Chapter 380 Difficult Escape
The blinding effect of the flash bomb will not last long, and hunters must take this opportunity to distance themselves.
No one needed to remind them, everyone was running towards the dense forest.
With human strides and speed, it is impossible to outrun most large monsters in open areas, let alone extremely fast tooth dragons like the Thunder Wolf Dragon.
Entering a dense forest with complex terrain and numerous obstacles is their best escape route.
It was still Julius who was running at the front of the team to open the way. It was not that we had to pay attention to the formation at this time. It was simply that the two knives were very convenient for clearing the vine branches along the way.
Plus, this man is extremely experienced in escaping.
Who asked the guild to let him scout out some weird things from time to time?
Gordon was very lucky that they brought a lot of forced medicine G. This expensive medicine would not bring much benefit to a great swordsman like him in terms of combat.
But the effect of greatly improving endurance is very useful when running away at full speed.
Nadia, who was running in front of him, was running at full speed while raising her light crossbow to the big trees deep in the forest and the mountain wall in the distance, firing some dye bombs, stink bombs, and even armor-piercing grenades.
Dye bombs and stink bombs have a strong smell, and armor-piercing grenades will make a loud roar, which can distract the attention of the pursuing Thunder Wolf Dragon.
Gordon also gradually understood the significance of Nadia's various preparations before setting off.
The seemingly intrusive silencer can hide its position to the greatest extent. The dye bomb is not only used to mark monsters, and the stink bomb is not only used to drive away monsters. The smell of gunpowder after the explosion of armor-piercing grenades and the smell of sulfur on their bodies Some images can confuse the monster's judgment.
The knowledge that seems to be useful but seems to be of little use has increased.
The roar of the Thunder Wolf Dragon, the sound of heavy footsteps that shook the earth, and the noise of trees being smashed kept coming from behind.
They still could not completely escape the pursuit.
Julius, who was leading the way, did not appear panicked. Until now, he had not hesitated at all in choosing the route.
As for the planning of the retreat route, he had already made it before when he was tracking the Thunder Wolf Dragon.
"Less than one kilometer left! Speed up!" Julius shouted, making the entire team speed up.
This kind of rapid sprint will undoubtedly severely consume physical strength, but Gordon and the others already understand Julius's plan.
As the hunters ran at full speed, the sound of "gurgling" water came from the front.
Hunters and Ellu who rushed out of the woods ran towards the river that was formed by countless streams and had abundant water.
Julius casually whittled a handful of reed poles by the river and threw them to his companions, "Go under the water!"
Then take the lead to wade into the depths of the river.
The well-armed hunters naturally didn’t have to worry about being unable to dive. The group of people disappeared on the river under the night in a blink of an eye.
Ten seconds later, the golden giant beast tore apart the trees in front of it and came to the riverside.
The target’s scent disappeared here.
It wandered around for a while without any results, and then let out a roar from its neck.
“Hooooo—!”
Hunters who escaped the pursuit of the Thunder Wolf Dragons did not dare to stray too far from the river, for fear of being attacked by Thunder Wolf Dragons who were good at hunting again.
They followed the river all the way down and didn't really relax until they reached a large lake in the afternoon of the next day.
At this time everyone was exhausted.
Finding a relatively safe place to camp, lighting a campfire, drying their clothes, and eating some food to fill their hungry stomachs, they took turns to rest and regain their strength.
The ladies went to bed first, and each of them hugged an Ellu, like a pillow.
Gordon and Julius stayed by the campfire, and while keeping vigil, they discussed the previous events.
Gordon put his feet close to the bonfire. In order to avoid leaving the smell of footprints this day and night, even if they did not wade in the water, they often walked along the ankle-deep river, and their feet were numb from the cold.
"Besides the leader, there are three Thunder Wolf Dragons. Your judgment on this is correct."
Julius wiped his swords carefully while saying: "The key is that the leader, when I first saw it, I thought it was some kind of subspecies, but after observation, I felt that it was not."
“Not a subspecies?”
Gordon was startled when he heard this, "I thought there would be multiple 'black wolf dragons' or 'golden wolf dragons' in ecology books in the future."
Julius glanced at him and said: "Sure enough, you also made this kind of visual misjudgment. In fact, the scale skin of the leader is the same as that of the ordinary Thunder Wolf Dragon. It is blue, at most it looks slightly darker.
It’s just that under the night and the golden thunder light, it will give people an illusion that is close to black. "
“Ah, that’s it.”
“Let me briefly summarize the key points I found. First of all, it is larger, faster, and its forelimbs are stronger than ordinary Thunder Wolf dragons. Its physical fitness should be overall better than ordinary Thunder Wolf dragons.
Furthermore, there is that kind of golden lightning. It has always been in a supercharged state when it appeared. It may be that it stores electricity very quickly, or it may be that supercharging is normal for it. "
Gordon frowned, "Normal? That's really troublesome. When we hunted Thunder Wolf Dragon before, our first goal was to break its super-charged state through repeated attacks. Normal."
“There’s another important point. Have you noticed the injuries on it?”
"certainly."
Gordon nodded and said: "If I hadn't noticed an obvious injury on its left arm, I wouldn't have chosen to risk turning around and slashing at it.
Let alone the leader, the carapace of an ordinary Thunder Wolf Dragon cannot be cut open with one or two swords. "
“It’s not just the left arm, it’s covered in injuries, but the one on the left arm is the most conspicuous.”
Julius added: "Being able to injure a monster of this level like that, with a wound that looks like it was cut by a reamer, considering the reason why the Thunder Wolf Dragon tribe left Spirit Peak."
“Lan Long, right.” Gordon answered.
It is not surprising that Julius knows this series of things related to Lan Long. Rather, it is strange that he does not know.
The reason why the master sent Julius to Jieyun Village is probably to a certain extent because he was worried that Gordon would rush to Lingfeng in a hurry, just to fulfill the promise of "I will challenge you" made a few years ago. .
Of course, Gordon thinks that his brain is not that hot yet.
"Um."
Julius paused, "Those scars are very, very deep, and they have undoubtedly caused irreversible damage to the body of the leader Thunder Wolf Dragon.
It's like the scar on the left shoulder. Although it has healed long ago, the missing muscles and carapace cannot grow back. "
“You mean, the thunder wolf dragon that leads the group is a ‘disabled person’?” Gordon asked half-jokingly.
“Disability may not count, but it shouldn’t be a problem to say that it is weakened by the severe trauma that has been suffered.”
"Tsk, even if it is weakened, can it still suppress the entire Thunder Wolf Dragon group? I really don't know how strong it is originally."
Julius was silent for a while after hearing this, "Gordon, have you heard of 'Two Names'?"
(There is another chapter in the evening)
In the previous chapter, I saw a lot of readers discussing the issue of whether the two names are one or the other.
In fact, there has always been a debate among people discussing the setting, because the "two monsters" feel divided into two categories in the game.
Special experiences lead to the alienation of special appearances and abilities - Black Flame King, Purple Poison Lady, etc.
On this basis, it refers specifically to a certain person, such as the Heavenly Eye, the Fierce Demon, and the Golden Thunder God (the physical characteristics are too obvious, such as the Heavenly Eye, so one cannot blind all the Heavenly Eyes...)
As I said before, there are many controversial or vague aspects about the setting itself. As long as everyone has a basic concept~
After all, in a world that is more “realistic”, many things cannot be perfectly defined with just one word.
(End of this chapter)