Standing at the edge of the forest, the three of them looked down at the river valley below.
This place is like a cliff rift valley. A mountain wall of more than ten meters suddenly appears on the edge of the forest. Below is a large river valley. Several small rivers meander and converge in the valley filled with cobblestones, forming a river six or seven meters wide.
Jerry said: "I heard from Uncle Doug of the Dog-Ear tribe before that you can often encounter some magical animals that sneak out of the misty mountains in the river valley."
Xue Li nodded: "Fantastic animals are very valuable!"
Ted:?
Along the way, whenever she had free time, Xue Li would pick herbs and the like. It could be said that she never missed any opportunity to generate income.
"Is there nothing unusual here?" Ted asked.
Xue Li shook her head: "Ordinarily, the river valley shouldn't be so quiet in this season. We've been watching here for a long time, but we haven't seen any animals coming to drink water?"
Ted asked Ansu to check it out. It was flying in the sky with a wide field of vision.
Ansu: I knew it was me. Without me, this team would have to break up!
Sure enough, he found something. A few minutes later, Ansu suddenly sent a message, and Ted quickly connected to the vision.
The scene before him stunned him!
It turned out to be a group of humanoid creatures that were about 1.67 meters tall, hunched over but very strong, covered in spotted fur, and with jackal heads!
This is a jackal!
Humanoid alien creatures with a certain organization like this are the targets of special attention in the Ministry of Magic in various countries, such as murlocs and kobolds, all of which have detailed investigation records.
Once there are gathering points, nests, etc. somewhere, there will often be an official team of wizards to clear them out.
Because these inherently evil humanoid creatures are often very dangerous and will engage in organized killing and aggression.
Ted heard from Arthur Weasley that the Ministry of Magic in Great Britain even organized a special "Scavenger" team, which was composed of the best strikers. Specializes in eliminating these very dangerous humanoid creatures from other worlds.
And these are the gnoll races that are even more dangerous according to the Ministry of Magic's information.
Eight years ago, a group of gnolls suddenly appeared in Northern Ireland. Forty or fifty of them slaughtered a remote town in one night, causing more than a hundred deaths! They started eating right away!
The Ministry of Magic clearly stipulates that wizards can directly kill creatures like jackals.
And now, they're ambushing a herd of deer!
This herd of deer looks like it ran out of the mountains. The leading stag is all white with black spots, and its antlers are majestic and very handsome.
When Ansu found out, the deer herd had been ambushed. More than twenty deer were trapped in a place with water on one side and a mountain wall on the other. Then seven or eight sturdy jackals were carrying large knives and howling excitedly. He yelled and rushed over.
The white stag at the head was very powerful in combat, and its antlers emitted a faint green fluorescence. It resisted four or five jackals like a powerful warrior, but the remaining two or three still rushed into the herd with swords in hand. When the hand falls, the knife falls...
"Ansu, help!" Ted ordered, cutting off the visual connection.
"Come with me quickly, we have encountered an enemy!"
After all, Ted and Jerry are two wizards, and there are many ways to travel quickly - such as using floats~
So it only took the three of them less than five minutes to arrive at the scene.
At this time, Ansu landed on a big rock by the river and was combing his feathers. Eight jackals were lying on the ground. None of them were dead, but their eyes were wide open, their pupils were dilated, and their scarlet tongues were hanging on the side. They were all trapped. Deep coma.
These jackals were all "killed" by Anzu!
Don't underestimate it!
If you count it now, it is at least a level 10 magical animal, and it is the kind with extremely strong natural abilities.
It's easy to use special mental illusions to knock down a few unsuspecting jackals.
The big white stag stood in front of the severely damaged deer and looked at the three of them warily.
Ted stepped aside: "We don't mean any harm. I can help you treat your wounds, and then you can continue your journey..."
Although Ted has not upgraded his level as a psychic in the past year, his psychic powers are not without progress.
He carefully polished his abilities and rounded his soul, and now he is very rewarding.
Especially the first few abilities, such as the favorability spell.
Originally, Ted could make other creatures have a certain favorable impression of him. Coupled with Ansu's life-saving grace, the big white deer finally accepted Ted's kindness.
Ted applied white fresh essence to the dozen deer still alive in the herd to stop bleeding, reduce inflammation and promote healing.
And the big white deer also barked a few times before leaving.
Ansu understood: "It said that something very scary appeared in the mountains, and the animals were running for their lives."
However, after the deer herd left, Ted and the others did not rush into the mountains to look for "that scary thing."
Instead, they discussed the arrival of the jackals.
Ted put his hand on a gnoll's forehead and began to search its memory.
To be honest, although these jackals also wear simple leather armor, they can hardly be called "human".
That smell on you! It's not as good as the cleaner kennel, it's fishy and smelly, and it makes people's heads hurt.
The Jackal's IQ is not high, his brain circuit is simple, and his only memories contain what Ted wants.
"found it!"
While Ted washed his hands with clear spring water, he harvested the lives of the jackals without a trace.
They are all wild monsters from level 5 to level 7, and their experience ranges from 300 to 600.
One wave is 3245 experience points!
There are also three cards: [Beast Nature (White)], [Rusty Machete (Gray)], and [Tiger Eye Stone (Green)].
Ted was excited!
Besides, there were absolutely no jackals in Hongfeng Valley in the past. Where did these guys come from?
If they don't figure this out, Jerry and the others will have trouble sleeping and eating!
The straight-line distance from Decamond Village is more than 20 kilometers. Due to the rugged terrain, it would take normal people about ten hours to reach it.
But jackals are different. Although they are named "human", they still retain strong beast habits, such as eating people, sometimes even eating them raw.
With the strength of the Jackal's feet, if he found Decamond Village, he would be able to reach it in about four or five hours.
This is too dangerous!
"We have to find where these jackals come from! They are even more dangerous than those panicked beasts!" Xue Li looked nervous.
She often hunts with the hunting team in the village. Although she has never encountered a jackal, she has killed water ghosts and kobolds, and also encountered fish-men. Be very wary of these evil humanoid creatures.
"Ding~Trigger the task:
[Mysterious Jackal (Green)]
There have never been jackals in the Hongfeng Valley for more than ten years, but now you have encountered them, and there are quite a few of them. If I don't find out the reason for this, I won't dare to close my eyes while sleeping.
Objective: Find out where these gnolls come from? how many?
Reward: 300 experience points, card [Jackal Hogg (green)].
Why did several jackals die tragically on the river beach? Why did the mysterious white deer flee in panic? The demihuman village had trouble sleeping and eating in the middle of the night. Is this a distortion of human nature or a loss of morality? Stay tuned for "The Jackals of Hongfeng Valley". "
OMG!
There is a huge amount of experience, there are tasks to complete, and the potential threat of Decamond can be eliminated. It would be unreasonable not to investigate!
Ted found their origin from the gnolls' memories - a temporary gnoll tribe, not too big, but not too small either.
Because jackals have low IQs and can't count, they don't know exactly how many jackals there are, but Ted estimated based on the memories of several jackals that there were more than sixty and less than a hundred.
This is an estimate based on the amount of food eaten during the meal. If there is a crazy jackal like Ron, it will definitely be inaccurate.
Because of his low IQ, his memory is vague. The specific location of the Jackal tribe is not very clear, but the general direction is still known.
So... all three of them looked at Ansu.
Ansu cursed and took off...
About ten minutes later, Ansu sent a signal and found it!
On a high mountain wall, a gathering place of shacks that seemed to have been built not long ago appeared in Ansu's sight.
There were some jackals with severely bent backs standing crookedly on guard.
I didn't expect the jackals to know how to stand guard. It's not easy!
(End of chapter)
