my age of magic

Chapter 461 258. Hunting

The depth of this valley is only more than 30 kilometers, the widest part is two kilometers, and the narrow part is less than [-] meters.

The valley is full of branches and leaves, and the bushes are overgrown. I don’t know how many years have passed. The fallen leaves in the valley have accumulated layer by layer. The valley is full of miasma in this midsummer season. There is a small stream hidden in the valley covered by the bush , it sometimes appears in people's field of vision, sometimes it hides in the swamps of dead branches and rotten leaves, disappears on the ground for a while, penetrates into the ground like a dark river, and gurgles in low-lying places like a spring. Goo' popping out.

On both sides of the valley are faults in the rock walls. When you approach those rock walls, you can clearly see a large amount of gravel mixed in the rock formations.

"The humidity here is so heavy. The two-headed flaming snake belongs to the second-level fire attribute monster. How could it choose to build a nest here?" Andy followed behind the hunter guide, his boots stepped on the dry water full of water. Among the dead leaves, those rotten leaves stuck to his boots. He pulled his feet out with difficulty, complaining whether the Thieves Guild who sold it to Senior Benjamin had made a mistake in the information.

It would be more credible to say that there is a poisonous lizard hidden in this valley.

No hunter is willing to drill into such a valley. The conditions here are extremely harsh. If one is not careful, he will fall into this muddy swamp, and he may even be taken into the dark river lurking underground before he can even call for help.

When we got here, even the experienced hunter guide was no longer in the mood to tell us the classic story of hunting monsters.Most of the time, he was holding the long wooden pole, trying to test the path he could walk on.

Senior Benjamin's face also became a little ugly. Did the grandsons of the Thieves Guild conclude that the team members could not enter the depths of this valley, so they wove such a perfect lie.

The morale of the team began to drop. No one expected that the environment here would be so difficult. Every step forward required great courage. Weeds and bushes were overgrown here, and there was no way to go. The sharp and poisonous thorns and vines are entangled in it, and the sharp spikes only slightly scrape on the clothes, and they will tear a hole. When walking in such wild grass and bushes as tall as a person, it is often difficult to distinguish the direction. Fortunately, You can also see the broken walls on both sides of the valley, and the hunter guide can lead us forward a little bit.

Entering the dense forest, the road becomes much easier to walk.

I reached out and grabbed a branch of a big tree, jumped onto the trunk deftly, climbed to the crown of the tree like an agile monkey, and scared away a group of budgerigars.I stood on the canopy and looked at the whole valley like a green scarf. Aren’t the closely connected canopies just the print on the scarf?

Feeling the wind flowing in the valley carefully, there is a faint smell of sulfur in the air, and there is geothermal lava in front. I conclude that this smell is the sulfur smell from the exit of geothermal lava, which is a little pungent.

The dense forest in the valley only has the smell of heat and humidity and the decay of plants. The weak wind can't penetrate into this dense jungle. If I hadn't climbed to the top of the treetops, it would be impossible to smell the smell of sulfur.

I jumped directly from the canopy of more than 30 meters high, and I was so scared that Senior Mia tightly covered her eyes.

Jumping down from this height is as simple as eating for me. When we were in the caravan, the Thunder Rhino we rode was several meters higher than the canopy here. Every day we have to ride on the Thunder Rhino like monkeys Jumping up and down in the same way, I didn't think how dangerous it was.

The life of the imperial people is indeed too comfortable.

When Senior Mia opened her eyes again, I was panting slightly and standing beside Senior Benjamin.

Andy was very envious of my tree-climbing skills. As a ranger, he should learn this, but it seems that he didn't learn how to climb trees. This skill is not a test subject in the academy.

"It really scared me, I thought you fell from above!" Senior Mia said to me, patting her bulging chest.

Andy was a little impressed by me, he looked at me again and said, "Jijia, you are really good at it!"

Senior Benjamin asked me curiously: "What did you find out that you can't wait to jump down after such a short time?"

He really has the aura of a leader, he can analyze everything accurately, at least he can detect some small details.

I pointed to the denser jungle belt in the front left and said to everyone: "There is a smell of sulfur over there, and I suspect that there may be geothermal lava over there!"

"You mean that the two-headed flaming snake is hidden in the geothermal lava?" Senior Benjamin looked at the dense forest in front of him, wishing he could open a portal and pass through.He turned his head and said to the hunter guide who was resting beside him, "Let's go over there!"

...beautiful dividing line...

We groped forward along the creek out of the ground in the predetermined direction, and accidentally stepped into the stream. The stream here is warm, and the closer to the rocky fault over there, the stronger the smell of sulfur.

Where there are streams, at least it can prove that there is still a layer of soil.Holding hatchets in their hands, Dick and Trenshu opened up a narrow passage in the dense bushes. When they hunted the two-headed snake lizard, they would serve as reserve members and not directly participate in the battle. Because they have not been successfully promoted to official fighters.

Passing through this section of dense bushes, the hunter guide suddenly stopped in front and called Dick and Tren Shu to stop.

We hurried up, and through the thin layer of bushes here, we found a cave on the rock wall of the valley that was emitting steam and smoke, and the pungent sulfur smell came from there.

A huge khaki-colored lizard tail with red dark stripes appeared in our field of vision, and it slept at the entrance of the cave. Its head and body were hidden in the cave, leaving only a short and thick bucket-like The tail is exposed, the Flame Snake Lizard's tail has two rows of sharp bony spurs, and the tail is covered with egg-sized scales.

"It's probably asleep." The hunter guide hiding in the bushes said in a hoarse voice. He didn't sleep very well yesterday because he was catching grouse in the valley. When he woke up in the morning, his voice became hoarse. up.

There was a sound like drumming in the cave, and the sound of 'rumbling' had a strong sense of tremor.

This is an adult two-headed salamander, but it is much bigger than we expected at the beginning. We can clearly see its huge short tail as thick as a bucket. The huge buttocks in the dark cave look fat like a giant elephant. The team Veblen, the archer who has been silent and unwilling to speak, came to senior Benjamin, and he whispered a few words in Benjamin's ear. My hearing is much sharper than ordinary people, and I can vaguely hear Veblen saying : "Boss, this big guy looks much bigger than the information!"

According to the information I found in the library, an adult Pyrolizard weighs less than one ton, which means that the Pyrolizard will not be much larger than the one-horned bison, but the one in front of it The two-headed flaming snake lizard, just looking at its short tail and fat buttocks, it is impossible to know that its size is too small.

"Retreat first!" Senior Benjamin didn't delay too much in the bushes outside the entrance of the cave. Seeing that something was wrong, he immediately led the team back along the opened path.

Although we were well prepared this time, we never thought that the two-headed flaming snake would be much bigger than expected. In this case, the power of the flaming snake would also increase proportionally. For the warrior Will , there is a great risk.

Will looks very tall, his dark skin has a chocolate-like luster, and his whole body is covered with bulging muscles. He is carrying a tower shield like a door panel on his back and a saber hanging on his belt. He is one of the members of the team. The strongest person, but facing the two-headed Pyrolizard like Roshan, we still worry that this graduate who has just been promoted to become a shield fighter will not be able to withstand the pressure brought by the two-headed Pyrolizard from the front .

"Boss, let's try it according to the established plan!" Will said after pondering for a while.

As a shield fighter, he can't tolerate running away without fighting. This kind of frustration will become his inner demon on the road to growth in the future. A fighter must have courage and fighting will in his heart. I am in his words at this time , Already feeling high morale.

Benjamin thought for a while, then turned his head and glanced at Mia, the apprentice priest sitting next to him. Maybe it was Mia who gave him some confidence in victory. He hesitated for a moment before finally making a decision, and said to Andy beside him, "Get ready!" Find an open field as a battlefield..."

He glanced at me before saying, "It's better to be by the stream."

"Got it, boss!" Andy said seriously.

So the team members of senior Benjamin began to get busy with their duties.

The soldier Will sat under the tree and took out a whetstone to sharpen his sharp saber. He wanted to calm down and think about the details of the battle. Senior Benjamin gave Will two bottles of stamina potions and five bottles of healing potions, and He patted him on the shoulder and said, "You don't have to hold on, if you find something is wrong, just take it off."

Will nodded.

Veblen began to choose the footholds on the big trees, and then with the help of Andy, he tied a simple rope ladder under the branches of some big trees suitable for archery. The bow suppresses the two-headed flame snake lizard, but climbing trees seems to be a troublesome thing for this archer, so he will tie a bow to every big tree that may be climbed. Knotted hemp rope, I looked at Veblen in admiration, thinking that an old saying is true: a living person cannot be suffocated to death by urine.

For a long time, Assassin Ram was like an invisible man in the team. He always sat in an inconspicuous corner, and it was easy for everyone to ignore his existence. At this time, he also began to follow Andy to get familiar with the surrounding environment. When fighting, if you accidentally fall into the mud pit hidden under the dead branches and rotten leaves, it will be a lot of fun.

Mia-senpai seemed a little nervous, but her squire, the female swordsman, was always by her side to comfort her.

And Senior Randolph and I stood together. His subordinate was a shield warrior standing behind him like a shadow. Randolph had been discussing with the shield warrior: "Mr. O'Connor, if you send me to Go to the top of the tree, I don't think you need to protect me, after all, my fireball range is far enough, you go and help Will!"

"Forgive me, Lord Randolph, although I am your servant, my duty is to protect your safety. When you are in danger, my shield must be able to appear in front of you as soon as possible. This is a contract We must abide by our contract." The shield warrior said stiffly, but seeing that he didn't look relaxed, he probably wasn't very optimistic about the hunt.

Randolph didn't argue too much in this regard, he just sighed and said, "Okay then!"

……

"Jijia, let me rush up too!" the tauren Luka said to me excitedly. He is usually a mild-mannered bull, but once he has the will to fight in his heart, he will become crazy. I looked at him a little worried.

The Tauren Luka looked at me with pleading eyes, he took off the big gavel on his back, and said to me impatiently: "I want to practice the fighting skills I learned in the Warrior Academy a few days ago!"

Luka's eyes eager to fight are extremely hot. For the tauren who came out of the underground black boxing arena, he has rich combat experience and has also experienced the test of life and death. He has enough courage in the face of danger. I There's really no reason to refuse, but he doesn't seem to be worried about my safety at all, which makes me somewhat uncomfortable. I really want to say: Hey, do you still want to be my follower? Didn't you agree to protect me? Is it mine?

"Jia, protect yourself, it's best to keep that big guy by your side..." Senior Benjamin came over and said to me.

"Uh, senior, Luka said he would go up to help, and I agreed!" After I finished speaking, I quickly added: "I will take care of myself!"

Luka stood aside excitedly waving the big gavel in his hand.

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With the help of the hunter guide, Andy and Ram have already delineated the fighting area, and it is indeed in a forest by a stream. There are no weeds, bushes, and muddy swamps in this forest, which is considered good. place of battle.

Andy is responsible for leading the two-headed snake lizard out of the cave. He needs to choose the best retreat route, because he is the only ranger in the team. The bottom came out and began to study the details with Andy. He had to choose the best place to meet Andy. He was the main force to fight against the two-headed snake lizard head-on.

At this time, Senior Benjamin, who assigned the task, was idle. He held an exquisite Roman sword in one hand and a light knight shield in the other. During the battle, when Will made a mistake, or When his life was threatened, he would immediately take Will's place and confront the two-headed Pyrolizard head-on.

To be on the safe side, I started to set up some enhanced frost scroll small traps around the battlefield. A few days ago, a group of adventurers returned from the ice and snow tundra, and they brought back a large number of ice grass. Ma Wen from my hometown arrived first and bought a few plants ahead of those big herb dealers, which gave me the opportunity to draw an enhanced version of the 'Frost Scroll'.

Seeing me laying small bird traps around the battle area, Randolph came over curiously and asked, "What attributes are these magic scrolls? Scrolls of water gathering?"

The Two-headed Pyrolizard is a monster with fire attributes. Senior Benjamin invited me to give me the 'Ice Shield Technique' for all combatants. I won't be afraid of the scorching flames on it. In addition, I can also set up several ice walls to block the two-headed snake lizard's attack route when necessary.

(End of this chapter)