Open Your Quest Log - Chapter 499.13

(..) Karen’s request was uncomplicated, just hoping that Barrett would help him destroy a group of terrifying monsters that had broken into the forest from nowhere. Killing monsters is what Barbarians are best at, so he accepted it unsurprisingly.

According to Karen’s description, those monsters were a whole colony, about twenty ‘soul dogs’. This is an evil and ferocious two-headed dog with two heads. They usually inhabit the desert, and sometimes appear in the underground dark areas, but rarely enter the forest.

Some people say that this two-headed ghost dog is the gatekeeper of the Nine Hells of Barto—the cousin of the three-headed hellhound. It is a cross between the three-headed hellhound and some kind of dog in the main material plane used by the mages. The mixed-blood hound produced by the pairing is another one of countless deformed magical creations created by those magic masters at the whim.

This view has been recognized by many people, because one head and three heads will become two on average. This is an arithmetic problem that is not too difficult, and most people can understand it with their fingers, which makes this This view is more persuasive.

On this basis, some people say that as long as the undead dog eats enough souls, a new third will grow from the middle of the two heads, and the size will become larger, and the skin on the whole body will be In the process of getting bigger, they all shattered and transformed into their hellish ancestors that seemed to be skinned. However, so far, no wild three-headed hounds have been found on the main material plane, and no one has ever seen a scene where the ghost of the dead will eat the soul. Of course, ordinary people can’t see the soul, so this statement has gradually become a kind of curious legend.

“Those ghost dogs roamed and howled around my cabin, and were finally driven out by my wife.” Karen and the Dryad looked at each other affectionately, then looked at Barrett, “It’s just that Patricia didn’t The way to get out of here is too far to completely eliminate them, so those vicious dogs are still rampant in the forest. The bites of the dead dogs are filthy with germs, and they can also spew terrifying venom from their mouths like poisonous snakes. Even those creatures in the forest that are much stronger than them, as long as a small wound is bitten, the bacteria and venom will continue to erode along the wound, and the body of the creature will continue to rot and fester, and it is too weak to resist. After it reaches the level, it will be swallowed by the following ghost dogs.”

When Karen said this, his expression became more serious, “Silver Bear ‘Rul’ was once a king in this forest. Ordinary iron-backed bears usually only have metal-like silver-white hair on their backs, which is extremely strong. The defensiveness of Ruhl’s body is covered with this kind of silver hair, and his stature is much larger than that of ordinary iron-backed bears. Even so, Ruhl still died at the mouth of those ghost dogs. Silver Bear seemed to want to ask Patricia for help, but fell out of my wife’s range. Ruhl’s head was miserable, his features were completely festered, and he could see the skull inside. I guess Ruhl should be During the battle, I was accidentally bitten on the face by the ghost dog, or got the venom that they spewed from the mouth.”

“So, those ghost dogs are really dangerous.” Barrett said with a frown. It is not difficult to wipe out the vicious dog colony, and the barbarian believes that he can definitely do it. But the whole process must be guaranteed not to be injured, that is another matter. Even if a legendary adventurer completes the simple task of exterminating the goblins, he cannot guarantee that he will not be injured at all.

His dragonskin armor should be able to block the bites of those vicious dogs. Barbarian hugged his shoulders and touched the leather armor on his body.

“You don’t need to worry about this, I have already prepared.” Karen walked to the kitchen, took out a small bottle of yellow-green liquid from the cabinet, and handed it to the barbarian, “If you are bitten by those vicious dogs, Or if the body is sprayed with venom, just apply this to the wound, and then take another sip, and it will be fine.”

“What is this?” Barrett asked curiously. He took the bottle and held it in front of his eyes for a closer look. The yellow-green liquid in the bottle is crystal clear and translucent, giving a feeling of vitality.

“You must have seen that the olive tree outside is my wife Patricia’s ‘tree of oneness’. And this bottle is filled with the olive juice squeezed from the olives on that tree. , a special antidote made by mixing several other herbs.” Karen raised his chin proudly, “To tell you the truth, I am also a small accomplished pharmacist. Before the dogs devoured them completely, I extracted their carrion and blood for experimentation. This bottle of antidote is very effective against the germ bites and terrible venom of the dead dogs. Unfortunately, I am not very good at combat. Okay, there’s no way to destroy the vicious dogs that are ravaging the forest in person.”

Speaking of pharmacists, Barrett couldn’t help but think of the Holy Arathor Kingdom, the potion master ‘Jorel’ in San Nino City. Although the old man is only a first-level mage, he has indeed made great achievements in potions and has his own unique insights into many magic materials. The reason why Barrett can live to this day is that the bottle of emerald green potion that Jorel doesn’t know how many has played a great role in it.

However, the side effects of the potion were also very strong, which directly changed the original appearance of the barbarian, so that he had to wear the bracelet ‘veil of veil’ given by the little mage all the time. Thinking of this, Barrett plans to go to San Nino City after completing the current task, and find old Jorel to solve this major problem that will be misunderstood by others.

It is worth mentioning that the little mage Chris is also very interested in the old man, and seems to have plans to recruit him as a follower under his command. Maybe old Jorel will have his own independent laboratory in the magic tower built by Kris in the future, and he will also be able to obtain a large amount of magic materials. Moreover, under the supervision of the little mage, this potion master with a strange mind and indifference to life will not cause too much trouble.

Oh, yes, I have to go to the desert. There are still more than a thousand soul prisms in Barrett’s hands. When he was fighting the powerful vampire, the barbarian won the final victory by relying on the armor left by the paladin. These souls are also the victory of that victory. Comes with a giveaway.

It is also for this reason that Barrett wants to go to the Marvira Desert to find the last sanctuary of the paladins, return the broken ‘armor of redemption’ to them, and by the way trap the more than a thousand in the sanctuary. The souls in the Soul Prism are handed over to the paladins.

Then the barbarian wanted to go to ‘Rock Forging City’ to visit his old friend, the dwarf ‘Gorn Burning Furnace’ who didn’t like mining. It’s been a long time since the underground group parted, and I don’t know what happened to the poisonous tongue dwarf. .

Alas, there are too many things to do, there is no way, let’s do it all the same.

Leaving the home of the Cullens, Barrett had a kestrel with brick red feathers beside him. This is specially summoned by Patricia, the tree demon, to help the barbarians find the habitat of the ghost dogs.

The appearance of the kestrel caught the attention of another flying creature. The raven ‘Corn’, a construct with excellent eyesight, flew down from the high-altitude clouds and flew around the kestrel. ‘Corn, corn! ‘ it shouted loudly, not knowing whether it was to attract Barrett’s attention or to attract the eyes of the kestrel.

The size of the raven was almost three times the size of the kestrel. The two birds, one big and one small, one black and one red, accompanied the barbarian and ran towards the vicious dog’s nest in the depths of the forest.

The trees that passed by were yellow and green, green and red, and after crossing a clear and icy stream, Barrett, guided by the kestrel, found the location of the dog’s den.

It was a large cave with a rotten smell, and outside the cave were seven or eight large bone piles formed by the gnawed remains of various creatures. Countless buzzing flies hovered over the bone piles, and many small scavengers that were not afraid of death shuttled through the bone piles, looking for the last trace of carrion sticking to the bones.

Barrett got off his horse and let his Nightmare Beast mount back to the Shadow Realm to stand by. Then he put on the dragon wing helmet, put down his lower armor, held the long sword ‘Nemesis’ in his left hand and the shield ‘Metal Poetry’ in his right, and strode towards the cave.

Because these undead hounds spit highly toxic venom, a sword and shield would be more practical than a double sword.

Outside the cave, there were two resting vicious dogs guarding him, and they spotted Barbarian, a well-armed uninvited guest, for the first time. The two-headed vicious dog stood up at the same time, let out a vicious low growl, and saliva splashed from its mouth.

The Wraith Hound’s skin is dark brown, and its size is smaller than that of a rideable Warg, and it is not much different from an adult Winter Wolf. There is a thick mane in the middle of each head, and the two manes converge on the back and extend all the way to the end of the tail. Barrett looked the monster up and down, then waved at them, and said in a contemptuous tone, “Come here, bad dog.”

The dog guards may not understand Common, but they can sense the contempt and provocation in the barbarian’s tone. One of the dead soul dogs couldn’t stand the stimulation, so he rushed up with his teeth bared. When it was about to approach Barritt, it made a pounce, but when the barbarian raised his shield to defend, the vicious dog withdrew its pounce and turned to bite down at the barbarian’s calf.

The Nemesis stabbed straight from under the shield, pierced through the eyes of one of the dog’s heads, and pinned it to the ground. But two-headed creatures have such a characteristic, killing one of the heads is not enough to kill them completely, and they can still move and attack with only one head.

The other head, disregarding its dead neighbor, opened its mouth full of sharp teeth~www.mtlnovel.com~ and bit **** the barbarian’s calf.

Barrett stepped back half a step and slammed down hard with the ‘Metal Poetry’ of his right hand. The kite-shaped shield ‘Metal Poetry’ is an inverted triangle as a whole. When the dwarf blacksmith who loves literature, he polished the bottom of the shield into a sharp cone. And probably because of the overall streamlined shape, using ‘Metal Poetry’ to attack also comes with extra attack speed, so this heavy blow directly smashed through the other head of the vicious dog.

Both heads were killed, and after the vicious dog guard collapsed on the ground and twitched twice, he gradually disappeared. Barrett drew his sword back to his shield and looked at another vicious dog guard outside the cave. The other party did not lose his mind because of the death of his companion, but chose to bow his neck and howl. The next moment, the other ghost dogs in the cave rushed out one after another, and a female vicious dog, a little bit bigger than the Warg, appeared from the darkness in the cave.

Barret stared at the female vicious dog across the bone pile. After two heartbeats, the female vicious dog let out a short roar, and more than a dozen ghostly vicious dogs around were like arrows from the string, rushing at the same time. come over. The barbarian moved his neck back and forth, shook the blade with his left hand, and the ‘nemesis’ in his hand transformed into a chain whip, and walked forward slowly against the group of vicious dogs.

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