Chapter 17: The Wolf King Dies
Grandpa's medicine is like grandpa's strength, hidden too deeply, if I hadn't come into contact with my grandfather's world, I wouldn't have been able to imagine that there is such a panacea in this world, which can make such a serious wound intact overnight, which strengthens my belief that I want to follow my grandfather's practice, I was just an ordinary person before, and what my grandfather gave me was only something that ordinary people could touch, but now it's different, what I can touch is almost mysterious, in this unknown world, how far can I go, how high I can climb, the emergence of these thoughts, It fully stimulated my fighting spirit, and all the previous unhappiness was instantly forgotten...
The second daughter didn't show any abnormality, she still talked and laughed, maybe I thought too much, and slowly I realized that I thought about women too simply...
After breakfast, pack up, clean up the garbage in the camp, and we will continue on the road, after all, the task of this trip is to help Ruxuan find the bones, although I still don't understand the mystery, but I still understand the sentence of entering the ground for peace...
The wolf king did not leave us because of the recovery from the injury, but escorted us all the way, the road ahead has been the wolf king's men to explore the road, the three of us walked very smoothly, plus the soul fixing instrument to determine the direction, the speed of travel is naturally much faster, but after all, it is a primeval forest, although I know the direction, but there is no road in many places on the way, you need to detour, either a river, or a cliff, stop at noon and eat something, we will continue on the road, on the way I also slowly told the second daughter about Ruxuan, Why the wolves can understand me is also the credit of Ruxuan, the second daughter did not show too much surprise after learning about it, and what I read on their faces was more regret for what happened to Ruxuan.
Ruxuan's memory of the past is also vague, maybe because it is her soul that follows me at the moment, because the seven spirits are incomplete, so it is completely like the two of me in my dream, always very calm, cold look...
Not long after moving forward, I encountered a cliff again, the wolf king and a few female wolves with wolf cubs in the wolf pack stayed with us, and the other wolves were sent out by the wolf king to explore the way, we also rested in place, adjusted our physical strength, I looked at my watch, it is now more than two o'clock at noon, according to Ruxuan's memory, according to our current speed should be able to reach the destination before lunch, after all, we have wolves in front of the path, relying on the wolves for a long time, I naturally relaxed my vigilance, did not climb high and look far, but meditated on the spot, Follow the method that my grandfather taught me before to recover my strength, and this trick really works.
While he was meditating, the wolf king suddenly became agitated, and immediately, the remaining she-wolves were also in a commotion, all of them standing upright and roaring in the direction of the woods.
"It's not good, there are other beasts..."Ruxuan's voice finally had a hint of emotional fluctuation
"Aren't you allowed to talk to animals? Find a way to convince it..."Ruxuan's mood swings affected me, and I knew it wasn't that simple, so I asked tentatively
"The wolf king is injured and just needs your help, and you have indeed healed its legs, the beast is not a human, how can it be so easy to talk about the truth" Ruxuan said so much to me for the first time
During the spiritual conversation between me and Ruxuan, the coming object also revealed its true face, it was a bear, a big bear more than a person tall when he stood up, and roared at us...
"Ruxuan, quick, communicate with it..."I was also a little anxious
"I couldn't communicate, and the wolf king told me that they had a deep holiday before, and the wolves attacked the cub who strayed into the territory, and the bear had been looking for a chance to retaliate, but due to the advantage of the wolves in numbers, it never had a chance," Ruxuan explained
Oh no, if it weren't for the wolf king sending his men out to explore the way, if it weren't for the smell left everywhere to help us, this old bear would not have been able to follow the smell to find us, and now it is rare to meet the lonely wolf king, this old bear is afraid that he will have to fight with the wolf king...
The most infuriating thing is that I have no more convenient weapons except for the knife in my hand, and the second daughter is by my side, I have no power to go up and fight with the bear in front of me, after all, I am still just an ordinary person with some martial arts... It's not a master who kills zombies like grandpa...
Just hesitated the bear has taken the lead in rushing towards us, the wolf king looked back and howled and rushed forward without hesitation, followed by the three she-wolves left, six wolf cubs retreated to my feet in the wolf king's howl, it turned out that the wolf king's howl, is for me to protect its children, this time I can't pull forward, let alone face the bear, and I'm just a person...
Just a moment, the two sides have been fighting together, the bear in the battle is not as bulky as its size looks at all, I seem to be able to hear its bear paw slapping the wind brought by the wolf king, the wolf king is not weak, on the spot a flash, it avoided the bear paw, the power of the bear can be imagined, if this palm is real, the wolf king is afraid that he will not die or be disabled, the she-wolf behind the wolf king is also very tacitly cooperative, the moment the bear attacks the wolf king, a bite on the bear's supporting leg, the other two she-wolves detour behind the bear to attack the bear's hind legs, The bear was also in a hurry, directly ignoring the wolf king who avoided the attack, and slapped it towards the she-wolf who bit its front legs, and the she-wolf was shot far away in an instant, and she wailed twice and never got up again, the wolf king was enraged, and bit the bear's neck regardless of it, the bear's two hind legs were bitten by the other two she-wolves, and she couldn't move her feet, and she also came up with a way of playing, and bit the neck of the wolf king, saying that the two beasts must die when they fight, but look at the bear's posture, it is completely to die together, I can no longer sit idly by...
"Look after the little wolf cub..."I explained to the second daughter, and without waiting for the two to react, I drew my dagger and rushed towards the wolf bear
Although angry, but I have experienced formal training I have not lost my mind, I know that I only have one chance, if I can't succeed, we all have to explain here, I went around behind the bear, saw the opportunity to fly up, a knife into the neck of the bear, I dare not slack, one hand firmly grasped the bear skin, one hand held the knife one after another to the bear's vital parts stab, let the bear blood call me in the face, I just care about pulling out the knife, stabbing in, pulling the knife, stabbing in... Until the bear under him doesn't move anymore...
When I rolled over and landed, wiped away the blood foam in front of me, the wolf king had already fallen in a pool of blood, I know, if it wasn't for the wolf king biting the bear's neck, the bear also biting the wolf king with the same way of playing, I wouldn't have had a chance to do it on my chest and back, if the wolf king let go a few seconds earlier, it must be me who is now in a pool of blood... The wolf king has traded his life for mine... Including all the creatures present...
I leaned down and hugged the dying wolf king, I cried, although I didn't cry, but at the moment my heart hurt like a knife, life and death depend on each other, fight with life, this is my brother...
"Quick, first aid kit...", I yelled at the second daughter, who was already stunned
The second daughter in a trance was pulled back to reality by my roar, and stumbled to run with a medical kit...
"Stop, stop..."I desperately smeared grandpa's wound on the wolf king's wound, my self-talk did not bless the wound medicine, the blood still couldn't stop flowing, oozing out of my fingers, along the wolf king's gray-black fur, drop by drop fell to the ground...
"It can't be saved, it's not good, let it go quietly, it says it's worth dying" Ruxuan's voice sounded in my heart, this time the voice was no longer flat, but had a hint of comfort, more like a sedative, let me slowly return to calm...
"Whew...... "The wolves that rushed back after hearing ......the news have gathered around us at this moment, and several shrill howls are like farewell war songs...
The howling fell, the wolf king closed his eyes calmly in my arms, the wolves' wheezing became more intense, I don't know which wolf raised his head, and after a while, the whole wolf pack pounced on the bear's corpse, so desperately tearing and gnawing, the bear in front of me no longer seemed to be a bear, and what they swallowed did not seem to be flesh and blood, but a mouthful of anger...
I didn't make any more sounds, I just hugged the wolf king, watched quietly, the sorrow in my heart also passed little by little with the slow reduction of the bear corpse, I don't know how long it took, the blood foam on my face has dried up, and the previous bear corpse is only a pile of white bones, and the wolves that gnawed on the bear corpse also supported their bellies one by one, and the heavy wheezing sound gradually calmed down, and even a few little wolf cubs gnawed on their faces full of blood...
I slowly picked up the body of the wolf king, the second daughter was busy stepping forward to help, I shook my head and let go of the second daughter's hand, step by step towards the bottom of the mountain, the second daughter was no longer reluctant, and followed me with interest, the wolves also followed us tacitly, no howl, no noise, a group of wolves, a group of people, just walked quietly, I remember that there is a place at the bottom of the mountain where birds and flowers are fragrant, there is a pool of clear water, I want to bury my brother's body in that beautiful place...
The wolf king is very heavy, the mountain road is very steep, and the arm has gradually become numb, but I didn't stop, I didn't let go, I just hugged the wolf king in my arms tighter, I can feel its body temperature passing a little bit, the corpse is slowly becoming cold, I just want to use my temperature again, warm it this last journey...
As time progressed, my steps became more and more difficult, and I persuaded my second daughter to help me several times, and just gritted my teeth and walked, just when I was about to be exhausted, the last place I found for the wolf king finally arrived...
I found a piece of flat land, gently put the wolf king down, shook my paralyzed hands, didn't care about cleaning up the blood stains on my body, took out the dagger and found a stone slab, sat down with my back against a big tree, I want to carve a tablet for the wolf king, my good brother.
The wolves gathered around the wolf king, and the little wolf cubs murmured beside the wolf king, whimpering quietly, they understood that this was the final farewell.
The second daughter didn't come to disturb me sensibly, but quietly took out her bags and began to set up camp...
"In the wolves, its name is Chasing the Wind..."Just as I was hesitating about something, Ruxuan's voice sounded in my heart at the right time, and I suddenly felt that my mind reading skills were very good...