0013. Wolves
Hodge didn't know how long he had been running, lack of water, hunger, exhaustion, and the triple blow had already made his consciousness begin to drift.
Just remember if the sun had set and risen again – or twice?
His escape route was completely based on the world map, and it was impossible for him to get a partial map of the deep sand forest at that time, because the world map was too vast for lack of details, which made him suffer a lot, and when he walked out of the deep sand forest and was about to march towards the northern town far from the castle of Pana, he found that several mountains blocked his way, which was not specifically marked on the map, which directly made his plan invalid, and he could only gamble his luck and walk along the edge of the mountain range.
The northern border is too vast, but because of the cold weather, it is sparsely populated, and often there is not a single town or even a farm within a hundred miles.
His legs and feet had frozen to the point that he had lost his instincts, and he walked only on instinct.
It won't last long, and he knows his situation very well.
"Tsk!" he gripped the bark tightly with his hand, the bark of the trees in the forest was covered with tiny spikes, and the skin of his hand was punctured by the spikes, and soon blood was oozing blood, and the whole palm of his hand was stained red.
Hodge gritted his teeth and stood up again with his injured hand, the intense pain irritating his nerves, and the pain would prevent him from passing out until the wound had scabbed.
He was about to walk out of the forest when his eyes were half-open when he suddenly saw several clouds of smoke rising in the distance, which were very obvious against the gray sky.
Cooking smoke means inhabited!
Excited, he began to trot, but after a few steps he tripped over a low stump that he had not noticed on the road, and fell firmly to the ground, but fortunately the soil in the forest was relatively loose, and there were no sharp stones, except for the bruising of his arm.
He struggled to his feet, and was about to continue running towards the village not far away, when human instinct sent a chill down his back.
It's like a few eyes snooping on you!
He turned his head suddenly, and the facts in front of him made his hands and feet, which were not much warm, even colder.
Wolves, at least three or more adult gray wolves, emerge from the dense bushes, their eyes are red, their mouths open to reveal their sharp fangs, saliva running between the teeth and dripping into the loose soil.
The mere sight of his eyes made Hodge shudder, this beast was far more threatening to him than humans.
He looked at his palm, which was still dripping blood, and knew that it was the smell of blood that attracted the gray wolves.
"It's just this time!" Hodge's teeth were about to be bitten off, and he was almost in the village, and a group of gray wolves would suddenly appear!
Yes, torches can disperse wolves.
His mind was blank now, and he basically did whatever he wanted, quickly unwrapped the package on his back, spread it on the ground and looked at it randomly, not caring at all whether he had found the flint and steel when he searched the bodies of McCarthy's men.
But the three gray wolves were watching from a distance, Hodge didn't move, as soon as he saw Hodge's movements, the gray wolf immediately made an attacking posture, jumped up quickly, stared at Hodge's limbs, and bit up in an instant.
The pain of his muscles being torn made Hodge scream, and the feeling of separation was so painful that it directly destroyed his consciousness.
In the shaking vision, the blue words kept beating.
[Bite Damage: -3]
[Bite Damage: -5]
[Bleeding Effect: -3]
......
His total HP is 30, and when he was choked by the Orion's throat, it had decreased by 4 points to 26, and then he had been busy fleeing, although HP could be automatically restored, but because of his lack of supplies, the speed was slow, and it only returned to 28, and the palm of the piercing hand directly deducted 2 points to return to the original form, which was only 26 points of health, and now it is rapidly declining in a few seconds, and it has come to 5/30 in a blink of an eye.
"Investigator is at near-death level due to massive blood loss"
[Current World Survey Progress: 0, Total Number of Current World Investigators: 1"
"We are looking for investigators to develop their physical potential."
「...... The only chance of life has been found, and the success rate is very low."
"Mandatory Judgment: Ask the Investigator to Submit an Extremely Difficult Inspiration Test"
Time stopped instantly, but the three gray wolves were still wrapped around Hodge, and he couldn't spare his hands to throw the dice, but this time the decision actually added a countdown, and he couldn't help but roar when he saw that there were still three seconds of countdown.
"You're letting me shoot with my hands free!"
His roar went unanswered, and the countdown quickly came to 0, and the dice suspended in mid-air flew into the air on their own, tumbling and falling to the ground.
[Since the investigator did not roll the dice at the specified time, this decision will be made automatically]
Hodge's first thought in his heart was that it was over, although it seemed that the probability of rolling the dice himself and handing it over to someone else was about the same, but the dice without going through his own hands would always make people feel unsteady, just like his mood at this time.
What's more, this is an extremely difficult inspiration check, his inspiration is not high, and it is extremely difficult to cut it in half, which means that the condition for judging will be within 25 of the final number, which is only a quarter of a chance of success!
"Inspiration (Extremely Hard): 25/13 (Success)"
It worked!
Before he could be surprised, he felt a lot of things that shouldn't exist in his brain instantly, and the pain was even stronger than a wolf biting his body.
He subconsciously wanted to scream, but he didn't shout anything, he was on the verge of collapse, but he was always pulled back at the moment of collapse, and continued to be tormented by the pain of this brain.
Pictures appeared, including mountains, snowy peaks, lava, and swamps, all of which he swore he had never visited, but appeared in the depths of his memory out of thin air.
He was in pain now, and he would rather die than suffer like this.
Just as his breath was getting weaker and weaker, the tedious pictures in his field of vision gradually faded, and a small flame appeared in the center of his vision, and the sparks began to jump, sticking to those pictures, and quickly climbing to the edge of the pictures and burning, one by one the pictures were burned to ashes, and he felt his brain gradually relax.
After the flames burned everything, they quickly extinguished and turned into darkness, and at the moment when he was about to lose consciousness, a long fiery red hair floated through his vision, followed by a pair of royal blue pupils, which became the last image before the darkness.
Strange, isn't this the red-haired witch?
She had already been killed by herself, why did she suddenly think of her......
He couldn't think anymore, his eyelids couldn't open anymore, and his consciousness was like broken glass.
The gray wolf, which was struggling to bite the flesh, suddenly stopped the movement of its mouth, and the beast's intuition was much more sensitive than that of humans, and they looked at the prey that had closed their eyes, but suddenly felt a threat.
Two of the gray wolves immediately let go of their fangs and ran deeper into the forest, while the remaining gray wolf was a little sluggish and immediately followed suit as he watched his companion's movements.
But it was too late, and the three gray wolves couldn't get a few steps before they let out a wail and rolled on the ground.
With the unconscious Hodge at the center, a small spherical space becomes anomalous.
The air that should have been invisible was distorted to the extent that it was visible to the naked eye, and the veins of the trees, which had already sprouted green buds, quickly withered and turned into a shriveled handful of yellow seedlings, and the water was completely lost.
And the three gray wolves looked even more miserable, they could still hold on to the ground and toss their limbs a few seconds ago, but then they stopped moving, their bodies quickly curled up, their dark gray fur was not damaged, but the whole wolf body became shriveled.
It's like a perfectly peeled wolf skin on a wooden shelf......
The hustle and bustle of the forest gradually calmed down, and when the last rays of the sun disappeared into the sky—
Hodge, opened his eyes.