Chapter 21: Basilisk
Seeing Alan stopping from time to time to pick flowers and plants, Mr. Hunter smiled helplessly.
I thought that this kid lived in town and had a rare opportunity to go hiking and get close to nature, so he was particularly excited and treated this dangerous hunting operation as an outing.
In fact, Allen is not lacking in wilderness survival experience.
The hunting knowledge he gained through atavistic meditation was even richer than Mr. Hunter's.
In addition, his eyes have evolved dark vision, so he can see the dark areas in the bushes clearly without having to look around, so he seems particularly relaxed.
Walk to the shallows of the stream.
Suddenly I heard a dog barking.
Three people stepped forward to investigate.
The two hounds were wagging their tails and occasionally reaching out their claws to pick up the dead fish on the riverbank.
The palm-sized fish, with its belly turned white, lay stiffly on the river bank.
Alan squatted down to observe, secretly using the system to identify.
As expected.
"These fish were all poisoned to death." Alan said softly.
Mr. Hunter nodded and took off his hunting bow.
"The basilisk's lair is just upstream of the stream!"
"It drinks water from the stream, and the toxin seeps into the water, and nearby fish and shrimp are also affected."
The hound was in front, and the three followed closely behind.
Walk along the stream.
When we were almost at the top of the mountain, we suddenly heard an eagle's cry in the sky!
Alan looked up.
The sky is blue, without a single cloud.
The falcon was circling at low altitude, eager to swoop down.
Mr. Hunter put his finger between his teeth and blew a sharp whistle.
The falcon heard the command from its master, spread its wings again and gave up the dive.
"A falcon can never defeat a basilisk!"
Mr. Hunter explained to his son and Alan.
"If you let it pounce, you will be sprayed with poison by the basilisk and will surely die!"
"Dad! Stop talking so much and let's go!" Robin's face flushed with excitement. "If you delay any longer, the basilisk will escape!"
"Don't do anything stupid!" Mr. Hunter glared at his son. "Behave yourself and follow me!"
At this time, the roar of hounds came .
There was also a rustling sound in the air.
Alan ran over quickly and saw more than ten hounds gathered in a circle from afar.
In the middle was a giant purple-scaled python, coiled in a snake formation, spitting out its forked tongue, and confronting the hound.
Just as Robin described, the monster indeed had a vaguely human face.
Compared with ordinary pythons, it looks more ferocious and terrifying!
Maybe this is what is called the "uncanny valley effect."
Alan gestured back.
Remind the father and son to wear gas masks.
The three men went around to the upwind side and shot the basilisk with bows and crossbows.
At the same time, the hounds also besieged the basilisk.
The first arrow Alan shot was a little off target and flew past the basilisk's head.
Robin is a pretty accurate shooter.
Unfortunately, the short bow had limited energy, and the arrow didn't even pierce the basilisk's skin before being bounced off by the snake's scales.
whoosh!
Mr. Hunter pulled the bowstring to its full extent and shot a sharp arrow!
The aim was impeccable, but unfortunately the power was a little lacking.
It shot into the basilisk's body, but only penetrated half an inch into the flesh.
The basilisk hissed and roared in pain, and swung its tail violently, which actually wrapped around the arrow shaft and pulled it out.
A trickle of blood flowed out from the arrow wound, obviously it was just a flesh wound.
Mr. Hunter's face turned green.
If the arrow had gone deeper, the barb would have penetrated the flesh.
If the basilisk dared to forcibly pull out the arrow, it would surely tear off a large piece of flesh.
But he had tried his best.
I didn't expect that the basilisk's scales would be so hard!
Bows and crossbows can hardly harm basilisks.
The hounds' biting was in vain.
Take a hard bite!
The canine teeth were immediately blocked by the slippery and hard snake scales and slid away involuntarily.
With a snap, he bit into a mouthful of loneliness.
The basilisk took advantage of the situation and counterattacked, its human-faced mouth opened wide and spewed out a black poisonous gas.
The three hounds on the opposite side were unable to dodge and inhaled the poisonous gas.
First, his eyes were hurt by the poison, and he couldn't stop crying and wailing.
Within ten seconds, the poison spread to the central nervous system.
The three hounds fell down one after another, twitching and foaming at the mouth.
It looked as if there was no hope of rescue.
Hunter shot a few more arrows, but still failed to inflict serious damage to the basilisk.
More than a dozen hounds, half of them have been killed by the basilisk.
Continue to develop at this pace.
It won't be long before all the hounds are killed.
After that, the three had to face the basilisk head on.
The situation is not good!
Mr. Hunter, an experienced man, made a decisive decision.
"Robin! Alan! You two retreat first, I'll cover you!"
“Dad…”
Robin's face was pale and his voice was trembling . He no longer had the vigor and vitality he had when he went up the mountain.
Alan's face was as calm as ever.
He didn't want to give up halfway.
So he threw away the crossbow, walked past the father and son, and moved forward alone.
It's time to show your real skills!
Allen has been observing the battle from the shadows till now.
Different types of crossbows, shooting from different distances.
And the bite of hounds.
By observing the killing effects of the above attacks on the basilisk, he has calculated that the basilisk's scales are roughly equivalent to level 5 natural defense.
Hound's teeth, ordinary bow and arrow.
It is indeed difficult to penetrate the basilisk's scales.
However, Allen has already mastered the "bone-penetrating force".
Breaking armor is not a problem for him.
The most terrifying means of attack of the basilisk is poison.
The snake's bite and venomous breath are equivalent to a level 3 poison attack.
Ordinary people or animals, if bitten by it or inhale its poisonous gas, will become paralyzed if not dead.
But Alan was not afraid.
He had deliberately taken off his mask and inhaled a trace amount of poison gas.
Stress test your own resistance to poison.
Level 2 poison resistance, cannot completely immunize against level 3 snake venom.
But it can at least offset 70% of the poison damage.
After inhaling the poisonous gas, Alan only felt slightly dizzy and nauseous.
Hold on for two minutes and the discomfort will automatically disappear.
On this premise.
Try to stand upwind and wear a mask.
You can basically ignore the poisonous gas spewed by the basilisk.
In the worst case, even if you are bitten by the basilisk's fangs, there is still time to take medicine to detoxify.
What's more, Alan came prepared today.
There is more than one trump card in hand.
Now it is his turn to deal the cards.
First card!
Alan took out the bag of lime he carried with him and smashed it hard at the basilisk.
puff!
The paper bag hit the basilisk's head and exploded instantly, splashing out a large amount of turbid smoke and dust.
Except lime.
Alan was also thoughtful enough to mix in realgar powder, garlic powder, and various highly toxic herbs picked from the glass garden.
Full of technology and hard work!
And then the second card!
Alan pulled a copper bottle from his backpack.
Pull out the isolation plug from the bottle mouth and shake the liquid in the bottle evenly.
Throw it out fiercely!
While studying pharmacy with Ms. Sora, Alan drew on his knowledge of chemical engineering from his previous life and collected many minerals with properties similar to gunpowder.
The two solutions in the bottle are stable when stored separately.
Once mixed together, they become flammable and explosive.
puff!
The copper bottle hit the basilisk and exploded due to the strong impact!
In an instant, flames rose and black smoke billowed.
