Chapter 374 Targeted Reconnaissance

"Julius?!"

 “There’s me too~.”

 The female archer with dark brown skin poked out from behind the dual-sword user.

 “Nadia!”

Gordon shouted in surprise: "Why did you come here? Is it also because of the guild summons?"

 Julius had a smile that was so faint that it was almost invisible. If you were unfamiliar with him, you would definitely think that he was having a serious face.

"No, Master wrote to us, saying that you might need help here, so we temporarily put aside our affairs with the brigade and rushed over."

Gordon was even more surprised when he heard this, and he couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart.

 “Let’s talk about old things later.”

Julius nodded to Gordon, turned to everyone, and briefly introduced himself: "I am Julius, a six-star dual-sword wielder, this guy's senior brother, and the leader of the 'Bi Tou' hunting group."

Nadia also smiled and said to everyone: "Nadia, the five-star light crossbow user, the shooter of 'Bi Tou', actually, 'Bi Tou' has just been established, there are only two of us."

"Just before I came in, I heard that you need to scout something. Maybe we can help in this regard. Can you tell us the specific situation?" Julius continued.

Gordon briefly explained the recent situation, as well as the incident of the Thunder Wolf Dragon destroying the village that just happened the day before yesterday.

When they heard that the village had been destroyed and that the final number of casualties might be close to a hundred, the faces of Julius and Nadia quickly darkened.

Julius said directly: "I support Gordon's point of view. Monsters destroy villages every year, but there are very few exceptions with such heavy casualties.

 Under normal circumstances, monsters attack villages mostly for prey, or the village happens to be blocking the path of some monsters.

 Destroying villages and causing casualties are just "incidental" things, and casualty rates exceeding 20 to 30% are rare.

This is the first time that multiple monsters like this appear at the same time, with the main purpose of killing humans. The number of casualties exceeds 70%.

 I can't think of any other reason other than deliberate revenge.

As for the hypothesis put forward by Mr. Ted, I think it is also of great reference value. In any case, reconnaissance and confirmation of the 'king' situation is the first priority. "

 The assembly manager took a deep look at the equipment on Julius's body.

 —Elite Guild Knight Set and Holy Sword.

They are all equipment that only powerful direct descendants of the guild can acquire. In this way, the credibility of the data stated by the dual swordsman is very high.

"Julius, you are the most professional in reconnaissance. It's up to you to decide on the candidate." Gordon said.

As a senior brother with the status of a guild knight, what he usually performs most is not hunting missions, but exploration missions to find out information about various dangerous and rare monsters for the guild.

 Julius tapped his chin.

“Based on the worst-case scenario, this action of scouting the leader of the pack is likely to be besieged by multiple Thunder Wolf Dragons, so the participants must have the strength to deal with the Thunder Wolf Dragon alone.

 Five stars, anything below five stars will not be considered. "Julius's words were straightforward and impolite.

The faces of the trio of female drunkards all darkened. Feng Ying, who was kicked off with them, had an indifferent expression on her face. She never imagined that this operation would take her.

“Six-stars include me and Gordon, and five-stars include Nadia, Anhir, Miss Hayata and Mr. Ted.”

Julius paused and continued: "Gordon is right. Speed ​​is also a consideration. Mr. Ted and Ancil are not suitable."

Ted opened his mouth and wanted to say something more, but Ancil choked him back with a look.

“It is certain that Nadia and I will participate, and so can Miss Hayata. Gordon is actually not very suitable, but under the premise that a hard battle is possible, a strong vanguard is necessary.

 Taking into account Gordon's expertise in trace tracking, I think the reconnaissance team can be composed of four of us. "

Julius’s arrangement was very reasonable. Ted, the only one who had any objections, was suppressed by Ancil. The candidates for the reconnaissance team were thus determined.

 The old administrator nodded solemnly, "Without further ado, rest and prepare for twelve hours, and then set off!"

Because the main goal this time is to find out the "true identity" of the leader of the Thunder Wolf Dragon group, not to hunt.

 Hence, the preparations for carrying props, ammunition, etc. are also different from usual times.

  Gordon and the others had never carried out a similar "targeted investigation mission" before, so this was an eye-opener.

After learning that Ancier had a large number of secret medicines and the forced drug G, Julius directly asked Gordon and the others to give up carrying recovery medicines and replace them with much lighter secret medicines. At the same time, each person carried several bottles of powerful medicines. Take medicine G.

Of course, flash bombs are indispensable, and each person also brought a pair of cave traps, but not a paralysis trap. Those things should be listed as prohibited items when facing the Thunder Wolf Dragon.

Gordon and the others can understand all of the above, and they are all just for the convenience of escaping.

 But when they saw that Nadia had brought many sets of dye bomb magazines, they were confused.

 Are you going to dye the Thunderwolf pink?

 When she saw Nadia attaching a muzzle assembly that looked very intrusive to her "Crossbow·S", Anhil finally couldn't help but speak.

“With such a large muzzle assembly, wouldn’t it be in the way of closing the gun?”

Nadia smiled mysteriously at him, picked up a normal bullet, loaded it, and fired a shot into the sky.

What should have been a roaring explosion turned into a soft "pop" that might not be audible to human ears from a few meters away.

 “Is it a silencer?” Anhil raised his eyebrows.

 Basically no shooters and hunters will use this component, which will have a great impact on the shooting power.

Moreover, no matter how powerful the ballista is, it is impossible to kill a large monster with one shot. If you fire a few more shots, the monster will definitely determine the shooter's position, which is meaningless.

Nadia didn't explain much, but smiled and said, "You will know when the time comes."

"I have prepared some things to eliminate the smell. Use them all." Julius, who had been away for a while, came back.

Gordon and Hayata nodded with grimaces.

Pandan’s hair started to explode, “Can’t I wipe my cat when I get to the hunting ground?”

"no."

Julius said with a straight face: "It is impossible to determine the location of Thunder Wolf Dragon now, so we must reduce the risk as much as possible."

Maka Fengying and the others who were watching immediately took a few steps back.

However, what Julius took out was not the monster feces they imagined, but some light yellow waxy minerals.

Gordon took it and smelled it, and asked in surprise: "Sulfur?"

 “Meow!” Xianglan jumped up happily. Although sulfur also smelled bad, it was much better than poop.

"What's wrong?"

 “I thought it would be feces or something.”

Julius’s expression did not change. “It is a helpless thing to use feces to cover up the smell in a hunting ground. After all, it is easy to find.

 In fact, monster excrement is not very useful, and sometimes choosing the wrong ‘category’ can have the opposite effect.

 The correct approach should be to use different items according to different environments. "

“So, what’s the word for sulfur?” Gordon asked curiously.

“There are many hot springs and places with a strong sulfur smell around here, so it is not easy to attract attention.” Julius replied calmly.

Nadia added with a smile on the side, "And the gunpowder used to prepare gunpowder has a strong smell of sulfur, which can disrupt the monster's judgment if necessary.

During the latent process, the sulfur smell can also prevent mosquitoes from approaching, which is better than feces. "

Hearing this, Xianglan looked at Maka fiercely.

 Maka spread her hands, "Where did I go to find sulfur for you last time?"

 (End of this chapter)