Flute Song in the Forest

"Is an enemy approaching?"

Linsey raised an eyebrow, but wasn't too surprised.

Encountering attacks by wild animals in the forest is a very common occurrence.

Not to mention that the early arrival of this heavy snowfall in early winter may indeed make the animals in the forest more irritable.

At that moment, Linsey turned her head and looked at the Hunter Cabin in the distance.

Suna, the mine guard, was still fast asleep inside. With Linsey's hearing, she could even hear his rhythmic snoring.

"Does he have rhinitis?"

"Well, since we're already here, let's just go hunting on the way."

Linsey shrugged and didn't disturb Suna, who was sleeping.

This is a good opportunity for him to familiarize himself with his new equipment.

So he took out Linsey Iron Horn Great Bow, slung the Armor-Piercing Arrow at his waist, drew one out, and aimed intently at the location where the Red Dot appeared on the map.

"..."

Linsey remained motionless, completely absorbed.

Before long, the enemy marked by the Red Dot rushed out of the forest.

It was a white elk, with black antlers, and a tall, majestic body. Its elegant posture and pure black pupils always conveyed a sense of tension and anxiety.

"Black Horn Snow Deer..."

Linsey recognized the deer; it was a second-tier Devil Beast.

The Rhino Deer Horn he just used to craft the Iron Horn Great Bow were contributed by this Devil Beast.

The threat posed by the Black Horn Snow Deer lies mainly in its strong physique and its pair of black antlers.

Once stabbed, the wound will immediately rot and fester.

Even if someone doesn't die on the spot, the subsequent high fever, dehydration, and other complications can easily be fatal.

At the same time, the Black Horn Snow Deer rushed out of the forest and onto the Open-air Mine.

It noticed Linsey standing opposite it almost immediately.

"Moo!"

Fueled by rage, the Black Horn Snow Deer immediately charged at Linsey.

However, what echoed in the mine was not only its roar as it charged, but also the sound of a bowstring as loud as thunder.

Swoosh—

The Armor-Piercing Arrow arrived in an instant.

The head of the Black Horn Snow Deer was pierced, and the area around the wound immediately became rotten and festering.

The combination of the Iron Horn Great Bow and Armor-Piercing Arrow is more than capable of dealing with second-tier Devil Beast; in fact, it can be said that they can be easily killed! Immediately afterward, other types of Devil Beast emerged from the forest behind.

Devil Beast like the Rot Leaf Rabbit and the Emerald-tailed Snowy Owl are among them.

However, Linsey stood still, only making the Iron Horn Great Bow in his hand emit amazing sounds, and then his opponent fell to the ground and died.

They charged and shot at the same time.

At this moment, Linsey was nothing short of an executioner in a slaughterhouse, relentlessly hunting down the Devil Beast that appeared before her.

About two minutes later.

The surrounding forest fell silent again, the cries of the Devil Beast and the twang of the bowstrings all fading away.

"Heh, you're too scared to come now..."

Linsey smiled and began examining her map.

Further into the forest, there were some Red Dot that symbolized hostility.

However, the rhythmic massacre here was too horrifying.

The Devil Beast behind also noticed this, so they stopped and dared not continue to rush into the Open-air Mine.

Linsey and Devil Beast could not see each other, so they maintained this delicate standoff.

"That's about it."

At that moment, Linsey murmured something under her breath.

He then took out Wind Whistle from his backpack, put it to his lips, and blew hard.

Whoosh—! A clear and lingering sound came from the Wind Whistle.

The sound was like an ancient hurricane resurfacing, reverberating through the forest and even drowning out all the sounds that wild animals in the woods could make.

In an instant, the Red Dot on the map scattered and fled, no longer daring to approach the mine.

The purpose of the Wind Whistle is to scare away ordinary wild animals.

Although most of these Red Dot are Devil Beast, they were already terrified after Linsey's massacre. Startled by the sound of the Wind Whistle, they scattered like birds and beasts in an instant.

"I guess I managed to repel a small-scale beast tide..."

Linsey shook her head slightly.

He recalled Anrui's performance in the Black Mountain World and knew that he was still far behind.

Putting aside his pride and complacency, he stepped forward and began to collect the spoils of his recent kills.

Two minutes.

Linsey killed mostly Devil Beast, with only a few dangerous wild animals.

The materials they contributed were also quite similar.

A Black Horn Snow Deer that could be made into a blanket or a leather coat; two Devil Beast claws that could be used to enhance ordinary weapons; and even a Vampire Black Bat that contributed its Bat Fang, which Linsey desperately wanted to collect.

"A good haul."

"Now the Bat Staff is only one tooth away from being completed."

A satisfied smile appeared on Linsey's lips.

Just then, the door to the Hunter Cabin behind them was suddenly pushed open.

"Linsey! I... I saw it all!"

"You're amazing, kid. I remember you're only a teenager."

Suna rushed out of the Hunter Cabin, his face showing extreme shock.

Especially after seeing that most of the prey Linsey was handling were Devil Beast beasts, the shock lingered on the guard's face for a long time.

Previously, when Linsey fought against the Devil Beast, the bowstring of the Iron Horn Great Bow sounded like thunder.

Before the Wind Whistle could unleash its power.

They had already woken the sleepy guard from his slumber.

However, after he got up, he peered out from the doorway of the cabin and was so shocked by the sight of Linsey fighting that he forgot to come out.

Now that everything had settled down, he finally reacted and moved closer to strike up a conversation.

"Fortunately, I only benefited from the weapon."

Linsey replied modestly.

He intended to take his leave.

But considering the early winter and the restless Devil Beast, he suggested to the other party:

"Suna, winter has come a bit early this year, and the Devil Beast are behaving strangely. Just to be safe, let's go back to town together and explain the situation to Uncle Anrui."

To be fair, if those Devil Beast had been attacking Suna...

Now, besides stubbornly holding out in the Hunter Cabin, his only option is to become food for these Devil Beast beasts.

After realizing what was happening, Suna heard Linsey's suggestion.

There was no reason to refuse at that moment, so she nodded and went back to town with him.

Even on the way back.

Suna would occasionally strike up a conversation with Linsey.

After witnessing this brief but powerful battle.

He already had a completely new premonition about Linsey's future status in the small town!

There's even a sense of following Linsey's lead.

But Linsey, on her journey, was far from calm.

Just after it snowed, an unusually large number of Devil Beast attacked the mine.

Based on his observations and experiences.

Linsey felt that the matter was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

When the two arrived at the edge of town, the first thing they saw was the clearing at the edge of the woods behind the manor.

Anna, dressed in a long gown, is standing here.

The girl noticed Linsey and Suna returning and immediately went to greet them:

"Linsey, you're back?"

"I heard from Dad that you went to the mine in the north today?"

"That's right." Linsey nodded in response, then asked, "Is Uncle Anrui home now?"

Anna looked puzzled. "He's here. Is there something you need?"

Linsey nodded and prepared to enter the manor, describing the situation in the forest along the way. "The mine was attacked by Devil Beast just now, and I think there's something fishy about it..."

Whoosh! Almost at the same moment Linsey spoke, a dark figure jumped down from the second floor.

He looked up.

Then they saw Anrui standing in front of them.

Although the Lord was on the second floor, he had overheard what Linsey had just told Anna, and immediately said in a serious tone, "Linsey, you said you were attacked by Devil Beast at the mine?"

"Tell me the details, I want to go and see!"