Chapter 255: Plateau 2
A strong and huge body, thick and sharp horns are distributed on both sides of the head, in an arc, and from the shoulders to the front and back there is a bulge like a tumor, and the thick golden fur undulates like waves in the run, and from a distance it looks like a rushing golden flame.
This is a special creature of the Tarazan Heights – the highland bison.
Measuring over three metres in length and weighing more than two tonnes, this behemoth is one of the worst wildlife creatures in the Tarazan Heights, and is said to have originated from the whims of a wizard who spent time in Tarazan.
His original purpose was to breed a domestic livestock that was more valuable in terms of meat quality and fur, but it turned out that most of his purpose was indeed achieved- Now the fur and meat quality of the plateau bison are far beyond that of ordinary bison, it is a commodity that rich people like very much, and it is also the most important commodity of many barbarian tribes on the Tarazan Heights, but the character of this bison is extremely violent and ferocious, and the concept of territory is extremely strong, as long as other creatures enter its territory, it will be violently attacked, so that the purpose of domesticating it as a domestic animal has not been achieved, but it has added a characteristic creature to the Tarazan Plateau.
But this is a danger to travelers who travel to and from the Tarazan Heights - no less than ten travelers are killed by highland bison attacks every year.
And now Gehr is facing the attack of two highland bison.
Seeing these two guys rushing towards their carriage with red eyes and a menacing attitude, the meaning of this action was already very clear.
Gehr pulled the reins with his left hand and kicked the horse's hips with his right foot, and the two ponies with long endurance and good for long journeys suddenly neighed. He dragged the wagon and ran to the left.
The carriage began a sharp left turn under Gehr's control, and the body shook violently with a strong squeak. It was as if it was going to break in the next moment.
Gehr steered the carriage to the left, his eyes fixed on the buffalo charging from the right. The direction of their impact is constantly calculated.
Once this creature charged, it was as unstoppable as a steel chariot, and the momentum was extremely turbulent, and Gehr had no doubt that the carriage would be able to be put together after being hit by it, but for Gehr, this bison was not too threatening, just to stop the rest of the journey without supplies on foot, Gehr hoped to be able to save the carriage from being destroyed by these two strong guys.
In high-speed turns. The wheels on one side of the carriage were even raised high, throwing up a few stones, and finally successfully avoided the impact route of a bison and passed by it, but even so, the carriage was not Geer's own body after all, and it was impossible to be so flexible, and finally did not avoid the impact of another bison, and was hit by it headlong on the right rear of the carriage.
The entire body suddenly let out a terrible moan. The creepy clicking sound kept sounding, as if the next second would be the time for the carriage to disintegrate, and the body began to roll over to the left under the action of the huge momentum, and after holding on for a moment. The wheel on the right was completely off the ground, and the body fell to the ground unstoppably to the terrified neighing of the pack horse.
By this time, Gehr had slammed out of the overturned carriage. Pounce on the bison that caused the accident.
The cross sword in the right hand has been unsheathed, and the well-maintained sword body flashes with a cold light that catches the eye.
The bison, whose carriage had overturned, was standing at the scene of the incident. Let out a smug hiss, and by the time you realize the danger is approaching, it's too late.
The sharp sword bolt tore through the cold wind. Gehr's weightless body leapt onto the buffalo's back, and at the same time, the cross sword had stabbed directly into the buffalo's neck from diagonally behind, avoiding the protection of the hard skull and heading towards its fragile brain.
Moo!
A cry of terror came from the mouth of the bison, and it immediately shook its body violently, trying to shake Gehr off its back, and at this time, Gehr also felt a strong resistance coming from the sword piercing position, and the huge force seemed to break the sword, and for a moment he was surprised by the powerful muscular strength and vitality of this beast.
But it was only a slight pause, and a slight gust of wind began to rotate rapidly along the blade, and the resistance faced by the cross sword suddenly decreased, and the smooth trajectory was immediately restored, only to sink deep into the bison's brain in an instant.
There was another high-pitched cry, and at this moment, the muscles of the bison's whole body were as hard as stones, and his body jerked to the side, trying to press Gehr down with his body.
Faced with this situation, Geer let go of the hilt of the stuck cross sword, just kicked the bull's back violently, and his body had already jumped out diagonally, and he jumped into a half-human-high grass on the side of the road, prostrate on the ground, and the wind concealment technique that had been prepared was immediately activated, and his limbs and body quickly left the position where he entered the grass, and moved silently to another grass.
By this time, the bison that had been pierced into the head by the sword had fallen heavily on the road, making a dull sound that even the ground shook.
Just behind Gel hid it, there was a rumbling of hooves and a swift move in this direction, as the other bison, which had not hit the carriage, had finally turned around and driven back.
From the sound, Gehr could tell that the bison rushed directly into the grass he had just jumped into, trampling desperately and arching the surrounding area with its horns, trying to find Gehr, but in the face of Gehr, who had used the Wind Concealment Technique, its extremely sensitive sense of hearing and smell had no effect at all, and it could not find Gehr's location at all.
After venting frantically for about a few minutes, the bison seemed to understand that it would definitely not be able to find the murderer, so he could only walk back to his companion who had fallen to the ground, arched his head a few times, and found that his companion was lifeless, and after screaming a few times with some sadness, he began to leave here.
When the buffalo had run some distance, Gehr stood up, looked in the direction the buffalo had left, and noticed another calf that was hiding somewhere, and followed the buffalo and walked away slowly.
Turning around, Gehr walked to the side of the cow corpse that had fallen on the road, looked at it, and found that the cross sword stuck in its body had actually broken, leaving only the hilt and the palm of the sword fell to the ground on one side, and the other sword bodies were stuck in its body.
"It's barely enough to be used as a dagger. ”
Gell laughed self-deprecatingly, which was why he didn't continue to hunt another bison, which was too rough-skinned and thick-skinned, and without a suitable weapon, it was too much effort to kill.
Ignoring the bison that had caused Gehr a lot of trouble, Gehr walked towards the overturned carriage to check on the carriage after it had been hit.
The two horses were in good condition, and when Gehr jumped out of the carriage, he cut the reins with his sword, so that they were not carried down by the overturned carriage, but ran away. Now that Gehr appeared, the two extremely docile fellows walked back slowly.
The condition of the body was even worse - Gehr came to the side of the carriage and saw the almost shattered body on the right rear side, where the plank that had been hit had broken off and completely recessed from the impact, revealing a large hole in which a lot of supplies had fallen out.
But this is only a small problem, the biggest problem is that the axle is completely broken, not one, the two under the carriage are all broken into several pieces, and there is only a spare one in the carriage, which cannot be repaired at all, and now it is impossible to move forward.
"Trouble. ”
Gehr glanced around, and the plain he was on was endless, let alone the forest, and there was not even a dead tree to be seen, and there was no wood to be found.
Do you want to abandon the carriage and ride forward on a pack horse?
Geer looked up at the increasingly gloomy sky, and then at the plateau and mountain range in the distance, which was at least five or six days away, and felt that this idea was not too reliable, and if he could not bring sufficient supplies, who knew what would happen on the road.
After thinking about it, Gehr decided to wait on the side of the road now to see if there were any passing travelers, and then to see if he could get help.
After making his decision, Gehr set up camp on the side of the road, sorted out the things that were still in good condition on the wagon, and counted the damage.
Just as Gehr had just finished the tent, the cold wind on the plain suddenly became violent, and a little snowflakes began to fall, and after a short time, it turned into a white expanse, and the range that could be reached by the line of sight was only more than ten meters away.
A heavy snowfall came.
This snow made Gehr have to stop on the side of the road, and this stop is four days, during which the snow has not stopped, in this case Gell can only stay in the tent, that can not go, and the more tragic is that the two pack horses in this weather did not survive at all, in the first two days one after another, so that Gehr completely lost the means of transportation except his feet, which made Gehr also have some embarrassment.
Early in the morning of the fifth day, Gehr looked at the snow outside the tent that had just been tested to reach his knees, and then at the two bags of dried meat and dry food that had been arranged in the tent, which were the most supplies he could carry.
Through a series of data analysis such as weather humidity, water vapor content, and temperature changes, Geer Zhilu said that the snow would last for at least a few days, but he could not wait any longer in this situation. He was faced with the fact that he was running out of wood to burn, and even the broken body had been chopped into firewood to keep the tent warm, and there was no more burning material left - except for the tent and dry food.
So Geer decided to wait another day today, and if he still couldn't wait for the passing passengers, he would make his way on foot towards Motazaros.
Just as Gehr was considering whether he could carry more supplies and make better preparations, a melodious horn sounded from the direction he had come.
"The barbarian's horn?"
Gell immediately emerged from the tent and looked in the direction from which the sound had come. (To be continued......)