756. Isser's Wound
While Mullen, the owner of the leather shop, was planning his family's escape from the town of Dodan, Surdak was still standing on the city walls, experimenting with the destructive power of the firescale shells produced by the Constantinople Firearms Workshop.
In fact, this kind of firescale bullet engraved with a fire-type magic pattern on the surface is still very reliable.
Andrew threw a firescale bomb nearly sixty meters away, and the firescale bomb landed on the dense ant colony on the mountain wall, like a firework.
Suddenly, there were nearly a dozen ghost pattern soldiers on the mountain wall that were huddled together and were blown off the cliff, and the stump and leg were splashed around with acid liquid, although the range of the explosion was only less than three meters away, but there were too many ghost pattern worker ants after all, and in order to avoid the fire wall burning at the foot of the mountain, they had to go around the very limited area in the upper part of the mountain wall.
Andrew's throwing location happens to be the place where the ghost striped worker ants are most concentrated.
Surdak felt that a firescale bullet couldn't stop the Ghost Pattern Worker Ant's attack, and he just wanted to try it.
But the sound of the explosion frightened the ghost pattern worker ants who followed behind hesitated, and the survival instinct made the worker ants have some fear in their hearts, and the ghost pattern worker ants behind surged up, and there was no room to retreat at all, so they could only continue to rush forward.
The sphere at the core of the firescale bomb contained a jar of fire oil, and the moment it exploded on the mountain wall, the viscous fire oil also splashed on the mountain wall, and suddenly a flame burned against the mountain wall, and the dancing flames forced some ghost pattern worker ants climbing above the mountain wall to quickly dodge.
There were not many areas that could bypass the fire wall under the city wall, and this flame stopped on the mountain wall, which immediately made the ghost pattern worker ants who launched the attack commotion.
Some of the ghost-patterned worker ants rushed into the flames, and once the eight legs were ignited by the fire oil, they gradually lost their ability to climb and fell off the mountain wall.
Only a few of the ghost-patterned soldier ants with hard carapaces were not afraid of the flames on the mountain wall, and climbed over step by step, and even the flying arrows seemed to deliberately avoid these ghost-patterned soldier ants, and the moment they climbed to the top of the city, they would be entertained by the soldiers of the heavy infantry regiment and the bed crossbow on the city wall.
Surdak felt that the hard leather armor of the cavalry battalion's horses would depend on these ghostly soldier ants to sponsor it.
At ten o'clock in the evening, Andrew watched the firescale projectiles he threw burn on the walls, and exclaimed excitedly:
"That's how this thing works......"
Surdak glanced at the rows of firescale bullets in the wooden box at his feet, and ordered the city guards next to him, "Try a few more!" ”
One by one, the fire scale bullets spread out on the cliff wall, and more than a dozen burning points on the mountain wall became a new obstacle for the ghost pattern soldier ants, and the flames illuminated a large area of the cliff at the same time, and many ghost pattern worker ants squeaked in the fire.
The city guards standing on the walls had a clearer view, and rows of crossbow arrows shot out, shooting down the ghost-patterned worker ants that had bypassed the flames.
With these dozen or so burning points, the pressure on the guards on the city wall was suddenly reduced a lot.
"Looks like it's working!" Surdak said.
……
Adams ascended the city wall with three squadrons of heavy infantry, and he was responsible for guarding the city wall at night.
Since Gallatin was wounded and unable to participate in the battle, Surdak had the ogre Gulitum accompany Adams at night and guard the city walls.
The young queen ant in the canyon in the distance behaved very cautiously, and did not rashly lead its guards to storm the northern city wall, and after nightfall, the light in the canyon dimmed, and the queen disappeared into darkness.
The city guards who had just climbed the city wall saw more than a dozen fire points burning on the mountain wall, and the ghost-patterned worker ants fell to the bottom of the cliff one after another in the fire, and immediately let out a burst of cheers.
When they were guarding the city wall last night, it was not so easy, if they couldn't completely remove the ghost pattern worker ants from the mountain wall, the pressure on the hoplites guarding the walls on both sides of the city wall would be very great.
This pressure will also be transmitted to those bed crossbow operators on the city wall, and they need to control the bed crossbow in advance to hunt some ghost-patterned soldier ants to reduce the combat pressure on the city wall.
Despite this, this morning, the ghost-patterned worker ants took advantage of the morning mist and took the opportunity to rush to the city wall.
Adams and Gallatin also paid a lot of casualties, and waited until reinforcements arrived to force back the ghost-patterned red ants that rushed up the walls.
"If these good things had been brought out last night, there would not have been such a big casualty this morning." Adams let out a sigh as he pulled out a firescale bullet with a demonic pattern engraved on its surface from the wooden box.
Surdak kicked the two wooden crates under his feet and said to Adams:
"It's not too late to take it out, but this thing is in very limited stock, so you need to save some money."
Adams weighed the firescale bullet in his hand and hurriedly said, "Got it." ”
Surdak admonished Adams and Gullitham:
"During the day, we found a ghost ant queen in the canyon, and we must be careful at night, and call us if there is a situation."
With the firescale bullet, Adamston was confident and promised Surdak, "Don't worry, if it weren't for the fog this morning, the ghost-patterned worker ants would never have rushed up." ”
As the warriors brought by Adams were in place, Andrew lined up to walk down the walls with the city guards, hoplites, and archers who had been stationed on the walls during the day.
Surdak led Adams to the corpse of the giant ghost-patterned soldier ant with a tough and hard skin, and took a standard Paglio spear from the hands of the hoplite, and poked it into the carapace of the giant ghost-patterned soldier ant so hard that the tip of the spear could not pierce the hard carapace, making a continuous 'poof' sound.
"There is also a new kind of ghost pattern soldier ant, the hard armor of the body is very tough, and it is difficult to shoot through the bed crossbow, but aiming at the weak part of the carapace on its body, it can still be killed, you must be careful when you encounter it, if you hunt that big guy again, remember to send someone to call me."
With that, Surdak returned the Pagorio spear to the hoplite.
Then he said to Adams, "I'll go to the shed." With that, he walked down the wall.
From afar, I heard Gulit shouting, "Let another soldier ant come, this time I'm going to blow its head......"
……
Surdak didn't expect that the owner of the tannery, Malen, would abandon the property he had worked so hard to build in the town of Dodan and run away with his family overnight.
He concealed the information about the hard armor on the ghost tattoo soldier ant, and it was indeed possible to cause a huge loss to himself, but whether to say it or not was the right of a citizen of the Green Empire, and if he didn't want to say it, at most, he would only make himself feel dissatisfied.
Speaking of which, it should be the contradiction between the nobles and the commoners, which made him worry about the serious consequences that he would bear if he deceived a nobleman.
There were only three people left in the shack who showed bitter gourd faces, and looking at their cautious looks, I knew that they were also scared to death.
There were still nearly ten corpses of ghost soldiers waiting to be disposed of outside the shed, and two hunters who were temporarily transferred from the cavalry battalion wore leather pants that butchers often wore and carried single-edged axes, and with the cooperation of these three leather shop guys, they carefully disposed of the heads of ghost soldier ants.
Therefore, the handling of ghost pattern soldier ants did not affect much.
Aung San and a few indigenous people from Dodan town were building a second pit overnight.
A few aborigines took long hooks and fished the carapace of the ghost-patterned soldier ants in the center of the pit next to the pit, transported it to the river to be cleaned, and then placed on the grass to dry.
To prevent thieves, there were also cavalry patrolling back and forth around.
……
Surdak returned to Puswoop Mountain with a group of ghost-patterned soldier ant hard carapaces that had not yet completely dried.
Stepping through the Void Gate, before the magic halo under his feet had completely dissipated, Aphrodite had already met him, and when he saw Surdak's tired face, he asked him:
"Busy lately?"
Surdak walked over to the place where the red crystals were stored, filled a bag of red crystals, and said:
"The beast tide has begun."
With that, he took out a stack of hard carapace of ghost-patterned soldier ants from his magic belt bag and placed them in the lava cave.
Although these hard carapaces are flattened, they still retain their most primitive appearance, which can fully reflect the form of the ghost pattern soldier ants before their death.
Avro stretched out his slender fingers, touched the hard armor skin of the ghost pattern soldier ant, and said with a look of surprise: "It's actually this kind of ant clan, there is also this kind of ant clan in hell, the taste is okay...... The demons like to hunt them, and they are a decent ration in the hell world. ”
She crouched down, rubbing against the ant's hard armor.
When squatting, the black robe perfectly outlines the plump body.
Aphrodite leaned over and sniffed it, not as if she didn't mind the faint smell of rancid acid on the hard carapace, and continued:
"They're very fertile and tenacious, so they're great food."
Aphrodite patted the hard carapace, carefully distinguished the magic patterns on it, and revealed to Surdak: "Some enslavers even keep these red ants in captivity, just like you keep cattle and sheep in the animal pen, but these red ants are easy to raise, they eat almost everything, and they are never picky eaters. ”
"If it weren't for the fact that they are good at building their nests underground, and they rarely run to the surface, it is estimated that these red ants would have been killed by demon hunters a long time ago."
Surdak didn't expect these ghostly red ants to be monsters in hell.
By this time, Aphrodite had come to Surdak's side, put one of his arms around him, pressed his soft chest against his arm, rested his pointed chin on his broad shoulder, and gently exhaled into his ear, saying:
"Boss, I want to go to the Bailin plane to see the beast tide there, do you say?"
Aphrodite looked excited, and her charming eyes ...... Even if the two signed an equal magic contract, Surdak was a little unbearable.
Surdak looked at Aphrodite with a stunned expression, and said with some embarrassment:
"How to get there? You are not planning to run to Highlandsa and then take a magic airship to Bena City, and it will take at least seven days to enter Wilkes City through the portal and ride from Wilkes City to Dodan Town......"
"Now that the portal of the Bailin plane is controlled by the military, it is not easy to get a teleportation pass, your current identity is so special, how sure do you think you will not be discovered by the guards when you pass through the level?"
Aphrodite rubbed her forehead with her fingers, leaned closer to Surdak, narrowed her eyes, and said:
"By the way, haven't you always had to learn to summon magic arrays? If I teach you how to summon a magic circle, you can summon me when the time comes. ”
Surdak didn't expect Aphrodite to take out the summoning magic array so easily and share it, and hurriedly said to Aphrodite:
"Uh, yes! If you want to teach me, I can learn it. ”
Then he asked the succubus Aphrodite:
"Has that shipment from the city of Hylantha arrived?"
Aphrodite walked back to the hard carapace of the ghost-patterned red ant, picked up a piece of hard armor and said as she looked at it:
"Yesterday arrived! Luke is still waiting for you at the Brimstone Camp Shed. ”
Surdak raised the pocket full of red crystals in his hand and said:
"I'll go see Isel first, and then I'll see Luke when I get back."
……
When Surdak entered the treasure chamber, he found the red dragon Isser, with his head resting on the platform, his eyes closed as if he were sleeping.
However, after taking two steps, Surdak found that the situation seemed to be a little wrong, the red dragon Isser's neck actually dropped a few dragon scales, and there were two not too deep scratches on the exposed dragon skin, although the wounds had almost healed, but it was still conceivable that it must have gone through a hard battle.
Surdak ascended the steps.
As if sensing Surdak's breath, Isser's eyes opened with a hint of grievance in his eyes, and he lay there motionless.
Surdak sat down on the ground in front of the red dragon, then pulled out the cloth bag from his magic fanny pack and pulled out a piece of red crystal and stuffed it into Isser's mouth.
"What happened?" Surdak asked.
Isel shook the dragon's head with some excitement and let out a low dragon groan, and the entire treasure chamber vibrated with it......
It was a moment before it fell silent.
Lying down in front of Surdak again, he told him: "I flew a little farther this time, and after crossing a mountain range, I saw a red continent, and then I flew over a sea, it was a not too big island, and there was a tree of life growing on the island, I wanted to go to the tree of life to drink a few sips of magic spring water, but I didn't expect a group of dragon eagles to fly out from the cliff across the jungle. ”
Isser's eyes showed unwillingness and resentment: "I was so scared that I hurriedly ran away...... I flew as high as I could through the clouds, hoping to get rid of them, but the eagles were chasing me. ”
In the process of narration, it seems to want to spread its wings, but unfortunately its body below the neck is on the other side of the stone wall, and Surdak can only see the part above its neck.
"They chased me all the way, and I flew as hard as I could, and I threw off almost all the dragon eagles, except for the largest one. ”
A pair of huge eyes showed anger.
It showed the scars on its neck and showed Surdak: "These wounds are all left from the battle with it, I didn't even want to duel with it, but it is aggressive, chasing me closely, it flies faster than me, like kraft candy can't shake off, and finally flew over the sea, to the sky over the red continent, and I can't fly back to the nest directly, just circling it in that sky." ”
Surdak used the Holy Light Technique to heal the red dragon Isser, but unfortunately it was of little use.