Chapter 4: The Serpent
Soros and the others did not act rashly, but quietly followed the herd of iron wildebeests, and it lasted for another four days before they completely figured out the migration route of the herd.
"Roland, how far is the Iron Wildebeest's sense of smell?"
Iron wildebeest monsters are not uncommon in northern Xinjiang, and there are six iron wildebeest knight squads in the Knight Brigade of the Wild Lion Legion, and more than 100 Iron Wildebeest horses serve in the Wild Lion Legion.
Duke Edward's knights also use the Iron Wildebeest as their main mount, and there are hundreds of Iron Wildebeest in the Duke's horse farm to participate in the Warcraft hybrid experiment.
The Church of Dawn, the Monarchy and the Church, and the Church of Radiance all have herds of Iron Wildebeest, some of which are often sold in the Great Kingdoms.
The Grant royal family has also successfully cultivated a group of iron wildebeests and is ready to change into the Royal Knights
The Wild Lion Legion has been domesticating iron wildebeest for more than hundreds of years and has accumulated a lot of experience, and Roland has been in the Lion Legion for many years, and he is also very familiar with the habits of this magical beast.
"The wildebeest has a good sense of smell and can smell up to three kilometers away. In addition, the iron wildebeest has stronger eyesight, which is a little more than that of humans. In particular, the night vision ability is much stronger than that of ordinary people. ”
Soros thought for a moment and said, "There is a waterhole forty miles to the west, and the iron wildebeest will inevitably pass through there. Roland, you take Powell, Richard, Morgan to drive away the animals near the waterhole, set traps to catch the iron wildebeest, remember that there is no blood for a few kilometers near the waterhole. ”
Richard followed Roland to the waterhole first, but because the wildebeest needed to eat all the way, he fell behind the four.
The four chased away the animals near the waterhole.
Roland stood beside the waterhole, carefully took out eight pale blue grass plants from his rucksack, and then poured out a little red juice from a clay pot and spread it evenly on top of the grass.
"This light blue grass is a second-order magic plant, Sleeping Grass, which can refine the medicine that heals mental wounds.
A single slumber can be sold for twenty-four gold coins in the market, which is very rare in Blackriver Fort.
The red sap comes from the extract of the Red Blood Grass, a third-order magical plant that grows some in the Eagle Mountains. This magic plant can be used to evolve bloodlines, and is the main material for refining bloodline awakening potions. ”
Roland explained in a low voice, quickly transplanted eight sleeping grasses near the waterhole, and then guarded the high ground three kilometers east of the waterhole. Prevent beasts from breaking into the waterhole, swallow the slumber grass and destroy the traps.
Richard knew that this red blood grass came from his father William, and William was not a hereditary baron, so he could not exchange this red blood grass for the royal family's blood awakening potion. So it can only be used here, setting traps to catch the iron wildebeest.
The four of Richard set the trap, and the three of Soros quietly followed behind the herd of Iron Wildebeest.
In less than half a day, the group of iron wildebeest slowly walked to the waterhole.
Although the iron wildebeest is much smarter than ordinary horses, it is equivalent to a human child of three or four years old. But there is no wisdom and experience to see through the trap.
Moreover, the red blood grass can promote the evolution of the bloodline, and under the drive of instinct, it easily swallowed the sleeping grass and fell into the trap.
Eight adult wildebeests fell to the ground in a daze, leaving four ponies and one mare panicked and fleeing eastward.
The four of Richard sped up and immediately put a special halter on the unconscious iron wildebeest and put on a nose ring.
The remaining five iron wildebeest horses happened to crash into the three of Soros.
Soros was adept at using a lasso and easily caught the only adult wildebeest, and Kent teamed up with Hayden to catch a pony as well.
Without the protection of the stallions, the three ponies who escaped could not run far at all, and were caught by everyone in less than a day.
It took 37 days to come out this time, and I finally got what I wanted.
In order to avoid complications, Soros made a quick decision and immediately decided to rush back.
There was still snow in the mountains when he entered the Eagle Mountains, and by the time he returned, the snow had melted in half, and the weather was much more comfortable, but Richard knew that the forests were often more dangerous now.
The monsters have woken up from hibernation, and their activities in the mountains have become more frequent.
The snow melted, the mountain passages became passable, and the orc tribes in the northern part of the Eagle Mountains also began to move south into the depths of the mountains to hunt.
Due to the obstruction of the glaciers in the mountains, the orcs often go south in spring and summer, and if they cannot gain a foothold in the north and get stable supplies, they will return to the north of the Eagle Mountains in late autumn before the heavy snow covers the mountains.
Richard followed Powell to explore the way in front and learned Powell's reconnaissance experience by the way.
Suddenly, Powell's face changed drastically, he touched Richard, and whispered: "There is the smell of snakes nearby." ”
The Glephylla is a type of Orc of the North.
Orcs, like knights, are the product of ancient wizards' bloodline experiments.
The knight is the winner of the bloodline experiment, and the orc is the failure of the bloodline experiment.
Compared to human knights, orcs have gained great supernatural powers, but they have also inherited the flaws of supernatural creatures.
In racial competition, this deficiency is often a weakness.
The upper body of the snake is not much different from that of a human, the only difference is that it has some scales on its body.
This kind of scale defense is not bad, and it is a little stronger than the iron armor.
The lower body is a snake, three or four meters long, like a python the size of a bucket.
Orcs rely on the power of the bloodline, and the stronger the bloodline, the stronger the growth of the class level, the higher the career level.
Generally speaking, a snake body with outstanding qualifications awakens a transcendent bloodline and can evolve to the third order when he becomes an adult.
Ordinary snake people don't even have their bloodlines awakened, and their speed of action is very slow, only a little faster than that of pythons.
Such an obvious weakness causes ordinary snakes to be unable to defeat adult humans.
An army composed of ordinary snakes will only become a living target on the battlefield, and will be shot into snake meat skewers by strong bows and crossbows.
But the combat effectiveness of the snake man profession is extraordinary.
The strength of a third-order serpent can be compared to that of a fifth-order warrior, and their agility is also faster than that of ordinary people.
There are more than a dozen spells in the bloodline of the snake body, and the vast majority of third-order snake people can only awaken three kinds of them, the most common being olfactory perception, venom missile, and sonic impact.
The snake body professional has strong defense, outstanding bloodline spell lethality, and the speed is not very slow. The heavy infantry composed of serpent professionals is the killer weapon of the orc army.
Snakes have good intelligence, as intelligent as humans, but have a shorter lifespan than humans.
The lifespan of a normal snake is only one-third of that of a human being, and it is relatively rare for a snake to live to the age of thirty.
Life is short, and the accumulation of knowledge is poor.
In terms of pharmacy, runes, bloodline cultivation, and magical equipment manufacturing, the snake man has barely made much progress.
Most of the weapons equipped by the snakes come from minotaurs and kobolds, and their productivity levels are very low.
The eyesight of the snake man is weak, even if it is tens of meters away, it is already blurry and invisible. They hunt in their daily lives, relying on their extraordinary sense of smell.
Snakes have strong fertility, giving birth to a litter of eggs every three years, hatching several baby snake people at a time, and a female snake body can give birth to more than 20 offspring.
They don't like to congregate very much and have a very dispersed range of activities.
Although the snake body rarely evolves into a high-level professional, it is still the backbone of the orcs in the northern frontier.
The vast majority of orc armies will be incorporated into the Serpent Professional Soldiers.
Although Powell's sense of smell is not as good as that of the serpent, he has also awakened a transcendent sense of smell. He has participated in three wars in Northern Xinjiang, seen snakes many times, and personally picked off the scales of snakes, so he is very sensitive to this special taste.
Smelling the smell of the snake, the two ran quickly and immediately informed Soros of the news.
Kent had the best eyesight among the seven-man team, and immediately climbed a nearby hill to occupy the commanding heights, observing the surrounding movements to prevent being touched by the snake-clad man.