Volume 5: Taming the Beast Chapter 8 I Like Small Animals (Part 2)
Looking back, it was the five words "like small animals" that made me fall for this long-haired female elf's trick and made me extremely embarrassed. If I had known what Yan Zhen meant by "like small animals", I would have reconsidered whether to accompany Xiange Yayi to wade into this muddy water.
To be precise, what Yan Zhen said about her "liking small animals" was a complete lie. The affection she showed towards animals could not be described by the word "like" to express ordinary emotions. It was simply a kind of doting and an incurable paranoia. And the worst thing was that the animals she liked were not "small" at all.
"Don't hit this little bear, look how cute it is..." Upon seeing the animal, the elf beauty with long, lush hair completely abandoned her original elegant and noble temperament, and shouted with shining eyes like a little girl who had never grown up.
The mountain grizzly bear was a level 30 beast, with a sturdy body that was twice as wide as me, and its hind paws standing up were almost as tall as an adult minotaur. Its greedy mouth was full of sharp teeth, the shortest of which was as long as my fingers, with bits of unchewed meat hanging on them. It let out a deafening and brutal roar. From beginning to end, I couldn't see how this brutal and huge wild animal looked "cute", and I couldn't understand why some people would call it "little bear" in a tooth-grinding intimate tone - especially when it was chasing us with a howl like it was now, obviously with no good intentions for our tender and juicy buttocks.
With my current combat experience and level, if I let go and fight, I can win even if I fight three beasts of this level at the same time, and I can skin and bone them without any effort. But the wild goose formation does not allow us to do this at all, let alone use swords and knives, even poking them with a little force with fingers is not allowed. This beautiful elf female ranger obviously has a completely different aesthetic from others. In her eyes, these big beasts with sharp teeth and claws, greedy and bloodthirsty are as cute as flawless angels under the throne of the Supreme God, and are basically harmless plush dolls. But unfortunately, the attitude of these big guys towards us will not change a little because of this: their big claws will still lose our lives if they hit us, and their sharp teeth will still hurt when they bite our buttocks.
"Why does your friend have such a strange hobby? Is her brain okay?" I was chased out of breath by this stupid bear that I could have easily dealt with. I couldn't help but feel helpless like "a tiger in trouble is bullied by a dog" and couldn't help but whispered to Feiyin beside me.
"I can't do anything about it. She's been like this many times. When I walk halfway with her, the wild beasts chasing her are enough to fill a zoo. She can't even reach the mission location." Fei Yin shook her head helplessly and cast a speed-up magic on herself.
"Give me a speed-up spell, I'm almost getting cramps from running..."
"Magic potions cost money." My sad plea was only met with a nonchalant look from Feiyin.
I should have known that this was a conspiracy to find a scapegoat. Although it is not easy for a level 35 ranger to complete the job change task, it should be enough if a level 32 ice magician is added. There is no need to ask Xiange Yayi and me for help. When sending a letter for help to Xiange Yayi, our witch Feiyin had already decided to kick this unlucky myopic man into the beast group to delay time.
The more I thought about it, the more I felt that I was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and that I had walked into a big trouble that others would try to avoid. It was really unfair.
As we continued to advance, we attracted many wild beasts along the way, such as mountain grizzly bears, moon wolves, black-bellied vipers, etc. There were more than a dozen of them in total. Looking back, it was a sea of black, which looked spectacular.
"No, they have attracted a lot more and are about to catch up with us!" Xian Ge Yayi turned her head to take a look, and immediately screamed in panic, running forward without caring about her own life, and in an instant she was ahead of us.
This was not the first time that I had fled with Xian Ge Ya Yi. Although we had experienced such things before, no matter how dangerous the pursuers behind us were, the elven archers had never been so panicked when they were fleeing for their lives. They were always able to calmly tease us and laugh at our embarrassed posture when we were running for our lives.
"Xiange Yayi, look at how useless you are. You were not so timid before!" I scolded him loudly in confusion.
"I used to be shortsighted and couldn't see anything clearly!" the elf archer responded angrily, then pointed behind him, "Now I know how scary these guys are!"
As he turned around, his speed slowed down unconsciously. The wolf closest to us rushed a few steps, suddenly rushed behind Xiange Yayi, opened its greedy mouth and roared at him. Xiange Yayi screamed in horror: "Oh my God!" Immediately, he didn't dare to look back and ran away.
"We have to find a way to get rid of them!" Fei Yin said loudly to someone unknown, "If we keep running like this, they will catch up with us sooner or later."
Listening to the beasts' approaching footsteps, a somewhat risky idea suddenly popped up in my mind. I drew out the long sword hanging at my waist while running, tightly grasped the shield in my left hand, and prepared for a fierce battle:
"I have a way to stop these guys temporarily!" I shouted to my companions.
Yan Zhen saw the sharp sword in my hand, turned back to look at the beasts that were chasing me, and then stopped me with an extremely firm look: "No, you are not allowed to hurt these small animals!"
Her naive words were spoken at a very inappropriate time and almost choked me: You can stop me from hurting these little animals, but who can dissuade these dozen hungry "little animals" with their mouths wide open and drooling, ready to enjoy a midnight snack of human flesh, from hurting a poor unfortunate person like me?
"Don't worry, I have a better idea!" Fortunately, I was confident and agreed without hesitation.
"Goodbye, Jeff. I'll pray for you...after you're squashed by the bear." Damn Xian Ge Ya Yi, he was running far ahead, still saying ominous and sarcastic things. What was even more hateful was that he found a white handkerchief from somewhere and waved it in the wind, as if he had calculated that I would definitely die.
I gradually slowed down my running speed, letting my companions go ahead, and gradually distanced myself from them. When I was about three steps away from them, I stopped and turned to face the herd of beasts rushing towards me from behind.
A grizzly bear humped its head against my shield, and I felt as if I had been hit hard by a four-wheeled carriage. The wild beasts that followed immediately overwhelmed me, the ferocious wolves desperately bit my armor, and the poisonous snakes coiled around my body, as if they wanted to strangle me in half. Fortunately, their levels were not very high, and the damage they caused me was not fatal in a short period of time, so I could still bear it.
In just a moment, the beasts had surrounded me. In the chaos, I roughly estimated that the farthest grizzly bear was about five steps away from me.
At this moment, a surge of fighting spirit surged up from my lower abdomen to my chest along my blood vessels, and then gathered in my throat. This powerful force from the source of my life made me want to shout out loud uncontrollably, venting the boiling fighting spirit and crazy murderous intent in my heart.
"Ah..." I heard my own wild, rough, unruly and piercing shouts. The sound was so terrifying that it seemed to drown out the howling of wild animals. The wild animals around me became restless and agitated at the sound. The giant python fell to the ground helplessly, and the running wolf also fled with its tail between its legs.
This is a skill I learned from a warrior trainer at level 32, called "Fearful Roar". When I use my fighting spirit to shout, opponents within five steps of me will be affected by the "Fear" state and will no longer attack. When I first completed the mission to defeat the Sabertooth Bandits, the leader of the Sabertooth Bandits, Ridades, used this skill on me, which made me so scared that I couldn't fight.
"Ah..." At this time, a grizzly bear suddenly roared and pounced on me, opening its mouth wide and ready to bite off my head. When I used the skill, the grizzly bear was not far away from me. Perhaps because it was quite courageous, it was surprisingly not affected by the "Fearful Roar" - no wonder some people say that people who lack courage should eat bear bile to replenish their body, probably because bears are quite courageous.
It came so fast and fiercely that I had no time to think. I subconsciously stretched out my left arm, raised my shield and swung it hard at its face. I only heard a dull "bang" sound, and the bear's strong nose made a fierce and intimate contact with my shield. Then it stood there, shaking stupidly with hazy eyes - this was because my "Shield Strike" skill made it temporarily unconscious - it was only then that I discovered the cuteness of this "little bear".
Damn it, although Yan Zhen's special habit of protecting animals came out of nowhere, I promised her that I would not harm these animals. An adventurer who values his reputation should keep his word - even if something unexpected happens, he should insist on doing so. I looked at the mountain grizzly bear's crooked nose and slightly reduced life tank with an apologetic look, and couldn't help but curse myself secretly.
While these animals were terrified and unconscious, I set out to catch up with my companions. Not long after, I arrived at the foot of the Red Mountain in front of me - this is where the Yan Zhen completed the job transfer task - and my three companions were waiting for me on the rocks at the foot of the mountain.
"Hey, you're actually back..." Xian Ge Yayi pretended to be surprised and disappointed, but he couldn't hide his surprised and happy tone after seeing me return safely, "...It's a pity that I prayed for you for so long, what a waste of feelings!"
"Jeff, you...you didn't do anything to those little animals?" As soon as she saw me coming back, Yan Zhen immediately became worried about her "cute little animals". It seemed that during the time when I was alone escorting her, she didn't care about my life or death for a second, which was really sad.
One person killed more than a dozen beasts of similar level without any injury, and it took less than a minute in total. Be realistic! Who does she think I am? Is the God of War coming?
"No. I just scared them with my battle cry." I also flattened a bear's nose, I thought to myself, but I didn't say it out loud - although adventurers who value honor should not lie, we have to allow some people to suffer from a little selective amnesia on certain issues.
After hearing my answer, Yan Zhen nodded with relief.
"I'm so mad, so mad, so mad..."
I turned my head and saw Feiyin biting her lips angrily, muttering in a gloomy voice, looking unwillingly at the way we came:
"If we take off all those animal skins, how much can we sell them for..."
