Look at the beast again—Jossen finally had a chance to see it clearly, its entire body covered in black, dull rough fur, with only eyes glowing with a convergent white glow. The most peculiar thing was its size, its four legs were thin and long, but its claws were unusually large, sharp as knife blades that snapped into the ground in front of the bell tower. Its belly arched upwards to form an arched curve, and its whole body looked as if it was carefully resting on the ground, as if it did not dare to fall to the ground.

"Soul Eater Dog......" Qiao Sen's black eyes reflected the figure of a black demonic beast, and he turned out a dusty name from his long memory, "The Twelve Gods are above!" the old hunter prayed desperately.

He whispered to Ian, "We can't win, just run if we have the chance." ”

The skin on Ian's face stiffened and tightened due to nervousness, and he could only barely twist the corners of his mouth towards Qiao Sen and said with a wry smile: "Look around." ”

Only then did Qiao Sen see that the roofs, fences, stone platforms and other high and low places around him had been occupied by mushroom thieves at any time. A rough count shows that there are at least thirty or fifty. Now, they saw two humans confronting the Soul Eater, some babbling and screaming from far and near, while others made gnashing teeth and brandished small wooden spears as if they were enjoying a never-ending arena duel.

Ian originally wanted to go to the barn to help put out the fire, but found the trace of the mushroom thief halfway through. Although the mushroom thieves are also monsters, and Ian himself was so frightened that he fled back to the village, after all, in the official record, they only stole human property and did not kill people. Most of these elves took advantage of the fire in the village to walk in and steal things. Since the threat is not big, it is safer to go back and hide Granny Su Mu in the basement of the workshop first, and then come out to inform the night watchman.

Ian made up his mind, and was about to return to the workshop when he heard a scream in his ears. The cry must have come from near the bell tower not far away. He guessed that someone might have been injured or something to do with the mushroom thief. He gripped the sword hanging from his waist, and although he had not practiced swordsmanship, since the law of the Night's Watch was in effect, Ian had not left his sword when he went out.

But when Ian came to the clock tower, he saw an unnamed black beast that was about to be bitten to death by throwing a man to the ground, holding his teeth with a shovel. In desperation, Ian grabbed a handful of stones on the spot and threw them at the monster continuously.

Although Ian is not good at fighting, the best way to deal with the slum gangsters is to take things and throw them while running, and throw whatever he catches. The cabbage at the vegetable stall is heavy in weight, but it takes some time to sacrifice, the burr fruit in the fruit stall is hard and prickly, and the effect is excellent, but it will have to suffer a little bit of his own - there is no time to wear gloves during the chase, and if he passes by the alchemist apothecary's stall, the stall owner will be unlucky, and the bottles and cans are especially handy for Ian. Over time, Ian's throws were still very accurate.

However, the Soul Eater was facing him sideways, and without even turning his head, he jumped lightly, letting go of the rocks he threw with all his might, much to his surprise.

After the Soul Eater stepped away, two black eyes in the white light of his eyes looked at the young man who had just joined the battle, as if looking for the best time to take off and jump. Ian took the opportunity to take a sideways step, confusing the Soul Eater with the rhythm of his irregular footsteps so that it could not find a suitable opportunity. Slowly, he gradually approached Jossen.

The broken shovel in Qiao Sen's hand had been bitten by the Soul Eater Dog on the wooden handle. This is still when the monster is stuck in the bottom of the jaw, which shows the great bite force.

"Although I don't know swordsmanship, I'm better than a shovel...... Ian looked at Jossen's shovel, trying to remember all the sword fighting scenes he had seen, hoping to find techniques and moves that could be imitated.

The beast that Josson called the Soul Eater looked at Ian, and then at Josson, his black eyes gurgling in his white sockets, as if he couldn't decide who to attack first. During the stalemate, a mushroom thief picked up a rock from the ground diagonally behind Ian and threw it at him in the same way that Ian had just done. Ian's attention was on the Soul Eater, who heard a noise behind him but still couldn't react, and was hit in the shoulder. Although the strength is not great, it is still distracted by pain.

At that moment, the Soul Eater leapt up silently and rushed straight to Ian's position.

The white eyes left two white trails in the air, echoing its black figure, like a lightning bolt wrapped in black clouds, slashing straight at Ian.

Seeing that the monster was about to pounce in front of him, Ian wanted to raise his sword to parry, but there was a sound of "boom" in his ears from far and near, and an iron arrow broke through the air out of nowhere, intercepting the black lightning alive. Immediately after, without waiting for the Soul Eater to breathe, the "Soul Eater" continued to shoot at the Soul Eater's foothold, and the last arrow even predicted its location in advance. Rao is Soul Eater Dog reacts very sensitively and abnormally, and immediately jumps sideways the moment it lands, so that it can avoid this arrow.

Ian looked in the direction where the iron arrow was fired, and it turned out to be the village's Eternal Night Hunter, who was aiming for it with his bow and arrow on the roof not far away.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Jossen approached Ian's side and joined him to expand the scope of the security defense.

"Beware of these mushroom thieves," Josson whispered, "they ...... Something isn't quite right. Qiao Sen hesitated for a moment, and decided not to say the word bloodthirsty, so as not to scare the young man who was not even a hunter.

Ian nodded in agreement, but he didn't know what to expect, after all, he hadn't managed to defeat a single "normal" mushroom thief in the past.

There was a sharp whistle in the air, and it was Ba who blew his whistle. It was the whistle that the night watchmen used to sound the alarm and respond to their companions, and it would not be long before the other night watchmen gathered after hearing the response. Thinking of this, Ian felt a little relieved.

But strangely, there was no other whistle response. As soon as a whistle sounds, it means that a night watchman has heard the alarm and is approaching here. However, apart from the whirring of the wind, there was only the strange noise of the mushroom thieves, and there was no comforting whistle.

Ian's palms were already oozing with sweat, and he was getting more and more anxious as time went on. Have the other Night's Watch already met with accidents? No, these mushroom thieves alone should be bothering the Night's Watch...... Could it be that other monsters have bypassed the Night's Watch and entered the village?

"Elder, let's go to the village chief first, and organize the night watchman to come and deal with ......"

"The village chief is dead, the whole family is dead. Old Qiao Sen has regained his calm, from the murder of the village chief and the fire in the barn, to the current situation, he has guessed seven or eight points of the situation of the attack on the village, and most of the fatal lacerations on the village chief's body are also the masterpiece of this soul eater. And such an organized and methodical attack may have nothing to do with the twin elk tracks he found outside the village.

"I'm afraid the other Night's Watch won't have the strength left to help us. ”

Hearing the death of the village chief's family, Ian was stunned.

Old Josson's withered hands clenched the shovel tightly, his eyes fixed on the Soul Eater, and he whispered to Ian with a solemn expression, "Boy, be brave. This monster is called the Soul Eater, an active member of the Stygian Forest in the past, but I didn't expect to see it when I was old. This morning we also spotted the footprints of a rarer than it twin elk, just outside the south wall of the village. I just couldn't figure out why they had suddenly started moving again, and had run so far from their own borders—and these strange mushroom thieves......" he said abruptly.

I don't know if it was because they saw the Soul Eater Dog being forced back by Ba's bow and arrows, the mushroom thieves stopped shouting and raised their small wooden spears in their hands, pointing them at the sky above Jossen and Ian in unison.

"Run!" Jesson yelled, and ran backwards with Ian. Seeing that they were in critical condition, Ba exposed his back to the Soul Eater Dog, and hurriedly loosened his strings and released arrows to force the black beast. However, the Soul Eater had no intention of attacking.

Without any password, these mushroom thieves threw the wooden spears in their hands at the two humans in front of the bell tower at the same time.

Ian looked back at the sky, and the amber pupils reflected the wooden spears in the sky, getting closer and closer like a rainstorm about to fall. The area covered by the spear rain was too large, and the reaction time given to them was too short, and they had no shelter around them in the open space in front of the bell tower.

Suddenly, the rain in Ian's eyes was obscured by a figure. Jossen's hand pressed against Ian's shoulder, thrust him to the ground, and proudly propped up his rickety body.

"Puff puff...... Ian heard the sound of the wooden spear stabbing into the human body continuously, and his eyes widened to see Jossen open his body in front of him, and the old hunter protected the boy with his own flesh and blood. More short spears pierced into the ground around Ian, sending smoke and dust in the air.

"Elder...... Qiao Sen?" Ian looked at Qiao Sen in front of him and lost his mind for a moment, the old man's pale face was bloodless, I don't know if it was because of pain or blood loss.

"Huh...... Scold...... Boy, ...... Brave, you're Granny Sumu...... Only...... Relatives......" The elder's consciousness was blurred, covered with blood, and his breath was like a gossamer. Ian saw red blood oozing from the corners of his mouth.

"I ......" Ian wanted to say "I'm not", and wanted to confess his identity to the old man in front of him who was dying because of his protection, but before he could say a word, it was already too late.

Jossen's back was already like a hedgehog, full of tiny short spears. Bright red blood seeped through his clothes and slowly dripped onto the ground and Ian's body, staining the ground beneath Jossen's knees into red clay. He protected the boy under him, his arms stiffened on the ground, and he was breathless.

The smoke and dust stirred up by the spear rain have not yet dissipated. Ian emerged from underneath him, his eyes bloodshot. He laid Jossen's body on its side, then gently closed his lost eyes with his palms. He knew that the people here also believed in the twelve gods, and although he did not believe them, he silently recited: "May the god of the night accept you and return to eternal peace." ”