Is this coming to life
Is it a coincidence that I came here, or is life in Baiyuan City so exciting
Zhou Jing was secretly shocked.
Balon's face tightened, he put down the glass, and quickly explained.
Although the Terra Empire was founded forty years ago, the alien beasts in the human habitation area were expelled and partially cleaned up, but alien beasts still break in from time to time.
Unexpected events like this happen occasionally, and the range of activities of many alien beasts is not fixed. Occasionally, alien beasts run into the area where humans live, either for food or by mistake. The fortifications of towns exist to a large extent to deal with alien beasts.
The sentries set up around the town are responsible for detecting this situation.
Once traces of alien beasts are found, an early warning will be issued, and bounties and intelligence will be issued to the tavern for hunters to choose.
If the alien beast poses a direct threat to the town, such as approaching the town, the lord will immediately recruit hunters in the city to fight together and stifle the threat.
Several people did not care to continue chatting, and surrounded the guards with the hunters in the tavern to ask about the situation.
"What kind of beast?"
"Where are they? How long?"
When Zhou Jing first arrived, he didn't speak. When the other hunters asked again, he also learned the specific situation from the flustered guards.
Not long ago, the sentry sent an emergency report saying that two high-risk alien beasts had appeared around the town. They had attacked and killed a caravan and were heading towards Baiyuan City. Pedestrians on the road were in danger and became a huge threat.
And these two high-risk alien beasts are bear species with outstanding strength and defense, called split-claw bears.
There are many kinds of high-risk alien beasts. It is recognized that the three types of creatures are the most troublesome. One is extremely fast, the second one is able to control certain elements, breathe fire and spit ice, and the last one is extremely rough skin and thick meat, with cracked claws. Bears are the third category.
"Both are split-claw bears, I'm afraid it won't be easy to deal with this time... How many of us can use them?"
Weiss didn't smile anymore, and looked serious.
A hunter said, "There are only seven of us here, there should be a few hunters in the city, and I saw Webber the other day."
"Webber is there too? That's great." Weiss exhaled quickly.
Zhou Jing's heart moved.
When he was looking at the roster just now, he deliberately remembered the names of three secondary enhancement hunters, and this "Weber" was one of them.
At this time, the guard hurriedly urged:
"The lord is gathering troops at the gate of the city. Hunters, please hurry up and meet up. Other hunters in the city have also been notified."
"Okay, then let's go first."
Many hunters have no objection, pouring out of the tavern and heading towards the city gate.
Zhou Jing also followed in the team, poked the serious-looking Balon, and asked in a low voice:
"Is the lord's call to hunters mandatory?"
"Of course not..." Baron shook his head with a solemn tone: "But in the face of the threat of alien beasts, we have never backed down. This is our duty. If we don't even fight, who else can fight against alien beasts?"
"Understood."
Zhou Jing nodded lightly, gaining a better understanding of the hunter's concept.
Alien hunter, this profession is ancient and glorious, pays attention to dedication, risking his life to gain strength, and risking his life to hunt, all to protect the peaceful life of more people.
Still quite reliable.
At this time, Baron sighed and instructed: "I didn't expect such an emergency. I originally thought that when you get used to the strengthened body, I would find a low-risk exotic beast to practice, but now I see it. no time to come...
Although the result of your strengthening should be good, but you haven't practiced body control, it is enough to follow our pace when hunting, don't mess around, with the destructive power of the split claw bear, if you hit it right, two or three strokes are enough Hit the hunter. "
In his opinion, even if Zhou Jing was talented and strengthened with different blood to gain more power, it still needed a process of adaptation.
Baron was not afraid that Zhou Jing would not be able to perform, but worried that he was bewildered by the sudden surge of power and miscalculated the strength gap between himself and the alien beast, which often happened to novice hunters.
And these veterans know very well how capable they are, know the strength of various beasts' attacks, and know how many times they can withstand it.
However, although Baron felt that Zhou Jing was not ready, he would not advise him not to participate in this hunt just because he took care of Zhou Jing.
In his opinion, no matter whether it is a novice or a veteran, as long as it is an alien hunter, unless it really loses its combat effectiveness, it does not have the privilege of not participating in the battle.
"I will see the situation." Zhou Jing nodded.
Although I just got extraordinary power, I feel very fresh, but I also know that the strength of this power is limited, so I adjusted my mentality last night.
However, hunting down high-risk alien beasts was one of the goals of the Astral Apostle, and he did not refuse this crusade.
Moreover, Zhou Jing felt that this was a good opportunity. It was better to go hunting with a group of people than to go hunting alone.
Although he has no hunting experience, he can also draw a simple truth based on his past experience of playing games.
- Fighting monsters is definitely better than stealing people's heads!
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Everyone hurried all the way to the city gate, and it was already quite lively here.
A large group of soldiers gathered here, and at a cursory glance, there were already more than fifty people, carrying various traps and tools, and they were very busy.
A middle-aged man in luxurious clothes was surrounded by several guards, anxiously patrolling the troops.
Seeing the arrival of the hunters, the middle-aged man suddenly had a happy expression, and immediately turned his head to greet the hunters, and said loudly:
"Hunters, you are finally here! Baiyuan City needs your help!"
"Lord Lord, this is our responsibility."
All the hunters nodded in greeting, neither humble nor arrogant.
This person is the lord of White Plains City that Balon said, Root Claw
Zhou Jing's heart moved, and he quietly looked at the lord in the crowd.
Tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and well-defined features... He looks quite decent, and he seems more like a warrior than a lord.
Both parties knew each other's responsibilities, and Lord Root said directly without saying anything.
"It's still the same this time. You are responsible for blocking the two alien beasts in the middle. Even if you can't kill them, try your best to injure them. My troops will use the fortifications of the post to set up some traps and ambush. You need to delay enough time. , don't let them approach Baiyuan City so quickly. If possible, when we have set up the trap, you drive them to the location of the trap."
Root quickly explained the tactics.
To fight alien beasts head-on, you still have to rely on hunters, and ordinary soldiers generally do not enter the battlefield directly, but only do some fortifications or assistance.
Because ordinary people basically give nothing in front of high-risk alien beasts, maybe they will be a disservice.
And on the battlefield, once the hunters did not contain the alien beasts and were rushed into the crowd by them, it would be a massacre, which could cause tragic casualties to the army.
It is very expensive to train a well-trained and equipped soldier. If you are not desperate, you will rarely use unnecessary casualties in exchange for victory. It is still very delicious to rely on hunters.
This is especially the case with the split-claw bear. It has rough skin and thick flesh, and it is difficult for ordinary soldiers to break through defenses, and it has no meaning to participate in the frontal battlefield.
Many hunters are used to this situation and have no objection.
"When the threat is resolved this time, as always, there will be no shortage of your rewards."
Root promised the reward without further talking, and then hurriedly turned back and continued to gather his army.
He is only talking about a general strategy, and hunting tactics are specifically formulated by the hunter, and he will not point fingers.
Zhou Jing didn't talk to him, he just observed silently.
The alien hunters present were not very respectful towards the lord, but they were also polite.
However, many hunters were cold-browsed towards the taciturn guards beside the lord, and they made no secret of their contempt.
Zhou Jing's heart moved, thinking of what Baron said when he entered the city, and immediately poked Baron beside him.
"The people around the lord are the alien blood warriors who were drawn over?"
"Yes, it's these bastards and cowards. See, they are with the lord, so they don't have to fight the Crackpaw Bear as hard as we did." Balon spat on the ground.
Hearing this, Zhou Jing re-evaluated the guards of the alien blood warriors.
They are preparing to fight here, and the guards are following the lord step by step. They don't have to work hard, they can stay behind and wait for them to solve the crisis...
Thinking about it like this, it really makes people annoyed... Zhou Jing understands the unhappiness of this group of hunters even more.
Suddenly, he sensed a movement, vaguely aware of the gaze of others.
Zhou Jing turned his head to look around, and finally found a figure in the wall of the city wall, which seemed to be looking down.
He looked up and found an expressionless man standing on the city wall, with a rigid appearance, an indifferent face, a short head, and an inexplicable military temperament.
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This one-inch-headed man had his hands behind his back, and he had a feeling of being in a deep state. He looked down at the gate of the city where he was busy assembling and fighting against alien beasts, but he seemed to be out of the way.
At this time, the inch-headed man also noticed Zhou Jing's gaze, glanced at Zhou Jing with cold eyes, then turned his head and left, disappearing into the city wall.
"This man..."
Zhou Jing blinked, a strange feeling arose in his heart.
For some reason, he always felt that the style of this inch-headed man was a little different, as if he was out of tune with other characters.
Moreover, this person does not participate in the assembly of the army, and he can overlook the city wall. He probably has a certain status in the town... I don't know who he is.
Although Zhou Jing felt strange, he didn't have time to ask more. Everyone had already started to discuss tactics, and other hunters in the city were coming one after another.
Soon, the number of alien beast hunters present reached twelve, which is all the people participating in this crusade.
Among them, there is only one senior hunter who has been strengthened twice, and that is Weber.
As soon as he arrived, the other hunters handed over command to him to determine tactics.
Webber is a tall and strong man with the highest altitude in the field. At first glance, he is at least two meters high. His muscles can't wait to grow up to his cheeks, and the whole person seems to be a muscle.
He was wearing a set of gray-black animal bone armor, carrying a huge door-like blade on his back, the texture was like some kind of animal bone mixed with steel.
"The two split-claw bears broke through the several traps set up by the sentry without leaving any injuries. They are very fast. When we arrive, they are not far from Baiyuan City. They probably don't have time to set up ambush traps. They can only Fight a head-to-head encounter."
Weber took out his dagger, drew a pattern on the ground, used it as a simple sand table, and said solemnly:
"The Crack Claw Bear has a long stamina and amazing strength. Its fur is extremely tough and extremely difficult to deal with. A pair of sharp claws can easily tear through steel armor, and if one is not careful, it will be severely injured. I once killed one with six other hunters, and we sacrificed It took two people to kill it.
And this time the two clawed bears come together, it is very dangerous, it is best to separate them, contain one of them, and then attack the other, kill one first, otherwise we can't stop it. "
Many hunters nodded.
Although the lord said to delay as much as possible, the most ideal result is to kill the alien beast and remove the threat. They will only withdraw when they cannot do anything.
Weber put the dagger back into the sheath, looked around at everyone, and said calmly:
"So we have to divide into two teams, one with more people and one with less people, one is responsible for containment, and the other is responsible for the main attack. The pressure on the team to contain will be very high, and they must try their best to ensure that the cracked claw bear they contain will not It will affect the battlefield of the main attack team... So I have to know the direction of your respective reinforcements before you can equip the team."
The hunters present basically knew each other and knew each other well, but they said it again.
Soon it was the new face of Zhou Jing, and everyone looked at him.
Some hunters who were not in the tavern saw Zhou Jing for the first time and were curious from the beginning.
Baron introduced directly from the side: "His name is Jason Wood. The person I discovered was only strengthened yesterday, and the medicine he took was Thunder Leopard."
"The newcomer who just strengthened yesterday?"
Webber frowned, then let go, and said to Zhou Jing in a deep voice: "Then you join the main attack team, and pay attention to observe after the fight. You don't need to worry about other things, you just need to walk alone and don't affect other hunters. It is enough to find an opportunity to cause damage.”
After speaking, he ignored Zhou Jing and continued to talk about tactics with everyone.
Because Zhou Jing is a newly strengthened rookie, Weber is worried about his instability, so he does not dare to give too many responsibilities and tasks to marginalize his position and prevent mistakes from affecting more people.
This is human nature, and Zhou Jing has no objection to it. He himself intends to follow the arrangement and participate in serious hunting.
In addition, Ross also strengthens the success, he has not told others, and he did not let Ross participate at this time.
Although this follower has certain attributes, the combat skills are a blank slate, and now participating in the eighth achievement of hunting is to be a snack for alien beasts.
He'd rather keep Ross near the battlefield, waiting for an opportunity.
'Speaking of which, the level of secondary reinforcement is just right to take a look...'
Zhou Jing's eyes moved, because he had a conversation with Weber just now, and he could spend 10 Astral Points to check the other party's attributes.
He manipulated it, and Weber's attributes popped up on the panel.
[Attributes: Physical 32, Resistance 29, Perception 15, Spirit 7, Energy 0]
"The attributes of secondary reinforcement are still higher..."
Zhou Jing nodded secretly, and had a position on his own level.
His current attributes are just stuck between the first enhancement and the second enhancement, surpassing the former, but not yet reaching the latter, but the gap is not very large.
In the actual fight, the attributes should not be crushed, it mainly depends on the operation.
Soon, the hunters were divided into teams, with eight people in the main attack team and four people in the containment team. Webber took over the most stressful containment task, while Zhou Jing, Balong, and Wes were all in the main attack team.
On the other side, Lord Root also assembled his army, bowed his head towards everyone, and said solemnly:
"Baiyuan City is all up to you!"
Webber nodded, beckoned to the hunters, and shouted in a deep voice:
"Set off!"
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Before long, the twelve hunters left, and the town's army was dispatched under the leadership of officers.
At the gate of the city at this time, only Lord Root and some of the guards around him were left, and they did not go to the battlefield.
Root watched the two troops go away, and then walked back to the town.
When passing through the city gate, a figure walked down the stairs of the city wall next to it, and it was the man with a short head who was watching on the city wall before.
Seeing this, Root waved his hand and told the guards of the alien blood warriors to walk away, so as not to eavesdrop on the conversation between the two.
The inch-headed man greeted him, speaking in a stiff and weird northern dialect, and said lightly: "You are really unlucky, two clawed bears, it is estimated that half of the hunters will be damaged."
Root looked around and saw that the guards were far away, so he frowned and said:
"The hunter may not be able to solve it this time, you need to do it."
The inch-headed man shook his head with an indifferent expression: "This is not within my responsibilities."
Lord Root rolled his eyes and said solemnly, "But if the town's protective power suffers a huge loss, it's not in your interests, right?"
"That has nothing to do with me, I only listen to the orders of my superiors. My task is to be responsible for handing over to you and protecting your safety. Besides, as long as your town is not really attacked, everything else is up to me. It doesn't matter."
The inch-headed man was expressionless.
"How much do you take away from me every year? Now I'm in trouble, but I don't want to help? With your skills, it's easy to solve the two split-claw bears?!" Lord Root was dissatisfied.
The inch-headed man's tone was calm, and he said slowly:
"Don't take an inch, let's wait until your town is really attacked. The terms of cooperation we agreed with the person you are loyal to do not include solving such small troubles... I said, I only follow orders."
After he finished speaking, the inch-headed man turned and left decisively.
Root looked at the back of his departure with a gloomy expression on his face.