Chapter 5: The Great Prey
The snowflakes swirled and fell from the air, her feet were numb from the cold, she hadn't eaten for many days, she was very hungry, she couldn't help but start sobbing quietly, the strange street was covered in white, she raised her hand and rubbed her shoulders, trembling but still uncontrollable, leaning against the corner, she looked at the sky, why was it so uncomfortable?
One after another, people walked in front of her, and she shrank in fear, not daring to look away, if she did that, she would be beaten by them, after all, they were not like herself, they had no tails, no ears, as if they were wearing masks that could not see clearly, hideous smiles, and malicious whispers.
I wish I could have arrived early in the evening so that my mother could come back sooner...... I'll be back sooner...... Ah, it hurts......
Suddenly the pain came from her forehead, and a sharp stone rolled away at her feet, and she looked up helplessly, and a child, about the same age as herself, stood there, picked up the stone by the side of the road, threw it, and fell on herself.
"You see, an orc is so lowly, even if you hit her with something, she won't dodge." The adult next to him taught with a malicious sense of joke.
"But father, isn't she in pain?" The innocent child said in confusion, and with a half-knowing expression, he made a cruel move, he picked up a stone the size of an egg and smashed it again.
"They don't feel ......it," the adult next to him let out an unbridled laugh.
It's not like this, it's not like this, it's painful, it's painful. She wailed in her heart, but she couldn't cry, and if she showed a painful expression, what awaited her was an even more intense torture, and she couldn't dodge it, because they would catch her and beat her hard.
"Woo ......"
She sobbed quietly and curled up in a corner.
Why? It's obviously painful, why do you still throw stones at her, woo...... Mom......
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"Was it a nightmare?"
Shen Yi looked at Vivian, that lovely face was slowly soaked with tears, and his body was writhing, what did he dream of that would make such a cheerful girl show such a painful expression, he couldn't help but think in his heart, and a feeling of pity gradually surged in his heart, and then as if to soothe the sadness in her heart, he hugged Vivian tightly.
"It's okay, it's okay, it's going to pass soon."
“…… Well, mom ......"
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The next day-
When he opened his eyes, he saw Vivien's delicate face close at hand, red eyes staring at him without blinking, pupils that seemed to be the brightest jewels in the world, innocent and free of any impurities.
"Morning, Shen Yi."
Hearing this, he flicked her forehead lightly: "Is it still early?" You know how many days you've been asleep. ”
"Huh? Is that so? It's been so long. A confused look, Vivian's eyes immediately widened, after all, she was puzzled by Shen Yi's mouth for many days, and she was about to sit up, and then patted her face with a smile that was no different from usual: "No, no, I have to catch a lot of prey today." ”
Saying this, the high interest was frustrated at the first step, and the girl who had just left the bed shivered and fell back into his arms, showing only two ears, and a mournful cry came out of her mouth: "Wow, it's cold, it's cold." ”
"It seems that he has fully recovered...... Shen Yi's gaze stayed on the energetic girl, whispering softly, as if he didn't know what happened to him before he fell unconscious, but he wasn't ready to mention it to the girl, thinking like this, he stood up.
"Shen Yi won't sleep a little longer?" In the bed, the girl poked her head out curiously.
"No, if you go to sleep any longer, you'll be hungry today." As he spoke, he gently scratched the girl's nose, and the slippery feel on the girl's skin made him a little in love.
"Are you going hunting?"
"Hmm!"
"If that's the case, I'm going too, Shen Yi looks weak, and Vivien is worried." The girl nodded as a matter of course, and was about to get up when she lifted the quilt, but was pressed down by Shen Yi.
"I would be very happy if I just heard the latter half of the sentence, but I don't know why, now that my self-esteem as a man seems to have taken a hit, Vivian can stay at home."
"What is a man's pride?"
"Well, that's a bit tricky to explain, but Vivien shouldn't worry too much about my words, because ...... I'm very strong! ”
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In the white forest, the footprints slowly stretched out, and the team dressed as hunters in thick leather clothes carefully groped their way forward, there was no doubt that this was a team of orcs, far behind them, and a man followed.
"Brother Sal, do you really leave him alone?"
"Well, Old Man Nior told us to take him." The orc male named Thrall spoke, his ears were short ears shaped like a bear, and his strong body was full of explosive power: "Although I don't know why the old man did this, but he probably can't help much, just don't let him lose it." He was telling the truth, Shen Yi's stature was not tall, and for orcs whose strength was purely measured by his size, his size was naturally classified as powerless.
It's just that, if you really want to compare it with strength, there may not be anyone in the team who can beat him, affected by the strength in his body, and after years of transformation, his strength may be close to the level of a monster.
Shen Yi himself didn't care much about these things, and at this time, he fell behind the hunting team, and kept recalling the words of the orc old man called Nior in his mind.
“…… Please save this village......"
This is really a tricky question, Shen Yi thought with a wry smile, if he let Pojun know that he was in such trouble because of Vivian, that stinky woman would definitely laugh at her belly, and then laugh loudly at herself for beast ear control, that damn cosplay maniac.
But what should be done? Thinking so, he hung absentmindedly at the back of the group, but suddenly the sound of commotion came from the front of the group.
"What's that?"
Thrall pointed to the white shadow moving in the woods in front of him, and as he reminded them, the others also looked in the direction he was pointing, and as the white shadow got closer and closer, everyone slowly saw what it was, and their faces turned pale for a moment.
That's a pack of snow wolves! Hundreds of snow wolves ran wild in the snow, as if a white wave was sweeping in their direction.
"Spread out, everyone spread out, run separately, all run separately!" Thrall roared anxiously, and turned to flee in the direction he had come, it was the first time he had seen such an exaggerated herd, if it was just one or two snow wolves, they could still handle it, but if it were replaced by such a desperate number in front of them, they would definitely be gnawed to the bone.
The neat team dispersed in an instant, but their reaction was slow after all, from discovering the abnormality to confirming the snow wolf pack, they had lost a lot of precious time, damn it, where did so many snow wolves come from, Sal cursed fiercely in his heart.
And when he crossed Shen Yi, Sal stretched out his hand and wanted to pull him, but the latter dodged and stood motionless, he couldn't help but remind loudly: "Don't you want to die?" Don't run yet. ”
"Run? Why run? ”
"Didn't you hear me? That's a pack of snow wolves! Snow wolf pack! ”
"Well, aren't we here to hunt? You see, isn't that a great prey? ”
"What? You say you take snow wolves as prey, are you crazy......"
"Crazy, it seems that people used to say that about me."
With that, he twisted his neck, moved his body, and looked at the approaching herd with a relaxed smile, which seemed to Sal as if he did not have any intention of flinching, but was eager to try, and then in his round gaze, the human rushed towards the snow wolves.
“!”
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The desolate snow, the scattered footprints seemed to be arranged in an orderly manner, and the branches covered with snowflakes finally could not bear it, and broke with a click, and with a pop, fell to the ground, and some of the snow fell on his head.
The long hunter's boots seemed to be rooted in the earth, motionless, and looking at the scene before him, Thrall didn't know how to express it, it was a sight colder than snow that brought the chill to his mind.
I don't know how long it took, the other people who had fled came back one after another, and when they witnessed the scene in front of them, they were unconsciously silent, and silence became the main tone, and all that could be heard was the whirring wind, which matched the white earth, which seemed particularly solemn.
When he saw Shen Yi walking towards him, Sal couldn't help but take a step back, and then he clenched his trembling fists.
"I took these two snow wolves, and you can divide the rest......" Shen Yi carried the hideous wolf head, stood in front of Sal and pointed to the prey in his hand, and then added: "...... By the way, you'd better go back to the village and gather more people, there should be no grain reserves in the village. ”
“…… Well, I'm ...... I know. ”
He replied in a hoarse voice, and then began to assemble the procession, he did not know what mood he was in on the way home, and unlike when he came, the team fell into a different atmosphere.
The humans who had been hanging behind the line walked at the forefront, and those who were behind him, including Thrall himself, unconsciously kept their distance from him, and no one was willing to speak, and the love called awe lingered in everyone's hearts, and then he seemed to remember that Vivien seemed to have been bitten by a snow wolf a few days ago, not for this reason......
The team that returned to the village was finally welcomed with great enthusiasm, and everyone had a harvest on their hands, and it was not easy for all snow wolves to catch their prey in an icy and snowy environment, let alone the most cunning snow wolves in winter.
"Al, go to the village and call more people, and we'll go back and move the rest of the land back." Sal said in a calm voice.
After hearing this, her wife happily answered next to her: "And? How much is left, or I'll go alone. ”
"One person shouldn't be enough." Sal shook his head with a wry smile, thought for a moment, and added to Al, who was about to leave: "It's okay to call a woman, and the child doesn't go." ”
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Drawing their gaze back to the spot where Thrall's team met the snow wolves, blood staining the entire snowfield, and on that crimson land, it was......
Mountains of snow wolf corpses!
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