Chapter 10: The Hunt

Turingshire, the most inconspicuous county in the province of Binuk, broke through the gates of the city in the early winter morning, and the sheriff died, leaving the entire vigilante team with a few janitors, a few on leave, and a few sick. For unknown reasons, the Soto caravans of friendly neighbors www.biquge.info Pen "Fun" were wiped out by a whole group of mercenaries in the southernmost village of Shell, scaring away the head of the Chamber of Commerce, who held the title of nobility of the principality. This is not a trivial problem no matter how you look at it.

When he could no longer hear the shrill sound of the dwarf's heavy steel boots crushing the gravel, the fat county guard Kukuku got up from the ground and looked at the head on his plaque with more and more anger.

"Salens, you finally died today, but you died at the wrong time and in the wrong place, and the reason for your death is that I can't explain it to my superiors. I don't care about bullying men and women, but you shouldn't be stupid enough to rob the wife of the disaster star who can make the troll your subordinate, just rob it, but you shouldn't have left the handle. Now the damned testimony was posted on the city gate, and the damn witness was hung on the flagpole. The untouchables in the whole city know that you are cheaper and more shameless than them, and you say, what are you going to do with me?" the fat county guard thought about the next step as he spitted on his terrifying head.

After a fierce ideological struggle, and after discussing with the only staff member the various possible reactions of the stakeholders in the aftermath of the incident, the City Lord's Mansion finally posted a notice for the peace of mind, the full text of which is as follows:

"Holy Sect Divine Radiance, bless my empire. It has been verified that there is now a Soto merchant group in Wuwangguo colluded with the Turing County Sheriff Sarans, and was motivated by the desire for profit, framed the villagers of Shell Village in our county to rob property, and unjustly killed 16 villagers of Shell. The legal net is magnificent, negligent but not leaky, and Aragorn, a villager of my shell village, acted bravely, collected criminal evidence, and submitted it to the county guard to avenge the villagers. Unexpectedly, Salence intended to kill people, but was killed by Aragorn in public. Thirteen members of the security squad were accomplices who tried to resist and were ambushed on the spot, and 82 members died heroically in pursuit of members of the Soto mob, and their names will be immortalized in the annals of history. In addition, from now on, the whole territory of the wanted Uwangguo thug Soto, there are five bounty coins for those who provide clues, and ten bounty coins for those who are arrested. County Warden, 12th year of St. Clair, 2nd December. ”

There was also a portrait next to the notice, and it was impossible to tell whether it was Soto or Liang Ke.

"My lord, as soon as your notice was posted, the untouchables in the city who were looking forward to the death of Salence every day were happy, but how could you explain to the tax collector in the province?

"What can I do? I don't have the capital to save my life except for a few family members, don't you see, that guy named Aragorn is simply a monster, and I even suspect that he is a perverted bastard born of a Titan and a dragon. The bones of that guy in Salence were shattered by him, and I felt like he punched me as if it was a joke, and I still fainted for a long time before I woke up. And his trolls, all with six arms and knives longer than my body, kill faster than our cook, a hundred or so, in the blink of an eye, they become pieces of meat all over the place, not a single one! Kukutar subconsciously touched his neck.

"The most terrible thing is the dwarfs who came later. ”

"What's wrong with those dwarves?"

"What's wrong?"

"Ahh

"Those dwarves are hill dwarves, uninformed women. You see that they are all like gnomes, but they are all descendants of the Celestial Titans, and the power buried in their bodies is comparable to that of their fellow mountain giants. The short old man smashed a hammer into the ground, and the bluestone of the whole street was shattered, and the tax revenue of next year may not be able to repair the bluestone road. Such a terrible creature is usually not seen in a single one, but today there are more than a hundred at a time, and it is clear that if there is one wrong sentence, they will help that madman kill us all. Oh, by the way, did I hear that Aragorn asked the trolls to slaughter the city, or did the little old man stop me? What a blessing! You say, what else can I do in the face of these murderous demons?"

Last time I went to the province to attend the birthday ball of the lady of the provincial capital, that stinky lady also showed off to us, saying that His Majesty appreciated the governing ability of our provincial capital, and rewarded a plate armor made by the dwarf master Zida himself, and our provincial capital has been reluctant to wear it, for fear of being asked to go by those greedy wolves. I heard that the Holy Knights in the capital use the equipment of the dwarven blacksmith. ”

"Wait a minute! Zida ...... Oh my God! The old man who smashed the stone road with a hammer was called Zida, and they all called him Master Zida. It's okay! Thanks to the wise choice I made. Kukutar wiped away the sweat and took a nap peacefully.

Liang Ke searched for the trail, from morning to noon, from noon until the sun set, and he followed the gravel road, falling the little trails left by Soto, and once again entered the dense Gega forest. Although the red-tailed fang has endurance for a long time, it has reached the limit of its physical strength after running at high speed for several hours, and there is no sweat on its skin, and its muscles begin to tremble incessantly, as if it is about to fall to the ground in the next moment, but there is still no shadow of Soto on the road ahead.

Liang Ke firmly believes in his own judgment, Soto is desperate to escape back to Uwang, as long as he can pass through this forest, Liang Ke has great ability to cross the border and kill him, a nobleman from Uwang. Liang Ke knew that if the red-tailed fang died in pursuit, he would never have a chance to catch up with Soto before crossing the forest. So, he had to stop and let the red-tailed fang, which was overdrafted, eat some moss under the snow to replenish his strength and water, and Liang Ke himself found a puddle that had not yet been frozen, drank a few sips of water, chewed a few mouthfuls of dried meat from Tees, and relied on the tall spruce to replenish his strength.

It was the first time that Liang Ke, who had been a human being in two lives, watched his relatives leave him, and this kind of separation was heart-wrenching. He knew that Tess's soul could not have gone to another strange place like him, and then he could continue to think about himself. However, he didn't understand why God had just separated him from his beloved parents, and let the woman in this world who had just warmed his cold heart leave, and Liang Ke didn't know where he could go after losing Tees, what else could he do, and who could guide this young heart? Liang Ke looked up through the canopy of the spruce tree and looked at the stars in the night sky, as if he wanted to find the answer from the sea of stars.

Just as Liang Ke was out of his mind, suddenly, there was a crisp sound of tree branches breaking from the mountain col in the distance, and then a few shouts were faintly heard. Judging from the direction of the sound, it was likely to be Soto who was running for his life in a hurry, Liang Ke was in high spirits, pulled out his tactical knife, looked for the sound, stepped lightly on the snow, lowered his body, and quickly touched the col like a cat.

Climbing over two small mountain beams, climbing up a dirt slope, and passing through the shadows cast by the spruce trees by the faint moonlight, Liang Ke hid his body well, held his breath, and observed the situation in the col.

This col is more than 30 meters deep, the bottom is very flat, the size of a football field, and only low shrubs grow on the four slopes, and the tall and dense spruce trees on the slopes are well blocked from the outside view, if these huge fir trees are cut down, this col is more like a basin.

It seems that it is blocked by huge cedar trees, and there is not a single snow in the col. The bottom of the col was slightly raised, and most of the artemisia grass that was knee-long had been burned away by the fire, revealing a slightly reddish earth. At this time, there were more than a dozen charred corpses lying on the charred ground, and seven or eight people surrounded a big red-haired dog, spinning in circles with fear on their faces, not knowing whether to swing the sword in their hands or turn their heads and run.

Liang Ke was also frightened by the scene below, although he had the ability to dare to kill, but looking at the big dog couldn't drive the fear away from his heart. Yes, it was a big dog, a surprisingly big dog. It was a big red-haired dog that was two and a half meters tall and longer than a BMW 7 Series sedan, wagging its tail like a broomstick, moving its four sharp claws like a steel rake, and sweeping its dark red gaze with two lantern-like dark red eyes over every human who was still standing. Occasionally, saliva dripping from the mouth of the black smoke falls to the ground, burning the ground and making green smoke rise. Its thick red fur was a little black, like a flame dancing in magma. The monster's laid-back expression suggests that it doesn't seem to be worried about being mobbed at all, but rather a game of cat and mouse.

This is completely beyond all of Liang Ke's cognition, and all the traits of the big dog show that it is extremely dangerous. Liang Ke touched his face nervously, not knowing if the sweat he wiped off was because of the heat emitted by the big dog, or because he was worried about his fate, and then, he lowered his body lower.

"Soto, you bastard, you're a fucking scourge. Offending a bunch of cold-blooded trolls doesn't count, you can meet the legendary Cerberus when you run. My twenty years of hard work have all been ruined in the hands of you, a brute, and after today, you don't want to return to Wuwang alive to be your great nobleman, Lao Tzu is going to skin you alive in one breath......" A tall old man in a gray robe with his head and face hidden in a wide hood roared incessantly at a middle-aged man with a slightly chubby figure and a brocade robe next to him.

"Soto!" Liang Ke stared at the middle-aged man, the handle of the knife in his hand was clutched as if it was about to shatter, but reason told him that now was not the time, and he had to endure it.

"Master Jialuodi, what's the use of you scolding me now, I didn't see you angry like this when I first divided the spoils. Even if you kill me now, your brothers won't be able to live, we still find a way to pass the current pass, and I will go back alive to guarantee the best compensation to my brothers, and you won't have to come out to fight hard for the rest of your life, master. "The fact that the forceless Soto was able to run here in one breath has created a miracle of survival, and now he can only hope that those mages and knights will not leave him alone as the ration of the big dog.

"Half of my life as a gray-robed mage has been accumulated on this brute, and there is a weak curse magic made by the archmage of the palace himself! You must know that if that magic scroll is thrown on the battlefield, at least one knight of the thousand-man team will directly lose its combat effectiveness! But this brute just shuddered!" the old mage cried and cried, and he didn't know whether he was really distressed or bargained with Soto.

"Master, as long as you can get out of this forest, Soto's merchant group will be yours in the future, and the four cat women I have in my private collection, which are stunners that can make men's souls out of the body, and I haven't tasted them yet. Also, look at this, this is a scroll I bought from a thief, although I don't know what this thing is for, but looking at the gold scroll and silver paper, it will last for a long time without damage, it must be a good thing, this is all in exchange for your magic scroll, do you think it is good. Soto thought about it again and again, but still felt that saving his life was the most important thing, so he took out all the hole cards he could.

The tall Cerberus had been watching these tiny human performances with cold eyes, but when Soto took out the scroll from his arms, it suddenly felt a faint danger, and its huge head quickly turned to Soto, its dark red pupils contracted violently into a black line, and its two hind legs began to squat, and the red hairs on its whole body stood up, and it opened its bloody mouth and let out a heaven-shattering roar "Woo......

Liang Ke had been paying attention to all the changes that had taken place in the col, including the terrifying Cerberus's facial expression, so he knew that it seemed to be afraid of the scroll and was ready to kill Soto who was holding it. But Soto must die at the hands of Liang Ke, so Liang Ke did not hesitate to jump out of the shadow of the tree before that howl, and shot towards the bottom of the col.

When the gray-robed mage saw the scroll that Soto had taken out, his whole body trembled like a pendulum, and the expression on his face couldn't help but change, as if he had experienced all the pain and happiness in the world in an instant, and finally seemed to have been wheeled by seven or eight strong men, and roared in a voice that was three points moaning, three points hoarse, three points yelling, and one point trembling: "Soto, damn it, throw that scroll to me, I can kill that beast with it." ”

Soto had long been frightened by the terrifying appearance of the Cerberus and sat on the ground, heard the old mage shouting at him, and immediately threw the scroll at the mage, as soon as the scroll left his hand, the Cerberus fishy and fiery mouth had already arrived in front of him, and the saliva from his mouth dripped onto Soto's thigh, directly burning a hole the size of an egg, which made Soto scream in pain.

Just at the last moment, Liang Ke arrived in time, raised his right foot and kicked on Soto's shoulder, and Soto rolled out more than ten meters like a ball, without a sound.

While Liang Ke kicked Soto, he took advantage of the Cerberus to bend down and bow his head, quickly grabbed a tuft of mane on its head with his left hand, turned over and jumped on the broad back of the Cerberus, and raised his knife to stab.

The target of the hellhound is the person holding the scroll, and he is not interested in Liang Ke, who is killed halfway, and he is not impressed by Liang Ke's jumping on his back as a flea, twisting his waist and stepping on the ground with his hind legs, jumping into the air with all his strength, and taking Liang Ke to the old mage who had just caught the scroll.

If it weren't for Liang Ke's ability to be like a monster and his arm strength was amazing, I was afraid that he would have to take him off his back this time, even so, Liang Ke could only grasp the tuft of mane and hang on the side of the Cerberus and dare not move.

"Stop it, quick!" The old mage ran away with his robes as he watched the beast lunge towards him, and ordered the knights of the guards to stop the beast from rushing in front of him.

Those who can deal with Cerberus and still not die are the most loyal and excellent warriors around the old mage, and although they are afraid, they still risk their lives to surround the Cerberus, desperately trying to buy time for the old mage to escape.

As Cerberus roared and spewed lava out of its mouth, turning the last few warriors into charcoal, Liang Ke climbed onto the back of the beast once more. But this time he hesitated, he didn't know why the old mage was confident that he could save his life with the scroll in his hand that was the same as the holy decree in his hand, and even kill it in the face of such a terrifying beast. So, if after killing this giant beast, the old man used that scroll against him, then what should he do? Obviously, that scroll should be the magic mentioned by Brother Zida, but what kind of magic is it? How should he deal with it? Liang Ke didn't know, he didn't know that it was best not to face it.

The loyalty of the guards had bought time for the old mage, and the precious scroll had been torn open by the old mage and thrown into the air, gradually blooming with a dazzling white light in the sound of the old mage's harsh incantations.

“...... Amisifas, your most faithful servant may offer His blood to ask for Your guidance, and Your mercy will be transformed into a six-pointed star array to witness our mutual protection......"

As the old mage's louder and louder spells reverberated back and forth in the col, six pillars of light were transmitted from the scroll floating high, and the six pillars of light shone on the ground into six spots of light with different symbols, and soft light spread between the six spots until they were completely connected, forming a jerky and incomprehensible six-pointed star array. The two diagonal flares of light were particularly large, one now shining on the mage's face and the other on Cerberus's. The mage's face was holy and excited in the white light, while the behemoth's face was cold and panicked. Cerberus didn't care about Liang Ke on his back, his thick limbs holding on to the ground, trying to break out of the spot, but the more it struggled, the closer the six-pointed star array pulled it closer to the old mage.

"Woo!" the beast let out a reluctant, desperate roar.

Liang Ke was already frightened by the scene in front of him, this is too terrifying, so he tore up a piece of paper, and read a few sentences of Bagu Wen with a serious expression, before the leader made a report for a long time, the big guy couldn't move, looking like this, it seems that he is about to see Hades, if this magic brings himself on, Tess's revenge can't be said, and he has crossed in vain. No, such a thing must not be allowed to happen.

"..... Karin Sodos, Yongqi!" While Liang Ke was stunned, the old mage Garodi completed the last part of the spell, and then, the old mage bit his finger, flicked his fingers, and a drop of blood flew quickly down the pillar of light towards the big dog.

The old mage's high-pitched and loud tail instantly pulled Liang Ke back to reality, he squatted violently, jumped high, and reached out to grab the open scroll, when Liang Ke copied the scroll that emitted white light in his hand, and when his body began to fall, the drop of blood just hit his back. Liang Ke felt as if he had been smashed by a dwarf's sledgehammer, his back was tight, his throat was sweet, he couldn't hold back a mouthful of blood, he spurted it out directly, most of the blood beads passed through the halo and sprayed on the scroll, the scroll seemed to have sucked marijuana, and the light shone brightly in an instant, and the dazzling white light passed directly through Liang Ke's pupils and pierced into Liang Ke's brain, Liang Ke felt as if a red-hot soldering iron was sticking out of his head, and he didn't feel much pain, so he lost consciousness.