【029】Hunting & being hunted

Each of the dietetics has a sense of protecting the formula, so it is difficult to get close to people.

When a group of dieters are together, unless it is the kind with a very iron relationship, there will definitely be a faint sense of alienation, especially when a strange dieter joins, after all, no one knows what the other party's personality is.

The next day, Zhang Sen joined the team to protect the loggers under the arrangement of the director, the loggers are in small teams, a team of about 12 lumberjacks, and the need to be equipped with two catapothecaries, so the caterers are a group of two people.

The dieter who partnered with Zhang Sen was a bearded man, and after the two met, the other party first smiled and stretched out his hand and said: "You are new here, my name is Andorra, it's nice to meet you!" ”

"Hemmaway, so do I!" Zhang Sen smiled and reached out to shake the other party's hand.

Andorra smiled: "The lumberjack we are going to watch is in front, let's go first." ”

"Good!" Zhang Sen nodded.

Probably because he was new and had some kind of care, the team of lumberjacks in need of protection was really close, only five minutes from the town.

When the two arrived at the construction site, the leader of the workers took off their hats and greeted Andorra before the team began to work.

"Don't be too nervous, just keep an eye out for people close to the grass, it's not a difficult errand." Andorra saw that Zhang Sen didn't blink his eyes when he looked at the lumberjack, and thought that Zhang Sen was a little nervous about doing this kind of work for the first time, so he comforted him.

Zhang Sen smiled and said, "Well, thank you." ”

"I'm going over there to smoke a cigarette, do you want one?" Andorra then took out his cigarette case and asked.

Zhang Sen shook his head and said, "I don't smoke." ”

"Then you will miss out on one of the great things in life." Andor smiled, then ran to a tree stump and sat down, and began to swallow the clouds.

Zhang Sen found that the lumberjacks were on a rotational rest system, and every six lumberjacks worked for half an hour and then came down to rest, which could ensure the efficiency of felling, and basically one carbon tree could be solved in about an hour.

He walked up to the worker who was dismembering the carbon tree, and curiously picked up a branch of the carbon tree, he found that the branches of the carbon tree were very heavy, and the weight was much heavier than ordinary trees, no wonder these lumberjacks were tired and panting, this thing was really difficult to handle.

"What did you find?" Andorra asked.

Zhang Sen shook his head and said, "It's just that I haven't seen a carbon wood tree before, so come and have a look." ”

"In fact, some people used to think that the carbon wood tree might be a strange thing, and even tried to make a formula, but unfortunately no matter how they tried, it failed, and gradually no one did it anymore." Andorra relaxed when he heard this, and then said with a smile.

Zhang Sen was surprised: "Why do you think the carbon wood tree is strange? ”

There is nothing special about this carbon wood tree, so how can it be considered strange?

"You have never entered the Black Forest at night, and if you enter the Black Forest at night, no one will be able to get out, and you will only be able to find your way out again until dawn." Andorra explained.

Zhang Sen was curious: "Can't you walk in a straight line?" ”

"Don't talk about walking in a straight line, even if you can fly." Andorra laughed.

Zhang Sen nodded and said, "It's really strange to say this. ”

If you just get lost in the Black Forest and can't get out, then you can explain it with a natural formation, but if you can't even fly, then it must be a strange thing.

The carbon wood tree in the Black Forest, the highest of Zhang Sen's visual observation is about 20 meters, and it is impossible not to fly.

Next, Zhang Sen and Andorra found a tree stump and sat down, basically watching the lumberjacks at work, chatting from time to time about something that had nothing to do with it.

Andorra didn't ask Zhang Sen about his ability, Zhang Sen didn't ask Andorra about his ability, and the two didn't ask each other what they wanted when they came to the Black Forest, nor did they ask each other where they came from, they got along with each other very indifferently, as if they were just two passengers who happened to be on the same bus and sat next to each other.

The day passed without incident, and it was peaceful as if the strange did not exist.

At night, there was no mountain bear meal, just ordinary food, but the hunting team brought back some strange monsters, but unfortunately there were no souls, and those strange monsters were divided among the dieters, basically taking the strange monsters they needed.

The physique of the strange monster is very special, if there is no corresponding formula, it is impossible to produce the ability no matter how much you eat, and even some strange monsters will have side effects if you eat too much.

So, the dietitian will not be interested in the weirdness that doesn't have the corresponding formula.

The next day, Zhang Sen was assigned to the hunting team.

The hunting party is not as many people as possible, after all, the more people, the bigger the movement, so the hunting party is a group of three.

Zhang Sen was assigned to a team of men and women, the man's name was Pushkin, and the woman's name was Avril, and the two were not difficult to get along with, and the communication with each other was not very different from Andorra.

Armed with crossbows and swords, and wearing high boots, the trio hunted in the Black Forest south of the town, but they didn't need to go into the depths, only to look for prey on the periphery.

"Your first time in the Black Forest, go in the middle."

When the three of them came to the edge of the forest, Pushkin said to Zhang Sen.

Zhang Sen naturally has no objection to this, Pushkin said this out of good intentions, he is not the kind of person who ignores the good intentions of others.

After entering the Black Forest, the sky darkened, and it was a sunny day, but there was still a cloudy feeling in the forest, and Pushkin and Avril were serious.

On the way to the three of them, Pushkin talked to Zhang Sen about some rules for hunting in the Black Forest, such as not shooting if there is no need, don't make too much noise, and try to solve it with a crossbow if it can be solved with a crossbow.

"Follow me!"

Pushkin walked and stopped suddenly, his nose moved, and then said to Zhang Sen and Avril behind him.

He walked lightly towards the right-hand side, followed by Zhang Sen and Avril, and a moment later the three of them came to the edge of a clearing.

The clearing, located in the middle of the forest, looked like it had been dug out by some animal, and even had many scratches on it.

Zhang Sen looked at Pushkin, Pushkin pointed to the top of the front, Zhang Sen looked up, and a strange bird was waiting in the tree.

The bird has a small body with big wings and a pair of feet that are bigger than its body, and it looks very weird.

"Whew!"

Avril raised her hand and shot at this point, and an arrow hit the wings of the strange bird, and the strange bird opened its eyes in panic and tried to escape, but then was shot in the abdomen by Pushkin and finally fell to the ground.

The three of them immediately ran over, Pushkin picked up the strange bird, and said with a smile: "It seems that you have good luck today." ”

"What kind of bird is this?" Zhang Sen asked.

Pushkin was in a good mood and introduced with a smile: "This is a mower, and it is precisely because of the existence of this guy that no one in the nearby towns is engaged in planting-related work, because the crops planted are often dug out and eaten by this guy." ”

"I've heard that there are four formulas for the Ground Planer, and the most powerful is the Iron Claw Formula, which can greatly strengthen the palm." Avril added at this point.

It didn't take long for them to hunt and they managed to hunt a strange monster, which can be described as a good start, after all, strange monsters are actually very rare, and it is usually very good to meet one in a day.

Pushkin took out the bag for his prey and sealed it so that other creatures would not notice the smell of the scavenger, otherwise the smell of blood would easily attract powerful creatures.

But then their luck seemed to run out, and they didn't find any prey until noon, not even ordinary animals.

The three of them found a place to eat dry food, and then continued to hunt, but unfortunately their luck ran out, and they did not find any more creatures until four o'clock in the afternoon, so the three of them had to go home.

When the restaurant reunited in the evening, Zhang Sen found that there was actually a soul in the assigned monster, and decisively asked for it.

This soul monster doesn't look big, and the hunting apothecary has a very good archery technique, and he directly hits the neck with an arrow and kills him with one blow.

Zhang Sen returned to the room with the soul retriever, he had already bought the matching materials, so he could start making meals and potions immediately.

The meal and potion made by one soul monster can be eaten for about three days, and Zhang Sen is not sure that he will be able to get the soul hook eye in three days, so for the sake of insurance, after he has made the meal and medicine, he uses a preservation method in Sherlock's notes to save the two, and when he gets another soul monster in the future, he will start taking it again.

For the next few days, he spent the next few days protecting the loggers with other dieters or hunting in the Black Forest.

He found that the hunting of strange monsters was very difficult, which made him a little glad that he had joined the system, and it was indeed a fact that it was good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, otherwise it was estimated that he might not have been able to get a soul monster until now.

Basically, eight hunting teams a day can only get three to four monsters, and when you are lucky, you may be able to hunt five, and the types are relatively mixed, and basically the same monsters rarely appear.

These monsters are of the less threatening type, and can be dealt with with a crossbow.

In fact, the hunting team is not without problems, one of the teams encountered the mountain bear, but the team of the food dispenser did not have the ability to fight head-on, but was almost killed by the mountain bear, and finally escaped from the Black Forest in embarrassment, a hand was broken, a rib was broken several times, and the last one was even worse, half of the cheek bones were broken, if it was not for the vitality was particularly vigorous, it is estimated that it would not be able to live at all.

Because of this incident, Zhang Sen also realized the danger of the Black Forest, where the pharmacist is not only a hunter, but also a prey.

The Dieter is actually just a relatively powerful human being, with abilities that ordinary people do not have, but if they are mortally wounded, they will still die.

However, although hunting is dangerous, Zhang Sen has no intention of quitting, after all, it will be more efficient to rely on collective strength than to hunt souls and monsters completely on his own.