Condes Mountains

Things happened so fast that no one could react. Ding Can felt strange and was about to ask.

But Ye Shan swung a palm towards Tuna's shoulder, but she dodged it easily.

Then, taking advantage of everyone's surprise, Tuna raised the blood-stained conical thorn in her hand and quickly went towards Joseph.

Looking at the target position, it was exactly the side of his neck.

Joseph had just come out of the underground river, and the water stains on his body had not yet dried. The long string of footprints he had left along the way were still wet.

His ability to move was naturally restricted, and Tuna was suddenly in trouble because her speed was extremely fast. He had no time to dodge, so he raised his hand and wanted to grab the long thorn in his palm.

However, the long thorn was shaped like a needle, sharp and hard, and extremely light. It was swung very quickly and arrived before him.

It pierced Joseph's palm directly.

The long thorn penetrated all the way until the handle touched the back of the palm, then it stopped.

Fortunately, Joseph did not retreat at all, and the tip of the needle was only less than one centimeter away from the carotid artery.

When the first attack failed, Tuna pulled her hand away at the right time, and the spike pierced through Joseph's palm again.

She took a few steps back, a few meters away from the crowd, and looked over with a cold gaze.

Ding Canyou went to check Ye Shan's injuries just now and found that there was a puncture wound on her abdomen, and blood was flowing out. There was also blood oozing from the corner of her mouth.

"Be careful of her." Ye Shan spoke with a breath in her voice, and before she finished speaking, she couldn't stop coughing.

It should be a lung injury, an internal injury. If it is not treated in time, it will be very troublesome in the future.

"Tuna, what happened to you?" Dasong's eyes were full of surprise, and he couldn't believe what he had just seen.

How could the originally weak little girl suddenly become someone he couldn't recognize?

Tuna did not reply. She was standing on the slope that she was supposed to encounter after turning.

But the terrain here is flat, and looking ahead, there is only a long cave, which is completely different from what she said. It must be intentional to lure them here.

"Can't you see? She's in cahoots with Cheetah."

Judging from Tuna's skills just now, it is definitely not a spur-of-the-moment decision made under Dave's coercion.

They had planned this long in advance. Not only did they use their sympathy to win back their companions, they also found an opportunity to seriously injure Ye Shan and Joseph.

Ye Shan's lungs are injured now, and her physical strength and energy are gradually disappearing. It's a blessing that she can take care of herself.

As for Joseph, he couldn't use one hand and his fighting ability was greatly reduced.

With the addition of himself and Dasong, two half-baked people, we can only barely cope.

What's more, judging from his current appearance, his mental state is even worse.

Ding Can has roughly deduced that Tuna is Aye, the leader of the "Cheetahs".

They had met before. At that time, Aye was wrapped tightly, so her face could not be seen, and her voice was deliberately lowered, but her figure now looked no different.

The Tuna I had seen before and the Aye I had just met during the day were completely different and there was no way they could be compared.

"The reason you stay at the mountain pass every day is actually to serve as a sentry, right?"

Dasong still didn't understand: "What do you mean, Tuna? Don't you have anything to explain?"

"Don't call me Tuna, I have a name, it's Aye."

A Ye glanced at him coldly, with a very condescending attitude.

"I originally thought that I could get rid of you guys without my help, but I didn't expect that my men were not skilled enough, and most of them were injured by you."

Dasong was stunned. "You said you wanted to get rid of us? Didn't you say we were friends?"

Ah Ye seemed to be listening to a joke. He didn't expect this person to be so naive. "What friends? It's just a show to gain your trust."

She paced twice on the spot, putting on the same bright smile as before.

However, although his expression did not change, after knowing Aye's identity, the mood he gave people was completely different.

"But to be honest, you, as a 'friend', have really helped me a lot."

Dasong clenched his fists. "What did you say?"

"For example, when you told me about the mink habitat, Dave and I saved a lot of effort. Even though the vendor's business was fake, we can still stockpile the mink pelts and sell them to the right buyers."

Dasong suddenly remembered that he had indeed seen the upright-eared martens again. On the day he returned to the cabin, he told Aye the location where he had seen the marten group.

Many things, now it seems, are indeed unusual.

For example, why did she suddenly go up the mountain on the day they rescued the expedition team, and why was she willing to stay and take care of the expedition team instead of going home?

"Wait, that day, after you left our house, you went straight to hunt the martens? Aren't you worried that someone from the expedition team would come looking for us late at night and expose your lie that you had left?"

Ah Ye showed a bit of pride on his face: "Of course it's because no one would wake up during that time. Do you remember that bowl of fish soup?"

Dasong's mouth dropped open slightly. "Did you tamper with the fish soup? But we all drank it and didn't notice anything unusual."

Ding Can just shook his head. "She's in charge of cooking and serving, and we're not on guard against her, so of course there's a chance we could take action. Is it the salt?"

There was nothing wrong with the soup they had eaten, so it was impossible for them to do anything when making the fish soup.

Ding Can still remembers that Aye handed it to Dasong first, and after finding that the taste was a bit bland, he began to add salt to the bottom of everyone's bowl and then scooped soup.

Only in this way can the sleeping pills be administered to the entire expedition team without them knowing it.

So when he left the next morning, Dasong saw that everyone in the other two cabins was asleep. He couldn't see clearly through the window, and he didn't go in to disturb them, so of course he didn't know that Aye was not among them.

It was thanks to this arrangement that no one noticed that she did not return home all night.

"Good guess." Aye clapped his hands, and there were chaotic footsteps coming from the cave.

Behind her, all the "Cheetah" members appeared. Although there were many wounded, they were more than enough to deal with the four of them.

"But unfortunately, from today on, you will all be buried deep underground. As for the people in the caravan in town, don't even think about escaping."

She tapped her fingers twice, already determined to kill.

If they really died here, the people in the town would not be able to get the latest news sent back by Ye Shan, and they would think that the method of using mink fur trading to lure the "Cheetah" here is still effective, and they would indeed be in a disadvantageous situation.

Ye Shan stood up by holding onto the wall: "Although it is indeed still dark, you should stop dreaming. If you really can't get out, you will be the only ones."

"Thinking you can escape, I think you are dreaming." Aye couldn't help but find this funny.

Ding Can held Ye Shan's hand to ease her burden and asked Aye, "I heard that your men were gathered from all over the place. They clearly have better options. Why did they choose to come to this bitter and cold snowy mountain?"

Hearing this, Aye glanced coldly at Lao Wu, knowing that it must have been him who leaked the information and disliked him for being too talkative.

Lao Wu had just carelessly let the person go, and was defeated due to his poor martial arts skills. He had no face at this moment and remained silent.

"You want to buy time, right? But who can come to save you now? Are you still pinning your hopes on Myron?"

Judging from the tone, Aye was even more dismissive of Myron, thinking that this old man, who was nearing his twilight years, would not pose any threat to her at all.

Dasong said angrily, "Let's not talk about us. Mr. Mellen has taken great care of you in the past two years since you came here. Doesn't that impress you in the slightest? Are you really that cold-blooded?"

"What's the big deal? He caused my father's violent death. I'm not bothered by the fact that I can live in peace with him."

A hint of hatred flashed in Ah Ye's eyes: "Don't you want to know the reason? I'll tell you, even if you go to hell, you won't have any regrets."

The experiences she had fabricated before were not entirely false. She did come to the Condas Mountains because of her father's death.

Aye's father was a poacher who had hunted wild animals in many mountains and forests and fled everywhere without being caught.

After arriving at the snow-capped mountains, his poaching skills, which he had always been proud of, were unsuccessful because of Mellen. He was accidentally caught by Mellen and sent to prison.

Based on the rarity of the wild animals he captured and the laws enforced in the small town of Condes, he committed a first-degree felony.

After the evidence of the crime is established, the trial will come.

He was immediately executed, and his body was burned like all the other death row prisoners in the prison.

It was several months later when Aye learned about this.

My father made his fortune by poaching when he was young. Although he no longer has to work hard for money, he is unwilling to give up his old business and often travels around.

Originally, Aye thought it was not a big deal and just thought of it as the old man liking to relax.

But she didn't expect that the follow-up would turn out like this. She came to the town of Condas, learned the whole story, and immediately decided to take revenge on Mellen.

Just asking for his life would be too easy for him.

Since he wants to protect the snow mountain, I will not let him have his way.

Having lived on the edge of a knife for many years, Aye got to know many people who were in the same business. He summoned them together out of favors and formed a team called "Cheetah".

For the past two years, "cheetahs" have been rampant in the snow-capped mountains, and wild animals have been hunted and injured in large numbers.

She disguised herself as a little girl from a foreign land, successfully gained the trust of the residents of the town, and stayed at the entrance to the mountain with a lie she had planned in advance.

Anyone who went up the mountain would not escape her eyes. Combined with the information she got indirectly from Myron, every time someone came to investigate the poaching gang, they would stop and successfully avoid them.

Her method really worked. Myron aged a lot in an instant, and the existence of the poaching gang also became a source of worry for him.

He probably would never have imagined that the real mastermind was Tuna, whom he treated as his grandchild.

"Soon. Myron wasn't going to live long anyway. The day he retired from his position as a ranger was the day he died."

If this unexpected change had not occurred, a month later, Myron would have decided that no matter whether it was Dasong or Ding Can, once they decided who would succeed him, Aye would never let him leave the town alive.

From the current perspective, if I were to deal with the two forest rangers as backup and then select new ones, it would take some time.

It wouldn't be so bad to let the old man suffer for a few more days.

"Your father clearly deserved to die, don't make it sound so righteous." Ye Shan rebuked him. It was obvious that this man was acting out of selfish motives.

Ah Ye flatly denied it: "I'm avenging my father, what's wrong with me?"

"Don't deceive yourself anymore," Dasong finally saw her true face. "It was your father who did the wrong thing. Why should others bear the responsibility?"

"Kill them." There was no point in saying more. Aye waved her hand, and everyone behind her rushed over.