Chapter 1196 1178. ‘The Demon of Gluttony’
After the convoy left, Lan En did not leave with it.
Because since the Scoia''tael have decided to use the attack to delay time, they will never attack just once.
They want to prevent this group of humans from getting out before that thing comes to the Pontal Valley. They will definitely harass them many times and slow down the progress.
“But the Scoia’tael are not that monster.”
? Lan En''s fingers passed over a leaf in the bush, and the fingertips of the leather gloves with steel armor were immediately stained with a trace of blood.
He snorted softly.
"Fortunately, I couldn''t feel anything when I walked past the monster''s territory. I thought my senses were disabled."
?Putting your fingers under your nose and sniffing, the smell of blood was immediately remembered by the witcher''s senses and pointed out the direction of movement.
In a chaotic and ecologically normal mountain range, there must be a lot of various biological pheromones.
??But the witcher''s senses are enough to identify his target and keep pursuing it.
That''s why Lan En felt that something was wrong when he couldn''t feel anything when he was exploring that area.
This is normal now.
“You really don’t need our help, meow?”
On Qilin’s back, Velvet Ball smoothed his beard and asked.
"This is just a group of Scoia''tael, not a big problem." Lan stood up, looked into the depths of the Mahakam Mountains and shook his head.
“What you have to do is the key. Go deeper along the river valley and see if there is any movement at the floating port and Haji Fortress.”
"This river valley is very long. I don''t know where that thing will eventually appear. If the Scoia''tael''s goal is to lure the monster to kill all the humans in the river valley, then these two key strongholds must be very dangerous. It doesn''t seem to be too important here. ”
??The kitten squatted on Gu Long''s back, its furry little face full of seriousness.
It nodded heavily: "Qilin and I will keep a close watch and come to pick you up if there is any situation, meow! Let''s beat that monster''s **** until it urinates!"
After saying that, the figures of Gu Long and El Cat disappeared into the dense bushes of the mountains amidst the sound of branches and leaves shaking.
After reaching a distance, there was a "sizzling" sound like the pulsation of electricity, and a dull sound of breaking wind.
Until these sounds disappeared, Lan En turned his head, and his cat eyes began to glow slightly under the already dark sky.
??The witcher''s senses are turned on, and the world becomes extremely colorful.
With his nostrils quivering, Lan captured the scent molecules in the air and began to track them into the distance.
He noticed the messy footprints on the ground and the scratch marks on the bushes and branches.
?All these are like bright road signs in his eyes.
These Scoia''tael were in chaos when they retreated, which once again confirmed Lan En''s inference.
—Their attack was really not well organized.
Just to delay time.
?Halfway through the chase, Lan discovered that there was a diversion in the Scoia''tael''s route.
A group of people with the smell of blood returned to the depths of the mountains, while the other group of people with only the smell of sweat continued along the river valley.
“Evacuate the wounded, and those with combat capabilities will continue to plan follow-up attacks.”
?Lane analyzed the traces and speculated in his mind along with Mentos.
?This conjecture was very reasonable, so Lan En quickened his pace. His speed in the forest was almost like a shadow.
Soon, he caught up with the Scoia''tael who wanted to attack again.
—
A large number of elves, dwarves, and halflings were walking silently in the woods.
??The jagged rocks in the mountainous land made their steps shallower and deeper, but no one spoke, and everyone''s eyes flashed with anger and hatred.
They all have squirrel tail decorations hanging on their hats or belts.
??People outside say that the Scoia''tael are an inhuman race inspired by Nilfgaard.
How can they not know that they are actually a knife?
They all know it, but because of hatred, none of them care.
Except for Temeria, among the four northern countries, the remaining three countries have all experienced massacres of non-human races in important cities.
Even Temeria, which has the best reputation, has only not committed massacres in recent decades.
Most non-human races have longer lifespans than humans. Things that are past in the eyes of humans may still be vivid in their eyes.
The assets he accumulated and worked hard for in the city were burned and occupied by the mob.
?My family members in the city were killed by the mob, and the bodies were even stripped naked and held up on dung forks, cheering and swaggering through the city like a festival parade.
?Hate can make people forget about life and death.
So the Scoia''tael also began to retaliate and kill humans indiscriminately.
The spiral of blood and hatred is like a meat grinder, trying to squeeze out everyone''s blood mixed with meat.
? ? The non-human races in the Scoia''tael actually don''t get along well with each other on weekdays.
??The dwarves are fed up with the elves playing music, and the elves are fed up with the rudeness of the dwarves.
But in the end, neither of them interfered with the other, and they even smiled in a friendly manner when they met. Because they all know that the core of the heart and spirit of the person in front of them is a flame of revenge.
The rest is of no importance.
So, when the elves accidentally turn around while marching in the queue, they will suddenly shout out to let the dwarves behind them be careful!
“Attention!, after”
The word ‘back’ hasn’t been finished yet.
?In the gloomy leaf shade, a tall black shadow suddenly appeared!
There was an explosion, which was the branches and leaves of the trees being pulled by the wind.
??The dwarf wearing the squirrel tail pendant instinctively raised his ax backward. This kind of emergency response cannot be said to be excellent, but it is useless.
?A big hand that could wrap around his entire head accurately and quickly avoided the ax blade, and pressed the back of his head, knocking him down to the ground.
“Bang!”
The sound of the stocky dwarf falling was also dull.
The elves'' alarm woke up the entire team at the same time, and the Scoia''tael immediately changed from marching state to fighting state.
The leader of this team seems to be a female elf.
She has short, sleek hair and elf-style tattoos on her face. Generally speaking, she is an above-average beauty, if only her eyes were not so vicious.
“Shoot!”
There was no hesitation, or it was trust in the skills of the comrades around him. The female elf gave the order decisively and drew the elf sword from her waist.
??But the performance of the tall black figure opposite completely exceeded the expectations of this group of Scoia''tael.
“ding ding ding~”*N
A series of steel arrows collided with the arm guard, and sparks exploded in the woods.
The Scoia''tael have never seen anyone deal with fast and silent arrows in this way, not to mention that under such lighting conditions, the flying arrows are not even possible to be caught by sight.
But the man did it without even the slightest difficulty.
Then, the wind howled.
??The dwarf was pushed to the ground and fell unconscious. His stocky body was lifted up by one hand and thrown towards the Scoia''tael.
??The howling wind showed how powerful it was.
Like a bowling ball, the unconscious dwarf knocked down a group of seven or eight elves and halflings.
There was chaos on the spot.
Shortly afterwards, the figure of the witcher disappeared like blue smoke. When he reappeared, he was already at the side of the female elf.
?Hand held the female elf''s head and face with his whole hand, and the huge power surging under the skin of his palm could crush the head like a hydraulic machine at any time.
??There are still more than twenty Scoia''tael around, and they have only now reacted, aiming their bows and crossbows at Lan En.
“That’s it for now. Now.”
Lan En said calmly at first, but then.
"Um!"
??The witcher suddenly exclaimed.
Turning his wrist, the hard arm guard directly hit the elf sword that was slashed at him.
??This female elf didn''t even hesitate for a moment just now.
Hit her own head and face with all your strength!
??If Lan En were an ordinary person, his palm would be cut off at this moment, and if he couldn''t hold back, a large piece of the female elf''s own face would be cut off!
?But Lan En only had the power to flip his wrist, and combined with his already natural skill, [Wei Mingliu·Dengli], the opponent''s deflected blade was directly released from his hand.
But the female elf still had no hesitation.
She hugged Lan En''s arm that was pressing on her face with her backhand, and clung to it with her whole body.
“Kill him! Quick!”
Her mouth that was held down was struggling but decisively shouting, making a dull sound.
Lan En frowned and looked at the female elf hanging on his hand like a koala.
Ruthless and decisive. No mercy to oneself.
She is more like a human being compared to the pure and noble elves who are like gods in the world of Arda.
??However, she thought that adding an extra person''s weight to Lan En''s arm would be able to restrain this terrible warrior.
?This is completely wrong.
In the blink of an eye, Mentos had marked the calculated route on Lan En''s retina.
The female elf shouted decisively, but her men''s reactions varied quickly and slowly.
?There are always some people who are soft-hearted.
And on the other hand, her weight is really meaningless in front of Lan En''s muscles.
The person hanging on his hand made it impossible for Lan En to activate the old hunter skill [Acceleration] from Yanan.
So his boots simply made a dull and crackling stomping sound on the ground.
The entire tall body makes a more ferocious sound of breaking wind!
All the incoming arrows were simply deflected by him without looking back. Mentos calculated the trajectories of all the arrows present using only the image of Lan En''s sidelong glance.
Then, Lan En, who didn’t want to kill anyone in the first place, simply used the hand held by the female elf to put on a human fist glove.
"Dong-dong-dong" hit the rest of the Scoia''tael.
?No one was killed, but every Scoia''tael member was breathless at best, or vomited or passed out on the spot at worst.
?The female elf holding his hand was already bleeding from the corner of her mouth.
But until the last moment, the female elf still looked at Lan En fiercely.
"That''s it." After all the fighting had subsided and only people on the ground were left screaming in pain and writhing, Lan En reiterated his words.
"Look at the time, they should have walked out of the valley. I asked them to travel lightly and run non-stop. You can''t catch up."
But the female elf whose hands and legs were opened by Lan En and placed on the ground only sneered when she heard this.
"That''s just, ahem, just killing a few hundred humans less. It''s insignificant. It''s great to have them, and it''s not a pity to lose them."
?She said while coughing up **** spit.
“The entire river valley, all the humans in it will die, and the gluttonous demon will eat up everything!”
(End of this chapter)