Knight and Wand

Chapter 254 The decision is yours!

Although he had roughly guessed the ins and outs, Leon did not change his plan to hunt the bear monster.

Indeed, perhaps it was an unexpected change in the ecological balance that led to this fierce conflict between man and the beast.

But no matter what, this Dinocampus bear has already caused the deaths of hundreds of people, and this is only the number of casualties that Redingburg has been able to count. If it is left unchecked, who knows how many more massacres the bear monster will cause along its migration route.

The Oreshan bear is part of nature, but so are the humans on this land, of course. They all have the right to survive on this earth.

Man eats beast, beast eats man, the struggle for survival has nothing to do with good or evil, and Leon does not want to place himself above nature in arrogance.

Unlike the griffins that possess advanced intelligence, and unlike the wild giants that have learned the art of symbiosis, once the struggle between humans and the Dinocrats breaks out, it will be a life-and-death battle.

Just like countless ancient demons and monsters that have long disappeared in such conflicts, they either adapt and find a way to survive, or one side can no longer "threaten" the other.

The group camped in the woods, and after a night, no blind wild beasts came to attack them.

After all, the dire wolf in the camp, which was from the territory of Loman, was as big as a horse. In the forest of Mamor County, a "giant wolf" of this size would already belong to a very high ecological niche. In the wild environment in the central part of the continent, apart from wild griffins, a few large tigers and the dire mountain bears that everyone is hunting now, there are probably not many animals that can threaten the dire wolf.

Leon heard from Derek that these loyal "big dogs" were actually much fewer in number in the ancient "Hectova Wilderness" than the tens of thousands they are today in the human kingdom.

Until thousands of years ago, the rulers of what is now the Roman Territory, who had not yet surrendered to Orland, learned how to tame and raise dire wolves from the barbarians.

This is why this giant wolf has become a special war beast with relatively large numbers in the northern land.

The dire wolves' excellent family sociality and good status awareness habits allow them to take a different survival path from natural beasts such as the dire bear, even though they do not have the advanced intelligence of the griffin.

If the meat consumption, danger and difficulty of controlling these giant wolves were not far greater than that of horses, the number of these giant wolves would probably be even greater.

Relying on the extraordinary sense of smell of Knight Derek's dire wolf companion named "Dak", the group continued to track in the forest, and the search efficiency was very fast.

After following the trail for several hours, they arrived at a mountain stream with a clear purpose and found a large cave hidden by fallen trees.

From the huge claw marks that can be vaguely seen on the tree trunk, it seems that the cave has been occupied by a Dinocratidae.

Covering the nest with knocked down trees may seem like a cover-up, but considering that there may be cubs of the Dinocampus inside, it is understandable that the mother bear had the instinct to do so.

The dire wolf Dak smelled the dangerous scent in the wind, leaned forward slightly, and hissed softly in his throat towards the cave.

The knights looked at the deep cave that they could see through the gaps between the tree trunks and thought about countermeasures.

Although he was not sure whether the Dinocampus was inside at the moment, Greenthorne looked around and lowered his voice to suggest to everyone: "Whether there is a Dinocampus inside or not, we have to dig a trap outside first."

A northern ranger with a round shield on his back and a one-handed sword on his waist climbed up the nest made by the dread bear by stepping on the crooked tree trunks, looked inside, turned back and whispered: "Let me go in and see if the dread bear is inside. If I find it, I can lure it out."

After Derek calmed the dire wolf, he turned and moved to the gap between the trees. He looked into the dark and deep cave, then raised his head and shook his head at his ranger companion.

"This is not a good idea. We may not be able to move in the cave. No one can withstand a few blows from the beast's claws and teeth. It's too risky to send people there. It's better to prepare well and light the trees to smoke out the bear with thick smoke."

"My Lords, please help us all and keep quiet for a while." Leon, who was standing by the cave entrance, suddenly asked everyone. The rangers all looked over.

When she discovered that Baron Avalon had signaled for silence, the strong knight girl was lying in the gap between the trees, with her ears tilted and her eyes closed, as if listening to the movement in the cave.

The knights immediately obeyed the order and stopped discussing.

Although they didn't know what abilities the girl had, the rangers had encountered many strange people while traveling on this land, so they would not rashly question anything.

After a long time, Olivia opened her eyes, stepped back, and nodded to Leon.

". Quite a distance away, underground, there were chaotic breathing sounds, one of which was very long and heavy. It was definitely not the sound of an ordinary beast, and was much louder than the sound of Derek's wolf beast."

As she spoke, the girl looked at the rangers and said, "Sir Derek, I guess the smoke won't be very effective. I can hear the sound of wind flowing in the cave. This cave should have more than one exit that connects to the outside world."

The rangers were shocked by Olivia's performance.

"How can you hear so much about what's going on inside just from the entrance of the cave?" Derek was stunned.

"Please trust her judgment. Olivia's ears have never been wrong so far."

Leon had witnessed the hearing of his little lion more than once, so he guaranteed it and then stepped back from the cave entrance, looking up at the surrounding mountains.

With such a large area, it would probably take a lot of time to find other cave entrances, and he really didn't want to delay.

The rangers looked to Larian to verify what Lion said, and Larian nodded to them.

Gradually recovering from his surprise, Greenthorn stroked his beard and said helplessly, "Well, if Miss Olivia heard correctly, then we do need someone to take the risk and enter the bear's den."

"Can't we use noise and shouting to lure the Dinocampus out of the cave?" Leon asked, looking back in confusion.

Greenthorne shook his head: “Although the beast is not as smart as your griffin, it is much more cunning than ordinary beasts. Deliberate movements can easily arouse its suspicion.

If it stays inside and doesn't come out, we'll have to fight a protracted war. Moreover, if what Olivia said is true, there is more than one cave exit here. If it takes the opportunity to escape, it will only be more troublesome for us.

Now it seems that the only way to make it lose its vigilance is to rush in and provoke the Terror Bear to go crazy, especially since it is protecting its cubs at this moment."

The ranger who had just suggested being the bait nimbly jumped down from the tree pile, dusted off his leather gloves, and volunteered again: "Leave it to me if you want a quick victory. When I was hunting wild goblins in North County, I often went deep into underground caves and mountain caves, so I have enough experience in this kind of environment."

Looking at the Northern Ranger who was no longer as talkative as usual, Leon sized up his weapon combination of a one-handed sword and a round steel shield. Perhaps he did often go into caves.

However, Leon touched his waist bag and suddenly had a better idea.

"No need to take risks, Lord Ork, you should just stay outside and ambush with everyone else." Leon smiled at everyone and said, "I'm a wizard, and I happen to have a special 'spell' that can help you lure out the prey."

Since we have to send someone to take the risk, it would be better to send someone who won't die as bait.

It's up to you
Canis!
(End of this chapter)