Chapter 4: The Distance to Death (I)
When the moon is in the sky, especially at night after the rain, it looks extraordinarily round and extraordinarily bright.
Higg had no intention of admiring the moonlight, for such a night was so terrible that he could already feel danger lurking around him. All the way to the south is the Kuba Fortress, through the fortress you can reach Erathia, but the night fortress is closed, it is impossible to pass from there, Andrew did not say how to go, but since it is a night departure, and does not pass through the fortress, it means that the fortress is also very dangerous. Years of hunting experience had taught him that the only route was the Leiden River, and that he could only pass through the fortress by swimming along the river, and although there were river guards, Higg was confident that he would sneak across without the guards.
Suddenly, there was a commotion, hooves rang out in the town, and a fire came from the direction of the mosque.
"Enemy Attack ......"
"Werewolf ......"
"Ah......h
Higg was still thinking about how to get to the river, but found that the originally peaceful town had become chaotic, and the cries for help, shouts of killing, guard posts, and the sound of knife and axe handover suddenly sounded at the same time, and he was already in a crazy town.
Fleeing quickly, leaving the Grand Canyon without the unknown enemy discovering him, Higg thought with all his heart, and Higg quickly ran towards the riverbank.
As the sound of killing gradually rose, the flames appeared, where is the autumn wind, it is simply a massacre. I didn't have time to think about it, and I quickly reached the north bank of the Leiden River not far away without encountering the enemy, and was about to cross the river, but found that several werewolves had followed.
Werewolves are a species of the Mizusawa tribe, and when the moon is full, they take on a humanoid form and are extremely brutal and bloodthirsty.
Three werewolves, also approaching the shore. Higg was embarrassed, the only way to reach Erathia was the Leiden River, and he had to swim a distance of several kilometers to completely pass through the canyon and enter the territory of Aracea, and now, several werewolves had discovered him, Higg was not sure that he could compete in the water with werewolves who were born in swampy wetlands in the river, and now he could only start swimming by quickly killing these werewolves.
I didn't have time to be frightened, I didn't think much about it, while the werewolf was still moving closer to this side, Hig took out a dagger, rushed to the werewolf in reverse, and applied an acceleration magic to himself by the way, plus the auxiliary speed of the Divine Walking Boots, quickly erased the neck of the first werewolf who didn't have time to react, and then turned around and found that another werewolf had pounced on him, Hig found that he had no time to dodge, so he had to dodge the vital part of the head, hit the werewolf with his body, and both fell to the ground, and Higg, who was wearing a magical battle armor, had a slight advantage, Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to fight with a strong werewolf.
Higg quickly got up and pounced on the werewolf again, he had to take out all three opponents before the werewolf could warn.
The werewolf who fell to the ground also tried to get up and dodge, but was thrust into the heart with a dagger by Higg, and twisted the dagger so hard that the werewolf struggled without even wailing, leaving only a shallow blood mark of the wolf's claw on Higg's sitting leg.
The third werewolf, a little farther away, had approached and found that the two companions had fallen to the ground. In the face of a difficult opponent, the werewolf is not a low-IQ species that blindly fights hard, and when he found that Higg had already got up and pounced on him, he knew that he was not an opponent, so he quickly retreated, "woo woo......" The werewolf raised his head to the sky and let out a wolf howl.
Higg was taken aback, overestimating his own abilities, underestimating his opponent, and at the last moment when he completely killed all of them, he was sent a signal by his opponent to call for help. The dagger plunged into the body of the third werewolf from behind, and it took three consecutive thrusts to completely kill the opponent.
found that a few more werewolves rushed from a distance, and they already had the breath of werewolf blood on their bodies, and they could cover up when they entered the Leiden River, but entering the water and fighting with werewolves was equivalent to looking for death, and staying in the canyon could only be consumed by a large group of werewolves. Although he has killed three of them, he will make a steady profit and not lose money, but now is not the time to do business calculations, no matter how much he earns, losing his life is also a loss-making business.
What to do? To the south is the fortress of Kuba and the Leiden River, which is no longer passable, to the north and northwest are the fortresses of the barbarian country and the fortress of the water ze, this road is also not passable, and to the west is the Andes Mountains, close to the werewolf territory, which will only gather more werewolves to hunt down themselves. Looking east at Cape Peak? Trekking along the Gran Mountains, you may be able to find a way out, but there are many large beasts deep in the mountains...... Before he could think about it, five or six more werewolves were already approaching, and Higg didn't want to waste too much energy on the lives of these cheap werewolves that couldn't be killed, and the town was full of fires, and it was estimated that there were at least thousands of werewolves.
Old man, you are really a god, and finally send me a few words, it turns out that you already knew that I was destined to flee tonight.
After planning the route, Higg decisively threw away the baggage he had prepared for the night, and threw his dry food, clothing, and gold coins into the Leiden River with the package to pay tribute to the corpses that were still lying quietly at the bottom of the river.
Chase after the werewolves to the edge of the town to the east, two or three thousand meters away from the mountain pass, and on the way there is a village, this section of Luhig is too familiar, this is the necessary passage into the mountains to hunt. The werewolves can't catch up with him in a short time, but endurance is not Higg's strong point, and he will definitely be caught up on this road, and as more and more werewolves are pursued, it will definitely bring destruction to the village that has just been warned but is not ready.
I can't care so much, in the face of life, kindness to others is cruelty to myself, maybe the villagers can still resist the werewolves a little, and give themselves a chance to breathe.
When I arrived at the entrance of the village, I saw that the villagers had built simple fortifications, and the young people in the village had picked up knives, axes, bows and arrows to enter the fortifications to buy time for the evacuation of other villagers. Coming here is to beg for a life with your head, who would let their daughter-in-law and children come here to take risks? It seems that the left-behind elderly and children are everywhere.
The rapid response of the villagers was not too unexpected by Higg, and in this kind of place, there is not even this awareness, let alone survival.
The villagers did not attack Sigg, but surrounded him, and an old man said, "O abominable demon, you have brought the terrible werewolf to the village!" ”
"The werewolf's target seems to be him, hand him over to the werewolf, we don't need to be the enemy of the werewolf."
"Yes, give him to the werewolves!"
"It is inevitable that the werewolf village will fall, I think it is better to kill him to relieve the hatred in my heart!"
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The villagers shouted.
Higg gasped, he often passed by this village when he was hunting, and he still knew something about this village. Ignoring the other villagers, he said to the old man: "I know that you are the head of this village, since you know that the goal of the werewolves is me, then only I can take the werewolves away, even if the werewolves retaliate, I should be able to let you evacuate in a circle to buy a little time." ”
The old man was skeptical: "How can we believe your words?" ”
After a while, the werewolves also arrived at the entrance of the village, and several werewolves looked particularly tall and should be the leaders of the werewolves. The werewolves did not immediately attack the village, but formed an organized formation, and several small groups of werewolves bypassed the entrance of the village and surrounded the back of the village, but it would take a large circle and risk to reach the entrance of the village behind. In addition to the two entrances to the village, the village is surrounded by cacti, and the cactus is full of all kinds of traps. The werewolves did not rush to attack, it is estimated that they know the village too well, and the villages in the entire Grand Canyon are all of this structure.
Higg laughed, "Have you ever seen a man who would be chased by hundreds of werewolves desperately?" It shows that my life is worth money, they only care about me, and they don't have time to pay attention to you. If I were to be handed over to the werewolves, the werewolves would lose my goal, and what would await the village would be, wise village elder, you wouldn't be unclear. ”
The village chief stopped the noise of the villagers and said, "If I don't hand you over, the village will end the same!" ”
"I'll take them away from the village, but I need to take a break, about ten minutes, when the werewolves should be in formation and about to attack," said Sigg slyly. At that time, I should have the physical strength to take them around again, in fact, this is how the town was taken away by me, and they are also organizing counterattacks and evacuations. After ten minutes you give up your position and defense, I will lead them to the mountain pass, and when I take them away, you will also evacuate quickly, and I will not delay them for long. ”
The village chief and the villagers were silent, no one wanted to be an enemy of the werewolves who would attack in array, this was an ordinary werewolf, it was simply a werewolf army.
"Bring me some water." Higg simply bandaged his slashed left leg, and seeing that the villagers were being fooled, Higg commanded unceremoniously.
In fact, there is no choice for the villagers, in fact, it is easier for them to choose to believe in Sieg than to fight the werewolves.
Ten minutes is the fastest time for the werewolf organization to line up. And a small force of werewolves will also appear at the entrance of the back village after more than ten minutes, at which time Hig will start to flee to avoid being surrounded in the village.
Ten minutes had passed since the simple hourglass was set, and Higg took a few sips of water with his mouth, although the hot summer made his body severely dehydrated and his mouth was very thirsty, but experience told him that moistening his throat was the best policy, and if he poured too much water into his stomach to absorb it, he would become a burden or even die if he ran away.
The upper part of the hourglass is gradually emptying, and the werewolves from outside the village have broken into four squares, each led by a big werewolf leader, and a fifth team is being formed. This size should be a hundred werewolves per square.
Higg, who had recovered a little bit of strength, said to the village chief: "It's time, you should ask the villagers to withdraw the defense of the village entrance position, and signal to the werewolves that the target has fled and the village is not defended. If a small group of werewolves invade the village after being pursued, then it should not be a problem for you to fight at home and fight in the streets. ”
Higg felt that he was a genius, and the villagers even worshipped him as a demon.
Higg ignored the village chief's arrangement, the reason why he didn't tell the village chief in advance to let him arrange for the villagers to hide in the house in advance was because after he started to escape, the village chief began to arrange to notify the werewolf target to escape, there was a time difference, and this time difference would allow Higg and the werewolf to open a death distance.
Maybe Higg was too worried, and the village chief didn't know his plan, but if the village chief was smart enough, he would definitely give him a time difference, otherwise, Sig would be caught up and the whole village would suffer. This brief tacit understanding was maintained in a tense atmosphere.