Chapter 61: The Intruder

The act of giving alms lasted for three days before it came to an end.

After all, the caravan did not come out specifically for charity, and after the stock of food to deal with accidents was exhausted, he refused to give out another bite of food.

Although there is no shortage of money, the adventure group has to stop giving alms every day.

"It's not bad, because we weren't allowed to pick up food a second time, so we actually helped more than 300 people in total. ”

Leo seemed pleased with the results of the three days.

Little Paul raised his hand high, looking a little puzzled.

"Say, little Paul, what's the problem. ”

"Why do you only serve everyone one meal?" asked little Paul, who had been confused by Leo's behavior for a long time in the past three days, but Leo had refused to answer for him.

"I knew you were going to ask this. Leo looked like he had expected it, and said, "We are not doing the work of a shelter, we are only playing the role of a supply depot, so that those displaced people who have fled far away will not starve to death halfway." If we let them eat with us all the time, firstly, because of our itinerary and food, we will not be able to be good people to the end, but will attract notoriety, and secondly, these people who rely here will squeeze out the share of food rations of the new displaced people. ”

Little Paul nodded, and then asked, "What about the homeless people who will come after today? ”

"It's not enough to drive them away, we go out every day to hunt some demonic beasts for them, as for how to divide and cook, that's their own business. ”

This is a solution, although meat is not a substitute for all foods, it is still the first choice for hunger. The problem is that Ente, Leo, and Isenas are the main combat forces, whether it is to take care of the emotions of the employer or to deal with emergencies, they must stay in the caravan every day, and Omoni's mobility is not high, so the task of hunting Warcraft...

"Of course it's you, aren't you also interested in helping the homeless, so let's do a little more. Leo took it for granted and handed over the troublesome job to little Paul.

Seeing little Paul leave the caravan depressed with his bow and arrows on his back, Leo came to the side of Isenus.

"Nana told me that there was a person yesterday who was not an outcast. Leo said in a low voice.

In his hand, Isenas took another book called "Analysis of Mechanics", and said as he flipped it: "You mean the coachman, this kind of thing will happen sooner or later." ”

"I know I can't hide it from you. Leo shook his head, sat down to the left of Isenas, and stole a glance at the book in Isenas's hand.

"What are you going to do?" Isennas didn't care about this, a fifteenth-level warrior, as soon as he stepped into the territory, he knew it, and even Isennas watched with interest as he took the opportunity to sneak into the camp and kill a taciturn groom, and replaced him.

"I plan to leave him alone, keep him, see his motives, and then if he has any accomplices or something, the enemy is clear and I am secret, there is no need to startle the snake. ”

"Where's little Paul?"

"I asked him to search for the monster, and by the way, he could explore the surrounding situation, but he himself didn't know his mission yet. ”

"Okay, pay more attention to the other homeless, since one has been mixed in, there will be others in the future. ”

While Leo and Esenas were lying comfortably in the carriage, little Paul was still crawling in the deep mountains and old forests.

The caravan was walking on the avenue, and the surrounding monsters and animals had long been driven to remote places by the crowds of people coming and going, and little Paul had to look farther away in search of prey.

"Leo, a scoundrel, obviously agrees with Nana's actions, but he sent me here just to be lazy, and he used his perspective perception to walk around here to know everything. ”

Indignantly, Paul plucked open a haystack and found a mass of dried dung.

Little Paul stepped forward and rubbed the feces away with his fingers.

(There's no plant fiber or seeds, but there's some hair in it, it's a carnivore, hmm...) This amount of bowel movement should be a guy of medium size or above. )

After following the team for so long, little Paul still has these basic field discrimination skills, although little Paul is a little reluctant to learn these knowledge.

(There is very little water, and it seems that this feeding should have been at least three days ago, and it should be its foraging time again these days.) )

Little Paul threw down the droppings, wiped his hands on the dead grass next to him, and searched everywhere again.

Far away from humans, it is a paradise for animals, and four or five kilometers away from the main road, the traces of animals have increased significantly, and it took half a day for little Paul to follow the urine trail and the hair rubbed off the branches, and luckily traced the home address of a spotted leopard.

The leopard is a nocturnal creature that snocterns in caves during the day and comes out to hunt for food at night, which is the best news for little Paul, which means that little Paul can sneak up on him with a deadly attack with his bow and arrow without being detected.

This is a common and feasible plan among hunters, but the purpose of the plan is to be disrupted.

Little Paul had just left the bushes and was about to touch into the cave lightly, when a pair of round brown eyes peeked out of the cave.

Little Paul held his bow and arrow awkwardly, and looked at the spotted leopard from a distance of about ten meters.

"Hey, man, would you believe me if I said it was all a misunderstanding. Little Paul shook the bow and arrow in his hand and quibbled.

The spotted leopard couldn't understand the words muttering in little Paul's mouth, but it knew the danger of a bow and arrow weapon, not to mention that this human was still shaking the weapon in his hand to provoke it, and flew away with a roar.

As the apex predator of the jungle, the spotted leopard's muscular thighs give it unrivaled speed, and it dodged a hurried arrow from little Paul in a few jumps in the trees.

Little Paul rolled on the ground with his bow and arrows, avoiding the spotted leopard's bite.

After a few rolls in a row, little Paul hid behind a tall tree, and glanced back at the trees that the spotted leopard had borrowed, the bark of the tree cracked where he stepped on, and a few scratches went deep into the tree.

"This speed has increased the strength, how can it be that it is at the level of a human level 10 warrior, is this a little more difficult for me. Little Paul complained weakly.

Fortunately, little Paul has made rapid progress these days, and before leaving, Omoni poured him a bottle of dragon blood nutrients, which not only raised his fighting spirit level to the ninth level, but also increased his physical strength slightly, although his combat skills are not very proficient, but with a bow and arrow, he is barely qualified to fight against this demonic beast.

The spotted leopard's mouth made a "purring" sound, moving around the big tree where little Paul was hiding, and the fierce wind of Little Paul's arrow just now made it have to be cautious and tentative.

After three or four laps around the tree, Paul Jr. finally found an opportunity first.

He took out two feathered arrows and put them on the bowstring at the same time.

The sound of the bowstring crunching was particularly harsh in the quiet woods, and the spotted leopard's fur stood on end, and immediately stopped, its muscles tensed, and waited cautiously for the blow.

The moment the crunching sound stopped, little Paul suddenly turned out from behind the tree, and the full bow and arrows were released directly at the spotted leopard, and the two feathered arrows flew out side by side.

The spotted leopard, known for its agility, quickly jumped to dodge the blow while stomping on a tree, trying to take advantage of the moment to fight back.

Little Paul stood there without fear, and as soon as the last arrow was shot, he took out a feathered arrow from his back again, but judging by his speed, he would definitely not be able to shoot this arrow before the spotted leopard pounced.

The spotted leopard also estimated little Paul's movements, squinted his eyes, and the limbs crouching on the branches exerted their strength again, and launched a condescending attack.

Just as the spotted leopard was halfway through the pounce, there was a soft "pop" sound from behind it, and a feathered arrow shot at its belly from the side and back.

The spotted leopard was shocked, but there was nothing to do in the air, so he shrank his body as best he could, and let the arrow shoot at the ribs.

This sudden arrow is another type of "electric lightning thunderbolt bending arrow" that Esenas taught little Paul, which is an archery technique that allows two feathered arrows to collide in the air, change the shooting trajectory and gain a certain acceleration.

The spotted leopard was hit by this blow and fell heavily from the air to the ground, and the double injury made it unable to get up for a while.

Little Paul took advantage of the victory to pursue, and shot an arrow after an arrow at the spotted leopard, which is a necessary "continuous arrow" skill for archers.

The spotted leopard was hit three times in a row by the head and neck, and the blood splattered everywhere, and he threw his head up sideways, let out a roar of unwillingness, and then fell to the ground.

In order to prevent fraud, little Paul tentatively shot another arrow, and seeing that the spotted leopard only twitched with the power of the arrow, he stepped forward to retrieve the arrow with confidence.

After checking the prey, little Paul estimated that the spotted leopard weighed one hundred and forty kilograms, which was one and a half times its normal size, and that such a big creature was enough to feed the homeless people at night.

Little Paul took a rope from his waist and tied the spotted leopard's limbs before leaving.

The process wasn't easy, but the results were pretty good. Little Paul was thinking about what else he could do when he got back to the team so early, but suddenly he remembered the cave.

(Anyway, it's okay to go back so early, why don't you go and see this cave, this spotted leopard doesn't sleep during the day, but is so alert, there must be some reason.) )

After staying with Esenas for a long time, little Paul also learned some habits of asking questions from Isenas.

With this in mind, little Paul carried the corpse of the spotted leopard back to the cave.

There is nothing in the cave, the spotted leopard is a creature that likes to be clean, and there are only a few common animal bones and some weeds in the cave.

But the traces outside the cave made little Paul secretly frightened.

The stone walls are littered with axe marks, knife marks, marks of explosions, and several visible footprints.

There is no sign of weathering in the rubble around the traces, which is a clear indication that it all happened only a few days ago.

Little Paul pulled out the short knife at his waist and slashed hard at the cave, leaving only a pale white scratch.

Compared with his own strength, little Paul immediately estimated that the person who left these traces was at least a powerful warrior of the fourteenth level.

Sure there was something anomalous here, Paul checked the cavern again.

As he searched inch by inch, little Paul became suspicious of the hair that had fallen from the cave.

Some of the glossy and lengthy hairs in the cave are different from the spotted leopard behind them, and the slight color differences suggest that there was once an older occupant in the cave.

(Is it cohabitation?, or is this young spotted leopard dove occupying the magpie's nest?)

Although the reason could not be analyzed in detail, little Paul saw that something must have happened that he did not know, and hurriedly found the convoy with his prey and explained the situation to Isennas.

After listening to little Paul's description, Isenas muttered for a while, and then called Leo again.

"There's no doubt that there's a gang of powerful guys around here, but I'm not inclined to be risk-takers. After listening to this, Leo expressed his opinion.

"Indeed, war is something that mercenaries like, and adventurers prefer peace. Isenus agreed with Leo and added, "According to the map, the road here is narrow, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is the only way to get to Gale Wind, plus the fifteenth-level warrior in the team, I think it is possible that the infiltrator sent by the Church of the God of the Sky." ”

"That's a big possibility. Leo paced back and forth, thinking that if there really was such an infiltrator hiding nearby, no matter who their target was, as long as they acted, with the small number of the adventure group, the caravan they escorted would probably be unlucky, and their mission would fail. Incidents to the fish in the pond are not uncommon in war.

It would be too humiliating if there was an accident on the first mission.

"I'd better go check it out. Esenas said with a shrug. "If it's really the infiltrators, I'll kill them all, neither you nor Ent's abilities are suitable for this kind of large-scale combat. ”

Leo thought for a moment and nodded in agreement with Isennas's plan.

"Be careful, be safe, and send us a signal if there is a sanctuary. ”