Chapter 52: The Brave Rest in Peace
"Zack!" Alex, who had fled the Warcraft Forest in a hurry, saw a team of horses galloping towards him on the way back to the village. The leader is none other than Zach, who decided to go back and report the news.
Seeing Zach return with the town guards, Alex immediately ignited hope: "Hurry!
"What's wrong with Perrin?" Zach grabbed the reins in front of Alex, and the horse's front legs raised and neighed, kicking up a cloud of dust.
"We accidentally entered the territory of the horned ape while tracking the enemy!" Alex lowered his head in shame, "Perrin used all her strength to sweep in order to keep me safe, attracting the attention of all the horned apes......"
"Hmph, it's all your insistence on harming Pei Lin!" Zach glared at him, "If I had listened to my caution at the time, how could Perrin have died to protect you?"
"Alright Zack!" a red horse stepped out of the ranks of the town guards, and it was Captain Brent who was at the helm. He glanced at Alex, who was covered in injuries and embarrassed, and said indifferently, "Don't condemn your teammates for a small mistake! Alex, you also have to remember this lesson." You are a great talent with great hopes to become the next captain, and these setbacks allow you to keep learning and improving!"
"Captain, please lead the team yourself and rescue Perrin!" Alex said loudly, looking up.
"Alex," Brent stretched out his right hand, "the horned ape will not spare any creature that intrudes into the territory, unless there is a disparity in strength. Since Perrin attracts the attention of the horned ape and lets you flee, it means that she has been sacrificed. The Warcraft Forest is dangerous and not a place to be taken lightly. On the horse, we can only go to the periphery to see if there is a chance to bring her back to the base intact for burial!"
Alex got into the captain's horse in shame, bowing his head not knowing what to say.
"Drive!!" Brent waved his whip, and the red horse under his crotch carried him and Alex towards the Warcraft Forest.
Zack and the other town guards behind him immediately caught up.
"This is it!" the town guard made his way to the blood-stained forest, and Alex jumped off his horse to look for it. But not to mention Perrin, not even the corpse of the horned ape could be seen, "Impossible! This is impossible! We have killed so many horned apes here, and the blood here has not dried yet! Pelin! Palin, where are you?"
"Shh~~" Zach hurriedly dismounted and reached out to cover Alex's mouth, "Shouting in the Warcraft Forest, you don't want to live anymore?"
"Alex, you are talented but inexperienced!" Brent jumped off his horse as well, looked at him and said, "Zach has more experience than you, you need to listen to him more!"
The captain dismounted, and the other town guards also came down, each drawing his sword to guard the surroundings.
Brent walked around the spot a few times, bent down and took a closer look with his fingers dipped in blood: "This is indeed the territory of the horned ape. But strangely, it was mixed with kobold blood. I'm afraid these two groups have fought fiercely!"
"What about Perrin?" asked Alex anxiously.
"The kobolds used a ranged weapon similar to crossbow arrows...... Brent found a strange mark on a tree, "It looks like the crossbow arrows are pretty standard, not like a technology that no sapient creature like the kobold can master!"
"Crossbow arrows?" Zach was taken aback, "I've only heard of kobolds who throw stones, I haven't heard of anyone who can use crossbow arrows......"
Brent carefully surveyed the ground again, frowned and said, "Here are the footprints of Perlin and the kobold, she wanted to fight but was subdued in an instant! With a very powerful kobold leading the team, the situation is worse than imagined!"
"Captain......" Hearing this, Alex's eyes showed a look of pain.
"Retreat!" Brent sighed, "Perrin was taken by the kobolds, and we can't get her bones home. Go back and say hello to Cato at the orphanage, and Pyrine ...... Fought bravely, but unfortunately was captured by the kobolds in the end, and I am afraid it has become their food!
——!In an instant, all the town guards stood up straight, their left arm was close to their thighs, and their right arms were bent and palms pressed on the armbands of the town guards on their left arms, and they looked at the blood stains all over the ground and shouted in unison, "May the god of war guide Perin's soul home!!"
"May the god of war guide Perrin's soul home!" Alex's eyes were red, and he shouted in his loudest voice with the grief in his heart.
"Withdraw!!" In order to avoid the sound from attracting other dangerous creatures in the Warcraft Forest, Brent immediately mounted his horse after saluting.
All the town guards immediately followed the captain, and Alex glanced back into the forest, gritting his teeth and jumping onto the captain's horse.
"Ride!!" Before the dangerous creature appeared, Brent decisively led all the guards to turn their horses around and quickly leave the forest.
After sending Alex back to the village, Brent said to him, "Allow you to take three more days off to take care of the affairs of the family." Forget about Perrin, she's a hero to the honor of the town guard!"
"Thank you, Captain!" Alex bowed his head sadly.
"Town guards, go back to camp!!" Brent gave the order, and all the town guards followed him, and soon disappeared at the entrance of the village.
"Young Master!" the village chief's subordinates ran over, "The village chief has gone quietly......"
"Tell the whole village about this bad news, and let everyone come out to see my father off!" Alex ordered.
"Yes!!"
The entire village was gathered for a solemn funeral for his father, led by Alex. Alex cremated his father's body on top of the pyre with his own hands in grief.
On the night of the Blood Moon, any corpse or skeleton will turn into an undead creature and descend on Earth. Therefore, the custom here is to cremate the dead immediately, so that they are not infected by demonic energy and become evil undead creatures.
"The revenge of killing my father has to be avenged!" Collecting his father's ashes, Alex bit his lip and bled out, "And Perrin's revenge is also counted on your head, foreigner!
"What do you have the young master's orders?" Becaron, one of the village chief's subordinates. After the death of the village chief, he automatically became Alex's subordinate.
"Recruit the strongest men from the village for me to form a militia team!" Alex looked in the direction of the Warcraft Forest with a fire of hatred in his eyes, "Equip them with the best weapons, I'm going to kill them in the Warcraft Forest, find that damned foreigner and Amber's family, and use their blood to honor my father and Perrin!!"
"Demons, Monster Forest, ......?" Becaron swallowed nervously.