Chapter 4: Snake Man
Soros and his men did not act rashly, but quietly followed the herd of ironhorn horses. It took another four days to completely figure out the migration route of the herd of ironhorn horses. ׺°”˜˜`”°º×
"Roland, how far is the smell range of the ironhorn horses?"
Ironhorn horses are not rare in the northern border. There are six ironhorn knight squads in the Mad Lion Legion Knight Brigade, and more than a hundred ironhorn horses serve in the Mad Lion Legion.
Duke Edward's Knights also use ironhorn horses as their main mounts. The Duke's horse farm has hundreds of ironhorn horses participating in the magic beast hybridization experiment.
The Dawn Church, the Kingship and the Church, and the Glory Church all have ironhorn horses and often sell some in major kingdoms.
The Grant Royal Family has also successfully bred a group of ironhorn horses and is preparing to replace them with the Royal Knights.
The Mad Lion Legion has domesticated ironhorn horses for more than hundreds of years and has accumulated a lot of experience. Roland has been in the Mad Lion Legion for many years and is very familiar with the habits of this magic beast.
"The iron-horned horse has a good sense of smell and can smell odors up to three kilometers away. In addition, the iron-horned horse has strong eyesight, which is better than that of humans. Especially the night vision ability is much better than that of ordinary people." Soros thought for a while and said, "There is a pond forty miles to the west, and the iron-horned horse will definitely pass through there. Roland, you take Powell, Richard, and Morgan to drive away the animals near the pond and set traps to catch the iron-horned horse. Remember that no blood can be seen within a few kilometers of the pond." Richard followed Roland to the pond first, but because the iron-horned horse needed to eat along the way, it fell behind the four people. The four people drove away the animals near the pond. Roland stood by the pond and carefully took out eight light blue grasses from his backpack, then poured a little red juice from a pottery jar and evenly spread it on the grass. "This light blue grass is a second-level magic plant, the sleep grass, which can be used to refine potions for treating mental trauma.
A plant of sleep grass can be sold for twenty-four gold coins on the market, and it is very rare in Black River Fort.
The red juice comes from the extract of the red blood grass, which is a third-level magic plant that grows in the Eagle Mountains. This magic plant can be used to evolve blood and is the main material for refining blood awakening potions."
Roland explained in a low voice, quickly transplanted eight sleep grasses near the pool, and then guarded the high ground three kilometers east of the pool. Richard and the other two cooperated with Roland to block and drive away animals from other directions. Prevent wild animals from breaking into the vicinity of the pool and swallowing the sleep grass to destroy the trap.
Richard knew that this red blood grass came from his father William. William was not a hereditary baron, so he could not use this red blood grass to exchange for the royal blood awakening potion. So it can only be used here to set traps to capture iron-horned horses.
Richard and the other four set traps, and Soros and the other two quietly followed the iron-horned horses.
In less than half a day, the herd of iron-horned horses slowly walked to the pool.
Although the iron-horned horses are much smarter than ordinary horses, equivalent to human children of three or four years old. But they do not have the wisdom and experience to see through the trap.
Moreover, the red blood grass can promote the evolution of blood. Driven by instinct, they easily swallowed the sleepy grass and fell into the trap.
The eight adult iron-horned horses suddenly became confused and fell to the ground. The remaining four ponies and a mare were panicked and fled to the east in a panic.
Richard and the other four accelerated and ran wildly, and immediately put on a special bridle and nose ring for the unconscious iron-horned horse.
The remaining five iron-horned horses just ran into Soros and his three companions.
Soros was good at using lassoes and easily lassoed the only adult iron-horned horse. Kent and Hayden joined forces and successfully caught a pony.
Without the protection of the stallion, the three ponies that escaped could not run too far and were caught by everyone in less than a day.
This trip took thirty-seven days, but he finally achieved his wish.
In order to avoid complications, Soros made a prompt decision and immediately decided to rush back.
When he entered the Eagle Mountains, there was still snow in the mountains. When he returned, most of the snow had melted. The weather was much more comfortable, but Richard knew that the forests were often more dangerous now.
The monsters had woken up from hibernation and were more active in the mountains.
The snow melted, and the mountain passages were passable. The orc tribes in the north of the Eagle Mountains also began to go south into the mountains to hunt.
Due to the obstruction of the mountain glaciers, the orcs often went south in spring and summer. If they could not gain a foothold in the north and obtain stable supplies, they would return to the north of the Eagle Mountains in late autumn before the heavy snow closed the mountains.
Richard followed Powell to explore the way ahead and learn from Powell's reconnaissance experience.
Suddenly Powell's face changed drastically. He touched Richard and whispered, "There is a smell of snake people nearby."
Snake people are a kind of orcs in the north.
Like knights, orcs are also the product of blood experiments of ancient wizards.
Knights are the winners of blood experiments, and orcs are the failures of blood experiments.
Compared with human knights, orcs have obtained powerful extraordinary powers, but they have also inherited the defects of extraordinary creatures.
In racial competition, such defects are often weaknesses.
The upper body of a snake is not much different from that of a human, the only difference is that there are some scales on the body.
This kind of scale has good defense, which is stronger than iron armor.
The lower body is a snake body, up to three or four meters long, like a python as thick as a bucket.
Orcs rely on blood power. The stronger the blood, the stronger the career level growth, and the higher the career level.
Generally speaking, snake-bodied people with outstanding qualifications can evolve to the third level after awakening extraordinary blood.
Ordinary snake-bodied people don't even awaken their bloodline, and their movement speed is very slow, only slightly faster than that of pythons.
Such obvious weaknesses make ordinary snake-bodied people unable to beat adult humans.
An army composed of ordinary snake-bodied people will only become living targets on the battlefield, shot into snake meat skewers by strong bows and crossbows.
However, the combat effectiveness of professional snake-bodied people is extraordinary.
The strength of a third-level snake-bodied person can be comparable to that of a fifth-level warrior, and his agility is also faster than that of ordinary people.
There are more than a dozen spells contained in the bloodline of snake-bodied people. Most third-level snake-bodied people can only awaken three of them. The most common ones are olfactory perception, venom missiles, and sonic shock.
Professional snake-bodied people have strong defense, outstanding lethality of bloodline spells, and are not very slow. Heavy infantry composed of professional snake-bodied people is the killer of the orc army.
Snake-bodied people have good intelligence, as smart as humans, but their lifespan is shorter than that of humans.
The lifespan of a normal snake-bodied person is only one-third of that of a human being. It is rare for a snake-bodied person to live to the age of thirty.
With a short lifespan, the accumulation of knowledge is a little worse.
In terms of pharmacy, runeology, blood cultivation, and magic equipment manufacturing, the snake-bodied people have almost no development.
Most of the weapons equipped by the snake-bodied people come from the minotaurs and dog-headed people. Their productivity level is very low.
The snake-bodied people have poor eyesight, and they can't see clearly even if they are dozens of meters away. They rely on their extraordinary sense of smell to hunt in their daily life.
Snakes have strong fertility. They lay a nest of eggs every three years and hatch several little snake-bodied people at a time. A female snake-bodied person can give birth to more than 20 offspring.
They don't like to gather together, and their range of activities is very scattered.
Although the snake-bodied people rarely evolve into high-level professionals, they are still the backbone of the Northern Frontier Orcs.
Most of the orc armies will include snake-bodied professional soldiers.
Although Powell's sense of smell is not as good as that of the snake-bodied people, he has also awakened his extraordinary sense of smell. He participated in three Northern Frontier wars, saw the snake-bodied people many times, and personally peeled off the scales of the snake-bodied people. He is very sensitive to this special smell.
Smelling the snake-man, the two ran quickly and immediately informed Soros of the news.
Kent had the best eyesight among the seven people in the team. He immediately climbed up the nearby hills, occupied the commanding heights, and observed the surrounding movements to prevent the snake-man from touching him.