lizard lord

Chapter 146 Scales
The location of humans is easy to find in the forest.Because their own smell is too conspicuous, and there is no preparation to cover up the smell, Tang Zhao can catch the smell by spitting out the letter.

Humans have to keep their formation, and it is difficult for them to move quickly in the forest. Tang Zhao can quickly shuttle through the forest. He came from behind and quickly ran in front of the mercenaries. He came to the "Fairy Camp", where they had already stationed With a lot of hands.

They have multiple early warning teams, so the woodland residents have plenty of time to mobilize their personnel. At this moment, nearly a hundred elf rangers and three kobold centurions have gathered here, which are most of the available soldiers in the forest.

Seeing that Tang Zhao arrived in time, they also breathed a sigh of relief. Lilith, the leader, hurried over and explained the situation to Tang Zhao in detail.

"About 500 people, without heavy weapons, there should be no opponents above Tier [-], but there is one thing that is strange."

She moved her fingers, and tree roots emerged from the ground, gradually converging into a specific image.

"Most of them are small group activities, with groups of five to ten people. The formation of each group changes greatly. Generally speaking, it seems to be a mode favored by adventurers, but the middle one is a very tight formation that can be formed at any time. The dense gun array must have been trained."

[In other words, someone ordered it? 】

"I'm not sure, but I don't rule out the possibility."

If it is the western part of the mainland where wars are frequent, or a seaport city where commerce and contracts are more prevalent, it is not surprising that such well-trained mercenaries appear, but this is the borderland of civilization, and there is no soil for this kind of "big business". At the same time, the Church of Heim would rob them of their jobs, so although Luford's trade was not bad, the scale of the mercenary business had always been small.

Hearing the news, Tang Zhao didn't think it was the re-employment of laid-off veterans, it was more likely that there was support behind it.

[Very well, I see, someone will investigate this matter later, how is the battle arrangement going? 】

"It can be given up here, because it is of no value, but beware of them finding out the location of the real settlement, which will cause trouble. So we plan to use guerrilla attacks and harassment to lure them away from the settlement and wear down their manpower."

The thinking patterns of dryads and elves are similar. This is their common method, and the loss is small and safe.

[Besides that, how about the protection of the people in the settlements? 】

"The people in the west have been notified by carrier pigeons, telling them to gather at the settlement, and they can arrive in two hours at most. Now the people in the settlement have gone underground and are protected by the elf ranger."

The kobolds had dug holes there before, and at the same time, there were dwarves as construction guides, and it was not for nothing. This is the residence of Tang Zhao, and it is also an emergency shelter for civilians. If they encounter any danger, they will hide in time. in.

[Understood, the next thing, proceed according to your plan, but remember to adapt, because I still have my own plan. 】

As he spoke, Tang Zhao flicked out his claws, his eyes were rather cold.

He had suffered some injuries from the previous battle with the Bagura Demon. Even after repeated treatment by the druids, the wounds still had not healed, but this was innocuous. It was just dealing with a few humans with injuries, so it was not a big problem.
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Mercenaries, which sound like a high-level vocabulary, are actually somewhat mysterious. In areas where wars frequently occur, they must be indispensable. They lick blood with the tip of their knives and exchange their lives for rewards.

This was Leoni's idea of ​​mercenaries, but in places like West Oran, there were no real mercenaries.

There is no large-scale war. Thanks to the efforts of the Church of Heim, there have been very few bandits here. When wealthy businessmen choose bodyguards, they are more inclined to choose loyal servants rather than mercenaries who are paid to do things.

Leoni is not a professional mercenary, on the contrary, he is a somewhat ordinary adventurer, this time he is doing things for money, and he is just a guest mercenary.

Someone issued a commission, saying that he was going to enter the forest to find a settlement of goblins. The reward was very good, so Leoni naturally brought his teammates to participate.

He could tell that many people were really interested in the mysterious species of goblins, but he was different. He was just a layman who came here purely for money.

To his surprise, when signing up, the employer basically eliminated all those people, leaving only those who work for money like him.

He was still a little puzzled before, but after seeing those fully armed and serious mercenaries, the doubts in his heart disappeared.

Obviously, they were afraid that those people would cause trouble, and the employer invited so many elite fighters, along with a whole team of mages, so he definitely didn't want to connect with the goblin.

He still doesn't care much about this, he is very clear about his position, he has humanity, but not much.

The team went into the depths of the forest as planned. The adventurer team like them was the cannon fodder for the pathfinders. He was also mentally prepared for this, and kept the team at the back of the inner side. If something happened, he would definitely be there first. Time to retreat.

The reward of dozens of silver coins is not enough to make him risk his life. This is the normal state of adventurers and mercenaries.

The team kept moving forward. Occasionally, some adventurers would ask the leading mage how long it was until the destination, but every time the mage replied "coming soon".

This continued for another ten minutes, and a lot of white paper began to float down from the sky. Leoni's eyes were not bad, and he could see that some birds were throwing paper to the ground where they were.

He casually took a piece of paper to read, of course he didn't recognize the red writing on it, so he casually threw the paper to the waiting subordinates beside him, he couldn't read, but he could ask others to read it to him, this is in this Times are nothing to be ashamed of.

The subordinate's face was a bit ugly: "Leave quickly! Otherwise, your lives will not be guaranteed."

Chi Guoguo's threat was still written with a red pen. It was hard to tell whether it was a warning or a provocation, but Leoni was more inclined to the latter.

"It's okay, keep going. If the sky falls, there will be those who can fight against it. If it's a big deal, we'll just run. There's nothing to worry about."

That is to say, but in the dark and deep jungle, I am afraid that anyone will feel a little uncomfortable when receiving such a weird letter.

The letter caused a bit of commotion, but they didn't need those people to speak out to appease them. The adventurers recovered their composure by themselves, and none of them withdrew.

After all, we have come to this point, the people who come may be afraid of death, but certainly none of them are afraid of being frightened. It is of course unrealistic to use this kind of trick to make them leave.

Be alert to the surrounding environment, Leoni has not completely calmed down from the previous incident, when he heard a powerful sound of mechanical rotation coming from the front of the team, and then heard several muffled and heart-piercing screams in succession.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

Before Leoni understood the situation, he saw a large number of bows and arrows thrown towards their positions.

Taking advantage of these scattered mercenaries being caught off guard by the sudden attack, Tang Zhao rushed out of the forest, crashing into the crowd like a car.

The combat experience of these scattered mercenaries is obviously not very rich, let alone the experience of dealing with giant creatures like him. With the powerful visual deterrent and the ensuing spiritual impact, some people directly crashed their brains. He lost his ability to reflect what had happened, and stood where he was, watching Tang Zhao approaching gradually.

Tang Zhao always had the mentality of fighting for his life. When he saw such a person who didn't stop at all, he just ran into him. A person with the weight of a car collided with a lizard that was charging at high speed. Needless to say, he was knocked and flew several meters away. Far away, fell to the ground or passed out, or wailed incessantly.

Tail, minions, limbs, torso, body weight, fangs and sharp teeth are all sharp weapons against the enemy. Tang Zhao is like no one in the crowd, rampaging. These human beings are not strong enough to cause any effective damage to him. , but the formation was completely disrupted by him.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, another round of arrows was thrown, regardless of enemy or friend, and fell on the crowd. When it fell on Tang Zhao's body, it was directly bounced off. When it fell on these mercenaries, the result was very tragic.

These arrows are very heavy, they are special tapered arrows, and most of the mercenaries are equipped with leather armor, so they are powerless to deal with such heavy arrows.

As long as the skin is broken, the consequences will be very serious - Tang Zhao has soaked these arrows with his own venom, and a creature of the size of a human will not benefit from it.

Anyway, to deal with human-sized creatures, he actually doesn't need to use venom himself. When he seldom needs to use his mouth, even if he uses his mouth, as long as he bites the opponent, the opponent will surely die.

After these two rounds of offensives, the morale of these mercenaries has actually completely dissipated. Not all of them are Swiss Guards, and they can almost wipe out the entire army fighting for their employers.Among professional mercenaries, there are very few such rare examples, let alone temporary workers like them, who have no such ideological awareness at all.

The purpose of taking money is to survive better. If you lose your life, you don’t need money. This is what many people think.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Tang Zhao used his psychic power again, and his indifferent voice resounded in the hearts of every mercenary.

[Put down your weapons and run now, you still have the possibility of surviving, I only care about the mastermind, you get out of my sight, I don't bother to see it again. 】

As soon as this remark came out, many mercenaries immediately followed suit, dropped the weapons in their hands, and began to flee in a hurry. The elves hidden among the tree canopies also followed Tang Zhao's order and did not pursue these people.

But some people still want to play tricks, not only did not drop their own weapons, but even picked up the weapons dropped by others. This kind of elves would not show mercy, and directly sniped with their precise archery skills.

With a negative role model, the rest of the people who are still watching will be more honest, throwing down their weapons and running away.

Tang Zhao really didn't intend to pursue these people, it was their ability to run away from the depths of the dense forest, he didn't do anything absolutely.

In a few minutes, most of the scattered mercenaries ran away, and most of the remaining scattered mercenaries chose to stay because their comrades were killed and angry.

Tang Zhao didn't want to take care of this kind of person, he was just a straggler.

It was the regular mercenaries who were really difficult to deal with—they still maintained a good formation. In fact, the rain of arrows was aimed at them just now, but they were completely blocked by magic and shields, and they hardly suffered any damage.

Tang Zhao could tell that those scattered mercenaries were actually cannon fodder consumables. They were firstly used to find paths and traps, and secondly used to understand opponents.

There is no problem, but there are some cold-blooded actions, a bit like what hobgoblins do to ordinary goblins, and Tang Zhao has long been accustomed to this.

Tang Zhao moved his body and observed the formation of these people in front of him.

In the long spear array, the tower shield soldiers cooperate with the mage to block the projectile attack, there is no problem with the match.

There were ballistas shooting at them just now, but they were all blocked by the mage's magic. There were twenty or thirty mages in this group of people. They joined forces, and ordinary ballistas really couldn't do anything against them.

It stands to reason that Tang Zhao could go straight to the battle, but he didn't intend to do so, as it would hurt himself again.

Even if Tang Zhao has extremely strong magic resistance, it is obviously too dangerous to face the concentrated fire of so many magicians.

However, Tang Zhao had already prepared for this, just in time to test the new weapon.

[Load a type of special crossbow, aiming at those spellcasters. 】

The dog head who was turning the winch heard the words, and immediately replaced it with another crossbow bolt from the ground. The difference between the two crossbow bolts is the arrowhead. The arrowhead of this crossbow bolt is black and made into the shape of a spearhead.

The ten-second wait was fleeting, and several black crossbow arrows were shot, and the mages subconsciously used magic to resist.

This time, the magic had no effect at all, the barrier was easily pierced, and the highly accurate crossbow arrows shot directly at the group of spellcasters. Caught off guard, the spellcasters suffered heavy losses, and many of them were directly shot. wear.

Tang Zhao stood directly opposite the mercenary formation, observing the results of the battle caused by his scales, and was very satisfied in his heart.

[The prediction is correct, even if my scales are separated from my body, they can still have the magic-breaking effect, and the effect is hardly damaged.This is very exaggerated material, and as far as I know there are no substitutes, except for things that are too high-end. 】

There are many anti-magic weapons, but Tang Zhao's scales are fundamentally different from them—this kind of scales can be used directly as long as they are pulled out and carved casually, even without carving.

The arrow is just one of the ways to use it. Pull out the scales of Tang Zhao to make armor, weapons, shields and medicines.
For the first time, Tang Zhao felt that he had the qualifications to be compared with the giant dragon. Although he had no money, he would be very valuable if he sold himself.

He has never been so eager to regenerate his ability, because then, he can make a fortune by pulling out his scales.

PS Recently, I have to save the manuscript, and there are a lot of recruits around me, and I feel that I am going too.

Readers, masters, also pay attention to safety, drink plenty of water and eat more meat.

(End of this chapter)