A wolf? There is nothing strange about this, just as Wang Cuo wanted to confirm it, the wolf began to move, and he stood up and moved, walked for a while, and continued to lie down. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It's a person! This is supposed to be a hunter lurking in the snow...... I can finally see the living.

He flew back into the group......

"How's it going, has the archmage made any discoveries?" Thorin and the party members desperately needed a surprise, otherwise the long, aimless journey would have worn down everyone's will and confidence.

"I saw a hunter, who must have been a nearby villager. I wanted to follow him, but I rushed back to tell you. ”

Hearing the expressions of the hunters, they were all excited, and they were finally able to see a living person.

"Where is he?" someone asked eagerly.

"In that direction, we should be able to catch up with him if we go a little faster. The king pointed to the place he saw in the sky.

"Get on the horse. Let's go!" Thorin ordered, and all seven men mounted their horses at the same time...... Seeing people means that there is a village, or at least a gathering place for humans, which is undoubtedly the best news for everyone who has not had a good rest for three days.

Wang Cuo turned into a raven and flew in the air, and Thorin and Lisa followed in his direction.

The hunter in wolf's skin didn't go far, and was still lingering in the place just now, probably squatting to guard his prey...... It stared motionlessly ahead, and Wang Cuo noticed that there was a cave in front of the hunter, which was difficult to spot behind the bushes without looking closely.

There were also a few rats at the entrance of the cave, all of which were unable to run but could still move, and the hunters relied on them as bait to lure out the animals in the cave. The wolf skin he wears is also white, which sets off the snow around him and is a good cover.

Wang Cuo stayed above the hunter and circled and observed......

"Come on, come on, come out, little baby. ”

The animals in the cave were indeed drawn out by the miserable cries of the rats, and the hunters drew their bows and arrows, seeing that the prey was about to be in hand.

A fox came out of its burrow, very careful...... It looked left and right and saw that there was no danger around, so it hurried to the rat and ate it......

Suddenly, there was the sound of galloping horses' hooves in the snow, and the fox that had just come out of the hole was frightened back before it bit the mouse, and the hunter hurried out his arrows. But it was too late for the arrow to sweep through the fox's tail, and he couldn't hit the moving target without precise aim.

"Damn...... Who is it?!!

The hunter stood up and took off his silly-looking wolf-headed fur coat.

"Hello, we are ......"

"Yes, yes, yes. What are you, you scared my prey away just now, damn it...... I kept them all day. The hunter hurriedly threw down the fur clothes in his hand, revealing a sturdy body, a middle-aged man in his early thirties.

He sat angrily on the stone next to him, holding his head and muttering to himself.

"My dinner, our dinner. ”

Thorin and Lisa glanced at each other, it was true that their side was too reckless. Lisa dismounted and walked over to Uncle Hunter.

"I'm sorry, sir. We are passing adventurers, and we don't know if what happened just now caused you to lose your prey, or if we can help you. Lisa looked back at the team, and everyone nodded that there was no problem.

"Help, help...... Even if you could help, you wouldn't find any prey. The hunter said with a sad face.

"Hey, I said uncle. Isn't it just a few foxes! You need to be so stingy, I'll give you ten more later. Another woman on the team said she was an archer like Lisa.

After saying this, he was stopped by Thorin, who shook his head and told the woman not to speak.

"I'm sorry, man. That's not what my team meant...... She also wants you to cheer up, and let's fight the prey back together. Thorin has been on the road all year round, and he knows that even a small word of mouth can lead to fatal problems later.

"Fight again, fight again...... Do you think it's really that easy to fight? There aren't a few animals in the whole forest now, and you don't look at how many animals you've seen along the way. I managed to catch their lair, but you still messed with them. As he spoke, the sturdy man really began to cry like a child.

For a while, Thorin and the others were at a loss.

Wang Cuo, who had returned from a distance, happened to see it and threw everything in his hand in front of the hunter.

"Here you go, your prey, then let's talk about what you mean when you said that there are no more animals in this area?" It turned out that Wang Cuo had not appeared because he was busy serving the fox nest, and all six foxes of all sizes were caught.

"Haha, my prey. My prey......" The hunter looked at the things on the ground, and his expression changed to a happy one like a trick. He looked up at the person in front of him, dressed as a magician, and was busy talking.

"Thank you, thank you. Mr. Mage!"

"This is our Archmage. Nicos proudly stood beside Wang Cuo and said.

Archmage! The hunter reacted. "Thank you so much, Your Excellency Archmage. "For ordinary people, the archmage is a high status, and if he is helped by an archmage, even if he preaches it in the village, he will become a legend for a while.

"What did you mean when you said there weren't a few animals left in the area? Wang Cuo continued to ask.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Archmage. The hunter's tone was much more respectful than just now, "This area is the Golor Ring Mountain, which was originally the border area of the Tulata Kingdom, and we are the mountain people here who all make a living by hunting and planting trees, but I don't know why there were always some strange things in the mountains more than a year ago. ”

The hunter told the story and lured the surrounding team members over. They could vaguely sense that this was the key purpose of the mission. Survey!

"What's strange?" asked Lisa.

The hunter saw that everyone was gathered around, and the archmage was also ...... I guessed the purpose of this adventurer team.

"Since a year ago, there have always been strange noises at night around the mountains of Golor. At first, I was just scared of some domestic animals, and everyone thought it was nothing...... But as time went on, the group found that there were fewer and fewer animals in the mountains and forests, and everyone guessed that they were still panicking. At first, I sent people to investigate in the depths, and the mountain walls that were excavated by a military fortress a hundred years ago in this area are still preserved, so there are hidden military depots or fortresses in many places, and several groups of people sent out have not found anything, but a group of people have dived into the mountains and never returned!" The hunter said as he recalled the experience, and now he was still a little frightened.

"Did they find anything?" Thorin began to feel that the mission was near, and hurriedly asked.

"I don't know, no one knows...... We wanted to organize the young and strong villagers in the vicinity to look for them the next day, but who knew that all the villagers in the surrounding villages disappeared overnight that night. ”

"All gone, where?"

The hunter shook his head, "I don't know, everyone is starting to get scared." They all moved down the mountain. It's been more than a year, and I haven't moved away because there are fewer and fewer animals in the mountains and forests, and the occasional merchant group that passes by is also very scared when I hear about it, and the Golor Ring Mountain is a shortcut for many traveling merchants to other countries, so I joined forces with everyone to scrape together some money in the town under the mountain, and release the mission to the nearest city, which is Vanna City...... You must be the team of adventurers who have been on a mission to investigate this time!"

With a team of archmages, it should be interesting to come to this investigation.

The hunter picks up a few foxes on the ground.

"Let's go, all to my house...... We eat meat today, and we want to thank you so much!"