Fairy Tale: Little Red Riding Hood's Wolf Mentor

Chapter 46: Forest Remains
The lush treetops intertwined high in the sky, just like the place where Poro had spent the most time in his life - the forest.

Birdsong filled the canopy overhead.

But perhaps due to the different ecological environment, Poro felt that the birdsong in this forest was somewhat different from the forests he had passed through before.

where is it different?

Maybe a type of bird?

It sounds a bit sarcastic and unpleasant.

It’s... a crow!
Soon, Poro realized that the number of crows in this forest was far greater than anywhere else!

why?

The faint smell of rotting meat permeated the surrounding shade.

Poro's keen sense of smell quickly led him to this conclusion, and this kind of smell was quite common.

In the forest, there are always a lot of life and death killings, which come from... the natural attack of the food chain. Carnivores prey on lower life forms, and old beasts will be eaten by countless tiny decomposers after their lifespans are exhausted.

It has always been like this.

But... the rhythm from nature will never cause such great decay!
In other words... such a thick and widespread stench would definitely not be caused by just a few deaths!
Is there a mass grave in the forest?

Poro thought, but this foul smell could never come from a more distant time!
The pursuers behind him had already left. Even if they continued searching, they would never guess that the "second in command" was actually a wolf in disguise.

So the Poro simply followed the smell of decay and searched forward.

Finally, amidst the buzzing of mosquitoes and flies, he found the nearest target—

A corpse in armor!
The corpse inside had long since decayed under the influence of time and forest scavengers. Smelly, pus-filled matter enveloped the yellow-white bones. Countless flying insects flew in and out of the cracks in the armor.

Even without moving his claws, the Poro could see milky white maggots wriggling their fat bodies inside.

A dead...soldier?
No, it's much more than that!
Poro walked forward again. On the ground, the nutrients formed by organic body tissues mixed with the soil, and the grass and moss became more lush.

Beyond the treetops, the Poro saw more—

More human remains!
Corpses were scattered all over the ground, all wearing the armor of the soldiers of the Kingdom of Sinuo. Broken weapons and blades were buried under the dust!

The Poro walked forward step by step, looking at the white skeletons buried under the grass and trees one after another around him. The crow stood among the corpses, its hoarse voice like a ghost seeking revenge.

The number of soldiers who died here has already exceeded a hundred!

Why did they die?

So close to the capital...why did such a horrific massacre happen?!
Poro searched everywhere, but everywhere he looked, all he saw were the skeletons of the soldiers of the Kingdom of Sinuo.

There are no other possible enemy bodies!
why?
Is it because the enemy is too powerful that none of these soldiers can kill a single one?
Or did the enemy drag away the bodies of their own men after the battle?

Until one moment, when he saw two corpses lying close together, an incredible idea suddenly emerged in Poro's mind!
Those two bodies, even long after death, were still tightly connected—

And the bridge connecting them is a sword!

A...standard long sword of the Kingdom of Sinuo!
The white bones of a soldier were placed on the hilt of the sword, while the other end of the blade was stuck on the ribs of the corpse opposite!
At the same time, a rusty sword was also lying in the abdomen of the corpse!
Seeing this, the last scene of the two dead soldiers' lives has emerged in Poro's mind -

They each held a long sword in their hands and stabbed their companions' vital points without mercy!

Poro went to carefully examine the other corpses, but came to the same conclusion!

The surface of the white bones bore hideous sword marks; a feathered arrow pierced the rotten flesh; a war hammer smashed the skull...

These soldiers of the Kingdom of Sinuo died in a fratricidal fight.

A… tragic, unknown, no-way-of-retreat, utterly annihilated battle—

Kill each other!

……

The Poro leaped out of the grass and pinned a squirrel in his hand.

"Well, we have dinner. If it's not enough, catch another one."

Poro had been eating more cooked food lately, and even occasionally eating raw food was a little off. In his mind, the images of the soldiers' skeletons seemed to still appear before his eyes!

"The forest... hides unknown dangers? I just hope Lake is okay. But with some of the witch hunter's experience, ordinary beasts shouldn't have any effect on her, right?"

No matter what, we must reunite with Lake first.

After all… the little girl will suffer from insomnia without me!

Poro supported his chin and thought for a while, then shook his head. His mind sank into his soul, and a golden page emerged from mid-air.

[Circular Return: Lucky Hans: The Luck of Losses]

[The unsealing ceremony has been completed, and the fairy power is complete! ]

[At the end of the journey, the carnivore who loved to plunder everything finally died with a cracked skull - from that moment on, his misfortune was doomed!]

[Fairy Tale Power: When something that belongs to you is taken away or exchanged by force, you can reduce a portion of the plunderer's luck.]

[Description: If... losing doesn't mean misfortune, then gaining doesn't mean luck either!]

At least, the results of following Hans all the way have been achieved.

Luck, an illusory thing, is more like a variant of probability theory from a scientific perspective. In the past, Poro never really believed in this kind of thing.

Until...I met Hans.

Sometimes, this is indeed an unreasonable thing, at least now, I am the only one who has this ability.

The Poro put away the pages.

Even this fairy power is far weaker than what Hans possesses.

But it is also secretive and powerful enough!

The forest was huge, but for Poro, a wolf, there weren't many dangers. He relied on his sense of smell to avoid the scent of some unfamiliar beasts.

That might be the scent left by a predator native to this forest.

And finding water is not difficult.

Soon, a cool stream appeared behind the bushes.

The spring water is crystal clear and unpolluted - you can drink it!

The Poro walked towards the stream and leaned over to drink.

The clear mountain spring had a slight sweetness to it, but at this moment, Poro's ears moved - the bushes behind him were making an unusual noise!
Then, there was a sound that made Poro's hair stand on end!
It was a sound that no animal would ever make... the sound of a thin rope snapping!

Bowstring!

Poro rolled on the ground, and the next second, a sharp arrow pierced through the ground where he had just been!

There is an ambush!
The Poro's muscles twitched, and he turned back and crossed the stream like a spring!

Immediately afterwards, sharp arrows came from behind one after another!

The shooter's aim was very good, but he still failed to score due to Poro's dodge!

I could only watch as Poro disappeared into the bushes behind the stream!
"Damn, this wolf is really evil!"

A man holding a short bow stood up. He was wearing a layer of light iron armor, but the style and style were completely different from those of the Kingdom of Sinuo.

"But wolf meat isn't very tasty. It's still early... Let's catch something else!"

He walked forward, pulled out the arrows stuck in the ground one by one, flicked off the dirt, and put them back into the quiver behind him.

Then he turned around and left.

But what he didn't notice was that behind him, in a bush.

The Poro's dark green eyes were fixed on the man's departing back.

(End of this chapter)