Chapter 45 Rescue the Transport Team

The "eye of the wind" in the center of the sand roll has a relatively smooth airflow, which can be used by riders to rest. The strong winds on the periphery form an airflow barrier, which can blow away the arrows and even bullets shot by the enemy.

The first difficulty Gao Fei and Jiang Feng faced was to climb onto the sand roll in a relatively elegant way. During this period, if they were not careful, they would be blown off by the whirlwind and embarrassed in front of everyone.

They had never received training to ride the sand roll. If they wanted to gain a foothold on the whirlwind, they had to pass a DC12 sports (strength) or gymnastics (agility) check.

Gao Fei's berserker is good at the "sports" skill, and the check gains a 2-point proficiency bonus, and the strength attribute of 20 provides a +5 correction.

For the sake of insurance, Gao Fei also turned on the rage before going on the field, which increased the strength correction by 2 points. As long as the 20-sided dice is not less than 3 points, the test can be passed-if this fails, then it is really time to burn incense and pray to Buddha to get rid of the bad luck.

Jiang Feng's monk is good at the "gymnastics" skill. With the +4 agility modifier, he passed the test relatively easily and stood firmly on the whistling sand roll.

Gao Fei was a little nervous at first. He stretched out his hands in vain, but there was no rein to grab. He had to bend his knees and squat, lower his center of gravity, and stabilize his body above the trembling airflow.

After adapting for a while, he felt much better, so he tried to communicate with the sand roll and let it fly slowly around the square.

This novel and exciting feeling is a bit like flying a paraglider. After Gao Fei got used to it, he not only didn't feel scared, but couldn't stop, as if he was a big bird, spreading his wings and flying in the sky with the help of rising air currents.

After flying around the square, Gao Fei and Jiang Feng drove the sand roll back to the original place with great satisfaction and jumped down.

The moment their feet landed, applause rang out in the square.

General Rodriguez also applauded for them, with a rare smile of appreciation on his face.

In order to commend "Baron Lopez" for his extraordinary courage and his awareness of obeying orders from his superiors, the general awarded him the rank of captain on the spot.

Gao Fei, as the baron's adjutant and personal assistant, was also awarded the rank of second lieutenant.

In addition, Jiang Feng also received a system prompt:

Successfully won the appreciation of General Rodriguez and received an experience value reward of 300XP!

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The day after Gao Fei and Jiang Feng arrived at Iron Fist Fort, they were ordered by General Rodriguez to lead the team to carry out the mission.

The cause of the incident has to start with Major Garcia, the quartermaster of the Iron Fist Fort garrison.

Two weeks ago, Major Garcia led a camel caravan carrying military supplies from Sevilla City to provide supplies for the garrison of Iron Fist Fort.

According to the normal itinerary, the transport team should have arrived at Iron Fist Fort three days ago. The delay is because of an accident on the way.

Yesterday afternoon, Major Garcia's messenger rode a sand roll to Iron Fist Castle and brought bad news: the transport team was trapped in the quicksand, and what was even more terrifying was that there were a large group of monsters called "Giant Ant Lions" lurking in the quicksand!

This group of monsters took advantage of the transport team's night camping and dug countless quicksand pits in the sand around the camp, trapping the transport team in it with no way to escape.

It was not until the next morning that the patrol team of the camp discovered that the surrounding terrain had changed strangely. During the reconnaissance, two team members unfortunately fell into the quicksand pit. The giant ant lion hiding at the bottom of the pit bit their legs with a pair of sharp jaws. They struggled desperately but could not get out. In the end, they were dragged into the bottom of the pit and killed.

The other patrol members witnessed this horrifying scene, watching their comrades being hunted and killed by monsters, and the screams from the depths of the sand pit gradually became weaker. They were all scared and hurried back to the camp to report to Major Garcia.

After hearing the news, Major Garcia took his guards to explore the road in person, hoping to break through the blockade of the quicksand pit and find a safe way for the transport team to escape.

However, after some attempts, Major Garcia had to give up the idea of taking a detour - the transport team's campsite was surrounded by countless quicksand pits dug by giant ant lions, and there was no safe way to find it.

Major Garcia had no choice but to return to the camp and write to his immediate superior, General Rodriguez, for support.

The general thought for a moment and decided to hand over the mission of rescuing the transport team to Baron Lopez.

If you look at this issue from the perspective of a game player, then it is obvious that this is a main task.

Saving people is like putting out a fire. Gao Fei and Jiang Feng received the order from the general and led the Lopez family guards from Iron Fist Castle that morning to urgently rescue the trapped transport team.

Jiang Feng activated the "fast forward mode" and skipped a whole day of forced marching. The camera switched to the next morning, and the camp of the transport team had appeared at the end of the field of vision.

Ahead was a flat sandy land that spread out like a golden carpet. At first glance, there was nothing unusual. For the sake of safety, Jiang Feng ordered the troops to slow down in the name of the baron and pay attention to the movement under their feet to avoid falling into the quicksand pit.

When the troops were less than a mile away from the camp, a sharp horn suddenly sounded over the camp.

Gao Fei and Jiang Feng looked at each other, hurriedly pulled the reins of the camel, and ordered the troops to stop marching.

Taking out the monocular telescope issued by the army, Gao Fei observed the direction where the horn sound came from through the lens.

A man in an officer's uniform stood on the sentry tower of the transport team camp. Next to him, a sentry was blowing the horn vigorously, and another sentry was waving a flaming red flag, as if he was sending a flag signal.

"Colonel Garcia is warning us to be careful where we step and keep marching forward. We may step into quicksand traps at any time."

Gao Fei interpreted the horn and semaphore according to the system prompts.

"The camel team is trapped in the camp and can't get out, and we can't get in. What can we do..." Jiang Feng looked sad.

"If there is enough sandstorm, Major Garcia and the others can be rescued from the air." Gao Fei said.

"Don't say we don't have that much Shajuanchen at all. Even if we do, we can only save people at most. Shajuanchen can't carry a camel, not to mention there are a lot of materials that are heavier than camels. They can't be discarded here. in spite of."

Jiang Feng sighed.

Gao Fei nodded slightly. He couldn't think of any good solution for the time being, so he activated an astrolabe energy and used the camouflage on the sand to detect the monster hiding deep in the pit.

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·Giant Ant Lion

Challenge level: 2 (450XP)

Neutral, Large magical beast (vermin subtype)

Hits: 68 (8d10+24)

Speed: Walk 30 feet/burrow 10 feet

Defense: 16 (+6 natural, +1 Dexterity, -1 size)

Melee: bite +7 (2d6+5, +grab/escape DC 17)

Attributes: Strength 20, Agility 12, Constitution 17, Intelligence 2, Perception 11, Charisma 10

Skills: Stealth +5, Perception +4

Senses: Darkvision, Tremorsense, Passive Perception 14

Special Ability: Insect Characteristics