"Quick, get a weapon!"
"Carry the child in and hide inside. Don't come out."
"Where's the bow and arrow? Who took my arrow?!"
When Ji Ye returned to his dormitory and logged into the Land of Inheritance, he heard a loud commotion coming from the fort.
"Something's happened!"
Ji Ye's heart skipped a beat.
When he walked out of his room, he could see that the Twin Dragon Mount fort was already lit with torches.
Lu Zhishen was holding a Frost Iron Crescent Staff that was nearly two meters long, which the blacksmiths in the fort had rushed to forge in the past two days. He was mobilizing his men to run to the outermost fence of the fort.
"What? The people guarding the cliff were attacked by the Eagle Men? Only one of the soldiers escaped! "
Ji Ye's expression couldn't help but change after he found someone and quickly asked about it.
"I … I happened to go out to relieve myself … When I came back, I saw a black shadow slaughtering …"
Soon, Ji Ye was brought to the only surviving soldier.
The thin soldier's face was pale, and his skin seemed to have turned blue from fear. He was still shivering under the roasting of the two torches!
"Are you sure it's an Eagle Man?"
Ji Ye's expression was grave.
"Yes, I'm sure … I saw him blocking the entrance of Mandrill's cave. He had an eagle-like mouth, three eyes glowing red, and his hands and feet were all like an eagle's."
"His strength was terrifying. He lifted Zheng Erqiu above his head like an eagle. No matter how Zheng Erqiu kicked him, he couldn't hurt him at all. In the end, he broke his neck and died!"
The blood vessels on the soldier's neck bulged, and fear appeared in his eyes.
"I don't know why, but I was very scared. My limbs went limp, and I hid in the grass, not daring to move. I watched him drag the corpses of Zheng Erqiu and the others out of the cave and throw them off the cliff … "
Previously, after hearing this news, the Flower Monk's copper bell-like eyes directly widened, and his beard stood upright and trembled.
He had just gained a new brother yesterday, but he had lost four brothers today!
However, he did not recklessly rush out to "take revenge". Instead, he immediately informed the people in the fort to defend.
This was because he, who had rich battlefield experience, knew very well the intelligence that the Eagle Men had displayed.
Once he made a move, it would definitely be under a situation where he had sufficient confidence!
In this night where it was difficult for humans to distinguish their surroundings, once they left the stronghold, it was very likely that they would be ambushed by the other party.
There was even the possibility of the enemy launching a large scale attack on the stronghold.
"Chief Lu's decision is correct. The strength of these Eagle Men is not something that we can deal with in the wild yet!"
Ji Ye nodded.
He knew the strength of the Eagle Men from the files in the Yang City Office of Confederation, and he had also seen the Eagle Men kill the Extraordinary Winged Bear. He knew the difference in individual strength between humans and the Eagle Men.
And from the soldier's description, that Eagle Man might even be an Extraordinary existence!
This was because even though the soldier was hiding in the grass, he was still discovered by the Eagle Man in the end. He charged at him and extended his black claws to pull at his leg.
However, the Eagle Man didn't seem to be flexible enough. He tore off half of his trousers under his desperate struggle and finally escaped back to report.
"I'm so cold!"
Even the soldier looked a little confused after answering Ji Ye's question.
"His body is indeed very cold. His surface temperature is only about 30 degrees Celsius, and the temperature of his wounds is even lower. Perhaps it's because he was too frightened … "
Shang Yan, who was bandaging the soldier's wound, said with an uncertain tone.
"Cold? Yes! "
Hearing her words, Ji Ye looked at the wounded soldier's leg and his expression suddenly froze.
This was because he realized that there were wisps of black gas wrapped around the disinfectant cloth that was wrapped around the injured leg.
In such a night environment, where one could only rely on torches to illuminate, others would definitely not notice it with their eyesight.
Most importantly, there was an almost undetectable black line that extended from the wound all the way to his body.
"No, it's wolf skin!"
Ji Ye took out something from his pocket. It was the "wolf treasure" he had obtained from the wolf cave.
The wisp of black gas had fused into the "treasure skin." At this moment, the "totem" on the wolf skin floated slightly, as if it had absorbed some kind of nutrient energy.
"This is … the power of the soul!"
Ji Ye frowned slightly.
After he held the wolf skin in his hand, the wisp of black gas became even more obvious. When he put the wolf skin close to the soldier's wound, the black gas was sucked into the wolf skin from the wound.
"Huh, his body temperature seems to have risen. He should be out of danger."
Shang Yan said in surprise.
In the latter half of the night, no one was sleeping on Twin Dragon Mount. Even the woman who was hiding in the house with her child in her arms held a pair of scissors in her hands!
However, the expected attack did not come.
After daybreak, Ji Ye didn't see a single Eagle Man even though he had a wide field of vision.
"Chief Lu, take a few people with you. Let's go to the edge of the cliff."
Ji Ye, who was holding the Totem Wolf Skin, pondered and walked out of the fort.
"How's the fog changing?"
Ten minutes later, there was still no trace of the Eagle Man at the edge of the cliff.
Ji Ye pointed at the constantly churning fog at the bottom of the cliff, making it impossible to see clearly.
"The fog always shrouds the area during the day, but it will dissipate at night."
Someone answered.
The soldiers guarding the cliff were not just one group, but rotated, so the information was definitely accurate.
"This cliff is so steep, yet the Eagle Man was able to climb up!"
Jiang Wenming looked at the almost straight cliff and said in surprise.
"There are indeed traces of a fight in the Mandrill Cave. It should be as the soldier said. The Eagle Man entered from the outside, then blocked the entrance of the cave and killed all the people guarding inside."
"There are traces of dragging on the ground. The corpses of the dead people were thrown off the cliff in the end."
After arriving at the Mandrill Cave, Li Qing examined it and roughly restored the scene with his professional abilities.
"The Red Pip fruit inside is not lost, but the corpses of the ferocious beasts in the cave are gone …"
Ji Ye, on the other hand, stared at the Red Pip fruit tree in the cave and the corpses of the ferocious beasts that had been killed by the Mandrill.
"Chief Lu, I'll have to trouble you to stay here with me tonight."
"Li Qing, take some people to kill some large animals and bring their corpses here. As for Pei San, I'll leave the defense of the fort to you tonight! "
Finally, Ji Ye assigned the tasks.
"Master, do you suspect that this matter was done by the Eagle Man?"
After the rest of the people left, Lu Zhishen, who was carrying the fifty-kilogram Frost Metal Meditation Staff, said to Ji Ye in the empty Mandrill Cave.
"Chief Lu, you saw through it? That's right, I'm guessing that it might not be the Eagle Man! "
Ji Ye nodded.
He felt that something was amiss. Firstly, it was because he had learned about the Eagle Man on Earth and knew that they were creatures of the fantasy plane. They mainly relied on their physical strength in battle.
However, there was residual soul power in the soldier's wound. Theoretically, it should be a ghost or something, such as the attack of the Soul of the Wolf Demon!
Even if the Eagle Man was at the Extraordinary level and cultivated some kind of soul attack technique, there was still something that couldn't be explained.
That was, a treasure like the Red Pip fruit that could improve one's physical fitness was definitely the best resource for the Eagle Men who belonged to the fantasy plane.
Theoretically, the Eagle Man would definitely not leave it for them after seeing it.
Even if they knew that the transplants might not survive, they would at least completely pluck the fruits on them. One had to know that because of the "precious blood" of the Extraordinary gray bear yesterday, there were already seven to eight fruits on the Red Pip fruit tree that were almost ripe after a night.
But now, they didn't even pluck a single fruit. Instead, they snatched away the animal corpses in the Mandrill cave and even threw the human corpses off the cliff.
Putting the cart before the horse?
Obviously not. It could only be said that the Eagle Man's goal was the corpses of the ferocious beasts.
"So, Master, you asked Li Qing to lead the team to hunt the ferocious beasts to lure it up with the corpses?"
"Let's give it a try. I have some guesses about its origins. However, I hope it's not the case. Otherwise, our fort might follow in the footsteps of a human settlement! "
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