Chapter 118 To the south of the mountain, next to the river, there is an orphanage
The sound of the horn resounding through the night sky seemed to shake the sticky clouds.
"Woooooh——"
Originally sleeping in the carriage, oh no, the Holy Gun Company near the armored chariot and even in the armored chariot immediately jumped up and put on their breastplates , put on a helmet.
They filed out of the tent, the grass blades shaking in the sound of their footsteps.
The Holy Gun Company jumped into the chariot skillfully, picked up their weapons, and stood in the positions they had rehearsed before everyone else arrived on the chariot.
The rest of the Black Hats and Guards gathered in formation at the sound of whistles and ran towards the carriage.
Amidst the sounds of disassembly and assembly, tall, thick wooden walls were raised on all the chariots.
The oak armor is connected to the carriage below. It is almost three meters above the ground. The jumping spider can only jump as high as one person and cannot cross it.
But for the soldiers in the carriage, it was right up to the chest.
Some gaps under the carriage and at the wheels were blocked with soil packed in sacks to prevent jumping spiders from crawling under.
As for the carts, spiked wooden stakes were inserted to prevent jumping spiders from crawling through.
Two sturdy soldiers holding half-man tall black wooden shields blocked there. From behind the big shields, four spears or spears poked out, pointing diagonally into the air.
The gunners placed the wind-up blunderbuss on the gap in the oak armor, and the auxiliary gunner immediately picked up a bag of stone bullets and iron sand and stuffed it into the mouth of the blunderbuss.
The flailers and spearmen around him all picked up their weapons one by one and stood in their original positions.
Raise the torches and fluorescent lamps high to illuminate everything.
The chain connecting the cart swayed, then gradually stabilized, and the noisy sound gradually subsided.
After the busyness was over, the camp suddenly became quiet.
Except for the whistling of the wind in the ears, there seemed to be no other sound. Both the Command Company and the Holy Gun Company began to shed some sweat on their hands.
The wind pulled the flames on the torches swaying from side to side. It passed through the gaps in the armor, helmets and carriages, spreading the smell of pine resin and grease into the forest.
In such a quiet environment, everyone is waiting quietly.
All small sounds will be amplified countless times, including the sound of water flowing from the distant mountain spring and the sound of your companion swallowing saliva.
The forest is so quiet, and there are no noisy birds around. It is so different from the Black Bone Swamp.
Amidst the sound of the horn, the giant spiders were also restless.
Their feet padded restlessly on the ground, their bodies swaying sideways, taking one or two steps forward from time to time, and one or two steps back from time to time.
But they still didn't attack, as if they were waiting for something.
The strange tinnitus made both Horn and Jeanne cover their ears. Only Carrie, who was wearing plate armor from head to toe, frowned.
But the other villagers seemed not to have heard, and still stared ahead.
"Coming!" someone shouted.
The ground shook, the grass and trees shook, and scarlet spider eyes crawled from the darkness into the light.
They didn't rush in all at once, as if they knew that would only interfere with each other.
"Wind up." Horn shouted.
Above the position, the sound of gears turning could be heard endlessly.
"Hold still, don't move!" Horn shouted, standing behind the spiked stakes and large shield, "Listen to my command!"
Twenty spells, ten spells Searching, five methods of searching...
In the army of hundreds of jumping spiders, a dozen jumping spiders jumped up suddenly.
“Let go!”
Amidst the explosions, a black shadow exploded from the front end of the ten wind-up guns, and hundreds of broken bullets burst out from the barrels. Come out and scatter in all directions.
Immediately, four or five jumping spiders screamed and their heads were smashed by stones and iron sand, and the stench exploded like a whirlwind.
Two or three others were knocked to the ground by the swing of spears and flails, their carapace shattered and they screamed.
Suddenly, the ground was filled with jumping spiders twitching and struggling on their backs.
The oak armor plate made a banging sound, and all the remaining jumping spiders hit the erected wooden wall.
A jumping spider was lucky. One of its legs caught the edge of the armor plate. Just as it was about to exert force, a short sword swung down and chopped off the leg.
"Load." Rudillo shouted to the spear thrower on the side. If the auxiliary gunner had no time to load, the first choice would be the spear thrower on the side.
The spear thrower immediately leaned over, picked up the iron, sand and stone bullets and paper bag on the ground and stuffed them into the blunderbuss tube, and used a wooden stick to push back the firing rod and the stone bullets together.
"Get out of the way!" Rudillo roared angrily, removed the gun barrel, pulled out the clockwork key, and a black shadow jumped out, knocking down the jumping spider that jumped high into the sky.
Rudillo felt dizzy. He gritted his teeth and moved out of the way. The auxiliary gunman immediately took over and began to turn the clockwork key.
Picked up the tranquilizing potion and drank it in one gulp. The dizziness suddenly disappeared a lot.
With a cough, Rudillo knocked on his chest, pulled out his dagger and stood at the front again, piercing the abdomen of a jumping spider with one sword.
At the junction beside him, the two large shield soldiers looked livid, and there were constant banging sounds from the shields.
"Don't be a coward." Viktor stabbed his spear forward and knocked down a jumping spider. "Don't forget Rudillo, that lucky boy.
Whoever kills more giant spiders will win. The priority is to have the Holy Gun!”
The armored chariot is like the Great Wall, and the jumping spiders are like monsters, constantly crashing into the armor plate of the chariot.
The pitiful howl of the jumping spider, the officer's command, and the muffled sound of the flail breaking the carapace were all suppressed by the sound of gunfire one after another.
The chains connecting the chariot clattered, and the wheel axles under the carriage let out a wail of breaking.
The fighting on the front lines was more intense than everyone expected.
“Look, what is that?”
After seeing clearly the creature referred to by this sentence, everyone could not help but suffocate. After running through the bushes, a blue-gray giant spider that was bigger than a cow raised its upper limbs.
The forearm-thick fangs kept colliding in front of the mouth, as if two long swords were rubbing together.
It was demonstrating to Horn's group.
A bolt of lightning rushed into his mouth, splitting his fangs and hanging on his mouth.
The Bull Spider howled in pain, and its hateful eyes immediately stared at Jeanne.
Stepping forward with eight legs thicker than thighs, the mud waves rolled, and the Bull Spider rushed straight towards Jeanne.
A more dazzling electric light rose from Jeanne's body, and the surrounding soldiers had to get out of the way because their hair was already standing on end.
Violent lightning flashed across the night sky, illuminating everyone's eyes, and the little jumping spiders all made painful squeaks.
After the electric light passed, the bull spider lay on the ground, but its body was still sliding on the ground, digging a palm-deep trench in the mud.
For the first time since the battle, fine beads of sweat appeared on Jeanna’s forehead.
Where did these giant spiders come from?
Horn could see that there were trees trembling in the distant mountains and forests, which meant that more giant spiders were coming here.
"There's more, there's more!"
"Look, look over there, there's another one over there."
More and more bull spiders emerged from the forest, four and eight. Only, sixteen.
They were hidden in the dark shrubs and woods, watching these tiny upright insects indifferently.
The largest bull spider among them was the first to attack, running through the bushes again and charging towards the carriage.
If this hit the chariot, even if it had oak plate armor, it might not be able to withstand it.
On the chariot he was aiming at, the faces of the soldiers gradually turned pale.
Amidst the sound of gunfire, Horn picked up the long-lost Ferdinand's bow.
“Lie down with your head in your hands!”
Horn’s voice came from behind Victor, and he immediately obeyed.
The next second, it seemed like a banshee was screaming at close range.
The short spear shot by Ferdinand's big bow roared past Viktor's head, and his clothes were picked up by the strong wind, making a snapping sound.
The short spear pierced the night sky, piercing straight through the bull spider's chest, and flesh and blood swirled and splashed backward along the spear shaft.
Raising its head, the Bull Spider screamed, its body twisting and struggling, trying to get rid of the spear.
But the more it struggled, the more its flesh tore apart, the deeper the spear went, making it impossible to break free.
When Victor stood up again, the bull spider had already entered a state of convulsions before death.
After seeing the miserable condition of their two companions, the bull spiders that were eager to try stopped slightly as if they were hesitating.
But the strange tinnitus sounded again, and the other jumping spiders immediately began to attack even more crazily.
The Bull Spiders immediately continued to rush towards Horn and others.
“Beep, beep, beep—”
Just when Horn took the second short spear and was about to fire it again, a strange and clumsy flute sound started to sound from nowhere.
The sound of the flute cannot be said to be pleasant, it is even a bit harsh and out of tune.
But amid the sound of such a flute, the faint tinnitus that was there at first melted away like ice and snow.
"This sound is..."
Horn looked in the direction where the flute came from.
That's Carrie.
She was fully armed, but she held a piccolo in her hand.
Unpleasant and out-of-tune tunes flowed from the simple bone flute, filling the mountain road like flowing water.
Horn could clearly see that it was not the lycanthrope's bone flute, but the bone flute he had previously found in the Killer Rabbit's cave.
But the amazing thing is that under the unpleasant sound of the flute, the bull spiders and jumping spiders that were charging and jumping seemed to have been cast a restraining spell and stood there blankly.
They didn't seem to know where this place was or who they were. After wandering in place for a while, these giant spiders actually began to retreat one after another.
"This is..."
Horn has heard it before and it is such a familiar tune.
Ever since he met Carrie, he could hear this song often.
Ever since Carrie got the flute from the lycanthrope, she has been practicing this piece.
At this moment, as if welcoming this grand performance, Carrie played this tune on the rare bone flute.
She had sung it countless times and it was a tune that Horn was familiar with.
"On the south side of the mountain, next to the river, there is an orphanage..."
"They are smart and pious, they are pious and smart, and there are elves flowing in their bodies..."
"Blue orphans, oh, you need to be careful..."
"Hunters and demons are hidden in the green forest. Let's run away together!"
With the rustle of their bodies rubbing against trees and grass leaves, the giant spiders receded like a tide, as if everything just happened None of it happened.
Facing Horn, who was approaching, Carrie smiled: "Huo...Papa, I remembered."
(End of this chapter)
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