Chapter 203: Encounter with the Gnoll
The language barrier was a big obstacle, and Kevin talked to the two guards around him, who also ignored them. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoIt stands to reason that such a large group of people have been staying here for a long time, and there should always be a person in charge who came out to ask, but the result was nothing. But considering the war-torn areas, it is still not too much to force.
"I knew to bring a kobold to translate. Xiao Jiu also complained.
The male light elves objected: "Our entire light elf clan may not be able to find 20 people who can be kobold translators here, and there is not only one country in the kobold camp, there is no unified language, and there are even unique dialects in various places." Unless you want to live here, who learns the dog's head language here. ā
Kevin took out the map again and looked at it: "Forget it, even if the map is different, the general direction should not change." Let's go over on our own. ā
There was no objection from everyone, and Kevin divided the people evenly among the three cars. Himself and Sain, plus two light elves sit in the lead car, let Little Spoon and Xiao Jiu, plus a dark elf sit at the end. The head and tail must find someone with strong strength, and in the middle is Jack, a mage, plus Fit, which is also a basic regular formation. In addition, the light and dark elves are not eye-catching, and it is most appropriate to pull the two teams apart. In the air, Kevin's crow is on alert.
The water element gathers and the vehicle starts. In the four corners of the water tank, four water elemental puppets suddenly appeared, they had no nose, no eyes, no legs and feet, but they had hands. The two blue bracers on their hands should be the only solid things on their bodies. The whole body is a ball of pure water, and there is magic in it that allows it to operate autonomously without collapsing, and it is basically not afraid of physical attacks, and the sword slashing on the body is like slashing on the water, and it can only pass through.
The life of the water elemental is water, and if you want to physically eliminate it, it can repair itself unless its water is scattered. The magic aspect is relatively easy to get rid of, and there are many ways to get rid of it. However, there are also many types of water elemental golems, and in order to consider their versatility, the water tank chariot only uses the pure water element at the bottom level. On top of it, there are all kinds of puppetry, such as sea elemental, poison elemental, acid element, etc.
The water element has a certain sense of autonomy, and can make simple commands such as forward and backward, attack and defense, etc., according to the instructions of the summoning mage. Therefore, it is very easy to manipulate the tank chariot, as long as there is a certain amount of mental power to drive the magic circle. Kevin: They just read the instructions once, and the things to be sold to the kobold can't be too complicated.
The water elemental walking mode moves directly through the flow of water at the bottom, so it basically ignores most rough terrain, but it is not fast, one point slower than the average horse-drawn carriage, and it is faster than the average person running. Originally, these three cars were covered with cloths, and they were ready to hand over the airship to the kobolds, so that the brand-new cars were more sincere, but now the situation is special, so I can only drive over by myself.
The three cars slowly drove out of the airport, and the space in the carriage was still relatively small, designed to be three to four people, but it should be relatively spacious for the kobold. In addition to having good physical protection capabilities, the car body is also equipped with a magic resistance array, and the principle is the same as most magic resistance equipment, but it is only larger.
There are observation holes all around the body, and there is a special crossbow in the car, but even then the view is still very poor. If you want to see clearly, it's better to go out with half of your body exposed, but that's naturally more dangerous. But fortunately, Kevin has crows on guard in the air, so he doesn't have to worry too much about it. Meanwhile, Jack's parrot is responsible for delivering messages between the three cars, keeping them in communication.
"Do you have any other comments on the car now?" Kevin asked in the car.
The male light elf just shook his head: "It's hard to say, but it's really slow." ā
Kevin looked back at the female elf, as if she hadn't said a word from beginning to end, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "By the way, this beautiful elf lady seems to be extraordinarily reserved?"
The male light elf smiled: "She can't understand Lou Pauler's Chinese, so she generally doesn't speak." ā
"By the way, after talking for so long, I still don't know what to call the two of you?" Sain asked.
"Call me Waldler," the elf replied, "I'm a wood mage, and she's a priest. You can call her Streina. ā
Kevin was a little surprised: "Pastor, is the priest of the light department?"
The male elf who called himself Waldler didn't care: "It's not the light department, is it still the dark department?"
"Oh, sorry. I'm just a little surprised," Kevin greeted, "after all, there are some differences between elves and priests of light. ā
As he spoke, the crow suddenly passed a message: "There are five dead people on my side, and they should be the five mercenaries we met on the ship just now. ā
Kevin's face immediately changed, and the contract message replied: "Directions!
In a moment, the three tanks turned to the right. After patrolling around the crow to make sure it's safe. Kevin and the others jumped out of the carriage, and a strong smell of blood suddenly hit their faces. The five corpses on the ground were almost stripped of their essence and thrown on the ground at random, with many wounds on their bodies, and the blood stains had been soaked into the soil, which was shocking.
"How can this be?" Fett had already subconsciously put on her sun hat, "These mercenaries shouldn't be weak?"
"Why are you wearing a hat?" the little spoon also noticed this detail.
"I ...... I'm just used to it. Fitt could only reply casually.
Kevin waved his hand: "These mercenaries and sailors should not be weak, not to the point of being killed by ordinary people." And it seems that the enemy is overwhelmingly superior, and the corpses are all gathered together. The mercenaries can't beat them, at least they will run, and if someone runs, even if they are still caught up and killed, the distance between the corpses should be scattered. It can be seen that they don't even have a chance to escape. ā
"Makes sense. Everyone nodded, and they couldn't help but feel a little more nervous in their hearts.
"I can see this, which of you is proficient in combat, see if you can decipher the traces of battle?" Kevin handed to the masters.
Fett took out a piece of chalk from his pocket: "Do you want to draw a white line around the corpse?"
Everyone: "......"
"If you don't draw a white line, how can you solve the case?" asked Fit.
Everyone was at a loss: "Are we going to solve the case?"
"If we don't solve the case, what are we doing here?" asked Fett.
The crowd was even more dazed, and they couldn't help but ask themselves, what are we doing here? After all, the people who have spent time in the country of peace think that it is a big deal when they encounter corpses, but in fact, there may be corpses everywhere here. People who live here are probably commonplace.
"Forget it, let's go. Kevin beckoned everyone, and at the same time contracted to talk to the crow: "Stay vigilant, our lives are on you." ā
"Don't worry, old man. "The crow is confident and flies into the air.
Everyone took one last look at the corpse on the ground, and returned to the car with complicated expressions. Still moving forward in formation, but the mood was more nervous, although there were crows in the sky guarding, but everyone still didn't come to the observation hole to look out. Outside the car, it seems to be just an ordinary mountain jungle, but if you look closely, you can find half a finger, a piece of internal organs, an eyeball and other things in the grass from time to time, some of which are crawling with insects, and the smell of blood is always there, reminding everyone that danger is imminent.
"There's a dead man up ahead," the raven quickly messaged, "it looks like a passenger on our ship, just dead." ā
"Go over and see, give us directions. Kevin ordered.
A moment later, the three cars stopped at the foot of a dirt slope, and everyone got out of the car to check. There were three more Terran corpses, which were also picked up carelessly, and it seemed that several pieces of flesh had been torn off from their bodies, and one of them had half of his head smashed off, and his death was extremely miserable.
The crowd was speechless for a moment in front of the three corpses. Jack subconsciously raised his hand, and Kevin noticed that he hurriedly stopped: "What do you want to do? Smash the other half of his head off to show symmetry?"
"You ......," Jack was stunned, "you actually saw through my thoughts." ā
"You're not, are you?" the crowd was surprised.
"Forget it, get in the car," the dark elf suggested, "and we'll hurry up before dark, the wilderness looks too dangerous." ā
Kevin asks the crow through the contract, "Aren't there any living people around?"
The crow shook his head: "At least I didn't see it." ā
"Killed two groups of people at such a fast speed, but the murderer was completely gone," Kevin was also worried, "Kobolds are good at digging holes, and they are probably hiding in holes in the ground, which is very troublesome." ā
"Wait," the little spoon suddenly noticed something, squatted down and took out a piece of paper from the corpse's hand, opened it, but it was only white paper, "What is this?"
Everyone had serious expressions and passed the paper aside, the paper was soft, but there was not a word on it, there was blood stains on it, and the deceased held it in his hand in his last moments. What does this mean?
Everyone thought about it for a long time, discussed it for a long time, and finally came to the conclusion that maybe this person wanted to wipe his nose before he died......
"Let's get in the car. "The dark elves are already getting impatient. Everyone also nodded in agreement, these people don't know each other, there are many dangers in the wild, and not everything will be a conspiracy.
"Anyway, thank you guys," the Waldler Light Elf said in thanks, "If it weren't for you, we'd probably be two corpses on the side of the road." ā
Kevin cheekily asked, "Then how are you going to thank us?"
"Uh......" Waldler obviously didn't expect Kevin to answer like this, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
"Remember to owe us a favor. Kevin replied half-jokingly. It is true that Kevin and the others were not attacked, most likely because they were hiding in the car.
Suddenly, the crow's contract message came again: "There are two groups of people fighting in front. ā
"How many?" asked Kevin.
"Ten against three, no one who looks too strong," the crow quickly replied, "right in front of you, you should be able to see it soon." ā
Kevin nodded and ordered the parrot: "Notify the two cars behind, follow closely behind the front car, and prepare to turn right." The parrot received the order, and immediately flew out of the carriage and went to the back car to give the order. Kevin doesn't want to get into any trouble, no matter who hits whom, it's always a good idea to stay away.
"Oh no, three of them are starting to run away, they're coming this way!" the raven message followed.
Kevin hurriedly approached the observation hole to watch, and saw that the three figures in front of him were running wildly, getting closer and closer, and ten people came out of the back quickly, with fangs on their mouths, most of them wielding chain flails in their hands, and only at the back seemed to be followed by a mage with a wooden staff.
"Gnoll?" Kevin frowned.
"What?" the others hurriedly searched for their own viewing holes. Sain subconsciously wanted to pull out the sword, but the space in the car was too small, and the sword was stuck, so he could only insert it back.
After a while, the three people in front of him had already run closer, and they heard them shouting: "Ahhh......h
"What are they talking about?" Everyone was at a loss, the light elves and dark elves present, Kevin was also a multilingual person, and he didn't know what they were talking about.
The female light elf finally spoke at this point, and said in Elven language, "Go and save them?" and this was the first thing she said after she came here.
Kevin was helpless, out of humanity, he couldn't ignore the slaughter in front of him, and after all, it was the Terrans who were being hunted down, so he immediately ordered: "The chariot landed, don't get out of the car, release the arrows!"
The three chariots sank immediately, and the water elemental that lifted the chariot put the cart down and broke away from the hull, and the 12 water elements neatly condensed the water flow in their hands, ready to attack. At the same time, arrows whizzed out from inside the car, and it only took two hits to knock over the pursuers behind them.
When the pursuing gnolls saw this, they turned around and ran, only to be away in a moment. The three fleeing Terrans fell to the ground, bleeding a lot, and their noses and faces were swollen and very embarrassed. Judging by their outfits, they seem to be mercenaries too.
"Are there any of these among those who have come with us?" asked Sain.
"Probably not. Kevin wasn't quite sure, but he felt that these faces were raw.
The two light elves immediately got out of the cabin: "Anyway, let's go and treat it first." ā
Kevin had no opinion, but he sat in the car himself and didn't move, just staring through the observation hole. On the side, Sain sighed: "Jackal, this is the first time I've seen it." ā
"We don't seem to have one in our country, and it's normal to not see it," Kevin replied, "and according to the data, they have a certain social organization." Similar to a tribe or something, with chieftains, the size is about the same as a bandit gang. ā
By this time, the raven had sent back the message: "I have chased these ten gnolls to the back of the hill ahead, where there is a stronghold of theirs. There are about forty or fifty people, are you interested in serving here?"
"No," Kevin said bluntly, "bypass." ā
As she spoke, the two light elves had come to the three fleeing Terrans, the female elves folded their hands together, chanted a spell silently, and a cloud of white light flashed in their hands, and with the change of gestures, the white light bathed the three Terrans at once. In just a moment, the three people who were originally half-dead were refreshed.
The three of them kept bowing to the female elf, and kept saying something, but they just didn't understand, so they could only speculate that it was thanks, right?
The two elves whispered, and Waldler turned to Kevin and said, "With the current ability of these three people, they will still fall into the mouth of the jackals after we leave, or we will take them with us?" ā
"Take them with them," Kevin replied, "but I can't fit it in my car, let them follow outside." ā
"This ......," Waldler was embarrassed, "they have injuries on their bodies, and it's still dangerous to walk outside, right?"
"Otherwise, they're on the roof of the car," Kevin retorted, "and that's the limit, and I can't get them in my car." ā
"This ......," Waldler stepped back, "or the two of us don't get on the bus, and we'll give them our seats?"
"It's a pity," Kevin flatly refused, "it's your business that you don't want to get in the car, and I don't want anyone to get in the car." I said, at least not for now!"
"This ......," the two light elves looked at each other, a little incomprehensible, "why? Do you suspect that they are in league with the gnolls?
"You're right!" Kevin didn't shy away, "I just suspect they're in a group." The five mercenaries in front of me can't escape for half a minute, but the three people here can escape so far? The probability of the two teams meeting in the wilderness is already small, and my crow has learned that there is a battle ahead, and I have chosen to avoid it, but they have run over on their own. ā
"Are you a little hypersensitive?" Wodler couldn't help but scoff.
Suddenly, in the cabin at the end, the dark elf couldn't help but jump out: "Why did you do it? Why don't you drive? Why are you trying to save these three people? If I do, I'll just drive over!"
The light elf Waldler couldn't help but retort: "Thinking of your murderous personality is simply an insult to the elves!"
"Yes, you are noble, you carry them on your back!" the dark elf said unceremoniously.
"Okay, okay," Kevin waved his hand, "I'm going to drive, can't you get on?"
The two light elves stood in place and discussed for a long time, seeing that the car was getting farther and farther, they had to catch up quickly, grab the body of the car and climb up. And the three Terrans who escaped stood in place, their faces seemed to be a little embarrassed, what was still being discussed at this time, but they just couldn't understand.
The two light elves finally sat in Kevin's car, and the four of them didn't speak at this time, and the disagreement just now made it a little embarrassing. The elf had her eyes closed, and her mouth was muttering, as if she was praying for something.
Sain finally couldn't help but ask, "What is Miss Strina doing?"
Waldler replied, "She was praying to God for forgiveness and forgiveness for not saving those three poor people." ā
Kevin smiled: "Don't worry, God will definitely forgive her." Because I didn't let them get into the car, God would punish me. ā
Waldler was a little embarrassed and could only respond in silence. And Strina couldn't understand Lou Pauler's Chinese, so she continued to pray.
However, only a moment later, the raven reported again: "These gnolls are digging in the section ahead of you, and it looks like they are making traps. ā
"Alas," Kevin said helplessly: "It seems that they have taken a fancy to our three cars and can't hide from them, so let's do it." The whole team obeyed the order, and if they wanted to fight, they would fight to the death, and they couldn't let one go!"