Brandi also met John Marston, who had been living until now, and as Arthur said, he was scratched by wolves all over his body, and the scratches on his face were the reason for his face to be covered in coagulated blood.

John gasped as he looked up at Arthur, "I never thought I'd say that, but...... It's good to meet you, Arthur Morgan. ”

Arthur climbed down the rock wall, crouched down and looked John up and down, and said, "You don't look very good. With that, he carried John on his shoulders.

"I think so," John replied, "I'm freezing to death,"

"Alright, man," Javier said, taking John, "and we'll take you home." ”

Brandi pulled Arthur up and asked, "Is this John Marston?" ”

"Who is he?" John asked.

"Brandy Munny, a good fellow," Arthur said briefly, carrying John on his shoulders again, "and we'll get back into details." ”

Javier looked at the road ahead and said, "We can't walk the old way, let's try this road." ”

A few people chose a gentler path down the mountain. At this time, Arthur began to be angry with John: "Look at your unlucky appearance. ”

"Yes...... Isn't. John didn't have the strength to argue with Arthur.

"Look, I told Dutsy that I shouldn't let you out." Arthur had known that he would do this.

"Of course you would say that." John said weakly. Probably because the bump affected John's injuries, he couldn't help but scream.

"Are you alright?" Javier asked with concern.

"It should be fine...... John said.

"Come on, I hope this road can go out." Javier greeted everyone.

At this time, no one noticed that on the top of the mountain not far away, several pairs of green eyes flashing with a fierce light locked on them.

"Whew-" a long wolf howl echoed through the col. When everyone heard this voice, their hearts tightened. Javier first determined the location of the wolf howl and stretched out his hand to point: "Look over there." ”

Following the direction of Javier's finger, Brandy saw three adult gray wolves standing on top of the cliff, and their ferocity could be felt from afar.

"Excellent." Arthur said the opposite, but the revolver was already in his free hand.

"I'll lure them away, and you go find the horses. Just go! I'll help you get out of the way. Arthur handed John to Javier and said.

Brandi and Javier did not hesitate, this is the best option at the moment.

The three wolves also came quietly at this time, one facing Arthur head-on, and the other two around the left and right, surrounding Arthur in the center.

"That's right, bastards." Arthur muttered a curse, and suddenly aimed at the wolf in front of him, and four bullets were discharged almost simultaneously, shooting the wolf's head in front of him into a bloody blur.

Arthur was about to turn when another wolf leapt up and pounced on his back. Arthur grabbed the wolf by the neck with both hands, threw the wolf out with an over-the-shoulder throw, and took the double-barreled shotgun off his back with the momentum of bending over, and almost shattered the wolf's head with one shot.

But just as Arthur was about to turn the muzzle of the gun, the third wolf circled around his side, bowed and pounced, and threw Arthur to the ground, and the bloody mouth was about to tear Arthur to pieces. Arthur was in a hurry, and he slammed the double-barreled shotgun horizontally, jamming it and almost biting him in the mouth, so that he could be considered to escape.

But this can only stop for a while, Arthur is still in a state of fatigue without rest, but he has no strength to fight with the wolf hand-to-hand, once he can't hold on, he can only let it be slaughtered.

At this moment, a dull sound of gunfire rang out.

The wolf had a huge bloody hole in its waist, and it fell to the side, twitching in the snow.

"Fuck," Arthur immediately stood up and shot the wolf in the head, which was still twitching, and spat at the wolf's corpse.

He turned to look at Brandy, who was still holding a short spray, and said, "Thanks, Brandy, you saved me twice today." ”

Brandi rubbed his arm, which was shaken by the recoil of the short jet, and said, "It's a small matter, I'm worried about whether you've been affected by the shotgun, this thing is really powerful." ”

Arthur smiled heartily: "Haha, don't worry, boy, I'm not Marston." ”

"Arthur, if I can't beat you now, I'm ......" John was said to be a little broken.

"When did you become my opponent?" Arthur never gave John face in this regard.

"Alright, let's go, at least we need to get out of here before more bastards come." Javier helped John onto his horse and said.

Although the weather is still bad now, at least John was found, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, although his condition is really not good, but as long as he cultivates well, he will still be a strong force in the gang.

John said weakly, "I feel a little uncomfortable. ”

"You're going to be fine," Javier reassured, "and that's ...... It's like being bitten by a dog. ”

John seemed skeptical that he would make it through: "I know of a guy who was bitten by a dog and died in just an hour. ”

"You're not going to die," Javier was still reassuring, but his tone became uncertain, "not yet." ”

Suddenly, the howl of a hungry wolf came from above the right side of the trio.

"On it! Another wolf is coming! Javier shouted.

"Javier, you control the horses, Brandy, and deal with the animals with me."

As Arthur spoke, the double-barreled shotgun was raised, disfiguring the fastest wolf with one shot, and taking the life of the wolf behind him with another shot.

Although Arthur's marksmanship was accurate, the double-barreled shotgun only had a capacity of two rounds, so Arthur had to change the bullets, and at this moment, the remaining three wolves had already followed the group, grinning beside the three horses.

"Shoot, Brandi!" Javier yelled at Brandy as he yelled at the wolf.

"It's shaking so badly, I can't get it right!" Brandi held up a short spray, but didn't dare to shoot at all. Now that the wolf and Javier's horses were too close to each other, and he couldn't take aim on such a fast and bumpy horse, maybe Javier and John would have to reimburse them for a shot.

"Listen to me, boy," Arthur shouted as he sped up his reload, "keep your eyes on your target, concentrate, don't shake your hand with your gun, be sure to stay calm, don't be in a hurry, and when you're done, close your eyes, take a deep breath and open your eyes, understand?" ”

Brandi heard Arthur's words, and he was vaguely aware of something, so he followed Arthur's instructions and kept an eye on the wolf that was constantly harassing Javier and John, and carefully watched its every movement.

Gradually, he felt as if the whole world had stopped, and only the wolf was still moving. Brandi felt something, and he closed his eyes.

When I opened my eyes again, the whole world seemed to be shrouded in scarlet blood, and in this blood, not only the movements of the wolves, but also the movements of Javier, John, Arthur, and even the snow that drifted around them, began to slow down.

Brandi only realized at this point that he had entered a wonderful realm for the Gunners, but he knew he didn't have time to rejoice, and now he had only one thing to look at.

The gunshot rang out, and the grinning wolf looked like it was going to keep grinning, because its protruding wolf snout was shattered by the shotguns, and its body fell to the ground, and it could no longer hunt in the snow.

"Well done!" Arthur also changed his bullets at this time, and raised his gun again while shouting praise. After two almost continuum of gunfire, the last two remaining wolves were eliminated.

"Did you spot the other wolves, Arthur?" Javier looked around warily.

"Nope." Arthur put the gun back on his horse and replied.

"Oh my God." John sighed with palpitations.

Arthur quipped, "Are you still alive?" Marston? ”

"It's okay." John replied.

"Ah, I feel...... Not so good. Brandi pressed his temples a little tiredly, the strange state he had just entered seemed to have taken a great toll on his spirit, and now he only felt dizzy, as if he was about to fall headlong under the horse in the next second.

"Don't you have salted venison? Eat a piece first. Arthur instructed.

Brandi took a piece of salted venison out of his pocket, put it in his mouth and chewed it, swallowed it, and did feel a little refreshed. At this time, Arthur threw a bottle of liquid into his arms and said: "Remember to keep this snake oil on your body in the future, the Eye of Death, that is, the state you just entered will greatly consume your spirit in a short period of time, and drinking this can help you recover your spirit, in addition, chewing tobacco is also a good choice, but chewing tobacco will have side effects while replenishing your mental power, if you use too much chewing tobacco at one time, it will affect your aiming, thereby reducing your accuracy, and this state will take a long time to recover, so, Snake oil is still the top choice. ”

Javier and John looked at each other, and they both had an answer to what was going on, and Javier looked at him with envy and perhaps jealousy in addition to being happy for Brandi, and John sighed, "You reminded me of the time when Dudge taught us how to marksmanship, Arthur." ”

"yes, it was a wonderful time." Arthur was still reminiscing about the past in the previous sentence, and the next sentence began to hurt John, "You were at least much better then than you are now." ”

John wasn't in the mood to argue with Arthur - he never won anyway, just said, "Thank you for coming to my rescue." ”

"It's nothing," Javier replied, "but John, you, too, the shot in Blackwater, and now the wolf is doing this?" You've been unlucky lately. ”

Arthur always said...... I'm lucky. John said with some self-deprecation.

"Honestly, none of us have any luck right now," Javier said, "oh, except maybe Brandy, who just learned the Eye of Death. ”

"Aren't you all at all?" Brandi asked with some confusion after drinking snake oil and finally regaining some energy.

"No, no," Javier shook his head, "although there are not a few people in our gang who can penetrate Yang in a hundred steps, but the only ones who can really say that they can do this are Arthur and John, oh yes, and Ducky, they are Ducky's protégés." ”

Speaking of this, Javier was slightly annoyed: "To be honest, Ducky has actually taught each of us how to shoot, but the ability of the Eye of Death, in Ducky's words, requires the potential of a first-class sharpshooter to learn, unfortunately, except for Arthur and John, and you, the rest of us are unlucky." ”

Brandi nodded, thoughtful.

Javier took the lead and walked into the side of the river and said, "We should ride a horse and walk in the river for a while and try to get rid of the smell." I don't want to lure them to camp. ”

Arthur would hardly miss an opportunity to give John a mending knife: "You know what? We've got to make up a nice story for that scar. ”

"So," John said angrily, "the cold, the excessive blood loss, the starvation, and the near-wolf eating are not enough to satisfy you?" ”

The four of them slowly returned along the road they had come. At this time, it is getting late, and the blizzard, which had been somewhat subdued, is gradually reviving. Fortunately, after a chase with the wolves, they were not far from the camp.

"Do you see the building in front of you? John? Javier instructed John, "We'll camp over there, and we'll be there shortly." ”

Three horses walked into the coulter village one after another. As soon as he entered the village, Javier shouted: "Someone! Someone came to help get John off his horse! ”

"Who's here to help!" Arthur shouted as well.

The three of them shouted loudly as they stopped their horses in front of the house. There was finally movement in the room, and Abigail was the first to rush out of the room, and when she saw John, she was so excited that she couldn't express her excitement: "You're still alive!" Ah, you're alive! ”

"Come on, take your time, take your time." Javier said, helping Bill Williamson and Lenny, who came to help, slowly helped John off the horse, probably because of John's wounds in the process, John couldn't help but start screaming again, and Javier immediately reminded: "Oh, be careful, idiots, he's got a leg injury." ”

"Come on, we'll warm you up," Abigail said as she welcomed John into the room and turned back to thank Javier, Arthur, and Brandi, "Thank you, thank you!" When they entered the house, the three people outside faintly heard Abigail's complaints, but it was directed at John.

Hosea, who came out of the house with him, said, "Thank you, Arthur, and you, Javier, and Brandy. ”

"Do you have any other lost little girls to save?" Arthur's caustic mouth doesn't seem to be over for now.

Hosea knew the character of the child he had watched grow up, and replied with a smile, "Not today." ”

Javier and Brandi greeted the crowd and went back to the house to get warm. Arthur looked at Hosea and asked, "Did you talk to Dutsy about how we should get out of here?" ”

Hosea glanced at Leopold Strauss, who was wearing glasses, and said, "I was discussing this with Mr. Strauss, and when the weather warms up, we'll ...... I guess we'll have to go all the way east. ”

"East?!" Arthur was surprised, "All the way to ...... Civilized society? ”

"I know......" said Hosea, "but we have more troubles to the west. ”

Arthur thought about it for a while, realized that this was the case, and had to nod his head in approval of Hosea's idea.

"Let's go, Mr. Strauss, let's go get warm," said Hosea, beckoning Strauss to Arthur, "thank you, Mr. Morgan." ”

Arthur followed the two of them into the house and said, "By the way, I have one more thing to do with Mr. Brandi Munney......

At night, Brandi snuggled up in his warm quilt, sipping coffee and writing and drawing in his diary. At this moment, there was a knock and an inquiry outside the door: "Mr. Manny, are you resting?" ”

"Ducky van der Linde?" Brandy, who heard the voice, was a little puzzled by the fact that he had come in the middle of the night to knock on his door, but he replied at once, "Not yet, Mr. van der Linde, may I ask you something?" ”

"Can I come in and talk if I can?" Ducky shouted outside the door.

"Absolutely." Brandi put away his journal, sat up from the bed, and said.

The door opened, and Brandi was surprised to find that in addition to Ducky, there were also Hosea and Arthur, and Van der Linde helped the three giants to come together, which made Brandi feel deeply flattered.

"Eh, three, what are you doing with such a big battle today?" Brandi asked cautiously.

Ducky, Hosea, and Arthur exchanged glances, then looked at Brandy, and said, "Then I'll get straight to the point, Mr. Brandy Munney, and I would like to cordially invite you to join us in the Van der Linde Gang and become a full member of our family." ”

Brandi was a little confused. It is true that joining the Van der Linde Gang is a goal that he has planned from the beginning to achieve, and in order to achieve this goal, what he has done in the past two days can be summed up as a crazy favor for everyone except Maika, and he has also thought a lot of words to convince Ducky, and everything seems to be planned. It's not that he didn't think of the possibility of Ducky taking the initiative to invite him to join the gang, but he didn't expect it to be so soon, and he felt that the most likely time for Ducky to pull him into the gang should be when the Vanderlinde Gang left Coulter Village.

"This ...... This ......" Brandi looked flattered, it wasn't all his acting skills, but seventy percent of his true feelings were involved, "Mr. van der Linde, why would you want to pull me in?" I'm just a half-hunter. ”

"No, kid, no," Ducky slapped Brandy on the shoulder, "You're not an ordinary person, on the contrary, you have a talent that ordinary people don't have, you have the potential to be a first-class sharpshooter and a peerless thief, and it would be really sad if such qualifications were buried in this damn snowy mountain." Join us, kids, at Van der Linde Help, you will be able to better develop your abilities, awaken your potential, and most importantly, realize your life values. ”

Brandi was about to say something, but was interrupted by Ducky with a gesture: "Listen to me, maybe you look at our gang now, but this is only temporary, when we repair here for a while, we will be able to make a comeback, you have been living here, you don't know, I think in the west, our Van der Linde gang can be said to be a well-known thief group, people there are eager to write us into songs, and sing about our deeds in taverns every day." ”

When Ducky said this, he leaned a little closer, and said: "I have a plan, child, a very big plan, and when this plan is put into practice, we will become rich people, and when the time comes, we can go to the rich undeveloped area, buy a piece of land, build a house, marry a wife, have a nest of children, and be a high-ranking farmer, or we can go to that civilized society and enjoy all the ultimate enjoyment that science brings us." Now, child, I want to ask you again, would you like to join us? ”

"It's Ducky," thought Brandi, "even if I'm really just a hillbilly hunter who doesn't know anything, I'm sure I'll be fooled into a thief ship by his mouth." ”

Although he thought so, Brandi didn't mean to refuse Ducky. He naturally exuded a look of joy – and it wasn't entirely acting, of course, – and said, "I do, I want to join you." ”

Ducky smiled with great satisfaction, and Hosea and Arthur on the side also welcomed the young man with smiles.

Ducky reached out and shook Brandy's hand with him, and said solemnly, "Welcome to the Van der Linde Gang, Mr. Brandy Munny"