Fairy Tale: Little Red Riding Hood's Wolf Mentor

"If I remember correctly, we will pass through a city ahead... After that city, we will enter the territory of Falling Star City."

Oz was wearing glasses and flipping through a notebook in his hands.

There are many routes and plans drawn on it, and he has made a lot of preparations for today's journey.

"City? I saw—"

A Goth with a telescope heard this and said that he saw a tall tower in the distance above the jungle.

"The last time I passed by there, the army of the Sri Kingdom had not yet entered the city."

Oz shook his head, but then he looked through his notes, which contained some handwriting. "But not long after I left, I received news that the army of the Sri Kingdom had arrived there."

"Did they win?"

Oz didn't say anything, but the closer they got, the quieter everyone became. It was such a big city, but there were no fireworks.

There were few people on the streets, so one can imagine the fate of this city.

"Are there any remnants of magic over there, or something similar?"

Poro suddenly twitched his nose, as if he had caught something, and his eyes went straight towards the direction of the city.

In his perception, whether it is magic, or the energy of heaven or hell, they are all the same. With the in-depth study of magic and mysticism, Poro's sensitivity to this kind of special energy has become more and more acute, just like lighting a lamp of perception in the darkness.

It knew that the larger and more frequently cast the spells, the more free energy would be left in the air, like waves left on the sea after a storm.

The woods began to thin out, revealing the plains outside the city. When the city appeared before everyone's eyes, all the people's carriages and horses suddenly stopped.

"Wait, those...are troops?!"

The people in front frowned. Not far away, on the plain below the city, a lot of black spots that looked like human figures appeared. Upon closer inspection, they looked like a lot of armored soldiers crawling on the plain?

"No, those people seem to be dead? But who killed them?"

If it were a battlefield, the bodies of those people lying on the ground were arranged too neatly, as if they had died in the charge before the melee even started!
The convoy approached cautiously and found it was indeed a battlefield.

The smell of rotting corpses attracted countless mosquitoes and flies, which swirled in the air.

Lake parted the grass and saw a soldier lying on the ground. He was wearing silver-gray armor, but his head was missing!

"Were they really killed in the war?"

Lake took two more steps forward and found the head rolling in the grass. The head was wrapped in a helmet and was rotten beyond recognition.

Others searched further and found many more bodies.

All the corpses were without exception - they had lost their heads, and there were no major scars on other parts of the body.

"Why does it feel like these people were beheaded at the same time?"

Lake squatted down and picked up a soldier's sword. This sword was different from the iron swords used in most kingdoms. The blade of the sword had a silver luster.

It looks like a special silver sword, similar in material composition to the armor.

"These armors should belong to the soldiers of Starfall City. So many people died here?!"

Looking around, there are definitely tens of thousands of soldiers who died in this way on this battlefield!

"If the army that died here was from Starfall City, how many soldiers are left in Starfall City now?!"

There are definitely not too many soldiers in a city. There are tens of thousands of soldiers from Xingluo City who died here. So how many troops are left in Xingluo City?
Thinking of this, many people felt a chill in their hearts.

"Don't be afraid. Xingluo City hasn't fallen yet. These dead soldiers..."

Oz also looked at the corpses on the ground. He even used his one-handed sword to push aside a soldier's armor to examine the rotting body within. "Furthermore, the battle in Starfall City has been going on for a long time, at least until these corpses appeared."

"But more importantly, who killed these soldiers?"

Lake spoke up and she noticed that although the soldier beside her had drawn his sword, there was no blood on the blade of the sword.

It seemed like they died here before they had time to fight the enemy.

Is it magic?

The long wind blew through the wild grass that was taller than a person. These wild grasses absorbed a lot of nutrients from the human corpses and covered the armored skeletons.

"Let's go."

The convoy crossed the battlefield, unable to come up with any reference positions or answers, and everyone became much quieter.

Many people looked around unconsciously, fearing that Sri Lankans would rush out at the slightest sign of trouble.

Then, before he could react, his head was chopped off.

The ruined city was behind them, but as they continued forward, although there were no longer large military cemeteries like before, the number of corpses was increasing.

It is common to see piles of dead bodies dumped on both sides of the road.

The dirt ground was mixed with smelly, dried blood.

“How many people died here…”

At first, everyone felt sad about the corpses on both sides of the road. Among those corpses, in addition to armored soldiers, there were more civilians.

But after a while, everyone's eyes became numb.

There are so many corpses on the roadside that anyone passing by would think they have arrived in hell!
"To the northwest, there are troops from the Sri Kingdom. We need to hide."

Princess Marlene gathered her form from the shadows and gave a prompt.

"Northwest?"

Oz flipped through the notebook in his hand. "Is it a march or..."

"Judging from the features on the shadows, they should be patrolling troops."

Princess Marlene answered without hesitation.

"This is the third one. As expected, the Sri Kingdom has increased its blockade troops. They are gradually shrinking the territory of Starfall City."

Oz once again outlined a route on the map at hand.

"Time is running out. We can't wait any longer."

"How about it?"

Princess Marlene looked over to a general from Goethe and asked, "Has the message sent to Falling Star City via carrier pigeon been received?"

General Goethe, standing by, carefully took a scroll of paper from the ankle of a carrier pigeon and unfolded it.

He scanned it carefully, but a gloomy look appeared on his face:
"Xingluo City should have received the letter we delivered, but none of the more than fifty carrier pigeons we sent received a reply..."

"There's no time to wait. The master of Starfall City is the only one who successfully resisted the main force of the Sri Kingdom. Perhaps, that was our only chance of victory."

"I knew a way. There's a gap in the Sri Lankan Kingdom's layout in the Orchid Grass Valley. We might be able to get in from there. Someone escaped from there before."

Oz said after a moment's hesitation as he searched through his notebook.

"Is there really a road?"

Lake thought for a moment and said, "Will the Sri Kingdom leave such a route? If someone escapes, they will know about it, right?"

"We can only give it a try. We can explore first and then try to cross the blockade after confirmation."

Oz spread his hands and said, "After all, this is the route with the highest success rate."

The Orchid Grass Valley is part of the mountain range near Luoxing City. It is connected to an extremely high mountain area with complex terrain and tall vegetation. Even if the army has a large number of people, it is extremely difficult to guard such a place tightly.

In this orchid valley, there are many routes planned by herbalists.

"There shouldn't be many people here. Let's go. The mountains are always safer than outside."

The convoy turned and headed into the valley along the path.

But at this moment, Poro's ears perked up. He heard a strange sound coming from the branches, and he looked towards the shadows on the other side of the valley:
"No, there seems to be an ambush over there!?" In an instant, his eyes widened.

And in the direction that Poro saw, a glowing arrow had already shot out—

The arrow's tip looked specially made, like a hollow whistle, vibrating against the air in mid-air and making a sharp whistle!

"Tsk, is it the shadow of the mountain that's blocking the scout's shadow?"

Princess Marlene's face darkened.

Although her shadow magic can detect terrain and humans in almost a large range, it is useless in such a mountainous area for scouts whose bodies are completely hidden in the shadows!
When the Sri scout appeared, Poro secretly said that something was wrong.

The scout's shadow was covered by the trees, and his body did not have the strong smell of human sweat, but rather the rich scent of herbs.

This Sri scout even applied a special potion on his body to mask his smell!
"Damn it!"

Everyone cursed inwardly, but Lake didn't hesitate. When he saw the scout, he drew the longbow behind him, put an arrow on it and shot the scout down.

Everyone knew it was too late.

Not far from the bottom of the valley, the sound of the army was approaching like a tsunami. Poro could clearly hear the dense sound of horse hooves and the sharp sounds of approaching weapons, armor, and swords.

"Let's go. We can't go this way. We'll be trapped in the valley!"

Oz also made a decisive decision. Since there was a Sri scout hiding on this road in the valley, it meant that this road had been discovered by the Sri Kingdom.

The convoy turned back from the valley.

But the speed of Sri Lanka's army was much faster than expected!
"No, if we keep going like this, we'll be caught up!"

As they approached Luoxing City, everyone already knew the true face of the Sri Kingdom. On such an important battlefield, the Sri Kingdom would not show mercy just because the passers-by were merchants or civilians.

So, everyone started abandoning their carriages and riding on horses to escape the ambush.

But soon, the army of the Sri Kingdom appeared behind him, and the Sri military flag formed by three twisted golden patterns rose from the forest.

Arrows rained down.

"How to do?"

Most of the horses ridden by the few people were the best among a hundred, but even so, the war horses of the Sri cavalry still held a steady lead over the others.

Poro even saw a Sri Lankan cavalryman holding a syringe-like object and injecting some transparent liquid into the horse's body!
We can't go on like this.

Both Lake and Poro realized this.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be long before these feather arrows, which were still weak now, would catch up with and kill those ordinary soldiers one after another as the distance shortened!
"Lake, you take my horse and go ahead. I'll go stop them."

The Poro no longer hesitated, threw the reins of the warhorse to Lake, and turned into a shadow and disappeared into the ground.

Lake did not say anything to stop him. She nodded and took the reins. She had been working with Poro for a long time and naturally knew his abilities.

The next moment, several green and red vines broke through the ground and knocked over several cavalrymen in the front.

Afterwards, the grass and trees on both sides of the Sri Lankan cavalry and under their feet also sprouted from the ground!

The plants seemed to be endowed with animal-like life, and their roots, pulled out of the soil, coiled around the hooves of the Sri cavalry like snakes.

[Circular Return: Little Ida's Flowers and Plants Dance]

Compared to plant magic, this circular return does not consume magic power. The only limitation is the speed of the effect.

When the Sri Lankan cavalry saw this scene, they were shocked and had no choice but to draw their swords and fight with the living plants.

With these "special" enemies blocking their way, they had no time to take care of Lake and his group.

In the bushes nearby, the demonic light in Poro's eyes faded. He took a deep breath and retreated back into the shadows beneath his feet.

……

In the canopy of a low hill, Lake and Poro leaned against the branches of a tree, looking at the endless Sri Lankan military camps on the plain not far away.

Countless soldiers returned and left the camp in an orderly manner.

Those are patrol teams.

There are more than one such camps around Xingluo City.

"The routes that Oz had previously prepared have all been blocked."

"How many soldiers did they mobilize this time? Isn't that too many? Blocking such a large area..."

"They didn't motivate those soldiers based on faith or interests."

Poro narrowed his eyes and said slowly, "The devil's methods have controlled the souls of so many people."

"It might be difficult for us to find a way through their route - the way they look, they probably won't let anyone leave."

"yes……"

"If it's just the two of us and Princess Marlene, maybe it's possible, but it's hard to hide it from others."

In order to find a new route, everyone decided to split up and explore the patrol patterns of the Sri Kingdom as much as possible.

Then, find the flaw as quickly as possible.

But the number of people and the command of the Sri Kingdom clearly showed that they were not mindless beasts.

The current situation is even more of an "over-blockade" state.

The Sri Kingdom has not released any survivors for a long time.

As he thought about it, Poro narrowed his eyes, a red light flashed across them, and his enhanced vision allowed him to lock onto a Sri Lankan. The armor he wore was more refined, different from that of other soldiers - he was a Sri Lankan officer.

"The loopholes in these Sri Lankan army patrols are so small that it's basically impossible for so many of us to sneak through them.

But maybe we can create a loophole.”

……

Sri Lanka army, a tent on the outer side, this is the tent where Sri Lanka officers are located, surrounded by many fences.

A soldier opened the tent and walked in.

"Huh? Shouldn't you be patrolling Area 37? Why are you back early?"

The officer looked at the soldier who walked into the tent, was stunned for a moment, then frowned and asked.

"Sir, I think we need to revise our patrol routes."

The soldier saluted and spoke frankly.

"Are you crazy? Who asked you to revise it?"

The sergeant frowned upon hearing this. "These routes were all planned by the general. Why are you joining in the fun?!"

"I see. Don't be angry, sir."

The soldier nodded, looked at the sergeant again and smiled, his eyes devoid of any respect for his superior. "Since that's not possible, I can only borrow your identity again to make a suggestion to the general."

"After all, a soldier cannot see the general."

The sergeant finally realized that something was wrong, but he was unable to resist.

Because his head had been completely transformed into a yellow biscuit, falling heavily on the seat.

"Break up some cookies. No one will notice the lack of people in a short time."

The Poro nodded and walked forward.

After several seconds, the tent reopened, and an armored sergeant emerged. He waved to the surrounding guards and headed deeper into the camp. (End of Chapter)