Chapter 799: The Monster of Bailun Mountain (Ⅰ)

"You probably don't know yet? The military has recently replaced the liaison officer for the intern mission at Midgard University. In the future, this position will be held concurrently by Arnold Laval. The intern who participated in the military mission this time will also be in charge of the intern in the school. recruit."

Audrey revealed a piece of news that has not been officially announced yet.

"The current garrison commander of the Midgard colony, Baron Benedict Laval, is Arnold's elder brother. With this relationship, it is not surprising that Arnold is a student as a part-time military agent."

Hailar said thoughtfully.

"What do you mean, Arnold wants to recruit a group of people from the 'Skeleton Society' to assist the military in carrying out tasks?" Joan asked speculatively.

Audrey nodded with a smile.

"Currently, there are quite a few students who have signed up for military missions. Unfortunately, they are not strong enough. They can only help out with the troops and cannot take on heavy responsibilities."

"Arnold has just taken office and is eager to prove his talents in his new position. He needs to recruit some strong and completely reliable helpers to assist him in completing a special mission during this military operation."

"Whether this mission can be successfully completed is related to the success or failure of the entire military operation, and will even directly affect the public security situation in the surrounding villages and towns of Bailun Mountain."

"Due to the importance of the matter, Arnold decided to recruit people from the 'Skeleton Society' to participate in this special mission."

"Lowry, Angel and Ryan all accepted Arnold's invitation, but there were not enough manpower, so Arnold found me and Holden, hoping that our siblings could also join his team."

"I agreed to participate in the operation, but I didn't want to be under the command of Arnold, so I made a suggestion to him that I would be responsible for forming a team and cooperate with his team to carry out special tasks assigned by the military."

"Arnold agreed to my request and also made a promise that if this task can be successfully completed, all personnel involved in special operations will be able to obtain at least 10 internship points."

10 internship points are equivalent to 1,000 Gold Duga, which is quite generous as a guaranteed reward for internship tasks.

However, Joan also knows that there is no free lunch in the world.

The military seems to be so generous, of course, it is not doing good deeds, it can only show that this task is quite difficult and the risk is huge, if not, it will cost the 10 practice points.

But having said that, in such a dangerous place as the Underdark, Joan did not back down, and even went to the front line of Brass Mountain with the army to fight bloody battles. In his eyes, there was nothing particularly scary about military missions.

Since Audrey needs help, of course he is duty bound.

"Audrey, I don't mind participating in military missions, but there are some things that need to be asked in advance. What exactly is the so-called special mission?"

The question raised by Hailaer happened to be Joan's doubts, and he looked forward to Audrey's positive answer.

"Sister, don't hide it from your own people. If you don't explain the matter clearly, everyone will have no idea, and even don't know what kind of enemy to deal with. Then who would dare to follow you to die!"

It was rare for Holden to stop smiling, and what he said was serious.

Audrey nodded, and said in a deep voice: "I didn't intend to hide it from you. This time I invited everyone out to a party, just to announce the task content so that everyone can make full preparations in advance."

"The execution location of this mission is located in Bailun Mountain. The military will send a cavalry battalion, plus the interns recruited from the school, the total number will be no less than 400!"

"As for our enemies, they are said to be a group of evil beasts entrenched on the top of the mountain."

"The "Magical Beast" subvolume of "Vares Monster Illustrated Book" includes this flying group monster. According to its appearance characteristics, it is named "Deer Eagle Beast".

"However, the residents around Bailun Mountain are more accustomed to using the Asa natives to name this kind of monsters, calling them 'Pelidong'!"

Hearing Audrey say the name "Pelidon", Joan's expression changed slightly.

In his mind, the image of a monster with three biological characteristics of deer, eagle and wolf quickly appeared!

"Audrey, do you mean by 'Pelidon' you mean a strange creature with a body and horns resembling an elk, wings and claws like a vulture eagle, and a head like a wolf?"

"Your description of Pelidon's appearance is very apt!"

Audrey nodded in agreement.

"A monster like Pelidon looks like a mixture of three beasts, with the stamina of a deer, the ferocity of a wolf, and the flying ability of an eagle."

"Joan, it's no wonder Holden said that you can recite the entire set of "Wares Monster Illustrated Handbook" word for word, like a living encyclopedia!"

Hailar smiled and admired.

Joan has indeed read through the complete works of "Wares Monster Illustrated Book" more than once, and he knows the habits and characteristics of thousands of creatures listed in this series.

However, it would be an exaggeration to say that he could recite the whole text word for word, but it is just a poetic rhetorical device.

"I have indeed seen the introductory text and illustrations about Pelicon in the book, but besides that, I have also seen the living Pelicon with my own eyes—three months ago, it was in a building at the western foot of Bailun Mountain. Near the abandoned mine."

At that time, Qiao An was developing the second-level "aphasia technique". In order to verify the effectiveness of the spell, humanoid creatures were needed as experimental subjects.

He heard from the landlady that there were goblins near Bailun Mountain, so he turned into a hawk and flew to the mountain, trying to catch some goblins for experiments.

Unexpectedly, goblins, which are not uncommon in principle, are very rare in the Bailun Mountains.

Joan spent a lot of effort, but only caught one goblin, and kept it in a cell transformed from an abandoned mine pit to raise it as an experimental subject.

After a few days like this, when he was raising goblins, he accidentally saw a monster flying from the top of the mountain, which was the Pelidon that Audrey had mentioned.

At that time, I didn't know the depth of the other party, so for the sake of safety, I hurriedly hid invisibly.

Peridon didn't bother him, he just used the hard horns on his head to open the cell door, dragged the goblin imprisoned in the mine out, cut open his stomach and heart.

Strangely, Peridon didn't seem interested in the stinking goblin's flesh, he just took the goblin's heart in his mouth and flew back to the top of the mountain.

At that time, Joan was deeply puzzled that Peridon didn't devour the goblin's heart immediately, but took the heart away.

Driven by curiosity, he followed Peridon in the form of an eagle man, and tracked to the top of the main peak of Bailun Mountain, which towered into the sky.

The main peak of Bailun Mountain is an extinct volcano.

The crater on the top of the mountain accumulates precipitation and forms a natural lake.

Just under the cliff by the volcanic lake, Joan saw a large herd of Peridon, no less than a hundred of them!

After that, he also witnessed the whole process of the male Pelidon courting the female.

Before courtship, the male Peridon specially presented the fresh goblin heart as a gift, and successfully won the favor of his mate.