Chapter 387: Driving Humans North and Successfully Completing the Challenge to Receive a Reward

The massive wolf approached the three of them and sniffed, then lowered its head and spat something out onto the wooden platform. Swallowing hard, the three young men widened their eyes, wanting to see what this wolf, as large as a human, intended to do.

Although it looked truly dangerous and ferocious, this wolf did not seem to have any intention of biting them to death.

The Northland Wolf spat out a glowing object, then picked it up with the very tip of its mouth, raised its head, and extended the object toward the mouth of a Human in front of it.

Although this young man did not know what the wolf opposite him was trying to do, the unknown glowing object, dripping with the stench of beast saliva and extended to his lips, still made him quite resistant.

He kept his mouth tightly shut, determined not to let the unknown object approaching him enter his mouth.

The two young men beside him were stunned; they had imagined all sorts of tragic ends for themselves, but they never expected that this huge, ferocious animal was actually signaling them to eat this thing. The two of them stared in a daze.

The Northland Wolf brought the Luminous Vine sprout to the lips of the Human in front of it, only to find that the other party would not open their mouth to eat it. It then pressed its head against the Human's, staring with ferocious eyes, attempting to intimidate the Human into obediently swallowing the thing as it intended.

Unfortunately, the terrified Human young man was so nervous that he did not even open his eyes, failing to grasp its meaning.

With no other choice, it could only angrily leave three wolf-claw marks on the face of the Human who had angered it.

Fear made the young man, eyes squeezed shut, bite his lip so hard that even when it bled, he dared not open his eyes or cry out in pain; he knew that if he dared to scream, it was likely that not only he, but the other two might also be bitten to death by the wolf that was as large as a human.

The Northland Wolf shifted itself slightly and tried feeding the Luminous Vine sprout from its mouth to another person. Initially, this young man did not want to eat it either; he also kept his mouth tightly shut, though he did not keep his eyes closed.

However, the other young man beside him reminded him with a trembling voice: "Please, please, although I don't know what will happen if you eat it, look at the person next to you—it may not kill us, but your face will be shredded by its claws!"

This young man glanced to the side; sure enough, the young man next to him who had been refusing the wolf earlier now had three deep claw marks on his face. The flesh was turned inside out, blood flowing incessantly; it looked as though, without the Priest's Divine Magic Healing, he would be left with scars for the rest of his life, and it was even hard to say if that half of his face would ever be able to chew food normally again.

For young men like them, whose entire families made a living by farming, there were generally two ways to request the church's Priest to use miraculous Divine Magic Healing: first, to spend money to purchase the healing, but a family could not save up much money in a year, so where would they find the money to hire a Priest? Second, to proactively become the most active believers under the Priest; if the relationship was very good, the Priest, who possessed miraculous power, might take pity and help reshape one's healthy appearance.

But where would farm boys, whose whole families had to farm, find the time to participate in the Priest's Faith work? Besides, the total vocabulary of words their whole family knew did not even reach fifty; when the Priests in town were not perfunctorily preaching the doctrines of the gods, where would they ever say an extra word to them?

Thinking of this, the young man considered it repeatedly and finally opened his mouth reluctantly, to see what the consequences would be of eating what the wolf was feeding him.

At worst, it would just be death; that was still better than living with an irremovable scar on his face and being looked down upon.

Seeing the Human in front open his mouth, the Northland Wolf immediately became happy; it pushed the sprout into the Human's mouth, then withdrew its extended head and opened and closed its jaws.

The two young men with their eyes open were startled, thinking the wolf was going to bite them to death, but the wolf in front of them only opened and closed its mouth full of sharp teeth, clicking them together, without moving at all.

The young man who had offered the advice earlier spoke up: "Is this wolf trying to get you to swallow the thing? Look at it opening and closing its mouth, repeating the action."

The young man with the glowing object in his mouth also felt that seemed to be the meaning; he subconsciously chewed the glowing object, and a cool, clear branch juice pumped out from within. He had never eaten anything so delicious; he chewed faster, then subconsciously swallowed, sending the thing in his mouth down into his stomach.

He widened his eyes and looked at the person beside him: "I swallowed that thing! It's over!"

"Don't worry yet, feel if there's anything wrong with your body!"

He felt around, and the result amazed him: "It's great, no, I mean it's miraculous, I actually feel that my body is in excellent condition! I'm full of energy."

Just as these two were talking, the Northland Wolf saw that the Human had swallowed the Luminous Vine sprout, nodded in satisfaction, and then struck the nail of the Wooden Pillory securing the Human's neck and wrists upward, knocking it away.

This action greatly exceeded the young men's expectations; the young man who had strength in his body after eating the sprout tried it out, lifted the Wooden Pillory behind his neck, and stood up.

But before he could even be happy, the wolf, which was even sturdier and larger than him, lunged at him.

"I knew there was no good news! Help!" He could no longer endure it, immediately shouted loudly, and turned to run.

Unfortunately, they had been standing for a whole day; although their legs could still stand, they could not run. As soon as he tried to run, he only made a few steps before his legs cramped and he fell onto the Wooden Execution Platform.

And the lunging wolf bit his arm in one mouthful, dragging him into the darkness away from the town.

"Help! Help! Someone save me!" He shouted for help.

But the other two young men who were still conscious were both still locked up and could not move at all, so they could only watch as the wolf dragged that person away. It seemed the wolf had achieved its purpose and no longer paid attention to them, so they followed suit and shouted loudly as well.

The cries for help from the young man echoed at the North Gate of River Mouth Town. Some houses near the North Gate had sounds of people talking and moving, but they quieted down following the shouts of the guard Militia who had been sleeping on the North Gate during the night watch.

"What are you shouting about! Did you see a snake crawling over, or did a bug or mouse crawl into your crotch? Or is it that you couldn't call us over to serve your needs in time, so you shat your pants?" This guard Militia was also very unhappy about being disturbed in his sleep, so he retorted with a volume no lower than the young men's cries for help.

As he walked down from the sentry post on the North Gate, he shouted loudly: "If you ask me, don't eat so much at dinner; it's better to eat during the day. It's so cold in the fields at night, if you eat too much and get hit by the cold wind, you'll always end up shitting your pants." He continued to mutter: "It's so much better during the day; even if we can't make it over to serve you, friends passing by can always help out."

He adjusted his drooping waistband, threw an outer coat over himself, lit a Torch placed at the main gate, and using the light of the Torch, opened a crack in the gate and strolled over.

However, as his gaze swept over the Wooden Execution Platform, he discovered that one person was missing.

He was shocked, pulled out the iron-reinforced wooden club used for maintaining order, held it in his hand, grabbed the Torch with his other hand, and ran over quickly. Once he got close and looked, he realized a major incident had occurred.

One young man had lost consciousness, causing his body to lose control and pull heavily on his neck; by now, his face was already as purple as a pig's liver, and his chest was no longer moving.

And the other young man's face was covered in blood; several long wounds, as if carved by a Dagger, had ruined half of his face.

The other one was fine, but besides asking him to quickly unlock the Wooden Pillory, the whole person was trembling.

Knowing something terrible had happened, the guard Militia ran over, first unlocked the Wooden Pillory for the young man whose face had turned black, and laid him flat on the ground. But as soon as he touched the person's neck, he found that the Blood Vessel in the neck no longer had a pulse.

"What exactly happened? Tell me!" the man shouted loudly.

The young man with a face full of blood struggled to endure the pain and said: "It's a wolf! A wolf as big as a human! It attacked us and took Jieke away. My face, can you tell me what the condition of my face is?"

Hearing that it was a wolf that had attacked these young men, the middle-aged Militia immediately shivered. He ignored the other party's question, pulled a Wooden Whistle from his neck, put it to his mouth, and blew with all his might.

Whew whew whew whew!!!!! Whew whew whew whew!!!!! Whew whew whew whew!!!!!

Three consecutive high-pitched, sharp whistle sounds resounded through the Bei Mian of the town and traveled far away.

The town immediately came to life; the residents climbed out of bed in the pitch-black houses, lit Oil Lamps, and picked up weapons for self-defense. The men of each household armed themselves, comforted their families, told them and the children to hide in the house and not come out, and then hundreds of armed men, holding various tools they had found, surged out, following the direction from which the whistle sounds were still coming.

After the Northland Wolf dragged the Human it was gently biting away, it released its mouth.

The panicked young Human just wanted to crawl up and run blindly, but was immediately knocked to the ground by the wolf, which was even larger than him. The massive wolf muzzle was right before his eyes, the saliva remaining on its sharp teeth falling onto his face, and those huge beast eyes, illuminated by the moonlight and starlight, terrified him so much that he dared not move rashly.

To his surprise, after being knocked down, this massive wolf did not attack him again, but just used its head to nudge him to stand up and walked in the direction away from River Mouth Town.

The young man just wanted to dawdle a bit, but his thigh was heavily slapped by the giant wolf.

"I'm walking, I'm walking." Fearing the other party's threat, he had no choice but to walk stumbling through the darkness toward the distance.

After walking for a while, he heard the sharp whistle sounds coming from the town far behind him. As soon as he stopped his steps, he was heavily struck from behind.

He stumbled forward a few steps and took the opportunity to fall to the ground, wanting to dawdle and delay time.

But as soon as he did so, his arm was bitten by the wolf's mouth, and immense pain swept through his mind.

"Help, help! I, I, I won't do it again, I woo woo, woo woo woo. I'm walking." As soon as he finished speaking, the wolf's mouth left his arm; he stood up shakily, whispering the names of his family and the girl he liked, and under the coercion of the giant wolf, walked into the darkness.

He walked without stopping from nightfall until dawn.

When it became light, he could clearly see the giant wolf coercing him to walk from behind, and he became even more flustered and absent-minded. He walked wherever the other party told him to walk, because he had already experienced the consequences of resisting or deliberately delaying the previous night.

Touching the bloody hole on his arm, although it was no longer bleeding, the pain continued to come in waves.

He spent the entire day walking according to the wishes of the giant wolf behind him. Strangely, even though he had not eaten or drunk anything since last night, he did not feel particularly thirsty or hungry, and aside from being filled with worry and panic, he felt quite energetic.

Even if he were foolish, he knew this had to do with what the giant wolf behind him had forced him to eat yesterday.

Thinking of this, he worriedly touched his stomach, concerned that consuming such an unknown substance might bring him unforeseeable and terrifying consequences.

By evening, he was already far from River Mouth Town, surrounded by steep hills and slopes, clearly heading north the entire way.

He did not know where this beast intended to take him.

At this moment, a large pack of wolves, slightly smaller than the giant wolf behind him, ran out from behind the hills ahead and quickly surrounded them.

The young Human collapsed directly to the ground, but this behavior did not provoke an attack or threat from the giant wolf; instead, the creature unusually held its head high and walked over with a grand air to touch heads and greet every wolf that had appeared.

The Northland Wolf was very proud; it was the first Northland Wolf to successfully control and coerce a Human.

Other Northland Wolves that often hunted in this area saw its success and were also filled with disbelief, one after another bowing their heads to pay their respects.

After showing off enough, it let these brothers and sisters from the south leave, then urged the Human to continue moving forward.

One day later, the two of them crossed a region of undulating and rising terrain and arrived in the Nanbu Forest.

After arriving here, it became much more cautious, carefully sniffing for scents left behind and searching for the claw marks it had left on tree roots along the way. The unlucky young man was also constantly driven by the beast behind him to change his direction of travel.

Although he did not know what was going on, he at least knew the creature behind him would not take his life, so he was relatively cooperative.

Slowly passing through this forest, they also replenished their drinking water in some of the Shitan within the forest. They always entered and exited quickly to avoid encountering other forest animals.

Good luck accompanied them; after passing through the forest, they reached the wide Shitou Tong Dao.

The young man saw the Human watchtower at the end on the right side here, and taking advantage of the giant wolf's inattention, he ran quickly along the stones toward it.

To his surprise, the giant wolf behind him did not come to stop him, but only followed slowly behind, emitting a low, mocking, woo-woo sound from its wolf mouth.

When the young man panted and ran to the very new wooden watchtower clearly built by Humans, he finally fell into despair. No matter how loudly he shouted or how he kicked and pounded on the gate of the watchtower.

There was no response from inside.

Not until the giant wolf's Shadow Concealment covered him did he realize in hatred and panic that there was no one in this watchtower. This was also the reason the giant wolf did not stop him.

Fearing that he would be injured again, the young man obediently returned along the route he had just run.

The giant wolf did not urge him, simply following behind him.

Finally, at roughly the original location, it urged him to continue north, entering a place he had never heard of.

A forest that seemed to have no end.

It was even more winding here; after entering the forest, he was coerced by the giant wolf into taking many detours, and he easily guessed that this was to avoid some fellows that even the giant wolf found troublesome.

But since there was no mortal danger, he would not seek his own death, so he obediently followed the giant wolf's requirements and went deep into the forest.

Sometimes, other wolves would appear by his side, but those wolves would not harm him either, which made him feel both relieved and curious—these ferocious and cunning beasts were feeding him miraculous unknown substances and yet not harming him.

Where exactly did they want to take him, going to such great lengths?

After walking for two days into this Da Sen Lin, they finally arrived in front of a cave.

The location of this cave was tricky; without a wolf leading the way, one would never discover that there was a cave here. Bursts of cold air emanated from within, making the young man rub his arms involuntarily, even in the daylight of midsummer.

However, after arriving at the entrance of the cave, the giant wolf behind him no longer urged him, but simply sat in place and began to howl loudly with a woo-woo-woo sound.

At first, nothing happened, but after half a day, wolf after wolf emerged from the forest and gathered at the cave entrance, all staring intently at the giant wolf that had been coercing him.

The young man did not dare to move at all, and he did not dare to utter a single word of his muttering.

Not until over fifty large wolves appeared did the giant wolf stop howling.

The giant wolf proudly raised its head and walked over to touch heads and pay respects to every wolf that appeared. Even the young man, being a Human, could not help but think that these beasts had more politeness and order than some people in town.

After the giant wolf had touched heads with all the wolves present, it came behind him and once again urged him to enter the cave.

Knowing that this would happen, the young man gathered his courage and strode into the cave.

Although the cave entrance was hidden very darkly, the entrance and exit were very large, and although it led downward, not only did the space become increasingly open, but with the surrounding Mineral Ore—emitting cold air and cold light, whether they were ice crystals or crystals—the inside of this cave was not dark at all.

On the contrary, it possessed a dreamlike quality that the young man had never imagined in his dreams.

The cave was very quiet, so the rhythmic breathing of a beast coming from the depths of the cave floor sounded exceptionally clear.

What could be down there?

Were these wolves intending to sacrifice him to an Evil God living in the remote forest?

Thinking of this, the young man became afraid, but when he truly arrived at the deepest part of the cave, everything inside still shocked him.

After a long while, the Northland Wolf warrior walked out of the cave with a significantly changed body.

Its body had become a circle larger, and its originally gray-black fur had changed greatly, becoming overall fiery red with a cyan luster. Its strength, stamina, intelligence, and life force had all been greatly enhanced.

Not only that, it had also received a large amount of blood bestowed by the Wolf King, allowing it to master a very powerful ability. This ability would bring it unprecedentedly strong power and combat capability.

It knew that from this moment on, it would represent the Wolf King in managing a portion of the pack; the first step was to master its newly acquired ability and eliminate the Monster and beasts in the forest that had long threatened the lives of its brothers and sisters.

It was perfect; it could use them to test its newly possessed ability.