That night, snow began to fall from the sky, getting heavier and heavier, and then gradually became lighter the next morning.
The earth is covered with winter clothes, and it looks beautiful wrapped in silver, but behind the beauty is a cold and cruel murderous intention.
The wolves went out in the snow to find prey. Yamazaki directed Shandai to work, digging caves and building cages to prevent the wolves from killing each other when the winter was too long.
It used to be impossible to imprison them, but now that bear meat is available, we can imprison these dizzy and weak wolves.
In other words, if it were a wolf on Earth, it would be ready to go hunting half a year after birth.
But this is a magical world, and these little wolves are not strong enough. They go out now to deliver food.
…
In the evening, the wolves came back with some rabbits, rats, and deer carcasses.
There was a nest of fire rabbits among them. The fire magic remained on the skin, and it was quite warm before the magic disappeared.
However, one wolf was missing. One of the wolves still had a claw wound, which looked like the claw mark of a thunder tiger. It seemed that the heavy snow had concealed the approaching scent of the thunder tiger.
…
The next day, Yamazaki and Shandai processed the fire rabbit skin. It would not be possible for a long time, but it could last for a while.
For Shandai, it means being able to go out and play again.
However, the wind wolves that went out came back very late, but they dragged back the remains of the deer, which in total amounted to about half a ton of meat.
Yamazaki thought that if there were deer herds spending the winter, the situation wouldn't seem so bad.
After all, this is a wolf with wind magic that can attack from a distance.
But when I woke up again, I found that I had thought too well yesterday because it snowed again last night and the mountains were closed due to heavy snow outside.
…
The alpha wolf carefully circled around the outside of the cave, and finally gave up the plan of traveling.
Probably, for the height of the wolf, the snow is too deep and not conducive to running.
The adult male wolf stayed in the den, finally calmed down the naughty wolves, and became their teacher, teaching them hunting skills and practicing wind blades.
Yamazaki looked at Shandai playing among the wolves, couldn't help but sigh, and decided to help more.
Yamazaki comforted himself, putting aside balance and right and wrong. At this moment, he was a wolf boy and he belonged to the wolf pack.
Yamazaki called Shandai over and taught Shandai how to weave wide snow shoes - using the wood wrapping technique on the hay to make them form a whole.
…
At the end of the day, nearly a hundred wolves consumed more than a ton of meat, and the food reserves were basically empty.
Before dawn the next day, the alpha wolf went out worriedly to explore the way, but there was no way to go.
Shan Dai presented her newly made snow shoes, put them on her feet and demonstrated, then helped the wolf put them on her feet.
After the alpha wolf tested it himself, he growled happily and held his head in front of Shan Dai as a reward.
…
"Be careful, don't catch a cold."
"I know, I know."
Looking at Shandai leaving with the wolves, Yamazaki sighed. He actually didn't want to donate the snow shoes, because in this way, the wolves would probably survive the winter safely.
There were only 20 wolves before, but next year there will be 100. The balance in the forest will be broken.
First of all, other animals will suffer, but one day it will be these wolves. As their territory expands, they will force other carnivores to cause trouble for them.
If a new balance cannot be reached, there will be constant rebalancing until there is no food and they will kill each other.
Of course, that's very far away.
…
In the afternoon, before the sky got dark, the wind wolves came back with Shan Dai. To be precise, Shan Dai commanded the wind wolves to come back.
They were dragging sleds, needless to say, newly made by Shandai.
There was a large amount of game on the sled, including a sectioned wild boar and a sectioned large deer.
There were also some rats, snakes, and rabbits, and it was obvious that Shandai had taken over their nests.
…
Over the next month, the wolf den stocked more and more food, but the hunting time gradually became longer because the prey had fled away.
During this period, she encountered the overlord of the region, Thunder Tiger, several times. Shandai did not lead the wolf in pursuit. According to her, the opponent was not weak enough and would kill the wolf in a fight.
After another half month, Shan Dai discovered that Thunder Tiger was always circling around the Wind Wolf Pack.
After Yamazaki heard about it, he thought that it was almost done. There was not enough food around. If the wind wolves didn't take action, the hungry thunder tiger would do it first.
…
That afternoon, there was a sudden snowstorm and the visibility became low.
Shan Dai realized that the opportunity had come, and immediately threw out the Dark Arrow Rain Technique. A large number of dark magic arrows were mixed in the wind and snow, and rushed towards Lei Hu who was downwind.
Thunder Tiger was caught off guard. By the time the arrow hit him, it was too late to hide, so he could only save his vitals.
"roar!"
The painful roar of a large amount of flesh being corroded came through the wind and snow, followed by a shining ball of light - a thunder bomb.
The speed was so fast that the wind wolves could not react at all and did not dodge at all. However, it was deflected by the strong wind and missed.
"boom."
The thunder bullets hit the snow, and the flying snowflakes also hurt the body. If it was hit hard, it would be more serious than bad.
"there."
Shandai used fireballs to lead the way, inducing the wind wolves to attack together.
"Woo!"
As the alpha wolf responded, all the wolves responded one after another.
Dozens of wind blades were mixed in the wind and snow, and with the help of the strong wind, they became faster.
However, there was no covering attack, and Lei Hu dodged it laterally in time.
But it once again faced Shandai's Dark Arrow Rain Technique, and was hit by many Dark Arrows again.
This time, he didn't even protect his vitals. He triggered a one-hit kill and exploded the treasure chest.
Shandai immediately went to open the box and found it was a thunder bomb, and she immediately beamed with joy.
It's fast and powerful, perfect for sneak attacks.
…
During the extra meal for the Wind Wolf Pack, two Wind Wolves were upgraded to Wind Thunder Wolves.
After that, they raided Thunder Tiger's lair - Shan Dai used shadow magic to sneak in, hid in the dark and fired cold arrows at the tigress and the two cubs.
A wave of dark arrow rain at close range hits their vital points and kills them with one blow.
Three boxes, one thunder bomb, and two lightning spells were exploded.
The wind wolves had extra meals, and four more wind wolves were upgraded to wind thunder wolves.
And Shandai was studying the items in the tiger's nest. The items in the nest looked like human cloaks.
Shan Dai searched carefully and found four suspected human remains in the pile of bones in the corner.
They left behind four sets of equipment, four staffs with pointed cones, and four large wooden shields as hard as iron, with scorch marks on them, which should be the masterpieces of Thunder Tiger.
Four leather backpacks, four belts, each with a standard water bladder.
Space bag? Magic bag?
Shan Dai opened it excitedly, but found that it was not, just an ordinary leather bag.
There are various outdoor survival items inside, as well as many magic materials, flowers, plants and minerals, as well as crystal stones and leather books.
Shandai opened it and read it. She didn't recognize the text, but she could understand it.
It was a letter of authorization. Level 35 alchemist Burson recruited three people to conquer the Thunder Tiger in the World of Warcraft Forest.
The requirements for personnel are that the second-level magic they are good at must be at least level 10, and the magic value of this department must be at least 200 points, and there are no restrictions on the rest.
Alchemist Bulson provides an ironwood shield, which is strong, light and resistant to lightning magic, a stamina-stimulating potion, an odor-eliminating powder, and a poison that can weaken the Thunder Tiger.
The reward is a potion that increases the upper limit of a certain type of magic refined by Alchemist Burson.
Each person chooses 10 bottles, applicable to 300 points or less.
Bringing your own materials can help you refine more advanced ones, but the success rate is not guaranteed.
…
There is a lot of information in it, such as magic level, thunder tiger level, alchemy level, etc.
Shandai was too lazy to think about it, so she took them all back and gave them to Yamazaki to ponder over.
Yamasaki was not expecting these things, but it was reasonable. After all, this was not a world without people.
What Yamazaki valued most was those outdoor stoves, as he finally no longer had to drink wolf milk for a living.
The two of them have grown a few small teeth, so they should be able to eat some of the vegetable paste and tiny tender meat.
…
The snow-capped mountains lasted for nearly four months, but under Shan Dai's wise leadership, not one of the nearly one hundred wind wolves died, and they safely passed through the worst time of the year.
Countless animals became the energy for their survival, and Yamazaki sighed as he looked at the countless white bones in the pit.
Thinking about the scenes of them being killed is like receiving a vivid baptism of nature.