Part of the ground near the Endless Mountains is mostly made of earth, but the air has been very dry these days, and the ground has not been soft enough for the demon wolf to leave footprints - in fact, Brunei once thought that the demon wolf had no footprints because of his past experience, but Scully said that this kind of characteristic could not be recorded in the Atlas, and Brunei felt that what she said was also very reasonable.

However, footprints are not the only way to track them, the truth is that with no footprints at all, Brunei took Scarli for a full forty minutes under the instructions of the system.

Excrement, broken branches, black-brown blood stains on a certain tree, an incredible few bone fragments on the ground, a few imperceptible seven-colored hairs at the roots of the tree...... The things that ordinary Brunei don't pay attention to at all are pointed out by the system one by one, and some of them will also wonder if they are left by those monsters, but often it won't be long before he will see traces that clearly belong to the demon wolf on the road after that.

Scarly followed Brunei all the way, and from time to time she would follow Brune's eyes to see some of the clues pointed out by the system, and after walking for ten minutes, she looked at Brunei with a little more surprise; by twenty minutes, she was already quite impressed; now, she no longer looked at Brunei, but just walked silently behind him.

[You follow the possible direction indicated by the wolf's shedding hair, and strengthen your confidence a little as you pass the broken branch on the ground, and finally you pass through this dry forest and come to a wide and gentle hillside, where the sun's rays are unhindered and you feel a trace of warmth. 】

"......" Brunei didn't feel any warmth at all, on the contrary, he felt a little chill behind his back.

The sun did shine on him, but to be honest, the winter sun was far less potent than the summer one, and it was not enough to hide the chill that the sight brought him. The bones of Bai Sensen are piled up on the slopes of the mountain, and they are not dense, but they can be found everywhere. Brunei remembered a dream long ago, when he laughed at the cowardice of "him" in the dream when he saw the bones, but now he realized the fear of the white bones in front of him—far stronger than he imagined.

Especially, when these bones are bitten and mainly fragmented.

"Ahh Scarly's voice rang out behind Brunei's back, and for the first time she could hear the delicate feeling of a girl her age, followed by the sound of dead branches and leaves being crushed.

Brunei looked back and saw Scarly with her right hand covered and her left hand stretched forward, her eyes wide open, and she was sitting on the ground, whimpering and unable to make a sound other than the low scream she had just heard.

“...... Such a big reaction?" Brunei hesitated for a moment, "System, psychology. ”

[Psychological test: 82>60, failed.] You've never seen her look so scared, and in fact your understanding of her is shallow and one-sided. According to common sense, it is possible for children of this age to be afraid of bones, and it is even more normal for girls who may see very little. You know exactly she's scared, but you can't tell if there's a particular reason for that. 】

Brunei walked quickly to Scarly's side, bent down slightly, and stretched out his right hand: "Miss, are you okay?"

"Oh, I-I'm fine. Scully had just come back to her senses, still in a state of shock, took Brunei's hand, stood up with his support, and only reacted after a while, "No, I'm not scared at all, right?"

Brunei looked at her still overly white face thoughtfully, listened to the voice that was still a little trembling despite recovering a certain amount of vitality, and nodded seriously: "Yes, eldest miss." ”

"Hmph. Scarly blushed and looked to the side, shook off Brunei's support, and continued to say in a slightly trembling voice, "What is this—what is this place?"

Brunei shook his head: "I don't know very well. But we've followed the wolf's trail all the way here, and it looks like a place where the wolf stacks up food — or dumps garbage. ”

"Demon wolves, don't eat carrion, do you?" Scarly thought as she got back to normal, "but what's the point of saying they're going to gather the remaining bone fragments in one place?"

[Listening test: 25=25, successful.] You can clearly hear the two of you breathing, but now, it seems that there are only the two of you making sounds nearby. 】

[It was actually a successful pressing, and today's luck is extraordinarily good. It was as if there had been no wind here all winter, and it wasn't much difficult to track without even footprints. The dice goddess is watching over you, huh?"

Ignoring the system's senseless teasing, Brunei breathed a sigh of relief, and only then did he have the heart to answer Scully's words: "I don't know." There is no mention of this habit in the book, which is very strange. ”

Scarly glanced at Brunei, "What are you talking about? The Bestiary doesn't contain all the characteristics of living things. Especially the creatures in the Endless Mountains, we don't know much about them in the first place, and it's normal for us to miss them occasionally. ”

"Huh?" said Brunei, a little confused, "is that so?"

"Hmm. Scarly nodded, and suddenly laughed, and then glanced at Brunei's impression that she seemed to be smiling a little—smug?" Not to mention that, are there demon wolves active near us?"

Brunei shook his head: "As far as I just observed, no. ”

"But this must be the place where the wolves have gathered—as long as you've followed the trail correctly. Scarly rested her right elbow on her left hand and stroked her smooth chin gently, "Then maybe they'll come back to this place." Or can we continue to track down a demon wolf in the same way you just did? Can you still do that?"

[Follow-up verification: 31<60, successful.] Although there are messy marks everywhere, these can't stop your view, and there are more than one trail left by the demon wolf that has become familiar just now. 】

Brunei nodded affirmatively: "Miss, I can do it." ”

"Hmm. Scully thought carefully, "If this is the gathering place of the demon wolf pack, then waiting here may put us in danger, and the demon wolf's habit of hunting during the day may also cause them to not be able to wait for them to come back before sunset, so if the assessment fails, there is no point in killing the demon wolf." ”

"You're right. Brunei agreed from the bottom of his heart, "So, you mean, we're going to keep tracking?"

Scarly shook her head: "In order to conserve our strength to cope with the subsequent battle, we are originally moving at the speed of walking, and your tracking has to keep confirming the traces, if you just follow behind, it is actually difficult to have a chance to keep up." And the most embarrassing situation is that you don't have the ability to accurately judge the time of the trace's existence. If we follow the trail of a wolf, go around in a big circle, and end up back here, we're wasting our time. ”

"Uh- you're right. Scarly's analysis didn't seem to be wrong at all in Brunei's eyes, but he was a little dazed, hesitated for a moment, and finally chose not to express his opinion, "I'm sorry I don't have enough ability." ”

Scarly waved her hand, "Your role is only to be a guard, not a hunter, which is not what you should be capable of - not to mention that I don't really want you to be a guard...... You have nothing to be sorry about. ”

“...... "Bruneith was stunned for a moment, "System, what is that little she just whispered?

"What's more, I don't really want you to be a guard." What's that? Completely expected, right?]

"Hmm......," the system said, thinking back to the state of Scully when he first said it, to the cause and effect that William explained later, Brunei realized that his job did not seem to be really a guard," ...... Suddenly I don't have any motivation anymore—"

"Woo!" a short wolf howl sounded not far away, as if it were the mournful cry of injury.

"What's that sound?" Scully looked in disbelief in the direction where the sound was coming from.

Brunei's whole body tensed, now is not the time to be motivated, if you slacken, you will die: "...... Miss, please be careful. This is probably the signal before the demon wolf attacks - or the sound of eating. ”

As he spoke, short wolf howls rang out one after another, "Woo!" "Woo!" ......

"We seem to be surrounded by ......"