Watching Michael Jack and the big man Gemmy leave the camp on horseback, Claude stood at the window and let out a long sigh. He had no choice but to think of a name for them to leave, because Claude
He didn't want to take these two followers to look for the person hiding in the mountains and forests. There were many things that Claude didn't want the two of them to discover, such as that he was a first-level rune mage and the person hiding in the mountains and forests.
Lord believed that he was probably a wild magician. Most people could not control such a big black wolf.
What makes Claude strange is that if the man hiding in the forest who can control the black wolf is also a wild magician, then his character is really, how can I put it, too content and happy. If nothing else, just
Based on the food that the old lady of the village put in the basket, Claude suspected that if he was the one hiding, he would not be able to stay in the forest for a long time. Who could stand such rough food?
ah.
You must know that the black bread, sausage and salt are all rations for the army. If Claude and the others did not come to station in Squirrel Village, the only thing the villagers could get away with was baked wheat cakes. Claude was even guessing,
Could it be that the person hiding in the forest has difficulty moving, so he trained a wild wolf to help him exchange medicine for food. But after thinking about it carefully, I think this possibility is very small, because there was an extra wolf in the basket yesterday.
Jars of wild honey, it is difficult for a person who is not agile to get this honey from a wild beehive, unless he has trained a black bear that is not afraid of wild bee stings.
Another possibility is that the hiding person is too homely and unwilling to go out. He would rather endure the torture of unpalatable food than go down the mountain. This is what Claude is curious about. He thought about it last night
After trying to get rid of Michael Jack and the big man Gimi, Claude decided to go up the mountain for a walk to see if this hiding man was actually a wild magician.
After packing up the things he needed to carry, carrying a backpack and a musket, Claude went out and said hello to Markchi, meaning that he would go to the back mountain and see what other beasts were worth hunting. If
If you are unlucky, you may stay in the mountains for two days before coming back. In a few days, it will be the rainy season, and when it rains, you will have to stay indoors for about 20 days. So you must take advantage of these few days without rain to go out and do more activities.
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Markchi was very happy. He didn't think too much, or he was eager for Claude to go out. He repeatedly promised that with him in the camp, Claude could go hunting with peace of mind, ensuring that there wouldn't be any problems. Claude smiled and turned around.
Before leaving, he knew very well that as soon as he went far away, Markey would definitely run to his room to look for the two bottles of good wine. The question was, could this old drunkard find the two bottles of good wine he had hidden? He had expected that he would
How could he not hide the wine when he went to steal it...
Claude did not go up the mountain from Squirrel Village, but turned into a small road on the left side of the camp. Inside was a small valley with 14 to 5 acres of mountain fields. This was the mountain field opened by Squirrel Village, and it was also their largest grain field.
.Winter wheat is now planted, but the ice and snow covering it has not yet melted, and it looks completely white.
Claude remembered that there was also a path leading to the mountain here in the valley. I don’t know if it was left by collecting firewood or going up the mountain to collect herbs. Going up the mountain from here, the villagers of Squirrel Village would not find their whereabouts. It’s just that the path up the mountain here is very steep.
, Claude spent a long time climbing up the hillside. The military uniform on his body was stained with a lot of mud. He grabbed a few handfuls of white snow and wiped it clean, and the stains on his clothes were removed first.
Never mind.
It's much easier to go up the hillside. Although the weather has warmed up a little, there are also bits of green in the mountain forests. The ice and snow in many places have melted, exposing gray-black and reddish-brown mountain rocks. But most of the entire mountain forest is still covered with thin
There is white snow. The ground is very wet, so you need to be careful when walking. Places without ice and snow are prone to mud, and places with ice and snow are very slippery.
The waterfalls and large pools in the back mountain mentioned by the villagers in Squirrel Village are still a long way from where Claude is now. Claude needs to pass through the pine forest in front and climb over the few hills in front.
To reach the foot of the big mountain in the distance, it is equivalent to making a big circle. If you go up the mountain from the trail north of Squirrel Village, the distance will be at least half the distance.
However, that trail was the road used by villagers to go up the mountain to cut firewood and collect mountain medicinal herbs. Claude didn't want to be discovered by the villagers going up the mountain, so he walked as far as possible. Entering the pine forest, it was like going back to hunting in the forest farm when he was young. Claude
De forgot his status as a soldier and felt very free, without restraint, and his mood suddenly became very happy.
There are very few poisonous insects and vines in the pine forest. Except for the slippery branches and leaves under your feet, which need to be paid attention to when walking, there are no other serious problems. Two squirrels that had woken up early from hibernation jumped over the pine branches, causing a crisp sound.
Birds are singing. Spring has arrived quietly, everything is reviving, and the pine forest is full of life.
Claude took off the musket on his back and was about to light the match, but thought better of it. There were a few grouse foraging among the fallen leaves and branches under the pine trees in front of him. Claude wanted to shoot, but thought of the sound of the musket.
If it spreads far in the mountains and forests, it will make people realize that they are here. After thinking about it, they decided not to use muskets. Anyway, in the mountains and forests, it doesn't matter whether there are muskets or not.
But these grouse were really fat. Claude quietly approached them and hid behind a pine tree until they were about five or six meters away. He made two "pat, pat, pat" sounds and threw two mental shock spells at them.
, two plump grouse fell on the ground and became dizzy. Claude walked over quickly, and the remaining three grouse were so frightened that they flew into the depths of the pine forest. Claude ignored them.
, I just grabbed two grouse that were flapping their wings on the ground, broke their necks, hung them on my backpack, and these two grouse were my lunch.
There are actually a lot of delicious ingredients in the pine forest. Claude picked some pine mushrooms and mushrooms while walking, which can be stuffed into the belly of the chicken when making beggar chicken. After walking for more than an hour, he walked out of the pine forest.
, Claude climbed up the hill, took out his monocular, and carefully examined the movement in the distance.
There was nothing unusual, and no traces of human activities were even found. It seems that it is not easy to find a person hiding in this mountain forest. It is better to go to the waterfall and big pool in the back mountain first.
Besides, I was so nervous when I said I was going to visit the villagers. It seems that the person hiding should be operating in that area.
After crossing another small hill, you could already vaguely hear the sound of water pouring down from the waterfall. Claude checked the mountains in front of him and chose a gentle slope to go up the mountain. Most of the slopes were rocky, so there was no need to
He was worried about getting his clothes dirty. Only when Claude finally reached the top of the mountain did he realize that he had climbed too far. The waterfall was in a small valley in the distance, and he was now standing on the top of the ridge of the mountain.
Looking for a way down the mountain, Claude walked towards the small valley for more than half an hour, and finally reached the top of the waterfall. There were several streams here that converged to form this small waterfall hanging on the rock wall of the small valley.
Standing on it, you can see a panoramic view of the entire small valley.
Below the small valley is a large green pool. The waterfall pours into the pool and then flows out of the small valley. On one side of the large pool is a gentle hillside with dense woods. The other three sides are cliffs. Claude
If you want to get to the big waterhole, you have to make a big circle at the top of the small valley and go down through the woods on the hillside on the other side.
Looking at the sky, it was estimated that it was already past two o'clock in the afternoon, and he hadn't eaten lunch yet. Claude decided to cook the grouse at the top of the small valley, next to a clear stream, and wait until it was full.
Go down and have a look next to the big waterhole.
I found some dead branches, gutted two grouse, cleaned their bellies and stuffed them with pine mushrooms and mushrooms, then wrapped them in mud into mud balls, dug a hole and put them in, piled dead branches on top and lit a fire, and waited for half a day.
It can be eaten in an hour. At this time, you can use the stream water to wash the dirty military uniforms, and use the campfire to dry the clothes.
It was about three o'clock in the afternoon when Claude started eating. He took out two slices of rye bread from his backpack and ate them with the chicken juice from the grouse. While eating, he looked at the small valley below. Just now.
He carefully observed the small valley with a monocular telescope, but found no trace of human activity. This made him wonder, if the hiding people did not move here, why were the villagers so taboo about wandering here?
visit?
When he was almost done eating, Claude suddenly noticed something moving in the woods on the hillside of the small valley, and he quickly extinguished the bonfire. Fortunately, the dead branches just now were very dry, and there was no black smoke when burning. In addition, there was wind on the top of the mountain, and the fire below
The people couldn't find the bonfire above. Lying down behind a rock, Claude stuck his head out and stared silently at the small valley below.
A big black wolf sprang out of the woods, and quickly and familiarly ran to a big rock beside the big pool and lay down. This was the big black wolf that went to the grove on the hillside behind Squirrel Village to exchange food at night.
Claude recognized it at a glance. He couldn't help but perked up, and finally found its traces. It's just that the big black wolf ran to the rocks beside the big pool and lay down. This place didn't look like it belonged to him.
Old nest...
There was another commotion in the woods, a few small trees were swaying, and then a big black bear swayed out of the woods. What was strange was that this black bear looked a little strange, and it felt like it was floating when it walked.
, seemed very thin, and still walked on two feet, moving step by step to the edge of the big pool.
The big black wolf turned a blind eye to the black bear. Instead, the black bear walked up to it and poured water on it from the pool. The big black wolf whimpered a few times in dissatisfaction, but remained motionless.
Strange, what does this black bear want to do? Does it want to drink water or catch fish when it comes to the big pool...
Suddenly, the big black bear stood up, its chest split open on both sides, and a naked and voluptuous body with long black hair and fair skin came out of the bear's skin, and slid into the large pool of water very lightly...
This, this black bear turned out to be dressed up by a young woman. No wonder it looked so weird and uncoordinated. Claude stared dumbfounded at the figure of the woman swimming in the big pool, and couldn't help but bend down and
He reached out with his left hand into the creek next to him to check the water temperature. Well, it seemed a little warm. No wonder this woman swam in the big pool...
Claude raised his monocular and took a serious peek. The woman swimming in the large pool was actually a girl. She was estimated to be around sixteen or seventeen years old. Her breasts were quite muscular, and her figure should be in the developmental stage. She was young and innocent. She was black.
She has long hair and a few green slashes on her face, just like those special forces who saw on TV in the previous life who used camouflage on their faces before taking action, but the face shape is very beautiful, not like an oval or an oval face, but a combination of
The advantages of both. The eyes are so big that I can't tell what color they are. They seem to be black or purple.
Just as he was watching with interest, the big black wolf on the big rock beside the big pool suddenly stood up, stretched out his nose and tried to smell something in the air, and soon raised his head to look in the direction of Claude, and roared loudly.
stand up.
Obviously, the scent of the two grouse was too strong, and it finally drifted to the bottom of the valley and was smelled by the big black wolf. The distance between the lower part and the upper part was less than thirty meters, and the big black wolf quickly discovered the hiding place.
Claude peeking above...
The girl raised her head in the pool and looked at the direction where the big black wolf was roaring. She was caught on the spot peeping, and she was a little embarrassed. Claude thought about it and stood up generously, waving to say hello to her.
:"Hey……"
The girl swam to the shore in panic, got up from the water, burrowed into the big bear skin on the ground, and then stumbled away into the woods on the hillside. The big black wolf roared at Claude a few times, and followed him.
Behind her.
Claude shouted from above: "Hey, wait a minute, I don't mean any harm..."
No one paid attention to him, and soon there was no movement in the woods on the hillside, leaving only the sound of the wind whistling by.