Ryan pulled Seres in a circle with the Hydra in the cursed swamp. Thanks to Seres, a guide who was familiar with the cursed swamp, Ryan and the others easily avoided those dangerous places and repeatedly escaped from several places. Walking through the cracks in the territory of a powerful monster, the hydra ran into the territory of other monsters without any scruples, and then easily tore those monsters that tried to challenge it into pieces.
After Ryan and Seres went around in circles for the fourth time, they suddenly discovered that as long as they stayed away from the lake in the center of the cursed swamp, Hydra would slow down its pursuit of them. This made Ryan feel relieved, because Adela and the others The camp was to the north of the cursed swamp, so Ryan pulled Seres and headed south to exit the swamp. The hydra gave up pursuit after about a few kilometers away from the cursed lake, and returned to the bottom of the lake to lurk.
Finally getting rid of Hydra's pursuit, Ryan stood down and wiped his sweat with relief. This was the first time in his life that he was chased by a monster in such a panic, but the opponent was a level 9 ancient monster after all, so there was nothing embarrassing about it. , on the contrary, many people can escape from the claws of such monsters, and will enjoy showing off for the rest of their lives.
"This guy didn't leave his lair." Ryan sat on the ground and drank water and said to Seres: "Fortunately, you still kept your sense and didn't let me lure the guy away and dive to fish for something by yourself, otherwise you would be absolutely dead now. Will run headlong into it.”
"Do you think I am a fool?" Seres said: "I can only feel the general direction, but I have to find the specific location slowly. I am not familiar with water properties, so I went down rashly..."
"Okay, let's not talk about it anymore." Ryan picked up his water bag and signaled to Seres. Seres shook his head, took out a small water bag and took a sip. Ryan put away the water bag and said, Serres said: "Let's take a rest and then rush back. Don't let them worry."
"Okay." Seres naturally obeyed Ryan's orders.
"Although we are in a panic this time, it doesn't mean that we can't do anything with it." Ryan thought while trying to adjust his breath: "It is huge, but moves slowly. We can consider bombarding it with a lot of magic. It, or with a ballista..."
"That's unrealistic, Fabia." Seres said: "There are not many magicians in the first place, and Hydra's own recovery ability is too strong."
"That's not necessarily the case." Ryan smiled confidently, and he still had a comprehensive plan in his mind: "My plan is this. I can summon tens of thousands of troops and make a large number of crossbows, while other warriors We are all shooters, we will not engage in close combat with it, the magician is responsible for blessing the warriors with auxiliary magic, the priest is responsible for rescuing the wounded, and I will lead a few stronger people to compete with the Hydra head-on."
"Ah..." Seres was frightened by Ryan's plan. He didn't expect that Ryan would put up such a big fight in order to help him kill the Hydra.
"Ten soldiers are enough to take charge of a ballista, and 5,000 soldiers means 500 vehicles. Hey, this must be a good feeling, not to mention thousands of shooters." Ryan told Seres about his plan: "I will Lead a few strong enough companions to hold down Hydra and make it unable to do anything. In the face of such powerful firepower, I don't believe that Hydra's recovery ability is as fast as our destruction speed."
"But as soon as Hydra rushes up, our ballistae will be destroyed. Those bulky guys can't be dragged away quickly." Seres imitated Ryan's common hand-spreading posture and said: "Unless we can Destroy Hydra within the first few waves of attacks, otherwise..."
"Who said it should be so harsh?" Ryan smiled mysteriously. He randomly picked up a dry branch and drew it on the soil: "This is the lake. The activity range of Hydra is about 4 to 5 kilometers in radius. , and we have arranged an ambush position nearby in advance and made a large spike trap. This three-meter-long thing covered with barbs is very simple to make. Okay, now we need to lure it over, and before it After being surrounded, we can use earth magic to soften the soil under its feet. Its huge body will inevitably be very passive, and we have enough time to hit a living target."
"Of course this is just the smoothest scenario for the entire plan. Maybe Hydra will soon get rid of our shackles, so we have to have magicians take turns to bomb it with magic... We still need to slowly improve the specific details. After all, we It’s about killing an ancient monster, not a velvet rabbit, isn’t it?”
"What you said sounds like... good." Seres said, "When will we do it."
"Well, it depends on whether our previous preparations went smoothly." Ryan pointed his finger and said: "5000 shooters, we need to cultivate this slowly."
"I can do this." Seres rushed to say,
"That's good." Seeing that Seres had taken the bait, Ryan continued: "There are also ballistas. The production costs will take time to raise, and the training of soldiers will require a lot of energy."
Seres nodded with embarrassment,
"There are also the magicians, priests, and several of my friends I mentioned. It is impossible to find all of these in a few days." Ryan said: "So, the top priority now is to go to the Imperial Capital first."
"Imperial Capital, why."
"Of course I have to complete my plan first. As long as my plan is completed, I can even directly invite the Royal Knights to help. I think you must have heard of the Royal Knights."
"Of course." Seres said: "The powerful knights who fought alongside Lord Moon Shadow 200 years ago."
"Well, you may not know my identity, but as long as my plan can be completed, I can get the support of the entire imperial capital. What I just said can be achieved in a very short time. If not, we We have to slowly accumulate strength in a small place like Cassano, which will take a long time."
Seres tilted his head and thought for a long time, then suddenly said: "Why does it sound like I have been deceived by you?"
"Oh, no." Ryan shook his head and said: "I help you, you help me, isn't this unfair? If my strength can easily kill a Hydra, I will never be stingy with my mana. Obviously, I can't do it, so I have to rely on the strength of other people. In the same way, if I help him and he helps me, I must give something first... "
"Stop, stop." Seres waved his hand and said: "I don't want to hear this. I just want you to do one thing now, and that is to help me kill this Hydra and get the Soul Song back. As for what you want? Whatever you do, just ask and I will do it.”
"Okay." Ryan stood up, stretched out his hand and said to Seres, who was also sitting on the ground: "Now we implement the first step of the entire snake-slaying plan."
"Ah, what is that."
"Go home." Ryan said with a smile: "When we come back, we will have reached the most exciting final step of the entire plan."