Fairy tale: Little Red Riding Hood's wolf mentor

"Ploop?"

The little dwarf's eyes rolled back again, and the purple eerie light rose from under his skin once more.

But for some reason, these eerie glows retreated when they touched the silver dagger!

At the same time, a medicinal power mixed with various poisons began to spread through the dwarf's body!

"Who… ambushed me?"

The little dwarf, Ploop, turned his head stiffly, only to see that the "delicate" girl he had been hunting was once again obscured by the scarlet cloak, making it impossible to see her face.

She stood in a place… that even with this strange energy, he couldn't harm!

In her hand, she even drew a longbow—

"Whoosh—"

An arrow pierced the dwarf's torso.

"Whoosh—"

Another arrow struck the dwarf's eyeball, piercing through his skull!

Finally, the purple light on the dwarf's body faded, and he twitched and fell to the ground, his eyes still filled with an eerie white.

Lake continued to shoot one arrow after another until all the arrows hidden in the cave were embedded in the dwarf's corpse before she stopped.

"Dwarves shouldn't be… this powerful, right?"

Lake cautiously walked forward, used a long sword she had picked up to cut off the dwarf's head, and then carefully pulled out the silver dagger stuck in the dwarf's heart.

She wiped the mucus off on the dry grass leaves and put the dagger back into its sheath.

Lake breathed a slight sigh of relief and walked out of the cave.

"Why isn't Poro here yet? So annoying! If I see him, I'll definitely knead his dog… wolf head!

Making me pretend to be pitiful just to lure this dwarf out!

Dwarves who eat children? How disgusting!"

Since that midnight, Lake had often sensed something in the forest secretly observing her.

Lake had already guessed that it was that ugly dwarf!

But this despicable peeper had extraordinary agility, knowledge of the forest, and extraordinary caution.

And Lake herself didn't have a canine's sense of smell to track him.

So, she could only use some kind of countermeasure to solve this problem.

During the days she was being spied on, Lake didn't even show her ability to hunt animals, and her daily food was limited to picking vegetarian food.

More importantly… Lake could actually actively use the cloak to completely hide her aura—

This was also the reason why Lake hid in the fork in the cave and was not discovered by the little dwarf.

"What a pain, now I can finally eat in peace, maybe later… I can go catch a pheasant again?"

Lake thought as she walked out of the cave.

But when she saw the scene outside the cave, her expression changed!

Her hand gripped the silver dagger under the cloak again, because…

She saw—

In the place where she had lit the fire earlier, a man wearing light iron armor was sitting. Her helmet-made pot was placed aside, and a leg of lamb was being roasted on the still-burning fire.

The man wearing light iron armor also turned his head in surprise and looked over!

"Uncle, are you…"

Lake was about to ask when she saw the man open his mouth and say:

"Ah, Lake?"

"How do you know—"

Lake stopped halfway through her words and realized, "Poro?!"

"You guessed it!"

The man wearing light iron armor contorted his face in an instant, the armor slipped off, and Poro walked out from within.

The next moment, the girl jumped forward and knocked Poro to the ground!

"You big bad wolf! You clearly said you'd find me sooner—it's been days already?!"

Lake said as she kneaded and pulled at the fluff on Poro's face.

"Uh… sorry, Lake, I just ran into some things."

Poro also raised his paw and gently patted Lake's head, then said, "I didn't see any smoke on the other side of the forest for the past few days, I only saw it today…"

"Hmph, I'll forgive you this time since you didn't do it on purpose!"

Lake said with a pout, then naturally opened her arms and hugged Poro in her arms,

"So, what happened? Tell me about it."

The girl said, then smiled mysteriously, "After you're done, I'll tell you about what I encountered!"

"Okay, then I'll tell you."

Poro also laughed and began to speak, "That day, I was drinking water by the stream, and an arrow…"

…

The previous evening, the red sun set in the west.

In the Perrin Kingdom's camp, a shadow, carrying a hunted wild sheep, walked into the camp.

The prince had not yet returned. Several elite soldiers who were already in the camp greeted the newcomer one after another.

Poro, disguised as an elite soldier, nodded slightly.

He didn't say much. After all, disguise wasn't possession, and he wouldn't inherit memories. It was always wise to say less and make fewer mistakes!

The reason he came here was still because Poro was hoping to hear more secrets.

But just then, the secret came to him—

Two Perrin elite soldiers with solemn expressions looked at Poro, then exchanged complicated glances as if they had made up their minds, and walked up to Poro:

"Sergeant, we… have something we want to discuss with you."

Poro was stunned. It seemed… that the guy he was disguised as wasn't just an ordinary grunt among the Perrin elite soldiers?

But since there was a secret, Poro nodded calmly:

"Speak."

"We may… have found where those dwarves are hiding."

"Dwarves?"

Poro's heart stirred, but on the surface, he remained calm and asked indifferently, "Where is it?"

Seeing the "sergeant's" calm demeanor, the soldiers also became much calmer. One of them took out a notebook from his arms,

"We encountered a dwarf in the wild. This time, we were lucky enough to track him to the specific location. We recorded it in the notebook, but there's a maze at the end, and we can't get in…"

Another soldier added in a low voice:

"Sergeant, we… are a little hesitant about whether or not to tell His Highness this information."

"Why do you think so?"

"Because… as you know, we suffered heavy losses the last time we clashed with those evil dwarves. If His Highness finds out, he won't care too much and will definitely think about attacking immediately!"

One elite soldier said.

"Yes, His Highness is crazy now. This forest is very strange, and I'm also afraid…"

The voice of another elite soldier also became a little quieter.

"Well, what you said makes some sense."

Poro's expression became serious, and he took the notebook, slowly saying, "I am loyal to Prince Perrin, but I am equally loyal to the Perrin Kingdom. Leave this information to me."

Poro's eyes revealed a kind of self-sacrificing halo, and he said heavily:

"I will go alone to investigate the situation."

"But… Sergeant, that maze…"

"I will solve it. His Highness is not calm enough now. Whether it's His Highness or you, a rash attack will inevitably lead to harm!

There needs to be someone to first explore that chaotic darkness!"

Saying that, Poro put the notebook into his arms and walked towards the forest outside the camp:

"For now, there is no need to inform His Highness, understand?"

"Yes, Sergeant!"

Looking at Poro's back, both elite soldiers revealed moved expressions:

"As expected of the sergeant."

"Truly… extraordinary."