Chapter 76: Chapter 76: Wolf Pack Assault (Seeking Yue Votes, Seeking Recommendation Votes!)
Afterward, Wang Sheng returned home and found Dabai.
“Dabai, didn’t you say that no formidable beasts would appear in this mountain? Or do you consider a wolf pack to be nothing more than food?”
As the Mountain Lord, Dabai maintained a certain level of deterrence.
A single mountain cannot house two tigers, which doesn’t just apply to tigers but any two equally ferocious beasts.
Now there were wolves comparable to martial artists. If there were a Wolf King, it might not be weaker than Dabai, meaning a second mighty beast had appeared.
Perhaps Dabai’s territory had already been encroached upon.
…
“Roar~”
Ferocious beasts?
Dabai didn’t quite understand; although it had encountered some non-trivial wolves while it was out, it hadn’t detected the presence of any formidable beasts.
Wang Sheng had lived with Dabai for some time and, with his Beast Taming Skill, roughly understood what Dabai’s roaring and body language indicated.
“You haven’t sensed any other formidable beasts…?”
This was easy to analyze. Either there was no Wolf King at all, or the Wolf King was extremely clever, having detected Dabai’s presence and was deliberately hiding.
Considering the Hunters’ judgment from the village, the latter possibility was more likely.
He stroked Dabai’s face but didn’t ask any further.
He didn’t know if it was because Dabai had grown too comfortable here, but he felt that Dabai had become somewhat foolish.
The matter with the wolf pack was also being arranged in the village; they would know in due time.
After the village leader had gathered everyone, many people appeared around the outskirts of Qingshan Village, all there to help set up traps.
The power of the group was immense, and by nightfall, the area around the inhabited houses in the village had been littered with countless traps.
With basically a pitfall at every step, it was difficult for the villagers to leave the village without a Hunter who hadn’t set traps to guide them.
However, the villagers had also been ordered by the village leader not to leave the village for the time being, so this wasn’t a concern.
With preparations outside, the inside of the village naturally wasn’t bare either.
Unlike Qingshan Village, this kind of fortified village typically had a higher interior and lower exterior, making it easy to defend and hard to attack. Therefore, the village leader also had people prepare plenty of big rocks in case wolves really attacked, ready to give the wolf pack a hard time.
After these actions, the atmosphere in the village became much tenser, but that was an unavoidable matter.
The village leader wasn’t sure if they indeed would be attacked, but before anything was certain, they wouldn’t let their guard down.
Reality proved that the judgment of Hunters who lived off the mountain was quite accurate.
On the second night after the discussions had concluded, an alarm bell sounded in the village. These alarm bells were crafted by Hunters to ensure their own safety while resting in the wild.
The ringing of the village’s alarm bell signified that something was approaching. The usual individuals posted at the lookout tower consisted of one Martial Artist and one commoner.
The Martial Artist was Li Xingpeng, who quickly noticed something was amiss—the traps outside the village had been triggered.
He immediately shouted at the commoner, “Hurry and notify everyone, something’s attacking!”
Without hesitation, the commoner took the bronze gong and started banging and shouting.
The villagers, already vigilant recently, were quick to wake and emerge with all types of weapons.
The village leader was the first to rise, not sleeping well at night for fear of a sudden wolf attack, and now it had indeed come.
“All elderly, weak, sick, and children, proceed into the village according to the original plan, no need to panic. The able-bodied will follow me to stop the wolf pack.”
For the past two days, the village leader’s instructions were all made in preparation for a wolf attack, so the villagers were somewhat flustered, but they managed to follow the village leader’s orders.
By the time the village leader had handled the evacuation of the vulnerable and arrived to where they were to intercept the wolf pack, the pack had already assembled.
“Oww-wooo!”
Initially, the wolf pack had intended to attack silently, but now that they had been directly discovered, they abandoned all pretense of stealth and began howling under the moonlit night.
Supported by Zhou Yong, the village leader made his way up to the lookout tower.
“Can you see how many wolves there are?”
“It’s too dark, I can only make a rough estimate, at least fifty.”
The response came from Li Xingpeng, who had arrived here the earliest.
The village chief frowned.
Just a rough estimate and it’s already more than fifty, such a massive pack of wolves, what could have attracted them to their village? Aren’t the beasts in the mountains good enough?
Thinking this, the village chief said, “Has anyone gone to check on the elderly and the weak, to make sure we don’t have any stray wolves getting through?”
“Zhou Gu and some of the young men have gone there, as long as we hold them off well, there shouldn’t be a problem.”
Li Yongfeng and the village chief both looked out at the wolf pack outside the village.
“It’s strange they haven’t attacked again, it feels like these wolves are waiting for something,” the village chief said, puzzled.
No sooner had his words fallen than the wolf pack howled in unison again.
“Auuuu!”
Under the moonlight, accompanied by their howling, a giant wolf appeared in the center of the pack.
“Such a huge wolf!”
Everyone present was startled by the size of the wolf.
The wolf was over three meters long, and under the moonlight, its grey fur floated in the night breeze.
Under the moon, the wolf looked incredibly majestic!
But just then, a sharp arrow swept through the air, shooting towards the wolf.
The archer was Li Yongfeng and the one who had ordered him to shoot was Li Peng, the most experienced hunter in the village, who had gone into the mountains for the first time with Wang Sheng.
“That’s the Wolf King, shoot him quickly, if the Wolf King is injured, the wolf pack might retreat.”
Li Peng didn’t know what was wrong with this Wolf King, so bold as to stand right in the center. Not to take this chance to attack would be a disservice to his experience as a hunter.
Swish!
Clearly, the Wolf King had not expected the “blood feast” within the village to attack directly; an arrow shot by a martial artist was still quite intimidating.
Unfortunately, the village’s bows were not very effective, and combined with the Wolf King’s strength, the arrow was narrowly dodged, its intended effect missed.
The subsequent arrows were also met with reactions from the wolves beside the Wolf King, all of which were blocked.
“What a pity!”
Li Peng felt some regret; if only the first arrow had hit, the Wolf King would have been impacted, and the following arrows would also have had a good chance of hitting.
Li Yongfeng scratched his head.
Although he had learned archery, it was only to a very basic level, and his accuracy was barely passable. The reason he was chosen to shoot the arrow was purely because his strength was greater.
Of course, even though it did not hit, they had managed to disrupt the Wolf King’s initial momentum.
“Auuuu!”
Perhaps because of those arrows, the Wolf King, infuriated and embarrassed, directly ordered the pack to attack.
This was when the traps came into play, the majority of the wolves were countered by the traps and couldn’t get close to the village; the situation looked good as if they could easily fend off the wolves’ assault.
But Li Peng’s face was grave as he said, “The Wolf King and the wolves around it haven’t moved yet; they want to use the front wolves as cannon fodder to trigger the traps. Yongfeng, get ready!”
Li Yongfeng and several martial artists immediately understood, quickly notching and releasing arrows again, hoping to hit the Wolf King, but the Wolf King was prepared, and this tactic was not very effective.
Soon, the traps outside the village were almost entirely used up.
At that moment—
“Auuuu!”
With a howl from the Wolf King, the wolves around it launched an attack!