Seeing Michael and the big man Gemie riding away from the camp, Claude stood at the window and let out a long sigh. I had no choice but to think of a name for the two of them to leave, because Claude didn't want to take these two followers to look for the hiding person in the mountains and forests. There are many things that Claude doesn't want the two of them to discover. For example, he is a first-level rune mage, and the man hiding in the mountains and forests. Claude believes that he is probably also a wild magician. Most people can't control such a big man. A black wolf.
What makes Claude strange is that if the man hiding in the forest who can control the black wolf is also a wild magician, then his character is really, how can I put it, too content and happy. Not to mention anything else, just based on the food that the village elder and the old woman put in the basket, Claude suspected that if the person hiding was himself, then he would not be able to stay in the mountains and forests for a long time. Who would suffer? Got such rough food.
You must know that the black bread, sausage and salt are all rations for the army. If Claude and the others did not come to station in Squirrel Village, the only thing the villagers could get away with was baked wheat cakes. Claude even speculated that the person hiding in the mountain forest might have difficulty moving, so he trained a wild wolf to help him exchange medicine for food. But after thinking about it carefully, I feel that this possibility is very small, because there was an extra jar of wild honey in the basket for yesterday's food exchange. It is difficult for someone who is not agile to get this honey from the wild honeycomb, unless he has trained again. A black bear that is not afraid of wild bee stings.
Another possibility is that the person hiding is too homely and unwilling to go out. He would rather endure the torture of unpalatable food than go down the mountain. This is what makes Claude curious. When he thought of a way to send out Mike Jack and the big man Gemie last night, Claude decided to go up the mountain for a walk to see who this hiding person was. Not a wild magician.
After packing up the things he needed to carry, carrying a backpack and a musket, Claude went out and said hello to Markchi, meaning that he would go to the back mountain and see what other beasts were worth hunting. If If you are unlucky, you may have to stay in the mountains for two days before coming back. In a few days it will be the rainy season, and when it rains you will have to stay indoors for about twenty days. So we must take advantage of these few days without rain to go out and do more activities.
Markchi was very happy. He didn't think too much, or he was eager for Claude to go out. He repeatedly promised that with him in the camp, Claude could go hunting with peace of mind, ensuring that nothing would go wrong. Claude smiled and turned to leave. He knew very well that as soon as he walked far away, Marki would definitely run to his room to look for the two bottles of good wine. The question is, can this old drunkard find the two bottles of good wine he has hidden? If he had already expected that he would steal it, how could he not hide the wine
Claude did not go up the mountain from Squirrel Village, but turned into a small road on the left side of the camp. Inside was a small valley with 14 to 5 acres of mountain fields. This was the mountain field opened by Squirrel Village, and it was also their largest grain field. . Winter wheat is now planted, but the ice and snow covering it has not yet melted, and it looks completely white.
Claude remembered that there was also a path leading to the mountain here in the valley. It was unknown whether it was left by collecting firewood or going up the mountain to collect herbs. If you go up the mountain from here, the villagers in Squirrel Village will not discover your whereabouts. It's just that the path up the mountain here is very steep. It took Claude a long time to climb up the hillside. The military uniform on his body was stained with a lot of mud. He grabbed a few handfuls of white snow and wiped it clean. Ignore the stains on your clothes.
It was much easier to go up the hillside. Although the weather was getting warmer, a little green appeared in the mountains and forests. The ice and snow in many places melted, revealing gray-black and reddish-brown mountain rocks. But most of the entire mountain forest is still covered with a thin layer of white snow. The ground is very wet, so you need to be careful when walking. Places without ice and snow are prone to mud, and places with ice and snow are slippery.
The waterfalls and large pools in the back mountain mentioned by the villagers in Squirrel Village are still a long way from where Claude is now. Claude needs to pass through the pine forest in front and climb over the few hills in front to reach the foot of the big mountain in the distance, which is equivalent to making a big circle. If you go up the mountain from the trail north of Squirrel Village, the distance will be at least half the distance.
However, that trail was the road used by the villagers to go up the mountain to cut firewood and collect mountain medicinal herbs. Claude didn't want the villagers to find him going up the mountain, so he kept the distance as far as possible. Entering the pine forest, it was like going back to hunting in the forest farm when he was young. Claude forgot his status as a soldier and felt very free, without restraint, and his mood suddenly became very happy.
There are very few poisonous insects and vines in the pine forest. Apart from the fact that the fallen branches and leaves under your feet are slippery and you need to be careful when walking, there are no other major problems. Two squirrels that had woken up early from hibernation jumped over the pine branches, causing a crisp sound of birdsong. Spring has arrived quietly, everything is recovering, and the pine forest is full of life.
Claude took off the musket on his back and was about to light the match, but thought better of it. There were a few grouse foraging among the fallen leaves and branches under the pine trees in front of them. Claude wanted to shoot, but he remembered that the sound of muskets would spread far in the forest and would make people realize that he was here. After thinking about it, he decided He doesn't use muskets. Anyway, in the mountains and forests, it doesn't matter to him whether there are muskets or not.
But these grouse were really fat. Claude quietly approached them and hid behind a pine tree until they were five or six meters away. There were two "pat, pat, pat" sounds, and two mental shock spells were thrown over. The two fat grouse fell to the ground and became dizzy. Claude walked over quickly, and the remaining three grouse were so frightened that they flew into the depths of the pine forest. Claude didn't care. He just grabbed two grouse that were flapping their wings on the ground, broke their necks, and hung them on his backpack. These two grouse were his lunch.
There are actually a lot of delicious ingredients in the pine forest. Claude picked some pine mushrooms and mushrooms while walking, which can be stuffed into the belly of the chicken when making beggar chicken. After walking for more than an hour, he finally walked out of the pine forest. Claude climbed onto the hill, took out his telescope, and carefully examined the movement in the distance.
There was nothing unusual, not even traces of human activity. It seems that it is not easy to find a person hiding in this mountain forest. Let's go to the waterfall and big pool in the back mountain first. I was so nervous when I said I was going to visit the villagers. It seems that the person hiding should be active in that area.
After climbing another hill, we could already vaguely hear the sound of water pouring down from the waterfall. Claude checked the mountains in front of him and chose a gentle slope to go up the mountain. This hillside is mostly rocky, so you don't have to worry about getting your clothes dirty. It was only when Claude finally reached the top of the mountain that he realized that he had gone too far. The waterfall was in a small valley in the distance, and he was now standing on the top of the ridge of the mountain.
Looking for a way down the mountain, Claude walked towards the small valley for more than half an hour, and finally reached the top of the waterfall. There are several streams here that come together to form this small waterfall hanging on the rock wall of the small valley. Standing on it, you can see a panoramic view of the entire small valley.
Below the small valley is a large green pool, and the waterfall pours onto the pool and then flows out of the small valley. On one side of the big pool is a gentle hillside with dense woods. The remaining three sides are steep cliffs. If Claude wanted to get to the big waterhole, he would have to make a big circle at the top of the small valley and go down through the woods on the hillside on the other side to get there.
Looking at the sky, it was probably past two o'clock in the afternoon and I hadn't eaten lunch yet. Claude decided to take care of the grouse at the top of the small valley, next to a clear stream, and then go down to the big waterhole to take a look when he was full.
I found some dead branches, gutted two grouse, cleaned their bellies and stuffed them with pine mushrooms and mushrooms, then wrapped them in mud into mud balls, dug a hole and put them in, piled dead branches on top and lit a fire, and waited for half You can start eating in an hour. At this time, you can use the stream water to wash the dirty military uniforms, and use the campfire to dry the clothes.
It was about three o'clock in the afternoon when Claude started eating. He took out two pieces of rye bread from his backpack and ate them with the chicken juice from the grouse. While eating, he looked at the small valley below. Just now he took a good look at the small valley with a monocular telescope, but he also found no trace of human activity. This made him wonder. If the hiding people did not move here, why were the villagers so taboo about strolling here
When he was almost done eating, Claude suddenly noticed movement in the woods on the hillside of the small valley, and he hurriedly extinguished the bonfire. Fortunately, the dead branches just now were very dry and there was no black smoke when burned. In addition, there was wind on the top of the mountain, so people below could not notice that there was a bonfire above. Lying down behind a rock, Claude stuck his head out and silently stared at the small valley below.
A big black wolf sprang out of the woods, and quickly and familiarly ran to a big rock next to the big pool and lay down on it. This was the big black wolf that went to the grove on the hillside behind Squirrel Village to exchange food at night. Claude recognized it at a glance. I couldn't help but feel refreshed, and I finally found its traces. It's just that this big black wolf ran to the rocks beside the big pool and lay down. This place doesn't look like its den.
There was another commotion in the woods, a few small trees were shaking, and then a big black bear swayed out of the woods. What's weird is that this black bear looks a little strange. It feels like it's floating when walking. It seems to be very thin. It also walks on two feet and moves to the edge of the big pool step by step.
The big black wolf turned a blind eye to the black bear. Instead, the black bear walked up to it and poured water on it from the pool. The big black wolf whimpered a few times in dissatisfaction, but remained motionless.
Strange, what does this black bear want to do? Does it want to drink water or catch fish when it comes to the big pool
Suddenly, the big black bear stood up, its chest split open on both sides, and a naked and voluptuous body with long black hair and fair skin came out of the bear's skin, and slid into the large pool of water very lightly.
This, this black bear is actually dressed up by a young woman. No wonder it looks so weird and uncoordinated. Claude stared dumbfounded at the figure of the woman swimming in the large pool. He couldn't help but bend down and stretched his left hand into the creek nearby to check the water temperature. Well, it seemed a little warm. No wonder this woman was there. swimming in big pool
Claude raised his monocular and peeped carefully. The woman swimming in the large pool was actually a girl. She was estimated to be about sixteen or seventeen years old. Her chest was quite muscular, and her body should be in the developmental stage, immature and innocent. She has long black hair and a few green slashes on her face, just like those special forces who used to disguise themselves on TV before taking action, but her face shape is very beautiful, not like an oval or an oval face, but a combination. The advantages of both. The eyes are so big that I can't tell what color they are. They seem to be black or purple.
Just as he was watching with interest, the big black wolf on the big rock beside the big pool suddenly stood up, stretched out his nose and tried to smell something in the air, and soon raised his head to look in the direction of Claude, and roared loudly. stand up.
Obviously, the scent of the two grouse was too strong, and it finally reached the bottom of the valley and was smelled by the big black wolf. The distance between the bottom and the top was less than thirty meters. The big black wolf quickly discovered Claude who was hiding and peeking from above.
The girl raised her head from the pool and looked at the direction where the big black wolf was roaring. I was caught red-handed peeping, which was a bit embarrassing. Claude thought for a while and then stood up generously, waved and greeted her: "Hey"
The girl swam to the shore in panic, got up from the water, dug into the big bear skin on the ground, and then stumbled towards the woods on the hillside. The big black wolf roared at Claude and followed her.
Claude shouted from above: "Hey, wait a minute, I don't mean any harm."
No one paid attention to him, and soon there was no movement in the woods on the hillside, leaving only the sound of the wind whistling by.