Chapter 190: The Corpse of a Snow Monster
Except for Lu Xi himself, no one could understand what kind of bird thing the "monster farming experience" was, they only felt that Lu Xi was trying to find a way to relieve their own tension.
As a fighting nation, the Nords wanted to let a powerless magician comfort them, and the brothers and lords present were more or less ashamed.
The team consisted of ten people. In addition to Lu Xi and her beautiful girl duo and the villager duo of five, Artoria also brought four followers, which just reached the upper limit of the trial team.
Lu Xi once asked Marshal Langheim in private, since this ancestor trial can bring an entourage, then find seven or eight legendary-level top masters as bodyguards, even a fool will definitely be able to send to Valhalla, but the marshal looked at it with indescribable eyes, and then got this answer: "In the 500 years since the founding of the empire, no emperor has acted like this?" The Nords value tradition and glory, and if someone thinks they can take advantage of such a loophole, they will not be seen as a leader. ”
To put it bluntly, the retinue is the auxiliary, and it is you who really have to complete the trial. If you are a waste, even if the retinue can send you to Songgard, they will not allow you to gain the approval of your ancestors, you will not be able to obtain the allegiance of the unruly descendants of Nord, and you will not even be able to sleep peacefully on the throne.
Of course, he is full of discipline, and only occasionally falls on Artoria under Lu Xi's flickering, and naturally it is impossible to bring a group of "masters" to help him brush up the next copy of the task.
Artoria's guard knight, the silver 10th rank royal knight Faos naturally accompanied, and he was already the strongest of the retinue led by the knight princess.
Furthermore. There is also a Silver Rank 5 Nord Heavy Samurai. This is a giant man with a strong body, perhaps one and a half times the height and width of Lu Xi. A giant who can definitely go on a rampage under the basket when thrown into the NBA. He was about thirty years old, and his chin was covered in brown stubble. His cheeks were covered with horizontal flesh, and he looked a little vicious, but there was no malice in his eyes.
The giant man named Colonde carried a double-edged axe and a tower shield that could be used as a door panel on his back, and his waist was full of hand axes and swords, which should belong to the kind of warriors who are invincible in the battle.
And so it is. Colonde is not very smart, and it is estimated that he will never become a good general, but he is also an important member of the samurai army, and once had a record of beheading dozens of orc warriors in a single battle.
There is also a woman who is almost the same height as Lu Xi and has an extremely toned figure. She was clad in steel-scaled armor. His dark red hair was combed in a beautiful ponytail behind his head, he had a scimitar hanging from his waist, and he carried an infantry spear in his hand and a round oak shield and javelin on his back.
The woman was about twenty-four or five years old. In all fairness, she is not pretty, and even looks a little rough, and the competition is really far behind, but the supermodel-level figure with an amazing amount of convex and backward breasts is enough to make the former student council president, who is not very good at fighting in this area, ashamed of himself. Lu Xi had seen several times that Sai Xiliu looked at the proud twin peaks with envy, jealousy, and hatred from time to time—the other party's armor was special. It fits perfectly with the shape of the chest; As for Lim, his face was still expressionless and indifferent, but his gaze stayed on the other's chest for more than five seconds when they met for the first time. For a Sanwu who treats all strangers as potatoes and tomatoes, this is already unprecedented.
Alas, you really don't really care. Isn't Artoria's career line as calm as you guys who haven't been able to meet people?
The woman's name was Valetan, and she was from the Aiman ethnic minority in southwest Virginia. This people also claim to be descendants of the Nords. But Lu Xi has always had doubts about this. A nation that produces female warriors, a nation in which women are often tougher than men. A nation governed by female men who are strong enough to wrestle with real muscular brothers and nobles is incompatible with the Nord nation that produces pure masters.
Of course. When the other party says so, everyone believes it. The female warriors of the Ayman are adept at using spears and javelins, and are well-built, but both in strength and physique are very amazing, definitely far exceeding the average of humans. Once these tough women in armor formed a formation with shields and guns, they would be a nightmare for any cavalry in the world.
For this point, ten years ago, in the Battle of Cold Peak, the group of 10,000 wolf cavalry who spent a day and night unable to break through the gun formation of 3,000 Aiman female men, and reduced 50% of their own troops, will definitely have a very right to speak.
Valetan's strength has also reached Silver Tier 3, and he has the dual class of Spearman and Mercenary.
The last person was a girl of ordinary stature and good looks, named Fran. She has long light blonde hair, two ponytails, and big blue eyes, and her appearance has barely reached the category of beauty. She was about eighteen or nineteen years old, one of Artoria's handmaidens, and of course, not one of the Assassin twins, but a crossbowman with a Silver Rank 1 strength.
Artoria's personal female officers are actually good masters, and Fran is almost the weakest one, but this kind of dungeon with a limited number of people must be considered from the aspect of team optimization. The reason why he didn't bring the powerful twin assassins was because Lu Xi could rely on Xingling Anji to complete the work of scouts and assassins, while on the other hand, there was only one long-range physical output in the team, which was obviously not enough.
In short, although it is only a team of ten people, whether it is a tank, a meat shield, physical output, remote output or magic output, Lu Xi and Sai Xiliu can also make a cameo appearance as a wet nurse, although they are not as professional as the priests of the Holy Spirits, but they are always better than nothing. Besides, the life of the Nord pure masters is originally a kind of fierce existence that does not need a wet nurse!
Although there are only two real gold in the team, he and Artoria, Lu Xi believes that his team has a complete profession, and everyone can be regarded as a team that has experienced a hundred battles, even if he encounters an A-level golden demonic beast like Xu Dela, he should be able to win it without damage.
Of course, if you encounter too many enemies, it will be a bit of a problem. But with a little caution, you should be able to avoid pointless battles.
Now the big question is. Where the hell is that Valhalla? How to find such a large Atlas mountain that stretches for thousands of miles?
Lu Xi was still thinking about it. At this point, the team suddenly stopped advancing.
Artoria was standing in the middle of the trail without saying a word, her eyebrows furrowed. Colonde and Faos stood on either side of the road, one on the left and the other on the right, drawing their swords and battle axes; Valetan, on the other hand, clenched his spear in both hands and began to observe the trails around him; Fran had already removed the crossbow from his back, staring ahead as if he were facing a great enemy.
"What happened?" Lu Xi walked quickly to the front of the line, and as soon as he wanted to ask, he found the entrance to the cave next to the intersection in front of him, and the huge corpse lying next to the entrance.
It was a giant monster lying on the ground, five or six meters long. It is somewhat bear-like. But the forelimbs and claws are surprisingly large, and they are covered with thick white hair. The hairs were by no means shaggy, but they were as cold and hard as steel needles. The monster's head was lying on the ground, facing Lu Xi's side, it was a hideous, gorilla-like fierce face, and its three dark eyes were wide open, but it had already lost focus.
It's a snow monster, perhaps. A snow monster that has long since lost its name.
This most fearsome predator in the north is widely distributed and can be found not only in the Atlas Mountains, but also throughout the Arel Plateau, and even in the southern part of the Hegalos Mountains. This monster walks upright on both legs and flies. They don't run slower than ordinary war horses, their forelimbs are so powerful that they can even bend steel bars, and the steel needle-like hair on their outer skin is almost invulnerable.
Snow monsters have a high IQ. Although it is violent and bloodthirsty, it is as slippery as it is time to seek advantage and avoid harm.
They are generally solitary predators. But occasionally they also swarm to fight large prey, such as: Villages and towns...... Once so, it would often be a catastrophe for humanity, and only a swarm of armies would be able to confront them.
Now, this monster with an average strength of at least the silver level just turned into a corpse and lay in front of him.
Lu Xi groaned for a moment, then pulled out his legs and walked towards the corpse.
"Lu Xi?" Artoria looked at Lu Xi with worried eyes and reached out to stop it. The sudden appearance of the corpse of such a giant beast on the mountain road would make anyone be careful.
"Don't worry, there are no enemies nearby." Lu Xidao.
As early as when he left the Heavenly Dome Sanctuary, Lu Xi had already released Anji to explore the way ahead. For such a veteran assassin, work such as clearing traps and spying on the enemy is even more commonplace. Since Anji didn't raise any alarm, it meant that there was no danger nearby, and in addition, Lu Xi's 84 perception did not detect that there were other creatures nearby.
As for this corpse...... Well, after all, the star spirit is an incomplete life and soul, and Lu Xi's order is to "give an alarm when there is a danger or emergency", perhaps in the eyes of the murderous assassin Anji, the corpse is neither dangerous nor an emergency, so no warning is given.
Lu Xi crouched down in front of the snow monster's corpse.
The predator, which lived almost at the top of the food chain, was now a pile of cold dead flesh, and its beautiful snow-white fur had naturally lost its luster and appeared a dull grayish-white color.
Lu Xi flicked the corpse of the snow monster with the hilt of his sword, revealing a shocking wound on his neck. At this time, everyone also gathered around.
"The fatal wound must be here." Faros said as he looked at the wound. The fur and flesh near the entire wound were mutilated, as if they had been eaten by some beast, and there were many burns and even carbonized marks around it.
"But what kind of weapon can create such a wound?" Big Han Colonde said with a frown. He is also a battle-hardened man with a lot of battlefield experience, but he can't tell the cause of the snow monster's death.
"Lu Xi, is this some kind of magic?" Artoria looked at Lu Xidao. She had the impression that anything that could not be judged by common sense could be relied on in the occult.
"It's magic, to be exact, some kind of magic weapon...... Lu Xi shrugged his nose, and finally smelled a faint smell of sulfur from the wound: "It's the demon who killed it!" (To be continued.) )