Mercenary Wars

Chapter 5 Wolf

One day in mid-October.

The courtyard was covered with fallen leaves in autumn. In order to prevent arrows from being shot into the pile of fallen leaves and becoming difficult to find, Gao Jianuo decided to clean up the fallen leaves in the practice area before starting today's archery practice.

But his plan obviously failed.

He had just picked up the broom and was sweeping it a few times when Pastor Green came over from a distance with his hands behind his back.

"Sir." Gao Jianuo greeted.

Pastor Green smiled and nodded: "Today we are going to the forest to collect herbs...Where is Raymond?"

His rare smile made Gao Jianuo stunned for a moment, and then he quickly said: "He should be helping the people in the town to dry their grain. I'll go call him right away."

Pastor Green: "Okay, I'll wait for you at the church door."

Gao Jianuo then went to find Raymond. Along the way, he couldn't help but feel strange about Pastor Green's attitude today.

On ordinary days, it is not easy to see Pastor Green’s smile, but today not only did he see it, but it was also a kind and polite smile, which was like the sun rising from the west.

Is it because we are leaving Driftwood Town?
According to Gao Jianuo's observation, the next chief priest of the church is most likely to be Gerald. Considering that the relationship between the two priests is not very harmonious, once Gerald takes over as the chief, Green may choose to leave Driftwood Town, such as going to South County Monastery to be a deacon or something.

It is possible to leave a good impression on the people around him before leaving, but Gao Jianuo always felt something was wrong and had a hint of doubt in his heart.

Soon he found Raymond, and then met up with Pastor Green and set off for the Driftwood Forest together.

When they arrived at the Driftwood Forest, they went deep into the forest to collect herbs during the day as they did before, and went to Green's cabin to rest in the evening.

This went on for several days, with nothing worth mentioning. Only Pastor Green's attitude made Gao Jianuo feel increasingly strange. Sometimes he was abnormally kind, and then he returned to his usual tense state, which was confusing.

Of course, this may just be Gao Jianuo's feeling. Raymond and even Pastor Green himself may not realize the existence of the problem.

"Another heather. Today is indeed a good day." Pastor Green took the heather he had just collected from Gao Jianuo and said with a smile, "Gao Jianuo, your herb-picking skills are getting more and more sophisticated."

"Thanks for your teaching." Gao Jianuo responded politely.

"Haha." Pastor Green looked at the sky. "It's getting late. Let's go back!"

The three of them prepared to return.

However, at this moment, Gao Jianuo and Pastor Green turned their heads almost simultaneously to look at the bushes beside them, with a solemn look on their faces.

As they cast their gazes, the normally quiet bushes began to stir more and more. "Roar..."

"Raymond!"

Raymond's reaction was quite quick at this time. He immediately grabbed his war hammer and iron-clad round shield, rushed to Pastor Green and Gao Jianuo, and looked at the bushes with a serious look: "Come on!"

"Roar!" A wild roar came from the bushes, followed by a fiery red wolf pouncing towards them!

It is not difficult to tell from its eye-catching fur color that this is a fire-type monster.

"call out--"

An arrow flew from Gao Jianuo's bowstring and shot towards the fire wolf. Unfortunately, his archery skills were not good enough. Facing the flying fire wolf, the arrow just grazed it and did no real damage.

"For the glory of the Lord!" Raymond roared and pounced on the fire wolf.

"boom!"

The man and the wolf collided with each other through the shield, making a dull sound.

Raymond was tall and strong, but he was still not as good as the Warcraft. He was immediately at a disadvantage in the collision and was knocked to the ground by the fire wolf, and his war hammer flew out.

Fortunately, he didn't lose his shield, and he used it to protect his vital parts in time, otherwise he might have been pierced through the throat by the wolf's fangs when he fell. Raymond huddled up, holding the shield with both hands to hold the fire wolf back.

"Roar!" The fire wolf roared angrily, and then wisps of flames quickly brewed between the four canine teeth in its mouth, and in a blink of an eye gathered into a fireball the size of a fist.

"call out--"

At this moment, another arrow shot towards him.

This time, Gao Jianuo's arrow was extremely accurate and hit the fire wolf's neck.

The fire wolf felt pain, and the fireball condensed in its mouth immediately changed direction, and a flash of fire shot towards Gao Jiano!

Gao Jianuo was well prepared. After shooting the arrow, he immediately lay on his side and narrowly avoided the fireball that was several times faster than his arrow.

"Boom!" The fireball hit the big tree. With a loud bang, a charred hole as big as a human head was blown out on the trunk. Gao Jianuo couldn't help but gasp.

If this gets hit on the body, I'm afraid the feast will start right away.

From the moment the fire wolf pounced on Gao Jianuo to the moment he lay down, the fight actually only took about two seconds in total.

During these two seconds, Pastor Green was certainly not idle.

Just as the Fire Wolf was about to abandon Raymond and pounce on Gao Jianuo, a mysterious rune made of golden light suddenly formed between Pastor Green's hands.

He looked serious, and formed a triangle gesture with his hands, facing the Fire Wolf in the middle.

With just a light shout from him, the mysterious runes disappeared in an instant.

"Woo..." The originally ferocious fire wolf whimpered and fell to the ground, dying instantly.

Looking at the motionless Fire Wolf, Gao Jianuo breathed a sigh of relief, but then felt a little regretful. After all, if he was the one who killed the Fire Wolf in the end, he should be able to gain a lot of experience and directly upgrade.

However, Priest Green killed the Fire Wolf in one move, leaving him no chance.

But no matter what, the battle was won without any danger, and only Raymond suffered some minor injuries when he was knocked down.

Pastor Green stepped forward to examine the body of the Fire Wolf, then said, "It should be a level two monster."

Level 2 Warcraft!

Gao Jianuo was surprised. The number of monsters in the Driftwood Forest was very small, and he had never encountered one head-on before. He didn't expect that his first encounter would be a level 2 monster.

"Take the body of the fire wolf and let's go back." Pastor Green ordered.

"Yes, sir!" The battle with the monsters made Raymond a little excited.

Back at the cabin, he was still excited and couldn't wait to ask Pastor Green: "Sir, can we have grilled wolf steak tonight?"

Pastor Green hesitated for a moment, then smiled. "Okay, go get some dry firewood. Remember to bring plenty, as the meat of fire-type monsters is not easy to cook."

Raymond quickly brought a lot of dry firewood.

The three of them started cooking.

When making a fire, Pastor Green just took a piece of wood in his hand and scratched it a few times with the canine teeth of the fire wolf, and the flame started. It was very convenient.

About two hours later, the three of them had grilled wolf steak.

"This meat is too dry." Pastor Green said suddenly after taking a few bites. Then he put down the tableware with a smile on his face. "I'll go get a bottle of mead. You wait here."

(End of this chapter)