Miss Witch doesn't want to be a diva!.

Chapter 655: The Foxtail Leader Who is Good at Charm
There were fine drizzles in the sky, a fresh breeze was blowing slowly, and under the grey and cold sky, the caravan was moving slowly forward on the low grass.

Sitting in the car, Heshia gently held the lyre with one hand, and her fingers brushed it from time to time, making it produce bursts of music. She occasionally raised her eyes and looked into the distance outside the car window, thinking of the news and information she had heard from the small settlement she passed by not long ago.

The various settlements on this grassland have been fighting for the fertile land with abundant grass and water, and the relationship between them has always been tense. No wonder they were wary of the caravan when they first met.

At present, the largest force on the grassland is undoubtedly the wolf-blood species. They have built fixed strongholds and use them as the core to roam around in mobile settlements, managing subordinate tribes and vassals. Next are several relatively large forces, each with a scale of more than a thousand people. The more famous ones are the fox-tail species, cat-tail species, slippery-feather species, elephant-body species, and horned beast species. Further down, there are many miscellaneous weak races and mixed settlements.

There are no clear laws here, and perhaps not attacking caravans is a rule that most settlements will slightly abide by. But don't be too reassured, because some settlements are jealous of passing caravans, and robbery happens from time to time.

Putting down the crude lyre in her hand, Heshia turned to look at the other people in the car.

"It seems that the number of settlements and people living on this grassland is greater than that of the Stone Forest Fort area."

"It's like this. The largest Gray Feather force in Shilin Mountain Fort has a population of only 3000 people. On this grassland, the population of the Wolf Blood species alone exceeds , and they are even more widely distributed." Fran wrote the sorted data in the report.

"However, their technological level and living conditions are not as good as those of the settlements governed by the Gray Feathers. At least there are many firearms and thermal weapons over there, and the Gray Feathers even have heavy machine guns."

"The settlements here are mostly using cold weapons, and they don't have mature iron smelting and steel forging methods."

"No wonder they have so many people but still failed to expand eastward in the past. It should be because they could not defeat the Stone Forest Fortress where the Gray Feather Tribe is located." Several people occasionally chatted about the intelligence they gained on the grassland.

There was a gray mist outside the car window, which gave the originally green grassland a faint gray and wet color.

"Ouch————"

The caravan didn't know how far west they had gone, but the howling sounds coming from the distant rain and fog woke up all the members. They began to look for and hold their weapons tightly. Then the caravan stopped, looking at the distant rain and fog, and stopped moving forward.

The wind gradually grew stronger, and the hazy rain and fog also dispersed a little, allowing them to see clearly what was happening in the distance on the grass hill. Those should be the two settlements that were fighting each other.

Circular tent camps were scattered in the distance to the right of the crowd, surrounded by upright wooden walls, making it difficult to see what was going on inside. On the other side were attackers running wildly on the grassland. They had ferocious faces and occasionally used all four limbs while running. Although their movements seemed strange, their speed was extremely amazing. Some of them rushed to the front of the wooden wall and leaped more than three meters high, directly climbing over the wall and entering the camp.

Some other strong individuals directly used their shoulders to push open the not-so-strong wooden wall, rushed in with bloodshot eyes, and started killing.

"That's a wolf-blood." Guy's voice was slightly nervous.

"Although they look similar to humans at first glance, wolfbloods are very violent. Their muscles are also exceptionally developed. They can run on flat ground at a speed close to that of a cheetah. They also have strong jumping abilities. When they pounce, they can extend their nails to serve as claws. If you don't have proper armor to defend yourself, you can easily be ripped apart by them."

"If you have ever seen them fight and kill, you would think it is bloody and cruel, but they are used to it."

"Is that so?" The young man of the Gray Feather type in the team touched the gun at hand, with no change in his expression.

Although the population of the Gray Feather race is not as large as that of the Wolf Blood race, they do not think that the Wolf Blood race is a superior race. Knowledge is the important way to change strength. Therefore, when members of the Gray Feather race see the ignorant and reckless Wolf Blood race, they always feel an unconscious contempt.

"Who are fighting against them?" Someone nearby was curious that there was actually a race in this land that dared to confront the wolfbloods head-on.

"Bang bang." A few gunshots drew everyone's attention to the camp on the side.

"That's... the foxtail species." A member with sharper eyes saw clearly.

"Foxtail species?" Heshia said with a little curiosity.

"Yes, the relationship between the foxtail species and the cattail species is very special. The genes of the two species have many similarities, but the difference is that the foxtail species is not as flexible and agile as the cattail species, but it is smarter than the cattail species and is good at various tools and planning."

"On this grassland, they are the only ones who are fully equipped with muskets."

Sure enough, gunshots rang out one after another, and there were also many roars and sounds of fighting. Faced with such a situation, the caravan no longer moved forward, but just stayed where they were, waiting for the outcome of the battle.

About half an hour later, the sound of fighting gradually weakened, and then a small group of wolfbloods fled hastily from the camp, running towards the end of the grassland with blood all over their bodies, and slowly disappeared.

"It looks like the foxtail species has won." Fran made a note in his diary.

"Someone is coming over there." After waiting for a few minutes, several foxtails holding guns came over vigilantly.

The leader was a fox-tailed woman with chestnut brown hair. She looked to be around 25 years old, a little mature, and was wearing a black bralette and leather skirt that showed off her figure. She was also wearing a tough open-collar leather jacket. There was blood on one corner of the jacket, but she didn't have any wounds on her body, so they were probably from the enemy.

"Are you a passing caravan?" The other party was a little suspicious, but did not take any action. The few fox-tail youths following behind her were still a little frightened, holding their rifles, with their fingers on the triggers slightly uneasy.

"Yes, we just happened to pass by here and wondered if you needed to exchange something." Guy stepped forward to negotiate.

The other party glanced at the goods being pulled behind and nodded slightly.

"We do need it. We just happened to have seized a lot of wolfblood trophies this time. If you want to buy their bodies, we can give you a cheap price."

"Hehe, there's no need for the corpse. We don't dare to buy or sell the corpse of a wolf-blooded creature." Guy waved his hand.

"Oh, that's because you are too timid. There were many caravans doing this business in the past." The other party's tone was a little relaxed this time.

"Send three of your men to follow me. I'll help you count and see what can be exchanged."

Then Guy turned around and Heshia and Farlan came out and followed him.

Seeing Heshia among the three, the mature woman of the foxtail species was a little surprised and looked at her a few more times.

"You don't seem like ordinary traveling merchants, but I'm too lazy to be curious about your origins. Let's go." After saying that, she led a few people towards the camp.

Passing through the broken and collapsed wooden door, the three of them arrived at the camp, where they could still see many dead wolf-blood bodies, some with several blood holes on their bodies, and some with knife marks. At this moment, there were many fox-tailed species patrolling in the camp, finishing off the dead and living wolf-blood species, and then dragging them to the center of the camp. Most of them wore thick leather coats, and many of them wore simple steel helmets. After the battle, some members took off their helmets, revealing relatively smart erect ears.

Almost all the members here are soldiers, and it is not easy to distinguish between men and women from their appearance. Perhaps it is because these foxtails are all pretty and have similar faces. Their number is estimated to be over a few hundred. No wonder they could bring three people in to visit and count without any concern.

"Here are some weapons of the Wolfbloods, as well as things we seized before." The woman brought the three people to an open tent. Many members were coming in and out of the tent, and occasionally their eyes lingered on a few people with curiosity.

There were quite a few newly collected weapons displayed here, mostly swords and axes, with a small number of short spears, but the workmanship was not very good. In Heshia's opinion, only the metal had some value, but considering the weight and inconvenience of carrying, it was not worth exchanging.

She turned her eyes to one side, where there were a lot of furs, some strangely colored stones, and some dried pickled fish.

"What are these stones?"

"Oh, those stones you mentioned, they should be some kind of ore. In the past, the Stone Forest Fort would buy them, but now they probably don't have them anymore." The woman leaned against a wooden stake nearby, lighting a cigarette. "If you want them, you have to exchange them for something." She flicked her fingers, and a flame ignited at the end of the cigarette, which turned dark red as she inhaled it.

"We also want the dried fish on the other side," Heshia continued.

"No problem. Now tell me what you have. As you can see, our camp is in great need of medicine. Also, if you have gunpowder and saltpeter, we will take them all." She turned around while smoking a cigarette.

"We have some gunpowder, but we need to exchange it for enough food." Heshia nodded.

"Enough food. Tsk tsk, this is hard currency anywhere." She was a little dissatisfied and did not continue to answer for a while, but smoked in silence.

"You guys, go and call Lady Lu Qing." It seemed that she couldn't make up her mind.

"Yes." The two members looked at the three people, then went out of the tent to call for help.

After a while, a mature and plump woman in a black silk off-shoulder dress came with her people. She had a smile on her face and was talking in a cheerful voice. After arriving at the camp, several accompanying combat members in black uniforms stood guard outside the tent with guns in hand, while she and two others nodded slightly to the three people, then walked towards the woman who was leaning against the side smoking.

"Nana is smoking again. I told you not to do that in front of outsiders. It's very impolite." She kept smiling and naturally and skillfully took the cigarette from the woman's hand, then handed it to the member behind her and asked her to put it out.

Faced with such behavior, the woman who had been quite cold and stern just now was just sullen and did not object.

Turning around, the fox-tail woman, who looked to be in her early thirties, with a mature temperament but still beautiful, began to ask the three people about their purpose and the goods they wanted to exchange.

"So it's you, Guy, and Miss Heshia." Unexpectedly, she actually knew the three girls.

"This...how do you know my name?" Guy was a little shocked. He was just a nobody, how come someone on the grassland knew him.

"Hehehe~ Of course, as the leader of the foxtail tribe, I do have some information and intelligence." She narrowed her eyes and revealed an impeccable smile.

"It's not difficult actually. It's mainly because I happened to hear Sister Chizhi talking about you guys a while ago." She finally told the truth. It turned out that the news came from the Red Pomegranate settlement.

"Sister Akagi mentioned to me about the moose boss's settlement, and then she talked about you, especially Miss Heshia. Your appearance and temperament are so conspicuous that it is hard for people to forget you." She pressed her fingers on the cuffs and lightly covered her lips.

"Since you have come all the way to the grassland, it seems that you are very short of food. I also know that there has been a shocking change in the Stone Forest Fort in the east recently."

“I don’t know how many you want exactly. If the gap is not too big, I can help you solve all of them.” She was particularly heroic when she said this, which made people feel moved. No wonder she seemed to have no fighting power at all, but could integrate and manage such a large force.

"That depends on how much you have. I'm afraid it's not something that can be solved by just one settlement." Guy shook his head.

"Oh? It seems that your number has expanded a lot, dozens, hundreds, or more?" The other party counted on his fingers. Although he was gathering information, it was difficult to make people angry with his slightly innocent look.

"This..." Guy didn't know how to answer for a moment, and he also knew that he had just let the cat out of the bag.

He actually failed on such a problem, and it was a very simple mistake at that. For a moment, he felt a sense of shame.

"Okay Guy, let me talk." Heshia walked forward and put her fingers on Guy's shoulder, asking him to step back temporarily.

Looking at the seemingly harmless and natural foxtail leader in front of her, Heshia shook her head slightly and blinked her eyes, breaking the invisible charm created by the other party.

Guy had been traveling around with traveling merchants since he was a child, so it was impossible for him to be completely unvigilant. However, the foxtail leader in front of him was even more of a master. His invisible charm permeated Guy and made him speak the truth on impulse without him realizing it.

Not sure if this was the racial talent of the foxtail species, or the personal strength of the smiling foxtail leader in front of her, a thought flashed through Heshia's mind.

"I wonder how much information Lady Lu Qing knows about us. If you know enough, you shouldn't try to be clever in front of me." The tone of her voice changed from gentle at the beginning to cold at the end, instantly breaking the atmosphere created by the other party.

"Miss Heshia's words are so unkind." The other party's eyes moved around, as if she was still testing something, but this time she had completely lost the composure and ability to control the situation that she had when she first appeared.

"But I think I have been very tolerant of your tentative behavior."

The girl lifted the sleeves of her black dress, revealing her slender fingers that lightly stroked the air, causing invisible ripples to spread. No one else seemed to react, but the foxtail leader in front of her had his pupils contracted, as if he had been shocked by Lei Qing, and he even had goose bumps on his body.

As the absolute strongest in various spiritual consciousness fields in the Federation, the singers' system perfection and technical sophistication are totally beyond the reach of the extraordinary people who are still in the primitive tribal stage. The singers don't even bother to deceive, and directly use the most real emotions to convince everyone around them, so that they will not be disgusted or betrayed. This is something that people who are still in the stage of relying on language and charm to induce cannot understand.

After a few seconds, the fox-tailed creature seemed to be extremely frightened. Her body began to tremble and she almost lost her balance. The people nearby quickly supported her and began to suspect that it was Heshia and her gang who were causing trouble. They were ready to raise their guns and aim to shoot.

"Stop!" With the support of the people around her, Lu Qing raised her hand in a panic and asked her men to stop.

"I'm very sorry. I have offended Lady Heshia. Please forgive me." Her attitude changed completely at this moment. She bowed in front of the three people with great respect, and even the people around her were a little confused.

Guy and Fran looked at each other, seeming a little surprised, but also somewhat accustomed to it, because this girl could always do unexpected things.

Heshia waved her hand nonchalantly at the foxtail leader who bent over to apologize in front of her, then turned her eyes away, released her perception and consciousness, and scanned the entire camp.

"I need a lot of food, not just the ones in your camp. If you have any other way to get it, tell me as well."

"Yes." At this time Lu Qing tidied her clothes, asked someone to bring a chair, asked Heshia to sit down, and then reported everything carefully one by one.

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"That is to say, the one that just fought with you was not the Wolfblood main force, but the abandoned settlement that was wandering outside."

"Yes. After the birth of newborns of the wolfblood species, if there are any disabled or not strong enough, they will be abandoned by them. Over time, these abandoned members will form abandoned settlements. They roam around and are not welcomed by all parties. However, if they are completely eliminated, it will easily offend the wolfblood species headquarters."

"If you want to obtain a large amount of food, you can't just look for forces like us, because the places with rich food sources on the grassland are controlled by the wolfbloods, especially the big river, which is rich in various fish. The slaves controlled by the wolfbloods will catch these fish, make them into dried fish, and use them as currency on the grassland."

"So, we can't avoid dealing with the Wolfblood headquarters. Will they agree to the exchange?" Heshia looked up and asked the plump Foxtail leader standing in front of her.

"Probably not. They prefer to rob directly. If it is a small amount of goods, they will find it troublesome to rob and allow exchange."

"The amount of food Lady Heshia needs is probably not a small number. If you want to exchange it in large quantities, the fastest way is to find wolf-blooded people. However, they will inevitably become greedy, unless you intimidate them and make them retreat." When he stopped using all kinds of tricks and schemes, the fox-tailed person spoke much more efficiently and concisely.

"I understand." Heshia stood up.

It seems that the fair and gentle attitude she was used to in the past no longer works on the grassland.

(End of this chapter)