5. People of the Forest

It seemed to see the doubts of the two young men. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Old man Samaranch explained, "The people of the forest are the humans who live in the forest. They did not cultivate the land and lived only on hunting and gathering. ”

The old man looked at the alchemist, and Master Gade naturally took over the topic.

"In the guild's records, the people of the forest have always existed. Even before the Cataclysm, there was a strong presence in Coronia. According to the guild records, these people were wild men who drank blood and were naked all day long, in the company of beasts. Many of them are able to transform into all kinds of beasts and drive all kinds of beasts at the same time. Legend has it that they also have many strange spells that can even make huge trees move. ”

"Isn't this the Druids!" Esther complained silently.

"They came to Coronia almost at the same time as the first alchemists. Master Gade continued. "I don't want to admit it, but they were much stronger than guilds in the beginning. However, they have a poor relationship with the royal family. They were always against deforestation and also clashed with the royal family's timber company. After that, the royal family banned their public activities. ”

"I know this, my ancestors fought against the people of the forest. Sir Red also began to chimed in.

He pointed to Easter, "Our West and Wood family names were derived from that battle. Battle of the Western Woods. Also known as the Battle of Ximu. Sizz's expression grew proud, "In that great battle, our ancestors defeated the herd controlled by the people of the forest and successfully cut down the western forest. The current Bellafa was built on the site of the original forest. ”

"Then it's time for the Walking Forest Battle. Esther continued in his heart. "It turned out that I was fighting with the people of the forest. No wonder the family documents are so vague. ”

Then we made peace with the people of the forest. "Jazz skipped the battle.

"I really don't want to talk about this. "East thinks Jazz is too hypocritical. If it weren't for the battle of the walking forest, the two sides fought a real fire but only ended in a draw, how could it be so easy to make peace.

"In short, those are all things that happened during the development of Lonely Mountain. Sir made his concluding remarks. "The problem now is that the weapons of the people of the woods have been found on that mad tooth. Judging by the degree of healing of the wound, the time of injury is no more than 5 days. ”

"So the people of the forest may be near us?" called the alchemist. "I remember that the original contract stipulated that they could only live more than thirty days away from the borders of civilization. ”

"I don't know what the rest is. Jazz's tone also lowered. "All I know is that a madtooth was wounded by a forest people's weapon five days ago, and died here five days later. ”

"And the Hunting Claws. East immediately began to think. "This animal does not dare to attack human settlements easily. Unless—"

"Retaliation!" shouted almost everyone in unison.

"They were attacked by the people of the forest. ”

"They've suffered a lot. ”

"They are very vindictive and vindictive. ”

"They can't tell the difference between the people of the forest and us, they are all human beings anyway. ”

"They didn't dare to take revenge on the people of the woods, so they came to the town and killed people. ”

A few people, you and I, piece together a reason for the occurrence of an incident.

"What are these savages going to do?" the alchemist was visibly impatient. "Are they going to break the contract?"

"Breaking the contract won't pick a place like Irontree River, right?" Esther thought it was unlikely.

He cast an apologetic look at Old Man Samaranch. "I hate to say it, but Irontree River is really not a big place. If the people of the forest were to go to war with us, I would have chosen to launch a surprise attack on the settlements on the Lonely Mountain Road. As long as the development of the Lonely Mountain is destroyed, the kingdom's economy will suffer a heavy blow. ”

"Whatever they think, we have to be ready. ”

The alchemist got up and walked away, muttering as he went, "I don't want to meet that thing in the walking forest." ”

The next three days were spent in a busy state. The people of the town are busy rebuilding their homes. Sir Reid picked out a group of good men from the militia to step up training. According to him, one of them, the militia captain, Wasson, is a real good seedling. If you can intensify your training for a while, it will not be a problem to break through level ten, and there is also a rare berserker level.

Master Gad sent a message to Bellafa overnight. Then I went on to work with the fresh material for the mad tooth. His apprentices and guards, as well as the town's Peles, were all captured by him to help.

East and Sonia are probably the most laid-back. After discussing the matter, the two decided to go deep into the forest to find out the traces of the Hunting Claw and the people of the forest. In this regard, Easter, who perceives Superman, is the best candidate and can be trusted in force.

Sight, smell, hearing. The latter two senses are far more useful in the forest than in the woods. The ability that transcendent perception brings, and when Esther fully uses it and relies on it, it is only when he realizes that it is so powerful.

They did not find any living Claws of the Hunt, but they did find twenty-five dead Claws of the Hunt in a glade. It's all grown-ups. Each one was bitten to death by a cut throat.

When they arrived at the scene, the claws of the hunt were no more than just dead. Easter, like some scavenger, smelled blood from a great distance. They were the first large animals to come to the scene in addition to the killer and the victim.

All the corpses speak to one thing - it was an unusually powerful beast that attacked these hunting claws.

Throughout the slaughter site, it was shown that these hunting claws were migrating through the forest. They line up in a long line to reduce the chances of being spotted head-on. Each instance is approximately five meters apart. That's a small distance for them with incredible speeds.

The attackers chased after them from behind. The last few hunting claws were completely torn throats while walking. It wasn't until the penultimate head realized that something was wrong and tried to turn around. Then there are the corpses with different degrees of turning. There were ten such corpses. After that, there were eight corpses with their heads in different directions, apparently trying to flee separately in multiple directions. The terrible thing is that the eight-headed hunting claw, the farthest escape, has not been able to escape fifteen meters.

The attackers did not hide their identity, but they could not hide it. It is as fast as lightning, and killing the claws of hunting is like killing chickens. It can only be the Gold Hunter, a rare wurm whose body is said to have been elementalized.

Sonya, who was a daring artist, didn't want to go back to inform her father of the news, and wanted to track down the traces and hunt the golden wurm.

Esther somehow did not object to this somewhat reckless idea. Instead of objecting, he searched his surroundings very carefully, using his extraordinary perception to the extreme.

"This way. Esther greeted Sonya. He smelled a familiar smell. This is the flavor produced when the young leaves of the golden cedar are ground. This is Serra's mother's favorite condiment when she cooks barbecue. "I never knew that gold hunters could love barbecue. He muttered to himself.

Sonia knows a lot about Easter's abilities. She and Esther walked through the forest almost silently. For the two who often raid and counter-raid with other dollheads in the family, the specialty of silent movement is almost self-taught.

The killer left quickly, just as it had arrived.

For a while, the taste of the golden cedar became extremely weak, and if it weren't for East's love for the smell so much, that he would almost lose his direction. Fortunately, the other party's speed suddenly slowed down for some reason.

Esther stopped, and with Sonya's help, he plucked a large handful of iron leaves from iron branches, which were generally about ten meters high, squeezed out the juice, and smeared them on their heads, faces, and armor. The object they are chasing may have an extremely keen sense of smell, but it is impossible for them to smell the iron leaves in the dense iron forests along the Iron Tree River.

While helping Sonia apply juice to her armor, Esther suddenly felt like she was about to sneeze. Wisps of sweet fragrance entered his nostrils. The smell made his nose itch. He knew that the source of the fragrance was the girl next to him. It's the taste of hormones.

Easter's mind couldn't help but think of Sonya wearing a cloth bag, her chest holding her clothes high, and two small dots floating on the fabric. He quickly shook his head. Now is not the time to think about that.

Sonia shook her head violently when she saw him, leaned over gently, patted him on the back, and asked him if he was okay with her eyes.

Esther replied with a no-nonsense gesture, pointing ahead and making a silent gesture. Sonia nodded, pointed in front, then at East, then at herself, then at the back.

East will understand, and should go first. Sonia waited until she couldn't see him, and then quietly followed the trail on the ground.

The flavor is getting stronger. Esther felt that he was close to his goal. He lowered his posture and moved forward in a peek-a-boo fashion.

There was a sound of water ahead, and they turned around and turned back to the Iron Tree River. The trees become less dense along the banks of the river, and the low shrubs become the mainstream. Such a bush could not stop Easter's perception. But where is his goal?

The smell is so strong that it seems to be right next to you, and Mama Serra's barbecue will never put so many spices. Where, where? Easter's transcendent perception didn't notice anything unusual by the river.

No! East's heart thumped. The taste is on top. His body reacted instantly, rolling sideways and flashing to the side. Just where he had just dodged, a thick iron branch smashed there, and then a dark shadow swooped down from the tree, knocking Esther to the ground after he had just finished dodging and didn't have time to dodge again.

Easter, who has been attacked by high-altitude gravity-accelerated guided dive bombs since childhood, has already retracted his legs to his chest and kicked out before his mind could react.

"Ahh Not only did the soles of my feet hurt, but even my knees and hips were numb, and tears of pain came out.

"I bought a watch last year. What the hell is this? Before he had time to think about it, a hairy hand the size of a fan had already slapped him in the face, and his eyes were full of gold stars. Another hairy hand grabbed him by the throat and lifted him off the ground. Then a lingua franca with a strange accent rang out, "Black-haired boy, are you tracking the mighty Kirk Golden Bear?"

It took East a long time to catch out on the attacker's face. A man with a messy beard, at least 2 meters tall, with bulging muscles all over his body, the surface of which shone with the aura of magic. He pointed to the big man's hand that was stuck in his neck, pretending to be too tight to speak. Dahan subconsciously let go of his hand, and Easter slammed Dahan's fingers like a nimble fish while his legs borrowed Dahan's body, and finally let his neck escape from Dahan's hand.

Then Easter opened his mouth wide like a man after five minutes of diving and shouted:

"Sonya, help!"