From Witcher to Lord of the Empire.

Chapter 262 We Are Specialists in Dealing with Monsters!

Every spring, when the ice and snow melt, the hibernating monsters in the Mahakam Mountains will wake up one after another and start hunting on a large scale in an attempt to supplement the consumption of a winter.

At this time, many monsters that were originally hidden in the ground will crawl to the surface, and the types and numbers of monsters in Mahakam will reach a peak.

"Dwarves" are naturally on top of the recipes of these monsters, which leads to irreconcilable contradictions.

The agreement that Gabo said "the red dragon helps eliminate monsters" actually exists, but the dragon naturally cannot do its best to help the dwarves. At most, it eats more and destroys more when hunting. This is just a drop in the bucket.

So the dwarves gradually summed up the law of the monsters' awakening. Before the monsters wake up, they will organize hunting activities to clean up the monsters, that is, "big cleaning", to ensure peace within a year.

But this year the number of monsters seems to be extra, and there are extra riots. Even after the general cleaning, there are still monsters attacking the gathering place of the dwarves.

So there is the scene in front of you.

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At this moment, the monsters that appeared from behind the snow and rocks have revealed their true colors.

"It's Sharma." Geralt and Lann stood side by side and said softly.

Lann spends his free time studying the monster illustrations of the Griffin School. Combining his previous memories, he can generally recall the habits of these monsters.

The monster in front of him was like a troll, covered with rocks, but it didn't have a human shape. Instead, it looked like a large armadillo with a hunched body.It can barely stand on its hind legs, with only two huge toes, and its forelimbs have bulky and sharp claws like crab claws.

Sharma, the classification belongs to [Remnants].But being able to be classified into this category is not because of how powerful Sharma's individual is, but because this species is too ancient, almost equivalent to a living fossil.

Salmador lived in the mountains and underground, so Lann had never encountered it before.Due to living in a dark environment all year round, Sharma's eyes have degenerated, and her entire face, except for her mouth, is covered by rock crust.This kind of monster is huge in size and infinite in strength, even trolls are willing to bow down, and each head is equivalent to a chariot.

Due to the special living environment, Sharma can sense the tiny sound wave vibration and determine the position of the enemy. Even a knight wearing a full set of armor is not their opponent.

Monsters like Sharma are very welcome in the Colosseum in some places. It is said that Nilfgaard has a special animal trainer who trains Sharma for beast performances, and occasionally gives this monster as a diplomatic gift neighboring countries.

Theoretically speaking, this kind of monster will not come up to the surface, only occasionally one or two ends will dig to the surface, causing buildings to collapse and causing vibrations on the way.It is absolutely not normal for so many to appear in one go.

But for Lan, this kind of monsters violated their habits and rioted, and the number was abnormal. It was all the fault of the ancient blood.

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The Sharma raised their heads in confusion, and when they came to the surface, they were disturbed by the roar of the giant dragon, and they didn't know where to go for a while.

After hearing the cries of the dwarves, they immediately determined their target.

All I saw was a body that was even bigger than two war horses connected end to end. A heavy and powerful jump leaped into the air, and then the body curled up into a tight sphere, turning into a giant rock with a height of more than three meters. rushing down everywhere.

The power is frightening, but Sharma is not a real stone after all, and the body wrapped in the rock shell is still flesh and blood. During the process of rolling down, you can see them adjusting their posture from time to time to avoid uncontrollable momentum. The reaction force of the impact hurts oneself.

Even so, the momentum is not something ordinary people can stop, at least the wooden tavern of the dwarves will definitely fall apart at the first moment of impact.

The dwarves were no longer familiar with monsters like Sharma. When they saw Sharma, they immediately dispersed and shouted loudly. Attempt to use sound to interfere with Sharma's sonic positioning.

At the same time, they are also looking for rocks that are hard enough to serve as temporary shelters.

Let Sharma hit the bunker to stop rolling, and the reaction force can also make the flesh and blood under the rock shell dizzy and reveal flaws, and then give a fatal blow.This is the experience summed up by the dwarves against Sharma over the years, and it is also a common practice.

It’s just that this encounter was caught off guard. The short-legged dwarves who drank too much wine may not have enough time to find all the rock masses before Sharma’s arrival. The first wave of encounters will definitely cause casualties.

Gabo obviously realized this, and his face looked ugly.He glanced back at Lane's team, and after much thought, he decided to let Mahakam resolve the matter internally.

"Duke Lannister, I'm sorry to put you in danger when you came here. Please retreat to a safe place for now. The dwarves will be able to solve this little trouble soon."

As a diplomat, there is no reason for guests from other countries to be swept into the chaos of their own territory for no reason.

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If it was an ordinary human team, seeing these amazing Sharma might disperse like birds and beasts.For example, Herilera from Aedirn, she is facing a big enemy at the moment, and she is already looking around like a dwarf looking for a bunker, which is also the most correct approach in conventional cognition.

But who is here in Sintra now?
Four demon hunters who specialize in special attacks against monsters, plus a demon hunter horse, a Yarpan team with a record of hunting dragons, a giant bear berserker from the archipelago, led by House and Mirva from the system panel A squadron of battle-hardened Cintra cavalry.

In the painting, the soul Alice stays in the black magic scimitar and doesn't want to move. There are too many people at the scene, so I don't want to come out.

With this team at the scene, it can only be said that these Sharma who were in a panic because of the roar of the dragon were really too panicked.

After hearing Garbo's reassurance that everyone avoid the sharp edge, Lan patted the other party's shoulder and said with relief: "Don't worry, Mr. Gabo, in fact, my team is professional in dealing with these monsters."

The cavalrymen of Sintra had already opened up their postures, and skillfully began to draw their bows and arrows to prepare for the first wave of probing arrows; Bill looked around, roared and began to swell, turning into a Bisha in the horrified eyes of the dwarves. Erma is even taller than a giant bear.

Hei Feng began digging excitedly and depressedly, while the three demon hunters scattered to find the best position, looking for a moment to cut into the battlefield.

Saskia looked around, and suddenly came to the side of the white wolf:
"You seem like a friendly person... I also want to join the battle. You have two swords, can you lend me one for a while?"

Geralt paused slightly, turning his head slightly while keeping his sword rest still.

Has this girl traveled all over the world for so long without even carrying a weapon?
And looking at this temperament and the feeling of speaking, why does it feel vaguely familiar?
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The battle began, and the two sides touched in a way that the dwarves of Mahakam could not have imagined.

Sharma's rolling is to curl the body into a ball. At this time, they rely on hearing to perceive the outside world. They can locate the target and simply turn around during the rolling process. This sense is better than the vision of traditional creatures on the ground. sensitive.

However, at this moment, they suddenly began to doubt their sense of hearing, because the reaction of a creature suddenly appeared behind them and their companions.

Obviously, there was no life within 50 meters of them, but the creature's reaction appeared so abruptly.It's as if two spaces that were not interfering with each other suddenly overlap, and the meaning of the other space is to put a person in.

With a flash of golden light, Lann appeared.After he broke into Sharma's group, all the monsters turned their backs to him at this moment.

It is naturally impossible for a monster with a lot of potential energy to turn its head, but Lan can attack without any restraint.

"Damn it!" Gabor Ziegrin screamed with a steady voice. He still maintained the gesture of reaching out to hold Lane who was rushing forward, but in the blink of an eye he found that Lane had already penetrated into the enemy camp.

"Damn! How did your Lord Lannister get in there? Why didn't you stop him? Why didn't you hurry and save him?"

Herilera also showed a look of panic. As a soldier of Aedirn, she had heard rumors about the lion of Cintra, but she didn't expect that the other party would be such a leading soldier.

This is a monster that can smash houses!If Lannister had an accident here, how would Aedirn and the United Kingdom build a unified line of defense against Nilfgaard?

She looked around, only to find that the Cintra people were not looking sideways, as if they had already gotten used to the current scene.

In the next second, a huge purple magic circle unfolded in front of everyone.

Yingying's light reflected on the pure white snow, and Leila couldn't see anything else in her eyes for a while.

This is the moment all the witchers have been waiting for.

The hourglass-shaped runes clung to the Sharma's bodies with purple magical aura, making their unstoppable movements slow and ridiculous.

Then, bright white fiery lightning shot out from the edge of the magic circle, hitting the sides of these menacing stone balls precisely and skillfully. Although they couldn't hurt their flesh and blood protected by the stone shell, they easily let them changed the direction of travel.

With a "bang", the mountain road was rugged, and four Sharma hit the protruding rocks not far away, dizzy and unable to control the body, revealing the soft abdomen.

The continuous sound of bowstrings crashing sounded among the snow-capped mountains, and the cavalry in Sintra were about to change their professions to become cavalry archers.Since following Lan En, they have grown the most in shooting skills, and the good tacit understanding they have cultivated long ago allows them to know when the best time to attack is.

Under the leadership of Mirwahe, the rain of arrows enveloped those Sharmas in an instant, and the metal and stone made clanking and crisp sounds.But there are still precise arrows drilling into their unprotected chests and abdomens, covering them with a layer of blood and iron.

However, the rain of arrows only lasted for one wave and then stopped, because a gust of black wind was faster than arrows.

After crushing a head that was still alive, Shen Jun's horse kicked a stone ball that had not yet been struck by lightning, forcibly changing the opponent's trajectory, and followed the opponent when he was still in the air. and go.

This sense of familiarity made Lann recall for a while the time when he killed those man-eating ice trolls in Skellige.

The demon hunters skillfully approached the Sharma in the snow. After losing the speed of the potential energy blessing, these huge monsters were just targets.

Use [Alder Sign] to face the bombardment sideways, easily change the trajectory of these monsters, and then do the same.Just let these tortoise-shelled monsters show their flaws, and they will be named one by one by experienced marksmen and a squad of howling dwarves.

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Not to mention the demon hunters, even the mortal Sintra soldiers have experienced many storms with Lann. Although there are a lot of these Sharma, they are really a piece of cake for this team.

All kinds of lightning, thunder, and air-shattering explosions can be heard here endlessly. The dwarves who hid behind the bunker and hit the ground with weapons hard to attract Sharma's attention suddenly found that their actions seemed meaningless.

They hesitated to poke their heads out of the bunker, only to see that the enemies waiting for them were already dead.

The Sintra people didn't lose much except for consuming a little physical strength and arrows, and they were even refreshed as if they had just warmed up.

Gabo and Herilera on the side looked at each other.All the people from Sintra rushed out, only the two of them stayed where they were, and didn't know how to react for a while.

Just at this moment, a Sharma wobbled and smashed through a loose rock, but instead of stopping as planned, it rolled faster and faster, attacking Gabo and the others.

The dwarf diplomat and Captain Arden tightened their weapons together, as if thinking this was a good time to join the fight.

But then there was a familiar golden light flashing in front of their eyes, the back of the pale golden half-long hair and the big griffin cloak facing them, a left hand was stretched out,

【Alder Fayin·Bone Biting】

Although Lann has activated [Alder Sweep], which can spray mental shocks in all directions at the same time, this does not mean that he can only choose this attack method which he jokingly called [Shenluo Tianzheng], but can Switch freely between the two modes.

When there is only a single enemy, the traditional Alder Sign's attack method is more solid, and it is not easy to accidentally injure friendly troops.

The cold air whizzed out from Lann's left hand, and the snow-capped mountains that had just ushered in spring seemed to have returned to severe winter.

Gabo and Layla couldn't help shivering, watching Sharma, whose body was curled up like a stone, move slower and slower.

The thin layer of snow on the ground seemed to come alive, and in response to the impact of Lann's ice-attribute thought power, it clung to the monster's body, and the rock-like body gaps were gradually filled, blocked, and stuck by ice, and the surface was also stained. With a layer of blue color.

It rolls slower and slower, slower and slower.Until it stopped completely, hanging in front of Lann.

Under the sun, this Sharma completely turned into an ice sculpture, crystal clear and bright.Gabo looked inside through the ice layer, and seemed to be able to clearly distinguish the texture of the stone inside.

Lan turned around and comforted the stunned Gabo and Leila: "Look, as I said - my team handles this kind of thing professionally."

(End of this chapter)