Chapter 395 Who tastes it first?
The group drank hot drinks and left the camp.
Although the target "Poison Monster Dragon Cub" is so fragile that it is almost worth mentioning, even the Poison Monster Dragon itself is not a difficult opponent for them.
But hunters still dare not relax their vigilance after entering the hunting grounds.
The village head lady specifically warned them when she issued the task receipt.
Permafrost mountains in the Western Continent have always been known as the "Monster Cemetery", according to the legend of the "Ice People" who live in the permafrost area.
—Deep in the permafrost, there dwells “demons” that devour everything.
They are not afraid of the Poisonous Dragon, but when that "demon" comes out when they are playing with the Poisonous Dragon, who are they going to talk to?
Tactically, you should despise your opponent, but psychologically, you should keep your tail between your legs.
Hunters walked through the snow-covered snowfields and forests.
The person in charge of opening the road is Hayata. She has been active in the Frasia area for a long time and can be called a "snow expert" to a certain extent.
The snow forest here is very similar to the outskirts of the Frasia region, and even the vegetation types are not much different.
She can tell at a glance where the snow layer is relatively solid and where there may be snow caves. With her leading the way, the group's efficiency has improved a lot.
After marching like this for more than two hours, Hayata suddenly slowed down and her companions gathered around her.
The trees in front became sparse, replaced by large glacial cliffs.
I don’t know whether it’s because of the terrain or some other reason, but the snow on the ground here has become very hard, close to the ice surface.
Even Ted, who is equipped with the blaster dragon armor, can only make a shallow footprint when he steps on it.
“It’s great, this is called the ground! The thick snow in the **** forest is more tiring to walk on than swimming!” Ted stamped his feet vigorously and cursed.
“More tiring than swimming”
“Still tired.”
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The echo of Ted's loud voice echoed between the ice and rock walls.
“Brother Ted, keep your voice down.” Gordon reminded.
“Oh oh.” Ted lowered his voice.
"The terrain is too complicated. Let's change the formation, diamond shape. I'm behind Ted and in front, Hayata Maka, left and right, Pork Chop forward, Pandan Babaka, pay attention to the ice wall and above."
Everyone quickly changed their formation, keeping a few meters away from each other, so that no matter what happened, they could quickly support each other.
The team started again, but the speed was much slower than before.
In this way, the group advanced for more than half an hour in the area with glacial rock walls.
During this period, he encountered two sleeping dog dragons. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble caused by the smell of blood, Gordon asked Ted to kill them with the barrel of a blunderbuss gun.
Pork Chop ran back to report at this time.
It pointed to the continuous rocky mountains ahead, "A few hundred meters ahead, there is a large cave. Through the cave, you can enter the mountain."
I didn’t meet any monsters, but it’s very dark inside the cave. Gordon and you may not be able to see clearly. "
Gordon nodded, and after letting Pig Pork return to the team, everyone moved forward together, and soon saw the cave that Po Po was talking about.
The entrance to the cave is so huge that even a large flying dragon can easily enter it.
This is not good news.
Compared to the outside of the ice and snow, the inside of the cave is obviously more suitable for various monsters to nest.
Coupled with the complex terrain and numerous tunnels inside the cave, you might plunge into something's lair.
Lack of light is also a big problem.
Fortunately, Gordon and the others were already prepared for this.
Gordon took off the portable barbecue from his back, placed it solemnly on top of Babaka's head, filled it with fuel and lit it on fire.
A bright torch that can walk with the team is completed.
Is this a bit too much for you?
However, unlike Maka's entanglement, Babaka was simply shaking with excitement.
Every step he took was so cautious, as if what he was carrying on his head was not a strange thing like a barbecue grill, but a crown.
This is all because on the airship when they arrived, Gordon and Piglet told it the story of the strange-faced king they encountered back then, who had a barbecue grill on his head and could compete head-on with the superior hunters.
Of course, the part about how many strange-faced tribesmen were killed during this period was skipped by Gordon and the others.
Maka took it for granted that Gordon and the others were talking nonsense, but Hayata proved the truth of this matter.
This directly led to Babaka’s unusually strong interest in portable barbecue grills
“Come on, Babaka, you go ahead.”
Gordon smiled and pushed Babaka to the front of the team, "Ted Knight, protect it, don't let those nameless monsters harm our future King of Strange Faces."
“As commanded!”
“Kabacha!” Babaka raised the hammer-like weapon in his hand and cheered excitedly.
Maka covered her face and said, "It's almost done. It's really floating. Keep your voice down, and the monster will come over in a while. Leave me alone to deal with it. I'll see how you cry when the time comes."
“Baba Ka Ga Ga!”
“Stop! You haven’t ascended the throne yet!”
Hayata, who was watching this scene with a smile, glanced at the ground illuminated by the fire of the barbecue grill from the corner of his eyes, and his expression suddenly changed.
“Look at the ground!”
The atmosphere in the entire team immediately became tense.
Gordon put his palm on the hilt of the Fire Dragon Sword behind him and looked down.
Immediately, I was shocked to find that the ground nearby was not rocky ground, but transparent ice. Under the ice, countless skeletons were buried.
The layers are stacked on top of each other, so many that it’s astonishing.
Looking around quickly.
There are many bones scattered not only under the ice, but also on the ice. Some of them are relatively fresh in color, but there is no flesh and blood covering them.
Gordon glanced outside the cave entrance.
This place is very close to the entrance of the cave, and there are still a few snowflakes blowing in with the wind. It must have been accumulated and covered over many years, forming this kind of ice surface where countless bones are layered and intertwined.
“Alert.”
Gordon whispered, then walked over to a relatively fresh skeleton and inspected it.
Obviously, judging from the completeness of the skeleton, the skeleton of Sleeping Dog Dragon died naturally, and it would not have taken too long, two or three weeks at most.
The flesh and blood has completely disappeared, but the bone structure is not much messed up. Are there decomposers such as insects?
Can decomposers survive in temperatures below freezing?
While Gordon was wondering, he suddenly noticed something moving on a skeleton not far away.
Gordon narrowed his eyes and said, "Babakar, come here."
Babaka trotted over, and the fire illuminated the skeleton. The little creature lying on the skeleton scraping the debris seemed to be afraid of the fire, and crawled away in fear as it squirmed away.
Gordon quickly walked over and picked up the weird little creature, which was about half a meter long.
Glancing at the remains of the carcass that still had some flesh and blood left, Gordon suddenly realized that this thing seemed to be a decomposer.
Wait, it’s white, less than one meter long, shaped like a leech, with a ring-like mouth on its head and tail. This thing seems to be the target of their trip.
— Poison monster dragon cub?
Gordon pinched the suspected neck part of the poisonous dragon cub to prevent the guy's ring-shaped mouth full of sharp teeth from biting him.
But the little thing actually twisted its body hard and bit the mouth on the other end of its body into Gordon's thigh.
It's a pity that he couldn't bite through the armor made of the blue fire dragon's scales.
Gordon twitched the corner of his mouth, used some force, pulled it off his leg, stretched his arms and hung it away from his body, and walked towards his companions.
“Then what, who gets to taste this thing first?”
(End of this chapter)