When her fire spell was ready, in less than three minutes, both the wolves and the crows in the sky were turned into corpses on the ground with the cooperation of the two.
After killing the attacking monster, Triss let out a sigh of relief and looked at Wayne with strange eyes. The last time they fought in the catacombs, the two sorceresses did not see with their own eyes the heroic figure of the witcher in battle. Today, they saw with their own eyes Wayne's extraordinary fighting ability.
Although spellcasters naturally have a sense of superiority over warriors, Triss couldn't help but praise them:
"Your strength and speed are already several times greater than that of an ordinary person."
"Does every demon hunter have a strong body like you, Wayne?"
Upon hearing this, Master Wayne's face was calm, but his tone was somewhat Versailles as he said, "It's not bad. My talent is a little bit stronger. I'm probably at the top level among all the demon hunters."
The red-haired beauty smiled softly, looked at the body on the ground, and asked, "What should we do now, Wayne?"
"As a monster expert, do you think we should go directly to the target's location next, or do we need to make some further preparations?"
When Wayne heard Triss asking for his opinion, he couldn't help but feel emotional. This was how Triss respected other people's opinions.
If it were any other sorceress, such as Yennefer or other members of the Sorceresses Guild, with their strong personalities, they would definitely make their own decisions and would not follow the arrangements of others.
After thinking for a few seconds, Wayne said, "Based on our experience as demon hunters in dealing with leopard spirits, they usually build three to four totem poles like this one on the outskirts of their territory. If we don't destroy these totem poles, the strength of the leopard spirits will probably be greatly increased."
"Although it is not impossible to destroy it, it will definitely be more troublesome to deal with."
Triss nodded. She had learned some of this knowledge before and even looked up information about the Deer-Headed Spirit a few days ago. However, the information the warlock obtained was not as detailed as that recorded by the witcher group.
Much of the information on witchers is practical data from previous witchers who hunted monsters. It is far more authentic and reliable than the books written by warlocks based on analysis and speculation.
"In that case, let's use this place as the edge and circle around here to see if we can find other totems. They are so conspicuous, it shouldn't be difficult to find them."
"Okay, let's do it."
After Wayne nodded in agreement, the two of them rode their horses around the forest.
This is a primeval forest. Although the mine is only about five or six miles away from here, according to the geographical location, they are already deep in the primeval forest.
Various huge trees block out the sun, and all kinds of vines and stones are entangled on the ground. While walking, you can also see some poisonous insects and snakes clinging to various inconspicuous places, which is quite dangerous.
After searching for about ten minutes, I suddenly heard some fighting and screaming sounds coming from the front, as if a group of people were fighting with something.
After Wayne and Triss looked at each other, they immediately quickened their pace, ran in front of the sorceress, and ran towards the location where the sound came from.
Soon, the two passed through a dense forest and saw a group of villagers in simple clothes, holding various hoes, pitchforks and other farm tools, fighting a group of wild wolves and crows.
A huge troll wrapped in stones, waving a huge wooden stick, protecting a horrible totem made of various bones. He was surrounded by some men and was fighting fiercely.
Although there were as many as forty or fifty villagers, and the number of the wild beasts attacking them was only half of theirs, this group of humans who had not received combat training were timid when fighting against those ferocious wild beasts and were unable to exert their combat advantage at all.
Wayne's eyes were very sharp. He immediately saw the black-haired young man named Alan among the villagers. He was holding an axe for chopping wood, hiding behind the troll, and chopping the troll's back with the axe.
Unfortunately, the back was the troll's strongest defensive part, and the axe chopped down only caused stone chips to fly, without causing any damage to the troll.
The troll was no pushover either. After sensing the attack from behind, he immediately swung his stick and threw Alan high into the air. If other villagers had not tried to catch him, he would have definitely suffered considerable injuries.
Seeing this, Wayne could no longer stand by and watch. He turned to Triss and said, "You go deal with the troll, and then destroy the totem. I will help the villagers deal with the beast."
After killing the wild wolf, Wayne suddenly remembered that he seemed to have forgotten to collect the spoils from the group of beasts he had just killed at the previous totem. Although wolf liver was not a rare material, it could at least be sold for some money.
Of course, this thought only flashed through his mind. After killing a wild wolf, Wayne did not hesitate at all. He quickly killed several wild wolves that wanted to attack the villagers by sneak attacks.
The electric blade in his hand is no different from ordinary weapons. The skin and bones of the wild wolves are no tougher than fruits under the sharp blade of this weapon. As long as the angle of the cut is right, he can easily cut the wild wolves in half or chop off their heads.
Triss acted quickly. After reciting a series of awkward spells, the sorceress shouted to the villagers who were besieging the trolls.
"Get off that totem. I need to cast a spell."
The villagers who were besieging the troll were stunned for a few seconds when they heard this, but fortunately Alan knew Triss, and he immediately asked the villagers to retreat to a safe area.
As Triss raised her hands above her head with her palms facing up as if she was lifting something, after a loud bang, flames exploded from the location of the trolls and totems, shooting up into the sky, igniting a giant pillar of fire more than ten meters high, enveloping the trolls and the animal bone totems in scorching flames.
A few minutes later, when Wayne killed all the beasts that besieged the villagers, both the trolls and the terrifying totem made of animal bones had been turned into charcoal in Triss's flames.
Wayne observed the surroundings and confirmed that no other monsters were rushing over. Then he grabbed Alan and asked, "What's going on? Why are you and the villagers here?"
Alan rubbed his injured shoulder and looked at the injured villagers around him with a somewhat sad expression.
Some people had their limbs bitten by wild wolves and might become disabled. Several people had their eyes pecked out by crows. Some people had their bones broken by the attacks of trolls and were lying on the ground wailing. But even so, everyone did not escape and wanted to continue fighting.
"Lord Wayne, I'm not sure either. When I returned to the village from Lady Triss's mansion, the villagers were very excited."
"Because after we left, that Link returned to the village with the monster. He took advantage of the people's panic and escaped, kidnapped five children from the village, and then fled into the forest."
"The villagers in our village have always been very united. Upon seeing this situation, they immediately organized this team and wanted to go into the forest to rescue the children."
"We chased them all the way here, but when we just got near this totem, we were attacked by a group of monsters. There were too many of them. Fortunately, with the help of you and Lady Triss, we didn't suffer heavy casualties."
Wayne and Triss looked at each other, feeling a little heavy-hearted. They originally thought that they were only dealing with a deer-headed spirit and its monsters, but now it seemed that these monsters would hold five children as hostages.
With their kind natures, they would certainly be timid in battle. Wayne thought for a few seconds, looked at the injured villagers around him, reached into his waist bag and took out some bandages, needles and thread and other first aid items, handed them to Allen, and said:
"Don't chase it any further. The deer-headed monster inside is very powerful. Ordinary people like you will only die if you run over there."
"How about this, leave the rest to us, you guys treat your wounds first."
"If you really want to do something, you can help us look for it. There may be one or two more totems like this around this forest."
"Find them and destroy them."
"We will go straight to that monster now. In order to deal with the two of us, it should not send out any more beasts to attack you."
After saying that, he and Triss looked at each other. Triss nodded at Wayne's decision without objecting.
Although the totem was not completely destroyed, it would be a bit dangerous to deal with the Deer-Headed Demon, but in order to save time and rescue the children, it is necessary to take some risks.
(End of this chapter)
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