Gray-black land, foul-smelling water, twisted and withered trees.
Looking at the unusual environment around her, Yang Ying realized that they were almost reaching their destination.
Sure enough, following Heracles's order, Iolaos, who was driving, slowly stopped the carriage.
After getting off the carriage, Hercules looked around and then said, "We have arrived at Lorna Swamp. You two will guard the carriage here and let me go meet the Hydra for a while."
After saying that, without waiting for Yang Ying and Iolaos to respond, he walked towards the depths of Lorna Swamp with a sword on his waist, a long bow on his back, an olive wood stick and a burning torch.
Seeing Hercules' back gradually disappear, Yang Ying and Iolaos looked at each other, and both saw a hint of helplessness in each other's eyes.
Hercules is undoubtedly a true hero, but this great hero is also so strong that others cannot disobey his decision.
After adjusting her body and wearing the leather armor that she was not used to, Yang Ying said to Iolaos next to her, "Let's also prepare. It may not be that Lord Hercules will need our help in a while." .”
Iolaus nodded when he heard this and said, "Although I don't think that Hydra is my uncle's opponent, but we should be prepared. What preparations should we make?"
After thinking for a while, Yang Ying said, "Flame can prevent Hydra from regenerating. Let's make a few torches first. In addition, you should bring flammable materials such as grease or spirits this time."
While Yang Ying and Iolaos were preparing, Hercules had found the Hydra Hydra deep in the Lorna Swamp and started a fierce battle with it.
The terrifying aftermath of the battle was even noticed by Yang Ying and Iolaos, who were outside the Rona Swamp at this time.
Feeling the constant vibrations coming from the ground, the two people who were making torches and filling them with liquor and grease raised their heads at the same time.
Iolaus was the first to speak, "It seems that uncle has already made contact with that monster."
"Yes, we can feel the vibration from such a distance. It seems that Hydra is indeed a troublesome monster. Let's move faster."
As he spoke, Yang Ying sped up the speed of wrapping the torch.
Iolaos responded and sped up the movements of his hands.
About an hour passed. During this period, the ground shook and the roars and roars coming from the depths of the swamp were intermittent, but they never stopped.
On the outskirts of the swamp, Iolaus was pacing in place anxiously. Although Yang Ying, who already knew the outcome of this battle, was not as anxious as Iolaus, there was still a hint of nervousness in her eyes.
At this moment, a shout from Hercules suddenly came from the depths of the swamp.
"Iolaos, Yang, come here and help me!"
Hearing Hercules' voice, Iolaos, who had already lost his patience, picked up his weapon, greeted Yang Ying and rushed towards the direction where the voice came from.
call!
Taking a deep breath, Yang Ying tightened the bronze dagger around her waist, adjusted the several leather bags hanging on her body, and then followed Iolaos who was running ahead.
It has to be said that the physical fitness of the people in this mythical world is indeed good. Although Iolaos does not look strong and even looks a bit like a pretty boy, his physical fitness is far ahead of Yang Ying.
Although it was just a simple run, Yang Ying could clearly feel that Iolaos was much stronger than him in terms of speed and endurance. If he hadn't been worried about himself, the other party might have rushed into the swamp to find Hercule at this time. That's it.
As he gradually went deeper into the swamp, in addition to the more obvious vibrations under his feet, the violent roars and neighing of wild beasts like a wild symphony also became clearer, making Yang Ying's heart tremble.
After running for less than ten minutes, Yang Ying and Iolaos came to the depths of the swamp, the battlefield between Hercules and Hydra.
Yang Ying gasped for air while looking up at the battlefield.
As a result, just by looking at him, his eyes became round, as if his eyeballs were about to pop out of their sockets.
Although she was mentally prepared to a certain extent, the scene in front of her still shocked Yang Ying.
The Hydra is huge, dozens of meters long, and is like a moving hill.
Not only that, the appearance of Hydra is not what Yang Ying thought before. It is a big snake with nine heads.
Although it does have nine heads, its body is not a slender snake body, but a huge beast with sharp claws and thick limbs, like a lion and tiger, and its whole body exudes an attractive atmosphere. The terrifying aura of the soul.
However, Hydra, the fierce Hydra, looked quite miserable at this time.
One of its nine giant snake heads, which was larger than a small car, had been completely cut off, and the wound section still showed signs of being burned by flames.
There are two other heads, although they are still intact, but they are significantly smaller than the other heads. There is still blood and mucus on the surface, just like chickens that have just hatched.
In addition to the Hydra, there is also a giant crab nearly ten meters in diameter at the edge of the battlefield.
But at this time, this terrifying monster had fallen to the ground, lifeless, and the thick carapace on its body that could withstand the bombardment had been completely shattered, and the cracks in the carapace were still leaking out green and blue. Colorful slime, it looks very disgusting.
If nothing goes wrong, this dead giant crab should be the monster sent by Queen Hera to attack Hercules.
"Ho! Roar! Roar!"
Accompanied by bursts of breathtaking roars, Hydra collided with Hercules again, and began the most brutal and pure wrestling.
There was a huge difference in body size between Hydra, who was as tall as a hill, and Hercules, who was more than two meters tall. However, when they started wrestling, they actually fell into a stalemate, and Hydra was even at a disadvantage.
If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, Yang Ying would never have believed that the scene in front of her was real.
Just when Yang Ying was stunned by the shock of the battle in front of her, a voice suddenly came.
"Yang, what are you doing standing still? Please help!"
Yang Ying subconsciously followed the sound and saw that Iolaos had already set up his bow and arrow and aimed at Hydra.
It turned out that Iolaus saw Yang Ying standing there without moving, so he reminded him.
After coming back to his senses, Yang Ying nodded slightly towards Iolaos, but when he once again turned his attention to the man and beast fighting for life and death on the battlefield, his body instinctively took a step back.
In an instant, blood-red warning fonts appeared in front of Yang Ying. The crisis of death was like a biting cold wind, making Yang Ying shiver involuntarily.
Damn it!
Cursing secretly in her heart, Yang Ying gritted her teeth, forced herself to muster up her courage, and looked at the shocking battlefield ahead.
Yang Ying knew that with just these two moments, there was no difference between directly participating in the battle and dying, so he simply did not even pull out his weapon, but instead pulled out several torches prepared in advance from his back.
Taking out the kindling and lighting the torch, Yang Ying ignored Iolaos, who was shooting arrows with a bow next to him, and rushed towards a few withered and twisted trees not far away that looked like ghost claws.
Yang Ying put the torch in her hand close to the big tree and tried to light it.
However, the moisture in the swamp was too heavy, and he tried several times without success.
Seeing the sharp thorns, Yang Ying quickly took off a leather bag hanging on her body, bit open the stopper and spilled the pungent-smelling oil and alcohol mixture into the tree.
With the flammable material in hand, Yang Ying easily lit the withered tree on fire this time.
After doing the same thing several times, all the big trees around were lit up by Yang Ying and turned into huge torches.
After doing this, Yang Ying immediately turned around to look at the battlefield, and then happened to see Iolaos shooting an arrow, accurately hitting the eye of one of Hydra's heads.
While the snake's head was stiff with pain, Hercules seized the opportunity and swung his club, directly beating the huge snake's head into a rotten watermelon.
Seeing this scene, Yang Ying couldn't help but secretly praise Iolaus's archery skills and Hercules' terrifying power.
Seeing that the newly smashed snake head was beginning to regenerate, Yang Ying quickly shouted, "Your Excellency Hercules, there is fire here."
Hearing Yang Ying's cry, Hercules swung his olive wood stick to repel an incoming snake head, and then turned to look in the direction of Yang Ying.
After seeing the burning trees behind Yang Ying, Hercules' eyes couldn't help but light up slightly.
While Hercules was distracted, the Hydra took the opportunity to attack him, and three huge snake heads bit Hercules at the same time.
"careful!"
Iolaos on the side saw this and quickly shouted a warning, and Heracles immediately realized that the situation was not good, and quickly waved an olive wood stick to resist.
boom! boom!
Hercules swung his club twice to fight off two giant snake heads that were biting him, but he was still bitten by the third snake head.
However, although the fangs of Hydra are sharp, they can't do anything to the invulnerable lion skin of its brother Nemoya Lion.
Therefore, the bite of Hydra not only failed to cause much harm to Hercules, but Hercules seized another opportunity.
The bitten Hercules abandoned the olive wood stick, pulled out the sharp sword from his waist, and pierced the snake's eyes directly, penetrating the snake's brain.
After breaking free from the snake's mouth, as soon as Hercules landed on the ground, his whole body jumped up like a spring, and directly hit Hydra's body.
boom!
Accompanied by a heavy muffled sound, Hydra let out a painful roar, and the huge body was forcefully knocked tens of meters away by Hercules.
At this moment, two black things suddenly flew towards Hydra.
It was a skin containing spirits and fats.
Before the skin bag could fall down, there were only two whooshing sounds, and two arrows hit the skin bag, breaking it in the air.
As the skin sac ruptured, the oil and alcohol contained in it immediately spilled onto Hydra's body.
It was Yang Ying who threw out the skin bag, and it was Iolaos who shot the skin bag open.
Roar!
Hydra, the Hydra, who was drenched in unknown liquid, roared angrily, turned the snake's head and looked at the two mortals who had fooled him.
After Yang Ying and Iolaos cooperated to pour the alcohol and oil in the skin on Hydra, they immediately turned around and ran away without any hesitation.
While running, Yang Ying did not forget to shout to Hercules, who was slightly dazed by the sudden change.
"Lord Hercules, throw the Hydra into the fire."
Smelling the smell of alcohol and grease in the air, Hercules was no fool and immediately understood what Yang Ying meant.
"Hahaha, you two little guys did a great job!"
With a burst of hearty and heroic laughter, Hercules dropped the sword in his hand, jumped up and hugged the tail of Hydra, who was about to chase Yang Ying and Iolaos.
"Where do you want to go, monster!"
As he spoke, Hercules pulled hard, pulling the Hydra so much that it staggered and almost fell down.
The pursuit was blocked, Hydra turned its head and roared angrily at Hercules who was pulling its tail.
However, Hercules, as the person involved, did not care about its anger.
"Wake it up for me!"
Hercules roared again, and the muscles of his arms holding the tail of Hydra bulged, and then he exerted force, and actually swung the mountain-like monster into the air and spun it.
A human being more than two meters tall is spinning a monster dozens of meters long in the air. The visual effect is very impactful.
Not to mention others, at least Yang Ying who saw this scene was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear.
After swinging three times in the air, Hercules saw the opportunity and released his hands, and the huge body of Hydra was thrown directly away and hit the big tree burning with blazing flames.
boom!
Hydra's body crashed down, the whole land shook slightly, and two large trees burning with flames were directly knocked down.
Almost the moment Hydra came into contact with the flames, the oil and alcohol on its body were immediately ignited, and the raging flames quickly spread across its body.
When Hydra stood up again, its huge body was completely wrapped in blazing flames, as if it had turned into a huge flame Hydra.
Hydra, the hydra with its whole body burning with flames, howled and wanted to escape from the fire and dive into the wet and dirty swamp, but how could Hercules, who was standing by, let it do so.
Seeing that Hydra was about to run away, Hercules pulled out a tree burning with flames and pulled it back again with a stick.
Under the surveillance of Hercules, Hydra, the Hydra, who could neither fight nor run away, was forced to continue to struggle with Hercules while being covered in flames.
Seeing that the situation was improving, Yang Ying and Iolaus immediately wanted to step forward to help and beat up the drowned dog.
Although with the fighting power of the two of them, even if they come forward, they probably won't be able to help much, but as the saying goes, they are still two people, so they can still have some effect.
However, just after running a few steps, Yang Ying suddenly felt that the soft and slippery swamp ground under her feet suddenly surged upward.
Almost instinctively, Yang Ying jumped forward and rolled away from where she was just now.
When Yang Ying stood up and turned around to look behind him, he saw a huge gray-black object slowly emerging from the dirty swamp where he was standing.
Looking carefully, this is a huge crab. Although its body length is only two meters, which is far less than the giant crab sent by Hera that day, it is still amazing enough for an ordinary person like Wang Sheng.
General Iolaus Yang Ying was attacked by a monster, and he quickly wanted to come to the rescue, but was rejected by Yang Ying.
"Iolaus, go and help Lord Hercules deal with the Hydra. Throw all the alcohol and grease on the monster to prevent it from having a chance to regenerate."
After saying that, Yang Ying pulled out the dagger from her waist and assumed a fighting posture.
Iolaos glanced at the big mud-covered crab and said worriedly, "Yang, this monster looks difficult to deal with. Are you okay on your own?"
"It's okay. Although I can't deal with Hydra, I can still deal with a mere crab."
As he spoke, Yang Ying leaned down slightly, her eyes fixed on the big crab in front of her.
Seeing Yang Ying's insistence, Iolaos warned him to be careful and rushed towards the battlefield between Hercules and Hydra.
Being able to fight against Hydra with Hercules, Iolaus is no ordinary person, and can naturally distinguish the priorities. Now the key point is to help Hercules defeat Hydra.
After Iolaos left, Yang Ying also started fighting.
It is not appropriate to say that it was a battle. To be more precise, it was a big crab attacking and Yang Ying dodged.
Yang Ying knew very well that if she had to fight head-on, she would definitely not be a match for this big crab.
The opponent's carapace was enough to withstand bullets, and his sword could only leave a white mark when he slashed at it. However, the opponent's pliers were longer than his dagger and could easily crush his head in one blow.
Therefore, if Yang Ying wants to defeat this crab, she needs to find out the details of the opponent and then take the opportunity to look for opportunities.
As she continued to dodge the big crab's attacks, Yang Ying gradually understood its actions and attack patterns. Her movements gradually relaxed from being cautious at the beginning, and she was even able to slash two swords while dodging.
This big crab's strength and defense are so strong that he can't resist it at all, but like ordinary crabs, this big crab can only go sideways and cannot walk straight, which results in its poor flexibility and low speed.
As for its attack method, in addition to slapping and pinching with pincers, there is also a projectile and collision attack.
The first time the big crab used the ejection collision move, Yang Ying suffered a big loss because she didn't react in time, and was directly hit in the chest by the big crab's pincers.
Fortunately, the direction of the big crab's ejection was a little off, and Yang Ying was wearing a leather armor for self-defense. Otherwise, one blow alone would probably break two or three of his ribs.
However, after suffering a loss, Yang Ying also discovered the shortcomings of that move.
Before the big crab is ejected and collided, it needs to stop moving and lower its body to accumulate power. As long as it moves quickly or circles around it while it is charging, the big crab will not be able to accurately lock on the target.
After figuring out the big crab's tactics, Yang Ying was also preparing to launch a counterattack.
Seeing that the big crab stopped moving again and began to charge for ejection and collision, Yang Ying did not dodge this time, but stood on the spot waving her weapon, looking like she was going to fight it desperately.
After charging up, the eight crab legs of the big crab were pushed at the same time. The huge crab, which was more than two meters long, shot up directly and hit Yang Ying like a cannonball.
However, almost at the moment when the big crab bounced up, Yang Ying, who was still so aggressive a second ago, rolled to the side and out of the estimated range of the big crab regardless of her appearance.
boom!
The big crab's body hit the ground, and the reaction force of the impact made its body freeze for a short time.
Taking this opportunity, Yang Ying stood up from the ground and rushed directly to the big crab. She raised her bronze dagger and slashed at its leg joints.
Although this giant crab's carapace is strong enough to withstand bullets, its joints are its weak point.
This is not difficult to understand. This big crab is a living creature after all. If its whole body was covered with carapace and there was no weakness, it would not be able to move at all.
Click! Click!
Yang Ying swung out two swords. Although he failed to cut off the crab's legs, it also pierced the joints of the two crab legs on the right side.
Seeing that the big crab's ability to move was restored and it swung its claws towards herself, Yang Ying did not dare to take advantage of it and quickly pulled away and retreated to the rear.
After opening a safe distance, Yang Ying raised her sword again to be on guard.
Without the support of its two crab legs, the big crab's movements were obviously greatly affected. Even moving its body seemed a bit slow and awkward.
Seeing this, Yang Ying narrowed her eyes slightly and actually rushed towards the big crab.
When the big crab saw Yang Ying coming to the door, he didn't care about the two pierced crab legs and directly swung his pincers towards Yang Ying.
Yang Ying was not a brainless beast. After approaching the big crab for a certain distance, she stopped moving forward and circled around the big crab just within its attack range.
This big crab is not very flexible to begin with, and it is even more so after losing two crab legs. After following Yang Ying for two turns, it can't keep up.
Taking this opportunity, Yang Ying quietly speeded up and went around to the right rear of the big crab, then rushed forward and stabbed the dagger at the only two crab legs on the right side of the big crab.
Click!
Yang Ying's dagger pierced the joint of one of the big crab's legs again.
Under attack, the big crab quickly waved its claws to fight back. Unfortunately, the position Yang Ying was standing at was very tricky, and the crab's claws could not move backwards. Therefore, in addition to the sharp spikes on the claws, Yang Ying's pajamas were scratched. , except for leaving a scratch on his leather armor, it had no other effect.
Pulling out the dagger, Yang Ying stepped back.
There was only one crab leg left on the right side of the big crab, which obviously could not support its heavy body. Therefore, after Yang Ying pulled out the dagger, the right side of its body also fell directly to the ground.
Looking at the big crab lying on the ground and unable to move, Yang Ying took a deep breath, and then rushed forward again with all her strength.
This time Yang Ying did not attack the fragile leg joints of the big crab, but climbed directly onto its carapace from behind, which was also the crab's attack blind spot.
Looking at the big crab below her that was waving its claws in an attempt to lift her away, Yang Ying didn't hesitate at all. She leaned over and stabbed the dagger in her hand hard into its fragile mouthparts.
Suffering such a fatal attack, the big crab seemed to go crazy and attacked randomly, even Yang Ying on its back was thrown off.
If the big crab hadn't fallen into a dying rage and couldn't care about Yang Ying, his life might have been decided at this moment.
After spitting out a mouthful of blood, Yang Ying slowly stood up, dragging her tired and injured body to distance herself from the big crab.
Seeing that the crab was probably going to be crazy for a while, Yang Ying turned around and looked at another battlefield.
I saw that the Hydra, which was covered in flames, had seven heads cut off at this time, and even its tail and one hind leg were broken. Hercules continued to wave his sword towards him as if he was tireless. It attacks, and it is probably only a matter of time before it is killed.
Now that the other battlefield was stable, Yang Ying relaxed.
Within a few minutes, the big crab stopped its rage and fell to the ground without making a sound.
Although she didn't think the crab would pretend to be dead, Yang Ying still carefully climbed up onto its back from behind and pulled out the dagger inserted in its mouthparts.
At this point, Yang Yingcai confirmed that the monster was really dead.
At the same time, on another battlefield, Hercules jumped into the air and cut off the last head of Hydra with one sword, ending the battle.
After the battle, the three people gathered together. Hercules and Iolaus were both disgraced by the fireworks. Although there was no soot on Yang Ying's body, it was covered with swamp mud. Looking at Bina The two of them still have to die.
After looking at each other, the three of them laughed in unison.
At this moment, Yang Ying felt the infinite game symbol in his hand shake slightly, and then the illusory and ethereal voice sounded in his ears.
"The trial mission is completed, and the mission rewards have begun to be settled."
As soon as he finished speaking, the light curtain of Infinite Game automatically popped up, and lines of text emerged.
[Rewards are being settled]
[Complete the mythical trial mission and receive the reward 'Hydra Body (Headless)']
[Kill the swamp giant crab and get the additional trial mission reward of 'delicious crab claws' and 'crab pearls']
[Establish a friendly relationship with the main character Hercules, obtain his promise to share the glory, and obtain the additional trial task settlement reward 'The Incomplete Twelve Merits - Hunting the Hydra']
Just as the last line of text appeared, a red light suddenly appeared from the charred headless corpse of Hydra not far away. Before several people could react, it shot directly into Yang Ying. body of.
This sudden change startled Hercules and Iolaus, and immediately they looked at Yang Ying and asked with concern, "Yang, are you okay?"
No matter what, Yang Ying is their companion now. Now if something happens to her companion, how can they not care.
Yang Ying was about to open her mouth to explain a few words, when the illusive and ethereal voice sounded again.
"The trial mission is completed, the rewards are settled, and the reserve players return to their original world."
As soon as she finished speaking, Yang Ying found that her body lit up with a faint light and slowly floated into the air.
"Your Excellency Heracles, Brother Iolaus, the mysterious power that sent me here is calling. I think I may have to go home."
The two people who were anxious because of Yang Ying's situation were slightly startled when they heard this, and then they all breathed a sigh of relief.
Hercules nodded towards Yang Ying.
"Goodbye friend, I hope you have grown into a real warrior next time we meet."
Iolaos waved towards Yang Ying.
"Have a nice trip, Yang. I hope I can have the opportunity to hear your stories about your journey next time."
Looking at the two friends who had known each other for a short time, Yang Ying seemed to have remembered something. She reached out and took out a small green metal box from the pocket of her dirty and broken pajamas, and threw it towards Hercules.
"This is our mint candy. I only brought this with me when I came here in a hurry. I gave it to you as a souvenir."
The next second, Yang Ying's figure disappeared into the air, and Hercules reached out to catch the green mint box.
Looking at the exquisite patterns on the sugar box that were almost miraculous for this era, both Heracles and Iolaus fell silent.
