The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 11 Trapping the Winter Wolf
It has been three days since the last goblin sneak attack failed. With Finia's help, William almost turned the village entrance into a snow and ice fortress.As a descendant of frost giants, Phinia has the power to slightly control the ice, which greatly speeds up the construction of fortifications in such extreme weather.

In the distant forest, there was the wailing of unknown monsters, which were monsters fighting for blood.The corpses discarded by William and the others became the most coveted resources of the nearby monsters. I don't know how many battles have occurred in the corpse dump these days. Monsters that failed in the battle were killed every day, and then the corpses became fresh meat for the victors.Thanks to those corpses, basically all the monsters went to the place where the corpses were dumped to compete for food. Not a single monster came to harass the village, but the three brothers and sisters and the giantess lived a relatively peaceful life for several days.

But on the fourth day, things went a little bit wrong.

Although most of the bloody smell left by the battle in the village was covered up by the heavy snow, it still attracted the prying eyes of many vicious birds and beasts.These uninvited guests were originally attracted by the corpses thrown into the forest, but although there were a lot of corpses, there were more monsters who couldn't bear the hunger. Some powerful monsters with wisdom began to divide their territories with each other. Mu Village has become a rare and fat place in the eyes of some monsters (you can only blame someone's food hoarding instinct too much).

Some uninvited guests began to wander around the village, including a giant white wolf, a huge brown bear and two unknown strange beasts.Especially the giant white wolf, who tried to sneak into the village several times, but was fortunately discovered by William and Finia and stopped in time.

According to Finia, this white wolf is actually a famous evil beast in the north - the winter wolf.This is a dangerous predatory animal that lives in tundra and other severe cold regions. Winter wolves are extremely smart and cunning, and can even speak common language and giant language. They often act in conjunction with other evil creatures. Winter wolves are outstanding and evil A scout, hunter, and tracker, with an extremely tall body and a terrible cold breath attack.They will relentlessly pursue their prey until they are killed, and will never stop hunting.

For the past few days, in order to guard against these malicious guys, William and Finia had to take turns to be on duty at night, struggling to deal with it. He tried to trap and kill the monster several times, but unfortunately he failed.

William sat on the fence, looking boredly at the wandering winter wolf not far away. The monster was nearly five feet tall at the shoulders and about nine feet long. Its shiny silver-white fur was soft and thick, and it could be called the world of fur. Pearl.If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he really couldn't believe that there would be such a cunning animal in the world.

At first, the winter wolf pretended to be an ordinary white wolf and intentionally missed the lasso mechanism. When William was looking closely, the winter wolf suddenly broke free from the noose and attacked him.When William dodged and was about to fight back, the winter wolf retreated suddenly, because it sensed that the identity of Phinia who came to help in the battle was unusual—a descendant of a frost giant, and a young cub. The winter wolf had some uneasy associations, and it needed to reorganize its hunting plan.

The winter wolf turned around and left immediately.

The winter wolf often cooperates with the frost giants as servants, and knows the strength of the frost giants.After seeing Phinia, it was worried that if it had a conflict with the cubs, it would provoke the adult frost giants. After all, those overlords on the northern ice fields were not to be trifled with, and they were extremely protective of their cubs.The winter wolf is going to feel the situation first, and then decide whether to give up the prey, and this kind of quick scheming and decision-making is superior even among humans.

However, no matter how cunning the winter wolf was, it never discovered that William was actually the strongest fighting force here.

In the days that followed, William failed to lure the winter wolf several times because of Finia's presence, and the winter wolf never found out about Finia's background.

Today, William arranged for Finia to stay in the cellar to chat with Misha. The two guys with such a huge size difference unexpectedly got to chat. Since the last war, the little girl has never been out of the cellar, but She was suffocated.

The winter wolf was lying behind a big tree hundreds of meters away from the village, staring unblinkingly at the male human on the fence. Every time he stared at it for a while, he turned his head and scanned the surroundings. Behind him was a beautiful and fluffy snow-white tail lightly. Lightly sweeping back and forth, quite a leisurely rhythm.

For a long time, doubts flashed in the eyes of the cautious winter wolf. It couldn't figure out how this weak human dared to be so bold and stayed outside alone. Did he think that small wall could stop the mighty Porfin? footsteps?And that giant cub, who deviated from tradition, is ambushing somewhere.

That's right, the winter wolf Borfin has already found out Phinia's origin, so it can go on its own hunt with confidence.But as cunning as a winter wolf, he still likes to play tricks.

Since there was really nothing unusual about William, the winter wolf Borfin began to slowly approach the village, its way of moving was extremely cunning.The winter wolf trotted forward at first, then came to a distance of about a hundred yards or so from the fence, and then stopped.The pair of ice-blue eyes were half-closed to conceal the malice in their gazes. There were too many perceptive beings in the wilderness, and they could even read crises from their gazes.

The winter wolf pretended to be nonchalant and rolled a few times on the snow, and then walked around gently stretching its limbs. The big fluffy tail behind its buttocks patted the snow surface from time to time, and the snowflakes flew around. It looked like a beautiful wolf playing and frolicking on the snow. big dog.

William was fascinated by the performance of the winter wolf, as if he didn't notice that every time he walked around, the distance between this evil animal and him would be shortened a little.

He also squinted his eyes and looked at this cunning and beautiful creature with a smile, a hidden light flashed in his eyes: What a treacherous beast!You actually know how to play tricks to deceive the world, do you really think I can't see that you are cleaning your footprints on purpose?No matter how cunning you are, you still have to drink Lao Tzu's footwashing water.

It turns out that the winter wolf has been constantly shortening the distance between itself and William, and its playful performances are actually concealing changes in its own footprints, because this is the only thing that can immediately reveal the winter wolf's true intentions.

Since the snow field is completely white and there are almost no reference objects, it is easy for a careless person to ignore this slowly changing sense of distance under normal circumstances, and it may be too late when it is discovered.

However, William had already made many concealed marks on the snow outside the gate in advance. A piece of dead wood standing alone and a raised stone nest were all excellent references.

Although the winter wolf's walking movements are light, the muscles of its whole body seem to be loose and tight, and it can explode at the fastest speed at any time, whether it is launching an attack or turning around to escape, it can handle it with ease.

It's a pity that its body state of looseness on the outside and tightness on the inside can hide it from others, but it can't hide it from the eyes of the boxing master William, because he himself is in this state of explosiveness at any time.

As the saying goes, tigers hurt people, and people also have tigers.

The winter wolf was plotting against him, and William was also plotting against the winter wolf. The only difference was that he understood the situation of the winter wolf, but the winter wolf did not understand this man.

One person and one beast with their own ulterior motives, as the distance between each other shrinks and shortens, they all become more scruples and cautious, for fear that they will scare each other away by accidentally revealing their flaws.The two extremely hypocritical guys, their acting skills are superb, enough to shame those men and women who are holding statuettes and shedding crocodile tears.

When the winter wolf was less than 50 meters away from William, it suddenly stood still and began to speak in standard Common Tongue, the sentences were more standard and fluent than that of a real human being.Winter Wolf said in a hoarse voice:
"Human! Mighty Porfin has something to ask you. Where is that damned frost giant child?" The winter wolf didn't know that Phinea was a half-giant, and it always thought she was an underage frost giant cub.

William stood up in "shock", and looked at the Winter Wolf who spoke out with "shock" on his face, trembling and screaming: "You, you can talk!"

Although Finia had told him in advance that winter wolves could speak human language, William really didn't take it seriously, especially when the giantess introduced winter wolves in the same tone as when she commented on the pets next door. As casual as shit and pee, he thought that the so-called talking was just like parrot learning.

But looking at the winter wolf in front of him, it is completely an intelligent creature with independent thinking and can communicate like a human.

So William's surprise at this time was not completely fake.

The silver-white giant wolf showed a humane disdain on its face, and it took a few steps forward again calmly, saying: "Ignorant human beings! How can your poor wisdom understand the greatness of the king of the snow field?" !"

The winter wolf continued to move forward, as if to put pressure on him, it continued to ask in a threatening tone: "Tell me! Why are the frost giants with cowardly humans?"

At this time, Alos, who had just fed the herd of animals in the stable, happened to come over. He heard someone talking outside the fence, and asked his brother in surprise, "William! Who is talking to you outside?"

William suddenly heard Alos' question behind him, but he was taken aback. He turned around and said anxiously: "Alos! Run!"

When he turned his head, the Winter Wolf, which was already within 30 meters of the wall, immediately saw the opportunity. It suddenly jumped up from a static state, leaped, accelerated, and the explosive power of its four limbs stomping on the ground was so strong, just look at the rising snow and fog. It can be seen.

The winter wolf instantly turned into a white shadow in the snow, and rushed towards William like lightning. The wall that was several meters high actually jumped over. It opened its huge mouth with canine teeth, and quickly bit William's neck.

And William's reaction was not slow, he suddenly felt his back go numb, and although it was too late to turn around, he turned around just to avoid the bite of the winter wolf, but he didn't dare to dodge completely, because Alos was right below Well, once the winter wolf rushes into the village, the little guy will definitely lose his life.

William strode close to the Winter Wolf's body with strides, and pressed his shoulder against the Winter Wolf's neck, causing the monster, which couldn't escape in the air, to lose its balance involuntarily.Immediately afterwards, without waiting for Winter Wolf's body to fall to the ground, his center of gravity fell, and his right fist collapsed, hitting Winter Wolf's jaw, and then he punched Winter Wolf's chest and abdomen hard with a series of elbows.The winter wolf's head was stunned first, half of the canine teeth in the big mouth burst instantly, and the tongue was eroded like mud, which shows the weight of William's fist.

The winter wolf was not only frustrated with its big mouth, it was hit by William's series of elbows in the chest and abdomen, and there was a continuous "click" and "click", and the entire sternum was almost shattered. The huge blow force collapsed the winter wolf. The whole body of the wolf abruptly changed from a forward pounce to an upside-down flight.

William still didn't dare to relax, he reached out with both hands, each grabbed one of the winter wolf's front paws, his legs suddenly jumped up, and he kicked his knees (a move similar to Muay Thai flying knees, but more lethal) Vicious) hit the winter wolf's abdomen, and then pushed the winter wolf's body, fell from the top of the nearly five-meter-high fence, and kneeled fiercely on the frozen soil in front of the gate with the winter wolf's body cushioned.

The entire chest and abdomen of this winter wolf was directly smashed into meat by William kneeling down. The poor guy let out a low groan, and his beautiful ice blue eyes protruded like light bulbs, with deep fear and fear in his eyes. Not reconciled, what came out of its mouth and nose was dark black bruised flesh, and it died just like that.

William knelt on the corpse of the winter wolf silently. It wasn't until the end of the battle that he realized that he was also seriously injured. His hands, arms, and legs were broken, and he attacked the winter wolf on the back of his hands, elbows and knees. Severe tearing of the flesh at the site.

The most terrible thing is that during the short period of time when the process of killing the winter wolf seemed to be like a hare, William's extraordinary explosion directly exhausted all his physical strength, and his muscles were torn to varying degrees. Now It can be said that the combat power is exhausted. If there is another beast, his little life will probably be handed over to this piece of ice and snow.

William barely raised his head, and smiled wryly at little Alos who was standing on the fence looking down in horror:

"Alos! Go get Phinya out!"

Little Alos was shocked to the extreme, and there was an unconscious "clack" sound in his throat: "William! You. You. Unexpectedly!" He witnessed the whole process of his brother fighting the winter wolf with bare hands, and he punched and kicked the wolf with three punches and two kicks. The terrifying beasts occupying the top three places in the legend list of the Northern Land were sent flying, knocked down, and killed.

God!That's a winter wolf!He was actually killed by William with his bare hands. He couldn't believe what he saw was true. Is his stupid brother so powerful?The world is just crazy.

Little Alos staggered down the fence, rushed into the cellar with his teeth and claws, and fell several times along the way without knowing it.He ran into the cellar, out of breath and excitedly speechless, waving his hands and repeating: "William! He. He. Brother..."

Finia didn't have time to ask, grabbed the giant ax and ran out, and Misha didn't care about being afraid to go out, her little feet were bare, and the animal skin didn't have time to wear it, so she also ran out anxiously, scaring little Alos to hurry up Holding her back, he picked up the little boots and handed them to her, shouting: "Boots! Boots! Put on the boots first! It's cold outside!"

Misha jumped up and down anxiously, baring her teeth and claws like an irritated little wild cat: "William?! I want to go out! Let me go, Alos! I'm going to see William!"

Alos hurriedly comforted him: "William is fine! He killed a powerful monster!"

It took a lot of effort for little Alos to put on the boots for his uncooperative sister, and the little girl rushed out immediately.The busy little Alos, who was sweating profusely, could only hug his sister's warm animal skin and chase after him.

When the two little guys ran out, they saw William being carried roughly by Finia and slipping in through the opening left by the gate. This silly girl seemed to never know what tenderness is.

Finya threw down the man roughly, and hurriedly got out again. Soon, she happily dragged the winter wolf's body back again.

The little girl rushed into William's arms crying and snotting. William was unable to resist the pain all over his body, so he could only sit on the ground and hugged the little girl who was shivering from the cold or crying until Alos brought him a warm blanket. Animal hides, wrap her up.

"William—! Xixi—"

"Misha'er, look at the white wolf that my brother caught for you. Is it very soft? You can feel it." William sat on the corpse of the winter wolf, and there was a little girl side by side. This little guy loved the dead just now. The huge beast was a little frightened, but after stroking the winter wolf's soft fur a few times, the fright disappeared.

Misha's face was full of small tears, and two lines of snot flowed from her nose. She was crying and laughing at the same time, rubbing back and forth in her brother's arms, which made William couldn't help laughing.

The death of the winter wolf caused the other three peepers in the jungle to retreat temporarily, which gave William a rare time to recuperate from his injuries. After all, his explosive power was a bit different from his own physical strength, and William wanted to give full play to himself There is still a long way to go in terms of strength.

Although the battle for dead bodies in the forest has come to an end, the William family does not need to worry about safety for the time being, because no monster without eyes dares to provoke Nome Village, the "dragon pool and tiger den".

The frost giant is very good at handling winter wolf skins, just like the dragon slaying skills passed down from generation to generation. Although it may not be used in a lifetime, it must be learned. As a half-giant, Phinya is no exception.

After the winter wolf fur was treated by Finia with the frost giant's unique method, it was temporarily hung in a ventilated place to dry in the shade. The silver-white fur makes people want to touch it at a glance, and want to touch it again after touching it. It made William a little worried that the gorgeous fur would be bald by a few people.

The meat of winter wolves is not suitable for consumption, so it can only be discarded and buried. Firstly, the meat of winter wolves is too greasy and has a strong fishy smell. Will not eat winter wolf carcasses.The second reason is that, for William, eating a talking intelligent life always has a very disturbing psychological obstacle.

He looked at the beautiful and fascinating fur, and thought to himself: It is really a good piece of leather, and when the body recovers, he will have to get two more pieces.He glanced back at the noisy family. Little Alos was happily demonstrating to Misha how his brother killed the terrifying winter wolf, and the extra audience beside him - Phinya was also fascinated.

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