Chapter 44: The Night Party in the Woods
The twenty-year-long Dragon War helped the Golden Clan point out their skills in keeping animals in captivity, and although they still focused on hunting, it was a big improvement.
Most of the dragonborns in captivity in the dragon stable are docile vegetarian animals, and Hammerin took a general look at it, and immediately fell in love with a white dragon horse.
He happily led the dragon horse out and rode two laps outside.
After becoming a Dragonborn, the horses have greatly improved their endurance and speed, and they are not only able to swim, but also gallop on cliffs close to 90 degrees, adapting to almost any terrain.
Seeing that Hunter was overjoyed, Hammerlin said happily to the other members of the guard:
"I'm going to ask for this one, and we'll start after you pick it up."
Seeing this, the members of the Wang Family Guard who accompanied him hurriedly asked:
"Your Highness, are you going to go with us?
Please believe us, although we are members of the royal family's reserves, we are already up to the task. ”
When Hamelin heard this, he smiled and reassured:
"Of course I believe in your bravery, but I think it's not the Banshee of the Forest who created the disappearance, but the possibility of awakening the Dragonborn.
The Awakened Dragonborn needs to be handed over to the Wang family to deal with, and I will go with me to save you trouble. ”
That's right, Hammerlin felt that rather than believing that the Banshee in the Forest was the murderer, it was more likely that the Dragonborn would be awakened.
When the Dragonborn fully awakens, they are able to breathe out dragon's breath with elemental power, which is not far behind those who are called gods in terms of power alone.
It's just that the natural awakening of dragonborns is very rare, like the dragonborns in captivity in the dragon stable, many of them are semi-awakened, and in addition to being physically stronger than their peers, they can't use dragon's breath.
The Awakened Dragonborn is of great use to the Divine Family, after all, the blood of the Awakened Dragonborn is the main material for drawing Runic Runes, which is related to dominance.
In addition to the above reasons, he actually wanted to use this incident to show his strength to facilitate the management of the clan.
"You just have to arrest the murderer, I am also a member of the family of gods, and I will not drag you back."
Seeing that Hammerlin had already said this, the members of the Royal Guard could only allow him to go into danger together.
In this way, after selecting the mount, Hamerin and 10 members of the Royal Guard rode all the way to the forest north of the fungal tree.
This is an important source of timber for the tribe, because it is located in the upper reaches of the river, as long as the tree is cut down and thrown into the river, the wood can be automatically transported downstream to the village along the water, which can save a lot of manpower required for transportation.
When the group came here, they saw that there was a simple workshop on the bank of the river for processing log branches.
Hamerin jumped off his horse and gently touched the tools used to prune the branches in the workshop, and his hands were covered with dust.
Obviously, this place has been abandoned for a long time, and it was caused by the murderer of the lumberjack, and that guy must be caught as soon as possible.
The members of the Royal Guard walked around the workshop, and there was no sign of a fight except for the timber that had not had time to be transported.
At this time, one of them spoke:
"I've heard that the banshee of the forest can confuse others with her singing, so it seems really possible."
This man made a start, and the rest of the people immediately joined in the discussion about the rumors.
Hamerin walked out of the workshop at the sound of the voice, and he coughed softly, interrupting the conversation of several people.
"Ahem, okay guys, let's go around the forest together."
He felt that instead of discussing the ethereal banshee, he should think about how to deal with the dragon's breath of the awakened dragonborn.
He had been impressed by the dragon's breath since he was a child, after all, he had heard early on that his father, Alain, had been killed by the dragon king Sith with the dragon's breath.
With him, the person in power, supervising the work, the members of the guard did not dare to grind foreign work, and the group soon entered the outer forest.
Hamerlin divided the 11 men into two groups, and he led one team into the depths of the forest to find the killer's traces, while the other team searched for the outskirts of the forest.
The two teams used the elemental power to report the location every once in a while, so that they could not only report the direction so as not to lose their way, but also intercept the fleeing murderer in time.
Demonstrating his leadership skills, Hamerin immediately led his men into the forest, ready to show his strength with the murderer whom he had not yet met.
However, the process did not go well, and he walked in the forest with people for an unknown amount of time, but never found any trace of the murderer.
It was getting dark, and just as Hamerin was reluctant to give up, he suddenly realized that the group outside had not used elemental power to send signals for a long time, and the five members of the guard were gradually enveloped in unease.
"Don't panic, I've been leaving a mark with water elemental power all the way, as long as we follow the water stain all the way back, we can get out of here."
Hearing Hamerin's words, everyone's hearts calmed down a little.
However, just as everyone was looking for a way out and preparing to leave the forest, an ethereal and crisp female voice sounded.
It seemed to be singing, and although it was not clear what the other person was humming, the voice seemed to have magical power, and everyone, including Hamerin, began to move in the direction of the song as if they were enchanted.
When the singing stopped abruptly, and Hammerlin and the others came back to their senses, he noticed that there was something strange around him.
Although it is still in the forest, there are nine trees around it in the shape of a ring.
There were a lot of corpses hanging from that big tree, and it looked very horrifying.
"Welcome to my abode, you are lucky enough not to let me find out that you are destroying trees, so I grant you permission to join me in the night party in the woods."