That night, snow began to fall from the sky, getting heavier and heavier, and then gradually became lighter the next morning.
The earth is covered with winter clothes, and it looks beautiful wrapped in silver, but behind the beauty is a cold and cruel murderous intent.
The wolves went out in the snow to find prey. Yamazaki directed Shandai to work, digging caves and building cages to prevent the wolves from killing each other when the winter was too long.
It used to be impossible to imprison them, but now that bear meat is available, we can imprison these dizzy and weak wolves.
In other words, if it were a wolf on Earth, it would be ready to go hunting half a year after birth.
But this is a magical world, and these little wolves are not strong enough. Now they go out to deliver food.
…
In the evening the wolves returned with some rabbits, rats, and the remains of deer.
Among them was a nest of fire rabbits, the skin had fire magic left on it, and it was quite warm before the magic disappeared.
However, one wolf was missing. One of the wolves still had a claw wound, which looked like the claw mark of a thunder tiger. It seemed that the heavy snow had concealed the approaching scent of the thunder tiger.
…
The next day, Yamazaki and Shandai processed the fire rabbit skin. It would not be possible for a long time, but it could last for a while.
For Shandai, it means being able to go out and play again.
However, the wind wolves who went out came back very late, but they dragged back the remains of the deer, which added up to about half a ton of meat.
Yamazaki thought that if there were deer herds that had spent the winter, the situation might not be so bad.
After all, this is a wolf with wind magic that can attack from a distance.
But when I woke up again, I found that I had thought too well yesterday, because it snowed again last night and the mountains were blocked by heavy snow outside.
…
The alpha wolf carefully circled around the outside of the cave, and finally gave up the plan of traveling.
Probably, the snow was too deep for the wolf's height and was not conducive to running.
The adult male wolf stayed in the den, finally calmed down the naughty wolves, and became their teacher, teaching them hunting skills and practicing wind blades.
Yamazaki looked at Shandai playing among the wolves, couldn't help but sigh, and decided to help more.
Yamazaki comforted himself, putting aside balance and right and wrong. At this moment, he was a wolf boy and he belonged to the wolf pack.
Yamazaki invited Shandai over and taught Shandai how to weave wide snow shoes - using the wood wrapping technique on the hay to make them form a whole.
…
At the end of the day, nearly a hundred wolves consumed more than a ton of meat, and the food reserves were basically empty.
Before dawn the next day, the alpha wolf went out worriedly to explore the way, but there was no way to go.
Shandai presented her newly made snow shoes, put them on her feet for a demonstration, and then helped the alpha wolf put them on her feet.
After the alpha wolf tested it himself, he growled happily and held his head against Shan Dai as a reward.
…
"Be careful, don't catch a cold."
"I know."
Looking at Shandai leaving with the wolves, Yamazaki sighed. He actually didn't want to contribute the snow shoes, because in this way, the wolves would probably survive the winter safely.
There were only 20 wolves before, but next year there will be 100. The balance in the forest will be broken.
First of all, other animals will suffer, but one day it will be these wolves. As their territories expand, they will force other carnivores to cause trouble for them.
If a new balance cannot be reached, there will be constant rebalancing until there is no food and they will kill each other.
Of course, that's far away.
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In the afternoon, before the sky got dark, the wind wolves came back with Shan Dai. To be precise, Shan Dai commanded the wind wolves to come back.
They were dragging sleds, needless to say, newly made by Shandai.
On the sled was a large amount of game, a sectioned wild boar, a sectioned large deer.
There are also some rats, snakes, and rabbits, and it is obvious that Shandai took their nests.
…
Over the next month, the wolf den stocked more and more food, but the hunting time gradually became longer because the prey had fled away.
During this period, she encountered the overlord of the region, Thunder Tiger, several times. Shan Dai did not pursue the leader with the wolf. According to her, the opponent was not weak enough and would kill the wolf in a fight.
After another half month, Shan Dai discovered that Thunder Tiger was always circling around the Wind Wolf Pack.
After Yamazaki heard about it, he thought it was almost done. There was not enough food around. If the wind wolves didn't take action, the hungry thunder tiger would do it first.
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This afternoon, there was a sudden snowstorm and the visibility became low.
Shandai realized that the opportunity had come, and immediately threw out the Dark Arrow Rain Technique. A large number of dark magic arrows were mixed in the wind and snow, and rushed towards Thunder Tiger downwind.
Leihu was caught off guard. When the arrow hit him, it was too late to hide, so he could only save his vitals.
"Roar!"
The painful roar of a large amount of flesh being corroded came through the wind and snow, followed by a shining ball of light - a thunder bomb.
The speed was so fast that the wind wolves could not react at all and did not dodge at all. However, it was deflected by the strong wind and missed.
"boom."
The thunderous bombs hit the snow, and the flying snowflakes also hurt the body. If they were hit hard, it would be very dangerous.
"there."
Shandai used fireballs to lead the way, inducing Wind Wolf to attack together.
"Woo!"
As the alpha wolf responded, all the wolves responded one after another.
Dozens of wind blades were mixed in the wind and snow, and with the help of the strong wind, they became faster.
But there was no covering attack, and Lei Hu dodged it laterally in time.
But it faced Shandai's Dark Arrow Rain Technique again and was hit by many Dark Arrows again.
This time, he didn't even protect his vitals. He triggered a one-hit kill and exploded the treasure chest.
Shandai immediately went to open the box and found it was a thunder bomb, and she immediately beamed with joy.
It's fast and powerful, perfect for sneak attacks.
…
During the extra meal for the Wind Wolf Pack, two Wind Wolves were upgraded to Wind Thunder Wolves.
After that, they raided Thunder Tiger's lair - Shan Dai used shadow magic to sneak in, hid in the dark and fired cold arrows at the tigress and the two cubs.
A wave of dark arrow rain at close range hits their vital points, killing them with one blow.
Three boxes, a thunder bomb, and two thunder spells exploded.
The wind wolves had extra meals, and four more wind wolves were upgraded to wind thunder wolves.
And Shandai was studying the items in the tiger's nest. The items in the nest looked like human cloaks.
Shandai searched carefully and found four human remains among the pile of bones in the corner.
They left behind four sets of equipment, four staffs with pointed cones, and four large wooden shields as hard as iron, with scorch marks on them. They should be the masterpieces of Thunder Tiger.
Four leather backpacks, four belts, each with a standard water bladder.
Space bag? Magic bag?
Shandai opened it excitedly, but found that it was not, just an ordinary leather bag.
There are various wild survival items inside, as well as many magic materials, flowers, plants and minerals, as well as crystal stones and leather books.
Shandai opened it and read it. She didn't recognize the text, but she could understand it.
It was a letter of authorization. Level 35 alchemist Burson recruited three people to conquer the Thunder Tiger in the World of Warcraft Forest.
The requirements for personnel are that the second-level magic they are good at must be at least level 10, and the magic value of this department must be at least 200 points. There is no limit to the rest.
Alchemist Burson provides an ironwood shield, which is strong, lightweight and resistant to lightning magic, a stamina-boosting potion, an odor-eliminating powder, and a poison that weakens the Thunder Tiger.
The reward is a potion that increases the upper limit of a certain type of magic refined by Alchemist Burson.
Each person chooses 10 bottles, applicable to 300 points or less.
Bringing your own materials can help you refine more advanced ones, but the success rate is not guaranteed.
…
There is a lot of information in it, such as magic level, thunder tiger level, alchemy level, etc.
Shandai was too lazy to think about it, so she took them all back and gave them to Yamazaki to ponder over.
Yamasaki was surprised by these things, but it was reasonable. After all, this was not a world without people.
What Yamazaki valued most was those outdoor stoves. Finally, he no longer had to drink wolf milk for a living.
The two of them have grown a few small teeth, so they should be able to eat some of the vegetable paste and tiny tender meat.
…
The snow-capped mountains lasted for nearly four months, but under Shan Dai's wise leadership, not one of the nearly one hundred wind wolves died, and they safely survived the worst time of the year.
Countless animals became the energy for their survival, and Yamazaki sighed as he looked at the countless white bones in the pit.
Thinking about the scenes of them being killed is like receiving a vivid baptism of nature.
The weak eat the strong, nothing more than that!
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