Chapter 3 The Flaming Python and the English Longbow

The sun is shining brightly.

In June, the huge fireball-like sun seemed to go crazy, burning the world desperately, the air was extremely hot, and the water in a river in the wilderness seemed to be boiling.

Beside the river, is a majestic city, the Blue Lion City. As the capital of the Blue Lion Kingdom, it is magnificent, like an ancient beast lying on the ground. Inside the city, various buildings are scattered in a radial pattern, with the central palace as the dot.

Suddenly, the door of the palace opened, and a group of fast-moving cavalry rushed out of the city, and the pedestrians on the street avoided one after another.

Soon this team of cavalry rushed out of the Blue Lion City and stepped on the dirt road where the smoke rose outside the city. In an instant, yellow dust was everywhere. But the cavalry did not care, keeping the formation and heading straight for the distance.

...

After half an hour.

Richard arrived on a gentle hillside outside the city and jumped off his horse. The cavalry behind him also dismounted one after another, dodged towards the surroundings, and vaguely protected Richard.

The wizard in the dungeon turned pale because he was tied to a horse. After the captain of the dungeon guard untied the rope and grabbed the horse, he could not stand still.

The captain of the guard doesn't care about this, knowing that the wizard is just a liar, all fear has disappeared, only anger. He kicked and kicked the wizard to Li Cha, then looked at Li Cha with a smile on his face: "His Royal Highness, look..."

Li Cha ignored the captain of the guards, but looked at the wizard and asked aloud, "Where did you see the python you were talking about at the time, show it to me?"

"In..." The wizard looked up into the distance, looked carefully for a while, and finally stretched out his hand, "Just under that tree, when I was passing by, the python suddenly appeared and almost scared me to death. But fortunately, it He didn't seem to be interested in me, so he swam away quickly and let me save my life."

Li Cha nodded lightly and turned to look at the captain of the guard. The captain of the guard waved his hand vigorously, and the dozen or so soldiers who followed along pulled out their weapons and quickly surrounded the front.

Ten meters, twenty meters, thirty meters...

The place the sorcerer pointed to was quickly reached, but not a big boa constrictor, not even a rabbit.

The captain of the guard looked at the wizard, a little unkind. The wizard shrank his neck, lest Richard think he was lying, and quickly explained: "King... Your Royal Highness, it may be that the python has gone to the rest of the place..."

Li Cha crouched down and his eyes fell on the ground. Peeling off the tender weeds, there was a trace that seemed to be burned by the flames. It seemed that there was indeed a walking python with burning flames passing by.

Taking a little soil with his fingernails, Li Cha put it in front of his nose and sniffed it. There was a yellow phosphorus smell similar to garlic, which was also mixed with a special smell of sulfur.

Richard stood up, turned his head and ordered the captain of the guard: "Search forward, pay attention to your feet and trees. Snakes are warm-blooded animals, they hate cold and like heat. In this weather, they are likely to be standing still and sunbathing somewhere, as long as there is no Get out of this area and you'll find it."

"Yes." The captain of the guard nodded vigorously, without saying a word, he quickly conveyed Richard's order to his subordinates, and the soldiers scattered forward to start searching.

About ten minutes later, the news came back, and a trace of a python was found in a grass more than 200 meters ahead, but it was not sure whether it was the one he was looking for.

Without any hesitation, Richard rushed to the place and was stopped by the captain of the guard when he walked tens of meters away from the python.

"His Royal Highness, you have to be careful, pythons are very dangerous." The captain of the guard said, "How about I ask someone to test it to see if it will catch fire?"

Li Cha shook his head and said expressionlessly, "No need."

While speaking, Li Cha's eyes had already fallen to the grass dozens of meters away, where a brown piebald python was crouching with its eyes closed as if taking a nap. Under the light, the surrounding of the python looks a little distorted.

Richard knew that it was the refraction of light when light passed through different media.

There is only air around the python, and there is only one reason for the refraction of light, that is, the surrounding temperature is very high, which is much higher than the average temperature of the air. Considering that the surrounding weeds are not burnt, then the fire point will not exceed 200 degrees Celsius, and it is likely to be between tens of degrees Celsius to one hundred and tens of degrees Celsius.

Ordinary pythons can't do this, so the answer is already obvious.

Li Cha said to the captain of the guard: "Tell your people to prepare, no need to test, just start arresting. Use bows and arrows to try the opponent's defense first, it is best to catch the alive after being seriously injured, otherwise, it is okay to die. "

"Yes." The captain of the guard nodded, quickly left Richard's side, and began to command. The shouting sounded, and several soldiers with the highest level of archery quickly picked up bows and arrows.

The bows and arrows used by the soldiers resembled medieval English longbows in Richard's opinion. This kind of bow and arrow is generally about 1.5 meters long, and some are 2 meters long. The back of the bow is made of a complete piece of wood, which is yew wood, which is strong and elastic. Bowstrings are tanned from sheep intestines or beef tendon. Because of the super long length of the back of the bow, this kind of bow and arrow endows the arrow with great power and long range, and can shoot the arrow 350 meters away.

Generally, it can penetrate leather armor at a distance of 200 meters to 250 meters. Within 200 meters, it can penetrate chainmail. Within 100 meters, it can penetrate the strongest plate armor. Within 50 meters, except for shields and special armor, there is almost nothing that can resist its shooting, which can be said to be invincible.

At this time, the distance between the soldier and the python was about 50 meters.

The four soldiers picked up their bows and arrows, took out a bundle of 24 arrows from the quiver behind them, untied them, and stuck them directly on the ground in front of them. Each arrow has a length of nearly one meter, and it can be caught without bending when it is inserted into the ground, so that it can be easily fired continuously.

When the four soldiers were ready, they looked at each other, took a deep breath, grabbed an arrow and put it on the longbow, and began to aim.

"Xuuuuuuu", four consecutive sounds, four arrows shot out like meteors, shooting at the position of the python, but none of them hit, and the nearest one was more than ten centimeters away from the python. After all, soldiers are not all sharp shooters who can penetrate Yang at a hundred paces. On the battlefield, they rely on intensive salvos to ensure their hit rate.

Li Cha was not angry at this and continued to watch.

The four soldiers who failed once again quickly grabbed an arrow in front of them and shot them on the longbow.

The python that had been disturbed was about to make a move when four arrows fell, two of which hit directly. One hit the tail, the other pierced the body directly, and the red blood flowed out quickly.

"Fizz!"

The python screamed, as if angry, twisted violently, and snapped the arrow with two clicks. Opening his mouth, the snake letter spat out a large cluster of sparks. Swimming and rushing towards the crowd, the atmosphere instantly became tense, and several soldiers subconsciously retreated.

At this time, it was neither Richard nor the captain of the guard who was most excited, but the wizard.

The wizard almost jumped up, grabbed the captain of the guard, and said repeatedly: "You saw it, you saw it, what I said is true, there really is a python that can catch fire here, His Royal Highness promised me, so I can't kill it. I."

The captain of the guard was nervous and didn't have time to answer. With a wave of his hand, he pushed the wizard to the ground, pulled out his long sword, used his aura to calm the panicked soldiers, and shouted: "What are you afraid of! Give me a bow and arrow and continue to shoot. , the rest of the people have their nets ready, I want to catch them alive!"

"Yes." The soldiers responded quickly and got busy.