Fairy Tale: Little Red Riding Hood's Wolf Mentor

Looking at the fight in the room, Lake, Poro, and other hunters who were not participating were all stunned for a moment.

Things broke out so suddenly, as if they had just been playing a drinking game, laughing and chatting.

The next moment, swords and knives suddenly clashed, and blood spurted out of their bodies.

Seeing a hunter's knife stabbed into another hunter's neck without mercy, blood gushed out instantly -

Poro saw a trickle of blood dripping onto a gold coin stuck in the crack of the floor.

The combination of gold and red is extremely strange.

"Stop, everyone!"

Lake finally couldn't help herself and raised her voice a little, saying, "You didn't come here to kill each other, or to injure or die here, right?"

However, at this moment, the hunters in the melee obviously did not care about the words of a girl.

Although these hunters are all strong among ordinary people, most of them have not yet broken through the limitations of their bodies. Under the sharp edge of the sword, "all beings are equal."

Seeing another hunter, he knocked his opponent to the ground, with his hunting knife raised high -

But then, Lake had no choice but to step forward and hold down the hunter's hand holding the knife:

"Calm down, sir, you don't deserve to get killed here."

"Who the hell are you? You want to cheat me out of my money too—huh? A little girl? You should get out of here, it's a man's business!"

The hunter's eyes were red, and after seeing Lake's appearance clearly, he didn't attack. However, his anger could still be seen in his words, "This bastard wants to take my money while the chaos is going on?

I paid my life for the money, and he wants to take it away? He has to die here!"

Then, he tried to break free from Lake and swing the knife again, but he found that even though he used all his strength, he could not pull his hunting knife out of the girl's hand!

"How did you-"

"Calm down, sir. Your current behavior may not be what you should be thinking..."

Lake was a little anxious and said, "In the Kingdom of Hunt, killing someone in public is also punishable, right?"

"I--"

Upon hearing this, the man's strength suddenly weakened, and a trace of confusion flashed across his eyes, as if he had suddenly come to his senses. "But I still... I'm sorry, Miss. I don't know why, but I'm having a hard time controlling myself."

Lake looked around and saw that the chaos among other hunters was still going on. She exerted force with her fingers, and with a crisp sound, the hunter's hunting knife instantly broke into two pieces.

This ordinary knife now seems much more fragile in Lake's hands.

Then, she quickly dodged and approached the two hunters who were gradually engaged in a life-and-death fight. She snatched the dagger of the hunter on the left with one hand and kicked away the machete of the other hunter.

Then, she raised her hand, grabbed a feather arrow that shot through the air, and swung it vigorously—

Knock down the longbow of the archer in the distance.

Lake was so fast that most hunters lost their weapons before they could react.

Some of these hunters who lost their weapons became more rational in shock.

But there are also some who, although they have no weapons, still use fists and feet, but at least they only use physical combat, so the probability of fatality is much smaller.

Finally, the door of the restaurant was pushed open, and a team of fully armed soldiers rushed in, each of them holding a sword and shield in their hands.

"Stop it! Anyone who dares to do this will be hanged!"

They shouted loudly, and under the king's intimidation, this strange melee was quickly stopped.

But in just this short period of time, several hunters had fallen to the ground in the restaurant, and many hunters who participated in the melee had suffered serious injuries.

It was not until this moment that they regained their senses and finally felt a little panic.

"We will investigate this matter thoroughly. Your Majesty did not invite you to fight each other. Whoever caused this dispute will be punished accordingly."

An officer came out and scanned the hunters, focusing on the injured ones, as if he was memorizing their appearance.

"Sir, he stole my money, so I..."

A hunter shuddered and pointed at another person not far away.

"I told you, Your Majesty, that you will make the correct judgment as to whose money it is—Your Majesty will not be deceived by any lies."

The officer spoke again in a cold voice, "Later, when you defend yourselves, it's best not to tell a single lie. Otherwise, you will be eaten by a lion, a feeling I'm sure you don't want to experience."

Soon, the soldiers of the Hunt Kingdom took the hunter in the restaurant to a room in the palace.

The officer took turns asking each hunter what they had experienced.

But the judge is a lion - the lion next to King Hunt, who can speak and judge whether things are true or false.

However, Lake and Poro did not hurt or try to kill anyone in this conflict, so they were quickly sent out by the soldiers.

"Miss, thank you for stepping forward and preventing greater casualties."

The officer saw Lake and Poro out and even saluted with a hint of respect in his eyes. Obviously, Lake's ability to snatch weapons from several hunters greatly shocked the soldier.

"In this incident, not to mention the two hunters who unfortunately died, there are also many hunters who were seriously injured and may not be able to go to the Forbidden Forest."

Watching the soldier walk back to the palace, Lake and Poro communicated in their hearts.

"Also, the loss of control over the hunters' minds and behavior is somewhat bizarre."

Poro also expressed his opinion, "I have some impression of some of those hunters who were injured or died."

"impression?"

Lake seemed a little confused, "This must be the first time I've seen it, right?"

"No, for me, now, if I meet someone once, I can recognize them the next time I meet them."

The Poro shook his head. The photographic memory granted by [Spiral Beacon: Sage] allowed him to notice something unusual. "Those most seriously injured, including the few hunters who died—a large number of them passed the trial on the same day as us."

"You mean..." Lake was stunned.

"If my judgment is correct, those hunters should have received the gold coins scattered by the bear-skinned man earlier."

"That bearskin man's gold coin? Is it the devil?"

Lake also remembered the strange bear-skin hunter and the devilish aura he carried.

"Probably."

Poro nodded, "But we need some more evidence and discoveries."

Although the number of hunters in the capital of the Kingdom of Hunte is much higher than in other countries, there are also many soldiers in the city to maintain law and order.

At night, following the whereabouts of a security soldier, Lake and Poro quickly found the police station.

With Lake and Poro's skills, it was not difficult to sneak in.

"Sure enough, the rate of public security incidents in this city has been increasing in recent times."

Poro flipped through the files in the police station, which contained many case records, as well as some wanted criminals and deceased persons, with relatively simple portraits.

Although these portraits were not very realistic, they still allowed Poro to discover something.

"Among these deaths, apart from those caused by hunters, there were also some vicious incidents. On the surface, they had nothing to do with hunters, but most of them were for money."

Poro frowned. One of the portraits depicted a person he had seen before: a hunter holding a coin.

"What about this one?"

Lake also found a document.

The deceased was a...sheriff?

On the afternoon of the 13th day of the Frost Moon, Sheriff Edmund West was ambushed while on leave. According to an eyewitness (blacksmith apprentice Tom), four masked gangsters attacked him in the alley next to the South Mill and a fierce fight broke out.

[Edmund fell to the ground after being stabbed three times. The robbers took his money bag and fled.]

[The next morning, the townspeople discovered the body and reported it to the lord]

[The city security guards followed the trail and killed the gang leader "Grey Wolf" and his three men on the spot.]

[Several stolen items were found in his residence, including Edmund's money bag]

Five exotic gold coins were found in Edmund's purse.

The investigation revealed that these five foreign gold coins were actually stolen goods that Edmund had taken from the evidence room under the pretext of "counting stolen goods" five days before the incident.

"Is it also because of the gold coins?"

"It seems that most of the things that happened in the past few days were influenced by these gold coins. That's pretty much it."

"What's next?"

"Find that bearskin man, either to question him or to stop him from spreading the money."

But fortunately, the bear-skinned man is also a hunter who passed the hunter trial and has been assigned a residence in the palace. Finding him should be easy... right?

"What? He's hardly lived in the room these days?"

After asking the official in charge of the residence, Lake frowned and said, "Did he go in the direction of the slums?"

This gave both Lake and Poro a bad feeling.

The slums of the Hunt Kingdom were built in the shadows outside the city. The houses were low, the ground was dirty and bumpy, and many people, half-clothed, looked around with empty eyes.

There were also some children with dusty faces running around and playing.

In this world that tends to be more realistic, poverty is still a phenomenon that is difficult to eliminate. Rare magic cannot serve as regular productivity. Even in the capital of a country, there are places like slums.

"Uncle in a bearskin?"

A little boy took the snack from Lake and pointed to an alley, "He went that way."

Lake nodded and prepared to walk towards the alley.

But at this moment, after hearing the little boy's next words, she stopped again.

"That uncle was dressed strangely and was very dirty, but he was really a good man - he gave us a lot of money. All we had to do was pray to God for him!"

"What? He gave you...gold coins?"

Lake took a deep breath and asked.

"Yes, just this morning, we each got one!"

The boy said proudly, and even reached his dirty hand into his arms and took out the gold coin to show Lake.

After Lake took off her hood, the children were not wary of her.

"Kids, I'm a collector and I want to collect those gold coins he gave you. I'll exchange two gold coins with you and call all your friends over. How about that?"

"really?"

The little boy was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up and he turned and ran away. A few minutes later, he called out another group of equally dirty children.

After exchanging the gold coins, Lake breathed a sigh of relief.

She and Poro looked at the gold coins in their hands. The patterns on them were not the symbol of the Kingdom of Hunt, but three twisted patterns that looked like the coins of the Kingdom of Sri.

Will these gold coins cause harm to the holders?
After a close observation, both Lake and Poro could discover that some of the gold coins did indeed have a very faint trace of demonic energy. And when so many gold coins were gathered together, the demonic energy became more obvious.

This also allowed Lake and Poro to capture the existence of this demonic energy!
"However, we must find that bear-skinned man as soon as possible..."

But just as Lake and Poro walked into a relatively narrow alley, suddenly, several ragged people with rags covering their faces rushed out from the shadows and surrounded Lake and Poro.

"Miss, we don't want to kill anyone, so hand over all the money you have - this is not the place for you!"

"Be good and listen, we just saw those gold coins you were holding!"

"Take your hands off that sword of yours, you can't defeat so many of us!"

Those people whispered viciously, holding different knives in their hands, and some of the hands holding the weapons were still shaking slightly.

"Wait, you guys—"

Lake and Poro were stunned for a moment. They didn't expect that these people, who they thought were just passers-by, would suddenly become robbers blocking the road.

This time, Lake didn't have many ordinary coins on her. After exchanging them for the children's gold coins, there weren't many left.

Of course, giving money to others after being robbed is not Lake's style.

"Sir, you shouldn't use this method to get money. If you are really in trouble, I can give you some money, but I really can't give you those gold coins before—"

"Cut the nonsense!"

But those people obviously did not appreciate it. They waved the sharp knives in their hands and were about to move forward again.

"This girl looks so fair, she must be a noble lady. Maybe she has guards in the distance, trying to delay time!"

"Just get started, search and leave!"

In the crowd, several leaders who looked extremely ferocious gave an order, and those ragged bandits rushed towards Lake and Poro!

Ten seconds later.

The robber, who had just been extremely vicious, rolled on the ground wailing. Lake threw away the bloody sword and snatched it.

Among these robbers, there were several who had killed innocent people, and Lake showed no mercy to these people.

As for those without lives, Lake simply knocked them down.

"The demonic energy on the coin has become a little lighter."

The Poro said thoughtfully as he looked at the purse filled with devil's gold coins.

"If we were ordinary people, this accident would be enough to cause injury or even death..."

Further ahead was a new shantytown, with skinny, half-naked people lined up in a long queue. Lake and Poro walked forward, but saw several large pots smoking on the fire in the front.

In the pot, there was white porridge with meat chunks, and behind it, there were dozens of bags of rice and dried meat stacked up.

The civilians took the porridge in bowls with gratitude on their faces.

"This is at……"

Lake turned around and asked an old man who had just drunk porridge.

"A master spent money to buy us a lot of food. I haven't had such a full meal for a long time. May God bless his kindness."

As the old man spoke, he made the sign of the cross on his chest with his skinny fingers.

The gratitude in his eyes seemed extremely sincere.

"Spending money to give...porridge to the common people?"

When Lake and Poro moved forward, they saw a man wearing bear skin sitting on a chair at a distance from the porridge stall, silent.

But every poor person who received the meat porridge bowed to the bear-skin man from afar.

Seeing this scene, both Lake and Poro felt a little surprised.

Could it be that this man in bearskin is not a minion of the devil? (End of this chapter)