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Finally, the forest ahead abruptly opened up. From a distance, in the depths of the dark forest, there seemed to be a clearing and some man-made structures. Mengdie's senses immediately tensed up, about to ask the white wolf to stop and proceed carefully, but the wolf under her, heedless, brazenly dashed out of the forest, entering the territory of the "Black Flame Snake"!
"Disaster!!!"
Mengdie's nerves instantly tightened! Charging in like this, didn't it mean they were going to face a direct battle?! But as the white wolf confidently stopped in the middle of the clearing, looking proudly around, there was... no sound of any alarms or the rustling of "living creatures"...
A cold wind blew, the thick, almost suffocating smell of blood filled Mengdie's nostrils. The bone-chilling wind froze her blood. Looking around, the clearing was as large as two combined football fields! Under the cold moonlight, a huge, intricate magic circle was drawn, filled with various symbols and unknown characters. What horrified Mengdie was not the potential effect of this magic circle, but the magic circle itself!
It was drawn with blood.
Nia couldn't hold back anymore and finally turned away, vomiting. Mengdie jumped off the wolf's back and carried her behind a tree, where it was a bit more bearable. Then, she began to carefully inspect the magic circle.
More than a dozen bodies were torn to pieces, scattered messily on the magic circle. The exposed viscera lay starkly on the ground, under the moonlight and flies. First, Mengdie walked to a remaining right limb, reached out to lift the clothing on the limb. As expected, it was marked with a black snake.
Mengdie nodded, then went to a human skull that had rolled to the side, squatted down to inspect it. The skull was crushed by some creature, its white brain matter spilled on the ground. On closer inspection, the wounds tearing and crushing the skull were deep, and the force used was very strong. The creature capable of this was likely only...
Mengdie turned her head to look at the white wolf, sitting proudly nearby. Under the moonlight, even its silent, indifferent presence radiated an indescribable majesty.
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"Cough..."
A sigh escaped Mengdie's lips. She gently shook her head, clasped her hands together, and silently muttered a few words. However, her problem remained unsolved; just these dozen or so bodies couldn't possibly be enough to draw such a huge blood magic circle. Moreover, observing the decay of the bodies, they were at most two or three days old. But the blood magic circle's marks on the ground had already fully merged into the rock, seemingly existing for over a month.
"Wolf, I want to know, is your starvation over the past month, leading your pack to attack the villagers, and in these few days leading them to kill these Black Flame Snake soldiers, related to this magic circle?"
The white wolf remained silent, just quietly stood up and walked towards a two-story building on the east side of the magic circle. Mengdie took Nia's hand and followed slowly.
Upon entering the wooden building, an even stronger scent of death hit them! When the white wolf gently pushed open the wooden plank blocking the door, a black cloud suddenly burst out from inside!
It was flies, countless flies! The buzzing sound directly attacked Mengdie and Nia, the bloodthirsty creatures seemingly forgetting their insignificance, swarming towards their prey!
"Awooo——!!!"
The white wolf suddenly let out a howl! The buzzing "black cloud" was shaken to death by the mighty howl, falling to the ground. Only a few lucky ones remained, no longer daring to cross the line.
Mengdie looked inside through the doorway, and shockingly, countless animal carcasses appeared before her! There were bears, deer, wild boars, birds, monkeys, and more! These wild animals were piled up like trash, forming mountains of corpses! Their necks all bore marks of a blade, clearly bled dry before being thrown here.
While Mengdie was astounded, the white wolf stepped into the house first, cautious despite its usual boldness, as if afraid of disturbing something inside. Using the moonlight from the windows, the white wolf tiptoed to a mountain of corpses, gently tapping several bodies with its paw. Mengdie approached and saw they were all gray wolf carcasses...
It seemed the reason for the sudden wolf attacks on the village a month ago, and this white wolf's fury in tearing apart the Black Flame Snake soldiers, was all found here. The Black Flame Snake must have been performing some sort of magical ritual here, and the result of killing a large number of wild animals directly led to the white wolf's pack being unable to hunt for survival, thus attacking the village. And in these two days, this white wolf suddenly mutated, gaining strength from blue to white, and came to kill these humans who invaded their forest, cut off their food supply, and slaughtered their pack. Thinking this way, if it hadn't suddenly mutated and become stronger, even if I had reached some kind of tacit understanding with this white wolf, it probably wouldn't have stopped attacking the village.
Mengdie patted the white wolf, mourning in front of its kin's remains. It turned its head, its red eyes filled with sorrow. After lowly whimpering a few times, it extended its tongue and licked Mengdie's face, burying its head in her embrace.
Mengdie smiled softly, also hugging its neck, cheek pressed against cheek, continuously stroking its fur. After a long while, the sadness in the white wolf's eyes finally eased slightly.
After patting the white wolf's mouth again, Mengdie continued to look around the building. However, strangely, Mengdie didn't believe that the Black Flame Snake would protect such a large building and magic circle with just a few weak lower-ranking soldiers. On closer inspection, the building was ransacked, with traces everywhere of something having been placed. It seemed the only explanation was that the "Black Flame Snake once heavily guarded this place, but suddenly withdrew most of their forces two or three days ago."
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