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"Which of you are the mountain people? These are the only ones left?"

Hearing the young man's question, Bonda and the other clansman glanced at each other, and seeing the other party nodding slightly, Bonda couldn't help but sigh.

He understood what his people were thinking. Now the living conditions in the Bronze Helmet Mountains and the Wolf's Kiss Forest are too bad, and the slaughterers have been missing, as if they have disappeared into the shadows of the Wolf's Kiss Forest, but the threat brought by this is far greater than knowing his whereabouts, and even in the eyes of many people, these people are like demons hiding behind every tree, staring at his next target.

Although I haven't heard of a similar tragedy for a while, it doesn't mean that there is none, the Bronze Helmet Mountain Range is so large and covered with dense forests that the exchange of information between the various communities of the mountain people is not frequent, and maybe it will be like last time, a certain community encounters a slaughterer, but it can only wait for someone to pass by by chance to find out.

But seriously speaking, the impact of the slaughterers has so far been completely reflected in psychological pressure, and the intensifying wolf plague has made the entire mountain people feel the pressure to survive.

The clansman nodded and motioned for him to answer Leon's question, which was actually a kind of submission for the mountain people in such a predicament of survival. The young man opposite was the new lord of the local area, and he showed a certain amount of goodwill, which was very rare and an extremely rare opportunity, especially since he was also the grandson of the paladin, if he told him about the plight of the mountain people, he should be able to gain some sympathy, even if there was no assistance, as long as he left a little space for them to survive on the plains.

"Really, that's enough," thought Bonda, "we won't expect too much, and sooner or later the mountains and forests will be restored, and we'll go back." ”

So he raised his head, looked directly at the young man opposite, and said, "We are all descendants of Colf, but we distinguish our communities by the names of animals, and I belong to the Blue Bird Division, and have been living at the foot of the mountain dozens of miles northwest of this place. ”

"Are you the patriarch of the blue bird?" Seeing that the other party finally began to talk after a long silence, Li Ang became more and more convinced that the mountain people seemed to be in some kind of predicament, and he did not rush to ask, but planned to take it step by step.

"No, how could I be the patriarch," Bonda couldn't help but sigh as she recalled the battle that had taken place in the forest the other day.

Gu Bangda said next that the wolf plague in the forest is very strict now. Those night wolves don't know where they used to live, and now they are running out in a swarm, and one or two rotten wolves will appear among dozens of night wolves, and if the number is a little more, there may be a demonized rotten wolf, which is not the strictest, after all, the mountain people are also fighting against this creature on weekdays, so they also have some experience.

However, along with the wolf plague, there are also some other powerful creatures in the wolf's kiss forest—those wild boars that are bigger than cows, each claw is like a saw-bladed spider with a sharp steel blade, a migratory beast hiding in the shadows, a swift tooth that can almost bite off a tree, and a fierce peng that can form a hurricane with a single flap of wings...... Even some of the thick vines seemed to come to life, and if any creature was entwined by it, it would turn into a pale corpse in a matter of minutes.

The Bronze Helmet Mountain Range is the home of the mountain people, although the home on weekdays has such and such dangers, but it is always possible to live if you are careful. The clothes are a little poor, but the animal skins can be regarded as windproof and cold, and can even resist the attacks of some wild beasts, and the dwelling is poor, but the rattan soaked in the rain is extremely tough, and the woven shelter can also provide warmth, and bring a sense of security to the elderly and children.

And this homeland has always been very generous in terms of food, wild plants in the field, fruits on trees, wild boars, black bears everywhere...... These foods make the mountain people's physique stronger from generation to generation, and it is like a gift from heaven to them.

But now it was different, the slaughterers lurking in the dense forest were like a heavy shadow in the hearts of all the mountain people, wolves were rampant, dangerous creatures were wreaking havoc everywhere, and even the plants and fruits did not know why their own color was mixed with wisps of black, and at the same time exuded a smell of corruption.

With such doubts, several groups of mountain people set out to the depths of the Wolf's Kiss Forest, to the "holy place" located at the foot of a certain mountain in the Bronze Helmet Mountain Range, to seek guidance from their spiritual pillars, and at the same time planned to temporarily unite several groups to deal with the increasingly harsh living environment.

Bonda didn't tell the truth before, and now that she wants to ask for the other party's asylum, there's no point in lying. In fact, the blue bird to which Bonda belongs also belongs to one of them, but they met the night wolf pack on the road, this sudden battle disrupted their formation, and the size of the night wolf pack was completely beyond their expectations.

In fact, it was not entirely because of good luck, but that most of the night wolves were attracted by the strong people in the clan, so that Bonda and these clansmen found an opportunity. However, they can't go back for the time being, not to mention that there are more than 30 old and weak women and children, including the wounded, let's just say that the night wolves that appeared that night almost reached a thousand, and the entire Blue Bird Department was only six or seven hundred people, including at least a third of the people who were incapable of fighting, maybe after that battle, the Blue Bird Department would become history.

"When did all this happen?" Leon was silent for at least four or five minutes before he asked as the mountain people watched.

"The killing of all the porcupines was discovered a month ago, but I don't know exactly when, the wolf plague and the appearance of those creatures were after that," Bonda said honestly.

It's not a long time, maybe these people really stayed in the mountain range and didn't leave, Li Ang nodded, and suddenly asked, "Where are you hiding?"

Bonda pointed to the pit on the outside, where the mountain people found Leon and his party, and then hid at the entrance of the cave to witness them enter another tunnel, because of Leon's age and Red's obvious size, Bonda and several people after discussing more and more think that these people are the rumored slaughterers, and they have not been seen for many days because they are hiding in this hidden place.

So Bonda moved to kill, although he knew that his strength was not good, but he also wanted to try to destroy the entrance, if he could bury them inside, wouldn't it be a powerful threat to the mountain people?

Hearing this, Li Ang was almost angry, this behavior of the mountain people proved that they had completely lost their judgment under multiple strong pressures, like a flock of frightened birds, but this could not be blamed on them entirely, the wolf kiss forest was too dangerous now.

"But when I left Campbell, I walked through the edge of the Wolf's Kiss Forest, and there was nothing wrong at the time, so why has it changed so much in just over two months?"

This thought made Leon even more puzzled, he looked back at Katarina, the girl was walking with him at that time, did he have similar doubts?

He addressed the question to the Knight Maiden, and finally asked, "What do you think, Katarina?"

"My lord, there must be something strange about this. Caterina said very seriously.

......

"Tell me," Leon has been thinking about these strange things happening in the wolf's kiss forest, he always feels that he has thought of a certain possibility, but once he thinks about it, he always misses the point, so I hope someone can help him hint at it.

Caterina sorted out her thoughts and said, "We walked in the Wolf's Kiss Forest for almost two days and one night, and at most we encountered some large creatures like black bears, but it was true that there was nothing unusual at all, but before the battle in Locketown, didn't you encounter a corrupted demon wolf?"

There seemed to be a flash of lightning in Leon's mind, not because of the last sentence, but because of the "battle in Locketown" that suddenly reminded him that the last vampire to appear was about the same age as himself, and beside it was a big man like Red, the dark fighter Barlow.

Leon's insight was now different, and when he thought of the scene, he immediately remembered the strange madness of the mob, and the last strange behavior of the vampire—it was clearly a potion, something that could spur the mob into a rage and ignore the pain.

"It should be these people, they left Rock Town and didn't go back, but went to the Bronze Helmet Mountain Range, killing so many mountain people, are they still doing real things? And maybe even those abnormal creatures are related to them......" Leon squinted his eyes, remembering the absolutely impressive punch that Barlow gave him at the beginning, if he met him now, would it still be so powerful?