Caibo is touching!
Under the temptation of this large sum of money, the captain of the caravan couldn't help licking his slightly dry lips, and looked at several henchmen who were nodding at him. The captain of the guard replied: "Yes! However, I hope to have more preparation time... In addition to sending some people who are not willing to take risks back to the city, I have to recruit a group of people! In this way, it will be more secure..."
"Can!"
The leader of the caravan said viciously: "As long as this community of thornworms can be wiped out, it doesn't matter if I lose my fortune..."
As a result, the captain of the caravan's guard immediately dispatched personnel and split up.
As for Weizard, he waited patiently in the temporary camp in order not to delay his journey.
Using this time, Weizard looked at the monster illustration book provided by Walker the halfling, carefully read the detailed information about the ground spines, and made targeted preparations.
"The ground thornworm originated from the cruel history of Teflin Empire Bayer Tusser. The wizards of Teflin mixed mortal reptile creatures and hell blood to create ground thorn worms, which act as infiltrators to weaken enemies from within.
"Ground spines slowly dig through the ground and rocks to build nests underground. They will be attracted to places that already have open underground space and supernatural energy."
"Even though ground spines can eat carrion, they still like living things, so the undead will not be preyed by ground spines..."
"It is very likely that intelligent creatures will find a way to control ground spines and use them as living weapons. The most likely candidates to do this are Teflin, the devil, and evil creatures willing to trade with the devil."
"... The ground spines use the smell of the dead members of their clan as a warning. They will avoid places where a large number of ground spines die. Therefore, as long as you kill enough ground spines in one place, there will be It may be expelled from the area..."
"..."
Nothing happened overnight.
In the early morning of the next day, the captain of the Shangdu guard led a group of mercenaries back to the temporary camp. At this time, the caravan had been disbanded and turned into a combat team that encircled and suppressed the thorn insect community.
"Adventurous, I am glad you can stay!"
When the captain of the guard saw Weizard, he nodded and greeted him.
Weizard also nodded in return, he faintly replied, "I just don't want to delay my schedule!"
When everything was ready, the encirclement and suppression team unfolded their formation and outflanked the general location of the ground worm community.
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The Walstad continent is so large that humans and other intelligent races cannot completely occupy every habitable place. This makes the vast wilderness contain many unowned places.
Under normal circumstances, it doesn't matter whether these borderless lands are occupied by a certain ethnic group! However, once these ethnic groups get close to the arteries of communication between cities, they will surely undergo a bloody cleanup...
Therefore, there are generally no ethnic groups near the roads between cities, because any ethnic groups that originally occupied suitable places to live near the roads have been completely cleaned up by humans and other intelligent races in the generations!
Trade routes were difficult to get through during this bloody killing, and most wild creatures generally remember this lesson from the inheritance of blood.
Now, a community of ground spines has appeared near the main road where Weizard is located. No matter what the reason, this is a challenge to mankind! If you ignore it, you can only abandon this trade route and spend more energy to open up another new trade route.
And this situation is obviously impossible...
Therefore, when the leader of the caravan issued a reward to encircle this thornworm community, the captain of the guard would not hesitate to agree to it. In addition to monetary benefits, he will receive even more important honors after eliminating the thorny insect swarms!
When heading to the location of the thornworm community, Weizard glanced at the group of mercenaries. They were almost all melee fighters, and there were very few remote attackers. The previous caravan guards walked behind with crossbows in their hands.
"Cannon fodder?"
Weizard curled his lips, and he saw the trick of the caravan's captain at a glance.
"Hold your shield!"
"Don't distract! Raise all the shields!"
The caravan guard commanded loudly: "Before the ground spines attack, there will be some noises!"
"If you don't want to die unclearly, you'd better put your ears up!"
With the issuing of orders, everyone in the encirclement and suppression team increased their alertness.
"Tweet..."
"His..."
The weird noise came from the ground, getting louder and louder!
With a "bang", a big hole collapsed in the ground, and a hideous beetle about three people tall and the size of a car rushed out.
"Puff!"
A piece of dark green acid sprayed over the mercenaries who were holding shields.
"Be careful! This time the king of the thorn insect swarm!"
"Hurry up!"
Weizard, who was within the attack range, leaped sideways and rolled, avoiding the dark green acid.
But other mercenaries are not so lucky. Although they are protected by a shield, this has a very poor effect on the all-pervasive acid!
Several mercenaries who blocked the spraying of strong acid frontally, even if they were blocked by shields, many of the strong acid splashing fell on them.
"what!!"
In a scream, the skin on many parts of these mercenaries' bodies burned and rotted with strong acid.
This is the terrible nature of the strong acid impact of the king of the ground spines, not only with the corrosion and burning of the strong acid, but also because of the biological characteristics of the ground spines, it is not inferior to the toxicity.
"Kill it!"
With a wave of the long sword in the hands of the caravan guards, those caravan guards holding bows and crossbows started shooting.
However, the king of the thorn insect swarm wore a thick, thorny carapace, and these long-range attacks would basically have no effect on it.
"Damn it!"
Just as Weizard was about to go forward to fight, his face suddenly changed drastically.
I saw that in the deep hole formed after the ground collapsed, ground spiny insects with spiked carapace were constantly pouring out.
"Swish swish!"
These thornworms shot out the spikes on the carapace one after another, covering the caravan guards who were shooting not far away.
This sudden situation caused the people present to be divided, and several caravan guards were shot directly by these spikes.
"Don't be distracted!"
The leader of the caravan's guard shouted loudly: "First kill the king of the thornworm and insect swarm! Otherwise, none of us can escape..."