35. Save the bear
Augustus and Red Sox stood behind an oak tree at the edge of the woodland, observing the movement by the stream.
I said...... The bear must be dead, right? ”
Red Socks hesitated, stared at the earth bear that had fallen on the river beach, and took a deep breath and said to Augustus.
"I've been so badly injured that my intestines are leaking out, I must have died!"
Augustus was a little unsure, but he felt that he should be given some encouragement to his somewhat timid companion, so he said.
"Oh!"
Red Socks looked at the stream, and the large bearskin seemed to stumble towards him again, and he reached out to wipe the saliva from the corner of his mouth.
For a Heavy Infantry Regiment Third Class Infantryman, being able to pick up a piece of Earth Storm Bear leather was like a dream.
The two squatted behind the tree and chatted quietly, even if they saw blood flowing all over the river beach, they didn't dare to walk over.
……
He Boqiang stood on the horizontal branch of a big tree in the woodland, beware of evil spirits suddenly coming out of the depths of the dense forest.
I don't know why there are demons here, but what the team members can do now is to clean up the place as soon as possible before they are discovered by other demons.
Touching the corpses of these demons does require great risk, but such a large windfall, of course, cannot be discarded by the stream for no reason, so after consulting with all the members of the team, Surdak finally decided to run over and sweep the corpses.
After Augustus made a preliminary confirmation that everything was in order for the woodland here, the second team quickly ran to the woodland by the river.
He Boqiang gave Surdak a thumbs up, signaling that everything was normal in the depths of the woodland, and Surdak was relieved.
The warriors dragged all six of the corpses of the demons near the river beach to the glade, and Surdak took out a skinning knife and carefully cut off the skin of the horned demons, which was what he did best.
It's a pity that the other five demons don't have skin, but the muscles of the body are wrapped in a thin layer of fascia, and the reddened muscle fibers are clearly visible, which makes people feel a little creepy.
Unable to collect the black veined demon skin on the demon's body, Surdak was slightly disappointed.
However, this is not a bad thing, at least the time to sweep the corpse is greatly shortened, as long as the black striped demon skin on the long-horned demon is cut off and the battlefield is cleaned, you can quickly withdraw from here, God knows when the other demons will appear.
Perhaps the roar of the Earth Storm Bear will also attract other magical beasts living nearby.
Among the six demons, three of the demons' heads were bitten by the Earth Storm Bear, and only some broken bones could be found on the ground, and the other three demons were still well preserved.
The true value of the demon's head is actually that it contains a blackened demon core.
This magic core can open a precious black magic crystal, which is different from the magic crystal produced by the Demon Beast, according to the military merit standards in the army of the Grimm Empire, the black magic crystal itself is not only worth ten gold coins, but also can be exchanged for a large amount of military merit in the military camp.
Military merit means a lot of wealth for ordinary civilian soldiers, and for nobles, accumulating enough military merit means that they can be promoted.
The soldiers of the second squad found two blackened cores on the riverbank, and the three demon heads were packed into a linen pocket, which Surdak had Red Socks carry.
Red Socks frowned, unceremoniously tossing the bloody pocket to a recruit and telling him to carry it on his back and never lose it.
The recruit could only reluctantly take the pocket from Red Sock.
Squeezing out the last bit of value of the demon's corpse, Surdak straightened up and said to everyone:
"The strength of these demons is probably much weaker than those demon warriors in the demon legion."
Augustus took the opportunity to lean over and kick the corpse of a skinless demon before saying:
"How do you think they don't have skin?"
The bearded Cagle said indifferently:
"Who knows!"
Augustus was adventurous, he licked his lips, stared at the earth storm bear lying on the river beach, and asked Surdak:
"Shall we go over and skin that Earth Storm Bear as well?"
Surdak didn't say anything, he glanced at He Boqiang, and asked him:
"Did you say it was really dead?"
Without waiting for He Boqiang to make the gesture of 'not dead', Augustus preemptively said:
"Look...... It lay there motionless for a long time, and it must have died! Even if it's not dead, it's probably just the last breath left, and we can go over and kill it with a single sword. ”
Standing on the sidelines, the red sock wanted to walk over and have a look, but when he heard Augustus say this, he immediately stopped and asked him:
"Is that dead or not?"
Augustus smiled and said:
"What's the point of dwelling on this now, just look at it in the past! Can you just throw this bearskin here? Let someone else come and pick up the bargain? ”
After speaking, he rubbed his hands, and was about to walk over to check the situation of the earth storm bear, he was about to take a step, but was pulled by He Boqiang.
Then He Boqiang made a 'retreat' gesture to everyone, and under everyone's gaze, he walked straight to the Earth Storm Bear who fell next to the two cubs in front of the river beach.
Although he didn't know if the Earth Storm Bear was still panting, he could feel the faint earth-based magic aura around the Earth Storm Bear.
The Earth Storm Bear wasn't completely dead.
He walked step by step to the body of the earth-tyrannical bear like a mountain of meat.
But even so, the Earth Storm Bear still lay motionless, and although the wounds on his body no longer continued to bleed, they were quite seriously injured.
The Earth Storm Bear had a wound nearly two feet long in its abdomen, a piece of grease squeezing out of it, and a laceration on the front and back of the chest.
He Bo boldly approached the chest of the Earth Storm Bear, and clearly felt that the Earth Storm Bear really had a faint heartbeat.
So he made a 'still alive' gesture to Surdak hiding in the woodland, and after seeing He Boqiang's gesture, Surdak immediately beckoned to He Boqiang vigorously and asked him to withdraw quickly.
He Boqiang didn't see Surdak's gesture, although he felt that the aura of the Earth Storm Bear was extremely weak, but its body seemed to have an extremely strong vitality.
The Earth Storm's closed eyes trembled slightly, as if he was about to wake up from a deep coma.
He Boqiang reached out and pressed on the top of the Earth Storm Bear's head, and a slightly hot warm current slowly flowed along his arm into the Earth Storm Bear's body.
He felt the two stars on his shoulders become extremely hot, and he looked at his hand in amazement, a little puzzled by what was happening to him.
He Boqiang helped the Earth Storm Bear stuff the intestines that flowed out into his stomach, and then ran to Surdak, took some needles and threads from the Red Socks, and ran back under the surprised eyes of all the soldiers in the second squad, and sewed the belly of the Earth Storm Bear with ordinary needles and threads, and then walked back silently.
He Boqiang didn't know that after he turned around, the Earth Storm Bear opened his eyes slightly, and then slowly closed them......