Chapter 13: Miss Winny's Beauty Pageant

When Achille woke up, Deirrando had eaten almost everything he could. The rest of the things that needed to be cooked were piled up by Deirlandor and given by Achille to Aunt Rum, who was cooking.

But the boy was about to leave with a large pile of things in his hand and hesitated, he was going to fetch water. The thought of the monsters scattered in the water mentioned yesterday made Achilli a little worried.

"Don't worry, you don't use magic near the water. At the moment, that thing is only interested in activated mana. Dillando saw Achille's concern and patted him on the shoulder, reassuring him.

Seeing the boy running away with confidence, Dearlando raised his hand, pulled out the ordinary sword held in the circus, habitually moved the muscles and bones of his whole body, and did some stabbing exercises. Although in order to save energy, I don't do much exercise, but as a person who has practiced swordsmanship since I was a child, I always feel that something is missing if I don't practice for a day.

After a while, you could hear the noise coming from the circus, and unlike the usual harmonious morning greetings of pots and pans, it seemed that something special had happened today. Sure enough, it didn't take long for Achille to stride over, running all the way and shouting: "Oh no, no, no, the wolf is gone!"

The carnivorous beasts of the circus have always been kept away from the crowd, and are managed by the giant animal tamer Radardu. Leopards and bears are kept in sturdy cages, but wolves are generally chained and tied to trees.

When Ladhar went to feed this morning, he found that there were five fewer wolves near the shore, and the chains were left untouched on the thick trunk of a tree where one person hugged him. And the wolves just disappeared out of thin air, and there was not even a single hair left.

Hearing Achille's report, Fayl jumped out of the carriage and immediately walked to the other side of the camp. When he heard the news, his heart moved, and he immediately thought of the dog corpse that was swallowed by the lake yesterday.

Dearrando also put on a blindfold and followed. There were already several people standing by the river, Captain Zoya, Chief Lanli, Domon, Dan, and Radar were all there. Seeing Diarlando and Fayer, Zoya beckoned Fayle to come over and check it out.

Zoya's eyes swept over Deerlando, and Dearlando shook his head slightly, indicating that the matter had nothing to do with him. The red-haired beauty showed a slightly relieved expression, turned her head and asked in confusion: "Gray Ghost, how did you see that the five living wolves disappeared without a trace without unlocking the locks? Do you want to see if it's magic?"

Radar squatted beside the remaining three wolves at the moment, calming the wolves with his huge hands. The wolves were all curled up together, their tails tucked under them, their ears deflated, and their low, mournful howls.

With the empty iron chains in his hands, Dirlando walked to Radardu's side. All the remaining wolves were chained straight, and it could be seen that they were trying to stay as far away from the river bank as possible.

Dearlando has always had a lot of affection for creatures like wolves, because he has a very good friend, who is a totem knight who has made a contract with a wolf-type monster. He caressed the frightened animals lovingly, opening up his senses to them and sensing what they had encountered.

The canines could only see monochrome shijie in the dim night light, and they were all awakened by the half-whimper of their kind, and when they opened their eyes, they found their own companions swept away by the river.

The water came up silently, with a pungent scent, like an invisible hand choking the throats of all living things, and the rest of the wolves tried their best to stay away from the river, unable to even bark for help.

Eventually, the wolves rolled in the direction of the river, getting smaller and smaller, and most of them were completely dissolved before they reached the river. The river moved more than thirty feet to the shore, and it was no longer possible to touch any living creatures within the limit before retreating.

Diarlando disconnected, and glanced at Fayer with a frown, judging by the time, it seemed to have happened shortly after he escaped from the underground with Fayl yesterday. Could it be that the alarmed creature chased after Fayle?

Fayer had lowered his chains and walked along the embankment that had been overflowing by the river, but was now unrecognizable. He stopped about fifteen feet near the riverbank, turned around and said solemnly to Zoya, "Commander, there is a monster in the water, and that monster has eaten our wolf. ”

"What?" exclaimed everyone around him.

"But we shouldn't talk about it, it's just that everyone tries to stay away from the water source at night, and we will leave this place the day after tomorrow. ”

"What a monster! I'm going to take revenge on my fellows!" said Radar, dissatisfied, slapping his axe, and the animals in the regiment were like subordinates to him, and so many of them died at once, completely infuriating the giant.

"I just don't know what kind of monster it is, but it left a residue of magic where it passed, and it should have come out of the water. You don't know how to catch it, how can you catch it?" Fayer rolled his eyes and blocked Radar back.

Zoya rubbed her eyebrows with two fingers, she seemed to have a headache, but after thinking about it for a while, she quickly made a decision. "Evacuate everything near the shore to at least a hundred feet. We're keeping this matter a secret for the time being, and if it gets out, the locals still think we've brought in a monster, and that's not good. ”

"Okay, okay, everyone, hurry back to breakfast, we're going to go into the city soon, participate in the parade of floats, don't waste time!" Zoya clapped her hands neatly, telling everyone to act immediately.

Diarrando patted Radardu soothingly, and he could feel the giant's frustration and anger. It seems that the monster in the water is a little different from what I expected, so I can't eat it now.

Fayer deliberately walked away from the crowd, and Dierlando naturally understood that he was waiting for him, and quickly chased after him.

"How?"

"Yesterday when you dived into the lake, the hounds of Longbottom Manor tried to attack me, and I killed them with tearing. Those corpses were swallowed and melted by the lake, look at our wolf ......"

"I see, I said the creature wasn't aggressive. Your spells have activated magic, and those that remain on the dogs, the monsters in the lake have sensed so they start devouring them. And it seems that the marrow knows the taste...... Yesterday they came to chase us, but they couldn't catch us, so they ate the wolf by the way. ”

"It doesn't seem good. ”

"It's not good. ”

The two men were silent for a moment, and both realized that if things went badly, the next step was most likely for monsters to attack all creatures near the water's edge - including humans.

Both of them quickly settled breakfast in thought.

After eating, the logistics staff had already dressed up the horses in a bright and bright manner, and pulled them to the front of the tent to stand by. A performance team of about fifteen clowns, equestrians, magicians, and animal trainers marched towards the small city.

Achille and Luna rode on the same horse with bunting in front of the way, and a large flock of colorful birds, tamed by Deirlando, circled around them.

Behind it is a clown on stilts, and a float pulled by two horses. Captain Zoya sat high on the float, and the two dwarf clowns at his feet dressed as goblins, happily swaying their little short legs hanging on the edge of the float.

The performance didn't start until after entering the city, but everyone put up a twelve-point spirit and dutifully entered the state.

Entering the west gate, they followed the stone path that connects the city, and they first came to the south gate square. All the Miss Winnie candidates' floats are assembled here, and the young girls would sing and dance on the floats as a fun show to attract tourists. But now that there is a professional circus, the audience is looking forward to it even more.

The square at the south gate has long been crowded, but fortunately, everyone heard about the wonderful performance of the circus yesterday, and they are actively cooperating with the passage at this moment. After all, you can't see the performance until the actors are in place, right?

The dwarf mayor was really there, and when he saw the horse team, he opened the carriage and jumped down, and when Zoya's float arrived, he reached out to take Zoya off.

"Lord Druf, you're here so early?" Zoya gently shook a small, colorful fan made of feathers, which echoed the tight-fitting gown on her body. The long streamers, also made of feathers, drew a full arc from the shoulders along the chest, and then loosely draped down, and the ornate headdress woven with precious stones and feathers made Zoya look like the king of birds.

"Call me Rick! As the mayor of this city, of course I have to bow down to everything, Zoya, you are even more charming today~" After speaking, Druf picked up Zoya's soft thorn and kissed his fingertips.

A whip "snapped" and exploded above everyone's heads, and it turned out to be a tall animal trainer, driving a black bear more than two people tall to the front of the team.

The black bear wears a fine flower crown on its head, a thick leather and steel collar around its neck, and a pink lace on its right front paw. Let the audience around him get out of the way in fear, and follow behind curiously, and can't help but watch the black bear perform.

Zoya took the opportunity to withdraw her hand without a trace, and then returned to the float. She looked at the mayor with a smile and asked, "Can the parade begin?"

Losing the warm fragrance and warm jade in his hand, the mayor who was suddenly lost reacted and hurriedly nodded and said: "Start to start~ This begins!"

As the mayor waved his cane, dozens of fireworks that had been arranged for Haode to be ignited at once. Colorful fireballs flew into the air and exploded, scattering confetti from the sky. The crowd celebrated the official start of the Miss Winnie pageant with enthusiastic cheers.