Chapter 767 756. Iser's Injury
While the owner of the tannery, Mullen, planned to escape Dodan with his family, Suldak was still standing on the city wall, experimenting with the destructive power of the Firescale bullets produced by the Constantinople Firearms Workshop.
In fact, this kind of fire-scale bomb with fire-type magic patterns engraved on the surface is still very reliable.
Andrew threw a fire scale bomb nearly 60 meters away, and the fire scale bomb landed on the densely packed ant colony on the mountain wall, exploding like fireworks.
Immediately, nearly a dozen ghost-striped soldier ants huddled together on the mountain wall were blown off the cliff, and their stumps and broken legs splashed around with acid liquid. Although the explosion affected only less than three meters away, the ghost-striped worker ants After all, there are too many of them, and in order to avoid the burning wall at the foot of the mountain, they have to detour around a very limited area on the upper part of the mountain wall.
The location where Andrew threw it happened to be the place where the ghost pattern worker ants were densest.
Suldak felt that a fire scale bomb could not stop the attacking momentum of the ghost-striped worker ants, so he just wanted to try.
But the sound of the explosion frightened the ghost-striped worker ants who followed behind to hesitate. The survival instinct caused some fear in the hearts of the worker ants. The ghost-striped worker ants behind rushed up, and there was no room for retreat at all, so they could only continue to rush forward. .
The sphere at the core of the fire scale bomb contained a can of kerosene. The moment it exploded on the mountain wall, the viscous kerosene splashed on the mountain wall, and suddenly a ball of flame burned against the mountain wall. The dancing flames Forcing some ghost-striped worker ants climbing on the mountain wall to avoid quickly.
There are not many sections that can bypass the fire wall under the city wall. This group of flames blocked the mountain wall again, which immediately caused a commotion among the attacking ghost pattern worker ants.
Some ghost pattern worker ants with iron heads rushed into the flames. Once the eight outriggers were ignited by the kerosene, they would gradually lose their climbing ability and fall from the mountain wall one after another.
Only a few giant ghost-patterned soldier ants with hard carapaces were not afraid of the flames on the mountain wall and climbed up step by step. Even the flying arrows seemed to deliberately avoid these ghost-patterned soldier ants, waiting for them to climb up. At the moment at the top of the city, there will be soldiers from the heavy armored infantry regiment and bed crossbows on the city wall to entertain them.
Suldak felt that the hard leather armor of the horses in the cavalry battalion would be sponsored by these ghost-patterned soldiers.
At dusk, Andrew watched the fire scale bomb he threw burn on the wall, and shouted excitedly:
"It turns out that this thing is used..."
Suldak glanced at the rows of fire scale bombs in the wooden box under his feet, and ordered the city guards next to him: "Try throwing a few more!"
One after another, the fire scale bullets spread out on the cliff, and more than a dozen burning points on the mountain wall became new obstacles for the ghost pattern soldier ants. The flames illuminated a large cliff at the same time, and many ghost pattern worker ants burned in the fire. Had to squeak.
The sights of the city guards standing on the city wall became clearer, and rows of crossbow bolts were shot out, shooting down the ghost pattern worker ants that had bypassed the flames.
With these dozens of burning points, the pressure on the guards on the city wall was reduced a lot.
"It seems to work well!" Suldak said.
…
Adams took three heavy armored infantry squadrons to the city wall, and he was responsible for guarding the city wall at night.
Because Gallatin was injured and unable to participate in the battle, Suldak asked the ogre Gullitum to cooperate with Adams at night and guard the city wall.
The young ghost ant queen in the canyon in the distance was very cautious, she didn't rush to lead her bodyguards to attack the north city wall, after nightfall, the light in the canyon dimmed, and the ghost ant queen hid in the darkness middle.
The city guards who had just climbed up the city wall saw more than a dozen fire points ignited on the mountain wall, and the ghost pattern worker ants were shot by arrows in the fire and fell to the bottom of the cliff, and they immediately cheered.
When they were defending the city wall last night, they had never been so relaxed. If the ghost pattern worker ants on the mountain wall could not be completely cleaned up, the pressure on the heavy armored infantry on both sides of the city wall would be very high.
This pressure will also be passed on to the bed crossbow operators on the city wall, requiring them to control the bed crossbow in advance to hunt and kill some ghost pattern soldiers and ants, so as to reduce the fighting pressure on the city wall.
Despite this, the ghost pattern worker ants took advantage of the morning fog to rush up the city wall this morning.
Adams and Gallatin also suffered a lot of casualties, and waited until the reinforcements arrived before they pushed back the ghost-striped red ants that rushed up the city wall.
"If these good things were brought out last night, there wouldn't be so many casualties this morning." Adams took out a fire scale bomb with magic pattern engraved on the surface from the wooden box, and sighed.
Suldak kicked the two wooden boxes under his feet and said to Adams:
"It's not too late to take it out now, but the stock of this thing is very limited, so you have to save it."
Adams weighed the Firescale Bullet in his hand, and quickly said, "Got it."
Suldak told Adams and Gulitham:
"During the day, we found a ghost ant queen in the canyon. Be careful at night and call us if there is any situation."
With the fire scale bomb, Adam's confidence immediately increased, and he promised Suldak: "Don't worry, if it wasn't for the heavy fog this morning, it would be absolutely impossible for the ghost pattern worker ants to rush up."
As the soldiers brought by Adams took their positions one after another, Andrew led the city guards, heavy armored infantry and archers who were stationed on the city wall during the day and lined up down the city wall.
Suldak led Adams to the corpse of the giant ghost-striped soldier ant with a tough and hard skin, and took a standard Paglio spear from the heavy armored infantry, and poked it hard at the giant ghost-striped soldier ant. On the carapace of the ant, the tip of the spear cannot pierce the hard carapace, making a continuous 'poof' sound.
"There is also a new kind of ghost pattern soldier ant. The hard armor of its body is very tough, and it is difficult to shoot through it with a bed crossbow. However, it can still be killed by aiming at the weak part of its carapace. Be careful when encountering it. If you hunt down that big guy again, remember to send someone to call me."
After speaking, Suldak returned Paglio's spear to the heavy armored infantryman.
said to Adams again: "I'll go to the shed to see." After speaking, he walked down the city wall.
Gulitum was heard shouting from a distance: "Send another soldier ant over here, this time I'm going to smash its head..."
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Suldak didn't expect that Mullen, the owner of the leather shop, would abandon the industry he had worked so hard to build in Dodan Town and run away overnight with his whole family.
He concealed the information about the hard armor on the ghost pattern soldier ants, which may indeed cause huge losses to himself. He just said that this is the right of a citizen of the Green Empire. If he is unwilling to say it, it will only make him feel dissatisfied .
Speaking of it, it should be the conflict between nobles and commoners that made him worry about the serious consequences he would bear if he cheated a nobleman.
There were only three tannery shop assistants with bitter faces left in the shed. Seeing their cautious expressions, it was obvious that they were also terrified to death.
There were nearly ten corpses of ghost-striped soldier ants waiting to be processed outside the shed. Two hunters were temporarily transferred from the cavalry battalion, wearing leather pants often worn by butchers, and carrying single-edged axes. , handle the head of the ghost pattern soldier ant seriously.
Therefore, the handling of the ghost-striped soldier ants was not affected much.
Aung San took several aborigines from Dodan Town to build the second pit overnight.
In order to prevent thieves, there are cavalry patrolling around.
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Suldak brought a batch of hard carapaces of ghost-striped soldier ants that hadn't completely dried out and returned to the pustule mountain.
Stepping through the void gate, before the magical halo under her feet completely dissipated, Aphrodite had already greeted her. Seeing Suldak's tired face, she asked him:
"recently, I am busy?"
Suldak walked to the place where the red crystals were stored, packed a bag of red crystals, and said:
"The beast tide has begun."
After finishing speaking, he took out a stack of hard carapaces of ghost pattern soldier ants from his magic pocket, and put them in the lava cave.
Although these hard carapaces are pressed very flat, they still retain the most primitive appearance, which can fully reflect the shape of the ghost-patterned soldier ants during their lifetime.
Aphrodite stretched out her slender fingers, touched the hard armor of the ghost pattern soldier ant, and said with a look of surprise: "It's actually this kind of ant clan, there are such ant clan in hell, the taste is not bad, right?" ...The demons like to hunt them, and they are pretty good rations in the **** world."
She squatted down and stroked the hard armor of the soldier ant.
When squatting, the black robe perfectly outlined the outline of the plump body.
Aphrodite leaned over and smelled it. She didn't seem to mind the faint sour smell on the hard armor, and continued to introduce:
"They're very fertile and hardy, so they're good food."
Aphrodite patted the hard armor, carefully distinguished the magic pattern on it, and revealed to Suldak: "Some slaves even raise this kind of red ants in captivity, just like you raise them in animal pens. Cattle and sheep are similar, but these red ants are easy to raise, they eat almost everything, and they are never picky eaters."
"If they were not good at building their nests underground and rarely come to the ground, it is estimated that these red ants would have been killed by demon hunters long ago."
Suldak didn't expect these ghost-striped red ants to be monsters in hell.
At this time, Aphrodite had already leaned close to Suldak, put her arms around his arm, rested her pointed chin on his broad shoulders, exhaled softly into his ear, and said:
"Boss, I want to go to the Bailin plane to see the beast tide there, do you think it's okay?"
Aphrodite seemed to be in high spirits, her charming eyes... Even if the two signed an equal magical contract, it still made Suldak a little unbearable.
Suldak looked at Aphrodite in astonishment, and said with some embarrassment:
"How to get there? Are you planning to run to Hailansa, take the magic airship to Bena City, enter Wilkes City through the portal, and ride from Wilkes City to Dodan Town? It will take seven days..."
"Now the teleportation gate of the Bailin plane is controlled by the military. It is not an easy task to get a teleportation pass. Your current status is so special. How confident do you think you are? When you pass the checkpoint Without being discovered by the guards?"
Aphrodite rubbed her forehead with her fingers, approached Suldak, narrowed her eyes and said:
"By the way, don't you always want to learn to summon the magic circle? If I teach you the summoning magic circle, then you can summon me there."
Suldak didn't expect Aphrodite to share the summoning magic circle so easily, and hurriedly said to Aphrodite:
"Ah, good! If you are willing to teach me, I can learn it."
Then asked the succubus Aphrodite:
"Has the batch of supplies from Hailansa arrived?"
Aphrodite walked to the hard shell of the ghost-striped red ant again, picked up a hard shell and said while looking at it:
"It arrived yesterday! Luke is still waiting for you at the workshop in the sulfur camp."
Suldak raised his pocket full of red crystals and said:
"I'll go see Ithel first, and then I'll see Luke when I come back."
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Suldak walked into the treasure chamber, and found the red dragon Iser resting his head on the platform, his eyes closed as if in a deep sleep.
But after taking two steps, Suldak found that something was wrong. A few dragon scales had fallen off the neck of the red dragon Iser, and there were two not too deep scratches on the exposed dragon skin. Although the wound has almost healed, it is still conceivable that it must have gone through a hard battle.
Suldak climbed the steps.
As if sensing the breath of Suldak, Iser opened a pair of huge eyes, showing a little grievance in the eyes, and lay there motionless.
Suldak sat on the ground in front of the red dragon, then took out the cloth bag from the magic pocket, pulled out a piece of red crystal and stuffed it into Iser's mouth.
"What happened?" Suldak asked.
Iser shook the dragon's head a little excitedly, and let out a deep dragon cry, which shook the entire treasure chamber...
After a while, it quieted down.
Lie down in front of Suldak again, and told him: "I flew a little farther this time, and after turning over a mountain range, I saw a red continent, and then I flew over a sea, which is not too big. There is a tree of life growing on the island, and I wanted to go to the tree of life to drink some magic spring water, but I didn’t expect a group of dragon eagles to fly out from the cliff opposite the jungle.”
Iser's eyes showed unwillingness and resentment: "I was so scared that I ran away... I passed through the clouds and flew as high as possible, hoping to get rid of them, but I didn't expect these dragon eagles to keep chasing me."
During the narration, it seemed to want to spread its wings, but unfortunately the body below the neck was on the other side of the stone wall, and Suldak could only see the part above the neck.
Iser continued: "They chased me all the way. I flew desperately and got rid of almost all the dragon eagles, except for the biggest one that I couldn't get rid of."
A pair of huge eyes showing anger.
It showed the scars on its neck and showed it to Suldak: "These wounds are from fighting it. I didn't even want to fight it, but it was aggressive and kept chasing me. It was stronger than me." It flew so fast that it couldn't be shaken off like brown sugar, and finally flew over the sea and came to the sky above the Scarlet Continent, and I couldn't fly back to the nest directly, so I just circled with it in that sky."
Suldak used holy light to heal the red dragon Iser, but unfortunately it was almost useless.
(end of this chapter)