's too much!"
Viscount Fergus's brow furrowed slightly.
There are so many large beasts at the edge of the forest, and they are very densely distributed, which is very abnormal, because with this density, these large beasts do not have enough food.
It's no wonder that they will attack Giethoorn to hunt humans, it turns out that it is food in the forest, and there is simply not enough for so many large beasts to consume.
"I'm afraid the problem is in the forest, go deeper into the forest!"
Viscount Fergus commanded.
Before, they were only searching the outermost part of the forest, and they didn't go too deep into the forest.
"Yes."
Everyone nodded and went deeper into the forest, this time, without being reminded by Viscount Fergus, everyone was already in good spirits.
The deeper you go into a forest, especially one that covers a wide area, the more large wild beasts are hunted, and the more dangerous it becomes.
Bang Bang Bang!
In autumn, the red-leaved forest is full of different varieties of red-leaved trees, and occasionally you can see some non-red-leaved trees, and most of the leaves are yellow and withered.
Gray stepped on the dead leaves, and walked slowly in the silent forest, and the insight of his eyes and ears was raised to the highest.
But to his surprise, after several miles of penetration, they did not encounter a single large beast, but some small ones.
Such as hares, pheasants, or unknown beasts that resemble rats but are larger than mice, in short, there are no large beasts, but many small beasts.
This is very abnormal, you must know that there are so many large beasts on the periphery of the forest, and this place has penetrated a little deeper into the forest, and the food can be said to be a very abundant place, it is impossible that there are no large beasts.
"Lord Viscount, there may be a very powerful big guy around here!"
Farr saw a slight cold sweat on his forehead, and whispered to Viscount Fergus.
"Be careful, keep searching!"
Viscount Fergus nodded in understanding, and motioned for everyone to continue searching, but he could clearly feel that the look in his eyes was sharpening.
The group continued deeper into the forest, but only after they continued to descend a few hundred meters deeper.
Whew—
A terrifying roar came to their ears from afar.
Like a beating bell and drum, like a striking metal, sharp, piercing, and the eardrum vibrates.
There was a deep majesty in his voice, as if a "lord" was asserting his sovereignty.