Mercenaries and Adventurers

Kil led everyone forward, and only after he passed by did he realize how far the animals in this small area looking for food in the wilderness would go for a bite to eat.

A large pool of wild boar internal organs that had been frozen on the ground disappeared, leaving only the fresh bones of many animals, large and small. They were obviously the last remains left in the world by some losers in the competition for internal organs. .

It seems that for some predators, fresh meat is their preference compared to eating scraps.

But at this time, even the predators of the final victors had left here, and only some carrion crows would still peck at the tiny strands of meat remaining on the bones.

As soon as Keel arrives, they either fly into the sky and join in the flight, or they flutter their wings and fly away.

Some with a bad temper will even open their mouths and curse when leaving.

Keir didn't care about that. After finding the place, he called the fishermen to start working together.

He dug up the mound of soil on the ground, then dug downwards, and soon reached a layer of crushed ice that had already been buried in the soil. Keir pushed aside the broken ice he had made, revealing the boar's body hidden underneath.

"rope!"

Wick threw the end of the rope to Keel, who threaded the rope through part of the boar's torso and tied it in a slip knot.

After shaking it to make sure it was firm, Kiel turned over and crawled out of the pit.

"Ready, pull!" As Keir shouted, eight fishermen stood in a row and pulled the rope in their hands backwards.

It was not pulled at first, but as Kier shouted again, the fishermen pulled, and the dozens of kilograms of wild boar trunks underneath were pulled out of the pit.

It was a huge pig pelvis with a thick layer of fat on the tip of the butt.

Gere then untied the slipknot and went down for the next one.

After working for a while, they finally took out all the remaining wild boar bodies from the pit.

Looking at the manpower at this time, Kil and Wick realized that they were short of men.

If according to the previous calculation, two people are carrying a body part of tens of kilograms of a wild boar, so there will not be enough human hands. There was no other way, so Kiel had to think of a new method on the spot.

Cut some wood in the nearby woods, and simply tie the chopped wood with ropes to make a simple skateboard or snowmobile that can be dragged by one person.

In this way, one person can take away part of the wild boar body.

After discussing for a while, Keir asked everyone to light a fire where they were, while he rode on horseback to cut down the trees.

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There were woods not far away, so Keir got on his horse and ran over quickly, picked out a few suitable trees, and ignored the crows' nests in the trees, hunting down a few with his long sword and cutting them down.

This move really made the crows above him scream angrily, but they were powerless and could only rage.

Kil ignored the crow above him at all, slashed with his sword to remove the excess branches from the tree, and then connected the tree trunk to the saddle with a rope.

"Ta!" With a slap on the horse's butt, his horse obediently pulled the rope to drag the tree trunk out of the woods.

After running a few steps and getting on his horse, Kil slowly let the horse drag the tree trunk back to the river bank.

At this time, the fishermen had already raised the fire, but several people gathered on the ice of the creek, talking around a smashed river surface.

After returning, Kil handed over the horses and trees to the others, and curiously walked to the river to see what these people were looking at.

"Hey, what are you doing around here?"

Wick was also here. He pulled Keer over, pointed at the broken ice and said, "Come and see, these traces on the ice seem to be the legendary water spirit!"

"Water spirit? What is it?"

He looked down and saw nothing else on the broken ice.

This was a dent made by a huge wild boar, and he later collected some ice here for use.

No matter how you look at it, it looks very ordinary?

"Look carefully at the bottom. Don't look at the cracks on the surface. Look at the bottom. Don't the cracks at the bottom look unnatural? They look more like a fish than the cracks of broken ice, don't they?"

As Wick spoke, he asked others to push aside the obstructive surface ice and let Kil see the cracks underneath.

Sure enough, as Wick said, these cracks that Kil had not noticed before did strangely look like fish.

"Is this a water spirit?"

"No, no, no, of course this is not a water spirit. This is just a trace of the water spirit's activity."

"For those of us fishermen who often deal with water, it is easy to encounter this kind of thing occasionally in uninhabited places. Among the fish caught, occasionally there is a water spirit made entirely of water polymerization, or it may be made of water. It was caught by hanging from a pole. It's a rare thing, but occasionally a fisherman will encounter it once or twice in his life."

Keir's eyes lit up: "Is that food edible? Is it delicious? How to eat it?"

The fishermen around them laughed: "It can't be eaten, it's all water. It wants you to catch it, and then you can catch it. If you don't want to, just pop it and it will turn into water and disappear."

Wick said with a smile: "You can see them in the water and in the ice, but if the water spirits are running freely in the ice, no one can catch them, right? But occasionally you will find evidence of their existence, you Look, that special crack is the evidence left by the water spirit wandering here."

He then shook his head: "But when spring comes next year and the ice thaws, this will be gone."

It seems that it is just for curiosity and has no other effect.

After the fishermen and Keir finished watching, they continued working. Kiel went to find the wood, and the fishermen were all-rounders, so it was still possible to simply process the wood with a knife.

By the evening of that day, they finally had all these things ready, so they split the remaining wood into wooden strips, peeled off the skins of hares and wild dogs caught on the road, and skewered them on the wooden strips for roasting and eating.

Kiel brought a little salt and wiped the surface of the meat before grilling it.

But he was a little uneasy. It was one thing that the crows were watching him not far away, but more importantly, whether the werewolf Wolf would attack him as he expected.

For this, Kiel is only 50% sure.

If the other party was more arrogant and did not go to the mill to take a look after seeing off the caravan, but lived in the village honestly, then he would have to find another way.

And if the other party is really as cautious as Kiel expected, calculating the possible speed of the other party, they should be here around daytime.

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Of course Wolfman, the werewolf, had already come. During the day and afternoon, he had already followed the scent of everyone and the traces left through the wilderness.

But what troubled him was that the fishermen and Kiel had been gathering together by the river to do something. Not only that, there were also a large number of crows hovering dozens of meters above Kiel's head.

Those condescending crows spotted the werewolf from a distance, which prevented the werewolf from getting too close.

Although he was very confident in his werewolf strength, that young man was, after all, the warrior who finally faced the Wolf King with Lanissa Knight and defeated him.

Not to be underestimated.

In this way, if the crow detects the warning in advance and rushes out to attack everyone, he may win, but it is still not safe enough.

Wait, he decided to wait until night. No matter how you look at it, those people don't look like they will leave directly.

Soon it was dark.

As Wolf expected, the crows dispersed in large numbers before dark, leaving only a few squatting on the bones on the hillside, staring at Keir.

This made the werewolf temporarily unsure whether the crow was keeping watch for Kil, or whether Kil had offended these cautious and intelligent birds.

But no matter what, he came to an invisible place behind the hillside, took off all his clothes and balled them up, and then quickly transformed into a real werewolf in pain.

It is three meters tall, with thin muscles but far more powerful than ordinary people. Its knees are turned in the reverse shape of a wolf-dog, and its hands and feet have strong and sharp claws.

This is the power he brought from his hometown, the crazy bloodline and curse from an ancient god. Compared with the knight-level power that is the backbone of society, Ruf-Wolf believes that this is what humans should obtain. .

After digging a hole, he carefully put his clothes into the hole, fearing that the sharp claws on his fingers would scratch his clothes and cloak. After all, it was a cloak made of expensive dark mountain leopard skin. It was not used to go out to kill. I can't bear to wear it out.

Werewolves have long hair on their bodies to resist the cold, and the power derived from their blood can also resist the cold. Although he can't compare to the Wolf King and acquire outrageous special abilities, he can still do it with a little use of his bloodline abilities.

For example, it speeds up the healing of wounds on the body and the regeneration of limbs.

Unlike the Wolf King who needs to shed his skin every year to regenerate his limbs, Wolf the Wolf can regrow his broken limbs at any time as long as he has enough physical strength.

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Ga!

The crow, which was squatting quietly on the animal bones, suddenly screamed.

Kil opened his closed eyes, dusted himself a little and stood up.

"What's the matter, Kil?" A fisherman on sentry added a firewood to the fire, and then asked Kil who stood up.

Patting his abdomen, Kil walked to the side: "Put some water on it."

"Oh, be careful then."

As he walked towards the direction where he had a premonition of murderous intent, Kil said casually: "Take care of yourselves."

After saying that, he strode into the dark wilderness.

The fisherman didn't take it seriously, but waited a moment before realizing it was a bit strange.

But then in the darkness not far away, there was a clear sound of drawing a sword, followed immediately by the sound of beasts gasping, howls of beasts, scoldings of humans, the sound of blood gushing, dull thumps, and the breaking of hard objects. the sound of.

Finally, a sudden white light dazzled all the fishermen who heard the sound.

Just when their eyes were blank and panicked, a Kiel warrior yelled: "Where to run!" There was also a whistle, which calmed them down a little.

Then there was the sound of horse hooves running, and the sound quickly faded away.

The fishermen nervously grabbed each other's friends within reach, each holding their own weapons for self-defense. The white field in front of them made them unable to see anything clearly. This made them extremely frightened, especially in this uninhabited wilderness. In the dark night.

They didn't feel it when the young man from Kiel was there before, but when the other party chased him away in the battle, these fishermen suddenly felt that this place they had never been before didn't seem so safe.

quack.

The crow of a crow appears in the distance along with the sound of flapping wings.

These fishermen were even more uneasy.

Fortunately, after a while, the eyes that had been blinded by the white light recovered, and everyone was holding daggers and sticks in their hands, crowded together, leaning against the fire to guard against the dark, empty and cold wilderness outside.

"What's going on?" Wick was not a fool. He naturally knew that Kil had fought with a monster that attacked them before, and the fight was getting further and further away.

But he still had to ask this question. He hoped that one of his fishermen could give him an answer, even if it was the most outrageous answer, it would be better than the current confused situation.

"No, no, I don't know! The Kiel warriors just said they were going to pee before the battle, but who knew that they started fighting?"

The fishermen on guard spoke in a panic.

"Kiel must have discovered something. But it's something that is attacking us and glowing. It's too scary. If it weren't for Kiel, who would be able to repel the monster's attack after being dazzled."

"That's right. I didn't realize it. That young man is really incredible."

Wick calmed down a little: "Did Kiel say anything else?"

"No, it's nothing. I just want us to take care of ourselves."

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A big question mark popped up on Wick's head.

How do you take care of yourself when everyone is so panicked?

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Kil was riding on a saddleless horse, holding the mane around the horse's neck with one hand, guiding his horse to chase the werewolf Wolf who was running away in embarrassment.

His right hand clenched the slightly dim long sword for hunting. Although the white light wrapped around the sword is slightly dimmed, it still emits a lighting effect like a torch.

Based on this, Keir chased the werewolf closely.

However, the wolf fur cloak on his left shoulder was torn, and the hard cowhide armor underneath was also torn to pieces. The opponent's strong and sharp claws were as strong as metal, and they had the strength of a werewolf's arms to swing, not the hard skin of Kiel. Armor can withstand it.

Not only that, there was a lot of blood in the damaged areas of the armor, and the sharp claws penetrated the flesh at least one centimeter deep, tearing out a lot of muscles on his left shoulder. But not much blood flowed, because Kil also connected part of his mind to the Saturn badge on his chest, and was trying to let the divine power on the badge help him stop the bleeding and heal the wound.

The healing effect wasn't very good, but at least the bleeding stopped.

The werewolf who was fleeing in embarrassment not far away was blinded by his long sword, which caused the werewolf who came to attack to flee in embarrassment at this moment.

Werewolf Wolf's eyes were stinging and white. The good vision of the beast's eyes in the dark night brought him an extremely serious blinding effect.

The dilated pupil absorbs far more light than normal, not to mention that the light has an inevitable blinding effect.

"Damn it! Damn it! How is that possible!" He was mumbling nonsense, not believing that he was defeated by a young man less than half his age.

He had tried every means to kill Lanissa Knight (the previous generation) who had clearly transformed into the Wolf King.

He will die like this today.

He ran as hard as he could in any direction without thinking, just to get rid of the warrior chasing after him on horseback.

Until this time, he could slightly understand why Kil could participate in the battle against the Wolf King.

It turns out that there is such a strange move that is difficult to prevent.

"Damn it! Damn it!"

The two of them chased each other and fled. The werewolf Wolf tried his best to escape, breathing heavily to exhale the gradually scorching temperature in his body into the air, while Kil was also unable to take a chance to bandage his shoulder while running.

For him, even though he had blinded the werewolf with his special hunting ability and used the opponent's moment of panic to cause a little damage in the previous confrontation, Kil still felt that something was not good.

Because the physical abilities of werewolves are far beyond those of ordinary people, whether it is a height of three meters, or arms that are one and a half meters long, and powerful swings. Close combat was too advantageous. The situation was urgent and he didn't have time to remove the shield hanging from the armor behind his back. This also resulted in a one-for-one close combat. The opponent was only blinded and then suffered a small injury. Injury, but Kiel's left shoulder was seriously injured.

"We must capture the opponent before his eyes reply!" Kil told himself fiercely, chasing after him.

But soon, the situation turned against Kiel. Although the werewolf ran in random directions, he was actually subconsciously moving along the frozen river.

The river flows southward into a forest south of Wumihu Village and north of Duolaerlin Village.

As soon as the werewolf smelled that he had arrived in the forest, he was immediately overjoyed and rushed straight into the forest in a panic. After knocking over several small trees and shrubs, the other party dodged into the forest.

Kil rode his horse to the edge of the forest, dismounted, and without enough time to heal and bandage himself, he immediately took off the shield behind his left shoulder, held it in his left hand, and followed the werewolf's path.

His horse also followed the light from Kil's sword obediently. Wherever Kil went, it would follow without worrying about the horse getting lost.

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Kiel has never been to this forest, but Umihu Village was able to establish a logging farm here. Obviously there are no particularly dangerous beasts in this forest.

Now, maybe the most dangerous people in this forest are the werewolf Wolf and him, the human.

Kil strode away to follow the traces, and soon found the werewolf under a big tree that could only be surrounded by ten people, swallowing ice and snow and smearing it all over his body.

"What?" Kil didn't understand at first, but then he realized that it was the result of the werewolf running all the way over and his whole body was getting hot.

Thick fur has excellent thermal insulation capabilities, but without sweat glands, it is not a wonderful thing.

Northern wolves can also stick to the ground and use the snow on the ground to cool down, but werewolves running upright cannot.

"It seems you can't run anymore? Wolf." Kil strode over, the sword and shield in his hand ready for battle.

"Wolf? Hoo, ho, how do you know me?" The wolf chewed the snow on the forest floor and spoke indistinctly.

The opponent's wolf eyes were tightly closed, but his ears were pointed straight at Keir. Obviously, in terms of perception, the werewolf's excellent ability could temporarily replace some of the consequences of being blinded.

Kil was thinking that it would be great if he had the ability to make loud noises, and answered the other party's question: "Today is the day of your death, let you die clearly."

After a pause, he pointed his sword directly at the werewolf: "Knight Lanissa has long known that the werewolf who appeared when fighting the Wolf King in the great forest was you."

"Hey hey hey, hahahahahaha, is that so? Then does she know who the wolf king she killed with her own hands is?" The voice coming out of the wolf's mouth was filled with excitement and gloating.

Kil raised his shield with his left hand and gradually approached the opponent: "You may know that the Wolf King finally turned into a human form. But it doesn't matter. You are going to die here today because Knight Lanisha has given you a good reward. "

"Fart! You know so well, Kil, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to survive if you know the news? She can give you a price to kill me, and she can certainly give another person a price to kill you! Isn't it? Think about it carefully. Think, if you kill me, you will most likely not survive!"

Kil naturally knew this, but there was no need for him to tell this cannibal about his relationship with Knight Crow.

Not hearing what Kil said, the werewolf Wolf became even more excited: "So, so the two of us have to unite. You know, our positions are the same. You make up a lie to fool that stupid woman. Find an opportunity. Let's The two of them attack her together, perfect! I will continue to live in Wumihu Village, and you can live your adventurous life."

"Adventurous life? Oh, did you hear people describe me like this? Haha, then do you know what I did in my little adventurous life?"

Kil's words made Wolf the werewolf feel uncomfortable, so he did not continue to answer.

But Kil whistled twice to make the horses following him leave a little, and then said: "My adventurous life is not just about killing man-eating monsters like you."

"Kneel down obediently and let me kill you with one sword. Everyone will be relaxed."

The werewolf panted heavily, with a ferocious look on his face: "Don't even think about it!!!"

Then he made a move that Kier never expected.