Mercenaries and Adventurers

The bear in the forest, this is probably the last opponent a hunter wants to meet.

Different from the dull and slow image in people's impression, the real forest bear is not only sensitive, but also flexible and fast. Not only is it difficult to resist the impact when running, but the overall speed is not slower than a horse.

Except for their slightly insufficient endurance, they are basically difficult to meet opponents in the forests that inhabit everywhere, and they are the overlords in the forest.

Naturally, there are forest black bears in this large forest in the northeast of Kendall County. This is not a problem. They are beasts with their own living range, and they will not come out of the forest to attack human settlements like the northern wolves. And there is no special kind of bear with magical powers in Kendall County.

These are all the detailed information recorded in the past records of Baron Kendall's family. Before coming to crusade against the northern land wolf, Knight Lanisa naturally consulted and sorted out the books and materials in the county on this subject.

In the early years, there was a giant howling black bear that could kill animals with its roar, and crossed the border of Shenli from the border of humans, but it was not long before it was concentrated and wiped out by the Imperial Border Knights patrolling the border. Regarding this matter, she found it from a notebook of the previous Baron Kendall's construction of the city.

Of course, monsters with a certain strength will naturally not be branded and marked by the frontier of God for no reason, their strength will drop suddenly, and then they will come to the human world. There are dwarves outside the border behind it, as Knight Lanisa read at the time, the then Baron Kendall suspected that the dwarves were driving this kind of monster, trying to settle a family of roaring black bears through secret migration to settle in the northern part of Kendall forest.

The giant roaring black bear who crossed the border of Shenli back then naturally lost its strength, but it has no problem dealing with some ordinary wild beasts in the forest. As long as the roaring black bear family successfully settles down, the newly born cubs will naturally return to the original powerful monster type.

At that time, the dwarves will naturally use their backhands one after another. For dwarves whose lifespan far exceeds that of humans, this kind of plan, which took at least ten years, is very much like those dwarves.

But they completely underestimated the Knights with Griffin Knights.

How to find out **** the roaring black bear family, the upper Baron Kendall has no records, but Lanisa Knight can still combine the situation of the two Griffin Knights he met before to understand what happened back then.

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When she came back to her senses, Lanisa Knight focused on the scratch marks on the surrounding tree trunks. Through multiple tree trunks with scratch marks, she roughly judged which direction the center of the forest black bear's territory was.

And there was a smile on the corner of her mouth. Among the claw marks left by the bear claws on the tree trunk, she saw one or two fresh scratches that were different in size from bear claws.

"Got you."

She closed the metal visor of the helmet, held the one-handed epee in one hand, and the hilt of the armor-piercing rapier inserted in the scabbard in the other, and strode towards the possible black bear wintering bear cave in the forest.

Her footsteps were heavy, and such presumptuous steps would naturally be heard by the perceptive wolf king. It doesn't matter, just let it know that the human beings who take its life are coming.

Passing through a tall and sturdy snow-falling tree, Knight Lanisa soon found a bear cave that should be a black bear in the forest at the intersection of the trunks of several fallen trees.

The surrounding forest is flat, and it is impossible for the forest black bear living here to burrow like a field mouse, so this beast, which has no natural enemies, thought of a clever way.

It knocked down several nearby thick trees and gathered the fallen trunks in one place. Afterwards, this guy should have dug down at the collapsed place, dug a little soil pit, and then covered the outside of the tree trunks that were the walls of the bear cave with the excess soil, and barely followed these tree trunks to build a semi-underground shallow bear cave.

However, Knight Lanisa, who was approaching, noticed that a lot of snow had been shaken off the tree trunk that served as the roof of the bear den.

Because there are no animals around, and there are tall trees that are better than no sunlight, the snow here is still very thick. But the thickness of the snow on the tree trunks used as the roof is not much.

She guessed that the huge vibration in the bear den knocked the snow off the tree trunk.

"Hey." She let out a hot breath.

Obviously, a hibernating bear wouldn't think of crashing his home like this, it must have been done by the wolf king.

She slowed down and walked half a circle around this 'alternative' bear den, and found the place that should be the entrance of the bear den. Sure enough, at the entrance of the bear den that was supposed to be blocked from the inside by the hibernating forest black bears, the blocks of wood and stones blocking the way were pulled away violently.

Knight Lanisa gradually accelerated her breathing, providing a large amount of icy air to her body, and then she held two one-handed swords, raised the blades horizontally to the side of her head, and approached the bear cave step by step sideways.

"Huh, huh, huh, huh." Her brows were hot and slightly numb.

She knew that this was a spontaneous reaction after the body sensed a strong killing intent.

The knight's combat perception is very keen, far surpassing that of ordinary people. Perhaps some sensitive ordinary people also have this kind of ability, but the ability of knight-level fighters is obtained through training. It is different from instinct, it is reliable and can be improved through some methods.

Many special training methods can allow the knights to acquire different abilities. The ability passed down from her ancestors by the Lanisa family is an ability that can observe magic power with the naked eye.

I heard that this kind of ability is available to all magicians, and it is not special. But for knights who mainly rely on life energy, it seems rare.

The entrance of the bear cave was pitch black, and it seemed that a little bit of light couldn't get in.

There was no sound at all.

"Bah." Knight Lanisa barked disdainfully. How could there be no sound of forest black bears sleeping soundly in the bear cave?

I'm afraid he was killed by the injured wolf king.

The female knight cautiously took a step forward, but there was still no sound inside, and the dark interior of the bear cave seemed to swallow everything.

She groaned as if remembering something, and activated the active life energy in her body to gather in her eyes.

Looking up, in the dark bear cave, the scarlet evil magic power is like a torch swinging in the strong wind, wantonly blooming in the bear cave not far away.

The surroundings were peaceful and quiet, if it wasn't for the wolf king's magic power, she wouldn't have accommodated both of them in her eye sockets at all.

It's good to know that the wolf king is hiding inside. Although the magic power of the wolf king is flowing violently at the moment, she doesn't know what to prepare, but she is not afraid. After all, she is the one who has the upper hand at the moment. What is she afraid of?

The one who should really be afraid is the wolf king.

Thinking of this, she boldly walked forward step by step. Although it is said to be bold, every step she takes is still firm, and she is ready to step back at any time.

Ten steps are close to the entrance of the bear cave. From this angle, you can already look into the small bear cave.

At this glance, the eyes of Lanisa Knight and Wolf King met.

The wolf king curled up in the bear den, which was a bit narrow for him. Next to him was a forest black bear whose neck had been bitten off. The blood flowing from the neck had already frozen near the wound. Judging from the situation, there is something wrong with less bleeding, and the excess blood seems to have disappeared.

And next to this big bear, there are some small bear stumps. Correspondingly, the wolf king lying on the ground has a bulging mouth. After meeting the female knight's eyes, he continued to swallow more boldly. Lift up the body of the bear in the mouth.

In addition to a little bear that was being bitten and swallowed by the wolf king, under the wolf king's claws, there were two other little bears whose heads had been scratched by the wolf king's claws.

Knight Lanisa didn't say anything about this, but felt that the wolf king on the opposite side seemed to see that she didn't dare to come down and attack.

She was indeed hesitant. What she saw with her naked eyes was the injured wolf king eating forest black bears. But in the field of vision of magic power, the magic power of the wolf king was blooming and twisting weirdly, which was quite different from the surge and filling in the previous battle.

There must be something weird about it.

For a while, she maintained this posture of holding the sword, unable to advance or retreat.

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The sky is getting dark, but the flames and black smoke not far away are still rising. It seems that there are still a lot of combustibles, and it is unknown when they will be burned out.

Keel rubbed his temples, and swallowed red-eyed mushroom candy pills continuously for the past few days. Although the side effects seemed to be gone, a kind of tinnitus in his ears had been bothering him since noon.

His eyes also had a dull pain, which was like the feeling he felt after swallowing a whole mushroom for the first time.

"Keir, if you're not feeling well, why don't you take this opportunity to take a rest?" The young companion who came over with Kiel and stared at the burning wooden wall kindly asked.

With a wave of his hand, Kiel thanked his companion for his suggestion, and then said that he didn't need it.

He approached the burning wooden wall, looking at the carcasses of northern land wolves that gradually turned to dry bones under the scorching heat. Suddenly, I felt how cruel this world was. Whether it was human beings or beasts, the fresh life turned into burning bones in the flames in an instant.

The remaining logs of the wooden wall above the bones collapsed with a crackling sound and fell into the same burning bones.

Zhao Ji felt that he might be like these northern land wolves at some time, in some remote place, accompanied by other people or alone, and quietly fell down.

He turned his head and looked behind him. Not far away, the partner who came with him was sitting on the edge of the rock wall, leaning against the hot rock wall, and seemed to be carving a broken arrow with a broken arrow in his hand. With a stone picked up at random.

Perhaps after he fell, his body would be the same as that of his dead companions. Even now, everyone has never left the corpses of their dead companions. They want to bring their bodies back and find a suitable priest to make a complete set of dead After the ceremony, burn it again.

That's right, no matter what, a decent funeral should be done, after all, everyone is so heroic.

No matter what it is for.

The family members who were bitten to death by wolves, or the hunter team organized by the covetous knights, had a high salary, or they had the idea of ​​protecting the people in their hearts, or they might just join because of their belief in the God of Hunting.

What about him?

What is he fighting so desperately for?

Resurrecting the soul with a dead body has no origin or destination.

Was he looking for a place to live? Even if this so-called place of residence is in danger.

He rubbed the hot cheeks that were baked near the burning wooden wall, wiped away the tears left on his face, and slowly retreated to his companion.

"What are you carving?" After looking for a while, he didn't see what his companion was tinkering with. After all, the stone was simple in shape, and it didn't look like there was anything special about it.

He casually shook the stone in his hand towards Kiel, and his companion continued to carve. He explained in his mouth: "It's the emblem of the God of Hunting that the old guy believes in. I think, get one of these things, and put it in the old guy It might make him feel better."

Keir raised his eyebrows: "Is it okay to feel better after death?"

The companion shrugged, but his hands didn't stop: "That's what the priest said, no matter which priest it is." He paused: "They all said that."

Then, he continued to fiddle with it non-stop, holding the hard metal arrow in his hand, struggling against the small stones picked up from the rocky mountain passage.

The stones here are very hard, and it is difficult for ordinary metal weapons to leave marks. Fortunately, Kiel, a fellow hunter, has a lot of broken arrows in his hands, and he has a whole night to do this.

After watching for a while, Keir also sat bored, and came to the middle of the passage and drew out his long sword to practice. He had already taken a nap in the afternoon, but at this time he didn't feel sleepy at all.

The companion watched him practice the long sword for a while, and then continued to work on it.

Keel was sweating profusely from practice, and although it was cold winter, the two of them were sitting too close to the burning wooden wall. After drinking a large sip of ice water from the jug, Keel ate another piece of bread with pickles overflowing with sour juice.

Originally, the old hunter had prepared grilled young wolf legs for the two of them, but in the past two days he had already felt a little sick from eating northern land wolves, so he killed them during the day and ate them at night. Not only that, but when he thought of the large number of northern land wolf corpses turned into fly ash in the flames not far away, he lost his appetite even more.

So Ming knew that he should eat more meat between battles to replenish his energy and strength. But Kiel still declined the roast wolf meat prepared by the old hunter, preferring to simply eat some sour cucumber sandwich bread.

After eating a few mouthfuls, Kiel simply sat down and picked up a piece of gravel in the corner of the rock wall, asked his companion for a few broken arrows, and learned to work.

The young companion smiled, found a stick of charcoal that jumped over, and drew the emblem of the God of Hunting on the ground.

Kiel had actually seen this emblem, in their hunter team stronghold in Kendall City. The dead old hunter arranged a small place to worship the god's emblem in the corner of the first floor of the house.

In fact, Keir didn't take it seriously at the time. After all, the **** of hunting can be known by name. If you want to please or worship the gods, you have to go hunting and hunting, right?

However, the old hunter who didn't talk much didn't realize until he died in a series of battles against the Northland wolf pack and the Northland wolf king that this old hunter had indeed integrated his belief in gods into his life. among.

Huh, I hunted all my life, and finally died in the hunt.

Kiel smacked his lips, thinking that the old hunter lived a simple and direct life. According to the statement here, the dead old hunter might still be a hunter in his next life under the protection of the gods.

Not tired?

Keir didn't stop, feeling that these people from another world had a stubborn character in their characters.

He thought about it again, maybe it was because these people had no relationship with knowledge and culture? Living under the influence of the church all their lives, these people's thoughts will naturally be influenced by the church's propaganda and teaching culture.

Ordinary people who haven't read a few books naturally don't have the corresponding insight and knowledge to jump out of the life arranged for them by feudal lords and churches.

Unlike his fellow hunters, Kiel was much stronger than him, and compared to his companion's slow and frantic progress, Kiel held the gravel firmly with one hand, and held the broken arrow with the other, moving quickly.

Because he specially wore armor gloves, Kiel was not worried that he would accidentally hurt his palm, so he used more strength than his companions.

The emblem of the God of Hunting was quickly carved on the flat stone surface of the stone, and Kiel handed it to his companion for inspection.

"How? I got ~www.readwn.com~ to take over Kiel's work, and my companion awkwardly compared the one he sculpted, and found that Kiel did it later, and he simply made it out of it twice. The emblem of the gods is much stronger than what he made.

"Very good, really good. The old guy will definitely like it." The companion said a few words in embarrassment, and then encouraged Kiel to carve the emblems of the gods on the other sides of the small stone. When tomorrow dawns, they can find A string was used to fasten the stone and hang it over the dead old hunter's body.

Keir got the compliment and immediately became excited: "It's not bad, isn't it? I also think it's not too different from the emblem of the **** hanging in the Kendall stronghold."

He thought for a while, and then said, "Do you think I should carve one for the other one who died?"

The companion was a little surprised: "But Ike hasn't expressed his belief yet? Which one shall we carve?"

Keir thought for a while: "Since we don't know what Ike believes in, let's carve the emblem of the God of the Dead! There are all the emblems of this **** on the edge of the cemetery, so I'm not afraid that I won't be able to remember them."

The companions thought about it, and felt that there was nothing wrong with it. They hoped that the **** in charge of the death of mortals could take care of their companions a little bit.

Kiel first carefully drew the emblem of the God of the Dead in memory on the ground, then found another small square stone, and began to carve it like this.

One of the biggest differences between carving and painting is that once a change is made in the stone, it cannot be changed again.

However, Keir and his companions didn't notice that the emblem painted on the ground by the **** of the dead illuminated by the fire was gradually emitting a little light.

It's just because of the flames of the burning wooden wall not far away, this weak flame is really too weak.