Chapter 246: The Hunter and the Cerberus
PS: Thank you for your generous reward from 'Love Walking in the Breeze and Drizzle', and thank you to 'Butterfly ★ Dancing Sun' for your valuable monthly pass and renewal vote! Thank you to 'psyanggy', 'Open' and 'Goldenlang' for your valuable monthly pass!
Kane abandoned the airship in a desolate valley with no tall vegetation but a large gravel beach and a wide, shallow mountain stream.
Then they began to climb on foot towards the ridge of the mountain, overhead, with billowing dark clouds and winding thunder and lightning, and from time to time the lightning struck the plants or stones on the mountain peak, and burst into a red light and a deafening thunder, which may be the reason why there are almost no tall plants on the mountain.
Colonel Kane's squad has twelve Flying Eagle special scouts, as well as his own six guards, plus Lin Shu, Du Yuheng and Nasha, a total of twenty-one people, Du Yuheng himself can't walk, he can only be carried by the team members in turn, of course, he can also choose to be carried by the monkey's head.
After crossing the ridge, the surrounding environment seems more and more desolate, under the light of lightning, you can see that there are snow caps on the high peaks, there are a lot of gravel and residual snow on the mountain, it is estimated that it was slid down from the peak after being struck by lightning, and the surrounding plants are mainly shrubs more than half a person high, and there are weeds in the cracks of the stones.
Standing on the back of the ridge, the wind seems to be a little lighter, but the wind is very humid and cold, and it is estimated that it will rain at any time.
As he was walking, there was a strong tremor under his feet, and the gravel on the hillside rolled down the hillside. Then a loud explosion came from behind him. Dark night sky. An intense red fire erupted.
Lin Shu understood what was going on after a little thought, but he felt very strange that Kane had made such a big move.
"Colonel Kane, what's going on?" asked Du Yuheng, who was sitting on the back of a soldier, puzzled.
"It's nothing, just blow up our airship. ”
"Oh, but isn't it a little too powerful?"
"Hehe, maybe these boys put too much explosives. ”
Lin Shu pursed his lips, not bothering to pay attention to Kane's lies. This kind of lie is a joke, is Kane's purpose to deliberately attract the attention of the enemy, and then create a chance for those comrades who are still in the forest to break through?
The group walked silently, although the road was very rugged and difficult, but these people were not ordinary people, and they were still able to move forward as if they were walking on the ground, but the speed was not fast, because they did not dare to use detection equipment and magic, and the use of these was equivalent to pointing the enemy in their own direction.
It's not that there is no Warcraft here, on the contrary. There are also a lot of very strange magical beasts here, and it is said that this Wild Thunder Hill has the most thunder and spiritual magical beasts. Therefore, in today's situation, it is better to hide your tracks as carefully as possible.
Nasha followed Lin Shu closely, and behind her was the monkey head, ready to assist Nasha to keep up with Lin Shu's movements, although Lin Shu didn't say anything, but Nasha understood Lin Shu's intentions, although she didn't say it in her mouth, she still received Lin Shu's favor in her heart.
"Lin Shu, in this kind of place, my detection methods are useless. ”
"Understood, because there are no big trees, right?"
"Well, you also know how to communicate with plants?"
"My teacher is one of the most famous botanists in the Anthropocene, so how could he not know this. ”
"Oh, not only are the plants here too short to grow, but they are also affected by the harsh environment, and the communication efficiency is very low, but I don't want to say that, but in this kind of terrain, there is a hellish race that can exert the strongest tracking ability. ”
Lin Shu looked at Nasha in surprise, but he could only see Nasha's delicate lips and the tip of her nose that was a little red, and Nasha's goggles blocked her beautiful eyes.
"What race, why is it best used in this environment? ”
"They call themselves hunters, and they are good at domesticating a kind of monster called Cerberus, this kind of monster has a talent for tracking, and it is difficult for almost smelly things to escape their tracking, and in this kind of windy, relatively open environment, they can find the target of tracking from a long distance, and even with a deodorizing potion is useless. ”
"That's right, their race should be called Demon Hunting. Colonel Kane seemed to have been listening to the exchange between Nasha and Lin Shu, and when he heard this, he interjected at the right time, he didn't want Lin Shu to think that he hadn't even thought about and prepared for this: "But we compare time with each other, and when they find out that we are trying to pursue again, they can only follow us, in this kind of place, no one dares to let go of their speed and run wildly." ”
"Boom!" a bolt of lightning struck a large rock on a ridge not far away, and the scattered debris caused everyone to crouch down and open their shields.
When the stone rain passed, everyone stood up and continued to move forward, Lin Shucai continued the topic just now: "I don't know much about military affairs, but I also know a truth, if the other party set up an ambush in that place to intercept and surround us, how could we not consider the geographical environment of this thunderous hills, or this was originally a trap deliberately set by the other party, I have heard of the lack of one in the encirclement." ”
Lin Shu's words made Colonel Kane not know how to answer, and similarly, the soldiers who had a very bad attitude towards Lin Shu all looked at Kane suspiciously, hoping that Colonel Kane would refute Lin Shu's rude speculation, but they were disappointed.
"Yes, if I were the commander of the other party, I wouldn't have left such an obvious loophole. Du Yuheng was very uninteresting and pressed the last straw on Kane's back.
Kane sighed and said, "Maybe, but the chance to break through from here is still the greatest, isn't it?"
"Hehe, understand, understand!"
Lin Shu didn't seem to care much about the current dangerous situation, and he was in a relaxed mood, even those soldiers who were very dissatisfied with him had to admire.
"We turned north and made a detour in the direction of the main peak, in order to confuse the possible pursuers. ”
"Is it useful, didn't you say that there are those hunters and hellhounds?" Du Yuheng asked suspiciously
"At least we have to move the other side so that we have more chances. It's better than stepping straight into each other's preset traps. Right?"
"You're the expert. Let's just follow along. Lin Shu was very single, Kane glanced at Lin Shu and instructed the soldiers to speed up their advance.
Lin Shu turned his head consciously, and the magic energy of a detection technique fluctuated in a flash, Lin Shu already had considerable experience in the detection technique, this was obviously a seventh-order detection technique, and the distance between the other party was about twenty or thirty kilometers, judging from the direction. It was in the southeast direction of itself, and if I had been moving forward without changing direction just now, I might have crashed into the enemy's encirclement right now.
Kane followed closely behind the forest tree and discovered the enemy's detection technique, and since it had been discovered, Kane also immediately cast a detection technique to determine the size and location of the opponent.
"Eagle Squad, you go east, we continue north, meet at the meeting point, good luck to you. ”
"Yes. Sir!"
Although he said that he was the bait to guide the enemy, the people of the Flying Eagle Squad accepted the order without complaint. Quickly speeding away towards the east, Kane took out a shield-shaped prop, immediately activated it, and then waved his hand, signaling everyone to form a dense formation, all hiding within the scope of this prop, and heading towards the north.
The terrain gets higher and higher, the more difficult it becomes, the wind gets stronger and stronger, and the occasional snowflakes fall, and thunder and lightning flash around from time to time, blowing up gravel and snow.
The enemy's detection magic appeared a few more times, at the beginning, they did chase to the east, but it didn't take long for them to seem to find the problem, and then they divided their troops into two ways, all the way to the east, with the help of the terrain, Lin Shu could see the aura of magic energy that erupted in the distance, it seemed that a contact battle had occurred.
The other enemy, after lingering for a while, pursued them to the north, but was slightly farther away.
But after about two hours, the distance between the two sides was close to ten kilometers, and it was obvious that the opponent was quite fast, because Kane still needed to find his way, and the opponent was recklessly chasing along the path Kane had walked.
After a while, Lin Shu could even hear the faint sound of the monster barking from behind, the barking was very similar to the barking of a dog, but it seemed louder and aggressive, it seemed that Cerberus was not a tame guy.
Kane looked back from time to time, his brows furrowed together, and it seemed that he was not happy with how bad the situation had become.
"Lin Shu, how does the combat effectiveness of my six soldiers compare to yours?"
Lin Shu was stunned for a moment, and replied unceremoniously: "They don't even have the strength to resist. ”
"Very good, I'll take them here to stop the enemy, please take Xiao Du away, you've already seen the map, and remember the meeting place, right? ”
Lin Shu glanced at Kane deeply, Kane's face was very calm, and so did the soldiers, looking calm, as if they had already seen life and death, Du Yuheng sighed and said:
"Thank you, brother, I think I'm very lucky to be able to work with you. ”
"Hehe, so are we, we are all grateful for what you have done for us!"
"There's a chance to have another bar, Colonel Kane, remember that you still owe me a good bottle of wine, Lin Shu, let the monkey take me, go!"
Kane grinned: "I can't forget it, don't worry!"
Lin Shu was not hypocritical, let the monkey head take Du Yuheng, and he grabbed Nasha's slender waist, and quickly went north along the hillside, the speed was much faster than just now, Kane frowned slightly, but now he can't care so much, he can only pray that Lin Shu and them have good luck, and they won't encounter any difficult monsters!
Kane shook his head, shook off the messy thoughts in his head, and hissed and ordered: "Cloth magic trap, the idea is to use the snow on the mountain, we are ready to fight!"
The warriors responded, quickly dispersed and disappeared in the blink of an eye, Kane smiled with satisfaction, took out his pair of ring wands from his waist, and looked at the southern hillside, where the enemy was already visible. (To be continued......)