"Hunting level twenty-six?" Dudian looked at her in horror.
Although he had been doing archery training during this period, in his spare time while eating, he still learned some things about the monsters outside the Wall. For example, the juvenile "Fear of Contamination" he had hunted last time was a monster of hunting level "nine", and those ordinary zombies he had seen were of hunting level "four". As for the bone-devouring rats and the like, they were all small monsters of hunting level three or below.
However, this time, they were going to face a terrifying existence with a hunting level as high as "twenty-six"?
Dudian could hardly imagine what kind of terrifying existence that was. All the pores on his body involuntarily shrank, and a chill welled up in his heart. His first reaction was almost to run away! However, when he saw Glary's uncompromising gaze, he immediately understood that there was no turning back. Although he was a bit scared, he still forced himself to quickly calm down.
Since things had come to this, he could only find a way to save his life.
His mind was racing. Although he hadn't encountered the monster yet, he felt an unprecedented sense of crisis.
"What does this monster look like? What special abilities does it have?" Dudian asked as he thought.
Such named monsters all possess some special genetic mutation abilities.
"You don't need to know that." Another young man said indifferently, "You just need to be responsible for tracking its scent. You don't need to take action. Just protect yourself."
Glary took out a black fragment from a small waist bag on her back and handed it to Dudian, saying, "This is the carapace shed by the 'Black Weaver' that we found before. Memorize the scent on it. If it's convenient, can you tell me the range of the scent you can track?"
Dudian took this black hard shell about the size of a palm. It was like the shell on a snail's back, smooth but extremely hard. There was a layer of sticky light yellow silk-like substance on the inside of the shell, which had already dried up and emitted a strong and stinky fishy smell. He took a couple of looks and then returned it to Glary, replying, "The maximum range I can smell a strong scent is about twenty li. For some lighter scents, I can only smell them within a range of about ten li."
Upon hearing this, Glary and the other five people couldn't help but look at Dudian. There was a hint of surprise in their eyes. Such a range of olfactory ability could rank among the top five in the entire consortium's "scent tracking" ability. And Dudian was just a newbie. When his physical constitution was enhanced, the range of his sense of smell would naturally expand exponentially, and his ranking would rise even further.
"Not bad!" Glary nodded and said, "Then I'll leave it to you."
Dudian was relieved to see that they had no objections. His actual maximum range of sense of smell was about thirty to forty li. The reason he concealed a part of it was mainly because he considered that there was still "Bloody Swordsman" Baylin in the consortium whom he had offended. He naturally couldn't reveal all his details, lest he be ambushed in the future and have no way to fight back.
"Have you smelled its scent within the current range?" Glary asked Dudian.
Dudian sniffed a few times briefly and shook his head, saying, "No, but I've smelled other scents. They should be emitted by other monsters."
"Don't worry about other monsters. We're only hunting the 'Black Weaver'!" Glary lowered her posture and said, "Follow me." She groped along the broken highway.
Dudian and the others followed closely behind.
After walking four or five li, Glary suddenly stopped and pointed at several depressions by a small concave pool in the distance, saying, "These are the footprints of a mountain lion. The 'Black Weaver' likes to eat mountain lions the most. Let's follow them." Having said this, she turned her head and said to Dudian, "Memorize the scent on these footprints. If you can find a mountain lion, tell me."
Dudian nodded.
Everyone followed in the direction of the huge footprints that were more than one meter long.
Not long after they moved forward, Dudian suddenly said, "There are other monsters ahead. The number is three."
Glary turned her head and said to a short young man on the left, "Go and check it out."
The short young man nodded slightly, and his figure suddenly faded in color and actually disappeared into thin air!
Dudian's pupils shrank, and he was stunned.
But soon, Dudian found that the scent of the short young man was still there. The next moment, he noticed that the light at the position where the short young man disappeared seemed a bit distorted, and there faint seemed to be a transparent human figure moving there. He couldn't help but ask a young man beside him, "What's he doing?"
"This is his Marks of the Demon ability, [Color Change]. Combined with his thief occupation, he's the most capable scout in our consortium." The young man said casually.
Dudian suddenly understood and was amazed in his heart. There was actually such a magical Marks of the Demon ability. In comparison, his super sense of smell didn't seem so special. However, if his previous speculation that the true ability of his Marks of the Demon was to directly absorb cold crystals was true, then it would really be a very powerful Marks of the Demon.
Following the scent, Dudian smelled that the short young man quickly left and then quickly returned. His figure became visible, and he reported to Glary, "They are three Alligator-headed Wolves."
Glary nodded slightly and said, "Kill them." After that, she directly rushed towards the direction Dudian had pointed out before.
Dudian was shocked. He had also heard of the name "Alligator-headed Wolf". It was one of the more numerous types of monsters, with a hunting level reaching "thirteen", which was extremely terrifying. If a junior Hunter like him encountered it alone, he would definitely be doomed. Even if an intermediate Hunter came across it, they might be killed if they weren't careful.
Everyone followed behind Glary and quickly approached the position of the three "Alligator-headed Wolves" along the ruins of the broken street.
Dudian looked from a distance and saw that these three Alligator-headed Wolves were extremely large in size, all nearly three meters in volume. As their name contained "Wolf", they looked similar to wolves, but their heads were like those of alligators, with protruding and long mouths and sharp canine teeth that interlaced and protruded from the sides of their mouths, demonstrating their terrifying biting force.
Seeing the appearance of these three monsters, Dudian held his breath slightly.
Whoosh!
At this time, Glary, who was walking in the front, didn't pause at all. She suddenly rushed out quickly, like a gray afterimage. The moment she rushed out, Dudian suddenly felt that her scent faded. To be precise, it disappeared. Only the scent she had emitted before remained in the air and gradually faded away, while her body itself only had a faint scent attached to her armor, and there was no scent leaking from her face and hands.
Dudian was secretly surprised. At this time, he saw Glary quickly approaching the three Alligator-headed Wolves and appearing within their field of vision. The three Alligator-headed Wolves also reacted and quickly turned around and pounced towards Glary with roars.
Whoosh!
Glary's figure suddenly leaped up from the gravel. She flipped like a ghost and passed by the first Alligator-headed Wolf that pounced forward. As soon as she landed, she leaped up again to avoid the pounce of the second Alligator-headed Wolf. Her foot stepped on the head of the Alligator-headed Wolf that was biting, and with a gentle flip, she leaped behind it. There were faintly two silver lights flashing through the air.
The next moment, her figure swayed horizontally and appeared in front of the third Alligator-headed Wolf that pounced forward. She calmly looked at its gaping bloody mouth that was biting towards her. Her figure flashed suddenly and appeared on the other side of it like a ghost.
At this time, there was suddenly a thud. The Alligator-headed Wolf that had pounced towards Glary first had its lower jaw fall off from its neck, and its body fell down. Blood spurted out, quickly staining the ground red.
Dudian was dumbfounded.
He saw that the other two Alligator-headed Wolves also fell down one after another. The wounds were all fatal, from the sides of their mouths to their necks.