The Minority Alliance also tells Lily about what happened to them on the road, and Lily laments the bravery and strength of the four teenagers, and is relieved that the Giant Claw Wolf has finally been wiped out.

The wolf's cracks slipped through Lily's arms and thighs, but the Shaper's tough bones were undamaged, and Lily's wounds were now healed. However, although the treatment restored Lily's wounds, the massive blood loss left her weak. The four of them made an appointment with Lily to set off together tomorrow to return to Port Moussey, so they left the town hall without disturbing her rest.

On the way back to the Bernand family's mansion, Fat Orange responded to Jacques with inspiration: "There is a problem with the appearance of the giant clawed wolf, and the emperor is puzzled that the mangrove forest is not their traditional habitat, but the Cantab Mountain is their home, and the watery environment of the mangrove forest is not suitable for them, and it is impossible for the entire wolf pack to migrate through human towns without being discovered." ”

Jacques replied, "That's why Henry of the Bureau of Investigation came to me for questioning, and although he didn't say it explicitly, I knew he suspected that I had attracted the wolves with the summoning of the beasts." ”

Fat Orange said: "And the attack on Lily and us also made the emperor smell of conspiracy, generally speaking, giant clawed wolves will not attack groups of human transcendentals, these dog things, will only occasionally sneak attack a lone awakened person." And yesterday they pursued us for more than thirty miles, and it was also against the habits of the wolves, who would not pursue their prey on the plains, and the forest was their home field. I feel that there are people who want to harm the emperor. ”

Jacques pondered for a moment and said to his friends: "I want to go to the mangrove forest to see, there should be no powerful beasts there now, I want to know why the giant clawed wolf appears in the mangrove forest." ”

Unexpectedly, the four of them hit it off.

Back at the mansion, Fabian brought each of them a set of leather armor for his brothers' usual training, and a steel sword and shield for Jacques. So the four men and one cat slipped out the back door, hired a farmer's carriage for 500 livres, and set off for the edge of the mangrove forest 30 miles away.

At 11 a.m., the four of them finally reached the edge of the mangrove forest, and made an appointment with the driver to return before dark.

They followed the trails left by yesterday's search team deep into the wooded area, and Jacques thought they could find clues to the camp, the wolf's den, or the place where the two cadets had disappeared.

As he walked through the mangroves, Fabian took out a delicately crafted dagger from his pocket and handed it to Jacques, saying, "I just found it in the arsenal, made of Mithril, you can take it, and you can use it as a throwing knife." My mom and mother said that in the state of the Eight Winds Refining Body, you can attach the Source Energy Eight Winds to the throwing weapon, and you can break the defense! ”

Jacques thanked Fabian and pulled out his dagger to admire, a two-finger-wide blade, about half a foot long, with an erect pupil carved into the body of the Mithril blade, no gauntlets, and the handle and scabbard were made of pearl shark skin, which were tightly integrated when closed.

Getting closer to the camp, Fat Tangerine smelled the residual smell of blood in the air. Passing through a thicket of verbena more than one person high, I saw a bare beachhead about 15 meters wide, which was the outer area of the camp cleared by the students.

The camp was built on the river's edge, and in order to prevent the river from backing up at high tide, a dam was built more than one meter high, and a small moat was formed around the camp using the river water. The walls are not the slender mahogany that grows around them, but the thick and sturdy camphor wood. The four-meter-high fence and the prospective presence of stinging horses on the top and downstairs indicate that the camp was not built temporarily.

Jacques looked at the well-defended camp and couldn't figure out how the wolves had managed to break into the camp and make a sneak attack on Lily. Sensing that there were no strange beasts around, Jacques led the group into the camp along the lowered drawbridge and the hidden camp gate.

There was chaos in the camp, with carts stacked haphazardly, clothes and food scattered on the ground, and blood stains everywhere, all of which showed that the evacuation was hasty.

According to Lily's recollections, she was attacked by the wolf through the wooden wall in the barracks after waking up early in the morning, so Jacques and the others, who were searching for clues, first looked for Lily's barracks.

The barracks area consisted of four long wooden huts, arranged in two rows and two columns, and the camp was located near the river, and was furthest from the gate on the side of the tidal flat. There was a large hole in the outer wall of the barracks on the east side of the first row, which was supposed to be the location where the wolf attacked Lily through the wall. The footprints on the ground are messy, and it's hard to tell where the head wolf came from.

Jacques and the others tried to clearly see the position where the head wolf launched an attack in many positions in the camp, although it was early in the morning, there were people watching the watchtower, some people were cooking in the room, and some people got up early in the morning to exercise in the center of the camp, so how could the head wolf, which was as tall as a war horse, appear in which position without noticing? This made Jacques and the others scratch their heads and couldn't figure it out.

"Is there anyone else who can summon strange beasts?" Fabian whispered to Jacques.

"The movement of the beast's summoning is not small, you have seen it on the ship, Lily can't be unaware. Jacques replied.

Alisia, who had just come down from the watchtower, walked up to Jacques and said, "Fifty wolves have entered the camp, and it is impossible not to see them from the watchtower, unless they have not arranged for someone to keep watch." ”

Emma, who had walked along the outer wall of the camp with Fat Orange, also came back and said, "The outer wall is intact, and there are no holes in the ground, Brother Jacques, do you think they will go directly over the wall?"

Jacques replied, "It's possible for the first wolf and the second generation of giant claws to jump directly into the camp, but the third generation of giant clawed wolves can't, and there is definitely something wrong with Lily's description of the wolves appearing all over the camp after she was injured." Before the wolves attacked, the wolves entered the camp. ”

Fat Orange suddenly struggled in Emma's arms, Emma couldn't hold it, so she let Little Fat Dun jump to the ground, and Fat Orange wagged his tail and rushed to the room. Everyone else thinks Fat Orange is hungry and wants to find something to eat, but only Jacques knows, and Fat Orange says it has found a clue.

Following Fat Orange to the door of the room, he saw a huge wolf footprint with blood stains next to Fat Orange squatting at the door, and several people had seen a head wolf as tall as a war horse, and they recognized at a glance that this paw print could only be left by the head wolf. Jacques estimated the length of the wolf, and if the front paws landed in this position, most of the body must be in the room, and the head wolf's body would not easily enter the small room.

Jacques looked at Alixia, who was also frowning and thinking, and the two nodded in tacit understanding.

Alyssa said, "Found the source!"

Fabian hurriedly said, "Hey, hey, what's the situation? What does this paw print mean?"

Emma pulled the corner of Fabian's clothes: "Sister Alyssa must have found something, don't worry, let them take a closer look." ”

Alyssa pushed the wooden door of the room, but didn't push it open, and plugged it in from the inside!

She motioned for everyone to get out of the way, picked up the big axe, and with a few clicks, split the weak wooden door.

After entering the room, even Fabian, who was the slowest to react, suddenly realized.