Chapter 176: Uninvited Guest
"That's the Dragon's Throat?" Ye Junwen was also a little surprised when he looked at the huge creatures in the sky. They have not yet entered Sedrus, they are still a little far from their destination, but they have entered a more dangerous range, as mentioned before, it is the breeding season of the dragon-throated bird, and during this breeding period, the dragon-throated bird will forage nearby. Because of the large number of them, foraging in these two seasons can be said to be a very serious blow to the surrounding ecology.
These dragon-throated birds are carnivorous birds, and they eat as long as they have meat, simply put, even people. Of course, it's good to be eaten by an adult, but if you are brought back to feed the chicks, then the death will be even worse. Of course, the inhabitants of this area are aware of these things, and they will temporarily move out of the area during the season, and then wait until the autumn to return, and the Cedrus area is now almost inhabited.
This dragon-throated bird in the sky is not so much a bird in Ye Junwen's opinion as a pterosaur. It's true that the appearance is still very similar, and the other party's body doesn't have many feathers, but it is a little similar to a lizard, and the body is huge, which is similar to a pterosaur. Of course, it also has huge claws and sharp beaks that birds of prey have, but unlike pterosaurs, the other party has several huge roaring sacs hanging from their necks, which is somewhat similar to the roaring sacs of chickens, which may be the reason why they are called dragon-throated birds.
When Ye Junwen was observing this dragon-throated bird, the other party actually flew towards them by himself, it was obvious that the other party was here to prey on them, probably because he saw a large number of people below, the other party did not come down directly, but flew to a certain distance and hovered above their heads, as if he was observing the situation.
"Let's take a look." Ye Junwen said to Ted next to him.
"Yes, Legionnaire." Ted next to him nodded, and then directly to the soldier next to him to give the order, and soon, there was a machine gun sound of "da-da-da" from the side, and the dragon-throated bird in the sky obviously didn't expect the other party to have such a thing, and it didn't have time to dodge at all, so it was hit by a large number of bullets.
The more lethal position is still on the wings, and the machine gun simply penetrates the opponent's flesh-like wings, making the opponent lose the ability to fly, and soon it falls directly. happened to fall into the woods not far in front of Ye Junwen.
Ye Junwen also went up to take a look, but it was a pity that this dragon-throated bird had been broken into meat sauce, and blood was splashed everywhere. Originally, Ye Junwen was still a little curious about the other party's situation, after all, it was something he had never seen, but now this situation is nothing to look at.
His subordinates went up a little to take a look, and after groping for a while, they handed Ye Junwen a gem, yes, this is a fourth-order magic beast, and its magic crystal is of course also a fourth-order magic crystal, compared to a large number of third-order magic crystals in Ye Junwen's bag, this fourth-order magic crystal is obviously larger. This makes Ye Junwen quite satisfied, now these magic crystals are still very useful, not to mention selling money, his own fighting spirit also needs to be charged, the third-level magic crystal is not very efficient, and the fourth-level magic crystal is estimated to be slightly better.
It's not that there are a lot of birds, Ye Junwen also thinks that it can be regarded as a wave of magic crystals, which is also a good thing. At present, it seems that the machine gun is still relatively damaging to these birds, and it seems that there is no problem.
"Done?" Back in the unit, Hegar next to him came over and asked. Ye Junwen said before that he wanted to take a look at this thing, and Hejiaer didn't stop it, after all, this bird is a special bird here, not anywhere else, it is estimated that Ye Junwen has never seen it, so he is more curious, so now that he has finished reading it, of course, he will continue to hurry.
"I didn't see anything." Ye Junwen said, "But forget it, there's nothing to see, let's go directly." ”
The troops advanced again, and soon they were in the area of Cedrus, and when they arrived, the troops began to get nervous, and at this time of day, everyone knew that it was dangerous, and that they could be surrounded by a large flock of dragon-throated birds at any time.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for them to encounter the dragon-throated bird, but this one didn't fly directly, and after hovering in the air for a while, the other party actually flew away directly. Because he flew relatively high, outside the firing range, Ye Junwen didn't order to shoot or anything.
"Maybe I'm going back to call another bird." "Be careful, we may have to deal with a big flock of birds soon. ”
Hegar's judgment was indeed correct, and after a while, they saw a large number of birds flying towards them, and it was estimated that the birds in front of them saw a large pile of food here, and went back to ask their companions to share it or something. In short, they also know about human beings, and they know that it is a kind of food, of course, they are not afraid of them, they just come to eat.
"Attention all troops!" Hegar gave the order, and of course they were ready to face this terrifying bird of prey, and the melee troops used large shields to help defend, while the ranged troops were responsible for the main attack. In fact, the original hunting of this bird mainly relies on bows and arrows, the opponent's weakness is still the part of the wings, as long as the opponent's wings are destroyed, the birds that can't fly are of course useless, and their wings are indeed very fragile, bows and arrows can also be destroyed, but it is difficult to fight, after all, the range of bows and arrows is limited, and you have to wait for the other party to come down by yourself.
With a few panicked roars, the battle between humans and birds began, and as soon as the fight began, Ye Junwen saw the magic used by these birds. Yes, these birds can actually spit fireballs, and the lethality is not small, even if they use a big shield to defend, they can also cause a lot of damage, and after thinking about it, the magic crystal they got before is also a fire attribute, maybe this is the reason why the other party is called a dragon-throated bird.
After all, if the other party is spitting fireballs in the air all the time, they really can't do anything, but these birds obviously don't have such a high IQ, and they are here to forage, so they will come down soon, and this is the opportunity for the soldiers to fight back. The gunfire of "Da Da Da" rang out again, the bow and arrow also flew towards the sky, and the dragon throat bird that was hit quickly fell, in short, the two sides also suffered losses from each other.
The battle lasted only half an hour before it ended, because the rest of the dragon-throated birds flew away, not because they were scared or anything, but because they were all fed up, or rushed back with people in their mouths to feed their children. Of course, there were also a lot of corpses of dragon-throated birds left on the ground, but Ye Junwen's losses were also quite large, with many casualties.
"It's hard to fight." Hegar said, "Although I know their weaknesses, but the other party is also very resistant, I don't know how many more, now there is still a certain distance from the mountainous area where the brown core rock grass grows, and there are probably more dragon-throated birds over there, which is very difficult to advance." ”
"It's okay." Ye Junwen said, "Anyway, we don't have to get the brown core rock grass, do we? ”
"Hmm." Hegar nodded.
"Anyway, you guys clean up the scene, and gather all the magic crystals and the like." Ye Junwen said.
Of course, Hejiaer didn't care about these fourth-order magic crystals, and now the crisis of the whole country was much more important than these magic crystals, originally he didn't even want to take them, he didn't have that time, but Ye Junwen insisted on it, and said that these magic crystals Datang seemed to be very interested, so they could be regarded as trading goods. In this way, Hegar also agreed, after all, the troops also need to be repaired a little, just a little delay.
Soon, Ye Junwen had a lot of fourth-order magic crystals in his bag, and the troops were about to continue to move forward, when suddenly the soldiers reported that a large number of dragon-throated birds appeared in front of them, flying towards them.
Ye Junwen and He Jiaer immediately looked in the direction of the report, and sure enough, they could already see each other's figures, and sure enough, it was a piece of black press, and the number this time was obviously more than the batch they had dealt with before. Seeing this situation, Hegar also immediately ordered to form a formation on the spot and prepare to defend against the enemy.
The other party flew over, of course, they approached them quickly, but what surprised Ye Junwen and them was that these dragon-throated birds didn't seem to be coming to attack them, but were chased here. Yes, they saw two larger black figures following behind the group of dragonthroats, apparently chasing them.
"Yes...... Wyvern? Hegar squinted his eyes and looked at the situation.
"Wyvern?" Ye Junwen looked at it in surprise, although his current eyesight is already very good, but this distance is still a bit far, and he can't see clearly. Of course, he was very curious about things like flying dragons, after all, when he came to the other world, everyone wanted to see this legendary creature.
But it didn't matter if he couldn't see clearly, because both the dragon-throated bird and the wyvern were flying in their direction. Getting a little closer, Hejiaer's face changed greatly: "Oh no, it's not an ordinary flying dragon species, it seems to be really a dragon." ”
"What's the difference?" Ye Junwen asked strangely.
"The flying dragon can only be regarded as a sub-dragon species, just a creature with a little bloodline of the dragon clan, and it is still different from the real dragon clan." "The forelimbs of the wyvern have turned into wings, but you see, these two obviously have limbs, and they are real dragons. ”
"That's ...... That is, very powerful? Ye Junwen asked.
"It's okay...... Hegar said, "looking at the other party's size, it's not an adult dragon ......"
"Not an adult dragon?" Ye Junwen looked at it, and now he can't see how big the other party is, but compared to the dragon-throated bird next to him, it is estimated that the opponent's body size is at least ten meters long, "That means that it can fight?" ”
"No, we'd better get out of here." Hegar said.