Ancheno Village is a very small village in the western mountains of the empire, with less than 200 people in the whole village. Although it is only one day's journey from Takli Town to Ancheno Village, when entering the mountainous area, the road becomes very difficult.
There is even a section on the edge of the cliff, so even though this mission has been released for a few days, no one is paying attention to it. There are not enough people to hunt wolves, and there are too many people. The bounty is too small and not enough, and the road is difficult to walk. There are many
The mercenaries just look at it, shake their heads, and look for other more "efficient" tasks.
But for Ryan, such a task is almost tailor-made for him. Ryan's hometown is also in the Hengduan Mountains, and he has long been accustomed to such an environment. As a hunter, he has various ways to deal with Warcraft. Therefore,
, after having a good sleep, Ryan got up early and rushed to Ancheno Village.
The weather in July was hot. Ryan followed the route marked on the map and walked through the dense forest. He could also feel the strong sunlight that penetrated the shades of trees and shone on his body. In addition to drinking all the water he carried, Ryan also
The journey went very smoothly, and when the sun went down, Ryan arrived at the village of Ancheno.
Anchenuo Village usually has few outsiders, so Lane's appearance alarmed the villagers. Soon, Lane met the village chief under a big tree in the village. The village chief of Anchenuo Village was a man in his sixties.
The old man was sitting in the center of the village, under a big tree surrounded by two people. He was wearing gray linen clothes and a black hat on his head. His thin body seemed to be blown away by a gust of wind, and his face showed
Worried look.
Although Ryan took out the magic crystal that symbolized his identity as a mercenary, the village chief was still worried. In his opinion, Ryan was just an underage child. What could he do in the face of the ferocious wolves? The village was not like that.
No group of young adults has ever been organized to hunt wolves, but the result was 1 dead and 5 injured. To this day, the most seriously injured one is still lying in bed.
Ryan could see the village chief's concerns from his face, and he didn't say much. He just cast a magic missile and knocked down a crow that was sitting on a tree and was chirping. This somewhat reckless move made the village chief angry.
His expression immediately changed.
The village chief jumped up excitedly, ran to the open space, looked up at the sky, and shouted loudly: "Magic! God, he is a magician. Ancheno can be saved. Great God of Light, you are above
We have not forgotten your people, he must have been sent by you to save us..."
Ryan looked at the excited village chief and regretted his reckless behavior. Seeing that the old village chief was so old, but he was jumping and jumping like a young man and shouting at the top of his lungs. He was very worried about him and afraid.
The next moment he will fall to the ground and be unable to get up.
However, the imaginary scene in Ryan's mind did not appear. The village chief's shout attracted the whole village. Seeing everyone surrounding him, the village chief stopped those behaviors that were inappropriate for his age, and breathlessly told everyone this good news.
News. When they learned that a magician had come to help them, all the villagers screamed with excitement, with hope in their eyes.
After finally getting rid of Ancheno's excited villagers, Ryan followed the village chief to his home. The village chief's wife was no longer alive, and his son was working as a dock worker in the distant Seawind City. Therefore, the village chief put his son to sleep
The bed was made up for Ryan to rest on.
After a simple dinner, Ryan and the village chief went to the table to discuss the details of hunting wolves. After learning that Ryan could cast magic, the village chief changed his attitude and had very high confidence in Ryan.
He also had no clue. He talked about the wolves for a while, and then digressed into trivial matters in his own life. After asking for a long time, Ryan barely understood the situation in Ancheno Village.
It turns out that Ancheno Village is rich in wood, and the villagers make a living by cutting down trees and growing mushrooms. Every autumn, businessmen from Seawind City, the largest port in the eastern part of the empire, will come to Ancheno to purchase wood. The wood with good quality will be shipped to
Seawind City is used to make ships or resell them to other places. The poor quality wood that cannot be sold is used by the women and children of Ancheno to grow mushrooms.
Originally, life in Anchenuo Village had always been peaceful, and villagers rarely saw aggressive monsters. However, not long ago, the forest farm where trees were cut down in Anchenuo Village was attacked by a pack of winter wolves. Several villagers who were cutting down trees were lucky enough to
However, this group of winter wolves seemed to have settled near the logging camp, and appeared around the logging camp from time to time. This made the residents of Ancheno panic and no longer dared to work in the logging camp. This directly caused
The loss of the main source of income in Anqeno Village caused the villagers to lose their means of survival.
In order to drive away the winter wolves, the village chief also organized more than a dozen young adults in the village, hoping to hunt or drive away the wolves. However, when the hunting team encountered the wolves, they discovered that things were far worse than imagined.
There are twenty-seven wolves!
Needless to say, the result was that Ancheno's hunting team escaped back in embarrassment with 1 dead and 5 injured. The village chief had no choice but to send people to the mercenary guild in Takli Town to issue a mission to hunt wolves.
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After understanding the specific situation of Ancheno, Ryan suddenly felt strange in his heart. He originally thought that there were only a few winter wolves here, and even quietly speculated that there were five winter wolves, because the reward for the mission was 5 gold coins. Unexpectedly, there were only a few winter wolves here.
There are 27 of them! No wonder the description of the mission to hunt World of Warcraft is vague. No wonder no one takes up this mission, which seems very simple. It turns out that this is what happened. The village chief must be trying to save some gold coins, and at the same time,
In order not to scare away the mercenaries, I did this deliberately. If it were written truthfully that 27 winter wolves were hunted, it would only take a mercenary group of five or more people to dare to take it. The fee would be at least 50 gold coins, but now it only costs 50 gold coins.
He "cheated" himself for only one-tenth of the original gold coins. This is also because Ryan has no experience in this area. In fact, if you think about it carefully, you will understand that if a village is attacked by a group of level three monsters, if these three
There are only a few super monsters, so why should this village of nearly 200 people go to the mercenary guild to issue missions?
Thinking of this, Ryan glared at the village chief. This miser really got himself killed. According to the rules of the Mercenary Guild, if the task is not completed, you will be punished, and Ryan doesn't want to do it himself.
My first mercenary mission ended in failure. I had no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it.
How can we hunt and kill 27 winter wolves? And they have to be hunted at once. Otherwise, if the surviving winter wolves run away, they will hide deeply and come back to take revenge after recovering from their injuries. By then, I would have already killed them.
Just leave, and the villagers of Ancheno will still suffer. Doesn’t this mean that he has not completed his mission? Ryan felt that his head began to grow bigger.
Ryan carefully recalled what his father once told him about the habits of winter wolves:
Winter wolves are monsters that like to travel in packs, and the entire pack migrates and looks for food under the command of the alpha wolf;
In daily life, there will be relatively dispersed formations and special winter wolf warnings;
When hunting prey, they fight in groups and are very brave;
Winter wolves are very afraid of fire.
If a wolf pack of this size were to be hunted by hunters from Dense Fog Town, there would be seven or eight people, and traps and traps would have to be prepared in advance. Now the young and middle-aged people here in Ancheno have just suffered losses, and only
I'm afraid that there is a shadow in my heart, and it seems that I can't count on them to be able to help me. Could it be that I killed 27 winter wolves alone, which are listed as level three in the Warcraft books? The pigeon boar is only level three.
Ah! This is really a headache.
Ryan thought about it, but he had no clue. He had no experience as a mercenary, so he naturally didn't know how to deal with this situation. In his random thoughts, Ryan suddenly remembered his two teachers. If Teacher Ghalib was here
, I guess he just rushed forward. A level 7 Earth Bear could only take 3 punches, so this little winter wolf was certainly not a problem. But obviously this idea was just a thought, and I didn’t have any reinforcements.
The teacher's abnormal strength.
Ryan felt chills all over when he thought about rushing into the middle of 27 winter wolves alone.
If it were Mr. Delanai, he might be able to use some magic... huh? That's right! Ryan remembered what Mr. Delanai once said: "A qualified magician is not judged by how powerful he is, but by how powerful he is.
Let's see if he can use his power skillfully." 27 winter wolves may sound like a lot, but in fact, as long as you choose the right opportunity, you can solve them with a large-scale killing magic.
Thinking of this, Ryan slapped his thigh and said involuntarily: "Fireball!"
"Ouch!" The village chief sitting next to Ryan screamed in pain.
Ryan was still immersed in his own ideas and said casually: "I slap my thigh, what is your name?"
The village chief frowned, rubbed his thigh and said, "But it was my thigh you patted!"
"Haha~" After hearing the village chief's words, Ryan also laughed. "Village Chief, I have already thought of a way. I will check the nearby terrain tomorrow and prepare to hunt the winter wolf!"
The next day, under the guidance of the village chief, Ryan found the Ancheno logging camp. He observed the living habits of the wolves from a distance. The person responsible for the vigilance of this group of wolves was their alpha wolf. This alpha wolf was the leader of the entire group.
The winter wolf is the strongest one among the wolves. It is very cunning. It is always paying attention to the environment around the wolf pack and becomes alert at the slightest sign of trouble.
One time, Ryan wanted to get closer and take a closer look. Unexpectedly, he stepped on a branch slightly as he approached. This slight noise immediately aroused the idea of the wolf. If Ryan had not carefully hidden himself, he would have almost been discovered by it.
Already.
After two days of observation, Ryan discovered that the winter wolves would go to a creek near the Ancheno logging camp to drink water every noon. When drinking water, the leader of the wolf pack would stand outside on guard and wait for the wolves to drink water.
After that, the alpha wolf will leave the alert position and go to the creek to drink water. After the entire wolf pack drinks water, they will walk back to their den along the path they came from. This discovery gave Ryan a preliminary idea.
After carefully considering every detail, the entire plan was formed in Ryan's mind.
On the fourth day, Ryan arrived at the creek early.
The key to whether this plan can be successfully realized lies in whether Ryan can lurk very close to the wolves until the wolves are about to finish drinking water and the first wolf leaves the warning position to drink water by the stream. For this reason, Ryan specially
Downwind of the place where wolves often drink water, I chose a tree with a long branch to drink water by the stream. The winter wolves behind left the queue, quickly rushed to the stream, and also started drinking water in large gulps. Several small winter wolves
The wolves were playing in the water and making "wow" sounds. Only the first wolf was still looking around cautiously.
Ryan silently watched the actions of the wolves. He didn't even dare to breathe, lest he make a noise and be discovered by the alert wolf. Although Ryan's heartbeat began to accelerate, he still patiently waited for the opportunity for him to take action.
Time passed slowly, and by the time the wolves had almost drunk water, the wolves were in the most chaotic period. At this time, the first wolf seemed to be unable to bear his thirst, so he ran to the stream in a few steps, lowered his head and started drinking.
water.
The opportunity has come!
Ryan decisively recited the "Fireball" spell in his mind. In less than 3 seconds, a fireball the size of a fist flew out of Ryan's hand, drawing a red trajectory and heading straight for the wolves!
The fireball technique flew extremely fast in the air. When the wolves discovered the danger, the fireball had already fallen among them!
With a "boom~" sound, the fireball exploded, and the scattered flames were mixed with the cry of the winter wolf and the broken limbs of the winter wolf flying in the sky.
A perfect hit!
Before the wolves could scatter, Ryan released another fireball. This fireball accurately landed on the surviving wolves. The gorgeous flames appeared again, like the scythe of death, elegantly harvesting the lives of the winter wolves.
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After the two fireballs passed, the originally clear stream was filled with the remains of winter wolves and their blood. Two deep pits were blown out on the ground, with pungent black smoke rising. Most of the winter wolves had died in the fireballs.
Amid the tremendous power of the spell, a seriously injured winter wolf struggled to get up and tried to run back to its lair. However, it was knocked to the ground by Ryan's magic missile and followed in the footsteps of its companions.
Ryan waited for a moment from a distance and saw that no winter wolves stood up anymore. It was estimated that the wolves had been wiped out, so he walked to the "battlefield" with confidence.
The reward for this mission was only 5 gold coins, which was obviously less. As he walked, Ryan was thinking about peeling off all the fur of the winter wolf and taking it to Takli Town to exchange for a few silver coins.
Ryan slowly walked to the edge of the deep pit with black smoke, bent down and looked through the winter wolf corpses, hoping to find a few winter wolves whose fur was not seriously damaged, but the few winter wolves in front of him were all destroyed by fireballs.
The fur has been burnt by the technique, so it seems that it cannot be sold for any money.
Just when Ryan was hesitantly preparing to look at the winter wolf on the other side, a strong winter wolf suddenly jumped out from under the body of the winter wolf on his left and rushed towards Ryan's shoulder.
The winter wolf opened its mouth wide, revealing two rows of sharp teeth that were about to bite Ryan's neck.
It was too late, but it was too late. The martial arts skills that Ryan had trained with Ghalib for many years came into play. He fell to the right and struck back with Shadow Shang in his left hand! The sneak attack of the winter wolf was lightly scratched by Shadow Shang.
, was split into two pieces without any suspense, flew out, and fell to the ground respectively.
Ryan was half-kneeling on the ground. Although his face and body were covered with the blood of the winter wolf, he did not wipe it away at all. He still held the Shadow Shang and watched the surroundings vigilantly.
At the moment when the lightning flashed, Ryan clearly saw that the winter wolf that attacked him was the leader of the pack. At this moment, the leader's body had been divided into two parts by the sharp shadow, and he was already dead.
Although there was no danger anymore, Ryan still broke out in a cold sweat because he found that one of the alpha wolf's hind legs had been blown off.
If it weren't for the fact that the alpha wolf only had 3 legs left, which affected the explosive power of the flying attack, Ryan might not have been able to dodge the sneak attack just now, and he would definitely be injured. Although in the end he would definitely be able to rely on his years of training
Shadow Shang won with his skill and sharpness, but even though it was a perfect battle, it still left such a hidden danger that endangered his own safety.
"It seems that my on-the-spot experience is still very poor!" Ryan sighed secretly: "Teacher Delanai told himself that before the matter is over, never let down your guard. The closer you are to success, the easier it is to make mistakes.
Question: Teacher Ghalib also said that even if he kills a velvet rabbit, he still has to use the strength to fight the manticore. But he only thinks about what will happen after the matter is over, and forgets this most important advice.
You must learn this lesson yourself. In fact, you should have added another fireball skill just now. At that time, even the ten alpha wolves who pretended to be dead really turned into dead wolves."
After receiving a lesson, Ryan decided to give up his unrealistic idea of skinning wolf skins and selling them for money. He stood up and released two more fireballs, exploding the scattered winter wolf corpses on the ground.
After confirming that these winter wolves were dead, Ryan felt relieved.
For safety reasons, Ryan carefully checked the winter wolf's lair and found no surviving winter wolf. It seemed that his first mercenary mission was completed. Ryan nodded and returned to Ancheno with satisfaction.
village.
After learning that all the winter wolves that threatened them had been killed, the villagers of Anchenuo Village screamed with joy, and their happy smiles also infected Ryan. The enthusiastic Anchenuo Village Chief invited Ryan to attend the evening event on behalf of all the villagers.
held a celebration party, and organized people to follow Ryan to clean up the "battlefield" by the creek in the lumber camp.