Actually, even without Jingle's reminder, the few of us had also heard the sounds of humans not too far away from us. You ask me how I could tell that it was a human and not a wild beast just by hearing the sounds?
Nonsense, do wild beasts even know how to curse!
"It sounds like they're fighting with something?" Shallow Shallow pricked up her ears to listen for a while and couldn't help but walk towards the direction of the sound. "Ah Jun, let's go take a look. Who knows who might need help."
Even if she didn't say anything, we definitely had to go take a look. This was obviously a good opportunity to interact with the locals. My many transmigrations over the past few years had made me understand one thing: Helping out in the face of injustice is the first step to establishing a friendly relationship with the locals of a different world. After all, differences in culture, clothing, and customs can't be bridged with words and mutual introductions. Saving someone in distress is the only way to express goodwill. Many a time, it was only after we had done a good deed that the situation opened up. That was why I sometimes wanted to write a newcomer's guide to transmigrating, specifically to teach those who didn't transmigrate often how to make connections in a different world. This could also be considered as a spiritual treasure left behind by the Head of the Empire for the millions of citizens of the Macro World. The reason why I didn't write it in the end was because I didn't want to mislead the readers. My ability to express myself wasn't strong to begin with, and if I met a reader who didn't have a strong understanding of the world, the first thing I taught them after transmigrating was to dig a pit in front of a local's door and wait for the locals to fall into the pit and cry for help. Then I would go up and save them while introducing myself. Wouldn't that be committing a sin? The world was full of strange things. After getting to know Icetis, I knew that I had to be on guard against this kind of natural rogue.
But it was also strange. Within ten kilometers of entering a different world, we would definitely meet with the locals who were in danger. They were either strong martial arts experts who were beaten to the ground by two thieves, or beautiful and wealthy young ladies who couldn't get married and had to wander deep in the forest every day. Even after they were rescued, they would still have to kneel down and take off their clothes. Why couldn't this route be used by the gods once?
While my imagination was running wild, we were already approaching the place where the sounds of fighting were coming from. When we saw the faint silhouettes in front of us, Icetis waved her hand to signal for everyone to stop. After that, everyone activated their camouflage and sneaked forward without anyone noticing.
In a relatively open space in the forest, the two sides were in a murderous standoff.
One side wasn't a human, but a ferocious beast that looked even bigger than Alto. It was even more intimidating than the saber-toothed tiger that Visca and Shallow Shallow had caught to play with. This ferocious beast was covered in black and yellow fur. Its limbs were thick and strong, and its head was similar to a bear's. However, there were two abnormally ferocious fangs protruding out of its mouth. A pair of yellowish-brown eyes were overflowing with murderous intent as it stared at its opponent. It was a human that was more than two meters tall, a towering man that wasn't much weaker than a bear. This local wore a black leather waistcoat, exposing his muscular arms. His lower body wore a pair of large linen shorts and a pair of leather sandals. His hair was parted in anger, and his western-style face was filled with fighting spirit. His brown curly hair was messy to begin with, and when paired with his murderous aura and frightening face, it looked like a lion's mane. This man and beast must have been fighting for a period of time. Not only because of the sounds of battle that we heard, but also because of the messy surroundings. However, there weren't any injuries on the burly man's body. It seemed that this person's battle prowess was quite strong. At least in the 'human' category, he was very strong. Look at the ferocious beast that he was facing, it was almost the size of six to seven people tied together.
However, even though they were in a standoff, the difference in strength between the two sides was too obvious. Unless that burly man was some sort of superhuman from another world who cultivated in both magic and martial arts, and if he got angry, his skin would turn green, and he carried a can of spinach with him, I really didn't think that such a mortal could defeat a beast that was even fatter than Alto. At least, that was what I thought at first glance.
"Later, two people … two bears … two man-bears … In any case, as long as the two of them start fighting, you and I will rush over to help." Icetis patted my shoulder. "Saving someone while the bear's paw is slapping down will leave a deeper impression than saving someone while they're staring at each other. Just look at the TV, there are more scenes of people being held back than when they're breaking into a prison."
I silently looked at the excited female hoodlum and thought to myself, What kind of lousy metaphor is this?
At this moment, the two man-bears that were in a standoff finally couldn't hold back and started to move. The first to move was indeed the ferocious beast. Animals don't have the calmness and tactics of humans. After the irritation overwhelmed its rationality, the black ferocious beast suddenly roared and pounced towards the burly man.
However, the burly man's reaction was a little unexpected. He seemed to be scared silly and didn't move at all. He just stared blankly at the mountain of flesh pressing towards him. Seeing that we couldn't wait any longer, Icetis and I immediately turned off our disguises and rushed out at the same time. "Hold back!"
The burly man was startled by the figure and voice that suddenly appeared beside him. He turned around and looked at us dumbfoundedly. "What are you doing?"
As he spoke, he knocked the black ferocious beast that was pouncing towards him unconscious. Then, he casually tossed the five-ton mountain of flesh to the side as though he was carrying a chick. With a loud thud, the ground trembled …
Icetis and I maintained our posture and glided in the air for half a second. The good news was that Icetis didn't fall to the ground. The bad news was that the reason she didn't fall to the ground was because she was on top of me. I was flying lower than her.
As I lay on the ground, I recalled the question that I had just thought of and realized something. This wasn't happening.
At this moment, Shallow shallow, Pandora and the others didn't intend to hide anymore. They all pretended to come out from behind the tree and revealed themselves. In reality, they had deactivated their invisibility field behind the tree. After all, we didn't know if there was any invisibility spell in this world. We had to avoid scaring the locals. When the burly man saw a large group of people following behind the two strange people who suddenly pounced out, he scratched his head forcefully and muttered in a rough voice, "Why are there so many of you hiding behind a tree that's as thick as a wine barrel? Did you line up in a long line? "
As I lay on the ground, I couldn't help but twitch. Why is this burly man so amusing?!
Icetis lay on my body for a while. Finally, she felt that she couldn't continue using this method to pretend to be calm. Thus, she agilely stood up and pulled me up as well. The two of us looked curiously at the black tower-like burly man in front of us. The burly man was also looking curiously at the group of strangers wearing strange clothes in front of him. At this moment, I was in a rather awkward situation. This was because the way we planned to meet was smashed by this burly man's stunning punch. Didn't we agree to help others and then kowtow to them?
Speaking of that stunning punch, I suddenly found a topic of conversation. I pointed at the black beast that was already foaming at the mouth behind the burly man and said, "That … your skills aren't bad."
"Hehe, I'm a hunter from the village." The burly man scratched his head honestly. "I'm strong. Actually, I almost got injured today. I didn't expect to poke a bear's nest. Fortunately, this black cub was tired out by me."
As he said that, the dark-skinned man pointed into the distance. Only then did I see that a hundred meters away, there was actually a small mountain of seven or eight black "bears" ranging from QQ to Jeep. From the looks of it, they were all tossed over by the muscular man in front of me. Damn, I suddenly understood why I heard the sounds of fighting for so long, but in the end, this muscular man was able to finish off a monster with one punch. It was because he was bullying these unlucky beasts one by one.
Shallow Shallow stuck out her tongue and whispered, "Why do the bears in this world live in groups?"
Bryndis looked at Qian Qian in a daze and muttered to me, "Qian Qian's perspective on problems is as unique as always."
"Who are you guys?" Seeing that we didn't speak, the burly man couldn't help but ask in a rough voice, "You guys are wearing really nice clothes. I can't even see the stitches. Are you guys from the capital?"
I hurriedly introduced myself. I thought to myself that since the other party was using the mindset of a simple country bumpkin to think that we were people from the 'Imperial City', I might as well go along with it. "Oh, we came from there, here … to travel. Actually, I'm a traveling scholar. My name is Chen Jun. If you think my name is strange, that's because it's a stage name. If you don't know what a stage name is, then just treat it as a title."
I thought that the burly man might be curious about the names of the people in front of us. So, I immediately made up the rest of the story. After all, we are experts in transmigration. How could we be lacking in experience? After that, the other people also said their names and casually made up their identities (Yep, they had a lot of experience too). Finally, it was the burly man's turn. He flashed a naive smile (This smile was completely different from the murderous look of a war god) and said, "Hehe, I'm a peasant. I don't have a name. You guys can call me Blockhead. That's what everyone in the village calls me."
Everyone looked at each other in shock. What kind of name is that? But the naive expression on the burly man's face told us that he really didn't have any other name. We could tell that he was a rather simple and pure fellow. If we had to describe him … he did look a little naive. The three words "Blockhead" were true to his name. I felt that it was better to have a local like this. At least he didn't look like he was scheming. Moreover, he easily accepted our strange explanation.
"Then … Blockhead, is there a village nearby?" I decided to let the burly man bring us to the village. The burly man chuckled and said, "Yep. You guys are looking for a place to stay, right? Then I'll bring you there. Pine Forest Village is very hospitable. Wait for me. I still have to pick one of the black cubs to bring back to the village as food. "
I subconsciously looked at the "bear" monsters in the distance. They ranged from QQ to Jeep in various sizes. I thought that Blockhead planned to tie them up and drag them back. I didn't expect him to pick one and bring it back. What about the rest?
"It's fine. I just knocked them out. They will walk on their own when they wake up." Blockhead laughed. "One black cub is enough for the entire village to eat for a long time. If we didn't poke the bear's nest today, we wouldn't have to beat so many."
As he said that, this two-meter tall humanoid tank walked with large strides to pick the "food" for the village. In the end, he picked an average-sized one and casually slapped the neck of the bear monster. I could hear a crisp crack from far away. He had smashed the bear monster from the cervical vertebrae to the back of its skull …
"Either the evolution of humans in this world has gone awry, or there's a genetic mutation," Icetis muttered beside my ear. "Even a hunter in a small village looks like a bear monster …"
I wanted to say that this Blockhead was actually stronger than the bear monsters. At the very least, he was stronger than eight bear monsters combined. Of course, Icetis was probably referring to his physique. If I have the chance, I should go to Atlantis and pull one of the giants over for comparison. Putting aside their combat strength, I felt that this Blockhead was at least as big as those Man-made Gods …
Of course, we had seen people who were much stronger than him. To be honest, it was very normal for a person to defeat a group of bears with his bare hands. Even Bubbles was stronger than Blockhead. However, this dark-skinned man in front of us gave us a very 'unexpected' feeling. It was just like how you wouldn't find it strange if you saw two deities throwing balls of lightning in a fight, but if you saw two rabbits throwing balls of lightning in a fight, then it would be strange. Of course, there were indeed rabbits and mice that could throw balls of lightning in the City of Shadows. This was just an analogy. After all, Bryndis and I were planning to rescue someone from the bear monster. The half a second of gliding in the air like a horse on a swallow left a deep impression on both of us …
At this moment, Blockhead had already dragged the dead bear monster back. Although he was more than two meters tall, it was still very scary to drag a monster that was bigger than a small car. However, Blockhead didn't seem to feel any weight in his hands. He grabbed the back leg of the bear monster with one hand and waved at a nearby tree with the other. "Little Black, come, let's go home!"
I didn't expect Blockhead to bring a teammate. A black shadow jumped down from the nearest tree like lightning and landed steadily on his broad shoulder. Then, he stretched his body lazily and greeted us, "Meow!"
It turned out to be a black cat.
This humanoid tank-like man actually brought a black cat that was about a foot long with him to hunt. The cat didn't even look as big as his palm. How did these two creatures come together?
"Hehe, this is Little Black. I'm raising her like a little sister." Blockhead cheerfully introduced the cat on his shoulder to us. The cat glanced at us lazily and wagged its tail as a sign of friendliness. Shallow Shallow's eyes lit up when she saw the cat. I quickly grabbed the girl's belt. She danced in the air like a windmill that was about to lose control. "A cat! Ah Jun, didn't we talk about raising a cat before? Let's raise a cat too … "
"Calm down! That's someone else's! You already have a lot of things you want to raise! We already have a lot of strange creatures in our house! "
It took me a lot of effort to subdue Shallow Shallow. Cold sweat dripped down my forehead. This girl loved small animals. Of course, she liked raising strange pets even more. Also, with her imagination and action, you can imagine how many pet cages she had in her house. Ever since the City of Shadows and the World Tree came into existence, Shallow Shallow's pets had exceeded the limits of a normal person. Now, there was a "Royal Stables" in the Temple District that was specially used to raise pets for her. She even asked Jingle to help her pet strengthen its body. Now, her Brazilian Tortoise was almost omnipotent except for the fact that it couldn't turn into a robot dog. In the game, it would take at least 25 men with legs to defeat it. It couldn't be subdued without a Master Ball. Of course, this was just gossip.
Other than the black cat baring its fangs at Shallow Shallow to show its wariness, the blockhead didn't protest at the crazy girl's actions. He only cracked a smile and led the way for us.
From the start to the end, the bear-like man didn't show much curiosity towards us. He didn't suspect the identity that we randomly made up. Of course, he didn't ask why a group of "scholars" from the "capital" would be wandering around in a forest like this. He also didn't ask why there were two children (Pandora and Visca) in the group of traveling scholars. I reckoned that there were a lot of loopholes in the nonsense that we spouted because we didn't know what the situation was like in this world. We didn't even know if there were "traveling scholars" in this world. We also didn't know what the people in the capital looked like. We could only rely on making things up. Based on experience, there would always be a lot of strange things in every world. No matter how much you learned from novels, television, or even personal experience, it was useless when you were in a new world. In the past, when we went to other worlds to work, no matter how much we made up stories, it would more or less arouse the curiosity of the locals. In the end, we still had to rely on Sandora's spiritual interference to solve the problem. However, the blockhead in front of us didn't seem to care about such things. There were only two explanations for this. Either he really wasn't smart enough and didn't have any knowledge, so he didn't suspect anything. Or, he was forced to live and didn't have the time to think about these trivial things that had nothing to do with filling his stomach.
Perhaps both were possible.
The blockhead took into consideration that there were two children in our group. The rest of us were basically delicate looking girls (except for Icetis, who was a tomboy with big strides). So, he walked slowly at first. However, he soon realized that the physique of the strangers in front of him was pretty good. The two little girls who were 1.2 meters tall could walk faster than adults. So, he simply let go of his pace. After walking for nearly an hour, we finally reached the edge of the forest. In front of us, we could see the open wasteland and smoke curling up from the chimneys.
"That's the village." The blockhead happily pointed at the quiet and peaceful little village with its back to the dense forest. "Pine Forest Village is the only village within a radius of a hundred miles. Any veteran traveler from the Hassard Principality or the capital would know about this place. However, in front of our village is a mountain road and behind it is a forest. There are many wild beasts in the forest. Normally, except for those who specially travel around the continent, no one is willing to come here. As long as you don't mind this place being poor … Hey, since you guys came here through the forest, you must have been traveling a lot. I'm sorry for talking too much."
It was obvious that the blockhead was very talkative when talking about his village.
The few of us couldn't help but smile. We followed behind him and walked towards the village called Pine Forest Village.
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