The sun is high - #162 - Chapter 161 Bait

When the march started again, the order from Master Krauts was conveyed to all the accompanying mages in the Chasseur Regiment – During the subsequent march, if special circumstances are encountered, the current magical silence state can be broken and the use of magic can be allowed. Stream level and below magic to avoid unnecessary casualties.

The meaning of this order can be said to be very clear.

Master Krauts obviously also believes that ordinary “walking spiders” are not enough to threaten the marching army, but under the current situation, he must consider the worst possibility.

The rustling sound of being trampled on the snow in the forest sounded again.

Shuge needed to be responsible for the safety of the logistics and medical staff, so he and Weilin stayed near the team of Meyer and other alchemy doctors. This also made those who had been ordered by the Ernst family to be soldiers. The Ernst family spies who had entered the Fifth Chasseur Regiment came nearby.

Without exception, these guys are the elite among Votel soldiers. With the financial and resource support of the Ernst family, most of them have also taken some expensive potions. Therefore, compared with ordinary soldiers, they are better at fighting and reacting. It should be better in every aspect.

The previous officers were not too concerned about the “monsters” these hunters called them, but Xiuge was different. At this time, he could already feel the slight changes happening in his metal disc.

In the knowledge of the Vanns, the traveling spider is a notorious magical creature.

They look like giant tarantulas and are extremely ferocious forest predators. What really makes this possible is their weird magical ability. They can use magic to hide their body shape and aura to a certain extent. And it operates under conditions that are difficult to detect with the naked eye and magical perception, so its whereabouts are simply elusive to ordinary people. In many early cases of traveling spiders attacking human villages, the victims were completely unable to understand this monster. behavior pattern.

They mistakenly believed that this giant spider could use magic to pass through walls, doors, windows and other obstacles, and attack people in the house. This is the origin of the word “walking through”.

If there is such a magical creature that mutates due to the descendants of Dark Abyss or other reasons, then it will definitely become even more weird and deadly.

Therefore, he immediately pulled Weilin to Meyer’s side and asked him to help him continue the translation.

“What happened to that traveling spider? How many of you did it kill?”

“There were originally nineteen of us, plus two tamed short-tailed wolves, but now there are only six of us left!”

Under Meyer’s translation, the hunters described their specific experiences intermittently.

“The nests of walking spiders are easy to find. They don’t weave webs, but they dig burrows, and the burrows are not too deep… and the trained short-tailed wolves are very familiar with their scent and can find the traces in one go. .”

The leading hunter from Black Forest Town said: “At first, we thought we had found a particularly big spider, because we first found an abandoned cave by it. The cave was so big that it could hold two times the size of an ordinary spider. It was twice as big…so everyone was very excited and followed it deep into the black forest.”

“But gradually, we found that something was not right, because its traces became obvious and continuous… In winter, even if the walking spider wakes up, it will immediately find a way to dig a hole, because they have no way to grow. Time and place to withstand the cold!”

At this point, a look of horror appeared on the faces of the hunters: “But by that time, it was already too late. Our domesticated short-tailed wolves began to want to escape. For this reason, they even bitten two of us. , and then we saw the trees in the distance begin to shake, and something was approaching us, but we couldn’t see its footprints at all.”

As he said that, the hunters raised their heads and looked at the tops of nearby trees: “But we can hear it beating between the trees!”

“You mean, that spider is jumping on the tree? Have you seen it?”

“Can’t see it!”

The hunter shook his head hurriedly: “The monster didn’t appear from the magic even when it was hunting our companions. It was a transparent devil! We shot in the air, but we couldn’t hit it at all… We even shot You can see someone being impaled by something and being lifted into the air…”

After hearing these words translated by Meyer, everyone became alert.

And Xiuge couldn’t help but look up at the nearby trees. This kind of place is indeed very easy to become a blind spot, especially when it’s still snowing. The ground conditions in the forest are very complicated. If you want to avoid falling or spraining, you must always be careful. Watch your step.

Just as Shuge expected, the army had only been marching for a while when the team suddenly stopped marching.

As the order was issued, all members of the Chasseur Regiment entered a state of alert. They raised their revolver rifles and began to aim in the direction of possible enemies nearby, while Shuge hid under two fallen trees. Next to him, he also took out his revolver rifle, and began to release the magic power to a limited extent. Weilin leaned next to him, and a magic pendulum had fallen from between her palms and was shaking gently at a specific frequency. With.

This is obviously not a normal alert order.

Because when the order was conveyed, neither the direction of the enemy nor the identity and number of the enemy were mentioned. The officers just asked the soldiers to be on alert, but no one knew what they were on alert for.

Not long after, Xiuge saw someone coming over with a stretcher in the distance.

When they came closer, Xiuge saw several soldiers lying on these stretchers. Without exception, they were all members of the volunteer assault team.

But now, these people, whether they are ordinary soldiers, military mages, or mountain elves who are good at moving in dense forests, have all suffered extremely terrible wounds. The bodies of these soldiers have been pierced, and some of the wounds are on the ground. The abdomen, and some are on the shoulders and thighs.

Meyer came to the wounded at the first time. Shuge immediately heard Meyer sigh. A young soldier on the stretcher had been dead for a long time. His chest had suffered fatal wounds. Although he had already A mage immediately used emergency healing magic on him, but the healing magic could not save his pierced chest.

A captured Delan hunter screamed in fear. Because of the previous conversation, Shuge was able to distinguish the word “spider” in Delan. This guy seemed to be repeating “It’s a spider”. !” or “There’s a spider!” or something like that.

The alchemy doctors immediately got busy. After training in the field hospital, the originally young female students were now able to face this kind of injury calmly. Soon, the treatment of the injury was basically completed, and among them The mountain elf soldier who was less seriously injured stated their experience to everyone – they suffered a sudden and terrible attack in the northeast of the large group, and several people died on the spot, but they were unable to capture the attacker at all. !

“In order to keep quiet and concealed, we did not shoot…”

The injured military mage explained while enduring the pain. He was wearing a strong magic-killing silver armor. The armor now had a very obvious dent, as if it had been hit by a vehicle.

“When I was attacked, I used destructive magic in the general direction. It seemed that I hit something, but I didn’t have time to check.”

Xiuge came to his side and put his hand on the magic-strangling silver armor that had been removed by the doctors. The shadow of the messenger in the mirror flashed across his palm. With his extremely sharp Perception, Xiuge successfully captured the aura similar to that of ancient creations in that indentation.

So he turned around and asked, “Can you feel any changes in magic power before being attacked?”

“No!”

The mage shook his head: “The magic power didn’t change until the moment the attack was launched. It was so weird.”

Wei Lin keenly caught the stern look that flashed across Xiuge’s face, so she took the initiative to ask: “Any suggestions?”

“The suggestion is… we’d better shrink the formation further and let all the assault teams outside return to the team.”

Xiuge gently pressed the armor that should have been extremely strong: “This is a worse situation. Don’t let our soldiers suffer any more unnecessary casualties.”

…

Every qualified officer should know who to turn to for information when he or she faces a magical problem.

Alfred was a leader among officers, and he had always done an excellent job at this point.

Questions about military magic can be asked to Krauts.

For more academic questions, you can ask Weilin about rituals.

As for those questions that are beyond ordinary knowledge and are very likely to be related to the Black Sun Society, who should be asked?

The Mucci family is now very close to the Walter royal family, so before the Fifth Chasseur Regiment left Bolden, Alfred got relevant answers from the royal family and the Ernst family – when he encountered this If you have any questions, just ask Sugar Ernst directly.

Of course, in this process, other mages need to be involved.

After all, Xiuge’s qualifications, identity and title are not enough for him to directly influence the decision-making of a large-scale team. Even if he has the endorsement of Princess Sophia and Marshal Zeke, this kind of thing will never happen.

Of course Shuge himself knew this, so he very frankly explained the information he had obtained and the judgment he had made to Krauts and Alfred.

“The thing that attacked the assault team left traces of its power on the Demonic Silver Armor…I can confirm that its power is similar to the monsters in Salem City.”

Krauts immediately grasped the point: “Are you saying they are similar?”

“Yes, it has changed to a certain extent… Its power has become more stable. Perhaps it has produced some special changes after combining with the traveling spider itself.”

Alfred frowned and asked: “You mean, after escaping from Salem City, some monsters came to this forest and combined with the walking spiders here?”

“This is most likely the case.”

Shuge nodded: “And now it seems that its fundamental needs and desires have not changed. It is still eager to hunt more prey and use it to ‘fill’ itself.”

“Is it possible to circumvent it?”

“I personally think it’s impossible.”

Shuge shook his head: “This kind of monster is too greedy. Their desire for their own growth has no limit, and if it really escaped from Salem City, then it has probably obtained many belongings before. Human knowledge and the military are probably no longer unfamiliar concepts to it.”

Alfred couldn’t help but cursed: “Damn it, why don’t you eat the Delan people?”

Wei Lin shook her head: “Probably because there is a Legal Committee station nearby. These monsters know the power of magic very well. They should not dare to attack the gathering place of mages easily.”

In this regard, Master Krauts quickly came to a conclusion: “If you can’t avoid it, you can only find ways to expel or destroy it… No matter how dangerous a magical creature is, it should not be marched by the army. obstacles.”

As he spoke, his eyes had drifted towards Xiuge.

“Of course there is a way.”

Shuge didn’t mind the other party’s hint. He said straightforwardly: “Judging from the encounters of those Delan hunters and our soldiers, this ‘walking spider’ is obviously actively hunting, trying to attract it, and throwing out suitable ‘Bait’ is enough.”

“Bait? Do you mean we need to release a few teams to let it hunt?”

“Instead of letting it hunt, you lure it in and then hunt it.”

Shuge said calmly: “Although this spider will most likely not attack our large team, it is a great threat to the soldiers in the marginal areas, as well as our logistics and medical personnel… and the most important thing is that we cannot Simply treat it like a beast, and if it continues to absorb knowledge about the military, it may bring more variables.”

“In other words, your suggestion is to hunt it down as soon as possible?”

“To be precise, we need to get rid of it before it really interferes with our marching target.”

Xiuge gave his answer very calmly and calmly, and then he raised his finger and pointed at himself in the eyes of everyone: “I have been in contact with these monsters in Salem City, and they should still have some memories of me. , and I’m a stream-level mage, so I seem to be easier to deal with, so what do you think, do you think I’ll be the bait?”

“hiss……”

Alfred bared his teeth.

He admitted that Xiuge’s proposal was very tempting and quite feasible…

But the question is, if something happens to this guy because of such a proposal, will he be unlucky?

…

I’m taking a temporary leave… I don’t know why my body keeps exploding and it makes me numb.

Prepare to take a nap directly after dinner ORZ

Sorry, sorry, there is probably only one update today.