The Fourth Volume Chapter Thirty Knowing Secrets

  Wolff ran quickly to the side of the field and casually found a werewolf farmer to ask. As he spoke, for some reason, the werewolf farmer suddenly let out a sharp howl, and the nearby werewolf farmers quickly gathered around, each holding farm tools, mostly hoes and sickles.

  A werewolf shouted loudly: "Kill this traitor of the werewolves." His voice was so loud that we could hear it clearly here, and seeing this situation, I hurriedly shouted: "Wolf, don't hurt anyone, come back quickly."

  I turned my head and whispered to Meng Ke: "You quickly take the Black Dragon down, its target is too obvious. No matter what happens later, without my order, you are not allowed to come up. If I go with them later, you will wait for me on the side of Sa Si, I will definitely come back to find you."

  Meng Ke responded with a sound, saying: "Young master, don't make me wait too long." After finishing speaking, he pulled Hei Long down. Hei Long's goal was too obvious, in the Beastman tribe, no one rode horses, if let Yunna people see Hei Long, it would be strange not to suspect. I and Meng Ke didn't think that this separation would be for several months.

  Wolff didn't even have a weapon, but when he heard my shout, he wrapped his body in a fierce aura and squeezed out of the werewolf pile. When he ran back to the mountain ridge, he could only be described as disheveled, with his clothes torn in many places and his face covered in bruises. I didn't even have time to ask him what had happened before those werewolf farmers charged up, brandishing their tools.

  "I coldly shouted: 'Without my order, no one is allowed to move.' After finishing speaking, I put on a smile on my face and went forward to welcome the rushing farmers."

  "Everyone, everyone uncle, let's talk it out, don't fight, okay?" As the saying goes, "Don't hit a smiling face", the crowd of rough men stopped when they saw my "familiar" expression, but each and every one of them had a look of vigilance on their faces.

  I turned back and shouted at Wolf in anger: "Wolf, how did you offend the uncles? Hurry up and apologize!"

  An old werewolf farmer drank and said, "Forget about the apology, what are you doing here? Our Yunna Territory doesn't welcome outsiders. If you know what's good for you, leave quickly."

  I pretended to sigh heavily and said sincerely, "Uncle, I'm sorry, we didn't know the rules here. We saw your crops growing so well earlier and were really envious. So, my friend went over to ask about it. To be honest with you, we're from different lands and can't get a decent meal, nor do we want to become bandits. We just want to find a place to settle down. As you can see, we're all young and strong, we can endure hardship and work hard. Can you take us in?"

  The old farmer said disdainfully: "Don't tell me these things, you guys are in the wrong place if you want to show off. We don't welcome outsiders here, hurry up and leave, don't let you set foot on our territory, do you know that you have to detour to get here? I warn you, if you dare to spread what you saw today, our Lord Wolf God will punish you."

  My heart skipped a beat, Yunna was afraid of the news of large-scale farming leaking out, but after all, this is a vast territory, and there are no walls that don't leak. How did they deceive the Beast Emperor's ears? Since I want to capture that mysterious wolf tribe person, I must enter Yunna. Looking at this situation, killing in won't work, only... The old wolf man angrily said: "Why haven't you left yet, do you want to die? When our patrol team arrives, you won't be able to leave even if you want to."

  I fell to my knees with a thud, forcing out two tears, and said: "Uncle, please take us in, we really have no way out, you just let us work here, we naturally won't leak out what happened today." I had already knelt down, and my guards, even if they were unwilling, had to follow suit and kneel down as well.

  The old werewolf was relatively kind-hearted. Seeing our miserable appearance, his expression softened a lot: "Leaving you behind is not an option, but I can give you something to eat."

  "I begged desperately: 'Uncle, the food you give us can only solve our immediate hunger, but what about later? We can't always come to you for food, can we? Please be kind and take us in. Let us have a long-term place to eat, we don't ask for much, as long as we can eat our fill.'"

  An old farmer next to a forty-year-old werewolf said, "Uncle Kama, you can't agree with them. If the patrol team finds out, we're all done for."

  Kama Uncle hesitated and said, "Suke, look at their appearance, they are indeed refugees from other territories. Everyone is a beastman, so let's help them if we can. I'll go talk to the patrol team, they're relatively easy to talk to." Suke thought for a moment, looked at us again, and sighed, saying, "Except for our Yunna, there isn't a single territory in the beastman lands where the people are full. Those lords are really useless, but our Wolf God is wise. Alright, you're old, so don't go, I'll run over." After finishing speaking, he turned around and ran towards Yunna's direction.

  "Hey, young fellow," said Uncle Kama, turning to me, "I'm not in charge of whether or not we can take you in. Our people have gone to find the patrol team. If they say it's okay to take you in, then you can come back with us to the village. Wait here for a bit."

  Talking to them made me feel like I was back in Longshen, and the beastmen were unexpectedly easy to talk to, it's hard to understand. I thanked Karma Uncle a thousand times with flattering words, he seemed a bit impatient, turned around and said to the other farmers: "Everyone go back to work, today we must get rid of all the bugs, I'm enough here."

  Other farmers returned to their own fields under his call and continued with their work for today.

  As I saw other farmers leaving, I asked the old farmer tentatively: "Uncle, why can your crops grow so well here?"

  The old farmer, who had been flattered by me and was now somewhat elated, with his vigilance greatly reduced, replied without hesitation when I asked him: "Isn't it because of the manifestation of our Wolf God, plus the good governance of our lord? In fact, your lands are not uncultivable, it's just that your lords are too incompetent. The other day, I heard that the Beast Emperor issued a decree ordering each territory to promote farming, but what's the use of just having a decree? Except for here, all the other territories are still doing their own thing. Their lords only care about enjoying themselves, and there are hardly any who truly do things for their own people!"

  "I asked doubtfully, 'So you started farming after receiving the order? This is too good to be true. I've never seen such a beautiful plain in my life, uncle, I really admire you.'"

  The old farmer laughed and said with a smile: "We have been cultivating this land for over ten years, starting from..."

  He suddenly stopped here, coughed dryly a few times to cover up his embarrassment, and said impatiently: "Why do you ask so much? You're not from our Yunna's place anyway, don't pry."

  I've already heard most of what I wanted to know from him, so I said, "Sorry, sorry, Uncle. I was just curious." The wolf-like old farmer ignored us and sat alone on the side, smoking his pipe.

  After waiting for a meal, the previous one brought back a small team of wolfman soldiers.

  These soldiers were completely different from the ones I had seen on the battlefield of the fortress, although they were all werewolf soldiers. Their mental outlook was very good, each wearing a light leather armor, holding a long gun, with a faint glow at the tip of the gun, and marching forward with their heads held high and chest out.

  Is this the Beastman Empire? Their appearance is even more extraordinary than that of the Dragon God's soldiers. Now, I'm even more interested in the mysterious thief group led by Yunna. If I'm not mistaken, Yunna's prosperity must be closely related to them.

  The werewolf team has arrived at the top of the slope, and Sui pointed to the tall and majestic werewolf in front, introducing: "This is our patrol team leader Shawn, you can just talk to him directly."

  I hastily stepped forward two steps and respectfully said: "Captain Xiao En, it's an honor to meet you. We homeless people hope to be taken in by Yunna. We can carry and bear anything, as long as we have a stable meal." Xiao En looked me up and down, suddenly took a step forward and punched me.

  His speed was like an ant crawling in my eyes, I was shocked and suddenly understood that he was testing me. He completely withdrew his protective aura and let him hit my shoulder, taking the opportunity to cry out in pain and fall backwards.

  Wolff hastily came forward and supported me, pointing at Captain Shaw and shouting: "Not to mention not taking you in, how could you hit someone?"

  I secretly applauded in my heart, this guy cooperated quite well.

  Captain Xiao stepped forward, apologetically saying: "Sorry, sorry, I was just testing whether you were spies. Since you are refugees and still have the ability to work, I can temporarily accept you on behalf of Yunna Village. However..."

  I pretended to rub my shoulder which he had hit and frowned, asking "What's wrong?"

  "However, in our place, everything must be done according to the rules. If you break our rules, no one can protect you. If you are here as spies, our great Wolf God will surely tear you apart, and it is not allowed to leave the territory at will, do you hear?"

  I pretended to be frightened by him, trembling all over and falling to the ground, saying: "We small people are just ordinary civilians, we will definitely follow the rules of your territory and work hard. With such a good place, even if you drive me away, I won't leave."

  Shaun nodded in satisfaction and said, "This is for the best. For now, you'll stay in Uncle Kama's village and let him arrange work for you. After a period of time, if your performance remains good, we'll consider promoting you to official citizens of Yunna. Don't try any tricks on me, got it?" He swung his long gun, its base deeply embedded in the rock.

  I stammered and said: "Got it, got it, we will work hard to become a member of the cloud team as soon as possible."

  Xiao Nian turned to old farmer Kama and said: "Uncle Kama, they will be arranged by you. If anything happens, come find me directly."

  Kamara smiled and said: "Don't worry, Captain Shaw. If they dare to make trouble, I will definitely notify you as soon as possible."

  Xiao Nuo said a few more words to Karma and then turned around and left with his own men.

  Karma proudly puffed out her chest and said, "From now on, you'll all listen to my arrangements. Let's go, I'll first take you to the village and arrange a place for you to stay."

  I said gratefully, "Uncle Karma, thank you. We will work hard from now on." Our group of twenty people followed Karma to their village, which was much better than the ones we had seen along the way. The houses were made of stone blocks and the streets were paved with stones. The whole village was bustling with activity, with small vendors set up by the villagers selling various goods. It was clear that they were all living a life of plenty.

  Kama arranged for us to stay in a martial arts training hall next to his house, which was quite large and could accommodate our group of twenty people. There were six of us sleeping in one room.

  I didn't call Monk for another reason, which is that his weapon was too eye-catching. Ours can be said to be for fear of encountering bandits and self-defense, while his weapon was two large axes. I ask you, who would bring two giant axes for self-defense?

  I ordered Wolf to tell everyone not to make any unusual moves, and wait for my orders. So we started our life as farmers, at first, there were still people coming to monitor us, but after five or six days, probably because we worked very hard and were very honest, the villagers' vigilance towards us also relaxed a lot.

  I know it's time for me to take action, time waits for no man, I can't stay here any longer.

  The night was cool as water, I quietly got out of bed, instructed Wolf in a couple of sentences, took out the ink-dipped brush that had not been touched for many days from under the pillow, changed into night-traveling clothes, removed my headgear, and restored my original appearance.

  I listened carefully and, hearing no noise outside, I cautiously exited the house. With a light leap, I landed quietly on the high wall of the martial arts training ground like a falling leaf.

  It's already late at night, the moonlight is very sufficient, allowing me to see far away. The whole village is shrouded in a bright and beautiful moonlight, occasionally a few cries of night birds break through the quiet space.

  The villagers had long gone to sleep. I cautiously looked around, confirmed that no one was there, and quietly climbed over the wall into Uncle Kama's yard.

  Kama's household consists of four people: Kama, his wife, and their two children. Since Kama married relatively late in life, the two children are only in their early twenties. They sleep in a room on the left side, while he and his wife occupy the main house on the right side. My purpose today is to get the information I want from Kama himself.

  The courtyard was very quiet, and Kama's family had also fallen asleep like other villagers.

  I crept quietly to the side of the main house, pressed my ear against the window, and heard even breathing sounds coming from inside. I tentatively pushed on the window, but it didn't budge.

  Card under, I'm lucky to have a knife, emitting a mad god's aura lightly brushing underneath, with a slight "click" sound, I know, I've succeeded.

  Afraid of startling Uncle Karma and his wife who were sleeping, I didn't dare to move, quietly crouching under the window. After a while, there was no reaction from inside the house, I looked around and slowly pushed open the window, my body curled up like a cat, lightly landing on the floor inside the house.

  I whispered: "Darkness gathers the soul, falling is freedom, awaken, endless magic in my blood." I silently transformed into a fallen angel, thick black fog constantly emerging from my body, shrouding the entire room. In the black fog, I cast a soundproof spell, without my permission, not only could no sound escape, but even light couldn't shine outside. This way, I can proceed with my plan steadily.

  I stretched out my hand and pointed, several strands of black air shot out, causing Kama's wife to fall into a coma. Even if I killed her now, she wouldn't wake up.

  A cold killing aura emanated from my body, enveloping Kama, who shivered with fear as he woke up from his sleep. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and when he saw me, he let out a startled cry, shrinking back into the bed and covering himself with the blanket, stammering: "Y-you... you're a fallen angel! Am I dreaming?"

  I gave a cold smile, and my eyes shot out an eerie glow. In a low, husky voice, I said: "Kama, the Demon Lord has sent me to ask you some questions. If you answer well, I'll spare your life. Otherwise, I'll kill every last member of your family."

  When Kama found out that I was a fallen angel, he knew he couldn't resist and kept saying: "Don't, wife, wife, you wake up quickly." He stared at me tightly while constantly pushing his wife.

  "I sneered: 'She has long been subdued by me. Unless I am willing, she will never be able to wake up again.'"

  Kama apparently loved his wife dearly, standing steadfastly in front of her, his voice still trembling but more calm than before: "You... you ask. Please don't harm my family."

  I gave him a once-over and said, "Alright, if you cooperate, I won't kill anyone. What I want to ask is, why is your Cloud Ridge so wealthy? And what's the deal with those fierce bandits in the territory?"

  Upon hearing my two questions, Kama's whole body trembled and his face turned even paler: "No, I won't say. You can kill me, but please, spare my family." As he spoke, he rolled off the bed onto the floor, continuously kowtowing to me.

  I had known he would answer me like this, I said in a low voice: "Kama, look into my eyes."

  Kama suddenly raised her head, and what she saw was a pair of black pupils filled with coldness and evil. As I attracted his gaze, I chanted: "Great God of Darkness, use my soul as an offering, use my life as a bridge, grant me the supreme magical power to control spirits."

  This is a dark third-level magic, called Dark Night Soul Devouring, its power is not very great, it's only useful for those who are much weaker than oneself. It can put people to sleep in a short period of time, making the recipient completely follow the caster's requirements.

  Of course, it is necessary to successfully control the opponent, if the cultivation of both parties is not much different, the spellcaster is very likely to suffer from magical backlash, which is very dangerous.

  Generally speaking, even demons with fallen angelic powers are reluctant to use this magic easily.

  Karma's mind has been completely controlled by me, her eyes are getting more and more confused, gradually becoming dull from confusion.

  I said in a soft voice: "Kama..."

  Kama stared blankly and said: "Who is Kama?"

  "I continued in the same tone as before: 'Karma is you, you are Karma, and I am your eternal master.'"

  Karma suddenly said: "I am Karma, you are my master."

  "That's right, very right, absolutely right. Remember, I am your master. Now, I'm going to ask you a few questions and you must tell me the truth."

  Karma nodded and said: "Please ask, Master."

  The first time I used this magic, it was so successful that I secretly rejoiced in my heart: "Good, you tell me, why can your cloud realm be so prosperous?"

  Kama paused for a moment, then said: "That started over ten years ago. Originally, our Yunna territory was also very barren, just like other territories, with bandits roaming around and people struggling to survive. But one day, our god appeared, guiding us to start eliminating the bandits, driving out people from other tribes, leading our wolf people to continuously open up wasteland, develop farming and smelting, all the way until today. It's precisely because of this that our Yunna territory was able to rise to power. In the past five years, our Yunna has already eradicated poverty, every household can eat their fill and wear warm clothing."

  I was shocked by his words, the god of the wolfmen, a two-headed wolf? Sasari's side has produced a nine-headed snake, and Yunna's side has also produced a two-headed wolf. Just listening to it, I know they're not easy to deal with. If all the territories are like this, when can I ever pacify the beastman tribe?

  "I continued to ask: 'Where is your God?'"

  Kama's face shone with a holy light as he said reverently: "Our God is on the mountain of Vot in the land of clouds."

  I nodded and continued to ask: "I heard that you have a group of thieves in the cloud, where are they, and who is their leader?"

  Karma's face showed a hint of struggle, her hands clutching her head, looking very anguished, apparently wanting to avoid this topic.

  I was shocked, this wolf god had a very high status in the hearts of these werewolves, and there was even a risk of struggling against my magical control. As I thought about it, I increased the dark magic, and Kama gradually calmed down under the continuous penetration of the dark magic, her eyes becoming even more empty.

  "I said in a low voice: 'Kama, my servant, answer the question I asked you earlier.' My heart is also very tense now. If he still can't speak out, I'm afraid I'll have to withdraw this magic after all. After all, backlash is terrible."

  Kama didn't let my hopes down, and said faintly: "It's like this, our village never had a band of thieves. That so-called band of thieves was just an excuse for outsiders, it was to avoid military service."

  "I asked further: 'If they are not a gang of thieves, then what are they gathering for?'"

  Kama said with some pride, "They are the glorious guardians, their mission is to protect our greatest god. We call them the God's Guard Corps in Yunna. Their combat strength is absolutely no less than that of the Bimon Legion."

  As expected, the so-called thieves' gang and Yunna's prosperity are closely related, but I don't believe in Karma's last words. He is completely blindly worshiping them. Wolfmen are wolfmen after all. Unless every one of them has the level of Wolfe, it is absolutely impossible to contend with the giant beast that is over four meters tall and immune to swords and guns.

  "I asked hesitantly: 'So does this mean that even your Wolf Clan's leader has to obey him?'"

  Kama nodded, saying: "Of course, the gods are the highest rulers of our wolf tribe. As long as we are members of the wolf tribe, we must respect them." "Then they are all on Mount Wol. Tell me, where is Mount Wol?"

  Kama's eyes flashed with a yearning expression, saying: "The Wohl Mountains are just one hundred miles west of here. That is a forbidden zone, without the permission of the gods, no one can easily set foot on that land, not even us wolf people."

  "Then I asked: 'Have you seen the wolf god?'"

  Kama shook his head in shame and said, "I'm just an ordinary commoner, how can I meet him? I only know that he has two divine heads."

  Still got a headache, aren't they just two worn-out wolf heads. I've already asked what I needed to know, today's goal has been achieved, I said gloomily: "Kama, you're tired, you're really tired."

  Karma's eyelids suddenly drooped and she muttered: "Yes, master, I'm sleepy, I'm very sleepy."

  "I said softly: 'Since you're tired, go to sleep. When you wake up tomorrow morning, you'll forget everything from tonight.'"

  Kama repeated after me: "Forget everything tonight, forget everything tonight..." His voice grew weaker and weaker, and soon he fell asleep with a thunderous snore.

  I confirmed that he had completely fallen asleep, and I withdrew the dark magic from his body. When he wakes up tomorrow, he will not remember anything that happened.

  I wiped the sweat from my forehead, turned over and got out of the house, lifted the ban on Mrs. Karma outside the house, quietly retrieved the boundary, restored the window to its original state, spread my wings and floated back to the training ground.

  I retract the dark magic and return to my original form, push open the door and enter. All the guards are still awake, sitting in the house waiting for me to come back.

  As I entered, Wolf asked in a low voice: "Young master, is everything going smoothly?"

  "I took off my night-traveling clothes as I said, 'It's going smoothly so far. Let's observe for one more day tomorrow, and if nothing happens, we'll take action tomorrow night.'"

  "Wolf hesitated and said: 'Young master, shouldn't we inform His Majesty to send a large team of soldiers over?'"

  I sighed and said, "This matter must be completed by us ourselves. You all saw the situation here, a scene of prosperity among the people, and that so-called bandit group was just the guard team of their so-called Wolf God, and they didn't do anything bad. If we rashly send troops to attack Yunna, it will inevitably force the entire Yunna to unite and resist. Yunna is now strong in arms and supplies, while our army has just been defeated at Struwel Fortress. Even if we mobilize two armies like Meng and Kuangshi, taking down Yunna would still require a heavy price. At that time, how can we make our Beastman Empire stronger? For Yunna, we cannot use force, only strategy."

  The centaur guard said: "Clever capture? How can we cleverly capture?"

  I scratched my head and said, "This is also the problem that has been troubling me lately. I've been thinking for days about how we can recover Yun without bloodshed if it's under a strong ruler. I thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a suitable solution. I couldn't just shout 'winning people over with virtue' and go negotiate with them, could I? You all go back and rest, let me think some more."

  The guards of the other houses had all gone back to their rooms to rest, and the few people in my house had also retreated into their quilts. Sitting on the bed, I started practicing the Tianmo Quan, hoping that the cool, watery feeling would help me think of a good plan more clearly.

  If we were to ask for an audience, I'm afraid we'd be caught before we even reached the Wolf's Mountain. After all, there are only twenty of us, and this is someone else's territory. If I were to go alone to assassinate the Wolf God? Not to mention whether or not it would succeed, just finding it would be very difficult. None of these options work... alas, it seems we have no choice but to take a risk and try.

  Early in the morning, I got up with the guards to do farm work. After a while, Uncle Kama also came, his eyes were a bit dull and his face was pale. It seems that he has not fully recovered from my dark magic.

  I walked over and asked with concern: "Uncle, what's wrong? You don't look too well."

  Kama sighed and said: "Maybe I'm getting old, didn't sleep well last night, so today is like this. My wife's spirit isn't very good either, so I didn't let her come over."

  I nodded and said: "Since that's the case, you can take a rest for now. Let me handle your work."

  Karma said: "How can I be so presumptuous."

  I smiled slightly and said, "What's the big deal? I'm young and strong anyway, taking care of you elderly is what I should do. Besides, if it weren't for your help, who knows where I'd be drifting around now. Just give me a chance to repay you."

  Kama smiled and said, "Alright then, I'll trouble you. You're an excellent young man, it's a pity to be stuck here with us. If there's an opportunity in the future, I'll recommend you to the patrol team."

  As I worked in the fields, I thought to myself: It seems he didn't notice what happened last night. This is for the best, or else I would have had to kill him to silence him.