Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1189 1171. Unusual

This force that swept across the lush mountains and left hideous traces was so violent and wild.

It was just like a ‘natural disaster’, full of primitive fury.

Just looking at those broken and hideous roots and trunks, people could not help but shudder and hate their associative ability as intelligent creatures.

When Lan En really saw the traces of destruction, he immediately understood.

Why did those mountain people who escaped dare not go in to see the situation when they were only a few hundred meters away from their destroyed villages, and turned around and ran away after being persuaded by the hunters.

Even if this kind of destruction is only a trace, a remnant. But it is enough to make people feel the horror of life being threatened.

The adrenaline secretion is so high that the lips are numb, the body is trembling, and cold sweat is flowing like a bath.

It is normal for people to lose their minds in this situation.

But.

That was just a mortal.

The thick leather soles of his boots stepped on the broken wood chips all over the ground, and Lan En walked calmly into the area full of traces of terrifying destructive power.

Although Lan En was usually approachable and could chat with people who didn't have any malicious contact.

But his body and hormone levels had been strengthened by the Interstellar Empire, and he accepted the memory of the grand war in the starry sea.

And he himself had crossed several worlds, made his own choices in these worlds, and borne the consequences and gains.

Whether in body or mind, he could no longer be considered a so-called "mortal".

According to the concept of the Space Marines, he was already an absolute "superhuman".

The sense of terror still existed, but the heavy weight on Lan En's nerves was not an unbearable burden.

"I, I'm here too, meow!"

The fluff ball had its mouth open, staring blankly at the large area of ​​​​disaster-like traces.

But when Lan En walked in first, the cat also clenched its paws to encourage itself and followed.

"The broken end was crushed. The wood of the trunk was broken into shreds under the sudden pressure. This is pure and powerful physical force. But why?"

Lan En squatted down and gently slid the fingertips of his leather gloves across the broken end of the tree.

He first rubbed his fingers to confirm the feel, then put it under his nose to sniff gently, and finally frowned.

"Why is there no trace left on it?"

Using physical force to crush a tree will inevitably cause contact.

And under the keen senses of a demon hunter, this contact must be accompanied by information about the target.

Generally speaking, it will be a residue of smell.

But after Lan En smelled it, he didn't smell anything.

Lan En looked down at his roaring bear head pendant, which had been shaking slightly since he entered this area.

The shaking of the necklace was due to the large amount of unstable chaotic magic scattered in this area, and the shaking amplitude did not increase when approaching the broken end of the tree.

This shows that the force that broke these trees was not the physical impact force generated by magic.

And he could determine from the feel of the broken ends that the thing that crushed and cracked these trees must have tough and rough skin. It was just like kraft paper.

But even with such direct and intense contact, he still didn't smell anything.

Lan En's [Spiritual Vision] was also turned on, and he looked around. But the chaotic chaos magic in the venue was just like a palette that an artist had used for a long time.

Except for being able to see that a large amount of chaotic magic passed through here, it could not provide any effective information.

Lan En frowned and slowly stood up from the broken stump. The traces of this crushed dense forest extended all the way to the other side of the mountain.

In the dense forest, it was like a big cake that was chewed out by a dog.

"This thing is some kind of creature."

Lan En looked around and whispered the known information in a low voice according to the work habits of the demon hunter.

"But it's so big and so powerful that it didn't even leave a footprint? How did it do that?"

Flying with magic?

If it can fly, why did it knock a path through the woods?

And if it can fly, why did it expand its territory so rapidly today?

After a short period of contemplation and silence, Lan En called out: "Fluff Ball."

"I, I'm meowing!"

The calico cat jumped carefully from the wood thorns and sawdust on the ground, kicking its legs from time to time to shake off the sawdust on its fur.

Lan En turned his head and looked at it: "Can you adapt?"

The kitten clenched its claws, and although it was still a little nervous about the brutal traces here, it still insisted.

"No, no problem! I'll adapt after a while, meow! It's just a monster I haven't seen before!"

It puffed out its chest to give itself courage, and the small triangular ears on its head stood up.

"Then come and help. This place looks strange to me." Lan En didn't waste any words. He patted the fluff ball on the head and began to assign tasks.

"You are an Elu cat from the Valley Plundering Clan. You are good at finding the remains and traces of monster materials, right?"

"That's right, meow!" The fluff ball saw that he was indeed talking about his familiar field, and thus he gave birth to a confidence that belonged to a professional.

"Then let's look for it together." Lan En said to the fluff ball seriously, "Even if it's just a scale claw."

The cat nodded obediently, and then ran on all fours to a farther place.

Lan En also began to search.

He hoped to find the remains of this unknown creature, otherwise the whole thing would seem a little too unusual.

Among the various situations faced by demon hunters and space warriors, "unusual" is almost the biggest bad news.

But good luck did not come to Lan En and the fluff ball.

The two of them searched for about half an hour, but still did not see any biological remains.

Not only was there no trace of that terrifying creature, but there was no trace of animals that should have existed in the forest.

Just like the information obtained before-all living things in the range were dead.

And there were no corpses.

Lan En's brows were frowning more and more, but at this moment, the call of the cat came from the fluff ball.

"Wait! There seems to be something here, meow!"

The demon hunter immediately dropped the still smelly wood in his hand and walked over there.

When he arrived at the location of the fluffy ball, he saw that the cat was nimbly moving the tree trunk that had been broken into pieces the size of a person from one place to the side.

Lane came over and lent a hand, and soon finished cleaning it up.

What was exposed in front of the two of them was

"Armor?" Lan En carefully used [Spirit Vision] to check it, and then fiddled with it after confirming that there was no danger. "It's still damaged."

It was a whole piece of breastplate that had been deformed by the impact.

If it weren't for the leather straps left on the edge of the breastplate, it would even be difficult to confirm whether it was a piece of iron plate or a forged breastplate.

The hardest part of a set of armor was damaged like this, even if it was hit by a small catapult's scattered stone bullets.

And this was not what surprised Lan En the most.

When he used the tip of his thumb to wipe away the dirt formed by blood and mud on the chest of the breastplate, revealing the small shield emblem on it, his eyes were puzzled.

"Gold and red mountain patterns on a black background?"

In order to confirm that he was right, Lan En turned around and asked the flannel ball for some water, and wiped the small shield emblem on the breastplate.

"How could the armor of Aedirn appear here?"

The demon hunter frowned slightly and murmured in a low voice.

The biochemical intelligent brain searched and confirmed it in just a moment.

This emblem is the emblem of Aedirn, one of the four northern countries on the east and west sides of Temeria across the Mahakam Mountains.

And judging from the manufacturing level of this breastplate, a breastplate with a small shield emblem on the chest can only be equipped by officers above the rank of lieutenant.

How could an Aedirn officer's breastplate appear here?

This place can be regarded as the deep mountain range of the Mahakam Mountains, and in terms of territory, it is also in the territory of Temeria.

From Aedirn, even if you go downstream from the nearest Haji Fortress, it will take a whole afternoon.

And that is just the journey on the Pontar River. After landing, how long will it take to go deep into the mountains?

If the chest armor lying here now was painted with the emblem of the white lily of Temeria, Lan En would not feel so puzzled.

"Well done, Flannel Ball."

Although puzzled, Lan En still patted the little head of the Elu cat encouragingly.

Information is information, whether it makes people more confused or not, it is a harvest.

Flannel Ball also narrowed his eyes, looking very happy to be praised.

Then, Lan En and Flannel Ball focused on checking the vicinity of this area, and sure enough, the harvest was more than that.

They dug out an arrowhead from a pile of broken wood thorns.

Now there is no smell or trace in this place, only messy and violent destruction.

And this arrowhead didn't have any magic power, so Lan En didn't feel something underneath until he stepped on the pile of sawdust.

There was a light "click" sound, and almost at the same time, Lan En immediately raised his foot.

Even with such a sharp reaction, when Lan En raised his foot, a strange arrowhead was hanging on the sole of his thick-soled leather boots made of petrified chicken snake skin.

The arrowhead was in the shape of a triangular pyramid, but after being physically impacted or squeezed, each edge of the triangular pyramid would open a thin needle-like, slender barbed blade.

Insidious and sophisticated design.

Once this kind of arrowhead enters the human body, the best result is that a large piece of muscle will be cut into pieces.

The worst result is that this thing will unfold near the internal organs.

Thanks to Lan En's super fast reaction and the strong leather of the boot sole, this mechanically triggered arrowhead was only hung on a shallow layer of the boot sole.

Lan En took it off, thoughtfully closed the barb on the arrowhead again, and put it away.