When the first wolf howl sounded outside the city, the relevant personnel in the city, including the city guards, quickly took action. Various professionals in various small guilds who were talking about random topics quickly put down what they were doing after a brief pause. , go to your residence or store to prepare what you need.
The origin of the wolf's howl is obvious. It is sharp and long. It is a very typical winter wolf howl. Different from the ordinary wild wolves from other worlds that first attacked Wang Yu, the winter wolf is a low-level monster with a representative character in the body. The creature is upgraded to the magic crystal of Warcraft, has certain spell-like abilities, and its body is stronger.
It is difficult for ordinary non-professional hunters to hunt down such powerful monsters with magic-like abilities. Ordinary crossbows and swords are not unable to hurt these winter wolves, but just inflicting wounds is enough to kill these dangerous beasts. Killed the hunter before dying.
And professionals don't bother to hunt for the winter wolf's fur and the not-so-valuable ice magic crystals, which are very adaptable to the forest. However, the main reason is that the number is not dense enough. The annual beast tide is essentially Great opportunity to make some extra money.
A large number of winter wolves will come out of their nests after a winter of silence and migrate to other places with enough food to support their populations. In the process, they will inevitably collide with human settlements.
The two will naturally conflict. Before the law of the beast tide is understood, a large number of villages will indeed be damaged or even destroyed.
However, after learning the rules, in addition to the city guards who will be sent out to garrison in the small towns near the Warcraft Forest outside the city, some professionals will also spontaneously go to the outskirts of the Warcraft Forest to hunt these large numbers of winter wolves.
Once the number increases, it becomes very cost-effective to hunt these not-so-powerful monsters. This has been the case for the past ten years. Although there is fighting potential this year, the beast tide, a simple natural phenomenon with no direction, is not that powerful in itself.
Except for the wolf king and the wolf pack leader who may cause some casualties when they suddenly appear, these migrating winter wolves basically have no possibility of harming the royal city.
This year's beast tide came a bit early, which is why the professionals still need to prepare now, otherwise they would have prepared in advance.
The first wolf howl seemed to be a signal, and multiple wolf howls began to appear one after another in the forest outside the city. Winter wolves have a good IQ for animals, and their calls are very penetrating. The one who howled at this time should be He is the leader of their pack.
After the "communication" of these wolf pack leaders using howling as a signal, about four or five hours later, the wolves that have spent the winter will gather and prepare to start migrating, and the next signal is the most special signal from the wolf king. howled.
After a winter without much food, these winter wolves are considered the weakest time of the year. The beast tide is not only a kind of elimination of other creatures, but also the same for winter wolves. Those winter wolves that are not strong enough will They died due to various factors during the advancement of the beast tide, in order to preserve the best genes for the winter wolves that will return next year.
Seeing that the number of professionals among the pedestrians on the street was rapidly increasing, Wang Yu knew that these people were beginning to prepare for hunting.
The market for World of Warcraft materials is always in short supply. This stuff is considered hard currency. Whether it is potion, alchemy, or even some mystical sciences that are biased toward prophecy, these materials are needed.
Wang Yu walked on the street and found that these professionals basically showed no nervousness or other emotions. The ordinary non-professional residents, including ordinary non-professional residents, were doing their own things as usual. He also felt that it was nothing.
It seems that this so-called "beast tide" is completely different from the beast tides that destroy cities and countries in works on earth. That's right. It is strange that this great migration that favors the natural habits of living things can be so destructive. .
On the contrary, the ecological self-recovery ability of this world is frightening. At least he has never heard of anything being exterminated due to large-scale mining by humans. In the past ten years, the professionals in the royal city have killed at least 100,000 in the beast tide. Winter Wolf will not see any less of this group of tenacious monsters in the second year.
Wang Yu found that there was nothing worth paying attention to and planned to go home. The inner potential had not been studied yet. He planned to look up some information before trying to build a Dou Qi matrix. He would try to learn from the inner potential the theoretical essence of the current academic world. Get started to complete the awakening of your own inner potential.
However, the vibration of the communication crystal made Wang Yu stop. The object displayed on it was Edward.
"Edward, what's wrong?"
"Wang Yu, I plan to participate in the hunting and protection of the beast tide. Are you free? I hope to have a teammate."
"Yeah, that's fine. I really haven't seen anything like a beast tide, but where is Ciel, didn't you look for him?"
"Char...? I tried to contact him, but I don't know why. I haven't contacted him for a while. I don't know why he went there, so I came to find you first."
"It's probably something related to his family. Do you still remember his expression when I told you about his expression during the royal family's award ceremony? Don't worry about him, he is not a master who will suffer losses."
"Yeah, see you outside the city then."
"East Gate?"
"Um."
Wang Yu put away the communication crystal and looked at the things on his body. He always carried the medicine bag with him and the Spellweaver's Book was also slung on his waist. There was nothing to prepare, so he set off directly.
I don't know why Edward, the son of the Grand Duke, would be interested in hunting winter wolves, an activity that nobles have always disliked, but he has never looked like a noble.
Wang Yu himself is quite interested in the strange phenomena of the other world, such as beast tides. There should be nothing wrong with trying to hunt. After all, the entertainment in the other world is a bit lacking, so this can be considered a good pastime.
Setting off with the professionals who had prepared things on the street, Wang Yu walked towards the east gate near the World of Warcraft Forest outside the city.
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"Aww...!" The loud and long wolf howl spread to the sky, and something like a whirlwind began to appear in the sky above the Warcraft Forest. A whole winter of snow accumulated on the ground, together with the snow on the branches of the trees, disappeared invisibly. The power hovered and gathered over the forest.
On the outside of the forest, it looks like a white tornado has appeared inside the forest. Snowflakes are thrown from low to high, and then scattered in all directions at the highest point. It has not snowed for a long time, and the World of Warcraft Forest is in today's clear sky. It was snowing heavily.
"The wolf king has woken up. Get ready to attack. The beast tide is coming soon. Hurry up and prepare traps. The first fortune this spring will depend on these wolf cubs."
A burly bald warrior with scars on his head who looked very fierce squatted on the snow-covered ground, rubbing the heavy sword in his hand with a whetstone, and loudly told his companions to get ready.
"Don't make any noise, Ohm. What's the point of just cleaning your broken sword? Your sword doesn't need sharpness at all. You can just knock these wolves out and cut them off." The value of the fur will drop, and the losses will be deducted from your distribution?"
A tall, thin man wearing a white cloak climbed out of the snowdrift. The white ground hid this guy well.
"What do you know? This is my romance. Well, give me a kiss, Ryan. You will never understand what a weapon means to a warrior. It is your second partner!"
Ohm didn't take it seriously, and was not annoyed at all by the ridicule of the ranger named Ryan. He hugged his big sword, which accounted for almost half of his net worth, and kissed it hard.
"Ugh, disgusting, you call this romance, then do I have to accept kisses from my bear traps?"
Ryan made a disgusted expression, but judging from the fact that he didn't continue to crawl under the snow, the trap had been laid.
"You two have been working together for more than three years, why do you still like to quarrel so much? Get ready quickly. When "Wolf Snow" separates, we have to pay attention and try to keep the wolves on our side as much as possible. This year's frontline It costs a lot, and the materials for these Warcraft are also much more expensive than in previous years.”
The woman wearing a thick cotton coat took out the alchemy bomb from the backpack behind her, put it aside and began to mix a potion that would be used to mask the scent of the three of them later in the hunt.
"Okay, I'll listen to you, Triss. If you can make a fortune from this this year, then move out of the capital. This place is too chaotic, and the demons have invaded. It's not as stable as my hometown." Ohm shrugged. He stopped wiping his sword blade and stood up, mumbling his next plan.
"I agree with Ohm on this point. The royal city has been too chaotic recently, and a lot of people have died inexplicably in the black market recently. It's better to go to Ohm's hometown." Ryan nodded and did not refute the bald head's statement.
"Okay, at least we have made enough money in the past few years. Let's go to Om's hometown. Although that place is not very prosperous, it is indeed a good place to live."
The alchemist Triss, whose physical fitness is not as good as the two professionals, reluctantly agreed with the two guys' statement. The royal city is indeed not peaceful recently, and there is no reason to continue to stay.
"Ouch!" The howls of wolves came for the second time inside the forest. This was the voice of the leader of the wolf pack. As the "wolf snow" storm swirled inside the forest, it began to break into small blizzards toward the outside of the forest. Moving, this also means that this year's beast tide has officially begun.
Ohm didn't continue to talk nonsense. He dragged the heavy sword to the front of the three people, closest to the forest. He could see a blizzard in the forest approaching here.
"Good luck." Ryan whistled. He didn't have to look for a place where the winter wolf came out. He threw a tube of the aura-blocking alchemy potion that Triss had given to Ohm, and then applied it to himself. Soon, Ryan got into the snow and disappeared.
Taking out the specially prepared alchemy bomb from the box, Triss looked at the forest in the distance that was beginning to shake due to the snowstorm.
Soon, a large number of wolves that were all white and significantly larger than the wolves on Earth rushed out of the forest.
The close proximity of the Warcraft crystals in the bodies of these winter wolves creates a resonance-like effect, causing a large area of snow to be attracted, forming a small blizzard surrounding the wolves. This kind of blizzard is not very lethal, but it can also Causes some trouble, a lot of arrows and the like become useless.
"Well, there are quite a few." Triss took the alchemy bomb in her hand, glanced at the pack of probably dozens of wolves, and threw the thing in her hand.
The activated alchemy bomb exploded in the air, and special fluctuations spread. The conflict between the vibration of magic power and the resonance of the winter wolf quickly destroyed the layer of blizzard.
After that, the second alchemy bomb was also thrown. The three hunting people were already prepared in advance. They quickly closed their eyes and put earplugs in their ears.
Dazzling light bloomed in the air, and there was also a strong noise, "Buzz!" The roar spread in the air, making the snow covering the ground below shake.
Shock bombs that are very effective against wild beasts can quickly bring chaos and panic to these wolves after being exploded. Beasts in any world are sensitive to strong light and noise.
Ohm opened his eyes first. His role was to drive away the wolves at the front, allowing the frightened winter wolves to spread out and better step on the traps hidden by Ryan under the snow.
But he immediately noticed something was wrong. The winter wolves in front of him were unusually unresponsive, and they still charged forward with their heads down, and the target seemed to be him who was closest?
Ohm, who was stunned for a moment, instantly felt a serious sense of crisis. Logically speaking, these winter wolves should fall into chaos. Moreover, the winter wolves in the beast tide definitely have migration as their top priority, and they will not be blocked. They don't know how to attack. After being bombarded by shock bombs, they should avoid Ohm out of instinct.
However, these wolves bared their teeth and let out low growls from their throats. Their scarlet eyes locked on Ohm who was closest to them, and they rushed towards him, their manic bloodthirsty spreading out undisguisedly. .
"Don't come here!" There was fear in Ohm's eyes. As a mid-level trainee knight, he killed a few winter wolves like a dog, but the number in front of him... the fear of death almost overwhelmed him in an instant. Got him.
The big sword in his hand swept out, splitting the two winter wolves in front of him in two, but then the wolves swarmed up without any fear, and pounced on the two corpses of their companions with blood splattered and their internal organs falling. ohm.
The sharp claws scratched Ohm's leather armor, leaving blood marks while tearing the armor. The sharp wolf teeth bit Ohm's neck fiercely, tearing the blood vessels and causing blood to spurt out crazily.
Dozens of winter wolves pressed Ohm down like crazy. Ohm, who was unable to resist at all, was drowned in the roars of the wolves.
The blood dyed the white fur of the winter wolves red, and the wolves that received the blood became even more crazy. Blood, more blood!
Ryan had just recovered from the shock bomb. What he saw were the wolves stained red with blood, as well as the broken body of Ohm, and those who rushed towards him crazily, triggering the animal trap on the ground, and the leg bones were severely clamped and shattered. There was no reaction or stagnation from the bloodthirsty winter wolves.
"Ah!" He only had time to let out a scream, and Ryan, who was in worse shape than Ohm, was knocked down. His neck was bitten by multiple wolf mouths and turned into a pile of flesh and blood.
"Crazy, crazy! What's going on!" A little further away, the alchemist Triss looked at these bloody winter wolves that completely deviated from their habits. They killed their companions in a very short time and fell into chaos. .
She looked at the winter wolves who looked at her with bloodthirsty eyes and screamed in despair.
"ah!!!!!"
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