Chapter 742 731. Trading again
It has been almost twenty days since Viru left Dodan Town, and there is still no news.
Suldak sent a cavalry squadron to search the edge of the Demonic Beast Forest for a long time, but failed to find him.
He suspected that Viru might have crossed the Dark Worm Valley and continued to explore north.
The hunting in the Dodan Canyon is still going on. The aborigines in the town only dare to move around the north city wall. Only the mercenary regiment and the cavalry battalion squadron dare to go deep into the middle of the canyon to search for the active monsters in that area.
As ghost leopards and moonblade fire wolves continue to pour into the Dodan Canyon, they are the first targets of hunters, especially ghost leopards. The fur belt has a natural jungle camouflage effect. Although it is a first-level monster, it is still popular with leather workers Followed by masters.
This kind of monster is usually difficult to find in the jungle, but it was after they got into the Dodan Canyon that they became traceable.
Andrew was lying in the grass, surrounded by waist-high white swordgrass. This season's swordgrass had already spit out its seed ears, and the fluffy ones were like small tamarinds rushing to the sky. The white swordgrass in patches It looks like a wheat field, undulating when the wind blows, forming waves of wheat.
A cavalry squadron followed behind the Nanai indigenous warriors, all lying quietly in the grass.
Suldak was in the grass two meters in front of Andrew.
If it weren't for the fact that his red leather armor could be seen through the gaps in the wild grass, Andrew could hardly feel his presence.
Andrew was a little impatient to wait. He supported his body with his arms, prostrated himself on the grass and pushed aside the weeds a little bit. He crawled to Suldak's side, spit out the half-chewed straw in his mouth, and whispered to Surdak. Duck said, "Could it be that he ran away?"
"Wait a minute, I can feel it is there, but I can't see it!" Suldak whispered, staring at a water pool under the slope.
"It's waiting for us to leave on our own initiative!" Andrew said.
"Let's go back and try."
Suldak made a gesture to Samira on the other side, and then he and Andrew lay in the grass and backed up little by little.
On the top of the slope, only Samira was left, which was almost integrated with the surrounding white swordgrass.
Half-elf archers have half-elven blood in their bodies, and are born with the ability to be close to nature and good at hiding in nature.
After a quarter of an hour, a ripple suddenly appeared beside the pool, and the water halo continued to spread outward. A ghost leopard's head appeared beside the pool, and then the front half of its body was exposed.
Its body is slender and fit. Its body is the same off-white color as Sword Grass, even with grass-leaf markings on it.
Louched by the pool, licked the bearded mouth, and made it feel a little thirsty after hunting a rex rabbit in the morning.
It found a pool.
Just as it walked to the side of the pool, it sensed an extremely dangerous sense of oppression in the distance with the instinct of a beast, and made it lie down in the grass and dare not move.
After finally waiting for the oppressive feeling to disappear, it wanted to take the opportunity to escape quickly, but it hesitated when it saw the clear water in front of it, leaned forward slightly, and licked the water with its tongue.
A ripple appeared on the surface of the water...
The moment it sensed the danger, Samira had loosened the bowstring of the withered painting, and two steel arrows flew out against the grass ears one after the other, and the sharp arrow blades cut the soft sword-shaped grass leaves .
While the grass clippings were flying, the two arrows flew fifty meters in an instant.
The ghost leopard's body was like a huge spring, bouncing backwards at an incredible angle, but it still couldn't dodge, and was shot in its front leg by an arrow from behind.
Andrew stood up from the grass, holding an alloy bow in his hand, and beckoned the cavalry on the hillside to catch up.
A ghost leopard with a lame leg can't go much faster, not to mention that its legs are still dripping blood, and the blood is stained among the grass blades.
These cavalrymen who came out of the barren land lacked patience and the ability to adapt to harsh environments. They rushed out of the grass, fanned out, and chased after the ghost leopard that was desperately fleeing.
The cavalry in front rushed to the pool under the **** in one go. They failed to catch up with the ghost leopard, even if the ghost leopard was injured in one leg.
But the cavalry who followed behind roared past them on their horses, and found the ghost leopard in a short bush.
Just when it was about to jump up to hurt people, the cavalry in front raised the light knight shield in their hands, and the cavalry behind quickly stabbed out the spears in their hands...
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Andrew rode a horse, holding the soft ghost leopard in his hand, and came to Suldak.
"It's really a ghost leopard! Boss, how did you find it?"
Andrew threw the ghost leopard to Suldak, but was taken by Sami who was standing aside.
This is a young ghost leopard, weighing only eighty or ninety pounds. Samira easily carried it in her hand. She pulled out the fine steel arrow from the ghost leopard's leg, and she opened the ghost leopard's tight lock with her hands. Lips, look at the sharp teeth inside.
"That's a very subtle perception, and I can't explain it clearly." Suldak said.
He thought of that morning, when he was lying on the bed, letting his perception spread to the surroundings, it was a very wonderful feeling, the sacred breath in his body and the magical elements in the surrounding air produced a weak vibration, According to these subtle information feedbacks, the surrounding scenery can be constructed in the sea of spiritual consciousness, just like having another pair of eyes.
After taking the ghost leopard handed over by Samira, Suldak was not in a hurry to skin it, but waved his hand to get the rest of the cavalry on their horses.
He stuffed the ghost leopard body directly into his magic pocket, and said to his subordinates: "Let's go, don't delay here any longer, I'm afraid the indigenous friends of the Dakuni tribe are already waiting impatiently on the other side of the canyon." .”
The transaction with the indigenous people was delayed for nearly half a month before the second batch of goods was collected.
But this time the four-wheeled carriage could not pass through the canyon, so Suldak had to take two cavalry squadrons, carrying goods on horses, across the canyon to the Dakuni tribe waiting at the entrance of the canyon.
Samira is wearing a salamander leather armor that is almost the same style as Suldak. Her slim body fully reflects the excellent quality of the salamander leather. The softness and tension of this leather wrap her body tightly. It seems that I have never noticed before that the thighs of this half-elf archer are so round and slender...
Suldak shook his head vigorously, expelling the distracting thoughts that suddenly rose from his mind, and felt that he should go back to Wall Village once.
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Dodan Canyon belongs to the middle section of the Thorn Mountain Range. The biggest feature of the mountain here is that from the middle of the mountain, there are stone swords like sharp swords erected in the mountain. These stone swords are of different lengths, and the longer ones are almost several Ten meters, the short one is only a few meters, they are close together, there are almost no gaps, completely isolating the peak and the foot of the mountain into two worlds.
The top of the mountain is covered with snow all year round, always hidden above the clouds.
Only in the hands of the elders of the indigenous tribes are they able to master the secret path through the middle of the thorny mountain. They can pass through the thorny stone sword thorns and hide on the top of the cold mountain before the beast tide comes.
There is a lack of survival materials there, and you can only climb the mountain if you have prepared food and cold-proof materials.
Two cavalry squadrons carried a large amount of supplies, carefully bypassed the moonblade fire wolves that occupied the forest area at the mouth of the canyon, and came to the intersection between the canyon and the hills.
This is where the deal with the Dakuni tribe was agreed.
Originally the border of the northern occupied area has been completely reduced, and the cavalry battalion has not walked out of the canyon for half a month, patrolling along the border.
The hilly land in front of me has been completely reduced to a barren land. Many monsters and poisonous insects drilled out of the monster forest have appeared in groups. They have driven the Moonblade Fire Wolf group into the Dodan Canyon. Obviously, these groups of monsters outside the canyon To be more dangerous.
It is not so easy to hunt monsters here. Only powerful monsters will become the lone wolf in this hunting field. Most of the low-level monsters appear in groups. These monsters have the ability to manipulate magic. Ability, once the entire group is angered, most of the time they will be faced with a large-scale covering magic attack.
Not far away, there is a group of black-ridged ice-horned rhinoceros. It is said that this is a rare second-order monster. They can only be found in the northern part of the Invercargill Forest of Warcraft.
The group of black-ridged ice-horned rhinoceros appeared in front of Suldak's eyes. There were more than 300 of them. They were on the top of a hill, occupying a large area of bushes. It seemed that these bushes should be their favorite food.
A group of iron-backed human bears gathered at the foot of the mountain. There were about seventy or eighty of them. These two groups of monsters seemed to have taken a fancy to this hill at the same time.
Iron-backed bears seldom gather in groups. One of these giant beasts is almost rampant on the edge of the Invercargill Warcraft Forest. Now seventy or eighty of them gather together and charge towards the hillside together.
The iron-backed bears are also very agile when running, but the black-ridged ice-horned rhinos are not afraid of them at all. The crystal-like rhino horns on their foreheads light up with magic lines, and then ice arrows fall from the sky...
If a single black-ridged ice horned rhino releases the ice arrow, it has almost no power.
But hundreds of black-ridged ice-horned rhinos released ice arrows at the same time, and instantly caused a blizzard on the hills.
In this blizzard, the iron-backed bear lit up with semicircular earth shields from time to time.
It's a pity that although the iron-backed bear has a strong body, it still can't stop the wind and snow in the sky. Soon a thick layer of ice has condensed on its body, and its movements have become sluggish.
Originally, the distance was less than 200 meters, like a moat standing in front of them.
After a quarter of an hour, these iron-backed bears covered in frost and snow were defeated collectively...
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Suldak led his squadron of knights to hide in a valley between the hills. There were some wild dills with a faint smell growing near the valley. Many Warcraft did not like the smell of this plant. Valley mouth forest area.
As soon as the cavalry squadron arrived here, a group of indigenous warriors ran out from the nearby woods.
This time the Dakuni native warrior led the team, and Suldak never knew his name.
In the middle of the aboriginal team, four aboriginals were carrying a stretcher with a tattered chair tied to it. The great elder of the Dakuni tribe sat firmly on it. He was short in stature and curled up in the chair. At the same time, it looks like a thin and small black monkey, holding a shiny black human-shaped cane in its hand.
Suldak stepped out of the cavalry and stood at the forefront.
The great elder also raised the cane in his hand high, and four bare-chested aborigines stepped out with chairs, and the surrounding aboriginal warriors stepped aside one after another.
The native elder came to Suldak, with a faint smile on his wrinkled face.
"Young knight, you are indeed a man of promise. You have brought the supplies we need most." The voice of the native elder was not too loud, but Suldak could hear it very clearly.
Suldak waved his hand, and the cavalry behind him came up one by one, and piled up the supplies on the horses in front of the elder.
It quickly piled up into a hill, and several indigenous warriors ran out to check it carefully.
Then he handed over a tattered pannier to Suldak.
Suldak opened the lid of the back basket and glanced inside, and was speechless for a moment: a bundle of silver-leaved grass and some dried kudzu root were packed inside, just like a basket of rotten cabbage...
These herbs, which are almost unavailable in the imperial magic store, seem to be of little value in the eyes of the natives.
Seeing that Suldak was frowning, as if a little dissatisfied, the native elder waved his hand again, and then another native ran out and handed Suldak another basket of herbs.
"Recently, the herbs in the forest have become difficult to collect, so there are only these." The native elder said with a look of embarrassment.
"These magical herbs are enough to exchange for those supplies. Judging from the current value of these herbs... I might still take advantage!" Suldak tried his best not to make himself look too complacent.
He lowered his voice and gave a very pertinent evaluation.
"Then we have concluded this transaction happily. I hope that we can continue to cooperate after this beast tide is over." The native elder seemed relieved, and waved his hand, letting the accompanying native warriors carry the supplies in front of them. .
Afterwards, we will take the natives back to the woods.
"Wait a minute, Great Elder, have you ever thought about...the Dakuni warriors under your command accepted my employment?"
When the natives were about to turn around, Suldak suddenly stopped the native elder and asked him.
The native elder raised the black wooden cane in his hand again, and the team stopped immediately.
He turned his head to look at Suldak with his eyes wide open. That somewhat bright gaze seemed to see into Suldak's heart again, making it impossible for Suldak to hide his thoughts.
It's very uncomfortable to feel that the thoughts in my heart are suddenly seen through.
When Suldak remembered to use the spiritual power in the sea of spiritual consciousness to resist, the native elder had already withdrawn his gaze.
"You want to hire my children to help you resist the beast tide?"
The native elder asked slowly, with a dignified expression.
(end of this chapter)