Lord of Hyranza

Chapter 33 32. The Tracker in the Shadows

The soldiers of the second team hid in the bushes, staring nervously at a forest of sorbus trees halfway up the mountain.

A giant earth bear with a body length of more than four meters was leaning against a mountain pear tree. The bear claws as big as a palm fan shook the pear tree vigorously. The whole tree was shaking violently. Falling like raindrops in the woodland, two bear cubs over two meters long happily nibbled at the green pears on the ground.

This kind of mountain pear is not delicious, not to mention that the green pear is extremely sour, even in the ripe season, the pears of yellow and orange are all over the branches. Although the juice is sweet and sour, a bite is full of pear residue that is hard to swallow. In other words, this hard-to-eat Yamanashi can only make fruit wine.

The mountain pears on the tree were all over the ground, and then the adult terrestrial bear leaned down and lay quietly under the tree, as if he was not interested in these green pears.

He Boqiang didn't expect such a lazy brown bear to be one of the overlords in the Gandaer Mountains, the earthly bear.

It is said that the Great Earth Bears, whose adult strength is at their peak, can touch the door of the third-level monster, but in fact, most Earth Bears are only second-level monsters.

For the soldiers of the second team, the big earth bear in front of them was like a mountain that could not be climbed.

It is said that the Earth Bear has the magical power of the earth element. It is difficult for ordinary weapons to pierce its bear skin. When the Earth Bear is on all fours, it has endless power in its body, which is definitely not something that the current team can defeat. .

The land bear has a very sensitive sense of smell. When looking for prey, it can smell the breath of prey two kilometers away, and its temperament is irritable. When it senses the approaching danger, it is easy to turn on the violent state.

At this moment, everyone was hiding in the bushes, but what they saw was a warmer picture. A mother bear and two cubs were eating green pears in the pear grove.

He Boqiang felt that there must be some reason why the indigenous girl appeared.

At dusk last night, she appeared on the top of a tree, and disappeared quickly after being discovered, apparently to warn He Boqiang of danger in this forest area, which made He Boqiang not sleep well all night.

After the team packed up the tent and continued to move forward, He Boqiang never let down his guard.

He was actually on the lookout for a swarm of native hunters, or red-eyed hyenas or something, suddenly rushing out of the surrounding woodland.

He Boqiang didn't know that the big guy in front of him was the source of the unknown danger until they saw the huge Earth Bear in the forest on the mountainside, and the danger was slowly approaching.

The body of this second-level monster is like a mobile treasure house. The skull is destined to have a magic core with a magic spar, and an intact bear skin is even more valuable.

However, Surdak was not stupid enough to hunt the Great Earth Bear. The second team wasn't enough to slap the Great Earth Bear.

In order to avoid being discovered by the terrestrial bear, Surdak took the team members and hid in a piece of wild sagebrush vine. This vine itself has an unpleasant odor, which can effectively cover up the body odor.

It is a good way to protect yourself in the bushes.

He Boqiang always felt that the big earth bear seemed to know that there was someone in the woodland here, but in fact it was also hesitating whether to come over.

The Great Earth Bear wandered for a while in the pear grove opposite, and finally decided to leave slowly with the two cubs.

When the tyrannical bear climbed over the ridge and drifted further away, Surdak let everyone get out of the vines, and everyone sat in the woodland and let out a sigh of relief.

……

"It seems that we have entered the depths of the Gandal Mountains, and everyone must be more careful."

Surdak told the soldiers of the squad.

Red Sox Garcia couldn't help complaining to Surdak: "Captain, when will we go on this mission, let's find someone in such a large forest, there is no specific scope, let us go where Find?"

The bearded Kagel wiped the sweat from his face, leaned over and said, "It is said that the above is based on the calculation of time, and it is determined that the swordsman should go to the area of ​​​​our regiment's responsibility."

Surdak lowered his head and pondered for a moment before saying, "This time we brought seven-day marching rations. At present, the food is still sufficient, so let's look for it and consider it as a field training."

Near noon, the soldiers cooked a pot of fish porridge on a fire in the woodland. Tim fish is a first-class monster. Regular consumption of this fish is said to enhance one's physical fitness. It is a rare nourishing food. He Boqiang didn't feel any improvement in physical strength. It's true that this kind of fish porridge is more resistant to hunger.

He Boqiang was sitting on a tree root sticking out from the soil, drinking fish porridge in a bowl with a dry baked wheat cake.

His gaze fell into the woods not too far away, and a piece of animal skin skirt appeared behind a maple tree. He Boqiang pressed his forehead in distress, although he was very grateful for her warning last night, but The whereabouts of the second team fell into the eyes of this indigenous girl without reservation, and there was no privacy at all, which was really a headache.

He Boqiang wanted to chase after him quietly and scare away the indigenous girl who had been following the team.

He quietly put down the wheat cake in his hand, and made a gesture to the recruits to go out. This gesture usually means going out to solve personal problems. He Boqiang took a few quick steps and disappeared in the dense forest. .

He leaned across a low cassava field, carefully concealed his figure, and touched behind the tree where the indigenous girl was hiding.

When he touched the maple tree, he found that the figure of the indigenous girl had long since disappeared.

He Boqiang sighed, although he knew it would happen, he still wanted to try it.At least prevent the adventurous action of the indigenous girl, otherwise once discovered by other members of the team, it will inevitably be in danger.

And Augustus in the second team is a ranger with good anti-reconnaissance means.

He Boqiang was about to turn around and return to the temporary camp when he suddenly felt something. He turned his head and saw that the slender indigenous girl was looking at him from behind a tree dozens of meters away. He gritted his teeth and decided to take the risk of catching up.

The indigenous girl was surrounded by animal skins, her gray hair was braided in fine braids, and the green tree sap covered her face. When she saw He Boqiang running quickly, she was frightened and ran into the depths of the woods in a hurry. Her steps were light and light. , He Boqiang is hard to catch up for a while.

The forest is overgrown with weeds, and some potholes are filled with fallen leaves. If you step into it, your body will be seriously out of balance. Several times, He Boqiang feels that his ankle is so painful that it is about to break.

He chased behind the indigenous girl, passed through a dense red pine forest, jumped over a small river that almost stopped flowing, and ran on the rocky beach for an unknown distance.

He Boqiang didn't stop until his heart was about to jump out of his throat.

It can be clearly felt that every time the indigenous girl disappears from sight, she will stop in front, and when He Boqiang runs closer, like a deer in the mountains, she will leave He Boqiang far behind.

She seemed very careful not to drop He Boqiang too far, nor to let him get too close to her.

After chasing them for a long distance, He Boqiang thought to himself: The indigenous girl should not continue to follow behind the team.

So He Boqiang decided to go back.

When they returned to the temporary camp, Surdak and the soldiers of the second team were looking for him around the camp, thinking that he had been attacked by native hunters.

Sure enough, when he was camping that night, He Boqiang found that the indigenous girl was not following.

……

On the sixth day after leaving the camp of the 57th Heavy Armored Infantry Regiment, Suldak led the soldiers of the second team to the end of the valley and the ridge.

This is the upper reaches of this river valley. This river is formed by the convergence of countless rivers and streams in the Gandaer Mountains. From here, it divides into two tributaries. Going deeper, it does not follow a single ridge. Instead, the mountains are stacked together. The woodland here is mostly birch and five-leaf maple, and there are also patches of red pine and fir trees.

Surdak was worried that he would lose his way in the mountains, so he stopped here, planning to camp here, and return the same way after a day of repairing.

He Boqiang, Red Sock Garcia, Bearded Cagle and others set up tents in the forest. Augustus followed Surdak and planned to go around the surrounding woodland to see if there was any suitable prey.

In the morning, I also saw a group of elk running along the river valley below in the direction of where the team came from, and occasionally some small beasts were seen fleeing in the woods.

He Boqiang and the team of soldiers had just set up the tent and built a simple stove. Before they could put the iron pan on the stove, Augustus and the two ran back out of breath.

Augustus ran back sweating profusely and said, "Something was discovered in the woodland ahead, and the captain called us to go over together."

The bearded Kagel hurried up to meet Augustus and asked Augustus, "What did you see? Is it the natives, or the monsters in the mountains and forests?"

Augustus supported a big tree and panted for a while before saying, "It's a group of red-eyed hyenas..."

Hearing the red-eyed hyenas, Kagel immediately grabbed Augustus' neck with both hands, pressed him against the tree, and yelled loudly, "Since you have met a group of red-eyed hyenas, how dare you leave the captain behind? , run back by yourself?"

Augustus struggled weakly, was strangled by Cagle's neck, was speechless for a while, and his face was suffocated purple.

In the end, it was He Boqiang who pushed Kagel away. After breaking free, Augustus coughed violently for a while before saying:

"Those red-eyed hyenas are dead, as if they were eaten by some wild beast, leaving only a layer of dog skin..."

Red Sock Garcia was relieved to hear Augustus say this, and said, "What's so strange about this? There are no beasts in this forest that can kill red-eyed hyenas. Not to mention that there are even more powerful monsters living, so there is no need to make a fuss about hunting a few red-eyed hyenas..."

(End of this chapter)