Chapter 19: Cooperative Hunting
On the third day of the assessment, the atmosphere became tense, this is a critical point, because after this day, the time of the assessment is more than half, and some of the hunters and mercenaries who have not achieved satisfactory results so far have begun to choose to give up, but those who come here are arrogant, where are they willing to give up so easily, so more of them decide to take big risks in exchange for big benefits.
Some hunters, like Zhou Ming, began to fight the idea of a group of lion-headed dogs, but without the protection of the "Tricky Moon", most of these hunters are more than lucky, and many hunters also know this, so they learned from the mercenaries and began to hunt objects from lion-headed dogs to other hunters and even mercenaries.
In order to be able to get close to other people, you have to look for the place where other people are most likely to appear, and the lions-headed dogs that act alone on the periphery have been hunted a lot, and it is difficult to find counting cards on the remaining lion-headed dogs, so almost all the hunters and mercenaries who still want to fight have begun to concentrate on the center of the abandoned city, whether their prey is a fierce beast or a human.
The center of the abandoned city suddenly became lively, the original hunters and mercenaries were scattered all over the city, once gathered, the density of personnel led to a great increase in the probability of intentional or unintentional encounters, in this city it is difficult for you to trust anyone, so the probability of a battle between people has also risen greatly, just from sunrise in the morning to about ten o'clock in the morning, Zhou Ming heard or saw the battle in more than five places, in the previous few days, he could see no more than five humans in a day, which is why Zhou Ming is tired, but still dare not sleep to recover his energyThe probability of being spotted and then sneaking up on someone at this time is too high, and any relaxation may lead to the loss of all your efforts.
After a simple breakfast, Zhou Ming routinely began to maintain his double knives, after so many days of hunting, Zhou Ming's double knives were a little dull, but the Star Pole Royal Academy was very humane to store the whetstone in the supplies of the space spar, just as Zhou Ming was sharpening the knife, his sensitive ears caught a trace of information from the wind.
"Young master, the apprentice just now didn't come to sneak attack, he brought us news, from here about two kilometers to the northwest, there is an official hunter who wants to lead a team to hunt a group of large lion-headed dogs, the score of the counting cards on the leader's neck is forty-two points, everyone hunts together, and they guarantee that all the counting cards obtained after completing it are evenly distributed. ”
"How can they guarantee this?" Zhou Ming took the whetstone and sneaked towards the place where the voice came from, such a message he didn't want to miss either.
"They have four full-fledged hunters, and if someone sneaks away if they want to get a high score, they're going to get them back. ”
Coincidentally, the hunters who were talking were the two hunter apprentices that Zhou Ming had met before and the rich boy who had been calling them. However, hearing the content of the conversation, Zhou Ming sneered and didn't care.
"That means the three of us will get three people's counting cards in the end?" The rich boy was happy, the counting cards of the three of them were all his own, and he was a little carried away by the interests at the moment, "Two kilometers northwest, go quickly!"
After a little thought, Zhou Ming also followed the footsteps of the three people to the direction where the large lion-headed dog group was, of course he would not believe that the four official hunters would be so kind to share the counting cards with the other hunters, if these four official hunters had the strength to make all the other hunters willing to hand over the counting cards for them to distribute, then why didn't they simply keep all the counting cards for themselves?
The rich boy went to participate in the hunt because he didn't find out what was at stake, but Zhou Ming went to wade into the troubled waters because he discovered this, he was sure that there would definitely be a big scuffle in this place for a while, and what he had to do was to seek his own interests in the chaos, if he could get that forty-two points counting card, it would be even better.
The distance of two kilometers is a very close distance for hunters who have been exercising all the time, but Zhou Ming has been hiding his position all the way, so he still delays a little time - he doesn't want to be discovered by others before he reaches the hunting place, so that whatever he does after that will be controlled by others.
Before arriving at the hunting place, the rich boy happily took two followers to find the four official hunters who initiated the hunt to sign up, and the four official hunters of course also happily received them, both sides had their own calculations, and both thought that they could get a good harvest, so everyone continued to wait here for the arrival of other applicants.
Zhou Ming hid behind a stone pillar in the distance, observing the group's every move, there are now three of the four official hunters present, and the last one should still be spreading the news outside, in addition to these people and the rich son, there are currently five people participating in this hunt, but obviously this number is not enough to hunt a large group of lion-headed dogs, so they are still waiting.
Zhou Ming didn't plan to show up now, now they didn't even see the lion-headed dogs, in case the other party wanted to hunt not the lion-headed dogs but all the hunters who came for the sake of profit, then it would really make the hunters who showed up now regret it.
Soon another hunter gathered, and when nearly thirty people gathered, the four official hunters led this large group of hunters to move to the west, Zhou Ming naturally followed, and soon, a large group of lion-headed dogs appeared in front of everyone, it seems that these four official hunters did not deceive them at least at this point.
Zhou Ming secretly blended into the crowd, this group of hunters was a temporary team, and they didn't know anyone from each other, so it was easy for Zhou Ming to blend in.
"Next, we will divide into groups, a group of three people, each team will have a long-range hunter such as an archer, and the counting cards will be handed in uniformly and then evenly distributed, we will start the encirclement first, from now on the timer, and in half an hour we will attack at the same time, action!"
Zhou Ming was suddenly stunned, he saw a familiar figure among the more than thirty people, standing at the back of the crowd, watching every move around without saying a word, the dragon thunder crystal halberd in his hand shining under the reflection of the sun, isn't it Luo Fulei.
Zhou Ming found an angle, picked up a small pebble from the ground and threw it at Luo Fulei's feet, at this time, the four official hunters were lecturing, and everyone's attention was focused on that direction, so Zhou Ming's move did not attract the attention of anyone except Luo Fulei.
Luo Fulei noticed that Zhou Ming was also very smart and did not show that he knew Zhou Ming, these four official hunters were obviously prepared, all the hunters who signed up together and might know each other were scattered into teams in different directions by them, and the explanation they gave was to prevent people who knew each other from swallowing counting cards together, and people who didn't know each other could supervise each other in a team, but Zhou Ming knew that they just wanted to separate the hunters who would unite in order to maximize their own interests.
Eventually, twenty-seven hunters were divided into nine squads and surrounded the lion-headed herd from all directions, and after half an hour of preparation, the hunt began.
Several sharp arrows broke through the air, "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" nailed to the body of the peripheral lion-headed dogs, and the resting lion-headed dogs were alarmed in the chaos, and each rushed towards the hunters they faced, not so much a hunt, but rather a human side or a lion-headed dog group were all fighting on their own, and the scene was instantly chaotic to the point of losing control.
"It's my chance. Zhou Ming was overjoyed to see this, the more chaotic the scene, the more his "tricky moon" body method can establish a miraculous effect, as soon as the body moved, the whole person passed between the two pairs of humans and beasts who caught and killed, and at the same time the knife in his right hand stabbed the lion-headed dog at a tricky angle, and the blade slashed through the neck of the lion-headed dog, and failed to cut its artery, but Zhou Ming's wrist flicked, and the counting card hanging on the lion's neck had been picked off by Zhou Ming, and the tip of the knife was taken, and with a hook, a four-point counting card fell into Zhou Ming's bag.
Just a team away, Luo Fulei not far away also killed, the dragon thunder crystal trident danced, it seems that there is a faint arc sound piercing the air, it seems that this time he can also make a lot of money.
Zhou Ming and Luo Fulei adopted two different strategies, Luo Fulei relied on the fact that the lion-headed dogs would not besiege him this time, so he danced the dragon thunder crystal halberd to kill, and earned points by hunting a large number of low-scoring lion-headed dogs, and Zhou Ming did not have such a powerful weapon as the thunder crystal halberd, so he could not quickly kill the lion-headed dogs, so he still used the decapitation action, and rushed into the lion-headed dog group when he opened the tricky moon body method, at present, the lion-headed dogs on the periphery were busy dealing with the hunters, and they didn't have time to take care of Zhou Ming, so this was also the best time for him to sneak in.
Zhou Ming locked the leader of the lion-headed dog early, and there were two guards with twenty-point counting cards around his neck beside him, these two guards are also the larger of the lion-headed dogs, if they are placed in a small lion-headed dog group, they can basically become the leader, and Zhou Ming does not dare to face the siege of these three big guys at the same time, however, it is not only Zhou Ming who rushed in while the chaos, the four official hunters, it seems that the purpose is also these three big guys......
"The third and fourth old men entangled the leader and the guards on the left, the two of us first hunted the guards on the right and then went to help the fourth one kill the other guard and finally besieged the leader, the speed is fast, get it before the end of the hunt, otherwise it will take more energy to run away." The captain of the official hunter spoke.
Zhou Ming saw the four official hunters rushing in to hunt the lion-headed dog leader, and smiled secretly in his heart, it seems that this is their purpose, let the other hunters attract the peripheral lion-headed dogs, and they will hunt the leader and guard the lion-headed dogs themselves, as long as a few of them disappear before the hunt is over, the eighty-two points of counting cards will be a few of them.