Chapter 163 Killer Bees
"Gugu, Gugu, Gugu, Gugu", a few strange bird calls came from the treetops. The expedition team took three days to cross the lost mountain of more than 2,000 meters. If it was an ordinary mountain range, the height of more than 2,000 meters was not necessary for legendary professionals and demigods. They could climb over in half a day. Even if they walked a little slower, one day was enough. However, this is the Ocaine Mountains, which is recognized as the dividing line between life and death in the Yara Continent. Even with such a powerful force as the expedition team, you should be extremely vigilant in this environment. Similar to the dangers that are difficult to detect as a hanging silk tree, there are many outside the forest, and no one wants to become the first victim in the team just on the periphery.
"Even if you call like this, I won't understand." Hearing the birds' cries, Flar looked up and said helplessly: "It doesn't reflect the meaning of the agreed sound. No matter how you call, it's useless. Come down quickly."
"Oh, I just screamed a few times." Panis said, swaying like a swing, "There is no danger ahead, and an abandoned camp was found where to rest tonight."
Once you cross the Ocaine Mountains and enter the dense forest in the basin, the expedition team immediately shrinks from a loose marching formation to a relatively tight alert formation. Physicians surround the casting profession in the center and use their bodies as defense to protect more vulnerable teammates. In fact, adventures in the form of a team will be divided into many different types according to the number of people. However, in general, they are all based on the casting profession as the core of attack. Unless there is no casting profession in this team or the casting profession has very low abilities, other formation composition methods will be selected.
As for Pannis, he and the Elf Queen are two exceptions. They are very familiar with the forest and have a strong survivability in the forest. Therefore, they rotate to do scouts outside the team. For a team that is risky in the jungle, an excellent scout can greatly improve the safety of the entire team, but most of the time, the adventure process of the Death Forest is very dangerous for everyone. If a scout wanders alone in a strange forest, it is no different from letting him die. Therefore, few teams will send scouts in the Death Forest.
But Flar and Penis are different. One is as familiar with the forest as if they are their own home. The other is extremely sensitive to all senses and proficient in skills of various professions. No matter how harsh the environment is, it is difficult to trap them. They are two of them take turns to serve as scouts. At least the team does not have to worry about threats from the environment or ambushers, just focus on emergencies. However, just dealing with emergencies has already caused a headache for the team. The troublesome part of the Death Forest is often the emergencies. Flar and Penis rotate to explore the path in order to leave a person to discover emergencies in time.
"Doris, walk five steps to the left." Flar had no time to respond to Panis's words, and reminded him in time: "Go slowly. Don't be too fast, okay, you can get rid of the alert."
"Well, the beehive of the murderer bee." Panis hung on the tree and looked in Doris' direction, letting go of his head and falling down. When he was approaching the ground, he twisted his body and stood on the ground smoothly, holding a green fruit picked from somewhere in his hand. He put it in his mouth and took a bite. The green color of the fruit made people who looked at him feel sour. However, Panis did not realize this. Instead, he leaned over Doris and squatted down and looked at the ground for a while, rubbed his chin and said, "How about we eat honey wolf ribs tonight? The honey of the murderer bee can be regarded as the best delicacy in the world. Do you still remember the dishes with honey added to the Elf King's Dinner? They are all made of honey bee honey."
"Don't mess with them if you're okay, you don't know how troublesome they are." Flar shook his head with a laugh and cry, "You want to eat honey and wait until you return to the royal court. We have honey specially raised, so I'll give you some."
"That's farmed, not as delicious as wild ones." Although Panis said this, Catherine was forced to aside. Although the Knight Girl knew that Panis was just talking about it under normal conditions and would not really do stupid things, she was afraid that he was not in normal conditions, so it would be better to pull it away as soon as possible. However, when Panis was pulled away, Catherine still looked at the ground. The ground looked ordinary and there was no trace of the hive.
"What exactly are the murder bees?" Catherine asked after pulling Panis aside, "Also, why do they build their beehives on the ground? There is so much rain in the forest of death. Are they not afraid of water entering the nest?"
"Stately speaking, this is not a complete murder beehive nest, it can only be considered part of the nest." Panis explained: "The size of the murder bee is very exaggerated. Each one is as big as my fist. There are tens of thousands of nests. How big do you think their beehives should be? If they hang on a tree like an ordinary beehive, they will probably be crushed by their own weight soon."
"Indeed," Catherine thought for a while and nodded, "So they built the nest on the ground?"
"The underground is part of their nest. Well, the main part, but this part is sealed." Panis said: "When they build a nest, they will choose a withered hollow tree, build the entrance and exit of the beehive at the center of the tree, and then go to the ground along the trunk, and use venom to corrode the soil side by side, and finally form a huge underground hole. They will coat the inside of the hole with special beeswax to ensure the waterproofness of the beeswax. However, the biggest disadvantage is that this beeswax will make the soil crunchy. If you use too much force, it will directly collapse the beeswax."
"Then will the killing bee fly out to take revenge?" Catherine said, "No wonder Her Majesty the Queen was like a priest Doris just now."
"Of course they will take revenge, these murderous bees are very revengeful." Panis said with a lip silence: "It is said that they can go out in full swing and chase the enemy for three days and three nights in a row. Once they are targeted by them, it is difficult to escape intact."
"Ten thousand bees with fists." The Knight Girl imagined that scene, where the overwhelming murderous bees were chasing behind the enemy. No matter how the enemy ran, they could not escape these flying ones. This scene would indeed make people feel desperate.
"Look, that's the killer bee." Panis suddenly pulled the girl's arm and pointed at a dead tree not far away and said: "It's better not to get close to them. They have strong territorial consciousness, and they will be attacked when they get close, but they won't be chased."
Looking along Pannis's sight, there were indeed several fist-sized killing bees lying on the surface of the dead tree. These small monsters have gray-brown appearances and are almost the same color as the dead tree. Even if they are lying on the dead tree, it is difficult to find them from a distance. Because they are a little far away, they cannot see their exact appearance clearly, but at their tails, a long prick needle can be clearly seen. The black prick needle is three centimeters long and shines with a heart-pounding luster in the light.
"These guys are carnivorous. The four large jaws on their mouths are very sharp. Even with the legendary strength, they can bite a small piece of meat in one bite." Panis said: "And their tail stings are actually solidified by special liquid in the body. The special liquid in a killer bee can condense into ten tail stings. After using it, special liquid can secrete it as a supplement. Huh, look at those butterflies, and use their lives to make an example for us."
Near the entrance and exit of the beehive, several butterflies flew by. These colorful butterflies should be monsters in terms of their size, but their aggression is far inferior to most monsters. However, although these butterflies are not aggressive, the murder bees are different. Catherine only felt a flash in front of her eyes and did not see clearly what the murder bees were doing. Then she heard a few "Doduo" sounds. The flying butterflies were like fallen leaves, swirling to the ground, and no longer moved.
"So fast." Catherine took a breath and said, "At this speed, it's very difficult to get on."
"Well, it's hard to see what they do when they launch an attack." Panis said affirmatively: "The speed is too fast, and even the strength of the demigod can't react. Moreover, the attack power of the tail spike is amazing after it ejects out. You will know when you see the traces left by the tail spike on the tree."
However, in fact, the tail thorns left no trace on the tree. The slender tail thorns directly penetrated into the trunk. Not only did they all disappear, but they also left a thin small hole that was almost impossible to detect. From the depth of the small hole, the tail thorns penetrated at least more than ten centimeters into the trunk.
"And their tail stings also have the attribute of penetration and have high penetration ability. Ordinary legendary shields can barely be defended, but if there are a few more, they will definitely be pierced." Panis continued to explain: "Even if tens of thousands of killing bees attack together, they will be penetrated if they are not careful, which will directly threaten the life of the demigod. So if there is no necessary reason, don't provoke them. It's too dangerous. Every year, many demigod monsters die under these killing bees that are classified as legendary attack power."
"Then you want to steal their honey." Flar came over and sarcastically sarcasticly, and then he had time to ask in detail: "Have you discovered an abandoned camp?"
Chapter completed!