"Crack, crack," the blazing bonfire made dull crackling sounds from time to time. After marching on the Yingfeng Grassland for a short while, the caravan felt tired and tired, so they decided to take a break.
After resting for a while and eating something before continuing on the road, the moose were gathered together. The caravan guards and the gang members were in groups of three or five, and a bonfire was lit next to the moose.
In addition to the withered grass and fallen leaves collected from the surrounding area, the fuel for the bonfire is mainly dried moose dung cake. This kind of dung cake fire has less smoke, is durable in burning, and the light smoke reveals a light grass fragrance, which is a Shang Dynasty. A must-have item for teams traveling underground.
"Zi, Zhi," Liu Yu sat alone by a bonfire. On the bonfire was a wild rabbit, which was smoking with oil. In addition to cave rats, there were also many rabbits on this grassland.
In addition, the howling of wolves came intermittently from the open grassland in the distance, indicating that there were many wolves here.
"Yeah!" Liu Yu was flipping the roasted rabbit on the bonfire when he suddenly felt a thorn in his back. He turned around suddenly and saw the strangers from the North who were sitting around the bonfire not far behind him. They were watching and whispering. Liu Yu turned around and turned sideways.
Not long after setting off from the small town, Liu Yu noticed someone secretly peeking at him along the way. After paying attention, he discovered that it was the people at the campfire behind him.
These people all had unfamiliar faces. Judging from their behavior, they should be adventurous servants hired by the grain merchant. Like him, they were temporary guards.
Liu Yu frowned. He was sure that he had never seen these people before. What were their intentions?
Could it be someone from the Youshak Arena? Liu Yu couldn't help but feel a layer of gloom in her heart. As the saying goes, there must be a monster when something goes wrong. She was afraid that someone was targeting her, so she had to be careful in dealing with it.
"It smells so good!" Just as Liu Yu was deep in thought, a man from the north who was as strong as a bear and the captain of the caravan's guard "Red Bear" came over and looked at the burnt rabbit meat that was sizzling in the fire and shining brightly. Swallowing, he sat down and said.
"The heat is about the same, it will be ready in a while!" Liu Yu turned over the roasted rabbit, sprinkled a handful of salt and spices, and roasted it for a while, then tore off one of the hind legs of the rabbit and handed it over to the other party for a taste.
"Brother, I won't be polite!" Chixiong took a big mouthful, saying "fragrant". Unexpectedly, the craftsmanship of this Zhongzhou Taoist was very good, no worse than those in the tavern.
"How can good meat be without good wine? Come on, Taoist priest, drink some!" After eating the meat, Chixiong smiled and took out a pot of good wine and handed it out. This Taoist from Zhongzhou was the foundation-building monk in the guard team besides him. .
Chixiong deliberately made friends with him along the way. In fact, he just hoped that if something happened to the caravan, this person would be able to lend a hand and help instead of patting him on the butt and running away.
Chixiong knew that the owner would definitely look down on the little reward given by his employer to accept this escort mission.
It's nothing more than a drop-in. For a veteran like him who has been underground for many years, he can tell at a glance that each caravan has its own official guard, and Chixiong has been the guard captain of this caravan for many years. .
Caravans traveling to and from the underground, in addition to their own bodyguards, usually hire some adventuring servants from the Adventure Guild at low prices to act as temporary bodyguards before departure.
The bid is not high, but you can always recruit some people, because many of the adventurous servants who come along have the mentality of earning a spiritual stone, and most of them are willing to become temporary guards.
Besides, if you travel with a caravan, at least you won’t have to worry about food and drink.
"Hoo~!" Just as Liu Yu was chatting with the captain of the guard, two northerners carrying an iron cage were flying from far to near using the technique of controlling the wind.
This sudden change caused the members of the three caravans to stand up one after another. They all encountered Jie Dao, but that was wrong, there were only two people coming.
After the two people approached, they stopped and sat down in an empty space outside the caravan. The two people were panting and had obviously traveled a long way.
As soon as they sat down, the two of them took the elixir and began to regulate their energy and energy as if no one else was watching. There was an iron cage covered with black cloth between them, which was mysterious.
"Ouch!" Seeing that these two people were passers-by, they probably saw a bonfire here and rushed over to have a rest, so the caravan paid no attention to them.
But after a stick of incense, everyone felt something was wrong. The howling of wolves from a distance became more and more urgent and louder. It was obvious that a pack of wolves was approaching quickly.
This change happened shortly after the arrival of the two strangers. When the caravan was about to question the two men, the two men stood up and lifted the iron cage without saying a word, and then flew forward, their figures almost disappearing. The breath disappeared into the dim grassland.
"It's not a good place to stay here for a long time, let's go!" Something was wrong. Red Bear shouted loudly with a solemn face. The three caravans all started to pack up, extinguished the bonfires, tied up their gear, picked up the fed moose, and prepared to start on the road.
"Who are they!" Not long after the caravan set out on the road, two figures running wildly appeared in front of them. If you looked closely, you could see that they were the two people carrying the black cloth and iron cages, leaving and returning.
"Ouch!" There was no need for the two people to answer. Everyone knew what happened, because two strong and fierce wolves rushed out from behind the two people.
One black and one white, the stronger one has a black mane, grinning, and looks ferocious, while the smaller one has snow-colored wolf hair, a slender body, and an agility.
Judging from the spiritual power emitted by these two giant spiritual wolves, they have actually reached the foundation building stage. Red Bear screamed in his heart, maybe he has encountered two "Wayland Wolf Kings"?
The suspicion in his mind soon became clear, because from the darkness surrounding the caravan, pairs of green wolf eyes were emerging one after another, and muffled low roars made everyone in the caravan feel chilly. Both pairs of green eyes were as dense as ghost lanterns, and there were too many of them.
"Gather all the moose together, quickly!" Red Bear, an experienced man without much thought, shouted immediately.
The three caravans moved very quickly. They were all old caravans who had been traveling underground for many years. They quickly gathered the nearly century-old moose together. They covered the moose's eyes with linen cloth and at the same time took out the "silence note" and stuck it on the moose's forehead. The moose were temporarily deafened.
In this way, the moose will not panic and run away when they hear the howling of wolves. It is a trivial matter to lose the goods. But if these moose get lost or are killed by these cave wolves, it will be a huge loss.
The grouping of these moose also frees up more manpower to defend against subsequent wolf attacks.
"I'll kill you if you come any closer!" The two Northlanders carrying the iron cage also wanted to enter the defensive circle, but before they could get close, a few sword energy stopped them. The group of people watching Liu Yu.
"In the cage are two Wolf King cubs that we brothers stole from the wolf den not long ago. They are both mutated fifth-level "moon wolves". They are good things. If you let us in, we will keep our brothers safe and wait for the wolves." The cub takes action and you will share the spirit stone." Seeing the dilemma, one of them suddenly opened the black cloth covering the iron cage and pointed at the two sleeping white-haired wolf cubs in the cage.
It turned out that a group of adventurous servants, including these two people, accidentally discovered a wolf den and found that the two wolf pups born by the wolf king were actually fifth-level "moon wolves" with higher bloodline. For Xiu, it is a rare companion spiritual beast, and it will definitely sell for a good price.
As the saying goes, people die for money and birds die for food. These people don't want their lives. They dare to hide not far from the wolf's den and secretly watch every move in the wolf's den. Their hard work pays off, and these people really got the chance.
Just today, the two wolf kings went out together. The group was overjoyed. After the two wolf kings left, they stormed the wolf den. Although they paid a heavy price, they successfully captured the two wolf cubs.
However, the good luck of this group came to an end. When they were escaping, they happened to encounter two wolf kings who came back in a rage. The group was chased by the wolves all the way, and now they were the only two people left in the group.
"Boss, how about..." Someone is obviously interested. If the two fifth-level "Moon Wolf" cubs are successfully brought back to Beluga Port, the price of each cub will probably not be less than a million.
I don’t know how these two cubs fell into the hands of these two people. Not only the group of people who secretly watched Liu Yu were moved, but even the other people in the caravan were also a little moved.
"Ouch!" Just as everyone was hesitating, the black-maned wolf king, who was originally afraid of the many monks in the caravan and had stopped moving, roared. It couldn't wait anymore and ordered the wolves to attack. Obviously, in the eyes of the wolf king, the businessman The team worked with two thieves.
When the Wolf King gave the order, the surrounding "cave wolves" rushed towards the caravan formed in a circle like arrows. The black mass was like a wave. There were probably hundreds of them. Liu Yu couldn't help sweating his palms. This is really a misfortune that fell from the sky, and luck came home.
"Prepare to fight, hold the line!" Facing the "cave wolves" rushing from all directions, several guard captains shouted loudly to cheer up their guards and adventure servants.
With so many "cave wolves", they can only defend the circular formation. If the circular formation is breached and the caravan is scattered by the wolves, everything will be over.
