Suddenly a very bad feeling arose in my heart, as if something extraordinary was about to happen!
Things developed faster than I expected. After just a few breaths, the red light in the eyes of all the ferocious beasts below receded at the same time. As if they had not yet fully recovered their consciousness, they stood in the open space in front of the castle and faced each other.
He looked around in a daze for a while.
"The hunting begins!" Suddenly, a loud voice sounded beside me, and the old master shouted, "Everyone, please pay attention, you must return to Dongfang Fort before the blood moon rises!"
"Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—"
Following his order, the dense rain of arrows was like dark clouds, covering half of the sky. With just one salvo, a large number of the dazed beasts fell down, and even the ferocious birds in the air fell.
Fall to the ground.
Finally, after being attacked, the remaining ferocious beasts reacted instantly, a dense stampede rumbled, and all the ferocious beasts turned around and ran towards the direction they came from, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
At the same time, the gate of Dongfang Fort opened, and the villagers rushed out happily carrying various weapons and ropes. The real drama was then staged.
There is nothing safer and more rewarding than chasing these frightened ferocious beasts one after another. This is a monthly feast for the Oriental Fort!
All the villagers who were lucky enough to participate in this hunt had faces filled with joy and happiness.
The men shouted to boost each other's morale. They jumped excitedly and chased. When they encountered injured beasts, they stepped forward to make up for it with a knife, killing them completely and then continued to chase forward, just to keep them close.
Seize this hard-won opportunity and try your best to expand the results.
Women, old people and children followed behind, tying up the dead beasts one after another with quick hands and feet, and then hurriedly transported them to the castle. It was very busy.
The whole scene looked so exciting that even Yan Qing struggled to rush down to help, but I held her tightly because she was still too young after all.
Strangely enough, the sounds outside the fort could be heard clearly. It seemed that as the beast tide receded, some of the functions of the Oriental Fort that I didn't understand were also shut down.
I did not choose to participate in the busyness below. Taking advantage of the higher terrain of Dongfang Fort, I took advantage of the good opportunity to broaden my horizons when the beast tide retreated. My eyes moved as the beast herd retreated.
What exactly are you hoping to see?
I don’t know either, I just know that as long as I do this, I will definitely find something different.
Finally, as the herd dissipated, a tall and majestic forest appeared at the edge of my field of vision. All the previous ferocious beasts and monsters came from there!
Then I looked to the left and right sides, and found that the end of my vision was the same forest. Its scope was so large that it encompassed the entire Dongfang Fort from the east, south, and west.
There is a large area of plain between the wild forest and Dongfang Fort. Among them, the plain south of Dongfang Fort, facing the depths of the wild forest, is the largest, and it is also the place where the most ferocious beasts emerge when the beast tide comes.
The plains on both sides are smaller, but the distance from the forest is also much closer, making them look a bit narrow and long.
Standing on the Oriental Fort at this moment, I can clearly see a towering tree growing in this endless forest that is so tall that it subverts my understanding.
However, when I looked back, I was deeply shocked by another scene that appeared in front of me.
There is no wild forest in that direction, instead there is an extremely dense fog, like a thick wall of clouds connecting the sky and the earth. It is not an exaggeration to call it a "sky wall"!
If I really had to describe it, it would be more appropriate to use the sandstorm I saw when I was a child. It really blocked the sky and the sun, and there was no end in sight.
These gray clouds and mist that make up the cloud wall are constantly rolling, emitting a raging flame that swallows everything and destroys everything, which makes people's hearts tremble. I have no doubt how terrifying the destructive energy contained within it is.
In front of it, the tide of beasts that previously seemed huge and astonishing was completely out of proportion.
Looking upward, I can't see the end of the cloud wall at all. Its height has already exceeded the limit of my eyesight. I can't even guess whether it has reached the highest point in the sky.
As for its width, it is even more incalculable. It extends to both sides for an unknown distance, swallowing up all the jungle along the way!
It is really like a sky wall that cuts off the sky and redefines the boundaries of the land, completely separating the wild forest from the world behind it.
Fortunately, this cloud wall showed no signs of moving, otherwise I really don’t know what reason Dongfang Fort would have to continue to exist in front of it.
Even if the surrounding forest, which is daunting and incalculably large, can still exist, I am skeptical in my heart.
Whether it's a cloud wall or a wild forest, compared with them, Dongfang Fort, which is sandwiched between the two, looks so small.
At this moment, loneliness surged in my heart like a tide, and I suddenly felt that life was so lonely. It seemed that there was really only a small village like Dongfang Fort left in this world where humans still lived.
This was the first time that I had such a clear understanding of the surrounding environment, but I didn't expect that it would be such an extremely depressing result.
"When-when-when-"
Suddenly, dense gongs sounded all around, pulling me back from my thoughts.
It turned out that the villagers had successfully returned with a large amount of loot. At this moment, the corpses of large and small ferocious beasts were scattered inside the Dongfang Fort without even having time to clean them up. They would be an important ration for the villagers in the future.
Of course, on weekdays when there is no beast tide, the villagers will also venture to the nearby forest to collect some fresh ingredients such as fruits, vegetables, fungi, as well as various spices, herbs and other scarce items.
There are even cotton and linen products produced in some areas. If you are brave enough and lucky enough, it is not impossible to harvest some cocoons of Zerg. The silk extracted from these cocoons is very tough and smooth, and you can use them to weave The fabric is the most luxurious thing in the castle.
Only a limited number of people, including the castle owner, can afford it. Of course, as the protector of Dongfang Fort and possessing great magical powers, he will naturally provide equivalent items that the villagers are more satisfied with.
After all, all this is because Dongfang Fort has a tide of beasts coming every month and is not suitable for planting crops. The villagers can only venture into the wild forest to obtain various materials needed for life.
Therefore, as the old saying goes, you can rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and you can rely on the water to eat the water. This is probably the case.
When the gate of Dongfang Fort was finally closed, the sky was already very dark, and even the distant forest and the formidable cloud wall looked like only hazy shadows.
They are hidden in the night, under the red moonlight, like crawling giant beasts, staring at Dongfang Fort. (To be continued)