"Why? Are you pitying them? However, when you were bullied by them just now, they did not intend to show you any mercy.”As Li Jingtian spoke, his gaze swept across Li Xueer's torn clothes.
Li Xueer's face was slightly red as she said timidly,"I just feel that doing this is a little too cruel.”
"Cruel?"
Li Jingtian's face darkened, and his voice became even colder,""When they killed our people, they didn't know what cruelty was. They took pleasure in killing, took pride in killing, and even killed as a competition. In my eyes, they are not humans at all, but a group of beasts! I'm a hunter, and killing Qin beasts is my duty. They had long lost their humanity and were not even as conscienceless as the pack of wolves just now. I want to kill them all!"
The more Li Jingtian spoke, the angrier he became. His eyes seemed to be spitting fire. From the looks of it, it seemed like he was going to pounce on those people and bite them a few times.
Li Xueer saw his terrifying appearance and thought about the ruthlessness of his attack. She guessed that he must have suffered some kind of pain. She didn't ask further, nor did she dare to ask.
The three of them didn't speak anymore and continued to walk forward silently for more than ten miles.
"We're here."
As soon as Li Jingtian finished speaking, Li Xueer and Lin Yiqing collapsed to the ground.
They were in the depths of a ravine, surrounded by towering cliffs and jagged rocks. The dense vegetation highlighted the depth of the ravine.
A gust of mountain wind blew past, and Li Xueer felt a chill run down her spine.
"Where is this place?"
Li Xueer looked around and asked.
"This is a wolf den."
Li Jingtian said as he moved the guns into a cave behind a rock.
" What did you say?!"
Although Li Jingtian's tone was very calm, it was like a huge rock was thrown into the calm water, instantly causing a thousand ripples.
Looking at Li Xueer and Lin Yiqing's terrified expressions, Li Jingtian quickly said,""Don't be afraid. Although this is a wolf's den, as long as I'm here, they won't hurt you.”
Perhaps it was because they had witnessed Li Jingtian's emotional interaction with the wolf pack, Li Xueer and Lin Yiqing calmed down a little.
At this moment, the bushes beside them shook. The pack of wolves had already caught up under the leadership of the alpha wolf.
As soon as the alpha wolf came over, it circled around Li Xueer and Lin Yiqing and sniffed them.
Although they were mentally prepared, Li Xueer and Lin Yiqing were still scared and tried to dodge.
"Don't be afraid. They're remembering your scent. This way, if we meet again in the future, they won't hurt you anymore. They'll even take the initiative to protect you because they know you're my friends.”
Li Xue 'er had been bold since she was young. After listening to Li Jingtian's explanation, she was completely relieved. She even reached out to stroke the wolf's head, and the alpha wolf also spat out its head and touched her hand in a friendly manner.
"Do you think they will listen to me?”
Li Xueer's thoughts were a little naive. She tilted her head and asked Li Jingtian.
"Impossible, because you don't know how to communicate with them. Besides, you don't have any feelings for them.”
Li Jingtian immediately rejected Li Xueer's idea.
"Oh, right, you haven't answered me. How did you become friends with them?”
Li Xueer recalled the question from before.
"This matter has to start from five years ago. Five years ago, when I was out hunting, I saw a young wolf walking alone in the woods, barking. You don't know that wolves usually don't abandon their children. Something must have happened to the big wolf. I brought that young wolf home and raised it all the time. Three years later, the wolf suddenly disappeared. I searched the nearby mountains but couldn't find it, so I slowly gave up. Who knew that half a year later, the wolf would suddenly return with a mother wolf, three wolf pups, and a few wild rabbits that had been bitten to death. As soon as they saw me, they circled around me and seemed particularly friendly. I understood what it meant at a glance. It had brought its family to repay its kindness.”
"Sigh! He didn't expect the wolf to know how to repay kindness. It was said that wolves had no humanity, but it seemed that this was a misunderstanding. What happened after that?"
"After that, they would send me some prey every now and then, but I would never accept them. Later on, their population grew stronger and stronger. Look, there are now more than forty of them. This alpha wolf is the wolf I saved back then.”
As he spoke, Li Jingtian patted the wolf's head. The alpha wolf whimpered as it rubbed its head against Li Jingtian's body. It looked so intimate, like a child acting coquettishly with an adult.
There was no verbal communication, just a few simple and ordinary actions. But for Li Jingtian and the wolf, this was enough. It was said that wolves were cunning animals, but in front of Li Jingtian, it seemed so innocent and even a little naughty. However, it was willing to give up everything for its benefactor, even its own life. This was the true repayment of a drop of water!
"Alright, it's getting late. We should go.”
Li Jingtian stood up and said to Li Xueer.
"Can you send us off in this wilderness?”
Li Xueer looked at Li Jingtian helplessly.
"Don't worry, I'll send you to the main road ahead. It's only a dozen miles from Stone Pond Village. You'll be home before dark.”
After Li Jingtian finished speaking, he turned around and bid farewell to the alpha wolf. Then, he turned around and walked out of the valley with Li Xueer and the others.
The alpha wolf had been reluctant to part with them for a long time, but after Li Jingtian's urging, it turned around and disappeared into the grass.
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Outside Yuling County, the highest ranking officer of the Japanese army, Watanabe Junichi, led by Lai San, found the corpses of the Japanese soldiers in the forest.
Everyone was stunned by the scene in front of them. The ground was covered in fresh blood. None of the twenty corpses were intact. Broken limbs, exposed intestines, and some had already been eaten.
It was impossible to tell who was who.
"Lai San! Who did this! How could he be so cruel!"
Watanabe was furious.
"Lieutenant General, from the wounds on their bodies, this…this doesn't seem like it was done by a human. It looks like…"
Seeing Lai San stutter, Watanabe said angrily,""Tell me quickly! Like what?"
"Grand…Grand Lord, there has always been a legend about the man-eating demons in Yuling. It was said that a long time ago, a person was wronged by an official and died. After that person died, he was too resentful and could not transcend. He turned into a malicious ghost and came to take revenge. After killing all the people who had wronged him, he ate their flesh. Because he had committed too many sins, the Yama King had decreed that he would never be reincarnated. Thus, he had ended up here. Whenever someone offended him, he would kill that person and then eat that person. I wonder if the imperial soldiers accidentally offended him in some way and suffered his revenge.”
"Eight squares! What ogre? That was utter nonsense! Our Japan is a divine nation, and our emperor is a supreme god. How dare you so-called demons provoke us!”
Japan was a country that believed in God. Although Lai San's explanation was a little far-fetched, Watanabe did not have a better explanation at the moment.
Watanabe flew into a rage! The truth was that he could not think of it even if he racked his brain.
"Lieutenant Colonel, this is the arrow found on the dead soldier.”
A soldier ran over with an arrow and reported.
Watanabe took the arrow and saw two words carved on the shaft. Shocking!……
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