Wolf Spirit Witch (2)
Laura is an excellent archer, not only for the precision of her archery, but also for the fact that she is an enchanter, unlike a magician, she does not need to chant, only a medium such as an arrow in her hand. In terms of power, most of the magic that can be used by enchanters only plays a certain role in enhancement, and it is far from orthodox magicians, and most of the magicians who can use it cannot be used, and most of the magicians who can use it can be used, so when the enchanted archers stand with the magician, most of them are in an awkward position, even if your skills are so good.
If you don't have a proper career, a bounty hunter is the best choice, because this business is never picky, you just need to be prepared to lose your life in the mission, and the guild door is always open for you. Laura is a person with goals, she hopes to make a career on her own and create her own legend, but the world is so realistic that she forgets that it takes a lot of money to build a legend, and it is impossible for a person who can't fill his stomach to cast brilliant achievements.
As luck would have gotten on her this time, she had grabbed a nice bounty and spent a day in a union filled with the smell of sweltering sweat, the mint smell of her body had been successfully assimilated by the scrubbing of the stinky men, and Laura needed to keep her head high so that her nose would not keep inhaling the disgusting smell. This quest is not a small amount of money to be rewarded with three gold coins, and with proper planning, Laura will not only be able to update her outfit, but may also have the opportunity to buy herself a new dress, such as a dress woven with pine lace, and no woman will not cherish her beauty.
But this is on the premise that the three gold coins belong to herself, Laura's original intention to endure a day in the guild is to find a bounty task that can be completed without the help of others and rely on herself, and the reward is fifty to sixty silver coins, but unfortunately she didn't find a suitable task for herself after a day, but she found the current bounty task at the end, catching a monitor lizard, and keeping it alive and healthy as much as possible.
The difficulty of the task itself is not high, he is still an enchanter, and it is easy to make a monitor lizard move by only using his hands and feet on the bow and arrow, but the problem is that monitor lizards are social animals, and generally like three to five to live together, and although this kind of creature is large but not bulky at all, it is not friendly to archers who can quickly read moving targets, and Laura needs a warrior who can stand in front of him to help him stabilize the movement of the monitor lizard.
Laura's thought of what she was going to do next was no more relaxed than smelling the stench on her body, and from time to time Laura still wondered why she was with these two guys in the first place.
The people who need to be sought out can only be found in one place, the Fanti Tavern, a place where cheap drinks can be drunk. Pushing open the tavern door, an alternative smell rushed into her nostrils, Laura couldn't help frowning, she easily found her target, just because the physical characteristics are really obvious, but it is not a simple thing to go there in the past, you need to be wary of some women who seem to be drunk but always pay attention to the women who walk by you, and then take advantage of the mess to rub the oil. Obviously, the girl who was being played around in the tavern was going to work for the first time, and she couldn't hold her hands free to block the big hands that fell on her buttocks, so she could only twist her waist from side to side to dodge, but this would attract more hands to say hello. Laura has no intention of trying to solve the siege, people always grow in difficulties, the first Laura also came over like this, this time the help is not necessarily good for others, because next time you may not be there, she needs to learn to take care of herself.
Laura expertly made her way through the crowd without being hindered in the slightest, and when she sat down, she found that the dishes on the table were more sumptuous than ever, and the wine was still the same.
Laura: "Where did you get the money? ”
The dwarf took a long sip of wine and squinted his eyes for a few moments before he could see who was coming, and he laughed.
Dwarf Grad: "Oh my dear little Laura, you're finally here, come and drink, we're all rich tonight." ”
Laura's face was gloomy, he glanced at Pierce, who was shaking his head and was ready to fall at any time, and slowly pulled out his dagger and placed it on the table, separating Grad who had come over to pour wine.
Laura: "Watch your tongue if you want to keep drinking with it." ”
Gerak touched his nose and sneered, returning to his place, although Laura was in good shape, it was not worth losing her life to touch two. Pierce, who didn't know how many laps his head was dangling, couldn't hold on after all, and with a bang, he fell headlong on the table.
Laura, who had been busy all day, was indeed hungry, and the dishes on the table were very tempting, and she told Gerak about the bounty she had received today. After eating and drinking, I found that this short money fan did not have the excitement of putting money in his pocket in the past, but had a profound face.
Gluck the Dwarf: "No, we don't need such a low-paying bounty to get by. ”
The smug tone was a denial of Laura's efforts for a day, which made Laura very unhappy, but she was willing to endure it once for the three gold coins.
Laura: "I'll give you three minutes, and you'd better give me a reasonable explanation, or I'll not be able to grasp the severity of my attack." ”
Grack smiled slyly, told Laura everything that happened today, and explained all of his subsequent perfect escape plan 1510, with a look of excitement on his face that made him ignore Laura's more and more gloomy expression the more he listened.
Laura: "Don't have the thirty gold coins left, leave Devonburg in the middle of the night when there are the least crowds and are not easy to be seen, and go to Free City, so that even Devonburg's laws can't do anything to us." ”
Laura said this through gritted teeth, why would a dwarf who was usually a little brainy be as stupid as a pig this time.
Dwarf Gerak: "Well, it's a good plan. ”
Laura: "Not bad, indeed. ”
Laura took a deep breath and put on a charming smile, sliding her fingertips on the table, round and round, and teasing each other with playful eyes. Grak widened his eyes and swallowed his saliva, his grandmother's is really terrible, it's time, it's time for this woman to be conquered by the charm of the great Lord Grak, whew, it's really damn it, you shouldn't drink so much tonight, it will affect your performance in bed later, and leaving a bad impression for the first time is the biggest insult to a man.
Laura: "It's a good plan, but how do you know they won't find us?"
Dwarf Gerak: "How much land is there under this vast sky? ”
Laura: "But this merchant is a rich man after all. ”
Gluck the Dwarf: "Haha, of course, a stupid rich man. ”
Laura: "I am willing to pay a gold coin for a single piece of news, and I don't hesitate to pay a deposit of thirty gold coins in advance, so the merchant must not be short of money." ”
Dwarf Grak: "What? You greedy little creature wants to make more gold from him?"
Laura: "Of course not, I'm just curious, what would a person who doesn't care about money care about?"
Dwarf Grad: "Huh?"
Laura: "For example, if you care about your reputation, your majesty, and your face, if you are cheated out of thirty gold coins, the merchant will feel that it doesn't matter, because this money is just a trivial matter to him, but this thief who cheated money dares to take the money swindled from him to the free city to squander it with great fanfare, as if to tell everyone that there is a fool in Devonburg who can withdraw money, what do you think this merchant thinks?"
Gluck the Dwarf: "......"
Laura: "I think if it were me, I would take the remaining thirty gold coins that I didn't pay as a bounty, and hire a group of people to teach this daring thief a lesson, and let him know what the price of offending the powerful is, so I'm curious, why does this thief think that a person who is rich enough not to care about money is a simple-minded fool who is easily deceived?"
Grak woke up more than half of the wine in an instant, his tongue was rolling, and the energy of the wine seemed to rush to his head at once, and Grak blushed and began to sweat all over his body.
Dwarf Grak: "But we're in Free City." ”
Laura snorted contemptuously, recovering her disdainful look.
Laura: "Do the rules of the Free City work for you and don't work for others? Are you special, why, because you are shorter than everyone else?"
The great Lord Gerak felt scared, and he forgot something about it until now, he forgot that there is another type of people in this world called nobles, and people of the same rank who live in the lower classes every day make him ignore that the man today is probably a nobleman, which is an identity with great influence.
Dwarf Grad: "It's over, it's over, the three of us are finished, Shadow Wolf Mountain, Wolf Spirit Witch? These aren't easy guys to deal with. ”
Laura: "Three, you're drunk, Grack, I wasn't involved in it, forget I wasn't there. ”
Such words made Gerak even more desperate, and he grabbed his hair with both hands, as if he had foreseen himself being pressed to the gallows.
Laura: "Unless ......"
Dwarf Grak: "Unless anything!"
This is the last straw, Laura has a lot of strength among the three, if she loses her help, just with Gerak and the already drunk Pierce, there is no difference between the trip to Shadow Wolf Mountain and sending him to death, Gerak must win Laura to accompany him.
Laura: "Unless all the remaining thirty gold coins of this reward go to me, and the two of you have fifteen each, I can consider doing you a favor." ”
Grak the Dwarf: "What! this ......"
In fact, Gerak has no other choice, he needs help, and if he seeks other bounty hunters, they will only demand more or even kick out of themselves for all the benefits.
Dwarf Gerak sighed: "Well, you won, and the remaining thirty gold coins are all yours." ”
Laura: "Good, I'll see you tomorrow." ”
The idea succeeded, Laura showed the truest smile of the day, thirty gold coins, my God, this large sum of money will not only allow me to buy all the things I want, but also change to a better place to live, but now Laura wants to take a hot bath, and then sleep well, ready to use the best state to earn the first big money in her life.
Grad sighed in annoyance alone, it seemed that it was not easy to get the favor of the goddess of fate, he looked at Pierce who had fallen asleep, there was no choice but to make up for his loss from this guy.
The sun shines all over the earth, Devonburg, who had spent a peaceful night, is reawakened, and the man who is busy making money can always take care of his "brother" at the first morning light, resist the temptation of the naked woman in bed, get dressed, tie his shoes, push open the door and pass through the drunks to his workplace.
Such people include the dwarf Grak, but he doesn't need to manage his "brother", and last night there was no one else in his bed except Pierce, who vomited three times in the middle of the night, let alone a woman.
Ranger Pierce: "Gerak, I still don't understand what's going on. ”
The dwarf was not in a good mood, and the sudden change in plans made him panic and couldn't keep his mind clear to bargain with the woman, and finally caused himself to lose a lot of money, such a mistake was extremely stupid, it should not have happened to him, it should have happened to Pierce, and this Pierce was still disturbing his beautiful morning with that tiresome voice.
Dwarf Clark: "Hmm, what else do you not understand, is it because I didn't make it clear enough? We can't escape, it's not a good option for us, and as for going to Shadow Wolf Mountain to find that damn wolf witch, we need to use Laura's mother-in-law, it's so hard for you to understand?"
Ranger Pierce: "I know, you've made it very clear, what I don't understand is why the rest of the pay goes to Laura, and mine is less than half of what it was. ”
The dwarf jumped up angrily, waving his hands in an attempt to make his anger more intimidating, ignoring the corners of the passerby's curved mouth.
Gluck the Dwarf: "Are you questioning my decision? Our lovely Pierce is becoming more and more like a man, do you know how much you drank last night? How much money did it cost, you fell asleep when you were full of food and drink, didn't I pay for it? Do you think that tavern keeper would smile and show his yellow teeth to get rid of your wine money? Not to mention how bad you made his bed in the tavern last night, Lao Tzu still smells of your overnight meal!"
Gerak's anger had a significant effect on Pierce, and perhaps only on him, and Pierce visibly cringed, but with the support of money, he felt that he could still persevere.
Ranger Pierce: "But I wasn't the only one who drank last night......"
Grack waved his hand impatiently, interrupting the chatter of the "flies", and sure enough, as long as he had a little touch with the old vulture, nothing would end well, was his pious prayer not reaching the ears of the goddess?
......
What bullshit goddess, none of these stinky women are reliable, and they haven't been a stumbling block to the success of the great Gluck? Sure enough, no woman can be counted on, whether it is a man or a god.
The more he thought about it, the more angry the dwarven warrior became, he had put the goddess in his heart in an unbearable position and began to curse constantly, and the goddess who couldn't make money for him was not a good goddess.
"You're very punctual, good morning. ”
Gerak rolled his eyes, this is a woman who is more hated than a goddess because she is real.
Ranger Pierce: "Good morning Laura, we just arrived not long ago. ”
Dwarf Grad: "Fart, what do you mean not long after I arrived, Lao Tzu has been waiting here for at least half an hour, and some people really don't have the professional level of a bounty hunter at all." ”
Laura, who had just greeted Pierce with a smile, was rudely interrupted by Gerak the next second, and Laura bent down to take a closer look at Gerke.
Laura: "Well, I'm relieved to see you in a bad mood and helpless, I hope we can work together happily this time, of course I'm fine, because I'm already happy before the journey starts, thank you Grack." ”
Look, what a disgusting fellow, I wanted to touch such a woman last night, I must have been crazy, the bad wine poured into my head so that I would not be sober to forget the true face of this woman, Gerak once again stood firm.
A carriage slowly drove out of Devonburg, this is a horse-drawn carriage that you can know at a glance that it costs a lot, at first glance, there are highly skilled craftsmen carving in the ordinary body made of black nanmu, these small and delicate lines wander in the imperceptible gold wire, and every pure steel wheel that has been polished to a smooth and bright light, are revealing the value of this carriage, and all the details are in the casual glance of the dwarven warrior.
Grak the Dwarf: "Hahaha, Dear Mr. Merchant, we meet again, the wonderful journey is about to begin, I can't wait, by the way, I'll introduce you, in addition to Pierce, whom you already met yesterday, the enchanter Laura is also our companion, and she will be with us this time." ”
Once again, Gerak struck what he thought was perfect in a ceremonial gesture of respect. Laura was a little surprised, this time the publisher of the bounty task was much younger than she expected, and he was handsome, Laura straightened a few messy hairs that popped out of her ears, and the ponytail on the back of her head swayed from side to side.
The merchant drove the carriage to a halt and nodded to the two of them, and finally his eyes fell on the quiver behind Laura.
Merchant: "Arrows are the medium?"
Laura: "Yes sir, of course, it's not just arrows, I can use some of the most common things as a medium, daggers, swords, axes, etc., but my best weapon is the bow and arrow." ”
The merchant nodded, and returned his gaze to Pierce again.
Merchant: "So Pierce, you're also good at bows and arrows, aren't you...... There may be a dagger, but relatively speaking, this length is more like a short sword. ”
Ranger Pierce: "I'm sorry sir, I'm actually better at hand-to-hand combat, the bow and arrow are just to make up for the long-range combat ability, this dagger is relatively long, because this is the most suitable for my combat distance, the long sword is not compatible with my nature, and it is not easy to use, let alone the tomahawk." ”
Businessman: "It's a smart thing to be able to recognize your strengths and weaknesses and make a choice of weapons." ”
Pierce gave a rare relaxed smile, and Laura glanced at the businessman, a rich man without a shelf.
The conversation he started lost the right to participate in the conversation, and Gerak slapped his palms twice, bringing everyone's attention back to him.
Dwarf Grak: "Alright, Mr. Merchant, I believe you are ready, so let's start this wonderful journey, please sit down in the carriage and rest, let me take the role of coachman, and under my precise guidance we will reach Shadow Wolf Mountain in a few days." ”
Merchant: "No, thank you for your kindness, but it doesn't like to be touched by strangers, so I'll just come here, and you just need to be in charge of showing the way." ”
The merchant shook his head in refusal, reached out and stroked the horse's hair, and the black horse pulling the cart turned his head to his master with an affectionate attitude. For the first time, Gerak devoted his attention to the dark horse pulling the cart, and there was no doubt that this was a tall and strong horse, muscular and well-proportioned, and it was definitely a rare good horse to put aside the car. No, the wise dwarf realized that perhaps it should not be talked about separately from the chariot, that it was worthy of such an expensive chariot, that the value of the horse was definitely not low, and Gerak began to calculate the price of the whole carriage, which was one of his only three hobbies, and the other two were women and wine.
The crowd set off for Shadowwolf Mountain, and Laura, the merchant and coachman, offered to be the guide, not wanting to be alone in the carriage with Gerak, who would suffocate herself in the polluted air.
The merchant and Laura sat side by side in the car.
Merchant: "Enchanter is a rare profession, and this is the first time I've seen a real person in Devonburg. ”
Laura: "Yes, maybe I'm the only enchanter in Devonburg, and most of the enchanters in this world would go to Smelting City, which is the best choice for enchanters, no matter what aspect they are." ”
Merchant: "Then why don't you go, and you deliberately choose to become a bounty hunter." ”
Laura: "No, there's no more stupid choice, you have to run around every day to make money, you can do the dirty job of cleaning the sewers in order to earn a few more silver coins, and when you look for a companion, you will compare it to a magician for the first time, there is really no more difficult profession than this." ”
You have to experience it firsthand to be qualified to make an evaluation, and Laura has a lot of say in this because what she says is what really happened to her.
Laura: "But I'm not reconciled, it's not that it's unbearable to go to the Smelting City to be a craftsman, on the contrary, it's a sought-after existence there, but it's not what I want, I want to see all corners of the world." The endless desert, the snowy mountains, I want to meet more people, see more things, because you were born to make such a choice is not called a choice, it is to give in, every step left by your feet is your own choice, so I don't go to the smelting city, because I don't want to. ”
Merchant: "It's a good idea, a free idea. ”
Laura asked rhetorically, "What about you, Mr. Merchant?"
It was a simple question, a simple question that would normally be asked in normal social conversations, but the merchant fell into deep thought, a long contemplation that Laura mistakenly thought she had asked a faux pas.
Merchant: "I am the owner of an antique shop, and I usually like to collect some distinctive things, and I also repair some seriously damaged collections, and it often takes a day or even two days to repair a piece, and time flies quickly, fulfilling and satisfying for me." ”
The conversation began again to Laura secretly relieved, although the next thirty gold coins belonged to her, but now the money was still on the merchant, and she didn't want to do anything to offend the shopkeeper.
Laura: "As an antique collector with a lot of treasures, you've seen a lot of interesting things. ”
The topic came to the point where the merchant was best and most interested, and the merchant showed a noticeably different state, with joy in the corners of his eyes.
Merchant: "Of course, appraisal and repair is a very interesting job, it exposes you to a lot of things that you don't know, every day you have a different sense of freshness, I am interested in everything I don't know, I don't know. The snow-capped mountains you just mentioned, I have a magical glass ball in my store, which stores a mountain with snowflakes all year round, as long as you like it, you can look at it at any time, or even touch it. ”
Laura: "Touch? You mean you can get inside the orb? Is it a magic item?"
Merchant: "Yes, a simple pastime power-up, very attractive to people who have never seen snow but love it, like you. ”
Laura: "Haha, it's really attractive, if I have the chance, I'd love to visit your store, I hope you welcome it." ”
Merchant: "Of course you're welcome, not just this glass ball, but many, like ......"
Outside the carriage, the two had a great conversation on this topic.
In the carriage, Grak was staring at someone's back with a straight face through the curtain, what a shameless woman, so soon to get better, I don't know if she was sitting in the car or had already moved her nasty ass to someone else's crotch, I really don't know why I would allow such a woman to join my team in the first place.
Pierce sat comfortably in the soft seat of the carriage, he was surprised by the comfort of the carriage, and also surprised by the spaciousness of the carriage, and even more surprised by the abundance of all kinds of materials contained in it, Pierce felt that he would definitely have to hire someone to build an identical car when he had money in the future, and then he and Grach Laura would no longer need to eat and sleep in the open like now.
Dwarf Grak: "Did you enjoy it?"
Ranger Pierce was a little surprised: "You don't sit comfortably? Don't you like this kind of carriage?"
It's really a guy who doesn't have a sense of crisis at all, and the biggest money owner in this life is about to be fished out, and Pierce can still enjoy this guy with peace of mind, and the irascible dwarven warrior can't help but want to pick up the double-edged axe and split the head of the guy in front of him to see what kind of structure it is.
Gluck the Dwarf: "Please, Pierce, didn't you notice what that bitch was doing? He wanted more out of the esteemed merchant, using her bulging body to get whatever he wanted, what does that mean? ”
Pierce was puzzled: "But didn't the original thirty gold coins already belong to her?"
Lo and behold, my clever companion always misses the point of every conversation, and Grad spread his hands, and he realized that continuing to talk would only make his mood worse, and he should not think about how to teach Pierce how to use his limited brains, but how to join in the conversation between the two men.
Each thought about it, and the four-person team went all the way without incident, and moved forward safely.
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At noon, the carriage stopped near a slightly open meadow, and the idea of the three of them, as bounty hunters, was to eat while on the road, and the long life in the wild had made them a habit of this, and it was safer to avoid stopping unless they had to rest on the way.
The merchant did not think so, he felt that this was a necessary rest, and that three meals a day were indispensable for human beings, and since the merchant asked for it, the three of them had to agree. The merchant takes the ingredients and cooking utensils from the wagon, the ranger Pierce acts as a scout, goes into the jungle alone to find out what is going on, and Laura helps the merchant chop vegetables and make soup, which is not suitable for a warrior with an axe in both hands, and finally Gerak finds that it is ironic that the leader of the journey is the most redundant.
But soon he found what he needed to do.
The black horse tethered to a tree was pacing back and forth in boredom, and the tiring work along the way did not seem to consume much physical strength, and a short figure was approaching, and the black horse noticed this.
Dwarf Grad: "Hey my man, it's not okay to be like you without eating or drinking, there's still a long way to go, you have to learn to replenish your strength, is the green grass under your feet not your appetite, or maybe you need a spoonful of water to moisten your throat first." ”
Gerak was carrying a bucket of water, he planned to offer the sweetest water to the characters who contributed the most in the team, everyone only cared about their stomachs, completely ignoring the biggest hero of this journey, the treatment of the dark horse and himself were really sympathetic, Gerak found that the team could not miss him without anyone in the end, otherwise would anyone be able to notice such a detail, in case the dark horse was tired on the next journey, who could pull such a large carriage.
Grad, who had once again succeeded in setting the importance of himself, was in a better mood, and he handed the bucket to the dark horse's mouth, but in exchange for not the other party's thanks. The dark horse bit the edge of the bucket and pulled it, snatched the bucket and threw it to Grad without a drop of water left, so that he could wash his face well.
Laura's voice always sounded at the right time: "Grack, do you want to change careers to become a horse breeder?" I advise you not to, the horse probably won't look down on a person who can't touch his ass, and you will starve to death." ”
The merchant walked over and stroked the black horse a few times, and from its mouth the bucket came out, and the black horse rubbed his head affectionately against his master.
Merchant: "Sorry, it doesn't like strangers coming close, thank you for your kindness, I'll feed it myself if necessary, let's go back and prepare lunch." ”
Grack wiped the water from his face with his hand, shook it dry and smiled at the merchant to signal that it was okay, and muttered to himself as he turned to leave, "What a rude brute." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, his body lost his balance while walking, and he landed on the grass with his face on the ground.
Laura's voice sounded again: "You can fall on the ground, your long legs tripped you?"
Greak could no longer endure the mother-in-law's vicious words, and he stood up and began to fight, and a new round of battle began.
The merchant ignored the two and looked back at the perpetrator who was pretending to be innocent by the tree and shook his head helplessly.
Lunch was cooked, and Pierce, who had finished scouting, happened to return, and at the same time ended the quarrel between the two. There was no suspense in this battle, and the great dwarven warrior "lost", and in this battle, Gerak learned a new lesson, that is, never quarrel with women, because they are a species that was made for this.
The lunch was more hearty than the three hunters could have imagined, with the tantalizing aroma of the finest beef tenderloin grilled and the hot cheese puree served with refreshing vegetables, and all three felt that it was a wise choice to stop for lunch.
The delicious food washed away all the unpleasantness, and the four of them talked and laughed and enjoyed their lunch until the uninvited guest appeared.
Ranger Pierce was the first to put down his bowl and stood up, drew his dagger, and motioned for the crowd to be quiet, he looked around the woods and listened, he knew something was surrounding them. Gerk held the steel helmet on his head, held the double-edged axe in both hands and protected the merchant behind him, and Laura, with a bow in her left hand and an arrow in her right, ready to attack.
The three of them worked together strangely.
The atmosphere of tranquility is spreading, and it is slowly creeping up on everyone, trying to distract people. The merchant put down his bowl after the last bite of beef, wiped his mouth and sat down, knowing that the real battle was about to begin.
The grass tore through the silence, and a dozen wolves with fangs and claws slowly emerged.
Wolves are extremely vicious animals, they will cooperate in groups to intercept and pursue their prey, once locked, there is almost no escape, they will raise their heads to the sky in the silent dawn or dim twilight, and the chilling sound is also a sentence for the end of other lives.
And the wolves that come out to feed at noon are clearly an outlier.
Dwarf Grad: "Damn, Pierce hasn't been outside for too long and caused you to retreat, you didn't even notice these guys when you were scouting." ”
Ranger Pierce: "I'm sorry, but there really wasn't anything around at the time......"
Laura interjected: "Maybe they were already around at that time, and they deliberately avoided you." ”
Gluck the Dwarf: "That's a bunch of clever brutes. ”
Grad spat on the ground, his eyes glinting, the battle he hadn't seen for a long time.
Ranger Pierce: "Luckily, they're not that big. ”
Laura: "No, it's not a good thing. ”
The wolves that surround them can be described as skinny, a pack of wolves that have been hungry for a long time, but the eyes of the predators continue to reveal their wildness. After a long period of starvation, they can still resist attacking without rash attack, and the most primitive desires have not been able to disturb the sanity of the wolves, and such wolves are far more dangerous than ordinary wolves.
That's exactly what the hunters feared. They didn't think that the three of them could not deal with the wolves, but they were worried that if the wolves attacked as a whole during the battle, they would not be able to protect the merchant from any damage, and if the merchant cut any wound, it would be a shame for the three hunters and unacceptable.