Chapter 9: Something Abnormal Must Be a Demon
The smell of humans triggered the restlessness of the werewolf. The pairs of green eyes were filled with greed and hatred, and they were eager to try.
As the biggest victim of the expansion of the territory of the Storm Kingdom, the werewolves do have reasons to hate humanity.
As early as a thousand years ago, Emperor Soladin unified Arachi, ended the loose clan system of mankind, and opened the era of feudal system of human empires. However, the flaws of feudal system had proved that it would not work in Roger's previous life. It can be said that the Soladin's empire was destined to collapse at the beginning of its establishment.
As expected, with the rise of the major nobles hundreds of years later, although the territory of mankind was generally expanding, the Soladin royal family weakened due to the need to impart the territory of meritorious ministers, causing the empire to fall into chaos.
Finally, after the chaos ended, the formation of Arrahi, ruled by the Tuoerbain family, and the seven northern kingdoms established after expanding northwards. The direct bloodline of Emperor Soladin and some nobles were forced to the south through the swamp of the Thousand Miles of wetlands, crossed the vast Snowy Mountains of Danmoro, and took root in the Elvin Forest, thousands of miles away from Arrahi.
The Gnoll was originally the overlord of the Elvin Forest, but with the arrival of humanity, the Gnoll's life became sad.
There are so many resources in a place and so large territory. If humans want to expand their living space, they will inevitably have conflicts with their original masters, and this conflict will eventually turn into war.
Faced with humans, the gnolls who could not even use iron tools only had some advantage at the beginning. After the humans adapted, they kept pressing the gnolls to fight, and this pressure lasted for more than 400 years.
To be honest, Roger admires the gnolls very much.
Think about it, after being compressed step by step for more than four hundred years, the werewolves have not yet been extinct, but they are still considered a force that cannot be ignored in the Storm Kingdom. This vitality and resilience can be called the smallest among the small strong.
For four hundred years of uninterrupted struggle, the accumulated hatred between the werewolf and humans cannot be measured, and words such as blood hatred are not enough to describe it.
With such hatred, what happens to a group of gnolls when they meet a lonely human?
Of course, I pounced on it, tear his body with my claws, bit his throat with my sharp teeth, listened to his dying screams, and mixed with his fresh flesh and blood and a delicious meal.
As a group with a large population, the gnoll has the position of a hunter, but unfortunately, Roger, who is a group with a small population, has no sense of prey.
The latter not only did not fear, but instead curled his lips and ignored the approaching of the werewolf.
The one with a large population will definitely win?
As the gnoll approached, the stench became stronger and stronger. In order not to let his nose suffer, Roger decided to prevent them from getting closer.
"Fixed."
As Roger's order was issued, an iron man killed the gnoll.
The body of the Iron Man is all made of iron elements in the earth. Its body is extremely heavy. Every step he runs, it steps out a small pit that is deep in the ankle. The thud footsteps are like a beating war drum, hitting the hearts of the werewolves, making many werewolves look frightened.
It was not Roger who sent only one iron man to attack, but he observed that these werewolves had not strong combat power. They were not tall, only about 1.34 meters tall. Based on the information Roger learned about the werewolves, such werewolves were very ordinary. Relying on the large number of people and powerful people to bully the weak, they were in good hands. If they met a tough guy, they would be able to be reaped.
The iron man ignored the zombies' sharp claws and forcibly attacked the werewolf and rushed into the zombies' crowd. The big iron sword arm swept across and vertically and slashed the enemy without a single gang. Each sword light flashed by, a zombie turned into two pieces. The zombie was cut so hard that she cried and called her mother. She left a zombie in a hurry without even holding on for half a minute.
"I am the hunter, and you are the prey."
Roger's words are the best proof of this scene.
Hunter is still a prey, it cannot be seen from the number of numbers. It is compared to its strength. Whoever is stronger is the hunter, otherwise it will only become a prey.
The strong prey on the weak, the law of the jungle.
Roger did not take this matter seriously after easily dealing with these gnolls. Who made the gnolls so weak? If it weren't for the smelly blood flowing all over the ground, Roger, who was already uncomfortable, was so overwhelmed and wanted to vomit, Roger might have forgotten about this matter in a blink of an eye.
Many times, this is what happens. You think it is a small thing and is not worth caring about, but it is not as good as you want.
After defeating the first group of gnolls he encountered, Roger was surprised to find that the frequency of attacks he encountered was much higher. In just half a day, four teams of gnolls had met him, so Roger couldn't help but care.
According to Roger's estimate of his own journey, he is still half a distance away from the Red Ridge Mountains that the werewolf moved into on a large scale because they could not stop the expansion of the Storm Kingdom. It can be said that this is the hinterland of the Tymo Province.
Where is the province of Taimo?
It was a military province built by the Storm Kingdom after repelling the orcs that gulped out of the dark swamps to prevent subsequent wars. It was full of emerging military aristocrats. These military aristocrats started out with war and were full of veterans of war. With such an army, the werewolves avoided the province of Taimo, how could they crash into it?
If you only meet a team of Roger a few days later, you will still regard this as a normal phenomenon. After all, there are really many zombies in the territory of the Storm Kingdom, but in half a day, can you still be normal?
If something goes wrong, it will be a demon.
Roger had to make a choice whether to continue to follow the originally planned route. If so, then more and more werewolves will meet next, and maybe they will crash into the center of the gathering of jaggers. If not, then you have to take a detour.
Needless to say, you should choose the former, be careful to rush the road. If you choose the latter, new problems will arise again.
You have to take a detour and learn how big it takes to avoid the zombies. If you can’t, time will be wasted.
After hesitating for a while, Roger couldn't help but pat his forehead, amused by his confusion.
Why did he go to the Red Ridge Mountains for?
Isn't it just for the ignorant indigenous creatures such as werewolves and fishmen there?
Now that the werewolf is still far from the Red Ridge Mountains, they are coming to the door. Don’t you just save yourself the hard work of rushing on the road?
No matter what the reason why the gnolls appeared in the hinterland of the Tymo Province was largely unfamiliar, it was not something that they had to worry about, or it was left to the lords in various places in the province to have headaches. What I had to do was to use this to understand the gnolls in advance and accumulate experience for the next Red Ridge Mountains.
Chapter completed!