New Gods of North America

noon,

We had lunch together at the farmer's house.

According to the custom in Kansas,

For lunch, people usually just have something casual, which is the so-called "simple meal".

But even so,

The farmer's house provides a large and filling loose meat sandwich with more meat than bread.

As well as the almost unlimited supply of homemade cheese,

If compared with the Kingdom of Windsor in the Old World today, it is already a luxury experience that at least middle-class families can enjoy as a "daily" experience.

——This is also the charm of the western part of America today, which can attract a large number of immigrants from ordinary families to come and explore.

Relying on the superior environment of vast land, sparse population and large plains,

As long as the public security is better and there are no natural disasters, the food supply for the settlers is basically sufficient and abundant.

If you want to be rich and powerful, that's a bit difficult.

But if you just want to live a life where you can eat more meat, eggs and milk every day, it would be much easier than working in a factory in one of the old powers in the Old World.

But this kind of life,

Currently, this benefit can only be enjoyed when you are "settled down".

If you are traveling in the wilderness with no village or shop in sight,

Most of the people,

Still, I can't avoid eating hard bread.

It's the kind of thing that makes your temples tired when you chew it.

After lunch,

The two carriages drove side by side on the road back to the town, and the horses paced slowly in front.

Reverend Harker was sitting in the driver's seat of the carriage next to him, talking to this side:

"So, Wayne, you are being targeted by the Fallen again?"

Wayne is here.

She packed up the two bottles of holy water that Pastor Hake had just given her. The holy water that Pastor Hake had brought was indeed "high-end", and was even spicier than the holy water that Inissa had prepared herself. In comparison, it tasted relatively better.

I heard Pastor Hake ask this question.

Wayne corrected him slightly:

“I wasn’t just being ‘targeted’.

"That guy was probably a member or leader of a gang, and now he broke into a private house and attempted murder in revenge.

"According to the current laws in the New World, he should have been hanged at least twice."

Pastor Hake nodded slightly:

“It’s not easy being a sheriff.

"However, public figures must be prepared to become targets of thugs at any time, rather than being timid and hiding behind the scenes."

Wayne nodded, "So Pastor Hake, you are so close to me now, you might be attacked by that guy in the next few days, you also need to be careful."

Reverend Harker shrank his neck, then laughed awkwardly:

"No matter how crazy that fallen one is, he wouldn't attack the church, right?"

Wayne turned his head and looked back at him, expressionless and silent.

Pastor Hake's smile froze for a moment:

“Not to the point of…right?”

…

There is really no way to investigate today's cattle theft case.

——The other party didn’t even take the stolen goods away, but destroyed them nearby.

Try to get Peter to play a tracking dog.

It had only taken a few steps beside Niu Niu's body when it began to scratch its head with its front legs.

However, not far away, several people found some suspicious wheel tracks and footprints.

It hasn't rained these days.

Most people's footprints were not obvious, and one could only vaguely see that someone seemed to have waited there for a short period of time.

Once the wheel tracks reached the main road, there was no way to follow.

But at least it is reasonable to guess that the other party has a means of transportation.

Fortunately, today's case seems to be matched to the guy who attacked Wayne last night.

So it seems that there is no need to check.

Just wait for the other party to come to you.

So they took a look around the road and sent Reverend Hake back to the church.

Then we went home to rest for a while and washed up in advance. The four-wheel drive left the town after nightfall.

I dare not go too far.

I'm worried that the other party might attract a lot of wild animals like gray wolves or brown bears, which would be troublesome.

Light a bonfire in the wild,

After grilling some meat and cooking a pot of vegetable soup, they put out the campfire, moved to another place with their dinner, and then started to eat dinner.

Originally, dinner could have been prepared at home.

However, Wayne and his men had planned to take the man who was going to attack them out for a walk every night for the next few days, and to change locations randomly after a while, so as not to give the other party a chance to prepare for an ambush.

That late night, I was free anyway.

Why not just have a picnic while you're at it?

It’s a pity that nothing happened overnight.

The next day, several people went back to confirm the situation at home.

Don't try to walk someone away.

In the end, someone robbed the house or set traps in it.

Fortunately, those small devices arranged in advance,

There were no signs of having been moved.

…

Until the third night,

Wayne, who was on duty, saw the bright full moon rising halfway into the sky. He estimated that the time was almost up and was about to drive slowly to another location.

Then the monster brought by the attacker suddenly revealed its true appearance beside the carriage:

A humanoid monster that was so thin that its bones were visible, with a broad upper body, long arms, and huge claws.

It looks a bit like a zombie, but a bit cleaner.

At least there's no dripping or anything.

If the insect swarm monster created by the second "God's Messenger" just looked like the Wendigo, a monster unique to North America,

The monster in front of me,

It seems to be the authentic "Wendigo" produced in America.

At this time, the monster was on all fours, with its back arched, hind legs bent, and its front paws a little too big, like a ferocious beast ready to pounce.

It feels like an agile thing.

“Ah——”

The Wendigo howled towards the carriage.

The volume was not low, but the tone was not sharp, a bit like a hoarse voice that broke while singing.

The horses' feet tramped lightly,

I immediately became restless.

"Bang!"

Inissa had already picked up her special bolt-action rifle.

He fired a shot at where the Wendigo was crouching.

Then I saw the other person's figure flash quickly and move to the side.

It seems that he was not shot.

The Wendigo's movements were like those in the game scenes that Wayne had seen, with stuck frames and dropped frames.

It moved very fast at one moment, but then stopped in place almost motionless at the next moment.

It gives people a sense of intermittent discomfort.

Wayne saw the Wendigo's ridiculously large front legs lowered again, as if it was about to flutter again.

He picked up the lever rifle and fired a burst of shots.

A series of dust and small pits appeared on the ground between the carriage and the wendigo.

Lina beside him also shook the reins.

"drive--"

The four-wheel drive vehicle immediately accelerated from zero.

Don't fight with them in the place they choose.