Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 506: Development in a good direction

The Devil's Claws are a very common type of large carnivorous monster in the Underdark. They have vulture-like heads, giant beetle-like bodies, and exoskeletons decorated with spikes and bony protrusions, but what makes these monsters truly famous are the two terrifying hooked claws that give them their name.

The hooked limbs of the Deinoclaw allow them to move freely on the rock surface. Using their climbing skills to ambush prey from above dark caves is their favorite thing to do, but if the surrounding environment does not support them to do so, they will also lurk around carefully like a wolf pack, waiting for an opportunity to attack.

Such attacks are extremely dangerous. If not detected in advance, the victim will often be ripped apart by the claws of the Devil's claws in an instant. They have already witnessed such scenes.

Since the derivatives entered the Underdark, they have encountered four or five waves of attacks from the Terrorclaws. When they first encountered these monsters, two of them were seriously injured by the Terrorclaws' sneak attacks because they were not vigilant enough.

If Noshir hadn't arrived quickly enough, it would have taken him only a dozen seconds to sprint from the front of the team to the victims, and then smash the monsters' heads with three punches and two kicks. The two poor derivatives would probably have died on the spot.

However, even though Noshir reacted quickly enough and used the blood of the terror claws to help the two injured derivatives recover afterwards, this attack also exposed their shortcomings of being too weak in vigilance and too lacking in combat experience. In order to prevent similar incidents from happening again, or at least to allow the derivatives to buy some time for themselves when danger occurs, Noshir made a prompt decision to pause the journey.

He found a fairly spacious cave and divided the team into eight circles. He asked Asdalen and the others to teach these derivatives the fighting methods of vampires, including how to activate the sensitive senses that only vampires possess, how to know where injuries would not affect their self-healing abilities, and how to make the best use of the fangs that could paralyze the opponent once bitten, continuously draining the enemy's blood and strength, and making the enemy unable to resist.

These things are very easy to understand, especially for these derivatives. What Asdalen and the others described are completely their instincts. They are natural strategies that they can fully utilize as long as they are a little familiar with them.

Although Noshir is not a vampire and cannot explain things as intuitively as Asdalen and the others and guide out the fighting instincts of these derivatives, Noshir's own strength makes up for this. To put it bluntly, his combat experience and strategic knowledge are more than the combined total of the thousands of people present, so what he teaches is far more versatile than what Asdalen and the others say.

Noshir told them what kind of dangers there are in the Underdark, what kind of common monsters there are, and how to deal with these monsters, so that they would be filled with a sense of crisis, and never let their guard down at any time and place, and always maintain the maximum sense of the outside world. They should also know how to make full use of the desire for blood and let this desire overwhelm their own fear of battle and gain the courage to resist, as well as how to calm down quickly after the battle to avoid being completely dominated by this bloodthirsty desire.

These things are all the actual combat experience of Noshier, which comes from a barbarian like him who has completely mastered the skill of rage as his core ability. Although these derivatives cannot fully master these skills in a short period of time, just a few tricks are enough to be regarded as incomparably precious to these derivatives. As long as they can work hard in this direction in the future, maybe one day they can truly rely on their will to overcome their desire for blood. Of course, even if they can really achieve this level, it will take an unknown amount of time in the future. For the current derivatives, Noshier's requirements for them are very relaxed. In addition to not drinking human blood, his biggest requirement for them now is to remember the key information given to them and protect themselves on the way forward.

But now it seems that Noshier's goal has actually been achieved.

Noshil flapped his wings gently and hovered in the air. With the excellent vision granted by the eagle totem, he observed, from a distance of nearly 600 meters, the claw monsters that were trapped by the derivatives that were gradually surrounding them.

At this time, these claw monsters also felt the danger. They began to roar uneasily and waved their arms and claws randomly as if to intimidate them. However, this level of bluffing did not fool the derivatives. They did not retreat at all, but surrounded them completely step by step, little by little.

And at the moment when the encirclement was completely formed, the more than 40 derivatives surrounding the three giant claw monsters seemed to have received the signal at the same time, and pounced on the bodies of the claw monsters at a speed so fast that ordinary people could only see afterimages with the naked eye!
These monsters could not withstand the impact of so many derivatives and were pinned to the ground in just one encounter. The solid shells covering their bodies could not withstand the sharp claws and fangs of the derivatives. After knocking them down with the advantage of numbers and weight, the derivatives on the Deinoclaw Monster's body stretched out their claws and hooked into the gaps in the Deinoclaw Monster's shell at a series of parts such as the shoulders, waist, abdomen, neck, and arms, and then used these gaps as breakthrough points, scratching and biting frantically.

Under such a weak attack, these shells only lasted for a few seconds before being broken one after another. The derivatives that successfully caught prey roared with excitement, and then immediately lowered their heads to drink the not-so-sweet blood.

From the time they were attacked to the time the derivatives had a delicious meal, all these events took less than three minutes in total, and the riots in that area had completely subsided. Seeing this, Noshir nodded in satisfaction.
The Deinocrats always hunt in groups, working together to deal with the largest and most dangerous enemies, but if the battle situation becomes unfavorable, the Deinocrats will immediately and quickly climb up the rock wall of the cave to escape. This information was all given by Noshil to other derivatives, and the performance of the derivatives told Noshil that these guys really remembered his teachings and remembered the habits and weaknesses of these monsters.

These guys have become more and more skilled, and monsters like the Horrorclaw are no longer a threat to them.

(End of this chapter)