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Since it is a tribe that goes into the mountains to Zakou native, you don't have to bring too many people.
On this trip, Shaar left Hawke and Russell, only took Sabar Tatara and ten of the best Mercenary, and borrowed a few bows from the Atlantean of the Gallens caravan, and then went on the road with Zakou native such as Azu.
The Zakou native tribe is in the east of Scarlet Wasteland. Crossing the long river all the way to the east, it enters a vast mountain, which is as large as the sea, and the Zakou native tribe is in the deepest part of this forest.
These Zakou natives finally came up with some real skills, and the mounts that were summoned made many of the Mercenarys feel awkward, but under the strict rules of Shaar, they rode the giant wolves that were summoned, and the speed of the people. This is a few times faster.
After Shaar's warning, the attitude of Zazu native such as Azu also converges. At least when the Mercenary are tormented by the sinister conditions in the mountains, it is no longer the kind of attitude that looks like a shirt.
Some of the Zakou natives took out the drugs they carried with them, which were quite repellent, and Zakou native took the initiative to take the lead.
As for Shaar, this hillbilly has a lot of interest in Azu's mount!
He damn it! ! This is a screaming lizard! A demon beast! ! A real demon beast! Actually got this Zakou native to be a mount! This kind of thing, riding on the horse is much more magical than the horse! If the uncle also gets a take-back, when riding a nap, go to the battlefield, how much more arrogance!
And the lizard that Azu rides is obviously the Chief of all the mounts in the team. As long as the giant lizard screams, the other giant wolves will succumb. This giant lizard ran very fast and could jump and jump. Shaar watched for a long time and saw a lot of benefits. The attitude towards Azu was also a lot of intimacy. From time to time, he deliberately talked, but the topic was inseparable from this lizard mount. Things.
Azu is not a fool. He quickly understood the intention of Shaar. The Zakou native said very simply: "Lord Shaar, if it is something else, our Zakou people are the most generous and generous to friends, as long as you like it, give it to you again. what is the relationship……"
When I heard this, Shaar suddenly smiled and said, "Thank you, thank you." Seeing it, Azu continued: "But this mount can't be given to you."
“……Eh? ”Hillbilly licked his eyes.
"Not my Azu stingy."Azu shook his head: "Our Zakou tribe, the best at it is to drive the beast. This skill of the beast is passed down from generation to generation, but outsiders are not. These mounts are also captured by our Zakou people, and then slowly tamed to use. Mount only listens to the instructions of the owner who tamed it. If a master is changed, then the death will not obey. Mount loyal master, that is the tradition of our Zakou tribe. Therefore, my lizard, even if it was sent to you, you can't drive it. ”
Shaar listened, and he was dubious. When he looked at Azu, Azu smiled and said: "You came to our tribe this time. If you have time, I will take you to the mountains to hunt and find a way to hunt a cub. I will teach again. You are a little tame, you bring it back to training for two years, you can use it. From the small tamed mount, the most affectionate to the main talent, that is no match. ”
Shaar was delighted. Zakou native's ability to train the beast really made the hillbilly very hot-hearted. For this Azu, it was more pleasing to the eye.
The group marched in the forest, and the natives and the Mercenarys gradually became accommodating. The Mercenary received the native mosquito-repellent drugs, and they untied their skins. These Mercenaries carry two skins with them, one for water, and the other for spirits. But when Mercenary mixed this bitter meal, there wasn't a bad wine, and even in the Mercenary circle, there was a saying: Mercenary, who doesn't drink, is not a good Mercenary.
Mercenary loves to drink. On the one hand, it is hard and dangerous to live all the year round. Naturally, it needs to relieve the pressure and irritability of the heart. On the other hand, the wine has a very good effect on the Mercenary. The Mercenarys are carrying wine when they travel, not only to satisfy the appetite, but also to drink alcohol in the battle. When dealing with wounds and drinking a few mouthfuls, you can alleviate the pain, or use those spirits to shochu to clean the wounds, and greatly reduce the possibility of wound infection and decay.
The Mercenarys are all spirits, and when they enter the throat, they are dried like a knife. The more intense the wine, the more popular it is with Mercenary. These Zakou native are good warriors, naturally also like to drink, but Zakou native brewing technology is far worse than Byzantine, human mercenary with this kind of spirits once the entrance, these Zakou native one by one Drink infatuated, suddenly cheer up, and then there are a lot of Zakou native pull mercenary back and forth, want to use the body of things and mercenary change wine.
Zakou tribe is rich in gold. These Zakou native warriors also wear a lot of gold ornaments on their bodies. Many warriors even have an awl hanging on their neck. They are all gold gilts. The two sides scored for a while, and many Mercenary replaced the gold jewelry on Zakou native with a wine bag. Both sides are naturally happy.
The mountains are rugged and difficult to walk, and everywhere is hidden from the danger of unseen, along the way, fortunately and these zakou native relationship improvement, with these mountain people in the old hand to help, Shaar pressure greatly reduced a lot, otherwise, he alone even worse, in this perilous mountain forest, It's also really hard to take care of all these men one by one.
Shaar and these Zakou natives are getting more and more familiar, and they learn a little more or less Zakou. They also have some words in the conversation with Azu. Seeing these Zakou natives wear gold and they look right. These golds don't seem to be very important, they are used to change the wine with the human Mercenary. How do you make hillbilly not excited?
The mind naturally re-created the idea of trading with the Zakou native tribe. I asked Azu for a while before I realized that the transactions between Zakou native and the human caravan were not too many. Only a very limited number of human trading companies could gain the trust of Zakou native and make some limited transactions with the Zakou tribe.
More importantly, in the Zakou tribe, it seems that there is some resistance to dealing with humans. Most of the Zakou people have the same mind: they always think that the human beings outside the mountain have few good things, one is cunning greed.
So even those Trading Companies don't get much gold every year in Zakou native.
Moreover, there is another trade route in Tongshang. It is a small road located in the south of the mountain forest. The road there is slightly flatter and better, and the carriage horse can barely pass.
Shaar is not surprised at all. After all, it is natural that there must be another business path. Otherwise, it’s hard to go in this mountain where you walked. These dozens of people are so hard, if they are business If the team carriage horse, it is impossible to come over.
"I don't want you to take the business road."Azu was afraid of Shaar's misunderstanding and proactively explained: "The trade route is on the south side. I heard those merchants say that they are starting from the town south of Primal Wildfire, not going through Goblin's Scarlet Wasteland, walking directly to the northeast, from the south side of the long river. Go around. That place is too far away from us. If we want to go that way, we have to go south for a few days before going out of the Goblin tribe, then go to the south of Primal Wildfire and go east again. I am afraid I have to walk for a month or two. It is possible. ”
Shaar didn't mind too much, just paying attention to the direction of the secret trade route in the mountain forest leading to the Zakou native tribe, and took out the clothes to draw it down.
These Zakou natives are all good hunters in the mountains. With the help of these people, the food of the Mercenary has been greatly improved.
That night, a few zakou native riding wolves into the depths of the forest, after less than half an hour, carried a hunted swordpig out, this swordpig is a low demon beast, the whole body of the Mane sharp as thorns, angry when the root root stood up, can also shoot out to hurt the enemy, So it will be called Swordpig, in addition, the morphology is not much worse than the ordinary mountain boar.
The pig had a weight of more than one hundred kilograms. Those native proficient smashed the viscera, took out the internal organs, and split the bones under the limbs. Even the old hunter Shaar couldn't help but sigh. As for the good pigskin on the body, they were carefully wrapped up by them. Shaar noticed that these Zakou native hunting techniques are very savvy, and there is no scar on the complete pig skin! These natives used the method of throwing spears when hunting the arrow pigs. These guys had amazing ways of throwing short spears. There was no wound on the body of the arrow pig, and only the place where the eyeballs were pulled out was a big hole. I got deep into my mind and thought that it was a slap in the eyes of a Zakou native warrior who pierced my brain and died.
The skill of this hand-spearing spear also made Shaar feel a little bit. The original short-handedness of the Fire Rhino mercenary group made Shaar feel the heart. After all, the Fire Rhino Mercenary tactics of throwing axe are too expensive. ! If a short axe is built, it will cost a lot of iron, and when you shoot a short axe and throw it out at a time, then this kind of consumption is too big, so Shaar's current home can not afford it.
Zakou native's short spear throw seems to be more suitable. The manufacture of spears is much simpler and easier than the short axe, and the spears don't use much iron. They can even use sharp wood as a substitute—the Iron Tree around the Goblin tribe, which is hard as iron, is good. material.
Hillbilly then put down the shelf and carefully approached the primitives to teach the techniques and techniques of throwing spears. Azu looked in his eyes and quickly understood Shaar's intentions, but did not say anything.
This road was originally smooth, but on the sixth day, these Zakou natives, who were still leisurely, suddenly changed a bit.
The beginning of the matter is this: these Zakou native have a favorite, hunting every day, will hit back a prey, perhaps a scorpion, perhaps a pig, like this, more than the prey catches but does not kill Far away from the distance of the camping site. Early the next morning, there was a native ran to see the beast. Shaar knew it was a warning.
On the sixth day of the morning, after running to see the native of a donkey who was left outside last night, the face was a bit ugly. After a while with Azu, Azu’s brows were screwed up and Shaar did not hesitate to walk. The past: "What happened?"
Azu looked at Shaar and gave a slight hesitation: "Let's go see it with me."
The scorpion that was left outside last night is gone, there is only one pool of blood on the ground, and there are a few pieces of flesh and blood broken limbs that have been torn off. The blood on the ground formed a long drag, and the blood went up to the grass next to it.
Azu looked at the grass around him, checked some imprints on the ground, looked back at Shaar, looked serious, and said only one sentence:
"Let's be stared."
From the seriousness of Azu's look, Shaar saw an unusual wariness.
"We turned around and went south first."Azu quickly decided: "Maybe I have to go around."
Shaar did not make any dissatisfaction with this decision. He is essentially a hunter who is familiar with the rules of the mountains. He knows that in such a place, if something happens, it is best to listen to these indigenous arrangements. Outside is the world outside, and the mountains are the world in the mountains. In such a place, if you don't listen to these indigenous people, you will be able to confess a group of Mercenary's life here.
Hillbilly is half a mountain person, but after all, this is not his place. There are many things here that he is not familiar with.
You can still ask if you want to ask.
"What is it?"
Azu was slightly hesitant and shook his head: "The old opponent. When I came out from the tribe, the road was attacked by the old opponent. At that time, I lost two of my men, but I also suffered a lot from the other side. I didn't expect to go home this time, but the road was actually stared at them again. ”
After a pause, Azu added: "It is a group of lizards, poisonous lizards."
Shaar knows very well that Azu's "lizard" is not the kind of small gecko in the usual sense. It must be a big guy like Azu's screaming lizard mount!
The team quickly turned to the south.
It was determined that the group was being stared, and the Zakou natives were very serious, and the unsuspecting Mercenaries, because they did not know the terrifying of the poisonous lizards, did not appear to be too nervous.
Even Shaar is not too worried. In the view of hillbilly, it is just a huge lizard. Even if you come to a group, what about?
But soon, everyone tasted it.
The first difficulty encountered was the shortage of food.
After two days in the south, Zakou native didn’t even have a prey! Azu's look is very serious: "The guys are cunning, they are staring at us, but they don't attack immediately, but they are lurking around us. There is such a group of things, and the animals around them are scared away by them, where? Can also hit the prey. These things are very cunning, they just want us to fall into hunger! ”
If you can't get the prey, there is no meat, and everyone can only dry the food.
The second difficulty that followed was drinking water!
In the mountains, it is impossible to bring more than a dozen buckets of water to the big carriage. These days, they are all temporarily supplemented when they encounter a water source on the road. Anyway, these indigenous Zakou people exist, and wherever they can find water in the mountains, they don’t have to worry about it.
I can go south for two days. I have encountered two water pools on the road. Azu is forbidden to take water!
"Those things are cunning, they know how to make us hungry, and naturally know how to make fun of the water. Don't forget their names: the poisonous lizard. ”
Azu's words are very effective. The two pools on the road, the water looks very clear, but there is a Mercenary who doesn't believe in evil, stealing a sip, and after a while, the face is black, the nose and mouth are bleeding. I convulsed for a while.
Shaar was extremely annoyed for this, and the Mercenary gathered together and made a fire. After all, these Mercenaries haven't been with him for a long time, and they have brought a lot of wildness, but it seems that some people are poisoned by drinking water, and the rest is naturally a lot more honest.
The water on the body could not be supported for a long time. At the request of Azu, everyone saved the water to mount. After all, if the mount fell, everyone could only walk on the bottom of the two feet.
As for people…There are also ways for these natives. Several Zakou natives searched for some time with some short knives, and dug out some of the seemingly fat and full botanical roots from the soil, one by one looks like a little autumn, like a little potato. same. This kind of thing puts a sip in the mouth, full of water, full of juice. It is enough to quench your thirst. And this kind of rhizome is very much in the mountain forest and it is not difficult to find.
The only thing that is so beautiful is that the juice of this rhizome tastes sour. At first, everyone can tolerate this taste, but when I eat too much, when I sleep at night, my stomach is sore and sore. The next day, I lost my appetite.
In two days, many Mercenary were obviously thinner.
Zakou native also made a move: when the rest was at night, some wolves were released. After the wolves were released, they naturally squatted around the camp. In the words of Azu: Even if people are careful, whether it is sight or hearing, they are not as sensitive as these beasts. These wolves are vigils and use more than people.
Even so, the situation is getting worse.
The direct response is the mount of Azu. The screaming lizard, the performance is getting more and more irritating. When stopping, the two claws are planed on the ground. Once someone else accidentally approaches it, it will lead to the movement of the claws.
Shaar looked in his eyes and was very clear: those things are getting closer and closer.
After a few days of walking, even the Zakou native in the team clearly showed some fatigue. The dry food that had been eaten for a few days was tortured by the sour juice. Some people couldn’t afford it. When they were walking every day, the Mercenary were languid. After a few days of dry food, everyone felt weak hands and feet.
Every day, Azu carefully sent out the locals to search around in groups of three and five, and found nothing. Those poisonous lizards are more difficult than imagined.
On the fourth night, the vigil was stunned by the roaring voice from the woods. Soon everyone was woken up, and Zakou native immediately summoned the giant wolf back, counting the number and missing two.
The people who sent out found the bodies of two wolves.
Both wolves were torn into pieces, and the huge and sharp teeth on the flesh and bones made people feel cold in their hearts. Obviously, the two wolves were directly bitten by the neck: according to Azu's explanation, when the poisonous lizards attacked the target, they bite the target and then put the venom into the target body along the teeth. Quickly let the target poison the paralysis and lose the ability to resist.
"We have to speed up."
Azu pulled Shaar to the side and whispered: "These guys are more anxious than I expected. We must lead them to the south as soon as possible. There is a forest in the south. I will take these things there. I have a way to deal with them. ”
Azu feels very accurate.
When the road was hurrying during the day, the group was walking quietly. Suddenly, from the side of the bush, there was no green sign!
The attack came so awkward, even the wolves that acted as mounts did not notice it!
A Mercenary sits on the back of the wolf and the green shadow that has been thrown out hits the ground directly! Then two green shadows came out, one of them directly biting the neck of the giant wolf! In this case, the other wolves were not fierce. After the attack was attacked by the same kind, they issued a panic screaming, and each one shrank and then shrank back and forth.
The Mercenary, who was thrown to the ground, was quickly bitten by two lizards and then quickly dragged in towards the side of the bush.
Shaar's reaction was the fastest. He jumped over and grabbed a spear that had just been cut with a tree stick last night and cast it out. His skill in throwing a spear has been practiced for a long time. Shot on the head of a lizard, wearing it!
The other Mercenary also reacted and pulled out the sword to grab it. The green lizards quickly broke into the trees and disappeared. In Azu's anxious call, the Mercenary's intentions were pursued. Shaar also screamed at Mercenary.
Just look at the Mercenary that was bitten, one leg was bitten, and the sharp zigzag tooth print was very obvious. After a while, the skin was black and it broke out in a few moments.
Shaar looked in his eyes, his face was blue, his face was black and scary, his eyes kept flashing like a flame.
That died of the poisonous lizard, and Shaar finally saw the appearance of this thing.
This highly venomous lizard, body shape and scream lizard almost the size, but the skin is green color, in this piece of green trees is difficult to discern, green skin is full of hard keratin, sword is difficult to penetrate, the mouth has two rows of sharp jagged teeth, sharp pole, Shaar hands with the fire Pitchfork put the head of this highly venomous lizard cut open, in the lizard mouth upper jaw dug up two poison sac, inside is a group of green venom, Shaar carefully with carry-on bottle installed, silent.
That night, when everyone stopped to rest, Shaar didn't say anything to anyone. When someone raised the fire pitchfork, they got into the woods and disappeared. It wasn't until the morning that Shaar came back. He was covered with grass dust and a poisonous lizard on his back. The lizard was caught alive by him and he didn't die.
Shaar directly broke the lizard's legs and feet, with fire Pitchfork will this brute's teeth a piece of pry off, a whole day on the road, Shaar with this thing, every walk some way, waving on this guy's body cut, he every time to do is very measured, cut not lightly, Pity this lizard, a day down to get at least 10 knives, in the evening has not been out of breath.
Just along the way, the open mouth kept making a sharp and screaming scream. The sound of such things was very weird, and some seemed like the frogs in the summer pond.
However, with this thing screaming all the way, this day, it is no longer an attack.
"The same kind of screams are the most deterrent."Shaar’s eyes on Azu’s doubts are cold and cold: “This is true for any race.”
After listening to this sentence, Azu stared at Shaar and watched it for a while. When he faced this human being, Azu's eyes were a little different from the previous ones.
"This poisonous lizard is a group of demon beasts, a group of at least twenty. This thing is the most revenge. When I went out to the Scarlet Wasteland last time, I played with this group of things and killed two. They just stared at me all the way until I got out of the woods. This time, they will not give up. ”
Azu looked at Shaar's gloomy face and said: "At the latest tomorrow, we will walk through a stream of water, which is a living water. Fearless those things are poisoned, just to supplement our drinking water, but beyond the stream, we will enter Go to the territory of a demon beast. There is a great thing living there. We don't have to enter the territory too deep and walk around the edge. The monster is the natural enemy of these lizards. Most of these lizards are afraid to go in, we can take the opportunity to get rid of these things. ”
"What is it?"Shaar asked straightforwardly.
Azu hesitated, and smiled and said the answer:
"The name given to you by your Byzantine is, the giant tooth lurker."
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