As they spoke, a low roar came from outside the camp, and the two men immediately became alert. Then they heard footsteps getting closer, accompanied by a grunting breath. Ellint took up his weapon, and he whispered to Siegel, "Go and call them all up, it seems that a wild beast is approaching." ”

Siegel lifted the tent and kicked his companion's feet hard – a code to quickly wake up his companion during a camping in the wilderness. No sooner had he done this than he saw a large black figure swoop into the camp and crash into the dwarven's flaming warhammer. The dark shadow and the dwarf rolled together and crashed into the carriage, making a loud noise and smashing the wheels of the carriage.

By the glow of the campfire, Siegel noticed that it was a giant black bear, like a moving hill. Its hind legs are thicker than Siegel's, and its claws, like daggers, can easily pull scratches on the ground. It opened its large mouth, revealing two rows of sharp, thick teeth, and a foul breath permeated. The black bear had rough skin and thick flesh, and the impact just now obviously didn't hurt him. The bear shook its head and roared loudly in the middle of the camp.

"You stupid bear, you still want to eat me, a dwarf, come here, let me break your teeth!" said Elint, wielding a warhammer, in a majestic manner.

Siegel's throwing knife swung into the bear's fur in the wind, but not a drop of blood was seen. Seeing this, he drew the broadsword at his waist, and with his other hand picked up the burning wood from the ground.

The Black Bear ignored Siegel and just fixed his eyes on Irling. His eyes reddened, and a large amount of saliva trickled down the corners of his mouth. The black bear stood upright and pounced on the dwarf with a crushing force.

Irint didn't advance or retreat, and shrunk into a ball of steel, slamming into the black bear's soft belly. His strong thighs instantly exerted force, like a lever, priing up the black bear's huge body. Siegel raised his sword and charged quickly, slashing down at the bear's head.

A huge gap stretched from the head to the chin, and the black bear was enraged by the heavy blow and slammed into it with its upper body. Siegel was bounced off with a force, and his training and armor protected him, so Siegel was only slightly injured. Elint took the opportunity to flip out from under the bear's belly, turned around and struck the black bear on the hind legs. The bones broke, and the beast immediately lost its balance, tilted, and fell to the ground with a thud.

The elf burst out of the tent and quickly bent his bow and shot an arrow into the beast's throat. The black bear struggled to get up, but was strangled by the neck of the highland brute who arrived. The brute roared, his arms bulging with muscles, strong as chains of steel, crushing the beast. Irint continued to break the beast's limbs with a hammer, and Siegel took the opportunity to slice open the black bear's stomach with his broadsword.

The beast struggled for a while and soon died.

"I'm so big, I've never heard of a black bear attacking a camp so wildly," said Elinte. ”

The brute circled around the black bear, and suddenly crouched down and pulled out a wet ring-shaped object from the corpse. He wiped it from his horse's clamp, then called Elliint over and asked, "This seems to be your dwarf thing." ”

Irint hurriedly took it and looked at it carefully. A solemn look appeared on his face. This is the bracer of the armor, and the coat of arms on it is the Morla family. Did something happen to them?" "Siegel, come over here, help me dissect this black bear completely." I'm going to see what he's eating?"

They found dwarven bones in the stomach pouch of the black bear, with few signs of grinding. It seems that the black bear is very anxious when eating, and swallows the bones alive. Fighting back his great grief, Elint tried to find clues from the corpse, and finally he picked up a piece of bone, pointed to the section, and said, "They were cut or chopped open before they were eaten by bears." So they definitely did not die from the attack of the beast, but were murdered. ”

Leah went to the high place to stand guard after the battle, and when she came back, she patted the dwarf on the shoulder to comfort her, and then pointed to the traces of the black bear's charge: "The footprints left by the black bear are very obvious, shall we go and take a look in the direction he came from?"

"Of course, you dare to feed on dwarves, or on dwarven territory. I will destroy them completely and avenge my countrymen!"

Everyone was screamed, but not everyone was going to trouble the black bear. The coachman must stay, he tries to fix the wheels that were broken by the black bear, and the cook helps him clean the wagons and take care of the camp. Two men were left to keep watch in case any other animals approached. The four adventurers were heavily armed, and Siegel, who had no dark vision, brought flint and flint and torches, but they didn't light them, and Smear walked at the back of the line, following in Elint's footsteps. Leah disappeared into the darkness and explored the front of the line, using a whistle to communicate with the back of the group.

The black bear's cave is not far from here, hidden in a rocky valley. Leah discovers the cave and calls everyone over, and there are still some bones in the cave, as well as the remains of some dwarven armor.

"It's a solitary male bear, and I don't see any signs of a mother bear or cub around. Leah explains: "Bears rarely hunt at the door of their burrows, and they are not in the habit of dragging carcasses back to eat. ”

"In other words, these dwarves were killed and thrown here?" Elint was furious: "! 10,000 hells! Elves, can you trace them?"

The elf shook his head: "This should have happened a few days ago, the bear's activity affected the surrounding traces. It's not dawn yet, I can try again when the sun comes up. ”

The dwarf fell to his knees, his hands clutching the bones of his compatriot in pain. Siegel untied the shovel he had with him, found a clearing outside the cave and began digging graves to bury the bodies. The sound of shoveling echoed through the silent night, and then the sound of sharpening knives sounded. Siegel turned his head to see Dio crouching on the ground, sharpening his broadsword with a stone he had picked up.

The young man threw a stone of oil: "Use this, ordinary stones are useless, and they will damage the blade." ”

"You've got everything, and you're really in the same style as Sir Bill. The brute grinned.

"It's still a while before dawn, why are you in a hurry to sharpen your knives?"

"Wait and see, we're about to go. ”

Sure enough, the dwarf stood up after a while, holding the bones and placing them in the shallow pit. "Siegel, don't dig it yet, just cover it with soil. Let's go and avenge them, and then come back and slowly clean up. ”

"Didn't Master Leah wait until dawn to track down the enemy?"

"Silly boy, just now I was so excited that I forgot the simplest thing. Only the watchtower is guarded by dwarves, and there are definitely more clues there. The good lad of the Morla family can't just die for nothing!"

Several people returned to the camp, and the dwarf also took advantage of this time to gather his emotions and began to give a series of orders. He asked the coachman to change the four-wheeled carriage into a two-wheeled carriage, and the courier rode to the top of Mora to gather the Jewel Clan's battle group as quickly as possible and return to the area.

Irint took Leah, the barbarian Dio and Siegel, fully armed, carrying enough food and water for five days, and began to hike from here. They are careful to keep themselves in the shadows of the rocks and mountains, hiding their figures. After leaving the carriage dragging, everyone moved faster.

They started their journey before dawn without rest, but ate a few simple dry rations as they went. It was only at noon that the sun shone brightly overhead, and there was no longer enough shadow around them to obscure their tracks, that they stopped to rest. At this time, the watchtower had already appeared in the field of vision of several people.

When it was built, the observation view of the tower was fully considered, so it was built high on a small hillside, just above the heads of the four adventurers. Despite the glare of the sun, several people noticed smoke wafting from the watchtower's windows.

"The boys of the Morla family must have been killed, and this watchtower was built without a chimney, so it was not allowed to light a fire in it. ”

"How are we going to go up?" Dio looked at the terrain and crouched down again to discuss, "It will take a while to climb this height, especially you Elinte." ”

"The tower was built relatively simply, with wooden doors on the sides, and it was not like those on the plains where you had to go through an underpass. There is a road to the west of the tower, where you can go in and out and deliver supplies on a daily basis. There are no rocks or plants to shelter the road, but we can take advantage of the special environment. "Every day after noon, the sun is obscured by the walled mountains, so that the west side of the hillside on which the tower is located is in shadow, while the east side is still very bright. Even our dwarven eyes will not be able to adapt to this contrasting light for a while, resulting in no visibility on the road. That's when it's in our favor and we can try to slip up there. ”

"Speed is everything, and no matter what happens, you can't stop. The dwarf concluded.

"But don't make too much noise. Leah glared at Dio, "Especially you, don't use the battle cry! Do you remember the stupid thing you did in the Chimo Pit?"

"Can't I bite a throwing axe?" said the brute, shaking his head proudly for the good idea he had come up with.

Everyone unloaded all the weight they didn't use in battle, and brought nothing but weapons and armor. Elliette wrapped her feet in a cloth bag to keep her voice down. Elf Lea crouched on the ground, her eyes scanning the path the dwarf had mentioned, scanning every inch of land. Although Elint says that there has never been a trap there, who knows if the guy who captured the watchtower will do something about it.

"Remember to leave a live mouth. The dwarf gritted his teeth and said, "I want to know who ordered it." ”