Chapter 23: Exploration Mission (2)
By the time Ethan had finished dealing with the three wild dogs and lost his mind for a moment, the injured wolf had already run a hundred meters away.
It's just that the speed is too slow, and it's impossible to escape.
What's the point? Is it just instinctive fear? Ethan thought to himself.
shook the long sword in his hand and quickly chased after him. Athera on the side also followed leisurely.
The wolf's fleeing figure was full of flaws in Ethan's eyes, and he stabbed forward with his sword.
The long sword sank a few inches into its body, and the wolf instinctively jumped to the side of the body, turned around and bared his teeth and threatened Ethan.
The sword stabbed it in the hind leg, and there was no chance of escape.
"Swift spreads its wings!" The moment the wolf turned around, Ethan skillfully used his skills and slashed at the wolf's neck.
Bright red blood gushed from the slashed part of the "poof".
The wolf took two steps back, letting out a painful wail.
"Isango, a few faint signs of life activity have been found nearby." Jeff said.
Due to the terrain, these signs of life were only captured after Ethan had approached. On the screen, only ten meters away, several small red dots were crowded together.
"It's a wolf's den, those are supposed to be the cubs of the she-wolf." In the channel, someone said.
Ethan turned his head to look at the direction marked by the red dot, and the badly injured and dying wolf dragged his badly injured body in front of Ethan, his throat was cut, and it whispered silently, as if begging for mercy.
Ethan looked down at the blood-stained sword in his hand, the gore on it could no longer be cleaned. Swords, from the moment they were forged, were destined to kill.
Ethan walked over to the miserable pleading wolf and prepared to take its life.
The roles are reversed, if it was him who fell to the ground today, could the monsters have let him go?
Seeing Ethan walk over, Ashera nodded, somewhat relieved.
Just as Ethan's sword was about to touch the wolf, the wolf who was lying on the ground and was dying seemed to return to the light, and retreated behind with all his strength, dodging Ethan's sword.
Ethan was a little surprised, but kept his hands on it and continued to attack the wolf.
Jumping and jumping, the wild wolf that was still dying in the last second gradually came to life, the bleeding wound on the neck was slowly healing, and the wounds on the hind legs, body, and everywhere were healing. At the same time, the wolf's body was expanding, and the words in front of Ethan's eyes were constantly changing, and the number kept rising from 7 to 16.
[Small Mutant Wolf] Lv.16
At such an unusual appearance, Ethan took two steps back, and his heart couldn't help but be vigilant.
Athera, who was watching from the sidelines, was also running quickly from not far away.
Mutant beasts often have a variety of strange abilities that should not be underestimated.
"Mutation has occurred in this case...... Jeff was surprised at first, and then explained to the confused crowd: "It's the FEV virus, this virus will lurk in the body of organisms, and once the concentration in its body reaches a certain level, it will mutate and affect the host. In general, the virus is not transferred by the host's will, and mutates to make the host manic. ”
The huge mutant wolf in front of him did not become as manic as Jeff said, it obediently crawled on the ground, whining lowly.
"This ......" Jeff had never seen such a picture, and the crazy mutant beast would actually pose like this.
"What's going on?" Ashera was also confused.
However, Ethan saw the wolf prostrate on the ground, and Athera had also appeared behind him, and immediately launched an attack on the mutant wolf on the ground, aiming the tip of the sword at the vital point of the wolf's head and stabbing down.
"Woo......" The wolf's body trembled slightly, and it knew that even if it could kill the humans in front of it, the final outcome would only be to be killed by those humans with guns in the distance. It struggled to suppress its instincts, overcoming the rising anger and fear within it.
The tip of the sword pierced into the wolf's hard scalp inch by inch, and a few faint cries of young beasts in the distance made Ethan involuntarily stop the strength in his hand.
No way! I don't have the authority to let it go, it's not fair to those three lives.
If I let it go today, I will never go out into the wilderness again. The three wild dogs from before may also have raised their cubs, and they did everything they could to survive. Mercy has no meaning, and the weak are mercilessly killed.
Ethan persuaded himself in his heart. The image of myself hiding behind a wall a week ago, shivering under the flying rocks, resurfaced in front of me.
If you want to become stronger, you must first show the determination to become stronger, and you can't let senseless pity occupy my heart!
Ethan's eyes became fierce in an instant, as if all human emotions had been forgotten by him.
When Athera, who was on the side, saw Ethan's eyes under the mask, his heart leaked half a beat, and Ethan in front of him became extremely unfamiliar.
Pulling out the long sword that was half an inch deep, Ethan slammed it down with a hard stab in his hand.
There is no doubt that this sword will kill the wolf, if it can be stabbed.
The wolf leaped backwards, turned and ran towards the small cave, extremely fast.
In Ethan's daze, the wolf ran back with a piece of meat in his mouth.
The wolf walked up to Ethan, spat out the meat in his mouth, took a few steps back, and crawled on the ground.
"Heh......" Ethan chuckled and let out a long breath of cloudy air as if relieved.
Ethan leaned down and took the saliva-stained piece of meat in his hand.
"It traded me for a piece of meat, and I agreed. The convenience you want to kill it has nothing to do with me. Ethan smiled as he walked back and forth with a brisk pace.
Athera also let out a sigh of relief, Ethan's murderous appearance just now actually made her hands and feet a little weak.
In the channel, various voices are intertwined, expressing the shock in the hearts of the team members.
"Oh my God......"
"This ...... Is this really a beast? ”
"I've never seen anything like this."
“……”
This beast is too human!
"Captain! Do you really want to let it go? Christina's voice came, and not far away, the crowd trotted down the hillside, and they were caught up in the shocking scene before.
"Yes! I've heard that wolves are very vengeful creatures! Someone else said that it was a member of a group of people whose names Rithan could not name.
"I'll let it go." Ethan said.
As soon as he said this, everyone who knew Ethan was a person kept their mouths shut, and it was obvious that there was no point in continuing to discuss this topic.
As for others who have the idea of cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, they should also think about it themselves.
Ethan returned to the three dingo carcasses and picked up the dropped items and stored them in the backpack that the system warrior had brought with him. There are still a lot of things Ethan hasn't understood about this magical system, and he will have to study it again in the future.
After packing up their things, everyone set off again. No matter how curious the others were about this mutant wolf, they didn't dare to disobey their boss's orders, so they had to keep the matter in their hearts, preparing to return to the shelter at night and share it with their brothers and friends.
On the small hill, the mutant wolf looked at the Vault Exploration Team as it moved away, shrugged the tip of its nose, noted Ethan's scent, and turned away.