Chapter 20: The Vegetarian Werewolf (Part 1)
This was the first time Link had seen a human other than his own.
Even though they were standing in the distance, Link could clearly see that they were two young-looking male humans.
They wore uniform uniforms, with a small round shield tied to their left arm, a two-handed sword in their right hand, and their eyes were sharp.
There were a lot of eyes looking at the Elemental Tower, obviously strange that there was such an abrupt construction in this forest.
Beside them, two motley horses were grazing leisurely, and not far away, the corpse of a werewolf was lying there.
Link's eyes moved slightly, and a werewolf had died here, and it seemed that they had killed him.
Just as he was contemplating whether to say hello to them, the two humans said something to each other, and each rode away in a different direction.
Link looked around and saw several fleeing black figures disappear into the distance.
That's a werewolf.
"Damn it, these haunted guys."
Link gritted his teeth with hatred, these werewolves have been coming here in a steady stream since they killed one of them, and they are not afraid of so many dead, every time they look outside, they can find their traces.
This is the work of these two days, at least forty or fifty werewolves have died here, how many werewolves are there in this forest!
Just as Link gritted his teeth, a figure in the distance suddenly jumped into his eyes.
It was Avina, and Link hurriedly came to the gate to greet her.
Avina jumped down from the height lightly and came directly in front of Link: "My lord, the surrounding situation has been almost investigated. ”
"Good."
Link and Avina walked into the Elemental Tower and asked eagerly, "How much do you know about the werewolf lair here?" ”
"Very bad news." Avina shook her head, "Just a short distance around, I found three werewolf lairs, each of which had at least two hundred werewolves. ”
"Impossible!"
Link categorically vetoed, how could so many werewolves be fed in such a small area?
Prey is absolutely not enough.
"But that's just the way it is."
Avina spread her hands and said helplessly, "I know why the Lord said it was impossible, but these werewolves don't all eat meat. ”
"What?"
Link looked at Avina in surprise, as if he felt his thoughts pause for a moment.
"It's a pity that these werewolves, most of the time, use a fungus as food, and they even have humus farms to produce large quantities of fungus food."
"I got some of these fungi back." A gray mushroom suddenly appeared in Avina's hand, and under the thick umbrella cover, there was a fat mushroom.
Avina reached out and tore off a slice of mushroom and put it into her mouth: "This mushroom is non-toxic, it grows very easily, it has a fatty taste, and it has a certain flavor - for example, it is slightly salty, and it seems that it can also add a certain amount of salt." ”
Link watched as Avina had eaten a slice of mushrooms, and took a small slice from her hand, carefully putting it in her mouth, and slowly savoring it.
A faint fishy smell came up, but when you bite down, there is a salty and sweet taste that spreads, and when you cut the mushroom with your teeth, you can faintly hear the creaking sound.
Eaten raw, Link couldn't help but get a taste of what it would be like to cook it in other ways.
"That is, these werewolves are vegetarians?"
Link looked at the mushroom in Avina's hand and stopped his urge to continue begging, still curious about the fact that werewolves were vegetarians.
"No, werewolves are vegetarians, and that's just part of it." Avina shook her head, "There are still a few werewolves who are still in the habit of eating meat. However, werewolves have begun to make the switch to omnivorous. ”
"Interesting." Link touched his chin, "A werewolf of farming civilization?" With the ability to grow, it's no wonder there are so many of them. However, fungi are still not suitable as a staple food of a race, and relying on these things, werewolves should not have voluntarily evolved towards an agricultural civilization. ”
Should there be other civilized races to teach werewolves to plant, but they don't want to really teach them, so they only give mushroom cultivation skills?
Is it human? Or is it some other race? The orcs you ran into yesterday?
Thinking that Dilla and the others followed a werewolf to the orc camp, it seemed that there was a certain connection.
Werewolves eat mushrooms to live, which is really interesting.
Avina didn't interrupt when she saw Link's thoughtful look, and it wasn't until Link came back to her senses for a long time that she continued, "Because of this, the population of werewolves has increased rapidly, so there are werewolf nests everywhere. The most important thing is that these werewolves do not fight each other, but have a bond that seems to be a covenant. ”
Avina's words caught Link's attention: "You mean, these werewolves who are constantly harassing us are not from a werewolf lair?" ”
"Yes."
Avina nodded, "I followed several werewolves and found that they came from different nests, and there was even one werewolf who had left here with some dry food, apparently to rush to the lair in the distance, and maybe they would bring some reinforcements from there." ”
Is this really a situation where one side is in trouble and supports from all sides, and has he fallen into the vast sea of people's war?
Link laughed self-deprecatingly.
Finally, he understood why he instinctively wanted to solve the werewolf matter as soon as possible some time ago.
Originally, I thought it was the reason for the orc army, but it turned out that these werewolves were going to fight a war with people!
There are 3 nests around alone, and there are nearly a thousand werewolves together, but they are not at ease and are ready to invite more werewolves over.
If you say this, I am afraid that the number of werewolves who will come to besiege your elemental tower will probably reach more than a thousand.
Such a number can already be considered a tidal wave of enemies.
There is a limit to the number of werewolves that Dilla can face alone, and even with the help of Avina and Lucy, the Priest of Mercy, there aren't many they can resist.
It is a very dangerous thing for so many werewolves to come together.
Unless, they hide in the tower, relying on the favorable terrain of the gate, to resist.
But in this way, they need enough food and water, and it is very easy for the werewolves outside to besiege them.
After all, their nest is not far away, and it is still very easy to carry food.
"No, it's still too many."
Link shook his head, if he just relied on the elemental tower to hold on, sooner or later it would be breached, so many werewolves, one person would do a certain amount of damage to the tower, which would weaken the tower's ability to withstand it.
"So, you have to take the initiative."
Link looked up at Avina, "When Dhila returns, the three of you will form a team and cooperate to destroy a werewolf's lair first, kill and injure the werewolf as much as possible, and reduce the difficulty of being besieged in the future." ”
"Okay." Avina nodded, "Then I'll go and build up my strength first." ”
"Well, you go and rest."
Link nodded, Avina was busy now, and it was time to go and rest.