Whispering Poems

Chapter 884 Knight and Wolf
After bidding farewell to the enthusiastic sheriff, Xia De rode his horse around Lake Luther, hoping to find that mysterious lake.

He still remembered the hint given by the professor, so he tried his best to make himself forget the purpose of this trip, but the more he thought about it, the more various thoughts about the "Goddess of the Lake" kept reverberating in his mind.

This also led to the fact that Xia De didn't even meet talking black snakes, rabbits and ravens this afternoon, let alone the "Goddess of the Lake".However, when the sun was sinking to the west and the sunset had already appeared in the sky, Xia De rode his horse and thought about whether to go back to the city now, but soon noticed a group of wolves that preyed on the early winter season behind him. He wanted to kill Xia De and the maroon horse as food reserves.

Xia De, who was already in a bad mood, of course would not let them go easily.So after appeasing the frightened mount, he dismounted and rushed towards the wolves with [Night Watchman] in hand.

So, under the strong sunset beside Luther Lake, the knight with the sword started a fight with the wolves.

This is not a big pack of wolves, there are only eight or nine wild wolves in total. They were daring to besiege Xia De at first, but as Xia De swung his sword, he split the wolves that were rushing from both sides into two, and then raised his foot to attack the front. The leading wolf kicked to death, and finally picked up the broken-tailed wolf that was rushing from behind, smashed to the ground and smashed into mud, and the remaining wild wolves immediately scattered and fled.

"Why do these wolves dare to attack me even though I am holding a sword and holding a gun?"

Xia De was puzzled.

[Probably because they are too far away from you, and before you have time to get close to observe, you start. 】

While "she" answered softly in the wind, Xia De had chased the scattered wolves into the dry forest with only branches left by the lake, with the idea of ​​eliminating harm for the local area.

The neighborhood here is a local forest farm, which looks more like a wasteland in this season.The wild wolves chased by Xia De fled into the forest in a panic, but as the silvery moonlight behind them swept across the ground through the gaps in the dead trees, the last wild wolves were also cut in two, and only the fleeing wolves were left. The fastest one went deeper into the forest:

"Why are you trying to mess with me?"

Holding the sword, Xia De glanced back at the horse eating grass by the lake, then chased after the fleeing wolf, vowing to kill the wolf before returning home.

Four-legged wolves are generally faster than two-legged humans, especially in overgrown forests.But for Xia De, no matter how fast the opponent runs, he doesn't even need to rely on the power of thaumaturgy and spells. He only relies on his strong physical fitness and the silver sword in his hand that can almost cut through everything, and he is quickly in front of him. A path was cut in the forest, and he caught up with the wolf.

The latter was terrified by the movement behind him. After the moonlight flying from behind broke the big tree in front of him, he was suppressed by the big tree for the back half of his body. Then he howled and watched the humans behind him walk away. Come:
"Really, why did you come to mess with me?"

Xia De asked again, if it wasn't because it was not so early, he would have wanted to go home early, and even wanted to put the [Fish Training Ring] on the opponent's paw, and ask why he was being targeted.

He didn't pay attention to the wild wolf anymore, and swung his sword to kill him.But after thinking about it, he took another two steps back, and then took out the revolver on his waist, which was the one equipped by MI[-].

Speaking of which, since getting this gun, Shade has probably shot less than five times.At this time, seeing that the wolf was unable to resist, he took out his gun and prepared to try his own accuracy. Anyway, the bullets can be reimbursed——

bang~
A shot was fired, and an unknown number of birds in the forest flew towards the sunset.But the wolf was still alive, but the log that held it was blasted with holes, because the wood was dry and the bark and wood fibers were flying.

Before the wolf that managed to survive to the end woke up from its fright, the second gunshot lingering in the early winter sunset rang out again, successfully hitting its head.

"My marksmanship is still very accurate."

Satisfied, Xia De blew on the muzzle of the gun, then put the gun back into the holster and hung it on his waist.He dug out the cloth from his pocket again, intending to turn the corpses of the wolves into toys and bring them back to Tobesk as a souvenir, but he walked two steps on the muddy ground and stopped suddenly.

In fact, he didn't go too far into the forest, and the dead trees on the edge of the forest farm were unusually sparse due to logging in autumn.There are no leaves on the branches, the setting sun can directly shine on the ground, and when you look up, you can see most of the sky and clouds that are dyed red.

But at this time, Xia De actually felt that the visibility around him was gradually declining, and the wind piercing the forest, which was already a bit piercing, became even more gloomy and cold.The [Night Watchman] in his hand suddenly vibrated rapidly at this moment, and it sensed the evil earlier than Shad.

"What is approaching?"

He no longer paid attention to the wolf carcass that was crushed under the tree, but stood in the forest with his sword in hand and looked around.

[Outlander, you are in touch with Whisper. 】

"Whisper?"

Listening carefully, I don't know when it started, and there were extremely difficult to detect small whispers.That evening glow dyed Xia De's shoulders red, but the murmur of the woman's wailing, crying and screams made Xia De feel cold again.

The sunset this evening is so strong, but the atmosphere at this time is incompatible with that sunset.Looking at the surrounding light, because of the appearance of high-level relics, there is already a feeling of dizziness in front of his eyes.Xia De tried his best to maintain his energy, turned around carefully on the spot, and observed every detail around him, until he turned half a circle, and when he turned his head, a pale woman with loose hair was approaching from not far away. Sticking his head out from behind the trunk of a dead tree, he looked at her with black eyes.

Xia De was surprised, this is the woman he saw in Professor Drake's cursing photo:

"Sage-level relic [Swamp Witch]? She actually appeared so close to the city?"

The humanoid relic poked out its own head and shoulders of the same pale color, as if it had been hiding behind a tree and peeping at the man in front of it since just now.

And Xia De just looked at her, and saw that in the forest illuminated by the setting sun, there were countless evil spirits in a tragic death, rushing towards him from behind the densely packed trees.

[Illusion, don't move. 】

The voice next to his ear made Xia De's consciousness clearer. He gritted his teeth and stood in place. The evil spirit really passed through his body like a phantom, and then disappeared in the light of the setting sun.

But then, the dark shadow of the dead tree standing under the setting sun squirmed like a tentacle.Afterwards, the black shadow crawled towards Shad like a snake along the ground. This probably only appeared in horror stories.

[It's still an illusion, don't move. 】

Xia De believed in "her" judgment, and still did not move. As expected, the wriggling shadow disappeared into the rays of the setting sun after reaching Xia De's feet.

But the abnormal phenomena around him still didn't disappear. Xia De heard the rustling sound behind him, but now he was concentrating on the movement of the woman behind the tree, not daring to move at all.Fortunately, "her" vision is not affected by the eyes:

【The wolf you shot and killed came out from under the tree. 】

"Is it a hallucination?"

【No, this time it's real. 】

Shocked, Xia De blinked subconsciously.The blink of an eye did not exceed half a second, but between closing and opening the eyes, it was as if the scroll in front of him had been taken away and replaced with another one, and the woman sticking out her head behind the tree had disappeared:
"what?"

Immediately turned around and looked behind him, and sure enough, he saw the already dead wolf come out from under the tree, limped and stared at Xia De, but did not attack him, but turned and walked deeper into the forest.

"Has there been any changes in the whispering elements nearby?"

[The wolf has the strongest elements. 】

"Sure enough, it's a living corpse manipulated by the [Swamp Witch], but how did the body of the [Swamp Witch] leave? Isn't it full of malice towards any man?"

The lame wolf walked a certain distance deep into the forest, and suddenly stopped and turned to look at Xia De.Xia De looked around and behind him suspiciously, a little in disbelief:

"Let me go with it? I'm crazy to go with it."

Although he thought so, Xia De did not turn around and leave immediately, but recalled the characteristics of the sage-level relic [Swamp Witch]:
"It will guide good-hearted women who are lost in the swamp, and may even protect them. But on women with impure hearts, and on any male, it will cast a curse that corrupts the soul."

Xia De was sure that he had not encountered a curse, and the wolf really seemed to be guiding him in a certain direction.

But the problem is that Xia De is not a "kind-hearted woman", and if he wants to leave the woods, he will not go in the direction that the wolf is going at the moment.

"It's really strange. Instead of encountering talking animals, I encountered such strange things."

The main body of the [Swamp Witch] has undoubtedly left, but since the wolf manipulated by the opponent still exists, it means that the terrifying humanoid relic is still watching Xia De.

The living corpse wolf stopped there and looked at Xia De, without waiting, and soon continued to walk towards the depths of the forest farm.Xia De thought for a while, and said to the wolf:

"Please wait for me, I will bring my horse here, and then I will follow you."

In order to prevent the relics and wolves from being incomprehensible, Carsonrique was also used deliberately.

After finishing speaking, he returned to the path by the lake without looking back, and found the horse that was eating grass with its head down.The latter meekly followed Xia De who was holding the rein back to the forest. After passing over the corpses of those wild wolves, he saw again the big tree that was knocked down by "Moonlight Slash" and the wolf waiting not far away. .

"Also thought, if you didn't wait for me, I'd leave here and go home for dinner. But since you're still here"

This time without hesitation, Xia De led the horse and followed.The wolf, which was squatting like a dog, also stood up, and slowly walked deeper into the forest.

(End of this chapter)