450 Winter Wolves with Foothold
Downey has not eaten many times, so he has put a lot of food and spices in the air-wing backpack, but unfortunately he can't open the air-wing backpack now, and Downey can only eat some tasteless food.
Night had come, and in the darkness outside the fire, there were flashes of green or blood-red light.
It's still snowing in the sky, and it never seems to stop.
The paper elf sat on a flattened piece of wood and read quietly, it was not interested in human food, and could only use the paper magic device to show the old 'food' and continue to relive it.
In this eerie atmosphere, time passes little by little.
Until a howl from afar woke Donnie from half asleep.
A terrible howl rang out from the deep darkness of the distance, and then joined together.
Downey had read about the Beast Tide before, and it was believed long ago that some beings could drive the beasts through some dark force to attack humans and their towns.
In Downey's time, the Beast Tide had largely become an ethereal legend.
But Donnie knew that not only was the beast tide real, but it would be repeated again in the near future.
As for the current situation, Downey is not good, but he feels that it is likely to affect himself.
Donnie's hunch had come true many times, and he jerked to his feet and raised his guard for the paper goblins.
After such a long time, Donnie's body recovered a little, and he got rid of the embarrassing situation of not having the strength to protect himself.
The paper goblin was fast, and immediately rushed out of the range of the fire after hearing the howl and Donnie's words.
Unlike Donnie, the Paper Elf has no flesh and blood, and apart from the weirdness of Shugol, which feeds on its supernatural powers, it is not a target for most predators.
Therefore, it is much safer for the paper goblins to go outside to check the situation than for Donnie to go on his own. It didn't take long for the paper goblin to run back again.
"It shouldn't be about us, it's two different herds fighting for territory." The paper fairy spread his hands and said very calmly.
Downey nodded, this kind of thing happens from time to time, and you don't need to worry too much about it, but it didn't take long for the situation to change.
A group of defeated winter wolves began to flee under the leadership of their head wolf, and in general, the wild wolves should fight to the death, but as a more intelligent weird, the winter wolves do not seem to have this idea, and instead intend to fight in a roundabout way.
The opponents of this group of winter wolves are a group of half-giants, each of whom looks different, and although they are all roughly human, the details of their faces and limbs are different.
Both the Winter Wolf and the Half-Giant are ordinary weirdness, but the former rarely beats the latter one-on-one, and the same goes for the leaders of both.
But both sides are one of the few hunters in this snowfield, and the desolate and cold winter obviously does not provide enough food for both sides to survive, and the fight becomes inevitable in this situation.
These things had nothing to do with Donnie and the paper elves, but things didn't always go as expected, and the snow-white fur of the winter wolves happened to choose Donnie's direction and fled in confusion.
At this time, the winter wolves obviously don't have the heart to compete with Donnie, and they won't treat Donnie and them as food at this bad time. However, their rush was already a threat to Donnie, not to mention the demi-giants who were chasing after the winter wolves.
It's not that Donnie doesn't have the ability to protect himself at all, but he and the paper goblins together can't get rid of all the winter wolves and half-giants.
In this way, Donnie can only choose to retreat from the edge and avoid these weirdness.
The paper goblin was also startled, neither the winter wolves nor the half-giants could fight it head-on.
Downey didn't even have time to extinguish the flames on the ground before he had to leave hastily with the paper goblins.
The speed of the winter wolves was extremely fast, and it didn't take long for them to rush to the fire like arrows from the string. By the light of the fire not far away, Donnie, who had good eyesight, saw the figure of the wolf.
It was a tall, pale blue winter wolf with a body the size of a car, extremely long hair, and ice crystals around it as it ran.
Compared to this good-looking wolf, the other winter wolves looked less photogenic, their white fur covered in stains, as if they had been frozen by the low temperature.
Donnie thought that it would be enough to avoid the battle between the two, but he didn't expect that things were not so simple, and the running winter wolves seemed to be moving in circles, and changed direction as soon as they reached the fire.
Looking at the winter wolves that rushed straight to where he was, Donnie really wanted to spit out the fragrance, but after thinking about it, it was useless to say anything now, he still had to run quickly.
"When I recover, I'll have to run after you!" Donnie thought angrily, and ran quickly towards the peak at the edge of the snow.
It is said to be a mountain, but it is actually a hill, and Donnie ran to the hill on the front foot, and the winter wolves ran on the back foot.
If you look closely, you can see that the winter wolves are actually running in an arc, they don't want to fight the half-giants head-on, and they don't want to just admit defeat, and they are looking for opportunities in a roundabout way.
Two types of predators in the snow compete for supremacy, and the rest of the life is hiding, and many animals have been affected by the war between the winter wolf and the half-giants before Downey runs up the hills.
While the paper goblin was looking down intently, Donnie made a new discovery.
There are caves on this low mountain, and they are probably carved by humans!
The cave is blocked by stones, but there are faded strips of cloth pressed under the stones, and you can't see anything from a distance, but you can find the existence of this cave when you get close.
Donnie and the Paper Elf immediately ignored the battle below, and quickly moved the stone away, and as a result, they found traces of human activity.
On one side of the cave was a pile of dry firewood, which had become damp due to the location and the weather, and contained fire-starters and some dry food.
Half-giants would not have built such a narrow cave, which is completely inconsistent with their size, so it should have been at least a cave carved out by intelligent beings about the same height as humans.
The only problem is that there is no writing left here, so it is not certain who exactly dug this place. In Downey's opinion, it is likely that this is a place where hunters or woodcutters live at night. But none of that matters, what really matters is that there are traces of human activity in the vicinity, and Donnie is not looking in the wrong direction!
Since discovering this foothold, Donnie's good fortune seems to have finally appeared, and it wasn't long before the winter wolves ran in the other direction with the half-giants, and by this time they were gone.