rune hunter

Chapter 14 The Forest Caravan
Staring at the rough sheepskin map in his hand, repeatedly confirming his current location, Jupiter wiped the sweat from his forehead, let out a long breath, and finally relaxed his tense nerves.If nothing else happened, his caravan should be able to reach the resting point before dark.

"Hurry up! Boys!" He shouted, raised his long whip, and slapped it loudly.

There were very few voices responding, but the speed of the caravan was slightly accelerated.There is no real road in the forest, even if it is opened up, it will be swallowed up soon.The road they walked was considered a relatively prosperous commercial route. They could see the outline of the road, but they had to consciously send people to maintain it.Cutting trees and weeding along the way, how can the speed be so fast.

Looking around, Jupiter frowned deeply, and another layer of sweat oozed from his slightly bald head.It wasn't the speed of the caravan that worried him.

During the last trip, Jupiter's caravan unfortunately encountered a wandering band of thieves. The leader of the other party was a psychopathic half-orc. Relying on the fact that he had two ogres under his command, he disdained the money offered by the caravan. With a single glance, he insisted on swallowing all the goods.

None of the merchants who owned caravans and dared to travel through the forest these days were vegetarians.Half of Jupiter's employees are veterans who have experienced wars. Under pressure, they rose up to resist, and naturally a fierce battle was inevitable.

In the end, neither side could reap any benefits. The leader of the bandit group was cut to pieces, and the remaining men scattered.But the caravan also suffered more than [-] casualties, and even the manpower to drive the car was almost missing, resulting in heavy losses.

When he came out this time, in order to gather the number of people, Jupiter brought almost all the boys in the family over, and temporarily recruited a group of young Xi tribe mercenaries.There is no way, the elderly people know the horror of the forest, and no one would trade their lives for such a small salary.Only these young people who don't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth will be fooled.

The warriors of the Xi tribe are naturally strong and strong, but they are also notoriously lacking in brains.The group of mercenaries he recruited were "baby soldiers" who had just entered the industry and had never seen blood. They only knew how to use brute force and had no combat experience.Putting it in the caravan can only scare those bullying and fearful youngsters at best.In fact, after going deep into the forest for three days, the blood of these young people was exhausted by the cruel nature.

For this, Jupiter could only pray silently to the gods he believed in, and only hoped that these little bastards could obediently obey orders and grow up quickly through this experience.

He himself was forced to do nothing. The last incident had hurt the caravan. If this group of young people could not be cultivated and instead spent in the forest, his business career would probably come to an end.

The unlucky businessman's prayers didn't help much. For some unknown reason, the beasts in the forest have been in a violent state for the past few days.At the foot of a mountain, the caravan passed by a herd of migrating iron-bristle boars.If Jupiter hadn't controlled the situation in time and stepped aside, a tragic stampede would have been unavoidable.

Even so, observing such a ferocious beast up close is by no means a good experience.

The size of the iron bristle wild boar is twice the size of the mules and horses pulling the cart, with two pairs of sharp fangs protruding from its mouth, and its mane stands like a large hedgehog.Although this beast is mostly vegetarian, it doesn't mind finding some blood food to improve its life once in a while.In the forest, the ferocity of the iron bristle boar ranks ahead of the bear and the saber-toothed tiger.

At least four or five young brats peed their pants in fright, and there was a foul smell in the team.The situation of the others was not much better. The atmosphere of the caravan fell into a downturn for a while, and finally continued on the road.

Jupiter only felt that his whole life's hard work and energy had been consumed on this journey, and even the thinning hair on his head had been reduced.He secretly swore that if these little guys really couldn't grow up, he would never waste any more time, simply disband the caravan and find a place to retire.

While he was pondering, there was a sudden commotion in front of the team, which alarmed the old businessman.

"What happened again? My God, can't you live in peace for a while?" Jupiter raised his eyes and rode forward, waving his whip. "Kevin! Don't look around and take care of your own wagon!...Tony! What the hell! I swear, if you stop the caravan for something trivial again, I'll make you kiss a boar's ass!"

"Boss, we're here!"

A mercenary named Tony trotted over from the front. The threat of the old businessman made him turn pale. In fact, he was one of the few people who were scared to pee their pants, but at this moment the young mercenary didn't care. on these.

"I saw the camp you were talking about, but . . . there are people there now."

"Someone? There are people in this damn place?" Jupiter was startled.

The resting place shown on the map is actually just a simple camp set up by caravans in the past. They cut down the nearby big trees, sorted out an open space, and surrounded it with stones.Usually no one is stationed there, just deserted there.

At this time, Jupiter had also seen a wisp of cooking smoke rising in the sky in front of him, which indicated that there were not many people on the other side. This made the old businessman heave a sigh of relief and had some guesses in his mind.

Apart from the caravans, the only people who know about this place are some hunters living in this forest. They are familiar with the arrival time of each caravan and will bring high-quality fur and mountain goods for trading.Jupiter's character and reputation are very good, so he also got to know many of them.

The caravan slowly entered the camp, and the young people in the team finally relaxed.They put down their weapons, unloaded all kinds of tools from the wagon and began to set up the tent.Exhausted from the strained nerves of the day, they whispered among themselves, mostly complaints about the damned forest.Some, however, cast their curious eyes on the stranger on the other side of the camp.

Jupiter jumped off the horse, rubbed his buttocks and walked a few steps, squinting his eyes to look there as well.

The first thing that came into view was a wild boar that I saw not long ago. The lying corpse was still as huge as a hill.No obvious wounds could be seen on the boar's body, only one eye was pierced with a feathered arrow.

"A good leather, a great hunter." The old businessman just glanced at it and made a judgment.As far as he knew, there were only a handful of big hunters in this forest, and only one of them was capable of dragging wild boars weighing thousands of catties here.

A boy in worn leather armor was standing beside the wild boar, holding a knife and explaining to his two companions in a low voice.And his companions turned out to be two weak-looking young girls. I really don't know how they came to the depths of the forest.

"Yo! El! It's the first time I see you this month." Jupiter walked over with a smile on his face, "It's a surprise every time I see you!"

The old businessman was very impressed with El, not only because he was the youngest big hunter in this forest.

Compared with other hunters, El has a sharp eye and a flexible mind, and the furs he brings are always better than others.Only he can find some seemingly inconspicuous but actually valuable things in the forest.

This kid has a cautious personality and a good character. What's more rare is that he has good skills. Just like this adult iron mane boar, three or five adult mercenaries may not be able to handle it... Thinking of this, Jupiter couldn't help but Some emotions.

"Mr. Jupiter, Ludern blesses you with good fortune, long time no see."

El threw down the skinning knife, stood up and saluted with a smile. He always respected this kind boss.I was still worried about how to deal with this wild boar, but now I just pack it up and sell it. I believe the boss will be very happy to accept it.

"This little girl is..." Jupiter looked at the girl who hid behind El, who seemed a little shy and asked.The girl was wearing a tattered cloak, her hair was yellow and dull, her face was wrapped with several bandages, and dark red scars were faintly exposed, making her look sickly.But seeing that she was accompanied by a little maid, she should be a lady with status.

"This is my distant cousin."

El said with a serious face: "She has been in poor health since she was a child, and the strange disease on her body can't be cured no matter what, so this time I plan to take her to a big city to find a good doctor."

This is what the two of them discussed. Dressing Tiana in this way can allow her to avoid the eyeliner of the Cursed Sect and at the same time protect herself.No one knows what kind of disease is contagious these days, even those perverts who think with their lower body will keep away from the sick.

"Take good care of your body, little girl." Jupiter nodded, and a gleam flashed in his eyes.Will the seriously ill eldest lady come to this wild place?However, he has never seen anything in his travels, so naturally he won't delve into it.

He held El warmly and said with a smile, "Let's go, go and sit in my tent. I'm going to Istaren this time, so just go with me!"

El patted the wild boar beside him and made a gesture with his right hand. Jupiter nodded without saying a word, turned around and shouted: "Kevin! Ossie! You two come here and wash and strip this pig, pick a few The best prime rib is grilled and brought here!"

He and El have dealt with each other many times, and they know each other's character well, so naturally they won't waste their saliva discussing the price on such a trivial matter.El's vision was very poisonous. Compared with the good stuff in his hands, a few hundred catties of wild boar meat was only a small fortune.

The servants brought fried sausages, bread and ale, and Jupiter motioned for a plate of fresh fruit for the girls, and then raised his wine glass to greet Al.

"El, it seems that you came here so early this time, did you get something good?" Jupiter laughed boldly, and glanced at the bulging travel backpack behind the boy, "Your vision has always been very high. Yes, if you have something good, don't hide it."

El pondered for a while. To be honest, he didn't really want to take out the things in the bag. Anyway, he was going to the big city. Wouldn't it be better to sell them directly to those magicians who spend money like water? Why change hands again.However, it is a problem that he has no connections, and it is hard to say that there will be no accidents.

If you are alone, there is no taboo, and if you cause trouble, you will hide in the forest.But now I still have to take care of these two girls, and all kinds of worries follow.El sighed inwardly, took out a piece of jerky velociraptor rib meat from the side pocket of the travel bag, and threw it to Jupiter.

"Oh... this is? This is...!" Jupiter showed some doubts, and raised his eyebrows after taking the jerky and cutting a small piece into his mouth.After thinking about it carefully, he suddenly widened his eyes, staring at El with three-point horror and seven-point excitement.

Seen by the weird eyes, El couldn't help coughing. The plot of "single-handed hunting of velociraptors" is really scary in reality, so he decided to tell the truth.

"I didn't kill it, I took a cheap one."

Jupiter looked away with a sneer, but he was relieved in his heart.If this guy really grows to that level, this little caravan won't be able to keep him.

Withdrawing his thoughts, the thinking mode of a professional businessman started to work, and Jupiter became excited again.The velociraptor is not an ordinary beast, it is a sub-dragon, and the whole body is full of treasures!

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