Ma Yun recited a spell, waved a handful of fine sand mixed with flower petals, and cast the third-level spell "Deep Sleep" on a wounded werewolf.
The werewolf's spirit and will could not resist the invasion of magic power, so he yawned loudly, fell straight to the ground and fell asleep, making a dull snoring sound.
Everyone worked together to eliminate twelve werewolves, leaving only two alive.
After the battle, Jiang Feng helped Dimitri treat him. Under the soothing of the sacred energy, the wounds on the lion's body quickly stopped bleeding and healed.
For some unknown reason, the lycanthropy virus carried by werewolves is only effective against humanoids and giants, but cannot infect other species. At least Dimitri does not have to worry about going crazy on a full moon night.
Although the wounds on his body had healed, the lion was still angry and took the initiative to torture the prisoners and extract confessions.
Dimitri walked up to the sleeping werewolf, raised his front paws, and slapped the werewolf on the face, turning him into a pig's head in the blink of an eye.
The werewolf, who had been beaten severely in his sleep, woke up with a scream, his eyes filled with fear.
"Little wolfdog, if you don't want to have your throat bitten off, just tell me what bad things you and your accomplices have done?!"
Under the lion's questioning, the werewolf trembled and told the truth.
Including him, the thirteen members of this group of werewolves were originally humans. Because they were infected with lycanthropy, they were forced to flee their hometown and were gathered together by the leader to form a band of thieves.
They usually act like humans, pretending to be hunters making a living in the forest. They often take their prey to nearby villages to exchange for daily necessities such as candles, salt, ropes, etc., and have a few drinks in the village tavern. Watch out for any
Fresh faces.
If you find a foreign traveler in the tavern, take the initiative to strike up a conversation and offer to be a guide for the traveler. For a small fee, you can lead the traveler safely through the maze-like forest.
If travelers are wary and refuse to hire them, that's okay.
The werewolves had full confidence that these foreign fools would never be able to cross the dense forest. After wandering in the forest for a few days and suffering enough, they would eventually return to the village to seek help from them.
At that time, the werewolves pretended to be well-intentioned, led the travelers into the woods, and cooperated with their companions to ambush the travelers. After killing people, they took away the property, even the corpses, and ate all the bones and skins.
It is clean and leaves no evidence of crime.
"Why do you dare to conclude that outside travelers will never be able to get out of this forest?" Gao Fei interjected.
"Because... this forest is enchanted. No matter which direction you go, you will eventually return to the starting point, which is a waste of effort." The werewolf replied in a low voice, "That's why it is called the 'Maze Forest'."
Gao Fei looked at Ma Yun dubiously.
Ma Yun nodded slightly and told him through the astrolabe: "There are indeed strong magic fluctuations deep in the jungle. It is probably a barrier that has been set up to prevent outsiders from breaking in."
"So you can take us through this maze forest?" Jiang Feng stared at the werewolf.
"Well..." The werewolf's eyes rolled wildly, "I can try..."
"You're lying!" the lion Dimitri roared, scaring the werewolf to the point where he almost wet his pants.
"Lion, Mr. Lion, you don't dare to lie..."
"That's bullshit! You want to fool us, no way! You are 100% lying! Miss Mage, how about you let me twist off this liar's head?"
"Don't worry, my friend." Ma Yun comforted the impatient lion, "We can take this guy back to the camp and let Nick interrogate him. No one can lie in front of the judge."
Upon hearing the word "Judge", the werewolf's expression immediately changed, and he could not hide his frustration.
It seems that this guy is quite knowledgeable and knows what "arbiter" means.
"Okay, okay, kind gentlemen and ladies, let me tell the truth... in fact, my partner and I are all lying. We are simply not capable of leading travelers through the maze forest. In fact, even we ourselves can't
Don’t dare to go deep into the forest, otherwise you will definitely get lost.”
"Huh! I knew it would be like this!" The lion proudly puffed up his chest, "I can see through this little trick at a glance!"
"You have accumulated a lot of money over the years by killing people and selling goods. Tell me honestly, where did you hide all these ill-gotten gains?" Jiang Nuxia asked the werewolf with a half-smile.
"Our treasures..." the werewolf turned to look at the cave in the bushes, "they are all hidden in that cave, but only by chanting the correct spell can the big stone blocking the cave be opened."
"What a bullshit spell, you don't need it at all! Look at me!"
The lion rushed towards the cave with confidence and tried to use its brute force to move the stone blocking the door. However, it couldn't move even with all its strength, so it had to give up.
"Only our boss knows the spell to open the cave." Before the lion could force a confession, the werewolf took the initiative to confess.
"Your boss is the big guy, right?"
Ma Yun turned her head and looked at the dying beast-turned-ogre trampled by the sand demon statue, with suspicion in her eyes.
"This guy doesn't look like he can cast spells."
"That ogre is just a thug next to the boss. Of course he doesn't know the spell." The werewolf's testimony confirmed Ma Yun's guess.
This ogre got lost in the maze forest. He wandered around for several days without being able to find the exit. He fainted from hunger and fell into the forest. He happened to be met by a group of werewolf bandits.
The boss of the werewolves was a low-level warlock. When he saw the hungry ogre, he suddenly had a whim and bit him twice to see if the ogre could be infected with the lycanthropy virus.
This impromptu experiment received satisfactory results to him. The ogre was actually infected with the virus and mutated into a beastly ogre.
The werewolf boss subdued this powerful monster, and the strength of the thieves group was greatly enhanced.
However, the beast-turned-ogre has a stupid mind. He only thinks about eating all day long and can do nothing else except act as a thug.
"I thought the beastly ogre was the leader of the werewolf gang, and he left this one alive..."
Ma Yun waved her hand in disappointment and ordered the sand golem to strangle the beastly ogre that had lost its use value.
As for the real leader of the werewolf gang, he had been killed by Toto's "fireball technique" long ago. His charred corpse transformed back into a human form. He looked like a thin, ugly man. With his appearance,
Who can tell that he is the leader of the gang?
"Although our boss is not good at fighting, he is smart. He came up with the idea of pretending to be a guide to trap travelers..." the werewolf prisoner said in a low voice.
