The sunlight shone through the thick branches and leaves, dappled on the ground, the silent forest heard the sound of heavy metal stomping on the ground from time to time, a soft back strode forward with a raised sword, the expression under Nia's mask was probably not good-looking, and it took a morning to find a thin hare the next day.

"No way, I could have found some prey when I came here before. Apparently to a man wandering behind him.

"Oh~ yes......" The careless man was looking around to observe the forest, and if he didn't pay attention, he would disappear.

"I've wanted to say since just now, what the hell are you doing, if you don't want to help, you better ...... early" Nya finally couldn't stand it anymore, but no one was there, only dense weeds and towering trees.

"Laiyifa?"

"Okay. Bai Ye with a wicked smile suddenly walked out of the nearby grass, although Nia thought that smile was evil, but she didn't know what this guy was laughing at, was there something wrong with calling his name just now?

"You've been in the haystack over there?" Suppressing the question, Nyoa threw out the question that she was more concerned about.

"yes, find something interesting. The corner of Bai Ye's eyes swept over the rocks piled up in the corner.

"No way, I didn't notice your aura at all......" Nia denied in disbelief, as a battle-hardened royal knight, she was confident in her vigilance, and it was impossible not to detect someone lurking at such a close distance.

"Concealment is my specialty, otherwise how could I, an old human, fight those monsters, if I have to say, my style belongs to the category of assassins. Bai Ye walked up to Nia and saw a series of footprints on the ground, probably understanding the reason why this woman summoned herself, "This is...... Trails of the Beast. "It's a wolf, and there's a wolf in this forest...... It doesn't look like I'm going to go home empty-handed. Compared to Nia's excitement, Bai Ye frowned strangely, half-squatted down, and put his hands on the ground as if measuring the distance between the footprints.

"What, is there a problem?" Seeing Bai Ye's serious appearance, Nia subconsciously blurted out.

"Yes, indeed. "You don't even know the footprints of animals, and tell me that these are not wolf footprints. Laughing a little sharply, Nia was still holding grudges about yesterday, and before going to bed, she was very curious about what was recorded in the diary that Bai Ye had gotten, and wanted to borrow it to see, but the kid refused to live or die.

"It's a wolf's footprint, but don't you see the problem, the distance between the footprints is too far...... If it were four paws walking, it would be impossible to get out of such a trace. With a hard stroke of his finger on the ground, Bai Ye raised his head and looked at the silver-white mask that could not see the expression, "Do you understand what I want to say." ”

"What do you mean......" The haughty female knight let out a strange trilling sound for the first time.

"There is only one possibility of such a trace, the wolf is standing and walking...... In other words, there is a high probability that the other party is a werewolf. He said his conclusion, but Bai Ye was not sure.

"Impossible!" The overreaction was exchanged for Bai Ye's helpless shrug, "This is my personal judgment, and it doesn't mean anything." "If there are werewolves in this canyon, how can they hide in the woods obediently, and they would have gone out to attack the villagers a long time ago!" "Yes, maybe there was some agreement between the two sides?" The contents of the diary flashed in his mind, and Bai Ye bit his lip lightly, "The decrease in prey in the forest should be due to the existence of werewolves, and there is another possibility, your appearance has successfully deterred it." ”

"It's ridiculous! if there were werewolves in the woods, I wouldn't have noticed it once!" Nya tried to retort, but her sight was no longer visible to the trail of footsteps off the ground.

"Your hunting range is very limited, you haven't crossed that barbed wire, you haven't entered that hill, as long as it hides, how can you find it, but it has nothing to do with us. "Where are you going?" Seeing Bai Ye get up and walk in the direction of the village, Nia hurriedly shouted, "Go back to sleep, this kind of headless hunting will only end up empty-handed, it's better to save some strength and go back to rest." He shook his hand behind him, looking like he was ready to go away, but in the next second, his arm was immediately firmly grasped.

"We continue to go deeper, whether it is a werewolf or an ordinary wild wolf, it will be dangerous for the villagers to stay. Yan Sù also had an unquestionable tone, which made Bai Ye furrow his brows, and he could only sigh in resignation after a short attempt to break free.

"You are really an exemplary knight...... "Naturally, he changed the direction of his footsteps, and Bai Ye's gaze fell on the depths of the dense dense forest in front of him, "If you want to go deeper, there is a condition. "You say. "Don't look at me so vigilantly, are you still afraid that I, an old human, will do something to you?" Seeing the latter's instinctive sword raising, Bai Ye spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders again, "Don't act too aggressively, and you can't chase after your prey without a head when you see it." "The other party is just a wolf......" "It's a werewolf, don't forget it, it's a fierce beast that will destroy your country." "I said, it can't be a werewolf......" "If you think it's not a werewolf, why do you have to keep tracking, deep down you must also agree with my judgment, and I advise you to abandon your meaningless stubbornness." Bai Ye had already taken the lead in pushing aside the branches and leaves and moving forward quickly, and after hesitating for a few seconds, Nia quickly followed.

The two of them walked quickly and calmly through the forest, getting closer and closer to the hill, and along the way, Bai Ye would stop from time to time to observe those strange piles of stones.

"Is there anything wrong with those stones?" finally asked Nia, who was not a few steps away from each other.

"It's artificially stacked to mark the path so people don't get lost. The corners of his mouth curved, a cold smile bloomed, and Bai Ye's eyes became cold, "In this way, you can reach the mountain without getting lost." "What do you mean, you're saying that these are the signs made by the villagers?" "You say they made it, so let's take it as if they made it." Throwing back a perfunctory sentence, Bai Ye's raised right foot didn't put it down for a long time, "Hey, what do you mean, answer me head-on, those stones ......" Nia was still moving forward without noticing, and bumped into Bai Ye's back, "It's coming." When the words landed, a black shadow jumped out from the front, and landed vigorously, stirring up the fallen leaves in the sky......

With gray hair, silver eyes, walking on those hind limbs, human-like arms, sharp claws and fangs, the creature in front of him is a standing wolf.

Werewolf.

"How can you ......" The eyes behind the mask continued to expand, and Nia's voice gradually became angry after the initial shock, "Werewolf...... It will appear here!" And the werewolf standing silently in front did not look at Nia, but locked his eyes on Bai Ye, and white mist continued to erupt from his nostrils.

"Looks like they were going to kill me first. This is a very reasonable judgment, Bai Ye is not wearing Nia's sturdy armor, let alone a deterrent giant sword, "Werewolves are more intelligent creatures than I thought, and at the same time, they are a little more stupid than I expected." ”

"What do you mean?" In a hoarse and deep tone, the werewolf on the opposite side stretched out his right paw and pointed at Bai Ye.

"Meaning, if you had been in ambush just now, you might have been able to sneak up and kill me. ”

"Hmph, human, your expression is clearly aware of my existence, and if you continue to ambush, it will eventually evolve into the end of my anti-ambush. The scarlet tongue licked its sharp fangs, and the werewolf slowly bent down, its paws lightly pressed to the ground, ready to swoop.

"So now you're going to challenge two humans? Actually, one is still an A-level martial artist. With the broken sword out of its sheath, Bai Ye naturally retreated to Nia's side, "Do you think there is a chance of winning?" "Humans are just humans after all, and they are still like that no matter how they evolve...... It's more than enough to kill you. "Then you try. Nya responded to the werewolf's provocation by raising her sword in front of her as if splitting the world in front of her in half.

"Be careful. Jumping silently, the werewolf's body was like a black arrow, spinning and impacting, almost tearing the air with a loud sound, Konya remained motionless and remained still, only when the prey entered its own attack range, it calmly swept out the blade, the "bell" blade touched the claw, the werewolf faintly let out a surprised roar, the body bounced out, and the moment it landed again, the werewolf pounced again, and then disappeared from vision.

"Where did you go?" Nia didn't dare to maintain her posture rashly, and a strange collision sound immediately sounded behind her head, and when she turned around, she saw that the werewolf was stepping on the tree pole, and her whole body was in the air and crashed into Bai Ye!

"Raiyifa! be careful!" turned, raised his sword, and stabbed, this series of actions was completed by the time it was too late to stop the werewolf's attack.

"It's really aimed at me. Bai Ye stared at the werewolf's waving claws unhurriedly, without defense, let alone fighting back, just letting the claws stab at his defenseless chest, and at the moment when he was about to be pierced, his body made slight adjustments.

The "hiss" claws grazed the coat, and even left a shallow scar on the skin of Bai Ye's chest, but then, the flickering short sword took advantage of this opportunity to pierce the werewolf's right eye, "Huh...... Whoop...... "Kill it!" Bai Ye jumped back, bringing up a piece of scarlet liquid, and behind the werewolf, Nia was swinging her sword and slashing, "Huh...... Whoa, remember me, human!" bent legs snapped up, and the werewolf crashed into the nearby forest......

"Stop ......" "Don't chase...... The forest is its territory, and it will suffer if it catches up with it. Nia, who was going to pursue, was stopped by Bai Ye, who was sitting down under the tree in a fit of breath, and now Bai Ye, who could not use the contract, purely relied on his years of combat experience to support it, just now, as long as he slowed down for a second, maybe his heart had been dug out by the werewolf.

"You can't let the werewolf leave alive, otherwise what will the villagers do!" Nia knew that in this dense forest, it was impossible for her to find the cunning werewolf without Bai Ye's help, and immediately walked under the tree angrily, "Do you want to watch those innocent villagers being killed by werewolves?" "How the villagers will happen has nothing to do with me at all, in the end, I am just an outsider, there is no need to work for their inconsequential people, you too, do you really plan to contribute to this village?" Bai Ye raised his head a little tiredly, but unfortunately he couldn't see what kind of expression Nia was under the mask from this angle.

"What's wrong! It was the knight's responsibility to protect those weak village names, not to mention that they were all such kind and simple people!" Nia's words made Bai Ye feel inexplicably irritable, she was really a stupid woman, even if she didn't see that diary, she wouldn't be so dedicated to others.

"I went back. Bai Ye didn't have the patience to argue, took out the diary and threw it over, "You wanted to see this thing yesterday, right, then enjoy it......" "Now is not the time to talk about the diary, werewolf ......" "Nia." Yan Sù's tone made the female knight unexpectedly stunned, "In the past, you dedicated a qiē to your country, but in the end you were hurt by something to protect, if you go through it again, you may collapse, the so-called chivalry spirit is better to lose it as soon as possible, now what the world needs is not your boring spirit but ...... strength, and the obsession to keep yourself alive. Leaving the female knight alone, Bai Ye walked on the road back to the village alone.

When he returned to the village, it was close to dusk, and Bai Ye, who came back first to the villagers who lied that he was not feeling well, was not stared at and ridiculed by others, but everyone asked him about his physical condition with concern, and also asked a doctor to bandage the wound on his chest.

On the table of Chunxiang's house, the girl was happily telling Bai Ye about the interesting things that happened during the day, and the latter just cared about the rice in the bowl and nodded from time to time as an answer.

"Sister Nia will be back the day after tomorrow, and I will prepare something to meet her when the time comes. Humming a cheerful song, Bai Ye quietly glanced away, did the innocent girl in front of him know about the sacrifice? No, according to reason, the whole village should know about it.

But silence will not give the answer.

"Haruka. ”

"What's the matter, Lai. ”

"Does the village still offer sacrifices to the living, in exchange for a good harvest? ”

The sound of the bowl falling to pieces on the ground, I caught a glimpse of Haruka's pale face and trembling hands with my afterglow, "You...... What are you talking about, it's annoying, Laiyifa, how can we possibly use live ...... The living ...... "Although he tried his best to control his own feelings, he didn't seem to be very successful.

"It seems that the tradition is still being continued, and under the appearance of hospitality, there is an unexpectedly very decisive determination. After eating, Bai Ye quietly put down the bowl and slowly raised his head to stare at the girl in front of him, "So, who is the sacrifice this time?" The extremely powerful Nia is still an old human who is as weak as you, I'm afraid I'm better to take it in comparison, but Nia's weakness is also obvious, and she has an overtrust in you, so as long as you put a little bit of money in the meal...... "No, no one will be." Haruka immediately gave a negative speech, and her smile became a little bitter, "The next sacrifice will be sent to the mountain the day after tomorrow, and I ...... It's a sacrifice. "Hey?" This time, the stunned person became Bai Ye.

"You heard me right, I'm the sacrifice this time. Chunxiang showed her usual smile at Bai Ye, but this splendor looked so helpless in front of her, "This is my last goodbye to you and Sister Nia." ”