Miss Witch doesn't want to be a diva

There were fine raindrops in the sky, and the fresh wind blew slowly. Under the gray and cold sky, the caravan slowly moved forward on the low grass.

Sitting in the car, Heshia gently held the lyre with one hand, and her fingers brushed it from time to time, making it emit bursts of music. She occasionally raised her eyes and looked out of the car window, thinking of the news and intelligence she heard from the small settlement she passed by not long ago.

The settlements on this grassland fought for the fertile land with water and grass, and the relationship between them has always been tense. No wonder they were also wary of the caravan when they first met.

At present, the largest force on the grassland is undoubtedly the wolf blood species. They have built a fixed base, and with this as the core, they cruise through mobile settlements and manage subordinate tribes and vassals. Next are several relatively large forces, each of which has a scale of more than a thousand people. The more famous ones are the fox tail species, cat tail species, slippery feather species, elephant body species, and horned beast species. Further down, there are many miscellaneous weak races and mixed settlements.

There are no clear laws here, and perhaps not attacking caravans is a rule that most settlements will slightly abide by, but don't be too reassured, because some settlements are jealous of passing caravans, and robbed them occasionally.

Putting down the simple seven-stringed lyre, Heshia turned her head to look at the other people in the car.

"It seems that the number of settlements and population living on this grassland is better than that of the Stone Forest Fort area."

"That's right, the largest Gray Feather force in Stone Forest Fort has a population of only 3,000 people, while on this grassland, the population of Wolf Blood alone exceeds 10,000, and is more widely distributed." Fran wrote the sorted data in the report.

"However, their technical level and living conditions are not as good as those of the settlements governed by the Gray Feathers. At least there are many firearms and hot weapons there, and the Gray Feathers even have heavy machine guns."

"The settlements here are mostly cold weapons, and there is no mature iron smelting and steel forging methods."

"No wonder they have a large number of people and still failed to expand eastward in the past. It should be that they cannot defeat the Stone Forest Fortress where the Gray Feathers are located." Several people occasionally chatted about the intelligence they gained on the grassland.

There was gray rain and fog outside the car window, which made the originally green grassland also covered with a faint gray and wet color.

"Awoo————"

The caravan didn't know how far west it went, but the howling sound from the rain and fog in the distance made all the members sober up, and they began to look for and hold their weapons, and then the caravan stopped, looking at the distance of the rain and fog, and stopped.

The wind gradually got stronger, and the hazy rain and fog before also dispersed a little, allowing them to see what was happening in the distance of the grass hill. It should be the two settlements that were fighting.

The circular tent camps were scattered in the distance to the right of the crowd. They were surrounded by vertical wooden walls, so it was hard to see what was going on inside. On the other side were the attackers running wildly on the grassland. They looked ferocious and occasionally used all four limbs when running. Although their movements seemed strange, their speed was extremely amazing. Some of them jumped more than three meters high when they rushed to the front of the wooden wall, and directly climbed over the wall and entered the camp.

Some other strong individuals directly used their shoulders to knock open the not-so-strong wooden wall, rushed in with bloodshot eyes, and started killing.

"That's the wolf blood species." Guy's voice was a little nervous.

"Although they look similar to humans at first glance, the wolf-blood species is very violent, and their muscles are also extremely developed. They can run on flat ground at a speed similar to that of a cheetah, and have extremely strong jumping ability. When they pounce, they can also extend their nails as claws. Without proper armor defense, it is easy for them to disembowel you."

"If you have ever seen the scenes after their battles and killings, you will feel bloody and cruel, but they are used to it."

"Is that so." The young man of the gray feather species in the team touched the gun at hand, and his expression did not change.

Although the population of the gray feather species is not as large as that of the wolf-blood species, they do not think that the wolf-blood species is an excellent race. Knowledge is an important way to change strength, so when the members of the gray feather species see the ignorant and reckless wolf-blood species, they always have an unconscious contempt.

"Who are they fighting?" Someone on the side was curious. There was actually a race on this land that dared to fight the wolf-blood species head-on.

"Bang bang." A few gunshots turned everyone's attention to the camp on the side.

"That's... the fox-tail species." A member with a slightly sharper eye saw clearly.

"Foxtails?" Heshia was slightly curious.

"Yes, the relationship between foxtails and cattails is very unusual. The genes of the two species are similar in many places, but the difference is that foxtails are not as flexible and agile as cattails, but they are smarter than cattails and are good at various tools and planning."

"On this grassland, they are the only ones who are equipped with muskets."

Sure enough, gunshots rang out one after another, and there were also many roars and fighting sounds. Faced with such a situation, the caravan stopped moving forward and just stayed where it was, waiting for the outcome of the battle.

About half an hour later, the sound of the battle gradually weakened, and then a small group of wolfbloods hurriedly fled from the camp, running to the end of the grassland with blood all over their bodies, and slowly disappeared.

"It seems that the foxtails have won." Fran wrote a note in his diary.

"Someone is coming over there." After waiting for a few minutes, several foxtails holding guns came vigilantly.

The leader was a fox-tailed woman with chestnut brown hair. She looked to be around 25 years old, a little mature, and was wearing a black bralette and leather skirt that showed off her figure. She was also wearing a tough open-collar leather jacket. There was blood on one corner of the jacket, but she didn't have any wounds on her body, so they were probably from the enemy.

"Are you a passing caravan?" The other party was a little suspicious, but did not take action. The few fox-tailed young men following her were still a little frightened, holding their muskets, with their fingers slightly on the trigger.

"Yes, we just happened to pass by here. I wonder if you need to exchange something." Guy stepped forward to negotiate.

The other party glanced at the goods pulled behind him and nodded slightly.

"We do need it. It just so happens that we have seized a lot of wolf-blooded spoils this time. If you want to buy their bodies, we can also give you a cheap price."

"Ahem, the bodies are not needed. We dare not buy or sell wolf-blooded bodies." Guy waved his hand.

"Hehe, that's because you are too timid. There were many caravans doing this business in the past." The other party's tone was a little relaxed at this time.

"Send three people to follow me, I will take you to count and see what can be exchanged."

After that, Guy turned around, and Heshia and Fran came out and followed him.

Seeing Heshia among the three, this mature fox-tailed woman was slightly surprised and looked at her a few more times.

"This doesn't look like an ordinary peddler, but I'm too lazy to be curious about your origins. Let's go." After saying that, she led a few people to the camp.

Passing through the broken and collapsed wooden door, the three people came to the camp. There were still many dead wolf-blood bodies here, some with several blood holes on their bodies, and some with knife marks. There were many fox-tailed people patrolling in the camp at this moment, finishing off the dead and living wolf-bloods, and then dragging them to the center of the camp. Most of them wore thick leather coats, and many of them wore simple steel helmets. After the battle, some members took off their helmets, revealing relatively smart erect ears.

Almost all the members here are soldiers, and from the appearance, it is not easy to distinguish between men and women. It is probably because these fox-tailed people are relatively beautiful and have similar faces. Their number is estimated to be more than a few hundred. No wonder they can bring three people in to visit and count without any care.

"Here are some weapons of the wolf-blood species, and the things we seized before." The woman led the three people to an open tent. There were many members coming in and out of the tent, and occasionally their eyes stopped on a few people with curiosity.

There were many newly collected weapons here, mostly knives and axes, and a few short spears, but the workmanship was not good. In Heshia's opinion, only the metal was slightly valuable, but it was not worth exchanging because of the weight and inconvenience of carrying.

She turned her eyes to one side, where there were a lot of furs, some strangely colored stones, and some dried pickled fish.

"What are these stones?"

"Oh, you mean those stones, they should be some kind of ore. In the past, the Stone Forest Fort would buy them, but now they should not be there." The woman leaned on a wooden stake beside her, lighting a cigarette at her mouth.     "If you want it, you have to exchange it with something." She flicked her finger, and a wisp of flame ignited at the end of the cigarette, and the flame became dark red as she inhaled it.

"We also want the dried fish on the other side." Heshia continued.

"No problem, now tell me what you have. You have seen our camp, and we need medicines. In addition, if you have gunpowder and saltpeter, we will take them all." She turned around while smoking.

"There is some gunpowder, but it needs to be exchanged for enough food." Heshia nodded.

"Enough food, tut tut, this is hard currency everywhere." She was a little dissatisfied, and did not continue to answer for a while, but smoked.

"You guys, go and call Lord Lu Qing." It seems that she can't make a decision.

"Yes." The two members looked at the three people, and then went out of the tent to call people.

After a while, a mature and plump woman in a black silk off-shoulder dress came with people. She smiled and laughed. After arriving at the camp, several black uniform combat members who accompanied her stood outside the tent with guns, and she led two people to nod slightly to the three people, and then walked towards the woman who was smoking on the side.

"Nana is smoking again. I told you not to do this in front of outsiders. It's very impolite." She kept smiling, took the cigarette from the woman's hand naturally and skillfully, and then handed it to the member behind her to extinguish it.

Faced with such behavior, the woman who was quite cold just now was just annoyed and did not object.

Turning around, the foxtail woman who looked to be in her early thirties, with a mature temperament but still beautiful, began to ask the three people about their purpose and the goods to be exchanged.

"So it's you, Guy, and Miss Heshia." Unexpectedly, she actually knew the three girls.

"This... how do you know my name." Guy was a little shocked. He was just an unknown person, how could someone know him on the grassland.

"Hehehe~ Of course, as the leader of the foxtail, I still have this information." Her eyes narrowed slightly, revealing an impeccable smile.

"It's not difficult, mainly because I happened to hear Sister Chizhi talk about you some time ago." Only then did she tell the truth. It turned out that the news came from the 'Red Pomegranate' settlement.

"Sister Chizhi mentioned the moose boss's settlement to me, and then she mentioned you, especially Miss Heshia. Your appearance and temperament are so conspicuous that it's hard to forget." She pressed her fingers on her sleeves and covered her lips lightly.

"Since you came to the grassland specifically, it seems that you are short of food. I also know that there has been a shocking change in the Stone Forest Castle in the east recently."

"I don't know how many you want exactly. If the number gap is not big, I can help you solve all of them." She said this in a particularly heroic manner, which made people feel moved. No wonder she looked completely powerless, but could manage such a large force.

"It depends on how many you have. I'm afraid it's not something that you can solve with just one settlement." Guy shook his head.

"Oh? It seems that your number has expanded a lot, dozens, hundreds, or more?" The other party counted his fingers. Although he was trying to get information, his slightly innocent and natural appearance made it difficult to make people angry.

"This..." Guy didn't know how to answer for a while, and he knew that he had just let it slip.

He actually overturned on this issue, and it was a very simple mistake. For a while, a kind of shame surged.

"Okay, Guy, let me talk." Heshia stepped forward, pressed her fingers on Guy's shoulder, and asked him to step back temporarily.

Looking at the seemingly harmless and natural leader of the foxtail species in front of him, Heshia shook her head slightly, blinked her eyes, and broke the invisible charm created by the other party.

Guy had been traveling around with merchants since he was a child, so it was impossible for him to be completely vigilant. However, the foxtail leader in front of him was even more of a master. His invisible charm penetrated and made Guy speak the truth impulsively without him realizing it.

I don’t know if this is the racial talent of the foxtail species, or the personal strength of the foxtail leader with a smile in front of him. Heshia had a flash of thoughts in her mind.

“I don’t know how much information Lord Lu Qing knows about us. If you know enough, you shouldn’t be so clever in front of me.” Her tone of voice changed from gentle at the beginning to cold at the end, instantly breaking the atmosphere created by the other party.

“Miss Heshia is really unkind.” The other party’s eyes moved, as if she was still testing something, but now she had completely lost the calmness and control she had when she appeared.

"But I think I have been very tolerant of your probing behavior."

The girl raised the sleeves of her black dress, revealing her slender fingers that gently swiped through the air, and invisible ripples spread. Others seemed to have no reaction, but only the fox-tailed leader in front of him had his pupils contracted, as if he was shocked by Lei Qing, and even had goose bumps on his body.

As the absolute strong in various spiritual consciousness fields in the Federation, the degree of perfection of the system and the degree of skill of the singer's lineage are completely beyond the reach of the extraordinary people who are still in the primitive tribal stage. The singers even disdain to deceive and directly convince everyone around them with the most real emotions. This will not be disgusted or betrayed. This is something that people who are still relying on language and charm to induce cannot understand.

A few seconds later, the fox-tailed species seemed to be greatly frightened, shaking, and almost unable to stand steadily. The people beside her hurriedly supported her and began to suspect that Heshia and her friends were playing tricks, ready to raise their guns and aim to shoot.

"Stop!" With the help of the people around her, Lu Qing raised her hand in a panic and asked her men to stop.

"I'm very sorry, I offended Lord Heshia, please forgive me." Her attitude changed completely at this moment, and she bowed in front of the three people with great respect, which made the people around her a little confused.

Guy and Fran looked at each other, seeming a little surprised, but also a little accustomed to it, because this girl can always do unexpected things.

Heshia waved her hand lightly to the foxtail leader who bowed in front of her to apologize, then turned her eyes, released her perception and consciousness, and scanned the entire camp.

"I need a lot of food, not only in your camp, if you have any other way to get it, tell me."

"Yes." At this time, Lu Qing tidied her clothes, asked someone to bring a chair, asked Heshia to sit down, and then carefully reported one by one.

…

“That is to say, the one you just fought with was not the Wolfblood headquarters, but the abandoned settlements that were roaming outside.”

“Yes, after the birth of Wolfblood newborns, if they are disabled or not strong enough, they will be abandoned by them. Over time, these abandoned members will form abandoned settlements. They roam around and are not welcomed by all parties. But if they are completely eliminated, it is easy to offend the Wolfblood headquarters.”

“If you want to get a lot of food, it is definitely not enough to just look for forces like us, because the places with rich food sources on the grassland are controlled by the Wolfblood, especially the big river, which is rich in various fish. The slaves controlled by the Wolfblood will catch these fish, make them into dried fish, and use them as currency on the grassland.”

“So, dealing with the Wolfblood headquarters is inevitable, so will they agree to the exchange?” Heshia looked up and asked the plump foxtail leader standing in front of her.

"Probably not. They prefer to rob directly. If it is a small amount of goods, they will find it troublesome to rob and allow exchange."

"The amount of food that Lady Heshia needs is probably not a small amount. If it is a large exchange, the fastest way is to find wolf blood species, but they will inevitably become greedy, unless you scare them and make them retreat." When he stopped using all kinds of tricks and means, the fox tail species spoke more efficiently and concisely.

"I know." Heshia stood up.

It seems that the fair and gentle attitude she used to be accustomed to in the past does not work on the grassland.