animal ears

?I have already entered the depths of the forest, but I haven't seen the female figure yet. At this time, the sun has set and the surroundings are gradually becoming dark.

Night in the forest always comes very quickly.

"It seems that we can only go here today." Knowing that it is dangerous to stay in the forest, although Tyson was a little unwilling, he couldn't make fun of the lives of his people, so he had to choose to go back, and before he went back, he took out his own bone knife, and then forcefully stabbed it into a tree by the river.

Walking back to the entrance of the village, they all shook their heads when they met the orcs who were looking for them downstream, indicating that they hadn't found them.

If you don't find it, it's actually good news, isn't it?

"Maybe the female just dropped her hat accidentally." After saying this, Tyson told everyone to go back first, but he was standing alone at the entrance of the village with the hat, looking up at the vast forest that had already melted into the night. What are you thinking.

"Is there anything else?" Sensing that Simon hadn't left, Tyson turned his head slightly and asked in a low voice.

"That..." After a pause, Simon pursed his lips, shook his head, and turned to leave.

Simon originally wanted to return the hat, and went to the woods tomorrow to look for the female, and return the hat by the way. However, he saw the expressionless one-eyed patriarch's hand holding the hat tightly, as if it was very painful. It's like a baby, so it's hard to say that I want to come back.

Moreover, Simon noticed that when he heard about the female today, the patriarch had a strange expression, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

Perhaps the patriarch knew the female?

Now that we know each other, why is that female in the forest?

Could it be... because of that dangerous orc?

Shaking his head, Simon stopped thinking about it and ran home quickly.

And Tyson stood there all the time, facing the forest, his eyes filled with a faint light, but he was cold and lonely.

If the female can see the bone knife she left behind, she will know that someone has been there, and maybe she will come down to the village to contact her.However, they may not be able to see it, and even if they do, it is unlikely that they will contact the village, because Tyson remembers that Simon once said that it was the female who guided them to the village, which means that the female knew this place and even came here Not necessarily here.

However, he had no contact with the people in the village.

Sighing, Tyson held the hat, strange to say, with a feeling of nostalgia, so he didn't want to give it to others at all.

Is it because I am thinking wildly?

is it him?

Is he... still alive?

A long list of questions kept popping up in his mind, and he couldn't help sighing again. After that, Tyson silently murmured the name that had been hidden in his heart into the night.

"Cole..."

The cold wind picked up and rustled the treetops.

So from the next day, Tyson would go to the river every few days, go up the river, and leave some artificial marks on every tree on the river bank. He knew that the female would definitely go to the river. side, he might be able to see the marks.

Tyson looked forward to a response.

However, a month later, those marks have not been moved at all, and there is no sign of activity on the nearby river.

Tyson was disappointed every time.

He began to wonder whether he should go deeper into the jungle, so he walked upstream again, and the further upstream, the more difficult the road was, and the dense secondary jungle was impenetrable at all, and even sunlight could not come in. The air is filled with the smell of hot and humid decay, and all kinds of poisonous snakes and reptiles hide among the withered leaves on the dark and damp ground, and every step needs to be careful.

He doubted, does this kind of place really exist?

However, Tyson still walked forward.

Intuition told him that he should move forward.

Cole was now checking the traps he had set up around the jungle.

Unlike Norman, who is powerful and likes to chase big prey, as the weaker side, Cole understands that he can't rely on his own strength to do it recklessly, but must use his wisdom to survive well, so he has studied it from before. The walking paths of the animals that haunted the woods, and then he laid many traps on the paths of those animals.

Why so many traps?

Animals that survive in the forest all year round are very cunning. Even if they touch the mechanism, they are likely to escape, so set up a few more traps, not to mention anything else, at least the chance of catching prey will be much higher.

At this time of day, Cole patrols his own traps.

Not a lot of harvest today, many traps were just triggered but didn't catch anything, one trap was destroyed by the big round pig, Cole had to rebuild one, and the most important spike tree that built the trap happened to grow on the river bank In the secondary jungle next to him, he immediately went to collect it.

Walking through the secondary jungle familiarly, Cole quickly found the thorn wood he was looking for.

Gathering this kind of wood is very troublesome, because its appearance is full of hard bare thorns. In order to prevent himself from being stabbed, Cole took out the bone knife that Norman sharpened for himself, carefully peeled off part of the thorns, and then cut off the thorns. Wood.

However, just as he was concentrating on collecting, a sudden sound of footsteps made him alert. Cole pricked up his ears and looked around carefully. He noticed that the sound of steady footsteps did not seem to be the sound of wild animals.

It's an orc!

Cole's expression changed, he immediately gave up collecting, turned around and ran away.

And Tyson here seemed to have noticed something, and walked over at a faster pace. Unfortunately, he was a step too late, and only found some cut thorn wood on the ground. He squatted down and poked the cut of the thorn wood. It was artificially made, and it was very fresh. It didn't take long for the other party to do it, so he got up immediately, but there was no one around.

Squatting down again, Tyson picked up the thorns and carefully sniffed them.

Definitely a female scent.

And this smell... Tyson's eyes widened, full of excitement, excitement and surprise.

You can't go wrong, this taste is Cole!

Throwing down the few branches, Tyson immediately followed the smell. Since Cole had just left, the smell was not covered by the forest. Of course Tyson would not give up this opportunity.

The person who had been thinking about him for so long, the person who thought he had died a long time ago, the person who had occupied his heart for ten years, and now he found it by accident, how could he give up!

Tyson's speed was very fast, and soon he found Cole's trace.

In the distance, that slender figure with animal ears.

Really animal ears!

Tyson was even more overjoyed.

However, Cole doesn't want to be found at all, especially the strange orc. He is not wearing a hat now, and his ears are exposed. He is likely to be killed, so he runs away desperately, but it is a pity that he still cannot match the sharpness of the orc. And speed, it was caught up so quickly.

No, you have to find a place to hide!

Cole started looking for a place to hide, but at this moment the orc had already caught up and grabbed his arm.

Cole turned his back to the orc and was about to yell, hoping to attract Norman, but the orc spoke.

With a joyful, excited and trembling voice, he called out in a low voice: "Cole!"

own name? !

Turning back in astonishment, Cole was stunned on the spot. Right now, under the long black hair blown by the wind was an all-too-familiar handsome cheek.

I didn't expect to meet Tyson here.

Compared to Cole who was stunned, Tyson was very happy, with a look of joy on his always cold face, he held Cole's arm tightly, not daring to relax for a moment, and stared at Cole with his right eye. Cole didn't even dare to blink his eyes, he was afraid that if he blinked or let go of his hand, Cole would disappear.

His throat was choked with excitement, but he still endured the intense trembling, and once again called out the name of the person in front of him as softly as possible: "Cole." Then he moved a little closer, and said comfortingly, "Don't be afraid, I'm Tyson, do you still recognize me?"

"You, why are you here?" After staying for a long time, Cole looked at Tyson and asked.

"I……"

"Hand hurts." Cole gritted his teeth.

Realizing that he was a bit abrupt, Tyson quickly let go of his hand a little, then took out the hat from his waist, handed it to Cole, and said, "This is your hat."

Seeing the hat, Cole couldn't believe it. Isn't this the hat that fell into the river a month ago?How could it fall into Tyson's hands?

Seeing Cole's thoughts, Tyson explained: "The people in the village picked it up by the river. An orc recognized it as your hat. I was afraid that something would happen to you, so I spent this month in the forest. Looking for you."

"……Find me?"

"Correct."

"What do you want me to do?" His eyes dimmed, Cole faced Tyson, and quietly took two steps back.

Obviously feeling Cole's alienation and vigilance, Tyson inexplicably felt a tingle, thinking of Cole being driven away by the village, so Tyson followed up, grabbed Cole by the shoulder, and asked softly: "Cole, what are you doing?" okay."

"……what."

Cole responded silently, gently shaking Tyson's hand away with his shoulders.

"Cole?" The feeling of being alienated made Tyson very sad, and his happy mood suddenly seemed to be poured cold water.

Cole took a few steps back, then turned to leave.

"Where are you going?" Tyson immediately asked anxiously, regardless of his mood.

"Go home." Cole turned around quietly and said.

"Go home? Where is your home?"

Facing Tyson's question, Cole was unwilling to answer. He only said in a low voice, "You said you came to find me. Now that you have found me, you can go back."

Unexpectedly, he would be rejected by Cole like this. Tyson felt at a loss and even more unwilling, but he didn't want Cole to leave, so he said, "Cole, come back with me."

Stopping in his tracks, Cole said, "...Are you kidding me?"

"I'm not joking." Tyson shook his head. "The previous misunderstanding has been explained clearly. Everyone knows that you were wronged, so go back."

Do you know that you are wrong?It's because they can't tolerate themselves at all!Even... want to kill myself!

After finally leaving there and adapting to life in the forest, how could Cole go back?

With a sneer, Cole shook his head, clenched his fist and said, "Thank you for your kindness, but I live very comfortably here and don't want to go back."

"Comfortable? It's so dangerous here!"

"It's more comfortable than being chased away or bullied." Cole said flatly, "And I'm doing fine here."

Hearing this, Tyson grabbed Cole's hand again, and said seriously: "Don't be arrogant, I know you still remember that incident, go back with me, I swear no one will bully you this time!"

"No need."

"Cole!"

"Tyson, let go!" Cole shook his hand vigorously, but couldn't shake it off.

"... Cole!"

Between pulling and pulling, the air suddenly became heavy. Tyson felt the hairs behind him stand on end, and then looked up instinctively. A huge black shadow fell out of thin air, and in an instant, Cole beside him disappeared. At first glance, he was taken to a far away place, and now, the tall orc standing in front of him and stretching out his hands to protect him, was staring at him with red eyes.

The orc exuded a strong murderous aura, and after a while, he rushed over and threw himself at Tyson.

Tyson could barely resist the attack, and he had to carefully examine the powerful orc in front of him, as well as Cole who was brought behind him.

Could this be what Simon said, the dangerous orc?

It is indeed powerful.

However, no matter how powerful he is, it is impossible to snatch Cole away.

Tyson gritted his teeth sharply, and rushed over. The orc was already ready, and at the same time, Cole, who was taken to a distance, yelled anxiously: "No! Man, stop hitting! He's Tyson!"

"Norman?!" Tyson was shocked.

Norman is alive too!

On the other hand, Norman had a calm face. He withdrew his hand quietly, glanced at Tyson madly, and said coldly: "I know who he is." Then he looked at the puzzled Cole, and said lightly, "But that's why it's unforgivable!"