SWDnovel Chapter 36 Prophecy, Divination, and Revelation!
Chapter 36 Prophecy, Divination, and Revelation!
At Shi Lan's urging, Shen Mo put on his bow and arrows and followed.
"You two, dispose of the bodies here!"
Wei Dongming left his two apprentices behind to deal with the monkey's carcass before following Shi Lan and Shen Mo up the mountain.
The three of them just killed more than thirty pleated monkeys.
We are still some distance from the mission objective.
If these wrinkled monkeys get away, we won't be able to complete the mission.
Whoosh!Whoosh!
Two arrows flew out one after the other.
A bow from Shen Mo, a crossbow from Wei Dongming.
Both arrows successfully hit their targets.
Shen Mo shot a pleated monkey in the back of the head, killing it instantly!
Wei Dongming then shot the torso of another pleated monkey.
Seeing the monkey fall from the tree, Shi Lan made a move to go forward, but Shen Mo quickly called out:
"Don't waste your time, go chase the other pleated monkeys!"
Shi Lan was taken aback, but Shen Mo had already drawn his bow and shot a second arrow, killing the folded monkey.
[You have hunted 20 plecos, rewarding you with 1 skill enhancement point!]
......
"Hey~ you arrived even faster!"
Upon seeing this, Shi Lan expressed her agreement with Shen Mo's judgment.
Wei Dongming, who had just loaded the crossbow bolt, nodded in agreement, saying, "It really does shoot fast!"
Shen Mo: "..."
Why am I not happy even though I gained 1 point of enhancement?
He remained silent, simply running and shooting.
His expert-level agility allowed him to maintain stable shooting even while moving.
His superhuman senses allow him to quickly pinpoint the location of the folded monkey.
Before he had run more than a few steps, Shen Mo had caught another flaw in a pleated monkey.
Whoosh!
The arrow pierced through the gaps in the branches and leaves, striking a pleated monkey's thigh at a tricky angle.
"Well done!"
Wei Dongming, who was also eyeing the folded monkey, put down his crossbow and exclaimed in sincere admiration.
He had never seen such precise archery skills from any other Iron-rank Witcher!
Shen Mo's lips twitched slightly.
Seeing the monkey struggling while clinging to the tree trunk, he raised his hand and shot it down with an arrow, killing it.
Wei Dongming, on the other side, also fired an arrow, but missed.
As for Shi Lan...
Lacking any ranged attack methods, she had already circled around to the side of the pheasant troop.
Drive away the group of pheasants, forcing them to run around like headless flies...
When the three of them chased the monkeys halfway up the mountain, they killed about twenty more adult lemurs.
Shen Mo killed 15 of them all by himself!
In such a complex environment, his superhuman senses were incredibly useful!
"Shall we continue?"
Wei Dongming, panting heavily, asked Shi Lan, who had returned to their side.
He hadn't experienced this kind of high-intensity hunting behavior for several years and was somewhat unaccustomed to it.
Shen Mo is slightly better than Wei Dongming.
Because he hadn't used his combat skills much, he still had some magic power left.
Although their physical strength was somewhat lacking, it was enough to handle the subsequent operations.
Furthermore, Shen Mo has 1 point of physical enhancement, which can be used in emergencies.
As for Shi Lan, who was carrying a battle axe and wearing iron armor...
Despite chasing monkeys all over the mountain, his breathing remained steady, without even taking a deep breath, which is truly amazing!
"Let's take a break, we've got enough tasks!"
boom!
Shi Lan chopped the battle axe into a tree, sat down on it, and said:
"The error in the number of tasks is a bit large."
We have already killed more than fifty adult plecos.
But I estimate there are at least seventy or eighty more on the mountain.
Although most of them are young individuals.
But there should be at least twenty or thirty adult individuals!
"really!"
Wei Dongming nodded in agreement.
The size of this group of folded monkeys is much larger than the mission was initially estimated.
If it weren't for Shi Lan, a bronze-level demon hunter, he would have abandoned the mission the moment the troop of pleated monkeys charged down the mountain.
"Where do you get this kind of mission intelligence and information?" Shen Mo asked curiously.
"There are garrison troops, city guards, fortresses, caravans... and even witchers."
Shi Lan casually said:
"The Demon Hunter Association issues missions based on intelligence and information collected from various sources."
Sometimes, in special circumstances, we may issue corresponding investigation tasks...
"In that case, errors are normal; after all, not everyone has a keen sense of perception..."
Shen Mo was thinking to himself when he heard Shi Lan, as if she had thought of something, continue:
"And I've heard... well, I've only heard, I've never actually seen it."
To pique Shen Mo and Wei Dongming's interest, Shi Lan spoke mysteriously first:
"It is said that there is a special group among spellcasters who possess abilities such as prophecy and divination."
There are also holy places where some clergy can receive revelation from the divine Creator through sacrifice or prayer.
Some missions that are difficult to gather intelligence on are issued by them...
Prophecy? Divination? Revelation?
Hearing Shi Lan say this, Shen Mo actually became somewhat interested.
Ow! ! !
However, at that moment, a mournful roar faintly came from afar.
Shi Lan and Shen Mo turned their heads at the same time and looked down at the forest below the mountain.
"There was some kind of sound... right?"
Shi Lan looked at Shen Mo uncertainly.
Just as Shen Mo was about to nod, he heard a sharp whistle.
That's an alarm device made by Wei Dongming!
"The trap has been triggered!"
Shen Mo looked at Shi Lan and the bewildered Wei Dongming:
"Judging from the roar, it's very likely that hunting cat!"
Upon hearing this, Shi Lan immediately jumped off the battle axe.
Wei Dongming also stood up from the ground.
After a moment's hesitation, he took out a potion from his pocket and swallowed it.
"Walk!"
Seeing this, Shi Lan didn't say anything more.
He immediately called Shen Mo and Wei Dongming to head towards the direction from which the sound came.
During the journey, Wei Dongming also shot out a whistle arrow, seemingly to notify Zheng Hao and Li Zitao.
Soon, the three arrived at the jungle where the traps had been set.
A pit had collapsed, and the spikes inside were stained with blood.
Wei Dongming and Shi Lan were about to search for the hunting cat's tracks.
Then Shen Mo wiped some blood, smelled it, and then sniffed around.
"Over there!"
Shi Lan and Wei Dongming looked on in astonishment.
Shen Mo offered no explanation and gestured for the two to follow.
Sure enough, not long after they walked, Shi Lan and Wei Dongming noticed the bloodstains on the ground.
It suddenly dawned on me that Shen Mo's sense of smell, like his hearing, was enhanced by a natural talent!
Perhaps there's also the visual aspect...
Thinking of Shen Mo's precise archery skills, Shi Lan and Wei Dongming were already at a loss.
Wei Dongming was filled with envy.
His years of hard-earned demon-hunting experience were less useful than Shen Mo's innate abilities...
After traversing several hundred meters through the jungle with Shi Lan and Wei Dongming, Shen Mo finally pinpointed the location of the hunting cat.
He heard the hunting cat's heavy breathing just a hundred meters ahead!
He gestured for Shi Lan and Wei Dongming to stop.
Shen Mo drew on the ground with the arrow in his hand, saying softly:
"The hunting cat is about a hundred meters ahead in this direction... Should we charge in together, or split up?"
Upon hearing this, Shi Lan decisively replied:
"I'll go around to the back and block it, you two hold it off from the front, just make sure it doesn't get away."
Although the hunting cat was injured and was very likely to be poisoned.
But apart from Shi Lan, neither Shen Mo nor Wei Dongming dared to guarantee that they were capable of facing the Hunting Cat alone.
Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse; the Hunting Cat is, after all, a second-tier magical beast...