"The Sage and the Maiden ()"!
It is a natural reaction for people to feel confused and confused about how to deal with unknown things.
There is an old saying in Xinyuezhou that "a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers". This saying is neutral in nature and is not a simple praise or criticism. It is often used to describe the recklessness of young people. On the one hand, it affirms courage but also points out that this courage is based on ignorance.
The fearless bravery of those who don’t know is often remembered by only a few successful people, and not everyone can develop courage based on ignorance. More, regardless of Rigal and Crescent Continent, in the long history, those countries that were accustomed to peace were trampled by barbarian armies and related situations.
People reacted with inertia rather than courage.
When the sun rises and sets, the settlers who live an idyllic life see a heavily armed cavalry army appearing on the horizon in the distance. Because they lack awareness of the danger, they don't even have the motivation to avoid and escape based on fear. So he froze in place like a puppet and was easily slaughtered.
It wasn't until blood splattered all over the green leaves of the countryside and the white walls of the house, and screams rang out that many people died, that someone would react slowly and start pulling relatives and friends to escape.
If a peaceful and stable society lacks a clear enough understanding of the external situation, those living in it will often have a closed-minded mentality - thinking that the world is unified and everything is as beautiful as the small circle in which they live.
They didn't know that neighboring countries were sharpening their knives. They didn't know that the nobles in their own province had a tense relationship with the neighboring province because of the collapse of negotiations over the ownership of gold mines. The closure of information is not a reason. Businessmen always have their own small channels to understand these, and adventurers will also screen current events to ensure they avoid risks. Most civilians are just indifferent to these things, plugging their ears and living their lives in peace.
Then when death is imminent, cry again, "I don't know what to do." Then regret, "I wish I had done this earlier."
Essentially.
These people live in a peaceful social environment, enjoying their days of eating and opening their mouths like captive animals.
Abandoned his own biological survival instinct.
——And this is what soldiers need to rely on in life and death struggles.
Use experience, but don't be superstitious about experience. Because your opponent may not necessarily cooperate with your experience.
Sometimes the instinct for danger is more trustworthy.
"噌——" "咻woo————" Henry's judgment based on his previous experience is extremely reasonable. The opponent lost his last sight and tried to induce with the sound of arrows and then used the cavalry to attack. This is a very classic and efficient tactics, and because of this the samurai executed them quickly and without question.
But the moment the arrow was shot, the sage realized something was wrong.
It turned its head, not towards the arrow that flew into the air and screamed, but towards the carriage.
The successive heavy injuries suffered caused this monster to no longer follow human tactics obediently. It lost its vision but could rely on its strong sense of smell in addition to hearing.
"Everyone avoid it, this guy won't accept this trick." It lowered its body again, and this time people finally had no timely means to interrupt it.
The archers were still busy climbing down from the carriage, but the huge monster weighing several tons had already jumped up.
The short distance of less than ten meters was directly crossed, and the strange smell of baby's milk hit his face. The monster with the momentum of a heavy cavalry charge flew to the ground.
"Bang——!!!" The defense line, which was composed of carriages carrying baggage and was almost unshakable by manpower, was easily knocked around like building blocks. All the bow-wielding samurai were injured under the impact. Fortunately, the Kazuto archers were wearing heavy armor. , under the effect of the armor, these injuries are just bruises, swelling and pain at most.
They gritted their teeth and helped each other to get up and immediately distanced themselves.
A creature weighing several tons can be fatal to humans just by moving around.
"Zizzizi——" The water tanker that was cracked was dripping with water, and the millet on the overturned truck was splashed all over the ground with a "swipe——" sound. The moment the monster stepped on it, it "squeaked" "La!" The right leg slipped out with a sound. It was unbalanced and confused by all the noises. Henry did not let go of this moment. The sage jumped up and grabbed the edge of the overturned carriage with one hand to use his strength to climb up the monster. back.
"Roar-" It seemed to notice this immediately, and Henry, who judged that the other party had a sense of touch, did not hesitate to pierce the tip of Kramer's sword into the skin with little defense-and then he Instead of going deep, he ran along its surface and opened a long wound with the tip of the sword.
"Roar——!!!" It's still the same roar, but it's accompanied by pain and anger that everyone can feel - the epidermis is the most sensitive part of most creatures to feel pain, this is not deep but long and narrow The stinging sensation caused by the wound successfully angered the monster. It swung its whole body wildly and tried to roll on the ground to throw off this uncomfortable little man, but Henry had jumped away long before that.
"The cavalry keep their distance."
"Archer, if you can still move, aim for the shoulder joints and elbow joints." The sage turned around and gave brief instructions, then ripped off the sun protection coat he was wearing and shook it vigorously in the air to release the smell. At the same time, tap the carriage frame with a Kramer several times to make a tremolo sound.
The sound of arrows was useless, but the vengeful monster must have recognized his scent and the sound of the great sword that had wounded itself twice - and indeed it turned to where Henry was.
The next scene can only be described as beautiful.
"Hiss--" The sage took a step forward and dodged the attack of the monster with its claws poking forward like a cat attacking a mouse. The stone slab shattered under the impact, and he passed in front of the remaining two eyeless heads of the opponent.
The aura firmly attracted the attention of this monster. Even if the warriors next to it were running in heavy armor and the cavalry's hoofbeats were ringing non-stop, it still only stared at the man in front of it.
"Joshua, aim for the cheek." Henry spoke again, and then: "Bang -" The monster used its powerful waist to turn the entire back half of his body sideways, and bent his legs - he didn't even look at it The man jumped forward.
"Crack--" The arrogant and powerful tail swept across, and even produced a sonic boom at the end due to the high speed. The cargo box involved was torn apart, and the belongings inside were scattered like a goddess scattering flowers, and Henry rolled and stood up again.
"When--" He knocked the big sword on the frame of the car again. The monster that failed to attack twice turned its head again and became even more frustrated and prepared to attack again. At the same time, the red-haired swordsman was as silent as a ghost. The ground came closer.
"Huh--" The left foot moves forward, and the right foot steps sideways. The stable lower body obtained by widening the legs will quickly stop the fast running body.
The red hair tied into a ponytail trembled slightly, and Joshua, who was far more familiar with the world of blindness than this monster, accurately grasped the approximate location of the remaining head of the creature.
Then.
He drew his sword.
"Clang-Pfft" The top craftsman that the warriors could find cut into the joint connecting the lower jaw and upper jaw of the rock dragon's head without any hindrance after thirteen smooth blades polished as bright as a mirror, and then followed the line of the snout. Slice the entire side of the mouth smoothly while picking it out.
"Ouch! Ang!!!!" The bone-deep pain caused the monster to immediately twist its body, and Henry on the other side did not miss this opportunity to stop retreating and inducement. In turn, Kramer used his classic The slash from bottom to top hit the outside of the mandible of the other head.
"Bang——!" Half of the rock dragon's lower jaw flew out with a tongue as long as a forearm and fell to the ground. The lower jaw of the skull that was severed by Joshua because of the masseter muscle also flew out. It drooped down weakly - its bite attack was directly destroyed by two outstanding swordsmen, but this was not over yet.
"Fire the arrow!!" Narumi gave the command loudly the moment Henry and Joshua stepped back. The warriors, who endured the pain in their bodies, used their powerful war bows to shoot long armor-piercing arrows - if they failed at this distance, they could only say that they were ashamed of their training.
The soft skin and strong muscles failed to provide any resistance to the armor-piercing arrow. The arrow pierced into important joints such as the knees and shoulder blades on the monster's side of the body. The further pain caused it to roar and try to lift its claws to claw at it. However, due to a joint injury, he failed to perform the move as expected, causing himself to lose balance and fall to the ground - and this was the key opportunity for the final step.
It might be too late for the commander to speak, so Narumi had already given the decision-making power to the mounted samurai themselves.
This is already a show of instinct and keen awareness. The warriors who have leveled the remaining spears and short spears go hand in hand with our Roan maiden riding Medea. They do not have enough distance and the remaining strength of the horses to complete the perfect performance. charge, but despite this, it already has a power that far exceeds that of infantry.
"Dong dong dong dong dong -" The sound of horse hooves that was as dense as summer thunder ended with the sound of neat spears piercing the body of the fallen monster.
Blood surged wildly, and although they were not as powerful as the lances used by the Rigar knights, these spears and short spears still penetrated into depths that bows and arrows could not reach.
The dark red venous blood and the bright red arterial blood mixed together to form a magnificent scene, but before the warriors could feel the joy of victory, our Luoan girl felt the pulse from the gun she was holding tightly in her hand. , his expression changed.
"Pull the distance, it's not deep enough!" Mitya, who was connected to her mind, kicked off the distance with four hooves in a way that ordinary horses could hardly do, while the warriors riding on the pack horses were slower. Shoot, then the injured and frantic beast got up and twisted its several-ton body wildly, knocking them off their feet.
Two packhorses had their knees snapped, and the warriors on them were pinned under the horses and unable to move. The sage on the other side waved his sword but failed to attract the attention of the completely crazy monster. He didn't even have a moment to hesitate before he had to take out a druid's rune stone again.
"Crack--" The same brilliance as a few minutes ago flashed again. The moment the monster was briefly restrained, Henry's eyes lit up and he rushed forward, passing over the two heads that had lost their attack power, and climbed onto the spear-filled head. With his bloody back, Kramer turned around and slapped the tail of the spear that had stabbed the deepest with his gauntlet.
"Pfft!!!" With another help, the spear stabbed the handle. The monster froze for a moment and did not resist. Therefore, the restraint of the rune stone lasted longer than before - Henry was not careless, he again He also took in several spears and short guns around him.
The trembling giant beast was unable to move like a person whose spine had been severely injured. Its originally pale skin kept changing color and deepening, gradually turning into gray-black hard skin and even growing out near the spears and various wounds. He had solid hair—but it was too late.
Like a flashback, the monster's shape and some details have changed, but it is unable to recover.
Its organs and bones had been severely damaged, and it finally collapsed to the ground as the rune stone restraint ended.
The battle is over.
The surface of the viscous animal blood began to solidify and became like glue, and the ends of its limbs were still trembling, but no longer alive.
Narumi quickly directed the remaining men to rescue the samurai who were crushed by the horses. It was a good thing that there were no real dead among them, but this battle also destroyed almost all the carriages, and killed four of the horses pulling the carriages. One was seriously injured.
"Not grown up, perfect body?" Miss Doctor, who couldn't wait to run out of the hiding place at the end of the battle, noticed the different colors of the skin at a glance.
The black skin and bristles that grew out of the severely injured part obviously had higher defense capabilities. Mira scratched it with the arrow that was broken on the ground, and it felt like hardened leather armor.
"The forelimbs have shrunk." The attacks were basically focused on the right side of the monster's front body, as Henry was attracting attention on its left side.
Therefore, the hard-skinned parts are also concentrated on the right side.
The injured forelimb on the right side looked smaller than the left and hind limbs after death.
"Isn't it because of insufficient nutrition that it failed to grow into a complete body? Before dying, it sacrificed its existing energy to try to evolve physiological characteristics to resist threats." Aya took out her notebook and quickly recorded: "That's why it will move towards Come to a settlement? Because there’s a lot of potential food here.”
"This life cycle is really similar, but there are some differences."
"Like a dog." The Luoan girl looked at its claws and chopped head, as well as the texture given by the fur, and expressed her straightforward thoughts.
The base is Otololithosaurus, but it's clearly closer to a common mammal.
"The creature we encountered in the past." Ling paused: "It evolved based on the creatures absorbed in the environment and the threats in the environment."
"The pattern of this looks very similar at first glance, but what?" Ms. Doctor organized her words.
"Why does it seem to have a clear goal, and the speed of change seems to be faster. The combat power is stronger, and the wisdom seems to be higher." She was thinking, and Henry, who was checking the surroundings, raised his head and said something.
"Because he is a superior species."
"New Moon Continent also exists."
"about."
"Legends of Hell."
"That's where these things come from." The sage suddenly brought up another topic that made people unable to react.
"We actually went in there too." He shrugged and wiped Kramer clean.
"Although it's just the surface within the surface."
"You mean, there are more things like this?" The amount of information was relatively large. Narumi sorted out some of the things he was concerned about and asked.
"Yeah. Much more."
"It's both bad in terms of severity and quantity." The sergeant looked at the mess and casualties on the ground. They were all elite heavy-armed warriors. Coupled with the blessing of sages who knew about this and had outstanding combat effectiveness, and magic, What he faced was a hellhound that had long been deprived of its eyesight and had not grown to its full body. Its skin could not even defend itself against bows and arrows.
Even so, this victory is still not pretty.
"So." Henry turned back, and the blue light in his eyes only dimmed with the complete death of this hellhound at this moment.
"The feudal princes themselves didn't realize how big of a trap they had created."
"This is no longer an issue of internal human power struggle like who will rule the Moon Country. If they continue like this."
"Crescent Continent City will cease to exist."
