Heart of the Castle

Chapter 124 An Interlude During the Journey
A group of flower-colored fur jumped up to the top of the tree lightly, without making any noise louder than breathing. Two faint green eyes, with a sense of hunger, thirst and greed, scanned the surroundings.

This is a big lynx in its prime, the most dangerous predator in the dense forest, bar none.An adult bobcat has 200 pounds of muscle and a commensurate strength. However, such a huge beast can move almost silently and approach its prey with extraordinary agility. The mottled fur makes it more mobile There is a kind of mystery, as long as you are in the dense forest, even in the place where you can see, it is very difficult to detect the trace of the bobcat.

However, the condition of this bobcat is not very good. The fur that should have been shiny now looks dull, and the abdomen is deeply sunken.The dense fog came along with the disaster, and the ecology in the dense forest was also terribly damaged.Many weak herbivores die helpless, only the strongest species survive, and those are often very difficult to hunt.Although the big lynx is tough, it can't help but shrink back when facing an angry wild boar weighing 500 pounds.

It has been several days without decent prey, and the bobcat's stomach seems to be burning with a flame. As an experienced predator, the bobcat is very familiar with this feeling.It knew very well that this was a very dangerous signal, if it couldn't find food before the flames devoured all of its strength, what was waiting for it was a long and cruel death of hunger.

Anxiety flashed in the green eyes, but the big lynx still did not leave the treetop where it was hiding.The current dense forest has become unfamiliar to it, and its random actions will only consume its physical strength faster.

A loud noise came faintly from afar, and the big lynx's furry ears vibrated a few times, and its sharp eyes looked in the direction of the sound.

The dense forest seemed to be the same as before, with dense fog, shadows shaking, and pale branches twisted and coiled, which looked like the arms of evil spirits at first glance.However, the big lynx's eyes flashed with excitement, relying on the keen perception from natural instinct, it saw something unusual in the shaking of the bushes.

Medium-sized prey are passing less than 150 meters ahead of the right, and there are many of them.

The big bobcat tried hard to suppress the hunger and thirst in its belly, and jumped down from the treetop like a ghost, its body blended into the shadow of the bushes, and sneaked towards the direction of the sound without a sound.

The feeling of the big lynx is not wrong. About 150 meters in front of it to the right, there are hundreds of human beings, old and young, trekking in the dense forest. Their movements seem a bit slow and clumsy, and many of them are still wrapped in The bandages were dripping with blood.

These people are the villagers who migrated from Mine Village.

To Li Wei's surprise, when he announced his relocation decision in the morning, the villagers in Mining Village seemed to accept it easily, and all the reasons that kept him thinking about it all night were wasted.Looking at the villagers who immediately began to pack their luggage and prepare to move, the young knight servant couldn't help being a little speechless.

It was the skinny butler Bart who solved the doubts.

"Most of the villagers in Mine Village were originally soldiers under Lord Oro. For them, discipline has been deeply rooted in their bones. It is not very difficult to relocate. As long as it is the decision you make, Mr. Li Wei, we will Go do your best."

A special sense of crisis suddenly came to mind. At the front of the team, Li Wei, who was riding on a horse, raised his left hand, and the whole team immediately stopped following his gesture, showing a discipline different from that of ordinary villagers.

Sir Grace galloped over from behind, his vigilant eyes glanced around, but it soon turned into a look of doubt.

"Master Li Wei, what happened?"

Li Wei didn't answer right away, but his eyes flashed with the light of probing technique, carefully checking the surrounding environment.

It was very quiet in the dense forest, except for the breathing of the people around me, there was no abnormal sound.As far as the field of vision was concerned, the fog filled the air, and the dense bushes and short trees turned into strange shadows.Pale trunks stand all around, on twisted branches, leaves appear yellow and shriveled due to insufficient sunlight time, and the smell of death makes people shudder.

The sense of crisis just now was so clear that it couldn't be an illusion. Li Wei tried his best to look far away until the end of his vision.

The trees had a faint gray glow, and it looked like nothing had changed.However, there is a yellow light spot that represents danger, which is walking quietly, gradually sneaking towards the team.

The distance between the light spots is getting closer little by little, even reaching within 20 meters.However, apart from the detection technique that can mark the existence of hostile creatures, even Sir Grace, who is close at hand, has a blank expression.

15 meters!
Li Wei's pupils constricted, and it seemed that a group of colorful shadows flashed past his eyes, but he still couldn't see what it was.

"Archers get ready!" The young knight servant decided not to wait any longer. Following his order, all the archers, including Sir Grace, took off their longbows and mounted sharp arrows.

The big lynx stopped tremblingly, and the beast's unique intuition made it understand that if it took another step forward, it would get nothing but death.There was a hint of reluctance in the faint green eyes, but the prepared human was not a suitable prey, so the big lynx retreated resentfully, preparing to change its prey.

However, at this time, a very coincidental thing happened.

got windy.

In the dense forest, there are always sudden winds of one kind or another, shaking the trunks and blowing the branches and leaves, no matter humans or beasts are used to it.But this time the wind seemed to be quite coincidental, and the branches swayed and parted, revealing the figure of Levi on horseback.

The big lynx's body stiffened. For beasts with a very good memory, this young knight on horseback was no stranger.Da Shanmao clearly remembered the last time he almost starved to death. It seemed that before that, he was lying in ambush like this, watching this young man walk past from below!

How did you survive that time?The big lynx can't remember it clearly, but the feeling of lying in the nest, dying of hunger, the big lynx definitely doesn't want to experience it again.The poor beast shrank its claws and let out a miserable whimper involuntarily.

This sudden voice made Li Wei and others vigilant.

"Damn it, this voice...it should be a big bobcat!" The experienced Tang Na exclaimed in surprise. "In this kind of place, the big lynx is the most dangerous enemy. We can't see it at all. Mr. Li Wei, we must leave here as soon as possible, otherwise there may be victims... Mr. Li Wei?"

Donner's voice changed, because at the same time he gave the warning, Levi jumped off the horse and walked into the bushes step by step.

"Dangerous, you can't defeat the bobcat in the dense forest!" Tang Na felt his whole body trembling, he roared, picked up the battle ax suddenly, and rushed towards Li Wei!

"Master Levi must be protected, even with his life!" Tang Na made up his mind, and when he saw Sir Grace draw out his long sword and follow up from the corner of his eye, he felt relieved for a while.

Obviously, the sniper archer who gave up the advantage of long-range attack made the same choice as him.

"Master Li Wei, get back to the team immediately, we will deal with it here!" When the two rushed to Li Wei's side, the beast hidden in the jungle did not appear to have launched an attack, which made Tang Na heave a sigh of relief. But immediately he became nervous again.

Not launching an attack does not mean it is safe.

"Mr. Donner, Sir Grace, I'm very touched that you two rushed over to protect me in such a hurry, but what are you trying to deal with?" Levi blinked his eyes strangely.

"Of course it's a jungle predator, a terrifying bobcat..." Donner lost his voice suddenly in the middle of speaking, because the sharp-eyed Sir Grace patted him on the shoulder, and then pointed at Levi's feet.

There was a mass of fur wriggling in favor, with its limbs facing the sky, revealing a piece of white fur on its belly.

The dreaded predator, the lynx king of the jungle, was lying at the young man's feet in a pose both experienced adventurers knew well.

It was a sign of the beast's submission, as reliable as a knight's oath of allegiance.

Even more so, at least there are not many cases of knights breaking their oaths, but it is still occasionally heard, and the incident of wild beasts rebelling violently after surrendering is not even mentioned in the legend.

Looking at the two people looking at each other, Li Wei smiled happily, and scratched the soft fur under the big bobcat's neck with his hands.He had no doubts about the big lynx's surrender, because in the field of vision of the probing technique, the yellow light curtain had turned into a bright green, clearly displaying the relevant data of the big lynx.

Name: Big Lynx
Race: Beast

Life: 80
Risk level: more dangerous
Special ability: Jungle Killer, in dense forests, jungles, woods and other forest-like terrains, gain advanced stealth, sneak attack, silent action, and critical attack capabilities.

Relationship: loyal

(End of this chapter)