Hunt Them Down

Lin Yun hadn't expected that at a time like this, there would still be a wolf cub, and one that had just snuck out after he thought he'd hidden one away. Just as Lin Yun and the others subconsciously believed there was no further danger, another wolf cub darted out.

The young warrior was caught off guard and the wolf cub dashed right past him. Unfortunately for him, the female mage behind him displayed a level of reaction speed uncharacteristic of a magician. She instinctively raised her light crossbow, aiming at the rapidly moving wolf cub. After a moment's hesitation, she recalled the determination and hatred in the wolf cub's eyes as it passed her. This made the female mage...

Just as the wolf cub was about to reach a bend in the cave, she finally pulled the trigger.

The bolt shot out from the female mage's light crossbow, striking the wolf cub. It let out a yelp, its voice still incredibly young, then cast a look filled with fear and hatred at the female mage before swaying and falling.

"Hoo." The female mage, holding the light crossbow with both hands, seemed to lose all strength. The light crossbow dropped to the ground, and she nearly collapsed.

Looking at the small wolf cub lying on the ground, the female mage bit her lip. Her oversized mage hat effectively concealed her expression.

If she had a choice, as a woman, she wouldn't want to show no mercy. However, the rational thinking of a magician told her that if this wolf cub, filled with hatred for humans, were allowed to live, it would only cause more harm. As a human, she had to take responsibility for her actions.

Lin Yun also wore a helpless expression as he looked at the fallen wolf cub. If he had a choice, he'd rather just kill goblins. At least goblins didn't look like good creatures at first glance. While dogs were alright, wolves weren't exactly good creatures either. In fact, if you really thought about it, humans weren't good creatures either.

At least, in Lin Yun's world, ordinary creatures wouldn't destroy the planet, but humans might.

He could only say that this world was always so complicated.

Lin Yun sighed helplessly and began to search the wolf den.

"D20+4+2=16, Success." After a brief inspection, Lin Yun found nothing else. There were only some human and goblin bones.

After confirming the death of all the wolves and gaining 1200 experience points, significantly less than what adult wolves would yield, Lin Yun took his Lantern Staff and continued to lead the others in searching the mine.

The subsequent search was largely the same as before. Since the goblins had mostly evacuated, there were no goblins left inside, except for a few hiding in a more secluded corner.

There were small caves specifically for storing goblin young, and nearby were women from the village. Several of them were pregnant, lying by the wall, their consciousness seemingly lost. There were also at least ten female corpses. Some had died from brutal treatment, some had committed suicide unable to bear the humiliation, and some might have committed suicide upon discovering they were pregnant.

It made one's heart feel incredibly heavy, even thinking that perhaps it was better to kill all goblins.

In fact, all the goblin young were also killed by Lin Yun. However, this time, they weren't as lucky as before and didn't find any magical items. Although this goblin tribe had more goblins than the previous one, it seemed that because the young of this goblin tribe had already grown up, there were less than 10 goblin young left. Lin Yun dealt with each of them, gaining 53 experience.

Perhaps because the air vent had been blocked for some time, some of the women had passed out. After careful identification, Lin Yun instructed the young warrior... to go back and prepare to have people come and pick up these women. Since this was a mine, there was a dedicated passage for carriages to enter, otherwise, how would the ore be transported out?

After a while, the young warrior returned. Just like before, a carriage stopped at the entrance. Lin Yun and the others safely led the women out of the mine and watched them board the carriage. As for the female fighter's body, since she had no relatives... Lin Yun and the others cremated her body in the mine and buried her near the air vent, as that was where she died, and where Lin Yun and the others had completed their revenge.

Since the mine was abandoned anyway, burying her there wasn't a bad thing.

It should be noted that although this world had some similarities to the Western customs of Lin Yun's world, because undead existed here, earth burial was considered a very luxurious act.

To prevent the earth-buried loved ones from becoming undead, a high-level priest would need to pray and cast an Eternal Slumber divine spell of at least 4th circle. However, there was a problem: this only prevented oneself from becoming undead. If a mage or priest with stronger magical power used necromantic spells, it was still useless.

Although ordinary people wouldn't need these guys to specifically revive them using necromancy, in general, cremation was the more common practice in this world.

And when Lin Yun met the young warrior, "Mr. Silent," the young warrior said excitedly, almost gleefully, "When I went back, it seemed the village was attacked by goblins. It should have been those 10 goblins. There was a very powerful guy there, holding a rapier, and he seemed to be dancing as he killed the goblins with the villagers."

"10 goblins," Lin Yun frowned slightly. However, hidden behind his helmet, no one could see it. If he wasn't mistaken, those should be the goblins that escaped from the main entrance, led by those four wolf riders, who were originally preparing to kill or abduct the villagers to blackmail them.

But, "dancing?" Could this be a Sword Dancer? Lin Yun seemed to have heard of it and asked subconsciously, "Was it an elf?" Lin Yun had only heard that perhaps only elves possessed the skill of wielding weapons as if dancing, killing their opponents.

"Ah, now that you mention it, that guy's ears were indeed a bit long, but probably not as long as an elf's. I've seen elves, so I can tell," the young warrior waved his hand and said.

"Then it should be a half-elf," the female mage adjusted her glasses and said. "That's right, only those half-elves would come to such a remote village and help humans kill goblins and such. Those long-eared folk are usually quite arrogant." The female mage clearly wasn't very fond of elves.

"He seemed to be alone. Why don't we go and take a look? We can also thank him. After all, it's because our strength was insufficient that those goblins ran to the village," the young warrior rubbed his nose, a little embarrassed.

"No, please don't say that, esteemed adventurer. If it weren't for you, we might not have been able to eat or sleep in peace. A short pain is better than a long one. At least our village won't be harassed by goblins for a while, living in constant fear of our food being stolen, our crops ruined, our girls being abducted, or even being killed by goblins. We are very grateful to you. Thank you," the coachman, clearly a sensible person, comforted the young warrior.

Listening to the coachman's words, the lingering shadow in everyone's hearts due to the previous events eased considerably. At least their actions had meaning.

"Let's go, back to the village. We need a good rest," Lin Yun's somewhat muffled voice emerged from his helmet. He sat in the driver's seat of the carriage. No matter how much you say, it won't stop my racing soul. JPGate of Opening.

"Yes." The young warrior, the female mage, and the goddess priestess unconsciously straightened their bodies and boarded the carriage, leaving the coachman looking somewhat awkward... Who is he? Where is he? What is he going to do?

Isn't he the coachman? Why is he suddenly unemployed...

Well, in the end, Lin Yun drove the carriage back.

"D20+4+2+2=24, Success." Although it was "racing," it was only in spirit. After all, there were a group of women in the carriage, and more importantly, this was just a two-wheeled carriage, it couldn't withstand racing...

Ahem, anyway, with Lin Yun's superb driving skills, which even made the coachman question who was the real coachman, Lin Yun smoothly drove the carriage back to the village.

As dusk settled and the moon began to hang in the sky, a relaxing, peaceful, soul-soothing melody drifted from the center of the village.

"That's the sound of a lute. It should be played by that person named Gawain," the young warrior said, standing up from the carriage.

"Gawain." Hearing the familiar name, Lin Yun couldn't help but grit his teeth. Because beside a certain famous king of the round table, there was also a knight named Gawain.

"Hmm? Is that half-elf a bard?" the female mage asked curiously.

"Ah, did I not say that just now?" The young warrior looked a little embarrassed and subconsciously rubbed his nose.

"No," the female mage and the goddess priestess said in unison.

"Well, I might have forgotten," the young warrior said with a big smile.