Chapter 27: An Irish Town (9) Killing All Around
The next day, the mercenary group got up very early.
At daybreak, everyone was ready to go.
Unlike yesterday, today there was more time. Captain Hook’s target was no longer a single wandering monster, but a group of monsters with relatively low power - minks.
Minks, as the name suggests, are water monsters, a type of mink monster that likes to live in places with water.
Master Ian once said that the magic power of primary water monsters is limited.
They can only gather water molecules in the air nearby, and they will not control the entire water area like mid-level monsters, nor will they have an extremely terrifying threat to human blood like high-level monsters.
They are the easiest to deal with among low-level monsters.
But it doesn't mean they are not dangerous, especially the monster group. Ants can bite elephants to death.
Another mission of the Wild Wolf Mercenaries is to get the fur and claws of minks, as well as more than 5 level 1 water crystal cores.
Under the leadership of Captain Hook, the mercenaries quickly found a place with water in the forest. They walked forward along the water source at a distance from the stream in the forest.
Gradually, the messy bushes decreased, the green moss plants on the ground increased, and the rare insects began to appear. The common insects that survived were very poisonous.
Ye Mo was sprinkled with the irritating insect repellent magic powder given by Alice from head to toe, otherwise he would have been bitten with countless poisonous bags.
Ding ding dong dong, the sound of running water became louder and louder.
Captain Hook made a gesture, and the team members slowed down their pace. They walked another ten meters, stopped, avoided the horizontal branches and leaves, and looked into the distance. A small waterfall in the forest appeared in front of everyone.
Ye Mo also saw minks.
There were about twenty of them, which were larger than the average mink on Earth. Their fur was white with a hint of blue. They were drinking water or playing in the waterfall in the forest.
This was a test of the tacit understanding of the mercenaries.
Jack climbed up to the lush green tree. Captain Hook was in the front. The five swordsmen stood in an orderly manner. Deputy Captain Thomas stayed in the back row next to Alice and Ye Mo.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Three iron arrows were fired at the same time.
The minks were not slow, and the sneak attack still injured the hind legs of one of the stupid minks, while the other two successfully avoided it.
"Squeak!"
After discovering a sneak attack by humans, except for the one with a wounded hind leg that fell into the water, the remaining twenty or so minks all ran in the direction of the sneak attack.
It was exactly what the mercenaries had planned.
Water-based monsters are usually more powerful the closer they are to the water source, so they didn't sneak attack at the waterfall.
Whoosh -
the leading mink was getting closer and closer.
Suddenly, a black figure jumped out of the woods next to them and swept a sword at all the minks. Bang, the dirt on the ground was swept up into the air by the orange sword energy.
As mid-level swordsmen, Captain Hook's orange sword energy is darker than Deputy Captain Thompson's yellow sword energy, and is also extremely powerful. All twenty minks were affected.
The one in the front row was shot in the head, and the others were more or less injured.
Facing a group of monsters is different from facing a single monster. The swordsmen must use all their strength, so they may not be able to leave them alive to be slaughtered. This was also agreed with Ye Mo before.
Captain Hook's battlefield has begun.
Although his current swordsmanship is not as powerful as the first strike, it is several times stronger than that of a junior swordsman.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The archers disrupted the minks to prevent them from surrounding Captain Hook and his men.
At the same time, four junior swordsmen appeared at the same time and joined the melee with the minks. The attack ability of the first-level minks is mainly water arrows, which are not as good as the sharp weapons in the hands of the swordsmen.
The whole situation was controlled by the Wild Wolf Mercenaries.
I have to praise that whether it is archers or swordsmen, their trust in each other and the tacit understanding of cooperation are amazingly high.
A beautiful team battle!
It was also the first time that Ye Mo saw the unscientific sword energy that could be released to hurt people. Magicians and swordsmen are the most famous professions in this world, and swordsmen are the most numerous among mercenaries.
The important reason may be that swordsmanship can be learned by everyone.
As long as the talent is not too low, you can become a junior swordsman, but the intermediate swordsman, senior swordsman, and legendary swordsman levels require high talent.
Only from the intermediate swordsman can you use the sword to release sword energy.
Ye Mo speculated that this sword energy is still related to the magical environment of the Celtic continent, because the different colors of sword energy and the external colors of different elemental magic are similar.
...
Just when the situation was completely under control, five cream-colored figures with different speeds appeared in Thompson's sight in an instant.
"Be careful of wind foxes!"
He shouted, picked up the sword and joined the battlefield without hesitation.
Ye Mo watched for a minute before he was sure that these palm-sized cream-colored animals might be mini foxes. It turned out that the monsters in the Celtic continent were not all enlarged versions, they might also be shrunk.
But compared to minks, mini foxes are small and extremely flexible, which makes them more difficult to deal with.
Jack and Alice were also trying their best to support.
Compared with Jack's arrows, Alice's magic fireballs were obviously not powerful enough, and her fireballs could not do anything to the foxes.
Whoosh -
a small cream-colored figure was approaching!
Ye Mo was on guard from the beginning, even though the battlefield might not have much to do with her.
So when a new mini fox appeared, she took the initiative to run forward a few steps, picked up the fire axe and chopped it decisively without hesitation.
Hit the target!
Chi, the mini fox spurted blood, and Ye Mo immediately made two more cuts to end its life.
[Main Mission 2: Hunting Level 1 Monsters (8/100)]
"Maria!"
Alice's cry made Ye Mo tighten his waist and abdomen and quickly move aside.
Despite this, she was scratched by the sharp claws of a mini fox that jumped down from the tree.
The black cloak and clothes were torn open, and a cut was made on the arm, and red blood flowed out from the green skin.
It turned out that there were two foxes attacking!
This was the first time Ye Mo was injured. His mind went blank for two seconds, and his reaction was slow. He didn't react until he was scratched for the second time.
He dodged and chopped at the same time.
The second fox that attacked was faster than Ye Mo and was scratched twice. Fortunately, there was special armor on his chest, otherwise the injury would be more serious.
Compared with low-level monsters, Ye Mo's wisdom is still higher than theirs.
While being injured, he accumulated combat experience and soon found that the speed of these two was not at the same level. One was much faster than the other.
[It is detected that the survivor Ye Mo has suddenly reached the critical value of agility, and the agility attribute is +1. ]
Now!
Ye Mo deliberately exposed a flaw to attract the fastest mini fox. At the cost of being injured, he pulled out a dagger from his arms with his left hand, aimed at the fox, and stabbed it hard.
"Squeak!"
The fox screamed.
Success!
Take advantage of its wounds to kill it, and cut it down five times in a row!
[Open Side Quest 2: Hunting Level 3 Monsters (1/10)]
No wonder!
Not all mini foxes are level 1 monsters, there are actually level 3 monsters hidden inside.
The remaining third low-level fox is relatively simple, [Main Quest 2: Hunting Level 1 Monsters (9/100)]
Bingo!
...
"Huh——"
After Ye Mo dealt with the three foxes, he looked around and found that others were busy fighting other mini foxes and minks.
There were more mini foxes than minks, about thirty-five of them. The swordsmen had no time to rescue them empty-handed. They had tried their best to lure the monsters to their side.
The remaining back row was naturally the most unlucky.
Especially the archer Jack, who had already fallen from the tree.
Ye Mo ran directly in the direction of the archer and chopped at the three mini foxes, angering them and attracting them to his side.
Chila!
[It is detected that the survivor Ye Mo has broken through the agility threshold, and the agility attribute is +1.]
[It is detected that the survivor Ye Mo has broken through the mental threshold, and the mental attribute is +1.]
One, two, three!
[Main Quest 2: Hunting tier 1 monsters (10/100)]
[Side Quest 1: Hunting tier 2 monsters (2/10)]
[Side Quest 2: Hunting tier 1 monsters (1/100)]
Ye Mo had no time to care about his own wounds, nor did he have time to save the archers on the ground, and even less time to care about the monster cores and the system's ding-ding-ding prompts. He quickly rushed towards Alice.
Perhaps because she was afraid of fire, Alice only had one monster fox by her side, but this also threatened to exhaust her magic power. She also had wounds from burning herself, and her melee weakness was too obvious.
Ye Mo: Kill!
[Side Quest 1: Hunting tier 2 monsters (3/10)]
Bang! The dagger and the fire axe touched each other accidentally, and the axe blade seemed to have deformed a little?
...
"Thank you, here, the hemostatic potion."
Alice's face was pale, and she threw two bottles of potion to Ye Mo. She looked at a place in front of her, and then drank a bottle of hemostatic potion with difficulty, closing her eyes as if she was enduring something.
Ye Mo understood what she meant instantly.
He handed a bottle of potion in his hand to Jack who was limping here, and drank the other bottle with his head tilted back.
Then he took a breath.
Drinking the potion does not stop the bleeding immediately. The hemostatic potion acts on the body's blood circulation. The wound is like being sprinkled with medicine, and it hurts and itches.
Ye Mo, who had never been injured so badly, blinked his eyes a little uncomfortably, trying to blink back the physiological tears.
Half a minute passed, and
the bleeding rate of more than 20 cuts on the body was greatly slowed down.
[It was detected that the survivor Ye Mo broke through the critical value of physical fitness, and the physical attribute was +1. ]
"???"
It was another surprise that I had such a benefit after drinking the hemostatic potion for the first time.
...
Alice sorted out the back row.
Jack stopped the bleeding and began to provide long-range support. He climbed up the tree and shot with a limp.
Ye Mo also suppressed the question mark in his heart.
The battle continued. Captain Hook and his men had no problem with minks, but their speed was not enough for the first, second, and third level spirit foxes.
After all, their speed was not as high as that of archers!
If they had no conscience, Hook and Thompson, especially Captain Hook, could have sneaked away, but they resolutely chose to continue fighting with the members, which was touching.
Ye Mo joined them without hesitation!
Her speed was only a little slower than the archer, and her strength was a little stronger than the junior swordsman. Her combat experience might not be enough, but it was enough to kill the cunning level 1 and level 2 spirit foxes.
When facing the wind-type mini foxes, speed is still the most important. As long as they are hit, they will be injured.
Kill, kill, kill!
Captain Hook and other swordsmen also noticed Ye Mo's advantage.
The Goblin was only as tall as their waists, but the fighting power she displayed was no weaker than that of the mercenaries. She was definitely the MVP in this battle.
Small in stature, but huge in energy!
What they didn't know was that Ye Mo also felt that his mental strength was insufficient, so he added a free attribute point to his mental strength, and that his physical strength was insufficient, so he added a free attribute point to his physical fitness.
This could instantly clear the negative value, which was a bug given by the system as a benefit for clearing the level. This
indirectly proved the importance of free attribute points.
Unfortunately, he had too few free attribute points, and they were all used up.
With Ye Mo's joining, the situation was successfully reversed, and the Wild Wolf Mercenary Group was finally able to regain control of the overall situation. After another half an hour, the battlefield was finally coming to an end.
Whoosh!
Ye Mo did not forget to borrow Jack's bow and his mental power to kill the mink with a broken leg in the small waterfall in the forest.
[Main Mission 2: Hunting 1st level monsters (31/100)]
[Side Mission 1: Hunting 2nd level monsters (7/10)]
[Side Mission 2: Hunting 3rd level monsters (4/10)]
The number of monsters killed was amazing.
Most of the ones Ye Mo killed were mini foxes.
Because the mini fox is a monster that can play dead and sneak attack, but Ye Mo's mental strength and system prompts make it unable to play dead, and it makes many last-minute attacks.
Accurate and efficient!