Soul Echo

Winter is the season of sleep, spring is the season of awakening, summer is the season of growth, then autumn is the season of fruit and vegetables and animals.

The end of autumn is the end of a cycle, and winter is both sleep and containment - under the cruel cold, there are countless lives hidden and hidden, waiting for the coming year to erupt with more powerful vitality and vitality.

But the premise of all this is to be able to survive the severe cold of winter. If not, life will come to an end in winter.

Goblins can be seen everywhere, especially in autumn.

Because they have to collect enough food to survive the cold winter, if they can't collect enough food, they consume the excess goblins.

The ferocious goblins will show a 'timid' character when the number is very small, however, once they exceed twenty, they will become extremely ferocious and cruel, even large carnivores dare to challenge.

Since even large predators dare to challenge, attacking a human village is not impossible.

When the village chief learned from the hunter that there were indeed traces of goblin activity around the village, he hurriedly notified the whole village and asked them to check the village walls and their houses for damage. place, lest the village be invaded by goblins without knowing it.

The villagers were busy, and the caravan began to prepare.

This is not only the village's own business, but as an important supply point for the trade route, any businessman should do his best to maintain it within his ability.

And the mountain village has also accumulated a lot of wealth. The village chief took out the public property of the mountain village and hired caravans to help them clean up the goblins that appeared near the mountain village.

No matter how many goblins there are, Yamamura strives to clear the goblins at one time and not let any goblins go, otherwise, maybe by this time next year, the goblins will return in a swirl of dust.

Zhong Ye is also preparing, but unlike others, they also need to prepare various weapons and props, just in case, and he only needs to bring the moonlight, which is enough, at most add A few throwing knives and a hatchet.

He is eating, satisfying his body stomach rumbling with hunger.

If the ordinary person needs to rely on time and inheritance to make the race and genes evolve, then the warrior who understands the 'transcendent source' is to let the body evolve in a direction.

Just as the offspring of the transcender are bound to be stronger than the offspring of the ordinary person, or stronger in body, or less susceptible to disease, or intelligent in mind, their strength will be given to their offspring with genetic inheritance.

Licking the oil on his hands, Zhong Ye has several points of guessing in his mind about the growing appetite for food recently.

——I may have to 'transform'!

"Are you all ready? It's time to go!"

A rough shout came from outside the door, Zhong Ye washed off the greasy with water, and wiped the water from his hands, Gloves on.

In addition to weapons, they also need to bring torches and lanterns, and if nothing else, they will search until the night.

Just now, the caravan leader told them a grim fact: the caravan would not leave until the goblins that had entered the mountain village were emptied.

Even if delays in the past few days on the road may result in delayed delivery of goods to their destination, clear the goblins before going.

Many people don't care, they all get commissions from the village chief, and on the caravan's side, the leader promises that the commission will not be less than half a cent for them. In that case, why not just make some money before leaving?

As for the rest...no one cares about their protests.

Leave some villagers and guards to guard the village in case other monsters attack the village while the main battle strength leaves, and the rest follow the hunters into the forest.

Zhong Ye can't remember where he found the goblin trail, but the hunters are very familiar with this mountain forest and can touch it with their eyes closed.

When the number of goblins increases, they will form tribes, and the adult goblins of the tribe will go out hunting and patrolling.

They hide the location of their clan when they go out, so it's impossible to find the goblin clan just by following the trail.

Even seasoned hunters can sometimes be deceived by their prey, not to mention goblins who are inherently much smarter than normal animals.

The villagers and mercenaries spread out at the spot where the trace was found. Some people followed the trace to find it, while others took this place as the center and radiated all directions, searching in a carpet pattern.

Captain, the guard of the caravan, was not in the search queue. He took the rest of the guards and villagers to guard the mountain village, so the host of this time operation was the old hunter Kerr of the mountain village.

The old hunter, who is over fifty years old, has stopped hunting. He just learned about the occurrence of goblins around the village and spontaneously petitioned to join the action.

His tracking ability and shooting ability are quite strong, and the arrows he shoots can even be compared to the formidable power of a musket.

It was only because of his age that his physical strength declined and his son learned all his abilities that he did not continue hunting.

The old hunter didn't follow those footprints. Although there have been no goblins around the mountain village for several decades, he was invited by other villages to help them eradicate goblins around the village, so he knew very well, That kind of cunning little monster will not leave such obvious traces.

Those traces are presumably used to mislead trackers, as they also leave a faintly discernable stench in the vicinity.

It's hard for a human nose to tell that smell, but many carnivores can.

Follow those trails, only to fall into traps and find nothing.

The old hunter roamed the forest with his tracking skills, from time to time he climbed up the branches, stood on the tree and looked all around, and from time to time crouched down and rummaged through the grass.

Moss beneath the rocks, fallen leaves, and tunnels dug by insects can all be clues.

With his keen 'sense of smell' and tracking ability, Old Cole wandered around the surrounding mountains and gathered all the clues he could find, and they all pointed to the back of several mountains.

During this period, he also found other traces left by the goblins in the vicinity, the traces were all new, no wonder the youngster in the village did not find them.

"The goblins didn't build their nests around here at first..."

Twisting the gravel with his fingers, the old hunter looked in the direction of the foot of the mountain and muttered to himself.

A few middle-aged and young hunters followed behind him, all of whom were his students and descendants.

Looking up at the sunset, the old hunter turned his head and said to them: "Go and call the others and say we have found it."

Other hunters were nodded and left one after another. .

When they left, Old Cole took off and walked towards the foot of the mountain.

There was no sign of any biota at the foot of the mountain, but all the clues he could find pointed to it.

A seasoned hunter will occasionally be deceived by the prey because he takes it lightly. However, once the hunter is serious, no matter how smart the prey is, or how well the arrangement is, it is just a joke in the eyes of the hunter.

Old Cole believed in his own abilities. Since the evidence pointed to the foot of the mountain, the goblin must be hiding at the foot of the mountain.

The old hunter walked down the mountain and was about to search the neighborhood when he heard a sound coming from the side, and immediately pulled out the hand crossbow hanging from his waist, "Who?"

The index finger is already Pull on the trigger, and with just a touch, the arrow will fire.

Seeing the silhouette coming out from behind the bushes, the old hunter eyebrow raised and retracted his hand crossbow, "Is that you?"

If he remembered correctly, it was this mercenary who first noticed traces of the goblin.

Zhong Ye walked out of the jungle with a big sword on his back, and was a little surprised to see the old hunter.

With his nearly extraordinary perception, he searched for a long time to find this place, didn't expect someone to be faster than him.

Zhong Ye nodded to the old hunter, pulled out a big sword, and slashed at the vines on the side wall.

The vines fell in unison, revealing a low hole to the old hunter.

Looking at the pitch-black hole, the old Orion's pupils dilated, immediately frowned, and took a closer look.

"...The entrance of the cave should be formed by collapsing inward. No wonder there is no hiding place for goblins here."

Seeing this entrance, Zhong Ye suddenly remembered a few days. The group of roadblock goblins that the former caravan encountered.

"Has there been an earthquake near here in recent months?"

Old Orion suddenly realized, "speaking of which, there was indeed an earthquake a month ago, but it wasn't that strong... What are you looking for?"

Old Cole looked at Zhong Ye and looked down on the ground, then picked up a large stone from the ground.

Zhong Ye leaned in front of the hole, put his hand in, and let the stone fall freely.

Bang!

Soon, a voice came out.

"Sure enough, it's not inside the mountain, but underground..."