Mercenaries and Adventurers

After the Northern Wolf came out of the cold cave of the Wolf King, he confidently returned to the wolf den where he lived. Under the interference of the surrounding wolf cubs, it nestled on the dry ground and thought for a long time. Finally, it got inspiration from watching the wolf cubs playing, and figured out how to survive the poisonous wasp attack, and how to defeat the giant wolf alone. Black bear approach.

As for capturing a human, it's not too difficult. It just needs to ensure that it can endure the desire to bite the human to death on the way back to the place where the Wolf King lives with the human.

It howled and found its companions who were in the same den with it. After everyone gathered together, they all ran over and nuzzled its hair in an effort to gain more intimacy.

He was not the leader of this wolf den yet, so he used his head to push away the approaching comrades, and whimperingly issued his orders.

The forest is vast and lush, and it is not easy to find a suitable thin black bear or a poisonous beehive with a small nest, so it requires the experience and wisdom of its companions.

In this regard, its companions told it what they knew about the situation one by one, and led it to investigate in person.

Several bear dens were found, and a few huge female bears with their children were prioritized. The cunning Northland wolves attacked two single male black bears.

After luring it out for observation, it chose the smaller of the two, the big black bear.

Later, with the help of its companions, it found a smaller, newly separated venomous wasp nest in a remote place in the forest.

Although northern wolves also like honey from beehives, the poisonous bees in the forest are different.

The worker bees in these poisonous hives are slightly larger than the worker bees in other hives, but the soldier bees in them are huge and numerous, and their tail needles are poisonous, and they can repeatedly release poison to target the enemy. It is not a dangerous and ferocious animal that the Northern Wolf can mess with.

It is already prepared for this.

One day in midsummer, he first summoned the brave northern wolves in other dens to watch the battle. Then he was one in front, and the other northern wolves watching the battle were in the distance. Everyone gathered in his den.

It didn't bother to howl anything and just took action.

The first step exceeded the expectations of many northern wolves: it ran into the pond in the middle of the wolf den where it was located, flipped and rolled on the bottom of the pond, and stained its mighty and smooth wolf fur with a thick layer of pond water. bottom silt.

The mud is smelly and heavy, but its body is strong and can bear the weight. In order to tolerate the odor and prevent it from affecting its nose and feelings, it has quietly used its nose to push away the mud for many days. Open, know how to tolerate these stinky smells.

After being covered in pitch black mud, it ignored the other northern wolves and started running in large strides, heading towards the lair of the thin black bear that was living alone.

After waiting for a while, other northern wolves who were watching the battle also followed, trailing from a distance.

After arriving at the big black bear's den, it waited for the other northern wolves to climb down from a distance to watch, and then rushed directly to the entrance of the bear's den and howled. After attracting the attention of the big black bear who was inside to escape the heat, it peed directly at the entrance of the big black bear's cave.

The big black bear inside smelled the smell and was immediately enraged. He rushed out and tried to trample it to death, but it nimbly dodged it. Immediately afterwards, it immediately ran towards the selected poisonous hive.

The enraged big black bear immediately started running on all fours, not slow at all, closely following the provocative and dirty northern wolf.

Behind the black bear, the northern wolves watching the battle didn't know where the challenging warriors were going, but they immediately followed, following the angry big black bear in the distance. Some of the fast-legged ones even passed by from the side, smelling The taste follows the challenge warrior.

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It hurried slowly and slowly, finally slowing down due to the hardened mud all over its body that was baked by the sun, so that it could not be overtaken by the big black bear chasing behind it.

Ahead is a poisonous bee hive built in the middle of a low mountain cliff. It turned directly and ran towards the top of the cliff, huffing and puffing. After reaching the top of the cliff in one breath, it took a big breath and took a rest.

The big black bear chasing behind him was super strong, far more powerful than an ordinary northern wolf. When he saw the smelly northern wolf finding a dead end, he stood up, howled, and swaggered over. .

It was not nervous and squatted in place without moving.

He waited until he was close, although he was thin, but far larger than the Northern Wolf, then he turned around and ran towards the edge of the cliff.

After reaching the edge of the cliff, it jumped down. Although this low cliff is not high, it is not a height that ordinary animals dare to jump. But it was different. After it jumped hard, it did not jump directly towards the grassland under the cliff, but directly towards the trunk and branches of a big tree next to the cliff.

A precise jump is like an antelope hanging its horns or a flying swallow threading a needle. Its precise forefoot landed on the branch of the big tree, and the other northern wolves who were watching were stunned for a moment.

But this was not the end. It then turned around again, directly climbed onto the tree trunk with the soles of its hind feet, then turned around and jumped towards the cliff wall.

The target is the poisonous wasp nest hanging on the mountainside.

The nests covered with soldier bees and poisonous wasps look very frightening. Except for some big black bears in autumn that want sugar rather than their lives, no other ordinary animals in the forest dare to provoke these guys, especially these black and yellow striped soldier bees. Each one is as big as a human hand, and the poisonous needle at the tail is seven or eight centimeters long. It is a completely professional attack weapon.

It was brave and showed no fear. It closed its mouth tightly in the air, and its eyes only showed a slit for observation. After leaping several meters, he jumped directly onto the hive in the air.

How could a lair filled with larvae and a large amount of honey be able to withstand the attack of a strong northern wolf covered in mud? After hanging on the northern wolf, it directly broke its connection with the cliff. Point, fell from mid-air.

Paji.

The hive and it landed on a pile of soft branches and leaves on the ground. Needless to say, these cushioning things were also made by it asking its companions to bite off low branches and leaves day and night, hold them on the cliff, and then loosen them from the top of the cliff to the bottom of the cliff.

Even with these buffers, it was still uncomfortable, but it knew it had to leave quickly.

It got up and jumped out of the pile of branches. But the hive with a soft structure is not good. When it falls, it has been split in two from the middle. The soldier bees resting outside the hive were blinded at first and had no idea what happened until the precious hive fell. Rotten in half, they went crazy.

The queen bee in the hive panicked and immediately waved her antennae to let the waiting worker bees surround her and release a large amount of pheromones, allowing the worker bees to kill all life around her.

On the top of the cliff, the angry and surprised big black bear saw the broken beehive underneath. His eyes lit up, and his long thorny tongue stretched out to scrape his mouth. He didn't care that it was not autumn yet, and the fat on his body was not strong enough to withstand the long growth. The degree of poisonous needle. It hasn’t eaten honey in several years! Since it grew up and left its mother, it has never been able to get honey. This time, the northern wolf made the move first. I just wandered here by chance and saw a broken honeycomb by chance. It doesn't matter, if you want to look for those big bees whose stings are very painful, just look for the northern wolf. I will pass by and get some honey before leaving. hey-hey.

Thinking of this, the big black bear with honey on its head rubbed its thick claws, quickly came to the cliff, and rolled down the short mountain from a less steep place. Then he immediately ran quickly to the hive.

The northern wolf who ran to the side first had been staring at the big black bear's movements. After seeing the big black bear heading straight for the hive, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and grinned with his muddy mouth.

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All the poisonous bees flew up from their nests, buzzing and vibrating their wings nearly twenty centimeters long at the same time. The shocking buzzing sound was like a thousand birds with bad throats chirping at the same time, or like the roar of a waterfall. It was so noisy.

They received absolute orders from the queen bee. They were already very angry after the hive fell and shattered. Now that they received the order to kill all life around them, they became even more crazy.

The normal activities of poisonous bees are relatively conservative. As long as they do not approach their nests, they will basically not encounter unusually powerful soldier bees attacks. The nests of poisonous bees are also built in remote places that are difficult to reach, so they rarely conflict with other animals in the forest, unless the other animals are here for this purpose.

The little squirrels, little rabbits, little marmots, little snakes, etc. that were watching under the cliff all became the targets of the soldiers and bees. Long tail needles fell from the sky, directly piercing and killing some smaller animals. Larger foxes, hedgehogs and wild cats were chased by soldiers and bees. When the tail needle pricked them slightly, toxins entered their bodies, and the entire animals swelled rapidly. He stood up, and then he was swarmed by several swarms of soldiers, biting off his eyes and face, and piercing his head with poisonous needles.

While the soldiers and bees were killing people, the big black bear rolled down the gentle slope of the cliff in a ball from the side. After getting up, it got down on all fours and ran straight to the broken hive. Although it was a little worried about the crazy soldiers and bees, it still All he could think about was going up and grabbing a paw and then walking away, just one paw.

Or can't it be more? Licking again? I'll just lick it! real!

The big black bear was beautifully thought of, resisting the attack of the soldier bees guarding the shattered hive, and wanted a handful of honey despite the pain.

It pounced next to the honeycomb that fell on the branch, and with a sweep of its thick claws, it caught a large piece of the honeycomb and the pupae in its claws. It immediately got up and carefully held the claws of the bee's pupa that were stuck in its arms, and then ran quickly with its two thick legs and feet, trying to stay away from here.

Not far away, a northern wolf, covered in sun-dried mud shells and mud, immediately jumped out from behind the tree. It had been hiding before, and had to endure the soldiers and bees biting the mud shells and stinging the mud on its body. If it hadn't been blocked by the dried mud, it would have swollen all over by now, and then closed its eyes and waited to die. .

But its preparations were very successful. The stinking mud on its body made the soldier bees who rely on smell and vision to identify animals recognize it as a large piece of mud. Only a few soldier bees recognized it as a northern dog. Earth wolf.

Secondly, the thick mud on the body blocks the most deadly toxins of the soldier bees, and can also block the stings of some soldier bees' tail needles.

It managed to survive even a few attacks from the mud with patience.

Now, the time has come. That greedy big black bear got a paw of honey from the hive, but we can't let the big black bear run away!

The northern wolf sprang out from behind the tree, and when the big black bear closed its eyes in panic to dodge the attacks of the soldiers, it opened its mouth and bit the big black bear's legs and feet when it stood up and ran.

"Ouch!" The heavy black bear was injured on its hind legs and fell to the ground. Not only did the honey on its front paws fall to the ground, but it also got smeared all over it in panic.

The big black bear howled angrily, opened its eyes and saw that the stinking northern wolf had knocked it down. It regretfully licked its paw, its eyes filled with murderous intent, kicked off its legs, and pounced on it with its paws waving.

The northern wolf did not confront the big black bear at all, but ran away, and even ran in the opposite direction towards the hive. The angry big black bear didn't take much care at all. He roared and opened his claws left and right. While waving his claws, he rushed towards the fleeing northern wolf.

The large number of soldier bees that were killing people around them were suddenly stopped by a special vibrating sound made by the queen bee. This vibrating sound was urgent and fast. All of a sudden, all the soldier bees flew back to the hive in a hurry.

As soon as they came back, they saw their natural enemy---the annoying big black bear that always comes in autumn and steals their winter food, dancing wildly next to the hive.

This made these soldier bees, whose duty was to protect the hive and the queen, become anxious. They increased their wing-beating speed and quickly approached the big black bear. At the same time, they stretched out the needles on their tails as much as possible, and the poisonous buds in the tail sacs. All the venom is also brewed.

Like suicide drones, hundreds of soldiers and bees were like black and yellow clouds, enveloping the entire giant black bear, and a terrifying buzzing sound resounded throughout the area under the cliff.

The big black bear was surrounded by flapping soldier bees. It closed its eyes tightly and waved its claws vigorously. It used its long bear claws to scratch to pieces the soldier bees flying around and attacking it, and then again Add a foot and crush it.

It is not worried about these little things attacking it. Every autumn, it will try to provoke the hive. Although it has not been able to get honey on its own, it has not been hurt by these little things that taste numb.

Unfortunately, all this was anticipated by the cunning Northern Wolf. It seems that the big black bear is the natural enemy of the poisonous bees. Unfortunately, that is only useful in autumn. In autumn, these big black bears that need to survive the winter will eat very fat. The thick fat layer is naturally not afraid of the long tail needles and toxins of those soldier bees. It is a pity, it is a pity, it is midsummer, and this big black bear is still in shape at this time. It has not reached the level of eating Haisai crazily in autumn, so naturally it cannot stop the bite attacks of soldiers and bees.

Sure enough, the big black bear felt pain all over his body, as if something had been inserted under his skin. And a numb feeling is coming from the body surface.

As the big black bear continued to kill the soldier bees, the soldier bees stimulated by the death of their companions became more ferocious and fearless. They no longer tried to fly, but lay directly on the surface of the big black bear, and then used their mouthparts to bite the black bear's surface. At the same time, their tail needles penetrate directly from the surface of the black bear's body to the inside of its body.

The big black bear with its whole body covered by soldiers and bees would never open its mouth, but it was really unbearable in pain. No matter how hard it slapped its body with its claws, the soldiers and bees on its body were crushed into flesh. mud. But more soldiers and bees were still added and continued to attack it.

In pain and panic, it couldn't help but open its mouth and scream in pain, completely forgetting its mother's instructions.

"Awwwwww~" Halfway through its cry, two soldier bees crawled into its mouth, which frightened it.

The two soldier bees tried their best to bite the big black bear's rough tongue with their tail needles.

Although the two of them were chewed to death by the big black bear in an instant, the big black bear felt that it was finished.

Unlike the skin, which is relatively resistant to the toxin of the soldier bee's tail sting, its tongue immediately began to swell as soon as it was bitten. The swollen tongue couldn't even open the mouth.

The northern wolf lying motionless on the ground next to him, pretending to be stone and mud, saw that after the big black bear opened its mouth and barked for half its voice, within five breaths, it suddenly fell from standing to the ground.

The two pairs of claws that were originally swatting at the body also moved to the head to try to swat the soldiers.

The northern wolf remained motionless, patiently waiting for the fruits of cunning and wisdom. The other northern wolves who had been staring at this place not far away started howling in low voices in disbelief and excitement after witnessing a large black bear that they could not fight against fall to the ground.

Some northern wolves even jumped slightly excitedly, and their tails, which had never been waggled before, began to swish for the first time.

The big black bear is still dead after all.

It did not die from the attack of the soldier bees, but died from suffocation after its nose was bitten by the tail needle and the nose swelled.

After it died, the soldier bees above continued to attack for a while, and even bit through the mouthparts, breaking open the belly of the big black bear, and got in crazily one by one. Crawling around inside and poking the internal organs with its tail needle.

It was not until the queen bee in the broken hive calmed down and sent out pheromones to appease all the soldier bees that the soldier bees remembered that the queen bee from home was safe.

They were covered in bear blood and fluttered their wings. The rapid vibration of their wings caused a large amount of blood to be shaken into blood mist and dispersed in the air, which was quite terrifying.

The soldier bees flew back to the broken hive and gathered around the hive sadly, helping the worker bees to rescue the surviving larvae and pupae, and feeding these little guys precious honey.

But there are still many soft larvae that cannot stand the scorching hot summer air outside, and they are twisted and dried out in the sun and die of dehydration.

The queen crawled out under the care of the worker bees, inspected the messy hive, and then swung her tentacles to count the remaining warriors after she defeated the powerful enemy.

The situation is not good.

The timid queen bee was shocked and shrank. After thinking for a while, she communicated with her chief soldier bees and chief worker bees and decided to leave this unsafe place. There were more flowers and more dangerous terrain nearby. place to nest.

She was originally not too satisfied with the location of her first nest after leaving home, but she was so anxious to settle down after leaving home that she found such a dangerous place.

She informed her people of her decision, and all the soldier bees and worker bees swayed their bulging bellies in agreement with the queen bee's decision.

So, a few of the strongest soldier bees carefully lifted up the unsteady queen bee. The other soldier bees picked up the hive and took it away, while the worker bees carefully took care of the restless larvae. , and finally retrieved the honey scattered on the ground and on the bear's claws, and followed the flying soldier bees away to build a new home.

They will put the broken hive back together as much as possible in a new place, and then build a larger and safer hive than before.

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After all the poisonous bees flew away, the motionless Northern Wolf carefully got up, and even boldly took a nap.

After getting up and looking around, it came to the long-dead and unrecognizable big black bear, opened its sharp teeth, and began to bite the big black bear's neck.

When the surrounding northern wolves watching the battle cautiously approached, they saw the cunning warrior squatting proudly next to the head of a huge black bear.

Although his body was covered with dried mud and looked a little embarrassed, his cunning and courage made all the northern wolves watching the battle consciously quiet down, gathered around it, stretched out their front paws, and knelt on the ground to salute.

Seeing the respectful gestures of all the northern wolves, this brave northern wolf raised his head and howled.

Now, of the three challenges, only one remains to be completed.