Skill extraction from Dragon Clan

Chapter 221 Bugs?

"It seems that the enemies here are not simple. At least this level of destruction is definitely not something that wild boars can do."

A familiar voice came from behind her. Atalanta looked back and found that the man named Zheng Shu had come behind her at some point.

"Why do you say that?" Atalanta calmed down before wondering why the other party arrived here so quickly, and asked a little strangely.

Although the wooden walls around the village are thick and heavy, they may not be able to stop the giant wild boar they hunted today. The only strange thing is that with the fighting power in the village, it is impossible for a mere wild boar to cause such a huge attack. Big damage is right.

However, if you are unlucky, it is not impossible to meet a group of wild boars.

"Can you find the debris of the broken wall around?" Zheng Shu squatted on the edge of the remaining wall, with a dignified look on his face.

"Hey?!" Atalanta was startled, and finally found out where she had been feeling disharmonious just now.

Not only the fragments of the fence, but also a large part of the beams of the building, and even all the corpses disappeared.

And logically speaking, in such a tragic situation, at least there should be wailing everywhere, but Atalanta has been here for so long, not only did she not hear any sound other than the flames burning, she didn't even see a single wounded person.

It should even be said that not even a living creature was seen, including those raised livestock.

Looking around, Atalanta's entire face immediately darkened, and she rushed towards the target she found.

After seeing her action, Zheng Shu also followed her. After arriving at the location, Zheng Shu realized that it was a fragment of clothes that had been crushed under the ruins.

On the edge of this piece of clothing is a piece of land that looks darker at night than the surrounding area. Only through the firelight from the nearby ruins can it be barely discovered that this is actually a piece of deep red, which means that the land here has been soaked in blood.

But the two of them found no trace of the corpse. Even though Atalanta lifted up the stones of the ruins and searched carefully, he still couldn't find the trace he wanted.

"..." Atalanta stood up, looked at the ruins of the surrounding villages and pursed her lips vigorously.

At this point, she basically didn't need to say anything to know what tragedy happened to the village—everything that could be eaten in the whole village was eaten.

"Is there any clue?" Zheng Shu continued to check a stone in the ruins with the help of the firelight, and his voice clearly reached Atalanta's ears.

"...I don't know, as far as I know, there can't be a group of beasts of this size nearby. And it's very likely that it wasn't done by wild beasts, because even a large group of beasts can't swallow it so Clean." Atalanta frowned.

As a top hunter who can be ranked even in the entire ancient Greek mythology, Atalanta's hunting range is far beyond most people's imagination. The concept of the range of "nearby" she mentioned, It can even exceed the distance some animals can migrate in their lifetime.

So in the case of Atalanta saying this, it means that at least within a reasonable distance, it is impossible for this type of creature to exist.

Zheng Shu suddenly walked to the edge of the broken wall, and stood on the stubble of the wall, constantly observing the situation on both sides by the light of the fire.

"What did you find?" Atalanta looked over.

Zheng Shu touched his chin, then looked up to the sky: "You are right, the attacker this time is not a wild beast."

He took Atalanta to the wall, pointed to the land on both sides of the town and asked: "With the wall as the dividing point, there are many messy traces inside, but most of the land outside except for a small part. There is no sign of large-scale movement of wild beasts, and the ground in the distance is not even broken... What did you think of?"

"The enemy can fly." Atalanta narrowed her eyes slightly.

As a hunter, her eyesight is naturally top-notch, and she can see clearly in the distance even in the dark. As Zheng Shu said, the woods around the village have not been trampled on.On the contrary, there are very obvious messy traces on the canopy of some trees in the distance.

"Although the wood in the village, including the walls, has disappeared, the surrounding trees have not suffered much damage. It is basically certain that this group of enemies should eat meat. As for the wood..." Zheng said here Shu was a little hesitant, he really didn't know why the enemy wanted to take away the processed wood.

"It's for building a nest!" Atalanta's voice came from the side, "I've heard that some flying dragons like to attack villages where humans gather to snatch their wood, because the wood treated by humans is relatively It is more durable than natural trees, and in some extreme cases, flying dragons will even snatch stones for housing."

"In addition, the enemy can indeed fly this time. Could it be that the flying dragon did these things?" Zheng Shu scratched his hair and felt that something was wrong. The traces he found on the stones of the ruins just now showed him the enemy The body of the dragon may not be very big, at least not the level of claws of the flying dragon.

"This... I don't know too well. It stands to reason that there is no flying dragon's lair nearby." Atalanta shook his head, "And if it is a flying dragon, it will appear in groups as a family at most, and it is impossible to appear." Such a large number of groups... At least after being attacked by the flying dragon, there should be many survivors in this village."

"No, it's not that there are no survivors at all." Zheng Shu suddenly interrupted Atalanta's words.

After all, his physical fitness is stronger than that of Atalanta, so he can see more information in the dark night.

Atalanta was taken aback for a moment, then immediately looked in the direction of Zheng Shu's line of sight, and then checked carefully after she had a specific position, and she finally found something a little different.

Under the ruins, heavy wooden barrels and furniture were piled together, making this ruin a little higher than other locations.

Atalanta moved to the side of the ruins. After removing a few stones, she finally found a basement door at the bottom of the ground. The wooden barrels and furniture firmly pressed the inconspicuous door and isolated it from the ruins. While losing the possibility of the door panel opening, it also protects the people inside.

"Let's rescue the people inside first. There are fires all around, and there is not much air inside." Zheng Shu's figure also appeared at the edge of the ruins, lifting a huge stone and throwing it to the side.

Since the surroundings are full of burning flames, the crackling sound of the burning flames covers the breathing sound of the survivors below. sound.

Both Zheng Shu's strength surpassed that of ordinary people. For them, they only needed to use their hands to move this kind of gravel that required large-scale machinery.

With a quick move, the covered door panel leaked out in less than a few minutes.

Atalanta couldn't wait to open the door, revealing the survivors underneath, two children who had fallen into a coma due to lack of oxygen.

There were still teardrops on the faces of the two children, and it seemed that they should have cried a while before they passed out, but even in the coma, they tried their best to cover their mouths with their hands, trying not to make any noise as much as possible. sound.

This is Zheng Shu's first experience of the cruelty of this world. Even in such a prosperous village, even children know how to increase their chances of survival.

Zheng Shu and Atalanta carried the comatose child on their shoulders one by one, searched the ruins carefully again, and left quickly after confirming that there were no other survivors.

"What should we do next?" Zheng Shu and Atalanta stood together in an open space outside the village, watching the flames burn smaller and smaller.

"Let's go find the 'Hunter'." Atalanta had already calmed down her mood. "His strength is good, and he should not lose his life in this disaster. The house he lives in is closer to the village. I saw what the hell was attacking."

Zheng Shu knew that Atalanta was referring to the hunter adoptive father who raised her. When he came to the village before, he had seen the hunter's hut where the other party lived. Although it was on a hillside far away from the village, but for For people of their level, such a distance is no different from living nearby.

but……

"That means the hunter was also attacked. Although I didn't see traces of blood, how can we find him?" Zheng Shu's eyes lit up with a faint golden light, and the pupils in his eyes turned into vertical pupils similar to lizards. This change allowed him to look farther away regardless of the interference of the night.

Turning his head to look at the hunter's hut on the hillside in the distance, the dilapidated hut has completely collapsed at this time. Judging from the traces left on it, the other party should have been attacked by the enemy, but Zheng Shu did not find any blood, indicating that A hunter must have escaped before being attacked.

"No problem, I have control over the positions of all the hunter's huts in the nearby forest. There are three hunter's huts near here. With the foot strength of a 'hunter', we should not be caught up in the forest. We just need to check one by one. Just one more time." Atalanta turned and left after speaking.

Zheng Shu also had no good solution, he could only change the child he was carrying into a more comfortable position, and then followed Atalanta's footsteps.

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"It's a bug."

The person who spoke was an old hunter who looked quite old, with messy hair and beard, and wearing what looked like a thick beast fur.He was sitting in the dilapidated hunter's hut, with some hideous scratches on his face and hands, and a relatively intact hand was flicking the fire in front of him.

"A group of huge bugs attacked the village. The exact number is uncertain. Each of them is extremely huge, and the shells on their bodies can even withstand my bow and arrow."

Zheng Shu and Atalanta looked at each other in blank dismay. They were lucky and probably found the hunter's trace in the second hunter's hut.

What's even more surprising is that there are two sleeping children behind the other party. These two children were rescued by the hunter after the village was attacked. scars.

And according to Zheng Shu's observation, the bow and arrow carried by the hunter probably broke during that battle.

The hunter glanced back at the four sleeping children, turned his head and continued to fiddle with the flames in front of him, the hideous wounds on his body seemed harmless to him, Zheng Shu has not seen it on this tough guy's face so far. Any look of pain.

"Huge bug? How big is it?" Atalanta frowned.

Of course she knew the strength of her adoptive father. Although he was not very strong, as a hunter, the lethality of using a bow and arrow must not be underestimated, and the arrows shot were enough to penetrate the steel-like fur of a wild boar.

But that group of bugs can resist such an attack. Doesn't that mean that the carapace of those bugs is harder than steel?
The hunter didn't answer directly, but turned his head and glanced at the hunter's hut behind him.

Zheng Shu and Atalanta followed his line of sight. The hunter's hut seemed to be quite old. It looked like it was just a temporary shelter built randomly with some wood. The overall size might even be as big as a van.

Zheng Shu was still a little confused about why the hunter looked at the hut, but suddenly his eyes widened, and there was an expression of disbelief in his eyes: "No way!? Such a big bug?!"

Atalanta also quickly understood what the hunter meant, stretched out her hand and gestured for the size of the hunter's hut, a little in disbelief: "Are you sure what you saw was a bug, could it be that it was too dark and misunderstood the flying dragon?"

"Although I'm old but I'm not yet at the stage of being stupid, I can naturally tell the difference between flying dragons and bugs." The hunter replied angrily, "It would be easier if it was really flying dragons that attacked the village this time. After all, except for those very old flying dragons, I can fight well, but those bugs..."

The hunter fell silent at last, just shook his head bitterly.

Atalanta was silent for a while, but still asked firmly: "Then do you know which direction the group of bugs left?"

"Are you sure you want to find those bugs?" The hunter looked at Atalanta with a serious face, "Although you are stronger than me, you can only beat one or two at most. But what I saw There are already dozens of them. Enemies of this level are no longer something you can handle. I think you should go to the city and post a reward message, so that those stronger 'heroes' can deal with these things more easily. good."

Atalanta didn't speak, but shook her head firmly.

Looking at the eyes of his adopted daughter, the hunter was silent for a moment, and finally sighed: "Okay... I understand, but you have to promise me, you must not act rashly, the number of such levels is beyond your ability to handle."

The hunter pointed a direction to Atalanta and finally reminded: "Remember not to act rashly! I will go to the village after dawn to search for some property, and then I can use these things to hire stronger heroes in the city. Before the new hero arrives, you must not be discovered by those bugs and protect yourself."

"Don't worry." Atalanta carefully arranged the equipment on her body, "I'm not such a rash person."

"If you can really do what you said, I won't be so worried." The hunter watched Atalanta's leaving back and sighed helplessly. He also wanted to follow up to help his adopted daughter, but unfortunately The serious injury has already pushed his body to its limit.

"Don't worry, I will help her." Zheng Shu picked up his mace and waved towards the hunter.

"Actually, I already wanted to ask." The hunter looked curiously at Zheng Shu's attire, "Who are you?"

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