Chapter 655: The Foxtail Leader Who is Good at Charming

There were fine raindrops floating in the sky, and the fresh wind was blowing slowly. Under the gray and cold sky, the caravan was moving slowly on the low grass.

Sitting in the car, Heshia held the lyre lightly with one hand, and her fingers brushed it from time to time, making it emit bursts of music. She occasionally raised her eyes and looked out of the car window, thinking of the news and intelligence she heard from the small settlement she passed by not long ago.

The various settlements on this grassland fought for the fertile land with water and grass, and the relationship between them has always been tense. No wonder they were also wary of the caravan when they first met.

The biggest force on the grassland is undoubtedly the wolfbloods. They have built fixed strongholds and use them as the core to roam around in mobile settlements, managing subordinate tribes and vassals. Next are several relatively large forces, each with a size of more than a thousand people. The more famous ones are the foxtails, cattails, slippery feathers, elephant bodies, and horned beasts. Further down, there are many miscellaneous weak races and mixed settlements.

There are no clear laws here, and perhaps not attacking caravans is a rule that most settlements will slightly abide by, but don't be too relieved, because some settlements are jealous of passing caravans, and robbery happens occasionally.

Putting down the simple lyre in her hand, Heshia turned her head to look at the other people in the car.

"It seems that the number of settlements and population living on this grassland is better than that of the Stone Forest Fort area."

"That's right. The largest Gray Feather force in Stone Forest Fort has a population of only 3,000 people, while on this grassland, the Wolf Blood population alone exceeds 10,000, and is more widely distributed." Fran wrote the collated data in the report.

"However, their technical level and living conditions are not as good as those of the settlements governed by the Gray Feathers. At least there are many firearms and hot weapons over there, and the Gray Feathers even have heavy machine guns."

"The settlements here are more cold weapons, and there are no mature iron smelting and steel forging methods."

"No wonder they have a large number of people and still failed to expand eastward in the past. It should be because they can't beat the Stone Forest Fort where the Gray Feathers are located." Several people occasionally chatted about the intelligence they gained on the grassland.

There was a gray mist outside the car window, which made the originally green grassland also covered with a faint gray and wet color.

"Awoo————"

The caravan didn't know how far west it had gone, but the howling sound coming from the rain and fog in the distance made all the members sober up. They began to look for and hold their weapons, and then the caravan stopped, looking at the distance of the rain and fog, and stopped moving forward.

The wind gradually got stronger, and the hazy rain and fog also dispersed a little, allowing them to see clearly what was happening in the distance of the grass hill. It should be the two settlements that were fighting.

The circular tent camps were scattered in the distance to the right of the crowd. There were vertical wooden walls around them, and it was difficult to see the situation inside. On the other side were the attackers running wildly on the grassland. They had ferocious faces and occasionally used all four limbs when running. Although the movements seemed weird, their speed was extremely amazing. Some of them rushed to the front of the wooden wall and jumped more than three meters high, directly over the wall and entered the camp.

Some other strong individuals directly used their shoulders to knock open the not-so-strong wooden wall, rushed in with bloodshot eyes, and began to kill.

"That's the wolf blood species." Guy's voice was slightly nervous.

"Although they look similar to humans at first glance, the wolf-bloods are very violent. Their muscles are also very developed. They can run on flat ground at a speed similar to that of a cheetah. They also have extremely strong jumping ability. When they pounce, they can extend their nails as claws. Without proper armor defense, it is easy for them to disembowel you."

"If you have ever seen the scenes after their battles and killings, you will find them bloody and cruel, but they are used to it."

"Is that so?" The young man of the Gray Feather species in the team touched the gun at hand, and his expression did not change.

Although the population of the Gray Feather species is not as large as that of the Wolf-blood species, they do not think that the Wolf-blood species is a superior race. Knowledge is an important way to change strength. Therefore, when the members of the Gray Feather species see the ignorant and reckless Wolf-blood species, they always have an unconscious contempt.

"Who are they fighting?" Someone on the side was curious. There was actually a race on this land that dared to fight the Wolf-blood species head-on.

"Bang bang." A few gunshots turned everyone's attention to the camp on the side.

"That's... the Fox-Tail species." A member with a slightly sharper look saw clearly.

"Fox-Tail species?" Heshia was slightly curious.

"Yes, the relationship between the foxtail species and the cattail species is very special. The genes of the two species have many similarities, but the difference is that the foxtail species is not as flexible and agile as the cattail species, but it is smarter than the cattail species and is good at various tools and planning."

"On this grassland, they are the only ones who are equipped with muskets."

Sure enough, gunshots rang out one after another, and there were also many roars and fighting sounds. Faced with such a situation, the caravan did not move forward, but just stayed where it was, waiting for the outcome of the battle.

About half an hour later, the sound of the battle gradually weakened, and then a small group of wolfbloods hurriedly fled from the camp, running to the end of the grassland with blood all over their bodies, and slowly disappeared.

"It seems that the foxtail species has won." Fran wrote a note in his diary.

"Someone is coming over there." After waiting for a few minutes, several foxtails holding guns came vigilantly.

The leader was a foxtail with chestnut hair. She looked about 25 years old and a little mature. She wore a black bra and leather skirt that slightly showed off her figure. She wore a tough open-collar leather jacket. At this moment, there was blood on the corner of the leather jacket, but she didn't have any wounds on her body, so it must be the enemy's.

"Are you a passing caravan?" The other party was a little suspicious, but did not take action. The few foxtail youths following her were still a little frightened. They held their muskets and their fingers were slightly on the triggers.

"Yes, we just happened to pass by here. I wonder if you need to exchange something." Guy stepped forward to negotiate.

The other party looked at the goods pulled behind him and nodded slightly.

"We do need it. It just so happens that we have seized a lot of wolfblood spoils this time. If you want to buy their bodies, we can also give you a cheap price."

"Ahem, there's no need for bodies. We dare not buy or sell wolfblood bodies." Guy waved his hand.

"Hehe, that's because you are too timid. There were many caravans doing this business in the past." The other party's tone was a little relaxed at this time.

"Send three people to follow me, and I will help you count and see what can be exchanged."

Then Guy turned around, and Heshia and Fran came out and followed him.

Seeing Heshia among the three, the mature foxtail woman was slightly surprised and looked at them a few more times.

"This doesn't look like an ordinary peddler, but I'm too lazy to be curious about your origins. Let's go." After saying that, she led a few people to the camp.

Passing through the broken and collapsed wooden door, the three people came to the camp. There were still many dead wolfblood bodies here, some with several blood holes on their bodies, and some with knife wounds. There were many foxtails patrolling in the camp at this moment, finishing off the dead and living wolfbloods, and then dragging them to the center of the camp. Most of them wore thick leather coats, and many of them wore simple steel helmets. After the battle, some members took off their helmets, revealing relatively smart vertical ears.

Almost all the members here are soldiers, and from the appearance, it is not easy to distinguish between men and women. It is probably because these foxtails are relatively beautiful and have similar faces. Their number is estimated to be more than a few hundred. No wonder they can bring three people in to visit and count without any care.

"Here are some weapons of the wolfbloods, and the things we seized before." The woman led the three people to an open tent. Many members came in and out of the tent, and occasionally their eyes lingered on a few people with curiosity.

There were many newly collected weapons here, mostly knives and axes, and a few short spears, but the workmanship was not good. In Heshia's opinion, in fact, only the metal was slightly valuable, but in terms of weight and inconvenience of carrying, it was not worth exchanging.

She turned her eyes to one side, where there were a lot of furs, some strangely colored stones, and some dried pickled fish.

"What are these stones?"

"Oh, you mean those stones, they should be some kind of ore. In the past, the Stone Forest Fort would buy them, but now they should be gone." The woman leaned on a wooden stake beside her, and lit a cigarette.

"If you want it, you have to exchange it for something." She flicked her finger, and a flame ignited at the end of the cigarette, which became dark red as she inhaled.

"We also want the dried fish on the other side." Heshia continued.

"No problem, now tell me what you have. You have seen our camp, and we are in great need of medicine. In addition, if you have gunpowder and saltpeter, we will take them all." She smoked and turned around.

"We have some gunpowder, but we need to exchange it with enough food." Heshia nodded.

"Enough food, tut tut, this is hard currency everywhere." She was a little dissatisfied, and did not continue to answer for a while, but smoked the cigarette.

"You guys, go and call Master Lu Qing." It seems that she can't make a decision.

"Yes." The two members looked at the three people, then went out of the tent to call for people.

After a while, a mature and plump woman in black silk off-shoulder gorgeous clothes came with her people. She smiled and laughed. After arriving at the camp, several black uniform combat members who accompanied her stood outside the tent with guns, while she led two people to nod slightly to the three people, and then walked towards the woman who was smoking on the side.

"Nana is smoking again. I told you not to do this in front of outsiders. It's very impolite." She kept smiling, took the cigarette from the woman's hand naturally and skillfully, and then handed it to the member behind her to extinguish it.

Faced with such behavior, the woman who was quite cold just now was just annoyed and did not object.

Turning around, this foxtail woman who looked to be in her early thirties, with a mature temperament but still beautiful, began to ask about the three people's purpose and the exchange of goods.

"So it's you, Guy, and Miss Heshia." Unexpectedly, she actually knew the three girls.

"This... How do you know my name?" Guy was a little shocked. He was just an unknown person, how could someone know my name on the grassland.

"Hehehe~ Of course, as the leader of the foxtail species, I still have some information." Her eyes narrowed slightly, revealing an impeccable smile.

"It's not difficult, mainly because I happened to hear Sister Chizhi talk about you some time ago." Only then did she tell the truth. It turned out that the news came from the 'Red Pomegranate' settlement.

"Sister Chizhi mentioned the settlement of the moose boss to me, and then talked about you, especially Miss Heshia. Such a look and temperament are too conspicuous, it's hard for people to forget." She pressed her fingers on the cuffs and covered her lips lightly.

"Since you came to the grassland specially, it seems that you are too short of food. I also know that there has been a shocking change in the Stone Forest Castle in the east recently."

"I don't know how much you want. If the number gap is not big, I can help you solve it all." She said this with great boldness, which made people feel moved. No wonder she looked completely without combat power, but could integrate and manage such a large force.

"It depends on how many you have. I'm afraid it's not something that you can solve with just one settlement." Guy shook his head.

"Oh? It seems that your number has expanded a lot, dozens, hundreds, or more?" The other party counted on his fingers. Although he was trying to get information, his slightly innocent and natural appearance made it difficult to make people angry.

"This..." Guy didn't know how to answer for a moment, and he also knew that he had just let the cat out of the bag.

He actually overturned on such a question, and it was a very simple mistake. For a moment, a kind of shame surged.

"Okay, Guy, let me talk." Heshia walked forward and pressed her fingers on Guy's shoulder, asking him to step back temporarily.

Looking at the foxtail leader who seemed harmless and natural in front of him, Heshia shook her head slightly, blinked her eyes, and broke the invisible charm created by the other party.

Guy had been traveling around with the merchants since he was a child, so it was impossible for him to be completely vigilant, but the foxtail leader in front of him was even more of a master. The invisible charm ability penetrated and made Guy speak the truth impulsively without knowing it.

Not sure if this was the racial talent of the foxtail species, or the personal strength of the foxtail leader with a smile in front of her, Heshia had a flash of thought in her mind.

"I wonder how much intelligence Lord Lu Qing knows about us. If you know enough, you shouldn't be so clever in front of me." Her tone of voice changed from gentle at the beginning to cold at the end, instantly breaking the atmosphere created by the other party.

"Miss Heshia is really unkind." The other party's eyes moved, as if she was still making some kind of test, but now she had completely lost the calmness and control she had when she first appeared.

"But I think I have been very tolerant of your test behavior."

The girl raised the sleeves of her black dress, revealing her slender fingers gently swiping in the air, and invisible ripples spread. Others seemed to have no reaction, but only the foxtail leader in front of him had his pupils shrank, as if he was shocked by Lei Qing, and even had goose bumps on his body.

As the absolute strong in various spiritual consciousness fields in the Federation, the degree of perfection of the system and the degree of skill of the song girl lineage are completely beyond the reach of the extraordinary people who are still in the primitive tribal stage. The song girls even disdain to deceive and directly use the most real emotions to convince everyone around them. In this way, they will not be disgusted or betrayed. This is something that people who still rely on language and charm to induce cannot understand.

After a few seconds, the foxtail species seemed to be greatly frightened. Her body trembled and she almost stood unsteadily. The people beside her hurriedly supported her and began to suspect that it was Heshiya and the others who were making trouble. They were ready to raise their guns and aim to shoot.

"Stop!" With the support of the people beside her, Lu Qing raised her hand in a panic and asked her men to stop.

"I am very sorry. I offended Lord Heshiya. Please forgive me." Her attitude completely changed at this time. She bowed in front of the three people with great respect, and even the people beside her were a little confused.

Guy and Fran looked at each other, seeming a little surprised, but also somewhat accustomed to such a situation, because this girl can always do unexpected things.

Heshia waved her hand lightly to the foxtail leader who bowed to apologize in front of her, then turned her eyes away, released her perception and consciousness, and scanned the entire camp.

"I need a lot of food, not only from your camp, but if you have any other way to get it, tell me as well."

"Yes." At this time, Lu Qing tidied her clothes, asked someone to bring a chair, and asked Heshia to sit down, and then carefully reported one by one.

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"In other words, the one who just fought with you was not the wolfblood headquarters, but the abandoned settlement that was wandering outside."

"Yes, after the birth of wolf-blood newborns, if there are disabilities or not strong enough, they will be abandoned. Over time, these abandoned members will form abandoned settlements. They roam around and are not welcomed by all parties. But if they are completely eliminated, it will be easy to offend the wolf-blood headquarters."

"If you want to obtain a large amount of food, it will not work just to find a force like ours, because the places with real food sources on the grassland are controlled by the wolf-blood species, especially the big river, which is rich in various kinds of fish. The slaves controlled by the wolf-blood species will catch these fish, make them into dried fish, and use them as currency on the grassland."

"In that case, dealing with the wolf-blood headquarters is unavoidable, so will they agree to the exchange?" Heshia looked up and asked the plump foxtail leader standing in front of her.

"Probably not. They prefer to rob directly. If it is a small amount of goods, they will find it troublesome to rob and allow exchange."

"The amount of food that Lady Heshia needs is probably not small. If it is a large exchange, the fastest way is to find wolf blood species, but they will inevitably become greedy, unless you scare them and make them retreat." When he stopped using all kinds of tricks and means, the fox tail species spoke more efficiently and concisely.

"I know." Heshia stood up.

It seems that the fair and gentle attitude she used to be used to will not work on the grassland.

(End of this chapter)