Chapter 21: The Wolves of the Hunt
A large army moved across the land, far from the Warhammer stronghold, in the middle of an endless grassland.
Under the clear blue sky, all sides are green, and the thigh-deep grass constantly exudes a unique fragrance, and the dew on the grass turns into an invisible gas under the sunlight and dissipates into the air. The grass swayed, the horses' hooves sounded, several insects that had come to the world early were frightened, spread their wings and fled in a panic, and the ubiquitous snakes and rats also quickly burrowed back into the dirt under the tremor of the earth, waiting in fear.
The grass rattled, parting to both sides, dozens of grassland deer stood up from their lying positions, their bodies that were originally completely covered by the grass were half exposed, their slender necks twisted around, their pointed ears kept shaking, and the deer's hooves kicked on the ground with a little anxiety, and let out a restless deer roar.
It is a small herd of more than seventy steppe deer, and in the grasslands, herds of beasts of this size can be found everywhere. Having eaten enough of the fresh weeds, the resting deer seemed to sense something, and stood up one by one, and a dozen adult male deer with huge antlers snorted, and the antlers were outward, protecting the doe and fawn inside. The smell of the wind made the stag nervous, it was the smell of predators, it was the smell of carnivores, it was the smell of death.
"Whew~~~~" A series of wolf howls came from the west of the deer herd, causing panic in the eyes of the deer. The terror of the wolves has long been deeply engraved in the souls of the grassland beasts, and every howl is like a heavy hammer, smashing into the hearts of the deer.
The panicked deer began to move anxiously, retreating towards the east, far from the arrival of the wolves, and the speed changed from slow to fast, and finally turned into a wild run under the pressure of the approaching wolf howls.
The silver shadow flashed, and in the original position of the deer, there was a silver-haired girl lying on all fours. Due to the height of the weeds, almost all of the girl lying on the ground was covered by the weeds, and only the back of the white robe and long silver hair were faintly exposed at the top of the grass. The silver maiden sniffed in the air. Raising his head and howling, behind the girl, fifty silver giant wolves fanned out and echoed with howls.
Compared to the black wolf seen in the Glitter Forest. The Silver Wolf is larger and has sharper claws, outperforming the Black Wolf in terms of strength, speed, and agility. And the fifty silver wolves that followed the girl were the most powerful of them. Each of these silver wolves stands on all fours. can reach the height of an adult's chest. Although tall, it does not look bloated, and each one is very well-proportioned, and it looks full of powerful deterrent power. However, even such a powerful wolf willingly followed the girl's back, following the scent of the deer, maintaining a speed that was neither fast nor slow, so that the deer had no chance to distance themselves.
When the deer herd was forced to helplessly, they could only keep running forward. Occasionally, one or two deer fell behind because of a fall, and soon the neck was broken by the silver wolf that caught up. The size of the steppe deer is very large, and the size of the adult steppe deer is not smaller than that of the silver wolf, and the weight is not low, often more than two hundred and nearly three hundred kilograms, but the hunting instinct of the silver wolf allows them to easily kill these prey without a single obstacle. Although the prey was killed, the size of the prey made it impossible for them to carry, but the silver wolves were not bothered at all, and did not hesitate to throw down the dead deer and continue to track. Let the corpse lie in the grass. After a few minutes, a group of smaller or wounded she-wolves followed along the road with a group of wolf cubs that were about to reach adulthood, and several cooperated to drag the dead deer on the ground. Chased after the weeds that the wolves had overwhelmed.
The chase lasted less than half an hour, and the running deer suddenly stopped, and in the grass in front of them, hundreds of silver wolves suddenly stood up, not only in front, but also in every direction. Cooperate with the wolves chasing behind him, and completely surround them in the middle.
With no way to escape, the deer huddled together again, and the desperate stags once again showed their only weapon, the antlers, threatening the approaching wolves with their hard horns. At that time, the wolves didn't care about this, the prairie deer was just a beast, but the silver wolf was a monster, just like the gap between ordinary people and professionals, unless the difference in size and strength was too great, the attack of the beast could not cause much damage to the monster, even if the antlers of the prairie deer pierced the silver wolves, they could not break through the defense of the silver wolf's skin, and the silver wolves did not need to worry about any injuries as long as they avoided some special points such as eyes and mouths.
"Whew~", the silver girl led by the head flashed with the brilliance of magic, suddenly turned into a bolt of lightning, and pounced on the stag that looked like the leader at the fastest speed, followed by the girl, and a large number of silver wolves also pounced, so that the screams before death and the pungent smell of blood permeated the grassland.
"Diana had a great time. A hundred meters away, several people on horseback looked at the wolf hunting ground from afar, and Pannis teased: "I don't know what Lina's expression will be when she finds out that she has torn the necks of a pack of deer with her teeth and nails." ”
"Don't worry. Catherine heard the uneasiness in Pannis's ridicule, and comforted: "Since Lina is willing to cooperate with Diana to exchange control of her body, she is estimated to have been prepared for this kind of preparation a long time ago, and Diana has not done anything exaggerated, and they will not have conflicts." Diana is also pitiful, at least in her own cognition, she should not know that she has been held back for hundreds of years, and she has only come out of the flash forest once, so it is nothing to let her have a good time this time. ”
After a false alarm the night before, with the mediation of Lina, or Rather Diana, the wolves temporarily retreated further, and the Warhammer stronghold was also lifted. This should have been a thankful thing, but the orc civilians returned to their homes with regretful faces, and the reality that they seemed unable to participate in the battle filled them with a sense of depression. After the realm was lifted, Diana and Catherine discussed it and bought ten beef cattle and ten steppe sheep from the residents of the stronghold. There is never a shortage of livestock on the grassland, and buying cattle and sheep is as simple as buying bread in the cities of the human kingdom, and the transaction is quickly completed, counting the tiger man Palch and Marcia of the Temple of War, the five of them accompanied Lina into the grassland with the cattle and sheep, and gave a big gift to the hungry wolves.
When countless huge silver wolves suddenly appeared, it was then that Catherine saw their interaction with Diana. Even if Diana was walking upright at this time, the wolves still did not regard her as an anomaly, but like a group of children who saw a strict mother, they wanted to approach but were shocked by the majesty of their mother, and they were very reluctant to avoid it, so they could only keep a certain distance and scream, and some even lay on the ground and showed their snow-white bellies outside, making a whining sound.
Diana did not lie down, nor did she continue to maintain the majesty of the king, but smiled softly and walked to the wolves and sat down, scratching the silver wolves who were turning their bellies one by one, and the silver wolves who were scratched purred in their throats like puppies, and looked very happy.
It wasn't until the head wolf brought the fattest sheep that should have belonged to him to Diana and Diana refused, the wolves howled and began to eat dinner, and the wolves were only enough to feed the hunger, but the wolves were still very satisfied, and reluctantly watched Diana and the six return to the stronghold.
In the evening, Lina regains her body and tells Catherine and Penis that Diana wants to help the silver wolves, so they may appear frequently in the next few days so that they don't have to worry about themselves. After saying this, Lina handed back control of her body to Diana, and she had the intention of leaving it alone.
Lina's words made Catherine, Vivien, and Pannis understand that the trouble was not over, and sure enough, after setting off yesterday morning, they had just run far from the horses when they saw a group of silver wolves crouching neatly in the grass, sticking out their tongues and looking at the galloping humans in anticipation. Under Diana's howl, the wolves jumped up happily and ran with the horses, and after running for a long time, Diana herself couldn't help it, jumped off the horse and got on all fours, and galloped with the wolves, as if returning to the past when she had led countless giant wolves to dominate the grassland.
Palci and Marcia, who didn't know all this, were powerless to express their surprise, they felt that their common sense had been completely shattered by what they had seen in the past two days, and they could never recover. Especially Marcia, she thought that she had lived in the wilderness all the year round, mingling with Warcraft, and there would not be many people in the world who were closer to Warcraft than her, but then she knew that she was nothing compared to Diana, she was just close to Warcraft, but Diana had completely incarnated into Warcraft, which were two completely different realms.
After a day and a night of getting along, the wolves slowly relaxed their vigilance against the strange creatures that followed the wolf king, especially when they saw their king and these creatures walking so closely, some wolves still divided their prey to a few people after hunting, and this kind of kindness from the ferocious monster made several people cry and laugh.
Seeing that there was still half a day to go to the tribe of Palch, Diana took the wolves on a final hunt today, and the harvest of this hunt was very rich, enough for the wolves to not go hungry for two days, and they would not attack the livestock raised by the herdsmen of the Palch tribe because of hunger.
"That's my prey, pretty good. Diana bit the neck of a stag and dragged the prey to a few bystanders, and only resumed her standing position before the horse, and carried the antlers to show everyone: "Pennis, when you arrive at the tribe of Palci, you will be in charge of cooking, and it has been a long time since you have eaten the game you have hunted." ”
"I still have to cook. Pannis made a surprised expression and deliberately said, "I thought you were going to pounce on it and eat it directly." ”
"I see. Diana squinted at Pannis, nodded, and said, "I finally understand why Lina always has the urge to beat you." (To be continued.) )