Chapter 16: The Crow's Beak
"That'...... Is that a black panther? It's incredible...... "Mandason recognized at a glance that the owner of the pair of blue eyes was a black panther. The pen&fun&pavilion www.biquge.info black panther is a large beast, even the underage black panther is nearly two meters long, and its attack power is very strong. Snow's grandfather was scratched by a panther and died of an infected wound.
According to Mandason's speculation, it is impossible for large beasts to live peacefully with small beasts, just as cats and mice cannot be friends. But what is happening now is exactly the opposite of what Mandason predicted. The panther emerges from under the mound where the wolf and the panther were hiding before, indicating that they had been together before.
Snow now had serious suspicions that the stunned guy next to him was an out-and-out crow's mouth, literally saying something.
"Nothing unbelievable, Uncle Mandarson, apparently they came together for a common goal. And we are their goal. "Whether it's a group of people or black panthers, the benefits of attacking each other are far less than attacking the towns, the residents who often come to the mountains and forests to mine.
"With thirty of us, we can't handle three embarrassments and one panther." Abra said worriedly.
"If you can't deal with it, you have to deal with it." Snow turned his head to look around, drew a wooden stick from under the wall beside him, took a hemp rope, and tied the dagger that Yalian had given him to the end of the stick, and used it as a short spear for the time being. Now the whole town is echoing with a whistle, and even if Abra blows the whistle now, it will only increase everyone's panic and will not have the slightest effect.
"These brutes are so cunning." Abra waved the long sword in his hand and said fiercely. The convoy had a long sword in his hand, which was brought up by the old Ske. But only Abra and Mandasen had real swords in their hands. It was when Laosk took the residents to take refuge in the fortress that year, and exchanged it for three fox skins. One was given to Abra, who knew how to swordsmanship, and the other was given to Mandathan, the old Orion. This is also the best use of things, and they are also the two weapons that the town can come up with.
As for the weapons in the hands of the other members of the guard, they said that they were long swords, but they were just slightly thinner slender iron plates, which had been processed by the simple grinding shops in the town, and they were made into a four-like one.
"Randolph, you and Briss go find the other old men and take them into the room to hide." Snow looked at Randolph and Briss and said, "Remember, block the doors and windows with wooden tables. No matter what happens, never come out without my orders. ”
"No, I'm going to stay and fight with you." Brissy said with a thin wooden stick in her hand and a resolute expression. Although she was scared, she didn't want to hide, watching the big guys fight to defend the town, but she couldn't help herself.
"Briss, now is not the time to mess around." Abra said with a frown.
"I'm not messing around." Brissy held the stick tightly in her hand, her expression was serious and cute.
"Your stay will only distract everyone, come with me." Randolph knew that now was not the time for hypocrisy, and that they old fellows and Briss couldn't help anything but drag their feet.
"Briss, fighting is a man's business, and your task is to take care of your grandfather and the other elders. Only when you are safe can we fight the beasts without scruples. Snow stepped forward to look at Briss, who looked aggrieved, smiled and touched her head, "Don't worry, it's just a few kittens and dogs, we will be safe." ”
"Then you must be careful, you must not be injured." Brissy looked up and said, tears already rolling in her eyes.
"Okay, I promise you."
Seeing Snow's assurance, Briss and Randolph went to find the other old men.
"They're coming, Mayor!" The residents behind the fence greeted Snow.
Snow held his homemade short gun, and looked north of the town with Abra and Mandasen again. I saw that the panther had already walked with the wolf and the embarrassment. But the two sides did not attack each other, and slowly approached the wall in unison. It wasn't until the two sides were ten meters apart that the panther took the lead in stopping, leaning over, staring at the crowd behind the wall. The Spotted and Bob-tailed wolves bared their teeth and kept whispering.
By the light of the fire, Snow finally saw the appearance of the legendary wolf and embarrassment. The appearance of the flecked ones is good, each one is about one meter and a half in length, which is about the same as the appearance of a wolf dog, but the ears are smaller. The mouth is not very big, and when he grins, he leaks a mouthful of sparse yellow teeth, which really doesn't look threatening.
Compared with the flecked wolf, the appearance of the short-tailed wolf is a little flattering. The length of each of them is about the same as that of the Spotted Monster, and it is generally the same as the wild wolf in Snow's impression, but their hind legs are short and thin, and their tails are not much longer than those of rabbits, which is very incongruous.
Compared with the wolf and the embarrassment, the black panther in the middle is too majestic. It is two and a half meters long, and this is not counting the tail that is more than a meter long, and it is a lot taller than Snow when it stands. Snow was shocked by his dark and shiny hair, sharp claws like knives, and his perfect muscle lines.
"This is the king of the mountains and forests...... Snow looked at the adult black panther and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Compared with this black panther, the lions and tigers in the zoo were not even scum.
"Mayor, what now?" Mandason asked, the panther's grim look made him feel bad.
"You're an old hunter, and you're still asking me what to do in this situation?" Snow rolled his eyes, as if he was afraid of the beast on the other side, and whispered back, "By the way, didn't you say before that the Spotted Monster and the Bobtail Wolf are both small?" You see, it's nearly two meters long, which one is smaller? ”
"Mayor, look at that grown panther."
Snow was speechless, and compared to the Black Panther, the others did look very petite.
"As long as they don't take the initiative to attack, we are not afraid to fight them, and it is a big deal that we will not sleep tonight." Snow clenched his weapon and stared at the beast opposite.
In fact, now attacking or retreating, the initiative is in the hands of the Black Panthers. Because Snow didn't have bows and arrows in their hands to attack from a distance, it was impossible for them to give up the wall, the only defensive condition, and go out of the town to fight them.
But Snow hoped that the panther and the embarrassment would be consumed with them like this.
At this time, the situation on the other three sides of the town was a little unoptimistic, because after sending people to help, the warning whistle still sounded from time to time.
"Mayor, it's not a way to go on like this. These abominable beasts sleep during the day and come out at night. If we continue to consume, we will become more and more tired, and the situation will become more dangerous. Mandason said with a frown.
Snow also remembered this reminder that he didn't know the habits of wolves and embarrassments, but the panther did belong to the feline family. It's quite possible that as Mandason said, this guy sleeps during the day and comes out at night to hunt. If that's the case, it's a problem, judging by the current hour, this panther has just woken up not long ago. They were busy fishing and meeting all day, and they couldn't say anything about it.
And Snow knew that one o'clock after midnight was the most sleepy. Even if you don't want to sleep, you won't be able to control your eyes.
"What's your idea?" Snow asked.
Mandason thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we throw out a few torches, the beasts are naturally afraid of fire, maybe we can scare them away." ”
Snow turned his head to look at the beast not far away, nodded, and decided to trust the old hunter Mandasen one more time.