Chapter 6: Wendigo (1)

The morning sun gradually rose, bringing in light through the layers of leaves, and a little bit of light appeared on the ground, dispelling most of the coldness in the forest.

Banger took Colanti to the river, looked up and down, and could see that there were many early beasts drinking water by the river, and these beasts were drinking water by the river, wary of each other, but it was still very harmonious in comparison.

Filling the water with a small wooden tube that he carried with him, Bengil felt a little dazed, although the children of the poor were in charge of the family at an early age, and the harsh environment of life made Bengil and Colanti very precocious, but they were still children after all.

They didn't think much about it, and the act of escaping into the forest was completely forced by the situation, and the problem they were thinking about from the beginning was how to get some material and escape into the forest, not what to do after escaping into the forest.

Maybe Cole, who has been in the forest a few times, has some plans, but now there is no point, now only he and his sister, originally planned to get their father's bow and arrows, maybe to shoot some prey, but also to support them to survive in the forest.

But now the two of them had only the thigh bone that they had previously unloaded from the ogre, and they were told to go hunting, or perhaps to deliver food.

You may be able to survive for a day or two with wild fruits, but then you have to have new food, and you have to face the dangers of various animals during this time, and life in the forest is extremely difficult, and you can lose your life if you are not careful.

"My sister and I just needed a safe place, a place where we could live. "Bangill thinks about his purpose, it's simple, but in this day and age, it's difficult.

"The village is definitely not going back, the two of us are young, not as good as those adults, if we go back, there is a chance that we will be caught and sold. Bengil wondered what the road would be going to be in the future: "Perhaps, we can try to walk through the forest and reach a new village?"

What happened on the other side of the forest, Bengil didn't know, and neither did the villagers who had lived here for generations, because crossing the forest was basically tantamount to looking for death, and a few people had tried before, but never returned.

"It's just that it doesn't work, it has to work. After seeing the skeleton of the ogre, Bengil knew that the forest was more dangerous than they had imagined, and even if they managed to adapt to life in the forest, they would only be able to stay in the forest for about a year at most, because after a year, the black fog would cover the forest again.

"Colanti, will my brother take you to the candy house? Determined to adapt to life in the forest, Bengil prepared to cross the forest to go to other safe places, then turned to his sister and said, "Find the candy house and we can live together without worry." ”

Crossing the forest seems too whimsical to think about, almost a road with no end in sight, maybe halfway through, maybe just waiting, they will die because of a beast, a snake, but this heavy future is still known to him, the idea of giving his sister a candy house is much better than a crossing the forest with no end in sight.

"Well, I'm going to eat a lot of good candy when the time comes. Colanti nodded, a sweet smile on his face, which made the thought of Bangil protecting his sister even more vigorous.

"Walking along the river is the safest, as long as you are careful of the dangers in the river, be careful, there should be no danger. That's what Benjill thought, but he soon realized he was wrong.

On the opposite side was a hungry tiger with some skin, looking at himself and his sister with fierce eyes, and the beast had a wound on its left forelimb, and the color of the wound had even turned black, and it was surrounded by flies and mosquitoes.

This is the reason why this tiger is so hungry, the injury of its forelimbs makes it impossible for it to run fast at all, and it is completely unable to catch up with those prey that run fast in order to survive, and it will not be long before it is either starved to death, or attacked by other creatures and becomes the prey of other creatures.

But today, perhaps on his lucky day, he met two of the most suitable prey, their delicate bodies were nothing more than a moving piece of food.

Looking at the approaching tiger, Banger protected his sister behind him, holding the thigh bone in both hands, which was his only weapon, he resisted the fear and resisted the urge to turn around and run away, although he had never hunted, but he also knew that when encountering wild beasts, turning around and running away was the most stupid act.

The tiger felt the breath on the thigh bone, and hesitated slightly, but there was really no way, if it didn't eat, it would die, and the instinct of hunger broke the awe of the powerful creature.

Just as Bengil was about to fight to the death, a bow and arrow pierced the tiger's body directly, and not far behind Bengil, there was a malicious laughter: "Look what we found, two runaway cubs." ”

When Banger turned around, he saw a group of people gradually approaching in the distance, it was the old village chief and his party, and Banger's father was among them, his face was full of cold anger, and he pointed his bow and arrow at them.

"You're my property, and you've learned to run away, haven't you? Banjil, you've let me down so much. The anger hit the hunter's nerves, and he felt the urge to let go of the arrow.

Bangil raised his thigh bone in his hand, his mind blank, only instinctive vigilance.

But then, his hand was pressed down by the old village chief, and he said to Bengill's father: "I bought these two little ghosts, and they may be used in some of the next path-finding activities." ”

"Well, Banjil. The old village chief turned to Bangil and said, "Now your life and your sister's lives are mine, and I heard that you ran away for your sister's sake." ”

"In that case, you should be careful when you go to explore the path, because if you die, your sister will go to explore the path in your place. The old village chief said gently, and the words stirred the heart of Benjil.

"Then, if you want to live, put down what you have in your hand, if you can help me and find what I want, then you and your sister may be able to survive and become my servants, after all, I am old and need two people to take care of me. "The old village chief drew a pie for Bengil and gave him hope that a servant, though of low status, was better than a slave.

And it seems that it will not work if they don't agree now, the danger of the forest is far more than they expected, and now they promise the old village chief that it may be possible to survive if he becomes a pathfinder.

Bangil, who gradually regained his thinking, dropped his thigh bone, approached the old village chief who came to take the thigh bone, looked at it carefully, and said, "You guys are really lucky. ”