In the Dragon Calling Mountains, an escape continues.
"Captain, it's still chasing!"
Pine's voice came from the woods.
"Let's run south! There are some mountain bends there, maybe we can get rid of it!"
Jamil shouted as he ran.
I really shouldn't have gone to that valley!
Otherwise, how could we offend the Explosive Bear!
But there was too much food there, and they rushed in after a pheasant.
Pine shot the pheasant with a crossbow, but something unexpected happened.
Among the thick shadows of the woods, no one could see that there was a giant black bear standing upright!
Perhaps Jamil can escape alone, but he must be responsible for the life and death of his companions.
The possibility of everyone returning to Fiordland safely is almost zero.
The hunters are running wildly in the forest. They don't need to protect anything now, they just need to save their own lives.
Unfortunately, the bear didn't give up the chase.
Finally, before dusk arrived, a hunter shouted with a trembling voice:
"I can't hear it!"
After everyone held their breath for a long minute, Jamil sat down on the ground, breathing heavily.
The hunter's voice rang out from behind the bushes.
"We managed to get rid of it!"
Jamil said loudly:
"Pine, go to the mountain and check! Maybe it's only a few miles behind us."
no respond.
"Pine?"
"..."
Oh shit! Pine is missing! It is very likely that he has been buried in the belly of a bear!
Others are obviously aware of this.
"let's go!"
Jamil yelled, picked up his hunting knife and ran back.
Hopefully Pine is just lost and left behind.
Jamil secretly prayed that when he found Pine, he was shivering hugging a sentinel tree, instead of lying on the ground with his intestines disemboweled.
A quarter of an hour later, the hunters sighted Pine.
The worst happened.
Pine was sitting on the ground, clutching his ankle, obviously injured. The Explosive Bear was patrolling not far away and growling.
At the same time, more than a dozen skeleton soldiers have surrounded him!
These undead from the Wind Spirit Plains would sometimes run into the mountains, and would wave their butcher knives without hesitation when they saw humans.
As the weather gets warmer recently, more and more skeleton soldiers are entering the mountains.
"My Elrath, how did he seduce the Explosive Bear and provoke the undead at the same time?" Jamil was shocked and angry.
What's even more outrageous is that Pine in the enemy group actually laughed, looking like he was having fun.
"Jamil, is Pine scared out of his wits?" Other hunters were also stunned.
At this time, Pine saw Jamil and his party from a distance.
He waved his hands happily to greet them.
"This idiot!"
Jamil couldn't help but wet his eyes: "He told us not to save him!"
A hunter said: "He is real, I cry to death!"
"He is still laughing! He wants us to return to the camp with peace of mind!" The team members on the side also shed tears, "Pine, hold on! We will definitely rescue you!"
Jamil is keenly aware that there is still hope of rescuing Pine. The key lies in the confrontation between the skeleton soldiers and the explosive bears.
Although the Magic Explosive Bear can easily kill these skeletons that prevent him from eating, it obviously has to pay the price of blood.
Jamil decided not to break the confrontation easily, but to wait and see.
Finally, the Magic Explosive Bear moved. It ran and launched an attack.
The skeleton soldiers formed a shield wall, and the four skeleton archers in the back row fired weak bows and arrows...
The hunters suddenly became confused:
Why do skeleton soldiers in the wild have such a strict formation?
Why do they build a shield wall? ? ?
In Jamil's shocked eyes, a dense swarm of wild bees flew out of the woods.
The next moment, the hunters realized.
That's not a swarm of bees, but a rain of arrows!
In the blink of an eye, the Magic Explosive Bear was shot into a sieve by arrows!
A male voice came from the woods:
"Finally caught up! There are really survivors!"
Immediately afterwards, an entire skeleton army emerged from the woods.
The last ones to appear were more than twenty silver-armored spearmen and the master of the legion——
A young man in his early twenties wearing shabby mail armor.
The hunters immediately rushed to Pine, and skeleton soldiers faintly surrounded them.
Jamil walked directly to the leader of the skeleton soldiers and said unceremoniously:
"My lord, please forgive me. Although I thank you for saving Pine, no outsiders have come to the Dragon Calling Mountains for decades. I must confirm one thing with you."
Jamil tightened his grip on the hunting knife and stared at the young man with dangerous eyes, deciding to attack immediately if he made any move.
"Are you the commander of the Broken Star Legion?"
A gentle voice rang:
"This is the savior of Starwind City, the person who lifted the curse of natural disasters, the descendant of the Well of Destruction Souls, and the current lord of Starwind City, Lord Li Ran."
Only then did Jamil notice that there was a female knight standing behind the young man.
Her sandy golden hair and beautiful face were so friendly: "Please relax, citizens of the empire, you are safe."
"Inspector Eureka! You are alive!"
Jamil's roar startled a line of birds in the mountains.
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In order to avoid causing panic, Li Ran ordered the Skeleton Corps to wait outside Fjord Village.
He will lead Eureka and a squad of spearmen to Fjord Village.
Jamil and others had already taken the lead and returned to the village to report the news.
When the morning star hung in the sky, Li Ran came outside Fjord Village.
The dark woods were crowded with people walking along the streets.
They are sallow, skinny, and in rags. Years of living in the mountains have not improved their living conditions.
On the contrary, extremely poor resources forced them to reach the end of their lives.
If Li Ran does not appear, Fjord Village will perish from hunger and monster attacks.
On both sides of the road, pairs of eyes looked at Li Ran with indifference.
It's not because they don't welcome the Lord of Starwind City, but because the closed environment makes them forget how to communicate with compatriots from afar.
The initial silence and alienation only lasted a few minutes, and a warm emotion that had not been felt for a long time came to everyone's heart.
People's eyes gradually became warmer.
A reckless young man broke the silence:
"Lord, welcome to Fjord Village!"
Some people were sobbing, but more people cheered and followed Li Ran towards the village.
A little girl ran up to Li Ran, holding up a small wild flower with half of its petals pinched off in both hands, and handed it to Li Ran, saying softly: "Thank you for saving Uncle Pine!"
A good-looking woman immediately ran forward and took the child away: "I'm sorry, Lord, she was born in the mountains and doesn't know how to behave."
Li Ran looked at the girl, and another figure appeared in his mind. It was a ghost floating in the wind, and it gradually overlapped with the scene in front of him.
He leaned down, rubbed the girl's muddy hair, and said happily: "Thank you, the flowers are beautiful!"
A middle-aged man with an aging face squeezed out from the crowd. Malnutrition made him almost fall in front of Li Ran.
Eureka said in surprise:
"Are you...Maron Archon!?"
