Chapter 178 (1/1)
The night covers the wilderness outside the capital of Cangshi.
Maybe it's because the prey on his back is too heavy. Jack doesn't notice anything wrong when he returns to the camp. The wolf Walker kept his limbs in an animal like state, and his naked upper body emitted white smoke from the heat generated by strenuous exercise. After wiping the warm blood on his chin, the wolf felt very happy just now. In order to control his power more freely, fighting with wild animals, especially beasts, has become Jack's hobby in recent days.
”Hey, come and have a look! I've hunted a big guy this time! I didn't expect there was such a big bear here. It took me a long time to put it down The body of the brown bear, nearly three meters high, on his back was put on the ground and made a dull sound. Jack yelled in the direction of the campfire.
However, although the campfire is still emitting heat and light. But there was no response from the direction of the campfire.
Jack's nerves tensed in an instant, and wolfwalker could detect the abnormality in the camp without any warning. Laying down the prey at hand, Jack squats down carefully to minimize the possibility of being found by the imaginary enemy. With the lightest movement he could, the werewolf cleared the grass between him and the campfire. Later, he saw that although the camping equipment by the campfire was still there, his companions had disappeared.
”Goat's beard, what a devil.” No more confirmation is needed. Superman's vision and hearing make Jack sure that no one is near the campfire or the carriage. Through the grass, the wolf Walker stood in front of the campfire and looked around. He needed to find more clues to infer where his companions were going.
There didn't seem to be any strange places in the camp. There was no sign of fighting. There was no smell of blood in the air. Jack had to squat down to examine the footprints on the ground. After becoming a wolf walker, he found that his eyesight was much better than before. If Jack was a human, he could not distinguish the footprints in the camp only by the dim light of the campfire.
Although the three are similar in size, wolfwalker can still find the difference between Elsa's footprints. The owner's wife's footprints are the heaviest, because she has not received professional military training. Although she can compete with frost guards in fighting skills, she will not subconsciously hide herself as soldiers do in ordinary operations.
The footprints lighter than Elsa's are from Heather, not to say that the female Knight's military accomplishment is not as good as Mona's, but as a knight, Heather's equipment is always heavier, and the lines on the soles of exquisite shoes worn by nobles are also very easy to identify.
Mona's footprints are shallower than the first two, and ordinary trackers won't even notice the slight marks on the ground if they're not particularly observant. Although frost guards do not perform missions in the plains, cavemen in caves are also good at tracking prey. Without such basic skills, a caveman's footprints may lead cavemen to the regiment's camp.
After confirming that the number of footprints from the three people in the camp is roughly the same, Jack is a little relieved, which means that they should be acting together. However, he was puzzled by the following tracks observed by the werewolf. Although the starting positions of the three footprints are different, Jack can understand that they were in different positions at that time. However, these footprints have all moved forward in the same direction for a few steps, and once stayed in place for a short time. This can be inferred from several particularly deep footprints.
Although it may be a simple coincidence, wolfwalker's view of this phenomenon tends to be Elsa. They are talking or listening to something together. Because there were no logs and other things to rest near the footprints, and there was no campfire or anything else to build near the footprints, which meant that they were not working or resting there.
Try to stand where Mona has been and look around. Jack doesn't find anything strange. He had visited the camp long before he went hunting, and there was not enough sight around to attract all three people's attention. So, what were they looking at or listening to?
After a while of confusion, Jack looked up at the rising moon. Just then, the wolf Walker suddenly thought, could Elsa see something not from the ground, but something that needs to be raised to see? With this idea, Jack turned his eyes again to the footprints on the ground. After simply guessing the direction of the three people's footprints to the stop position, wolf Walker stood in Heather's position and looked into the air. But there was nothing but the branches of the trees and the starry sky.
Are you wrong? Jack shook his head and thought his idea was too simple. It's wishful thinking to infer from the footprints what the three people were attracted to. There are many kinds of traces that may be left in front of them. But in the process of shaking his head, the werewolf's eye caught a glimpse of a little white in the grass in the direction he inferred.
It's not the color of the plant, and there's no white flower around here. Jack walked towards the bush. He pulled the weeds out of the way and found that what was in the grass was a feather. A white feather, and judging from the size of this feather, its owner must not be too small.As a hunter in the forest, Jack can guarantee that he knows most of the birds in Cang lion. However, in his understanding, there is no bird that inhabits this area with such feathers. Instinct tells wolfwalker that this feather is probably related to Elsa's disappearance.
It's not feasible to continue to track the footprints of three people, which become difficult to track after entering the place where the plants are growing. Lush plants themselves can cover up most of the traces. But it is more impossible to find the landlady with a feather. For a moment, Jack is in a deadlock.
”Excuse me, is that Mr. Jack?” A woman's voice suddenly came from the direction of Wangdu.
When Jack looked up, he saw a blonde woman by the side of the road. Although there was no reason, wolf Walker thought of spring subconsciously when he saw her.