Astral Apostle

Chapter 29: burst

   Chapter 29 Burst

  This is coming to live?

  Is it a coincidence that I came here, or is life in Baiyuan City so exciting?

   Zhou Jing was secretly shocked.

  Balon's face tightened, he put down his glass, and quickly explained.

  Although the Terra Empire was founded 40 years ago, the alien beasts in the human habitation area were expelled and partially cleaned up, but alien beasts still break in from time to time.

  Small events like this happen occasionally, and the range of activities of many alien beasts is not fixed. Occasionally, alien beasts run into areas where humans live, either for food or by mistake. The fortifications of towns exist to a large extent to deal with alien beasts.

  The sentries set up around the town are responsible for detecting this situation.

   Once the traces of alien beasts are found, an early warning will be issued, and a bounty and information will be issued to the tavern for hunters to choose.

  If the alien beasts pose a direct threat to the town, such as approaching the town, the lord will immediately recruit hunters in the city to fight together and stifle the threat.

   Several people did not care to continue chatting, and surrounded the guards with the hunters in the tavern to ask about the situation.

   "What kind of beast?"

   "Where are they? How long?"

   Zhou Jing arrived for the first time and did not speak. When other hunters asked again, he also learned the specific situation from the flustered guards.

   Not long ago, the sentry sent an emergency report saying that two high-risk alien beasts had appeared around the town. They had attacked and killed a caravan and were heading towards Baiyuan City. Pedestrians on the road were in danger and became a huge threat.

   And these two high-risk alien beasts are both bear species with outstanding strength and defense, called split-claw bears.

There are many kinds of high-risk alien beasts. It is recognized that the most troublesome are three types of creatures. One is extremely fast, the second is able to control certain elements, breathe fire and spit ice, and the last is extremely rough skin and thick flesh, cracked claws. Bears are the third category.

   "Both are split-claw bears. I'm afraid it's not easy to deal with this time... How many people can we use?"

  Weiss didn't smile anymore and looked serious.

   A hunter said, "There are only seven of us here, there should be a few hunters in the city, and I saw Webber the other day."

   "Webber too? That's great." Weiss exhaled quickly.

   Zhou Jing moved in his heart.

   When he was looking at the roster just now, he deliberately remembered the names of three secondary enhancement hunters, and this "Weber" was one of them.

   At this moment, the guard hurriedly urged:

   "The lord is gathering troops at the gate of the city. Hunters, please hurry up and meet up. Other hunters in the city have also been notified."

   "Okay, then let's go first."

   Numerous hunters had no objection, poured out of the tavern, and headed towards the city gate.

   Zhou Jing also followed the team, poked the serious-looking Balon, and asked in a low voice:

   "Is the lord's call to hunters mandatory?"

   "Of course not..." Baron shook his head with a solemn tone: "But in the face of the threat of alien beasts, we never back down. This is our duty. If we don't even fight, who else can fight against alien beasts?"

"Understood."

   Zhou Jing nodded lightly, gaining a better understanding of the hunter's concept.

  Alien hunter, this profession is ancient and glorious, pays attention to dedication, risking his life to gain strength, and risking his life to hunt, all to protect the peaceful life of more people.

   is quite reliable.

At this time, Baron sighed and instructed: "I didn't expect such an emergency. I originally thought that when you get used to the strengthened body, I would find a low-risk alien beast to practice, but now I look at it. no time to come...

Although the result of your strengthening should be good, but you haven't practiced body control, it is enough to follow our pace when hunting. Hit the hunter. "

   In his opinion, even if Zhou Jing has an extraordinary talent and strengthens his different blood to gain stronger power, he still needs a process of adaptation.

  Baron was not afraid that Zhou Jing would not be able to play, but worried that he was bewildered by the sudden surge of power and miscalculated the strength gap between himself and the alien beast, which often happened to novice hunters.

   And these veterans are very aware of how capable they are, know the strength of various beasts' attacks, and know how many times they can withstand it. It seems like an adventure, but they all know it.

   However, although Baron felt that Zhou Jing was not ready, he would not advise him not to participate in this hunt just because he took care of Zhou Jing.

   In his opinion, no matter whether it is a novice or a veteran, as long as it is an alien hunter, unless it really loses its combat effectiveness, there is no privilege to not participate in the battle.

   "I will see the situation." Zhou Jing nodded.

  Although I have only obtained extraordinary power, I feel very fresh, but I also know that the strength of this power is limited, so I adjusted my mentality last night.

   However, hunting high-risk alien beasts is one of the goals of the astral apostle, and he does not refuse this crusade.

   And Zhou Jing thinks this is a good opportunity. It is better to go hunting with a group of people than to go hunting alone.

  Although he has no hunting experience, based on his past experience of playing games, he can also draw a simple truth.

  —— Fighting monsters is definitely better than grabbing heads!

  …

  The crowd hurried all the way to the city gate, and it was already quite lively here.

   A large number of soldiers have assembled here. At a cursory glance, there have been more than 50 people. They are carrying various traps and tools, and they are very busy.

  A middle-aged man in luxurious clothes was surrounded by several guards, anxiously patrolling the troops.

   Seeing the hunters coming, the middle-aged man immediately turned his head to greet the hunters, and said loudly:

   "Hunters, you are finally here! Baiyuan City needs your help!"

   "Lord Lord, this is our duty."

   All the hunters nodded in greeting, neither humble nor arrogant.

  This person is the lord of White Plains City that Balon said, Root Claw?

   Zhou Jing's heart moved, and he quietly looked at the lord in the crowd.

   He is tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and good facial features... He looks quite decent, and he seems more like a warrior than a lord.

   Both sides are clear about each other's responsibilities, Lord Root did not say anything, and said directly:

"It's still the same this time. You are responsible for blocking the two alien beasts in the middle. Even if you can't kill them, try your best to injure them. My troops will use the fortifications of the post to set up some traps and ambush. You need to delay enough time. , don't let them approach Baiyuan City so quickly. If possible, when we have set up the trap, you can drive them to the location of the trap."

  Root quickly explained the tactics.

   To fight against alien beasts, you still have to rely on hunters, and ordinary soldiers generally do not enter the battlefield directly, just do some fortifications or assistance.

   Because ordinary people basically give nothing in front of high-risk alien beasts, maybe they will be a disservice.

   And on the battlefield, once the hunters did not restrain the beasts and were rushed into the crowd by them, it was a massacre, which could cause tragic casualties to the army.

  It is very expensive to train a well-trained and equipped soldier. If it is not desperate, it will rarely use unnecessary casualties in exchange for victory. It is still very delicious to rely on hunters.

   This is especially true of the split-claw bear. It has rough skin and thick flesh, and it is difficult for ordinary soldiers to break the defense, and it has no meaning to participate in the frontal battlefield.

   For such a situation, many hunters are used to it and have no objection.

   "When the threat is resolved this time, as always, there will be no shortage of your rewards."

   Root promised the reward without further talking, and then hurriedly turned back and continued to gather his army.

   He is only talking about a general strategy, while hunting tactics are specifically formulated by the hunter, and he will not point fingers.

   Zhou Jing did not speak, but just observed silently.

   The alien hunters present were not very respectful towards the lord, but they were still polite.

   However, many hunters were cold-browsed towards the taciturn guards beside the lord, and they made no secret of their contempt.

   Zhou Jing moved in his heart, thinking of what Baron said when he entered the city, and immediately poked Baron beside him.

   "How many people around the lord are the alien blood warriors who were drawn over?"

   "Yes, it's these **** and cowards. See, they are with the lord, so they don't have to fight the Crackclaw Bear as hard as we did." Balon spat on the ground.

   Hearing this, Zhou Jing re-evaluated the guards of the alien blood warriors.

   They are preparing to fight here, and the guards are following the lord step by step. They don't have to work hard, they can stay behind and wait for them to solve the crisis...

  Thinking about it this way, it really makes people annoyed... Zhou Jing understands the unhappiness of this group of hunters even more.

   Suddenly, he sensed a movement, vaguely aware of the gaze of others.

   Zhou Jing turned his head to look around, and finally found a figure in the wall of the city wall, which seemed to be looking down.

   He looked up and found an expressionless man standing on the city wall, with a rigid appearance, an indifferent face, a short head, and an inexplicable military temperament.

   This inch-headed man had his hands behind his back, and he had a feeling of being in a deep state. He looked down at the city gate where he was busy assembling and fighting against alien beasts, but he seemed to be out of the way.

   At this moment, the short-headed man also noticed Zhou Jing's gaze, and glanced at Zhou Jing with cold eyes, then turned his head and left, disappearing into the city wall.

   "This person..."

   Zhou Jing blinked, a strange feeling arose in his heart.

   For some reason, he always felt that the painting style of this one-inch-headed man was a little different, as if he was out of tune with other people.

   And this person does not participate in the army assembly, and can overlook the city wall. He probably has some status in the town... I don't know who he is.

   Zhou Jing felt strange, but he didn't have time to ask more. Everyone had already started to discuss tactics, and other hunters in the city were coming one after another.

   Soon, the number of alien beast hunters present reached twelve, and this was all the people who participated in this crusade.

   Among them, there is only one senior hunter who has been strengthened twice, and that is Weber.

   As soon as he arrived, the other hunters handed over the command to him to determine the tactics.

  Weber is a tall and strong man with the highest altitude in the field. At first glance, he is at least two meters high. His muscles can't wait to grow up to his cheeks, and the whole person seems to be a muscle.

   He was wearing a set of gray-black animal bone armor, carrying a huge door-like blade, the texture was like some kind of animal bone mixed with steel.

"The two split-claw bears broke through the several traps set up by the sentry without leaving any injuries. They are very fast. When we arrive, they are not far from Baiyuan City. They probably don't have time to set up ambush traps. They can only Fight a head-to-head encounter."

  Weber took out the dagger, drew a pattern on the ground, used it as a simple sand table, and said solemnly:

"The Crack Claw Bear has a long stamina and amazing strength. Its fur is extremely tough and extremely difficult to deal with. A pair of sharp claws can easily tear through steel armor, and if one is not careful, it will be severely injured. I once killed one with six other hunters, and we sacrificed It took two people to kill it.

   And this time, the two claw bears come together, it is very dangerous, it is best to separate them, contain one of them, and then attack the other, kill one first, otherwise we can't stop it. "

  Many hunters nodded.

  Although the lord said to delay as much as possible, the ideal result is to kill the alien beast and remove the threat. They will only withdraw when they cannot do anything.

  Weber put the dagger back into the sheath, looked around at everyone, and said calmly:

"So we have to divide into two teams, one with more people and one with less people, one is responsible for containment, and the other is responsible for the main attack. The pressure on the team to contain will be very high, and they must try their best to ensure that the cracked claw bear they contain will not It will affect the battlefield of the main attack team... So I have to know your respective strengthening directions before you can equip the team."

   The hunters on the scene basically knew each other and knew each other well, but they said it again.

   Soon it was the new face of Zhou Jing, and everyone looked over.

  Some hunters who are not in the tavern are seeing Zhou Jing for the first time, and they have been curious since just now.

  Baron introduced directly from the side: "His name is Jason Wood. The person I unearthed was just strengthened yesterday, and the medicine he took was Lightning Strike Leopard."

   "The newcomer who just strengthened yesterday?"

Webber frowned, then let go, and said to Zhou Jing in a deep voice: "Then you join the main attack team, and pay attention to observe after the fight. You don't need to worry about other things, you just need to walk alone and don't affect other hunters. It is enough to find an opportunity to cause damage.”

After   , he ignored Zhou Jing and continued to talk about tactics with everyone.

  Because Zhou Jing is a newly strengthened rookie, Weber is worried about his instability, so he does not dare to give too many responsibilities and tasks to marginalize his position and prevent mistakes from affecting more people.

   This is human nature, Zhou Jing has no objection to this, and he himself intends to follow the arrangement and participate in serious hunting.

   In addition, Ross also reinforces the success, he hasn't told anyone yet, and he didn't let Ross participate at this time.

  Although this follower has certain attributes, the combat skills are a blank slate. Now participating in the eighth achievement of hunting is to be a snack for the alien beast.

   He would rather let Rose stay near the battlefield, waiting for an opportunity.

  'Speaking of which, the level of secondary reinforcement is just right to take a look...'

   Zhou Jing's eyes moved, because he had a conversation with Weber just now, and he could spend 10 Astral Points to check the other party's attributes.

   He manipulated it, and Weber's properties popped up on the panel.

  [Attribute: Physical 32, Resistance 29, Perception 15, Spirit 7, Energy 0]

   "The attributes of secondary reinforcement are still higher..."

   Zhou Jing nodded secretly, having a position on his own level.

   His current attributes are just stuck between the first enhancement and the second enhancement, surpassing the former, but not yet reaching the latter, but the gap is not very big.

   In the actual fight, the attributes should not be crushed, it mainly depends on the operation.

   Soon, the hunters were divided into teams, the main attack team was eight people, and the containment team was four. Webber took over the most stressful containment task, while Zhou Jing, Balong, and Weiss were all in the main attack team.

   On the other side, Lord Root also assembled his army, bowed his head towards everyone, and said solemnly:

   "White Plains City is up to you!"

  Webber nodded, beckoned to the hunters, and shouted in a deep voice:

"Set off!"

  …

   Not long after, the twelve hunters left, and the army of the town was dispatched under the leadership of officers.

   At the gate of the city at this time, only Lord Root and some guards around him were left, and they did not go to the battlefield.

  Root watched the two troops go away, and then walked back to the town.

   When passing through the city gate, a figure walked down the stairs of the city wall next to it, and it was the man with a short head who was watching on the city wall before.

   Seeing this, Root waved his hand and told the guards of the alien blood warriors to walk away, so as not to eavesdrop on the conversation between the two.

The    inch-headed man greeted him, speaking in a stiff and weird northern dialect, and said lightly: "You are really unlucky, two clawed bears, it is estimated that half of the hunters will be damaged."

   Root looked around and saw that the guards were far away, so he frowned and said:

   "The hunter may not be able to solve it this time, you need to do it."

   The inch-headed man shook his head with an indifferent expression: "This is not within my responsibilities."

  Lord Root rolled his eyes and said solemnly, "But if the town's protective power suffers a huge loss, it's not in your interests, right?"

"That has nothing to do with me, I only listen to the orders of my superiors. My task is to be responsible for handing over to you and protecting your safety. Besides, as long as your town is not really attacked, everything else is up to me. It doesn't matter."

The    inch-headed man was expressionless.

   "How much do you take away from me every year? Now I'm in trouble, but I don't want to help? With your skills, it's easy to deal with the two split-claw bears?!" Lord Root was dissatisfied.

  The inch-headed man's tone was calm, and he said slowly:

   "Don't be too aggressive. Let's wait until your town is really attacked. The terms of cooperation we agreed with the person you are loyal to do not include solving such small troubles... I said, I only follow orders."

   After saying that, the man with the inch head decisively turned around and left.

   Root looked at the back of his departure, his face uncertain.

   (end of this chapter)

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