Chapter 457: Black Forest (6)
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The brown bear had been encountered many times on the road before, and Boris could deal with several of them at once, but this time his voice was a little nervous.
When the brown bear appeared in front of everyone's eyes, Leon immediately knew the source of Boris's nervousness.
The creature was much larger than before, nearly the height of Melissa when lying on the ground, and the thickness of its four claws was even more exaggerated than the rod held by a hunter, so you can imagine what would happen when such a claw slapped on a human body.
Boris's strong men all stood at the front, followed by a row of ten long-range shooters, Cheney and a man and a woman stood in the center of the shooters, and Joseph only brought two people to rush over.
Their experience can be seen from this arrangement, and against creatures with huge size and strong strength, a large number of people will lead to chaos, and may cause a large number of casualties, but such a small but refined tactic can be effective.
The beasts encountered before would take the initiative to retreat in the face of such a number of humans, and would not attack until the number increased to a certain extent, but the beasts in the depths of the Black Forest were different, and there were only seven or eight brown bears in front of them, but they pounced directly with bursts of roars.
As they approached the first row of hunters, the brawny men met them with all sorts of heavy blunt weapons.
A muffled sound sounded one after another, except for three people who completely blocked the brown bear's pounce, the rest of the strong men were all knocked back, but fortunately, a wave of arrows fell immediately after, temporarily sealing the gap where these people retreated.
The brown bear bowed his head. The long arrow landed on the thick layer of fur behind it, leaving a few white marks at most, and it didn't do much damage at all. They then ignored several nearby humans and ran towards the rear.
If the crowd were approached by the brown bears, there would have been many casualties, so Cheney said, "Stand back, don't approach them!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the old man raised a magic staff, and with his movements, there was a subtle sound of "zi-la-la" in the air.
A flash of lightning flew from the top of the staff. The brown bear that landed in the first place turned into countless tiny wires, and then a large number of wires jumped to the brown bear that followed closely behind, and that's it. The "chain lightning" that had been amplified by the staff emitted electric light that flashed from the five brown bears one after another.
The effect of the secret spell disappeared after a moment, and the brown bear's body showed burn marks, but they did not stop, and continued to roar and rush towards them.
Next. The soles of the brown bear's feet slipped suddenly. The huge body fell to the side, and almost instantly staggered to the ground. And under their feet there is a layer of viscous black liquid like oil, which is just unaware of it for a while, stepping on the "greasy technique" cast by Cheney.
The old man put away his staff and stepped back, saying at the same time, "Attack!"
I don't know how many dangers there are along the way, so as an archmage, Cheney will try to minimize his mental power consumption so that he can carry out a support attack at any time, so once he has restrained the brown bear, he will immediately stop and leave. Leave the rest of the task to someone else.
Hunters first attack with long arrows from a distance, although the effect on brown bears is not very significant. But after all, too many times will also cause some damage to it, and when the brown bear finally struggles to crawl out of the range of the greasy spell with a wound, the strong men who have been waiting for a long time use their weapons and rush forward again, and a group of hunters behind them also rush behind them to join the battle.
At this time, at the forefront, Boris and the other two stopped the three brown bears respectively, and the burliest man not only blocked most of the swings, but also took advantage of the situation to give the opponent a few direct blows, each punch made the brown bear's fat body shake for a while, and it looked like a very powerful figure indeed.
A few minutes later, when he punched the top of the brown bear's head, the beast's head shook a few times, and finally fell to the ground with a "poof", it should not be dead, but its head couldn't withstand such a heavy blow and was directly knocked unconscious.
Red looked at a bloody wound on his arm, spat on the ground, and turned to support a disadvantaged subordinate next to him.
In the end, the battle ended almost at the same time on both sides, Boris and his brothers were almost all wounded, and unfortunately, when a brown bear was seriously injured and wanted to escape, a hunter could not dodge, and was slapped in the chest by him, and the flesh and blood were blurred, and he was not saved in the end.
The hunters thought that their final destination was the Black Forest, so soon the hunter's body was buried on the spot, and Cheney said, "Clean up the blood on your body and move it immediately!"
The smell of blood would attract a lot of bloodthirsty creatures, and it would be quite dangerous to stay on the battlefield, and the wounds on the bodies were tied up with thick bandages, and the large army began to move forward again.
Now that they have entered the depths of the Black Forest, the hunters must not only be on guard against the threat of wild beasts, but also keep an eye out for any accompanying herbs in the roots and bushes they pass by.
The hunters searched very carefully, and they knew that the employer was here for this, and the sooner they found out, the sooner they would be able to get out of this dangerous place, so they refused to let go of every inch of the road.
As a result, the speed of travel slowed down greatly, but fortunately, Leon also wanted to observe Sophia's reaction, so he didn't mind, but was quite interested in observing the herbs they sent, and then identifying the types, explaining the origin and effect, and estimating the purchase price. His expertise dispelled the last suspicion in the hearts of Joseph and others, and his attitude became more and more respectful.
There were still wild beasts attacking on the road, and the hunters led by Cheney skillfully set up a defensive formation, dealing with them in a way unique to various hunters, striving to achieve good results with the least casualties, and in this way, they slowly marched again for nearly five hundred meters.
At this time, the sky was already dark, especially in the woods, Li Ang looked at the surrounding environment, decided to camp in place, rest for a night and recover before setting off.
In order to avoid causing a forest fire, the hunters began to clear the weeds and shrubs on the surrounding ground, revealing a large area of brown soil before raising bonfires on the periphery of the camp, the light and temperature of the flames would prevent some of the beasts from sneaking up, and then Cheney sprinkled a powder into each campfire, according to him, this special powder made by alchemists will emit a smell that most beasts hate when heated, of course, this smell is not very useful for some powerful creatures, and it will be completely useless after four or five thousand meters, but for now, it can ensure the safety of the camp personnel。
And just when they first set up camp, a giant python the size of a bucket hung down from the canopy above their heads, and when it was not moving, it was almost like the body of a tree, so few people would pay attention to it, until its body was more than ten meters long suspended in the air.
This position is located directly above Leon.
"Monty Python!"
"On his head!"
Panicked voices rang out everywhere, followed by Boris's roar, and the big man ran a few steps from the vicinity to block Leon.
Cheney raised his staff and cast a secret shield for Leon and Sophia beside him, and before he could unleash the next secret spell, Joseph's figure appeared in midair.
Li Ang watched their actions quietly, and a smile gradually appeared on his face, after all, these hunters were not bad from beginning to end, and their first reaction in this situation was to protect his safety, and they had reached the qualified baseline.
At this time, Joseph left wounds on the python's body, and Cheney used several arrows of ice to force the python to the other side, Boris turned around and said with a smile: "My lord, this is just an ordinary python, we will be able to take care of it soon, but you stay among them, don't move!"
Then he rushed over, and with Cheney, Joseph, and a few other stronger hunters, drove the python to the forest a few dozen meters away, and from this direction they could no longer see their battle situation, but the noise was quite loud, and occasionally a broken thick trunk would be thrown far away.
After more than twenty minutes, the men emerged from the woods, Boris holding a hunter with a wounded leg and dragging the python's head with the other.
Although it is just an ordinary python in Boris's mouth, it can be imagined how strong it is to be besieged by so many people and injure one of them.
It's just that these people didn't pay much attention, but looked eagerly at the young people who came over to greet them.
"Poof" a few times, they piled up several pieces of the giant python's corpse in front of Leon, Boris took the lead and said: "My lord, I heard that the teeth and internal organs of this thing are very good alchemy materials, do you want it?"
"Of course," Leon said with a smile, "I can actually buy all the gains along the way, including those bear skins and wild boar fangs." ”
"...... Uproar"
All the hunters, including Joseph, who usually spoke the least, let out a low cry.
Cheney asked their doubts, "What do you mean...... You're not only an alchemist, but also a merchant?"
"Yes," said Leon, "and it will be according to the market price, and the other ......"
Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Boris, a big man, with a big voice.
"My lord, in that case, I have a building!"
Seeing that the eyes of the others were over, Boris stretched out his hand and pointed to the east, "Since there is a giant python appearing, and the humidity around it is not normal, I feel that there should be a swamp in that direction, it is said that the swamp will grow some more unique herbs, are you interested?"
Li Ang put back what he had just decided to say, the swamp would indeed grow some unique and rare herbs, several of which Kaka needed at the moment, if he really stopped by, it would be okay to go and see it early tomorrow morning, as for the things to talk to them...... It's not too late to say that then. (To be continued......)