Versatile Mage: Thunderstorm

Chapter 11 The ups and downs of life

Under the bright moonlight, the endless desert appears white, making this land even brighter than at dusk.

In the bare desert, the only life is a few clumps of weeds growing here and there, but more of it are the characteristics of this land - piles of rubble of various sizes. Just looking at the surface, perhaps any outsider can only give the evaluation of "barren land", provided that they have not seen the night view.

In the ordinary pile of rubble, under the cold and hard ground, in the messy weeds...

One-eyed demon wolves emerged one after another, some in groups of three or four with their families, some alone. Regardless of their numbers, the one-eyed demon wolves were heading in the same direction: deep in the desert plain.

The running one-eyed demon wolf can easily break the so-called speed limit of humans. In the quiet night, under the bright moonlight, dozens of one-eyed demon wolves galloped across the vast land, stirring up dust that covered the sky and the sun. Countless creatures in the desert were frightened and hurriedly went into their hiding places, curled up their bodies, shivered, and decided not to come out for the next few days.

At this moment, a pair of dark pupils watched all this.

Li Yu sat in the dungeon in a cold sweat. Damn, what was going on? The one-eyed demon wolves suddenly ran away in groups. There were dozens of them passing by his dungeon alone. He was so scared that he almost thought he was exposed.

Although he was safe temporarily, Li Yu knew that he would never be able to live in peace tonight. This collective action of the One-eyed Demon Wolves was definitely not a normal hunting activity. Hunting was for food, but the hunting of the One-eyed Demon Wolves was not like eating in the cafeteria like high school students. How could they be so unified? They almost came out in full force, leaving their homes behind.

Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed through Li Yu's mind, and he remembered the wolf howl when night fell. The knowledge about the one-eyed demon wolf that he had memorized at the last minute jumped out of his mind.

"The alpha wolf is gathering the pack?"

When this speculation came to mind, Li Yu became a little restless. In this wasteland, the one-eyed demon wolf was the top predator and could handle most enemies and prey on its own.

The Bone-Spurred Wolf gathered all the one-eyed wolves in the entire lair. It couldn't be that the New Year was approaching, so he held an annual meeting for everyone?
Li Yu felt sad that he had to deal with such a big thing just after arriving.

Although he was very curious, Li Yu had no intention of catching up to take a look. He was just an ordinary mid-level mage, and he had not yet reached the stage of sanctification of his physical body. If he wanted to catch up with the large group of one-eyed demon wolves, he would definitely need to use the wind track.

However, on the great plains, in the demon's lair, Li Yu used magic unscrupulously to track the wolves, and he said he wanted to live a few more days.

Just when Li Yu suppressed his curiosity and prepared to spend the night quietly in the cave, he was awakened by a violent vibration. The vibration became stronger and stronger, making him worry whether the engineering craftsmanship of the one-eyed wolf was up to standard.

Fortunately, the unfortunate one-eyed wolf during the day had very good digging skills. In the less than five minutes of vibration, the dungeon withstood the test perfectly, saving Li Yu from the risk of being buried alive.

He was safe again.

As the old saying goes, when you are well fed and warm, you will think about sex. After eating too much at night, Li Yu's heart was restless again. He watched the backs of the one-eyed demon wolf pack going away from afar through the small slit in the cave. He had an idea.

"Since we're here, why don't we go take a look?"

As soon as this idea came to my mind, I couldn't suppress it. I just left, packed up my things, marked the entrance of the cave, and followed the traces left by the wolves.

Although he said he was chasing, Li Yu was not too arrogant. He just followed the wolf pack's obvious traces slowly as if he was tracking them. From time to time, he activated the wind track to accelerate intermittently. When the wind magic energy was consumed to a quarter, he would stop immediately to let the magic energy recover naturally.

After what happened to the wolves, it was probably the quietest time in the desert plain. Even creatures like scorpions and mice did not dare to make any noise to offend the majesty of the One-eyed Demon Wolf Legion.

only……

Follow, follow...Li Yu discovered that things were not simple!
Look at the direction the wolves are heading...

"Why does it feel a bit like entering the mountains?" Li Yu frowned. A large area of ​​the desert plain bordered the vast mountains, but most of the borders were cliffs that looked like they were cut by knives and axes. It was impossible for a large group of one-eyed demon wolves to pass through. Even Li Yu had to rely on a small path that was only wide enough for one person to pass through according to the military's information to get out of the mountains.

"wrong!"

After looking at the direction carefully, Li Yu took out the map from his bag. The moonlight made the map extremely clear.

Li Yu looked down at the map for nearly five minutes, then looked up at the direction the wolves left, then looked down again, and then looked up again...

He repeated this several times before folding the map and putting it away with a complicated look on his face.
"Is luck good or bad?"

If he was not mistaken, this direction led to the territory of the one-eyed wolf's lair closest to the desert plain.

Think about it, in the middle of the night when it was freezing cold, the leader wolf didn't take his own brothers to eat and drink, but instead summoned a large group of his men to rush to someone else's territory...

What? Are there more wolves to create a festive atmosphere during the New Year?
Li Yu grabbed a few handfuls of thick hair fiercely.

"What's this?"

If he guessed correctly, this was clearly a preparation for a gang fight!

And it is definitely not a small fight. Since the demon wolves in the desert plain have come out in full force, it is very likely that they are determined to die if they fail.

It seems that the harsh environment since the beginning of winter has put the one-eyed wolf pack on the desert plains in a critical situation, otherwise they would not resort to such a life-threatening way to fight for territory.

Either they successfully seize the territory to ensure the continuation of the tribe; or they struggle to death and die on the way to the charge, and disgust their opponents before dying.

No matter what the outcome, one thing is certain: this is a war in which the losers will be annihilated and the winners will suffer heavy losses.

The military and the magic hunters would probably be very happy if they heard about this. Losing a wolf's den at once is a heavy loss, and the safety of the city will be further improved!
In the past, Li Yu might have been very happy, but now he was not happy at all.

His original plan was to use guerrilla warfare against the wolf pack, weakening the strength of the wolf den bit by bit until he attracted the Bone-Spurred Wolf from the wilderness to hunt it down. However, this sudden battle directly disrupted his plan.

Indeed, once a war breaks out, it will basically be a lose-lose situation, and it is easy for someone to reap the benefits while sitting back and waiting, but the prerequisite is that he must have the ability to be the fisherman!

The reality is that if the winning side still has a Bone-Spurred Wolf with some fighting power left and about twenty adult One-Eyed Demon Wolves, Li Yu would have to avoid them with his limited strength.

Moreover, the winner will not only win the right to continue the tribe in the future, but will also harvest a terrifying number of demon corpses.

After experiencing the life-and-death pressure of the war, they devoured and digested the flesh and blood of their own kind, which contained a large amount of magic energy...

Li Yu estimated that it was not impossible for the victorious side to directly give birth to a new general-level demon. The leader wolf who was originally a general-level demon might even be able to go further.

Thinking about the scene of himself facing a large group of strengthened demons, Li Yu said that he felt nothing in his heart.

(End of this chapter)