Across the grassland.
Ten humans riding Feather Deer were chasing a vicious monster.
The monster's body was seven meters long, with a shoulder height of over two meters.
Its two tusks, each fifty or sixty centimeters long, made it look somewhat like a saber-toothed tiger.
Its entire body was covered in earthy-yellow fur, marked with chaotic brown stripes.
This allowed it to conceal itself in the dense grass and gradually approach its prey.
For example, those agile Feather Deer.
They had once been its favorite prey.
But now...
The roles of prey and hunter had been reversed.
Feather Deer were creatures at the bottom of the grassland's food chain.
These monsters were four or five meters long and covered in feather-like fur. They had a low desire to attack and a gentle temperament, making them targets for many carnivores.
Under the pressure of survival,
Feather Deer had evolved exaggerated jumping power and endurance.
They could run across the grassland for a long time,
and could also use their immense jumping power to leap out of the dense grass and observe their surroundings.
Galo was currently riding on the back of a Feather Deer.
The Feather Deer riders scattered around her were the Fine Grade units she had just summoned from the Xiu Lan Barracks.
Xiu Lan Light Knight No. 1 Level: LV2 Loyalty: 100 (Die-hard) Potential: Bronze (Can be upgraded to LV19) Class: Light Knight Skills: Mounted Archery, Mounted Combat... Note: Has a certain probability of breaking through its limits and becoming a Warrior Grade unit!
Barracks were different from training camps.
Barracks could produce unit troops every day.
Training camps, on the other hand, required the corresponding subjects to be consumed for training.
As a Fine Grade military building,
the Xiu Lan Barracks could unlock one basic class for its units with each tier increase.
Galo had been lucky.
The first basic class unlocked by the newly established Xiu Lan Barracks was the ranger.
On the flat and boundless grassland,
rangers were undoubtedly the most suitable of all the basic classes available at the Xiu Lan Barracks!
However, after watching ten rangers "walk" out of the barracks,
Galo awkwardly discovered
that the Xiu Lan Barracks could produce rangers,
but did not provide mounts!!!
With no other choice, Galo risked capturing a dozen Feather Deer.
After simply taming them, she temporarily used the Feather Deer as mounts for the rangers.
At that moment, she was leading the newly formed Xiu Lan Ranger squad on a hunt, allowing them to adapt to their mounts and combat.
Their prey was the fleeing LV15 Brown-striped Saber-toothed Tiger ahead!
Whoosh!
The Feather Deer carrying Galo leaped out of the grass.
Like fish breaking through the surface of the water,
the blue sky and endless grassland appeared in Galo's eyes.
Galo immediately locked onto the fleeing Brown-striped Saber-toothed Tiger.
She drew three ordinary arrows from behind,
held them between her fingers, turned sideways, and pulled the Iron-Tire Bowstring taut.
Twang!
A dull sound rang out.
As the Feather Deer began to descend,
the three arrows shot out together like meteors chasing the moon, carrying the howl of death toward the Brown-striped Saber-toothed Tiger.
The Brown-striped Saber-toothed Tiger possessed wild instincts.
After hearing the shrill whistle, it tried to twist its body and dodge the three arrows.
However,
the arrows Galo shot formed a pin-shaped pattern.
They had already sealed off the Brown-striped Saber-toothed Tiger's body.
No matter how it dodged,
at least one arrow would strike it!
Thunk!
In an instant, an arrow plunged deep into the Brown-striped Saber-toothed Tiger's foreleg.
Caught off guard,
the rapidly running Brown-striped Saber-toothed Tiger lost its balance.
It crashed to the ground.
It rolled more than twenty meters, flattening a large patch of wild grass, before finally coming to a stop.
"Roar!"
The Brown-striped Saber-toothed Tiger opened its huge mouth and let out an angry roar.
Its roar was filled with fury.
It then staggered to its feet and glared viciously at the rustling grass in the distance.
It planned to wait until the enemy approached before fighting to the death!
Suddenly, a Feather Deer flashed past the grass in the distance.
The Brown-striped Saber-toothed Tiger abruptly turned around. Before it could clearly see the Feather Deer or the figure on its back,
it was struck by another arrow.
"Don't get close! Keep at least twenty meters away and shoot it with your bows!"
A cold voice rang out.
The Brown-striped Saber-toothed Tiger did not understand its opponent's language.
But instinctively, it sensed that its opponent was the fundamental cause of its miserable state.
It forced itself onward, trying to charge in that direction.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two Xiu Lan Rangers rode Feather Deer and flashed past the saber-toothed tiger.
At the same time, two arrows reflecting cold light struck the Brown-striped Saber-toothed Tiger.
"Roar!"
The Brown-striped Saber-toothed Tiger cried out in pain and fury, then turned to chase after them.
Rustle!
A movement suddenly came from behind.
The Brown-striped Saber-toothed Tiger hurriedly turned around.
It saw a despairing scene.
The rangers surrounded the Brown-striped Saber-toothed Tiger.
Like fish repeatedly leaping from the surface of the water, they sprang out of the grass from time to time and fired the arrows in their hands.
The Brown-striped Saber-toothed Tiger could watch one direction but not another, spinning around in confusion as it was toyed with.
Before long,
its entire body was covered in arrows, and the rangers had shot it into a porcupine.
"Ugh-roar~"
The Brown-striped Saber-toothed Tiger let out a mournful cry and collapsed helplessly to the ground.
It had been slowly worn to death without even touching a shadow of its enemies.
This filled it with despair.
Rustle!
Another Feather Deer leaped out directly ahead.
Galo was riding on its back.
The longbow in her hands was also drawn to its full extent.
The Brown-striped Saber-toothed Tiger laboriously raised its head and happened to meet Galo's gaze.
"Ugh..."
"Thunk!"
Before its roar could leave its throat, it was cut short.
An arrow was driven firmly into the Brown-striped Saber-toothed Tiger's forehead.
LV15, the grassland's predator, the Brown-striped Saber-toothed Tiger had perished!
A Golden Light enveloped Galo.
Then, abundant energy surged into her body.
The lord gained 627 experience points and 28 Soul Crystals!
The lord's level increased to LV7!
Galo closed her eyes and felt the earth-shaking changes in her body.
She then summoned the rangers and urged the Feather Deer toward her prey.
Under Galo's control, the Feather Deer approached the dead Brown-striped Saber-toothed Tiger in fear.
This terrifying creature had once toyed with and slaughtered them at will.
Yet it had died miserably under the encirclement and pursuit of the creature on their backs.
This made them deeply afraid of these two-legged creatures that could not run fast.
"Lord!"
The ten rangers controlled their Feather Deer and arrived before Galo.
She glanced at the light knights' levels.
After hunting all morning,
the levels of all ten light knights had risen to LV3.
Their coordination with her had also grown increasingly better.
If she had obtained the rangers earlier,
perhaps she could have commanded them to kite the dwarves occupying the Large Iron Mine to death without Huang Yu's assistance.
Unfortunately, there were no ifs.
There was only the result.
Whether it was the equipment used to conquer the Dwarf Territory
or the light knights currently by her side,
they had all come from Huang Yu.
Although he had said this was to protect his share of the Iron Mine,
Galo did not think so.
She felt that she owed him far too much...
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