Fatal Strike: Paladins Mercenary Road

Chapter 823 The Disadvantage of High Morality

Mountain Eagle had no direct experience of what Razer called the 'wolf plague,' but he had been to many places, and in his impression, anyone who might have come into contact with wild wolves in their daily life deeply hated these creatures, with herders being the most thoroughly disgusted...

There was once a very famous book called 'Wolf Totem', which portrayed wolves as an image worshipped by grassland herders.

However, in reality, anyone working as a herder on the grasslands, regardless of whether they are from China or abroad, will generally take maximum action against wolves when they discover traces of them, in accordance with local laws and regulations.

Kill if you can, intimidate and drive them away if you can't!
But whether they are driven away or killed, it shows how much people hate wolves!

Once these creatures have eaten at a herder's place once, they'll treat the herder's pasture as their own canteen, and they'll not only eat there themselves, but also kill it for fun.

Most importantly, wolves are extremely vengeful...

This thing behaves somewhat like a mercenary: it finds its opponent, tracks it, looks for an opportunity, and then launches a deadly attack as soon as the opponent reveals a weakness or shows vulnerability.

The mountain eagles are so powerful that they don't really feel anything about the 'wolf calamity'!

However, even veteran hunters like Razer showed some anxiety, so Mountain Eagle, who was determined to cultivate Yue Yi's sense of responsibility, naturally had to make a sufficient show of support...

Only by creating a tense atmosphere can the task be assigned to Yue Yi while also putting pressure on him effectively.

Mountain Eagle was also a first-time father, and he wasn't sure if his approach was right or wrong. The only good thing about him was that he wasn't afraid of his son making mistakes...

Letting his son experience setbacks under his protection while cultivating his sense of responsibility is the best solution the mountain eagle can imagine.

With this in mind, the mountain eagle deliberately acted anxious on the way back...

On their return journey, Baron and the four war wolves all wore ropes and used sleds to drag the carcasses of more than a dozen gray wolves across the snow with great difficulty.

The wolves that kept appearing and disappearing behind them, along with their occasional howls, intensified the atmosphere of anxiety.

Yue Yi and Zack were squeezed among the gray wolf's corpses. The strong stench and the faint pressure coming from behind made Yue Yi extremely restless.

Whenever a wolf howled, he would immediately turn around and place his small-caliber hunting rifle on the wolf carcass...

The tension caused Yue Yi's ears to turn red and her heart to race, while her body began to radiate heat.

The child's unique constitution had him extremely excited, but he also felt a sense of frustration at having nowhere to unleash his potential...

The mountain eagle remained silent, keeping its head down as it followed the lightning snake as it traversed the mountains and valleys...

The two walked for nearly two and a half hours before returning to the foot of the mountain on the north side of the village.

Just as they were about to cross the frozen stream, Zach on the sled suddenly shouted, "Look over there..."

The mountain eagle suddenly turned around and looked in the direction Zack was pointing. He saw several gray wolves appear in the northwest direction of the village. The moment they saw this direction and stopped, one of the gray wolves raised its neck and let out a howl...

"Awoooooo, woo..."

Immediately afterwards, howling sounds came from the forest they had come from...

When the wolf howls began, several people dressed in heavy fur coats rushed out of the village and fired a few shots in the direction of the wolves from a distance...

Because of the distance, the bullet missed its target, but the gunshot alerted the gray wolves...

As the wolf pack that had appeared in the northwest of the village crossed the upper reaches of the frozen stream and rushed into the forest, and at the same time Xiao Wan and the others rushed out of their wooden house in the distance to check the situation, Mountain Eagle turned back and called out to Balang, his expression serious as he began to accelerate...

The wolf pack and gunfire brought a disturbance to the once peaceful village. In the past few days, apart from the chimneys constantly belching smoke, Mountain Eagle had hardly seen any villagers at all...

Now all the able-bodied men and women who were left behind in the village have appeared, and every single one of them has a gun!
Upon entering the village, Razer and Mountain Eagle parted ways hastily; he needed to go home to find his phone book and use a satellite phone to inquire about the surrounding villages.

Meanwhile, the mountain eagle returned to the cabin with its two cubs and the carcasses of more than a dozen gray wolves...

Everyone in the cabin was alerted. Xiao Wan and Tessa stood on the porch in front of the door with shotguns, while the special operations team led by Griffin was fully armed...

When she saw Mountain Eagle return with his cubs, Xiao Wan ran up to greet him. But when she saw the gray wolf carcasses piled on the sled, and her son and Zack sitting among them, she glared at Mountain Eagle and said, "You went to raid the wolf den?"

As she spoke, Xiao Wan pinched her son's face, who was covered in stench and had slightly red eyes, and said in an annoyed tone, "What kind of love potion did Tessa give you?"

"For a wolf pelt, you're going to wipe out the entire wolf pack!"

Yue Yi didn't understand the emotional issues between adults. In response to his mother's words, the little guy shouted, "Mom, Razer said these wolves are bad, they eat people..."

"We have to kill them all, otherwise many people will get hurt." Xiao Wan glared reproachfully at the 'inactive' mountain eagle and said, "Is this how you raise your son?"

Why do they always want to kill everything?
Is the law permissible to indiscriminately slaughter wild animals?

Mountain Eagle couldn't explain his thoughts to Xiao Wan right now, so he said with a solemn expression, "If necessary, then kill them all."

We haven't experienced the 'Wolf Plague' that Razer mentioned, but since he says it's very dangerous, it must be extremely dangerous.

As the mountain eagle looked at the griffin that had followed, it said seriously, "From now on, we will enter a state of combat readiness. Everyone will be on duty 24 hours a day."

We encountered wolves in the mountains. They are very aggressive. If it weren't for the snow slowing down their movement and giving us space to shoot, we wouldn't be in such an easy situation now.

If an ordinary person encounters a pack of wolves near a village or in a complex terrain, the outcome is hard to predict…

As a student of Dongda University, Xiaowan has a preconceived notion about animal protection.

However, she rarely saw the mountain eagle so serious, so she suppressed her unease, frowned and thought for a moment, then decisively pulled Zack around and turned back, saying to the griffin as they walked, "Keep all the children inside the house, and don't let them go outside until it's safe to do so."

Mountain Eagle watched Xiao Wan take the children back to the house. He directed Balang and the others to pull the sled to the door of the cabin, then hugged Tessa, who was waiting there anxiously. Turning back, he pointed to the gray wolf's carcass and said, "Face has been saying he wanted to give you a wolf pelt ever since we came up the mountain..."

Now I've brought them all back. You can pick some out for yourself, and I'll peel them myself. I'll have someone in the village process them so you can take them back as a gift.

Tessa glanced at the wolf carcasses, then hugged Mountain Eagle's shoulders tightly against her chest, before standing on tiptoe to kiss him on the cheek. She laughed and said, "Then I really have to thank Faith. That kid'll definitely be popular with girls in the future..."

Tessa sniffed the eagle, then gave it a nudge and said, "You should go inside and wash up. The wolf problem can wait; other troubles have come up in the village..."

"What trouble?"

Mountain Eagle frowned, watching Tiffany and Lilith emerge from the house, both fully armed. He said in a low voice, "Is something wrong with that wounded soldier?"

Tessa shook her head and nudged the mountain eagle, saying, "Not long after you left today, two people arrived with rescuers and took that Kerry Cantona away..."

But after they left, another group arrived, carrying a map, looking for guides to take them into the mountains.

The mountain eagle immediately understood what was going on...

The tactic that Kerry Cantona devised in desperation was completely ineffective.

He may indeed have leverage that could bring misfortune to the other party, but in this game of wits, the other party will certainly want to grab more leverage as well.

What better bargaining chip could there be than the Kerry Cantona family?
Kerry Cantona was somewhat clever; he first threw himself out of the way, while using the harsh natural environment to buy himself some time to maneuver against his opponent.

He sent Kahun and his men into the mountains with enough supplies to rescue people. First, the hunter's hut was out of ammunition and food, and his family couldn't hold on without supplies. Second, he probably wanted to buy some time.

However, the other party clearly did not follow his plan. They came in two groups. The first group took Kerry Cantona away, and the second group came for his family.

In a world of information isolation, Kerry Cantona will definitely be at a disadvantage!
However, this was not what Mountain Eagle was concerned about. He frowned and walked to the door of the cabin, looking at Tiffany and Lilith, whose expressions were rather unpleasant, and said, "Cahon and the others haven't arrived yet, and payment hasn't been confirmed. How could you let them go?"

Tiffany and Lilith exchanged a glance and said, "That guy's injured leg got infected and developed a high fever. By noon, he wasn't quite lucid."

The facilities here are not suitable for leg surgery, and Lilith judged that if he could not be taken to a hospital for surgery within 24 hours, his survival was in question.

So when those people arrived, I kept them outside and had Lilith inject him with drugs, making him record a conversation while he was still conscious.

As she spoke, Tiffany looked in one direction from the village and shook her head, saying, "I'm not sure if doing this will help Cahon and the others keep their commission..."

But if it can save some innocent people, then it's not a complete loss, right?

The mountain eagle nodded in understanding after listening...

This is the 'high moral disadvantage'!
When you need to adhere to moral constraints, you often find yourself at a disadvantage when facing an unscrupulous opponent.

At this point, institutional intervention is needed to uphold the dignity of 'morality'...

Ironically, bad people in this world are often more familiar with the law and know better how to use the power of the rules.

The eagle followed Tiffany's gaze and looked towards the center of the village, where several men were asking the villagers what had happened...

Soon, after the conversation, a thin, middle-aged man walked towards Razer's house...

(End of this chapter)