Chapter 55: "The Viper"
Not far in front of the cave, they quickly relaxed.
The cave is indeed a cave, but it is very shallow, the entrance is very small, and there are no traces of predators outside. In any case, this will not be a meerkat's lair. Jia Yi threw a light technique into it, and it was more than half a meter deep, dry, and clean, and there was not even a small animal.
"Not here. Cole sighed, even if he was lost, he was relieved.
Ace stood here, refilling her detection magic. Although she felt that she was gradually struggling now, it did not discount in any way.
Looking at this clean cave, Ace felt that she still wouldn't gain anything this time, but she didn't expect that after her spell was released, she immediately got feedback, not far overhead.
Ace was startled, and hurriedly avoided the place where the feedback was abnormal, shrank to Jiayi's side, pointed to the place where she noticed the abnormality and said, "Look there, I have detected some abnormalities." ”
Following Ace's direction, Kaichi saw a big tree that was not small, could it be on the tree.
"What does it feel?"
"No, I don't know if it's not, it's never moved. ”
Meerkats are very good at climbing trees, and they should not take this lightly, they approach cautiously, staring at the trees, and they can't take their eyes off it. Suddenly, Cole paused, staring diagonally above his head.
"Here. His voice was already a little hoarse.
The rest of the people followed his gaze, and oh, it was a large snake, and its head was hidden in the canopy, and it looked like it was at least the size of two fists. Although he is motionless, the pressure on people is increasing.
Jiayi is a little frightened by snakes, mainly because this kind of thing is too hidden and a bit of a secret killer, which makes people unguardable. Even if a snake is as big as it is now, if it burrows into the grass and bushes, it will be able to hide itself well.
Looking at the snake, Jia Yi felt that it was better not to disturb it, and pulled the corner of Cole's clothes, signaling to retreat, not to make any trouble.
Cole also meant this, and was about to retreat, when Ace suddenly said, "This snake seems to be dead, and the sense it gives me has been weakening. ”
"Huh?" Cole turned his head and confirmed with Ace with his eyes.
Ace nodded: "That's right, there's something wrong with this snake, otherwise I wouldn't have detected it now." ”
"Try it. As soon as he spoke, he raised his crossbow and shot at the snake's head.
There was a muffled thud, and the arrow plunged into the snake's head, but the snake remained motionless.
"It's dead. Kaichi put down his crossbow, "How did you die?"
Cole unleashed his mage's hand and tugged at the snake's head, which immediately fell from the tree like a slippery rope. It fell to their feet, just as the head of the snake was facing them, and there was an arrow shot by Kaichi stuck diagonally on it.
The arrow will stick the arrow in, not deep, and if the snake is still alive, then the arrow will hurt it to the extent that it will break its head. It seems that the defense of this snake is not weak, at least the head part of the snake is not bad.
"The mortal wound is here. Cole said, pointing to about seven inches below the snake's head.
There was a large gash there, and there were several large tooth marks on the nape of the snake's neck, but the deadliest part was below, where the snake was weaker. Cole opened the opening, and he could see that the wound went straight inside, crushing his heart.
Kaichi looked at this and let Cole keep the wound open, and he controlled the wind blade to go in, cut off the blood vessels around the heart, and then took the heart out. It can be seen that there are two openings on the heart, one on the side and one in the center, almost splitting the heart in half.
Jia Yi is not a forensic doctor, and he does not have any special skills for the identification of these injuries, but it can also be seen that the murder weapon that caused this wound is very sharp, although it looks like there are several, it is very similar to the attack of a sharp claw, but the incision is much sharper than a claw, and it is by no means an ordinary claw scratch, otherwise the wound will not be so smooth.
"Did this meerkat?" asked Kaichi in a low voice.
Although he had this suspicion, he couldn't make up his mind, because this snake was indeed a little too big, and the snake's head couldn't be surrounded by two palms, and the length was 6 or 7 meters. The meerkat is much smaller than this snake.
And doesn't it mean that meerkats like to eat poisonous snakes, such a big one should be regarded as a python, and pythons are generally not poisonous.
But if it wasn't done by the meerkat, then it's even worse, this is the territory of the meerkat, and there is something to kill the prey and stay here, if it is not on good terms with the meerkat, or the meerkat will be driven away. This is not good news at all.
Jia Yi was going up and down here, and Cole said: "It should be a meerkat at home, look at this wound, the meerkat will condense the wind blade on its claws, and it is easy to cause such a wound." This snake is a spotted yak, although it is known for its strength and strong strangulation power, but it is indeed venomous, but it does not have fangs. ”
Jiayi's eyes widened, venom has no fangs, so what is this venom for?
They have a swearful saying that says, "What are you doing with your eyes??" Now, Kaichi finally sees an organ that is really a match.
But in fact, this is somewhat similar to the appendix, and the appendix is the same, although there is this organ in the human body, but I don't know what it is used for, it seems to be just for inflammation, and it doesn't matter if I cut it off. And now the venom glands of this poisonous snake are also used for this, which seems to be useless, but theoretically it should not be useless.
"Is this the food that the meerkats store?" said Kaichi.
Hearing Jiayi's words, Cole hurriedly raised his head, glanced at Jiayi, immediately straightened up, and with Jiayi, he was on guard with Jiayi.
Since this is where the meerkats store their food, it is possible that the meerkats may appear at any time, and Cole and Kaichi obviously want to go together.
Seeing that Ace was still a little strange looking at them, Jia Yi hurriedly said, "Come here, if this snake is food for the meerkat, then it is likely that the meerkat will be around." ”
Ordinary monsters do not have the habit of killing their prey, and hunting is generally for food. If the killing is not for food, it is even more terrifying, which proves that the monster has a high level of intelligence and has begun to learn to vent its anger or enjoy the thrill of killing. Generally speaking, the level of this kind of demonic beast is not too low, at least it is not something that Jiayi and their team of two swords can deal with.
They looked around and slowly stepped back, one step at a time, like the devil's minions.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, blowing the peculiar fishy smell of the snake's body onto their bodies, and Kaichi wrinkled his nose, feeling very unbeautiful. He looked at the snake and wondered if there would be a demon core in it.
He suddenly felt someone quickly pat him on the shoulder, and when he looked back, Ace's face turned even paler, Jia Yi was about to say that you stop this spell, it's useless anyway, but I'm afraid of hurting her self-esteem.
Ace said, "Something is approaching, and it's fast. ”
After speaking, I saw the canopy not far away trembling, revealing a hairy face, and there was an indescribable cuteness.
PS: The argument of the appendix is the past, here is just a joke, now studies have shown that the appendix is involved in the human immune system, maintaining the balance of bacteria in the intestines, but the human body is magical, you can cut off a kidney, not to mention the appendix.