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?With his keen sense of smell and night vision, Norman can quickly find the hemostatic grass he needs even in the dark night.

The tricky part, though, is that this hemorrhoid only grows near a fire bear's lair.

Night is the time when the fire bear is active, and any creature that enters its territory will be noticed by them.It's not that Norman is afraid of the fire bear. The fire bear is not smart, but it has a huge body, amazing physical strength, and surprisingly strong strength. And most importantly, once it is targeted by the fire bear, unless it is killed, it will definitely be entangled endlessly.

Norman's every move must be done carefully.

However, although he has tried to avoid being in the upwind position and his movements are as silent as possible, he is still not as alert as the fire bear who likes to come out at night. In fact, long before Norman entered this area, he He was targeted.

It's the smell of blood.

At some point, some of Palanch's blood got on Norman's leather skirt, but Norman didn't notice, and predators at night are very sensitive to the smell of blood, especially the voracious eater with a keen sense of smell like the fire bear. Or, even a drop of blood may be detected.They don't confront their prey face to face, they just follow them quietly, waiting for the best time to ambush.

Likewise, they are good at hiding their location.

After collecting the herbs, Norman carefully looked around, every rustling of leaves made him extremely alert.It was not the first day he had lived in this woods. Norman lowered his eyes and held his breath. There was an imperceptible smell in the air. He didn't want to linger, so he returned the same way and walked more cautiously.

But before he could take a few steps, there was a strange movement behind the dense bushes in front of him, unlike the sound of the wind, Norman immediately jumped lightly onto a small tree next to him, vigilantly observing the situation on the ground, and At this time, there was a very strong force from behind and suddenly slammed into the tree. This familiar force made Norman realize that he had encountered a fire bear.

And, more than one.

It's really unlucky to attack back and forth.

Although he sighed that he was unlucky, but once he encountered it, he had to face it, otherwise he would be entangled by the fire bear and couldn't go back in time, and the kid's legs must be lost.Of course, whether the kid is lame or not has nothing to do with me, but Cole will be sad...

Just as he was thinking, another fire bear jumped out from the left.

The third one.

It's really tricky.

No time to think about it, bowing down, Norman looked around himself in deterrence, and began to carefully assess the surrounding situation. If it was normal, he would never face head-to-head. Avoid, but not today, he has to go back as soon as possible, it will take time to escape and these greedy fire bears will definitely chase after them, don't underestimate their patience and physical strength, the scariest thing about fire bears is their huge size , and they will drive you to physical exhaustion, and in the end you don't even have the strength to escape, but they are still full of energy.

Norman didn't want to be entangled, let alone lead these predators to his door, so he chose to kill the three fire bears.

However, it is easy to say, it is very difficult to kill a fire bear, but now it is surrounded by three heads, and it is because of the disadvantaged position, and their unpredictable attack methods put their lives in danger, not to mention To kill them?

Norman was in a dilemma.

At this moment, one of the fire bears seemed to be unable to wait any longer, and suddenly rushed over with a tooth.

Fortunately, Norman reacted in time and flashed quickly, but in a flash, the second head took the opportunity to rush over. Norman used his strength to roll over, and threw it to the ground with a wave of his hand, but at this time the first head and the third The head also opened its mouth and bit it. Seeing that the situation was not good, Norman quickly dodged, but his arm was accidentally scratched by one of the fire bears, and the force was so fierce that blood flowed from his arm. Norman frowned, and immediately jumped onto the tall tree.

The smell of blood stimulated the nerves of the predators, and they became even more excited, continuously roaring at Norman on the tree.

The situation was not optimistic. It was too dark for Norman to clearly and thoroughly perceive the direction of Fire Bear's attack. He knew that staying here would only be more detrimental to him.

Gritting his teeth, Norman clutched his wound and quickly shuttled among the branches.

The three beasts immediately chased after them.

The wind howled head-on, and while running away, Norman identified the directions of the fire bears behind him by sound. However, their positions were really difficult to judge. If they could control their direction, it might be much easier to deal with these fire bears.

Suddenly, Norman remembered that this place was not far from the cliff. If he could lure the fire bears to the other side of the cliff, he would be able to identify their attack direction, maybe... they could be dealt with quickly.

Norman thought to himself, and took out the bone knife at his waist.

He quickly came to the edge of the cliff, the ground was pitch black and bottomless, as if he would fall into this abyss if he was not careful, but Norman was not afraid, he turned his back to the cliff, and the three beasts quickly found him. They chased after them with the smell of blood, and pressed on from three directions. Their goal was Norman standing on the edge of the cliff.

Then, the fire bears rushed up together.

On the other hand, Norman closed his eyes calmly, took a deep breath, raised the bone knife, and slammed it into the throat of one of them. The struggling fire bear did not die immediately, but slammed into the bear's paw desperately without retreating. Norman in the spare room was about to be hit, but suddenly, the fire bear paused for a moment, and then screamed in pain. Norman didn't know what happened, but he realized that this was an opportunity, so he didn't say anything. Said, quickly cut its neck with a knife, the fire bear immediately fell to the ground, convulsed all over, and blood spurted from its neck.

With one head missing, it would be much easier to recognize their attack direction.

Not long after, the remaining two attacked again. Norman raised his leg and kicked the head of one of them, and stabbed the bone knife into the chest of the other with his strength, then pulled it out, and then used it to cut the last fire bear's Throat.

The action was done in one go, without hesitation.

When the last fire bear died, Norman gasped slightly, squatted down, and used the bloody bone knife to peel off the skin of one of the fire bears. When he was about to peel the second one, he suddenly realized that the On the back of the fiery bear, there was actually a bone knife inserted!

Deep down the spine.

who is it……? !

Norman frowned alertly, stood up, and looked around with clenched fists.

The person in the dark didn't seem to want to hide, and after a while, he came out generously.

The person who came was stepping on the shadow of the night, his figure was like a phantom, his face was cold, and his eyes were smiling.White ears, long moon-white hair curled up casually, under the slender eyebrows are somewhat charming fox eyes, dark and bottomless, he approached Norman, like a child's smirk, touched his chin, and looked at him playfully. Norman smiled and said, "Norman, it's me."

Norman noticed, quietly staring at the approaching person on the opposite side, smelling the smell, he suddenly frowned, raised his eyebrows and said, "It's so late, what are you doing here, Ley."

"Picking herbs." Ley walked up to Norman, grinning and squinting.

"Picking medicine?" Norman snorted and said with a blank look, "It's a lie."

Knowing that the other party was lying, Norman was not curious, let alone questioned, because he knew that Ley had been like this since he was a child, and he would not open his mouth no matter how much he did not want to say, so he glanced at the other party, and Norman He handed back the bone knife to Ley and said, "Thank you for what happened just now. I will return your knife to you."

After all, Norman squatted down.

After receiving the bone knife, Ley stroked his hair, stood aside, looked at Norman who continued to cut the fur of the fire bear, and said with a smile: "I remember that time you were beaten miserably by these guys, I didn't expect that after so many years, you killed three fire bears at once and became so powerful."

Norman shook his head and continued cutting the bear hide.

These bear skins are high-quality leather materials, and they can be used to make some warm clothes for Cole in winter, and he doesn't want to waste them.

Soon, Norman cut off the fur, stood up, put the bear skin on his shoulders, and turned to Ley and said, "It's not that I'm powerful, but I want to live."

The voice is light and firm.

After finishing speaking, Norman turned and left, but Ley followed quickly, put his head in his hands, and said with a smile: "Ah, by the way, you are living with that guy now, right?"

That rascal?Are you talking about Cole?

It's unclear how Ley knew, but Norman didn't hide it, but nodded honestly and said, "I live with Cole, and Cole is already my partner."

"Hey... it's really quick." Ley narrowed his eyes, shrugged, "I thought he would never accept you in his life."

"..." Ignoring Ley's emotion, Norman asked instead, "How do you know I'm with Cole?"

Turning his head, Ley smiled as he walked, "When I heard Berg and Simon talk about the females and orcs in the forest, I guessed it was you."

"Berg and Simon?" Norman wondered.

"It's a couple who came to the village recently. You should have seen them too. They said they got lost in the woods and were helped by a female." Ley explained.

Thinking of the couple that Cole had helped a few months ago...it was them.

"But...how did you guess it was us?" Norman asked involuntarily.

"Intuition." Ley replied mysteriously, bending his lips.

"It's a terrible intuition." Unconsciously snorted, and walked a few more steps, Norman glanced at Ley, turned around, and asked, "When are you going to follow me?"

"Let's go to your house." Ley said with a wink.

"Did I say I would take you to my house?" Norman frowned, obviously unhappy.

Not caring about Norman's mood, Ley folded his arms, turned his head, and asked with a smile: "Is anyone else injured in your family?"

Norman froze.

"Because I smell the hemostatic grass on your body." Ley smiled, then stepped forward, patted the sluggish Norman on the shoulder, and said with a light smile, "Don't look at me with such eyes, after all, I am now You can be regarded as a pharmacist in the village, so it's strange to smell herbs, and your injury also needs to be treated."

Norman didn't move.

"It's true." Ley glanced at Norman and said with a smile, "Otherwise, you wouldn't think I was going to grab your partner, would you?"

"..."

Facing the cheeky Ley, Norman didn't know how to respond. In the end, Norman took Ley back to the residence suspiciously.

As soon as he entered the door, Cole rushed up, grabbed Norman's hand, and asked anxiously: "Why have you been here for so long? Did something happen? Ah! Is... blood?! Norman, are you injured? Does it hurt!... Sit down and I'll treat your wound!" Cole became more and more anxious as he spoke.

Seeing his partner's desperation, Norman sighed, scratched Cole's nose with his fingers, lowered his head, and said softly, "It's just a small injury, I'm fine."

Just a minor injury?

Cole looked at the wound injured by the fire bear. The deep wound almost saw the bones. He saw that he had gone through a fierce battle, and his heart was filled with remorse and fear. Cole held Norman's hand tightly. , gritted his teeth, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault, Norman, I'm sorry..."

"Fool, why do you have to apologize?" Norman touched Cole's head helplessly and comforted him.

Cole lowered his head uncomfortably: "If it wasn't for me..."

At this time, a light cough came from outside the door, interrupting the conversation between the two.

Cole was surprised, and looked out, when someone scratched his head, walked into the cave without hesitation, looked at the two with a bit of distress, and said, "Well, it's good that you two are in love, but outside It's pitch black, windy and a bit cold, do you want to consider my guest's feelings?"

Seeing who was coming, Cole opened his eyes wide, then looked at Norman again, with a puzzled expression on his face.

Norman turned his head to look at the cheeky guy, cleared his throat, and explained to Cole, "He's Ley."

"Ley?" Cole was even more surprised.

"Yes, I'm Ley." Ley's fox eyes raised, and suddenly his whole face moved closer, pointing to his cheek, and said with a charming smile, "Cole, do you remember me?"?