Chapter 754 - The Disaster of the Serpentfowls
Chapter 754 The Disaster of the Serpentfowls
The female serpentfowl found the tracks of the hatchlings after flying for a kilometer.
The three hatchlings were curled up together near a pile of rocks in the forest. Their heads hung limply by their bodies with not a trace of movement from them.
The serpentfowl cried and dove down from the canopy. It snapped many branches along the way as its ferocious body landed heavily in the woods, gouging the earth as it did so.
The female serpentfowl was a bit smaller than a male, and had much brighter and prettier wings.
Their strength might be inferior to the males, but their speed and the toxicity of their venom was superior.
The serpentfowl lunged toward the rocks. Her one and a half meter long snakehead immediately sensed the life force in the hatchlings when it touched them.
Dakso calmly blocked all the attacks with his tower shield, giving his two companions the perfect environment to use their spells.
Pseudo-Adept Ponta’s shadow arrows and Blanco’s armor-piercing crossbow bolts all delt decent damage to the serpentfowl. In particular, the constant barrage of shadow arrows had a very high chance of ignoring defense. They would corrode the serpentfowl’s feathers and skin every time they hit its body, revealing the red blood and flesh beneath.
After fifteen minutes of combat, the badly wounded serpentfowl realized that it could not deal with these invaders. It cried and took to the air, trying to escape toward the forest.
“Trying to go look for help? Stay!”
Ponta put on a wicked smile. He had been secretly gathering power for this moment. He strode forward, and the dark energy in his hands gathered into the form of a dark spear. He threw it at the serpentfowl with all his strength, piercing through its body with the spear.
The serpentfowl fell from the sky with a pained cry.
“Dakso, you go retrieve the corpse! Blanco, come with me to the nests!”
The three apprentices immediately split up with victory in sight. They started to perform the clean-up for today’s combat.
Yet, just as the three apprentices scoured Serpentfowl Cliff and packed up all the eggs and hatchlings, a strange, loud cry came from the distant horizon.
“Dammit, it’s those male serpentfowls! They’re back! Let’s leave, quick.”
Ponta, who had the most attuned Spirit sense, immediately changed expressions. He could no longer care for a more detailed search of the caves. He whistled and immediately started running with his two companions.
As many as seventeen adolescent serpentfowls were living on Serpentfowl Cliff. They had dealt with two of them, which left fifteen serpentfowls more.
That was fifteen pseudo-adept-level serpentfowls!
Regardless of how prepared or well-equipped they were, the apprentices could not deal with the attacks of the entire flock if they were trapped in the cave.
The hatred from the killing of their mate and the grudge for stealing their eggs was at stake. If the three of them were to fall into the hands of the serpentfowls, they would not die happy deaths.
Dakso and Blanco immediately picked up the massive bags, even without Ponta’s instructions. The three of them sprinted down Serpentfowl Cliff. Ponta took the rear, scattering a strange yellow powder as he retreated.
This alchemical powder could effectively disrupt scent trails left in the air, leaving magical creatures who relied on their sense of smell helpless in tracking down enemies.
However, relying on this method alone to throw off the pursuit of the serpentfowls was still too risky. Ponta quickly took out a magic wand and quietly whispered several words.
A short moment later, Little Locke received the magical transmission and sent out his eyeball combat machine. The machine flew into the skies and started shooting at the serpentfowls.
These heat rays, with only eleven points of power, could not possibly kill the serpentfowls; it only made them shriek in pain a few times. The eyeball machine turned and fled without any hesitation after drawing the attention of all the serpentfowls. It flew toward the edge of the Black Forest with flame streams blasting out of its jets.
The serpentfowl flock was infuriated and distracted by the eyeball machine before they could even figure out what had happened at home. They cried out loud and beat their wings to chase after the machine. Soon, they vanished from sight.
Shhhh!
The three apprentices could finally relax, seeing that the serpentfowl flock had been drawn away. They brought their spoils with them and calmly returned to their hiding.
This hiding spot was a deep ditch that Little Locke had made the machine worker dig in a forest clearing. He then covered and concealed it with woody plants and vines. The effect was much better than merely hiding in a cave or between rocks.
“Good job, Little Locke! There will be your share in these spoils once we get back!” Ponta was clearly very satisfied with Little Locke’s contributions in this adventure. For the first time, he recognized him as a teammate.
“Thank you, boss. Thank you.”
Little Locke grinned widely!