Chapter 7: The Sphinx

Long Yun hurried through the forest. Fortunately, everything went smoothly on the way back, and after a few hours, he was almost at the entrance of the village.

Just as he was about to reach the village, he heard from a distance what seemed to be a voice coming from the direction of the village, and when he listened closely, it looked like some animal was roaring, mixed with the shouts of the people.

When Long Yun heard this voice, the hairs on his whole body immediately stood up, and he said in his heart: It's not good!

Then he hurriedly quickened his pace and ran towards the village, muttering as he ran: "There must be no trouble...... Don't be fine...... Don't be ......."

Long Yun ran to a place where he could see the village after a while, he saw everything in front of him, his eyes became eager, and sure enough, Long Yun guessed it, why the more afraid he is, the more he comes!

At this time, a huge strange beast appeared not far from the entrance of the village, the giant beast had a blue face and purple whiskers, more than two people tall, its face looked like a very ugly human face, its expression was distorted, it seemed to cry rather than cry, it seemed to be angry but not angry, its body looked like a huge lion, its four huge feet were like sharp claws like blades, and the whole looked very fierce and domineering.

The giant beast is now being besieged by more than a dozen people, all of whom are members of the beast hunting team formed in the village.

Ten of them, armed with stout chains, in groups of twos and twos, grasped one end of the chain, wrapped the chain around the legs and body of the beast, and pulled the chain with great difficulty. The rest of the men stood at the side of the beast and stabbed the beast in the abdomen with their extended spears, but the beast's fur was so thick that the spear never penetrated a single bit.

There was only one person standing in front of the beast, and compared to the other dozen or so, this man was much more burly, he was dark-skinned, his arms were thick, his face was square, his face was resolute, and there was a long scar on his face, which extended from his left forehead to his chin, and divided his face diagonally into two halves.

I saw that this man held a huge bow in one hand and a bowstring in the other, and kept shooting arrows at the giant beast, and he shouted at the other dozen people as he shot back, directing the battle. This person is none other than the only full-time orc hunter in Long'an Village now, Long Gang.

The villagers in Long'an Village are now hiding in their houses, and the doors and windows of every house are closed, and the whole village has become empty.

Looking out over the village, there was only one person in sight, an old woman, hunched over her waist, her hands clenched into fists, her eyes closed, huddled tremblingly, kneeling on the ground at the entrance of the village, still muttering words in her mouth. This person is Long Yun's grandmother.

She is also today's "sacrifice", if the beast hunting team outside can't successfully drive away the strange beast, she will send food to the strange beast today.

She was now crouching there, muttering as if she were praying for something, as if she was mourning something.

Long Yun saw his grandmother from afar, and his heart couldn't be calm anymore, his eyes became hot, and he ran towards his grandmother as if he was running. After a while, he ran to his grandmother, and he crouched down and hugged the weak body, shouting, "Grandma-"

Long Yun's grandmother opened her eyes when she heard this shout, looked at Long Yun, her eyes were moist, and said, "Yun'er, you're back, it's great, it's great, it's really good! ”

Long Yun held his grandmother's shoulders, looking at the old tearful grandmother, he really couldn't control his emotions, after all, he was only a fifteen-year-old child, he couldn't say a word, and shouted loudly, "Grandma-", this one was louder and more poignant than the one just now, and then a cry poured out of Long Yun's mouth, this cry was like the collapse of the water that broke the embankment and was sad.

Not long after, a metallic crunch interrupted Long Yun's cry. He looked back, and saw that the giant beast not far away had broken a chain on its leg, and the situation was even more critical.

At this time, Long Yun's grandmother pushed Long Yun away and said to him, "Yun'er, go back to the house quickly, it's too dangerous here." ”

"I'm not leaving!" Long Yun wiped the tears from his face with his sleeve and said firmly.

"Hey, why are you disobedient? What are you going to do? Do you think you're saving grandma? Do you think you're capable of saving grandma? You're hurting grandma like this. If you die in front of me, how will I live? Hurry up—go back!" Long Yun's grandmother ordered Long Yun angrily.

"I don't care, if this strange beast wants to eat you today, you have to eat me first!" At this time, Long Yun resolutely decided.

"Child, don't you think about yourself, don't you care about your sister? You die, what will Long Yao do? No one takes care of her, how can she live?" Long Yun's grandmother said that she couldn't move Long Yun, so she grinded softly with Long Yun.

Hearing Grandma mention Long Yao, Long Yun did hesitate for a moment, but then said:

"I don't care! If I can ignore your life or death today, I will also care about Long Yao's life or death in the future, I will never be such a person!"

After saying this, Long Yun stood up, took out the rusty iron sword from his waist, held it in front of him with his hand, and turned his back to his grandmother, standing straight in front of his grandmother, motionless.

Long Yun's grandmother had been kneeling on the ground just now, her legs had long been paralyzed, and she couldn't get up, so she had to shout and scold behind Long Yun: "Long Yun, you listen to me, if you don't leave today, don't recognize me as a grandmother, you have raised you white-eyed wolf for so many years, such a disobedient thing, you go back for me, get out, don't you hear it......"

Long Yun's grandmother was already exhausted behind her, but Long Yun stood there like an inaudible person.

The behemoth not far away became more and more manic, and it let out a scream of rage, breaking several chains in succession, and the scene suddenly went completely out of control.

At this time, Long Gang immediately made a decision, and shouted to everyone: "Run-" The members of the beast hunting team scattered and ran away in a well-trained manner.

The giant beast suddenly was stunned, it looked left and right, and found Long Yun not far away, so it rushed towards Long Yun with swift steps, and flew towards Long Yun.

When Long Gang, who had already run away, looked back, he found that Long Yun was still standing there, and at this moment he was extremely angry, and roared loudly while running back: "Long Yun-what are you doing? Run-"

But instead of running at this time, Long Yun raised his sword and rushed towards the lion-like beast......

The sphinoid beast never expected that such a thin human child would have the courage to raise his sword against it!

It flew through the air and slowly opened its large mouth, the corners of which were raised with a hint of disdain......

After a moment, everything was silent.

Then Long Yun's grandmother began to cry desperately, and Long Gang's eyes showed sadness.