In the past three months of'once', adventurers who set off from Harmony Village took the crude map given by Zhou Qingfeng and began to explore the elf ruins. The first place identified during the exploration is a jackal's lair, which is particularly suitable as a replenishment station.
This is a nest of seven or eight male jackals and two or three times female jackals and cubs. It is only about ten kilometers away from Harmony Village. It is built on a hill with water source, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and can be used as a good rest area.
Death always tightened Zhou Qingfeng's nerves. He decided to figure out what triggered the monster wave in the Black Forest, and immediately formed a temporary expedition team. The main force is more than a dozen orcs who are familiar with the forest, in addition to several adventurers' subordinates.
Bring the equipment, call for the manpower, and the team immediately set off. After several days of exploration, the road entered the depths of the difficult black forest. The undulating woodland is filled with dense fog that obscures the line of sight, and there are deadly dangers hidden in the bushes and shrubs.
Druidnar reached out and stroked a large tree in the forest. She closed her eyes and was silent for a while, and half a minute later, she said to Zhou Qingfeng next to her: "The forest is very quiet, but I'm not sure if there are any monsters around."
With a wave of Todd's hand, the orcs holding the heavy axe alternately fanned forward. As pioneers, they walked through the woods, over the valley, and proceeded in the direction indicated on the map.
Zhou Qingfeng has a skeleton and a ghost presented by Mondino, but the skeleton is not fast, and the ghost is weak in inspiration, so it is not suitable for detection. Enabling the underworld plane requires mental energy. Under normal circumstances, he would not summon undead creatures casually.
On the twisted trunk, a blood sucking vine slowly drooped. The spikes on the cane are protruding, waiting for the prey to be caught. But this time the approaching prey noticed this dangerous monster in advance.
The hunter in the expedition team raised his bow and arrow to shoot, but the old Borg stepped up to stop him and said: "Don't shoot, let me come. The blood-sucking vine is both an animal and a plant. Its vine has special effects on many diseases. Don't miss it."
Old Borg took the initiative to bring a few'Plague Priests' to join the expedition. He can provide medical treatment to the people in the team and collect some rare magic materials by the way.
The blood sucking vine on the trunk sensed the danger and quickly retracted. It kept shaking its cane, and there was a weird creaking noise.
"It is summoning symbiosis." Narr whispered: "Hugo, pay attention to your surroundings. The symbiosis of the vampire vine is the jackal. They protect each other and help symbiosis. We are likely to enter the outskirts of the jackal's lair.
The map is too crude to determine the location and distance. In the vast forest, Zhou Qingfeng didn't know where he was. But according to the records of'once', the jackal did use the blood sucking vine as a guard creature outside the lair.
Quietly sneak in and approach the failure...
Zhou Qingfeng raised his hand, and the team of more than 20 people gradually shrank. The players stopped slowly, silently forming a formation of mutual cover. In the quiet woods, he does not need to speak, but can communicate with other people by hand gestures.
Old Borg is casting a spell to capture the Vampire Vine. This rare creature is very deadly when hidden. But it moves slowly, and once discovered, it is difficult to escape. At this moment, it was entrenched on several tree trunks and constantly wielded the cane, resisting the imprisoning force imposed by the magical arts.
Amidst the rattles lashing, chaotic footsteps sounded from far to near. Zhou Qingfeng closed his eyes. The ability of'listening' in the forest is better than vision. He can clearly judge the number and location of the attackers.
"Probably five jackals are approaching from the west." Zhou Qingfeng whispered, his super spiritual power brings long-distance perception, which is also taught and forced by Cyric. "The other three are in the east. I want to take advantage of the chaos to attack us."
"Hidden." Todd commanded the orc guard. "We orcs fight with the jackals in the forest every day, just in time for them to taste the power of our new axe."
Anyone who is familiar with the jungle knows that jackals with wolf heads are not easy to deal with. They are taller, stronger, more brutal, more cunning, and much more difficult to deal with than the same number of goblins.
Can follow Zhou Qingfeng's orc guard to form a semicircular formation, slowly stepping forward, forming a conspicuous protrusion in the team. They are no longer the poor look of the past, the axe in their hands and the armor on their bodies are extremely sophisticated, which brings enough confidence.
Whoosh..., a bone arrow was shot from the dense fog.
This is like a signal, followed by dozens of bone arrows continuously and densely shot out. One wave after another, without stopping—the orc guards who came forward faced the dense arrow rain, and they slightly shrank their heads and hid behind the trees to cover each other.
The duoduo's arrows sounded, and the trees, the ground, and Zhou Qingfeng's buckler were all hit. Some impacts were particularly strong, and there was a muffled sound at the moment of hitting the shield.
It's the short javelin of the Jackal!
This is a common method used by jackals to deal with human shield formations. They will come first with a wave of arrows, and then throw heavy short javelins. Even if the human shield can't be broken, it can make the human warrior holding the shield very strenuous, and the defense reveals gaps.
"Sinda." Zhou Qingfeng shouted. Banging smoke rose, and the elf statue appeared beside him. The powerful recurve bow immediately opened, and a few sharp shooting arrows swished into the thick fog, responding to the blind shot of the jackal.
There was a roaring scream in the dense forest, it was the wounded jackal man erupting in anger.
Those humanoid beasts rushed out.
There was the sound of trees breaking and breaking in the woods, and two jackals rushed out holding bone sticks. Todd greeted him one by one, struck his axe forcefully, and shouted, "Try my new axe."
The monsters in the jungle fight day and night, and they have rich experience in cooperating with each other. The two jackals rushed forward side by side, and after a few steps, they took a point. Throw a short javelin at one end, and exchange a shield with a skull stick. Two muffled sounds occurred at the same time.
The short javelin hit Todd's chest, and the gun head made of hardwood was also extremely tough, but it was blocked by two heavy armors on Todd's body. The jackal who was in charge of throwing saw this kind of orc opponent for the first time.
The wooden shield of the jackal is two or three times heavier than that used by humans, and it is extremely thick. But the heavy steel axe smashed it up and broke it in half. The jackal behind the shield snorted, and the ugly wolf head was cut off by half.
Two orcs were behind Todd's flanks. The jackals threw hardwood javelins, and they threw manganese steel throwing axes. The small axe is only as big as the palm of an orc, and it is hung around the waist and carried around. It is much lighter than a short javelin.
The sharp axe blade whirled and hit the jackal man's chest, and under the orc's great strength, it cut through its thick, hairy, tough skin, and split it into the organs.
This was also a fatal blow, and the jackal who hit the axe was abruptly stopped from advancing. It looked down at the throwing axe embedded in its chest, and was then chopped into meat by the coordinated orc guard.
With only a wave of hedges, the incoming jackals were hit hard. There were also three jackal archers hiding in the forest and shooting blindly, but they didn't expect the impact of their companions to have any effect.
Old Borg had already captured the blood sucking vine, and gave Nar a'wild power'. Narr immediately turned into a giant bear, smashed the trees in the forest like a tank, and rushed towards the jackal archer with the sound of banging footsteps.