In Zangarmarsh, a hunting party from Teledor is looking for prey in the swamp.
"Botal, the prey in the swamp is getting harder and harder to catch." Ranger Mara looked depressed. They had been wandering in the swamp for several days, but they couldn't find any decent prey.
Captain Botal smiled and patted Mara on the shoulder, "Don't be discouraged. The dry food we have can last us a few days in the swamp. It's enough for us."
"But……"
Mara wanted to say something else, but when she saw Botal's gesture, she immediately stopped her next words.
"It's the Swamp Strider..." Botar held the hunting bow on his body with his hand, looked at the prey that was sinking towards them, and made a few gestures to the hunters in other directions.
After receiving the order, the draenei in other places prepared their positions and waited for the Swamp Strider to step into the trap before drawing their bows and shooting.
Mara rubbed the bowstring with her hand, "What a big guy..."
"If you're lucky, you can get a good harvest," Botal said with a smile on his face. His hunters are skilled and have been hunting in this swamp for a long time. Such a swamp strider is not a problem... …
However, just when the Swamp Strider was about to step into the trap, the fungus forest not far away suddenly trembled violently, and the ground beneath their feet began to tremble.
The Draenei hunters panicked for a moment, but then calmed down again. Botal supported Mara to prevent her from falling. Mara took Botal's hand and stabilized her figure, "What happened?" ?”
Soon, the question was answered.
In the fungus forest not far away, a huge figure suddenly jumped out. It staggered towards the direction of the swamp strider. The swamp strider noticed the huge predator and broke out in the same slow manner as before. Tuntun's steps were at a completely different speed. He moved his slender tentacles and quickly escaped from here.
"Is it a fungal giant?!"
Mara looked at the monsters that broke into their encirclement in amazement. After a brief moment of surprise, she turned into anger and annoyance, "Damn it, why did these things appear in this area - we should have shot them earlier!"
The fungus giant's huge paws trampled the carefully laid traps of the draenei hunters to pieces - the traps used to deal with most creatures in the swamp did not cause any hindrance to these giants.
Seeing that the results of a few days were about to be wasted, Mara opened her long bow with some annoyance and wanted to shoot an arrow at the fungus giant, but Botal quickly stopped her.
"Calm down Mara, our arrows are of no use against the fungus giant, they will only irritate it."
Botal comforted the newcomer of the hunting team, and Mara's chest rose and fell. Although the irritation still entangled her, it finally calmed her down.
Botal is right. Hunting bows and arrows cannot kill monsters like fungus giants. These giants are the real masters of Zangarmarsh. They stand at the top of the food chain in this land, regardless of other weak spore creatures. , or creatures like swamp striders and other giant peaks, are just their food.
The unparalleled destructive power of these giants can be seen from the trampled traps in the swamp. In addition, their bodies have basically no weaknesses like the spore creatures. The terror of the fungus giants is evident.
However, there will be more things happening today than Mara and Botal thought.
When the hunters lost their prey because their traps were destroyed, the shambling fungus giant stumbled into the giant fungus on the side.
After another violent shock, the tough giant fungus and the fungus giant fell down at the same time. Mara looked in the direction of the mess, "What's going on? This guy seems to be drunk!"
"No...no," Botar saw something clearly, his expression instantly became serious, and the smile that often appeared on his face disappeared, "This giant was attacked, and it reached its limit before it fell to the ground. Got here."
"Under attack... Is there anything else in the swamp that can hurt the fungus giant? Is it another hunting team?"
"Impossible. I have marked this area. Our hunters will not enter this area and collide with us. Moreover, no team will defeat the fungus giant in this way..."
Following Botal's gaze, Mara saw that the fallen giant's back was bombarded into a ball of mud by some force, and dozens of weird-shaped spears penetrated deeply into the fungus giant's body. , there is a thick rope tied to the end of the spear, which seems to be a weapon used for arrest.
"We have to get out of here quickly -" Before Botal could finish his words, he heard several screams coming from deeper in the forest. Mara's expression changed and she said to Botal, "It's Carlyle And Lika’s voice!”
"Damn it!"
Realizing that something was wrong, Botal immediately took off the hunting bow on his back and said to Mara, "Go to the hunters in the west and ask them to stop hunting and return to their hiding place."
"Ah? Botar, what about you?" Mara was stunned for half a second, and then immediately reacted.
"I have to go take a look in the woods. Don't worry about me. When you see our people, tell them that we have been attacked and ask them to return to Teledor as soon as possible."
After Botal left these words, he hurried towards the fungus forest. Mara looked at Botal's back, gritted her teeth, turned around and ran in the opposite direction.
Along the way, Mara's mind was confused. She was moving quickly in the complex swamp while thinking about what exactly attacked Delaney's hunting team and the fungus giant.
Ogre? No, no, that's not their weapon. Moreover, the ogres have no interest in the fungus giant, a creature with no flesh at all, and will not take the initiative to leave their territory to hunt this thing.
Spore people? But... the spore people have been threatened by the fungus giants. They also have friendly relations with some draenei and breakers, so they shouldn't attack the draenei!
Could it be an orc? But... haven't the orcs left Zangarmarsh a long time ago and haven't come back for a long time?
In her wild thoughts, Mara rushed to the hunting camp of their other team out of breath. However, before approaching the camp, she suddenly noticed something was wrong.
There seemed to be slight noises and gasps coming from the direction of the camp. Mara, who was alert, quickly adjusted and suppressed her breath. Using the cover of fungus bushes and swamp plants, she gradually approached the camp.
When the scene in the camp came into her eyes, Mara's face instantly became bloodless. Her eyes widened in horror and anger, unable to believe what she saw.
