Chapter 30: The Poachers
The earthquake was imminent, and everyone lay on their stomachs for a day and a night, and they were all very tired, but at this time, they finally gained something, and they were all refreshed for a while. Pen&Fun&Pavilion www.biquge.info Kevin and others tried their best to move their joints a little to ensure that in the event of an accident, their bodies would not be stiff and unable to get up.
Unexpectedly, everyone heard the sound of arrows first. A random arrow was fixed on the trunk of a tree not far away, and the tail of the arrow trembled slightly.
Everyone was still amazed, there was a loud footstep in the jungle over there, and in a few moments five or six gorillas sprang out. These animals with arms thicker than human legs and great strength are considered to be the best here. But at this time, they all seemed panicked, and they could only keep running, and the gorilla mating picture on the side didn't have time to look at it, so they hurriedly stepped on it.
"Poachers!" the professor already frowned.
Sure enough, it was only a moment before another arrow flew from behind, right on the back of the slowest gorilla. The gorilla at the back let out a wail and fell to the ground. The other gorillas didn't even dare to look back, leaving their companions and running away. The gorilla on the ground staggered to its feet, as if it had been floating, and its eyes had begun to be unable to open.
"Is it an anesthetic arrow?" The professor didn't care too much, got up from the ground, stepped forward, and pulled the arrow for the gorilla. At this time, the gorilla only struggled twice, fell to the ground and fell into a deep sleep.
Everyone else followed the professor to get up, and Kevin hurriedly ordered, "Protect the professor!"
Six recruits nervously gathered around them, shields on, and watched closely the movement in the dense forest. The professor and three students crouched down to study the gorilla's injuries.
"Over there! Behind that oak tree," the parrot overhead spoke first, "a man." ”
Everyone immediately turned around together, and they all turned around. Kevin took a step forward: "Come out!"
There was silence behind the oak tree for a moment, and finally a hunter-like man slowly came out, holding a hunting bow in his hand, and the arrow was still on his hand, although he did not aim it, but he was still in the posture of drawing the bow at any time. Like everyone else, he also covered his face with a cloth, and I don't know what he looks like.
The poacher just laughed: "What's the matter? Why is it that even the king **** has been dispatched?"
Kevin was silent for a moment, then glanced at himself, now he was dirty and smelly, and his uniform was only vaguely recognizable. The other party may not see that he is a new recruit, so he is more cautious. If you find out, I'm afraid you won't pay attention to yourself.
Malinus had already stepped forward: "Boy, it is a felony to poach a gorilla! ”
The other party laughed: "What is the felony of poaching gorillas? I don't know?
The professor stood up: "The gorillas here are already a rare species, and six years ago, the state has decreed that the poisonous forest gorillas cannot be hunted. The gorillas here have no medicinal value, they are not magical animals, and you are only selling them to the circus when you catch them. Why bother?"
"Ah, really?" said the poacher shook his head from side to side, "did you say I shot this arrow? But I didn't? You see, my arrow is still in my hand." ”
"What nonsense with him!" Sain finally couldn't help himself, and pounced straight over, his shield in front and his sword hidden behind, and the action was exactly the same charging posture that recruits often trained. In the middle of the way, he even opened a red fighting spirit, and the momentum was amazing.
At this moment, Kevin wanted to call him back, but he immediately thought about it, and the flaw was even bigger when he went back, and immediately waved his long sword: "Everyone up!"
The poacher immediately flew an arrow and flew directly at the professor, who was still crouching on the ground. Everyone was shocked and hurriedly turned back, only to see Kevin slip and block it with a shield. This time, Kevin has even used a magic shield, plus his own shield to block the double shield, if it weren't for this, the recruit shield really couldn't block the opponent's arrows.
Everyone hurriedly turned back, but saw that the other party had already run into the jungle.
"I'm going to chase it!" Sain's head was hot, and he was about to rush.
"Come back!" Kevin ordered.
"Why?" Sain almost ignored and chased himself out.
"Give me back!" Kevin immediately chased after him with a magic missile.
Sain noticed that there was something wrong behind him, and hurriedly jumped to the side, but he could avoid it, and immediately turned around and roared: "What are you doing?"
"Now that I'm sir, I order you to come back!" Kevin lifted the shelf of the sir.
But Sain didn't buy it: "Hehe?
Kevin was slightly stunned, even though he knew that his prestige was not good, but after all, there were outsiders here, and directly refuting him in front of the client's face really annoyed him.
"Sain, if you really don't want to obey my management, then please go to the mercenary branch library yourself, find a task that has a backlog of three months, and then complete it!" Kevin said unceremoniously, "If anyone present wants to follow him, I have no objection. I'll report back to the chief in a moment. ”
There was silence for a while, and the atmosphere was very awkward. No matter what Kevin says, he is also a commander on the surface, and he can't justify being disrespectful for any reason. What's more, everyone stayed in Wang Li College for one day, and they have been lying here for three days, and the time has passed for four days, and they have only been out for a week. Even if you run back now, it's not so easy to pick up tasks within two days.
"Ahem!" Start was always steady, and came out to play the round, "Forget it, we've been together for three months after all." Who's temper still doesn't know? The last mission, everyone be kind, okay?"
"Kevin," Sain's tone softened, "I'll reason with you, okay?"
"You speak. ”
"The other party is alone, with a bow and arrows, and he can't hide any other weapons in this outfit, and he has two daggers at most. Once he catches up with him, does he still want to use two daggers against my sword and shield? This kind of poacher has to poach because he can't survive, what can he do?" Sain asked, "You still called me back for such a good opportunity?" Are you afraid that I will rob the credit?"
"I'm here to reason with you, too," Kevin was also calm, "First of all, how do you know he's alone?"
"What did the parrot say?" replied Sain.
"Can parrots see everything in this dense forest?" Kevin asked the parrots in the sky directly, "What's more, parrots can't see, it just means that other people are out of sight." Going so far into the poisonous forest, running alone to poach, do you think he is at this level?"
"What's this?" Sain dismissed, "poaching alone and normal." ”
"Hmph," Kevin snorted, "Please use your brain and think about it, can he stand up to such a big orangutan alone?
Sain was silent, as if he was still trying to find a reason to refute him.
"The look on his face when he was talking to us, my judgment is that he is just stalling for time to buy his companions time to escape. Kevin replied, "We don't know how many of these poachers there are, so there's no need to fight them to the death, and if we push them to a dead end, maybe we'll have casualties." Our main mission is to protect the professor, you understand?"
"Cut!" Sain disdained, "Your reasons are to cover up your timidity! As long as we kill all these poachers, the professor will be safe! And you are afraid of death, so you dare not go up! ”
Starter couldn't help but come out again and interrupt: "Okay, okay." Professor, what are you going to do now?"
Luke glanced at them and sighed, "This gorilla is anesthetized, and I don't know what the dose is. Let's wait for it to wake up. ”
Kevin immediately ordered: "Then everyone take a break and stay vigilant." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and each found a place to sit down, and just after arguing, they were a little unhappy in their hearts. But for the sake of the overall situation, I put up with it for the first time.
In the final analysis, the two are still different in principle, and they are almost two extremes. Sain was born in a military family, and since he was a child, he has instilled the concept that fists are reasonable, and once he encounters problems, he can solve problems with his fists, never with his mouth.
Kevin, on the other hand, is different in that he can use his mouth but never use his hands. The bard's strength is low, and if he always used his fists to walk the mainland, he would have been beaten to death a long time ago. And Kevin himself felt that it would not be too gentlemanly if he was forced to win.
After a short break and some dry food, the professor and the three students were still discussing something in a low voice, when suddenly the parrot called out again: "Someone!"
Everyone bounced up, first gathered the professor in a circle, and then looked around, only to see a black-clad masked man walking slowly from the forest, holding something in his hand.
Seeing the outfit of the man in black, Kevin and Stadt both turned pale, which was clearly an assassin's outfit. Looking at the figure, it is obvious that I don't know each other, and I don't know whether it's friend or foe. But if it's an enemy, I'm afraid there is no one here who is his opponent.
The assassin simply calmly came over, put the things in his hand on the ground, and said to Kevin, "Your package." ”
Kevin: "......"
The Assassin walked away peacefully, silent in the woods. Everyone turned their heads to look at Kevin, and Malinus couldn't help but be surprised: "This year's mail, is it really a mission?"
Kevin and Stadt looked at each other, and only the two of them knew that this thing might not be easy. Kevin immediately ordered: "Everyone spread out, there may be a problem with the package." ”
Everyone didn't dare to be careless, and they each hid to the side. Kevin carefully cut the rope wrapped with his sword, shielded himself, and then picked the lid with the tip of his sword. Suddenly a smell of blood came out, and Kevin couldn't help but shudder.
Inside the box was a human head, fresh, but no one knew it. Since this area is inaccessible, it is likely to be the poacher just now. The poacher was also masked, and no one knew what he looked like.
Everyone looked at each other and saw that the head was a little nervous, Kevin, as the captain, had to get closer to study it, and found that there was a note in the box, which read:
"When will the new book come out? ”
Kevin: "......"
"What's on it?" and everyone came over.
Kevin couldn't hide the note privately, so he could only show it to everyone: "Obviously, this is a code word, or a password." I figured out how to decipher him. ”
Everyone: "......"