Mercenary Wars

Chapter 24 Crystal Core Fragments
Most people were unable to react in time, only one thief threw the dagger in his hand at the forest python, but the damage was obviously not enough to stop it.

The intelligence of Warcraft is usually much higher than that of ordinary wild beasts. After dragging the square-faced warrior onto the big tree, the giant python wrapped around and squeezed the square-faced warrior's body, while consciously using the surrounding branches and leaves to cover itself.

"Save me--" the square-faced warrior wailed in pain and struggled hard.

The Grey Eagle mercenaries on the ground immediately launched a rescue operation. Those who could climb trees climbed trees, and those who could not climb trees found angles and attacked the giant python with long-range weapons.

However, most of the trees in the Stoneclaw Mountains are tall and thick, and the trees in the isolated Tidal Lands are even taller than that. I'm afraid that ten people may not be able to hug the tree in front of me, and it will be impossible to climb up in a short time.

As for archery and throwing, the effects were also not ideal due to the lush branches and leaves and the obscurance of other nearby trees.

Seeing this, Gao Jianuo immediately took out a long feather arrow and smeared it with Ryan's poison. Then he bent the bow and arrow, attached four clusters of swift breeze, and aimed at the giant python in the tree.

"call out--"

The bowstring was pulled and the long-feathered arrow shot out.

Guided by the swift breeze, the long-feathered arrow turned slightly halfway, bypassed the obstruction of the branches, and then flew towards the ferocious head of the giant forest python at an even faster speed!
Although the giant python has thick skin and flesh, the power of the long-feather arrows blessed by four swift breezes is also not weak.

"Hiss--" With a painful roar, the arrowhead of the long-feathered arrow had completely penetrated the giant python's head.

As the poison took effect, the forest python's strength weakened rapidly, and it finally fell from the tree after a while.

"Bang!" The thick snake body fell to the ground with a heavy sound.

Seeing that the pharmacist Gao Jianuo's archery skills were so accurate and even magical, the mercenaries were amazed, and the few tree climbers looked at each other in surprise.

Gao Jianuo ignored these gazes and immediately went up to finish off the dying forest python with his sword.

Kill a level 2 monster, experience +50

He then checked the square-faced warrior's injuries.

Fortunately, the python's entanglement did not cause him much harm, but unfortunately, the fall just now caused him to break a leg.

This was even with the python as a cushion. Otherwise, given the height of the tree, the square-faced warrior would have lost at least half his life.

Looking at the square-faced warrior who limped to his feet with the help of others, most people's faces were a little gloomy, and the hunter captain frowned even more.

"I'm sorry, I've dragged everyone down." The square-faced warrior said ashamedly.

The Hunter Captain sighed and looked at the tall and thin recruit he was supporting: "Take him back the way you came. Be careful on the way."

"Okay." The recruit nodded, then helped the square-faced soldier back the way he came.

After these two people left, the others were no longer in the mood to rest.

But the spoils still need to be collected.

As the absolute main force in killing the giant python, Gao Jianuo took the lead. Holding a dagger, he cut open the giant python's head and searched for it.

An irregular flake of light blue came into view.

Looking at this thin piece, Gao Jianuo's eyes lit up.

Crystal core fragments!

There is a chance of finding crystal core fragments in the bodies of magical beasts that are no more than level three. Although the value of this thing cannot be compared with the real crystal core, it is equivalent to about one month's salary for Gao Jianuo.

Gao Jianuo happily put away his salary for this month, but he didn't plan to take the remaining parts of the python.

It’s not that he didn’t want it, but due to the effects of the poison, the forest python’s body had begun to show visible pollution, and most of its body was no longer of any value.

This is also a disadvantage of using poison.

The captain of the hunters stepped forward to take a look, and after realizing that the giant python's body was of little value, he shook his head regretfully and said, "Let's continue on our journey." The group continued on their way, exploring deep into the tidal land.

Another few hours passed.

During this period, apart from encountering a low-level monster and easily defeating it, they had no other gains worth mentioning.

What is Forget-Me-Not Moss? I didn’t even see its shadow.

"Captain, what should we do next? Should we go back?" someone asked.

Seeing that this trip was about to fail, they looked at each other and saw some resentment in each other's eyes.

"I've heard from many people that this Tidal Land has been open for at least four days each time. Why don't we not go back yet and continue walking inside!"

This was undoubtedly a dangerous proposal, so someone immediately objected: "No, this is too risky! What if the Tidal Land closes in three days? Are we going to be trapped here and die?"

"Yes, although it used to be four days, who can say for sure? Captain, let's go back now. If we don't go back now, we may not be able to reach the Snake Slashing Line before the moon rises!"

"Well, let's go back." The hunter captain nodded. "But not back the same way. Let's go back another way. Maybe we'll be lucky enough to find a patch of Forget Moss."

Others naturally agreed.

The group prepared to return.

But at this moment, someone pointed and said, "There seems to be someone over there."

Everyone turned around and saw several hunters in dark clothes passing through the woods not far away.

They seemed to have no hostility and didn't even seem to notice this team from the Grey Eagle Mercenaries, so the Grey Eagle mercenaries didn't say anything.

Most people enter the Tidal Lands to make a fortune, and unless two teams discover a patch of Forget Moss at the same time, no one will attack others for no reason.

So after taking a few brief glances, the mercenaries didn't take the passing hunters seriously.

Only Gao Jianuo frowned.

These hunters in dark clothes were the suspected pagans that Ryan had reminded him of last night.

As a person without religious beliefs, Gao Jianuo actually doesn't care about paganism or not.

But he knew that his views were not mainstream. In the Farallo continent, most people attached great importance to religion and used it as an important criterion for distinguishing between friends and enemies.

Even a "crime" in the legal sense only exists when the victim is a member of the religion.

If the victim is a pagan, then the crime is not a "crime" but rather an act that is condoned or even encouraged. Some fanatical believers even regard pagans as more hateful than demons.

In this situation, there is natural hostility and distrust between two groups that view each other as pagans.

Have to guard against it.

"Better be careful, they look a bit sneaky." Gao Jianuo reminded.

The mercenaries were indeed a little cautious, and from time to time they cast their eyes towards the group of hunters that were getting farther and farther away from them.

But the accident still happened.

In other words, it was their attention to these hunters that led to the accident.

Just when they were focusing their attention on a few hunters, several throwing axes suddenly flew out from an overlooked corner of the woods.

The hunter captain who was walking in the front was careless for a moment and did not dodge, and his head was chopped off on the spot!

(End of this chapter)