Heihe River is a tributary of Jinshui River. It is named after flowing through Heibao. It runs through the whole Victor territory. The deepest part of the Heihe River is only 2 meters. The river is clear to the bottom. Three lakes have been formed in the low-lying area of Victor''s collar, the largest of which is Pinghu.

    Pinghu village is built on the Bank of Pinghu Lake. The village is close to the lake on one side and fertile flat land on three sides. The villagers of Pinghu village have reclaimed more than 5000 mu of cultivated land here.

    In the afternoon, more than 20 villagers of Pinghu village, accompanied by more than a dozen militia, were collecting purple sugarcane.

    Jim waved his sickle and quickly harvested the purple sugarcane in front of him. He was panting, sweat dripping down his cheeks, and his arms were sour and swollen, but he didn''t mean to rest. Jim just wants to finish work early and leave this ghost place early, although it is less than 10 kilometers from Pinghu village.

    The farmers were silent. There was only the rustle of sickles harvesting purple sugarcane one after another. Everyone worked hard like Jim, nervously like stealing other people''s crops.

    Jim, they are indeed stealing, because Victor announced that neither free people nor collar people are allowed to harvest purple sugarcane in the territory without permission, otherwise it will be regarded as stealing the Lord''s property. But that''s not why they''re nervous.

    "Hurry up! You can go soon!" The burly militia captain drank low, with a trace of anxiety in his eyes.

    No one answered, but the rustle became more urgent. Jim also accelerated the speed of waving the sickle. He thought he could leave soon. He was glad he didn''t meet the terrible beast today.

    More than 20 days ago, more than a dozen mountain people came to Pinghu village one after another. They told the villagers that a terrible and violent wolf appeared in this territory. At first, the villagers didn''t believe it, but the mountain people described it vividly, which made everyone suspicious. Just more than ten days later, some villagers finally witnessed the fierce wolf in the mountain people''s mouth.

    In the next few days, the villagers who went out to work frequently saw the huge and violent beast. Militia captain Bair organized a hunting team to try to encircle and suppress the beast, but the hunting failed and damaged a militia.

    Then the situation became worse and worse. The fierce wolf seemed to be angered. It began to attack the villagers who went out to work, and there were signs that it seemed to have built a nest near Pinghu village.

    Heyman, holding a cross bow with Hyun on it, glanced around warily. As the person in charge of harvesting purple sugarcane, he was under great pressure. Since the fierce wolf appeared around, the villagers have been afraid to stay away from Pinghu village. Fortunately, there are cultivated land around Pinghu village, which has a wide field of vision and is relatively safe. The beast has never appeared on the open cultivated land.

    But Bayer insisted on organizing villagers to harvest purple sugarcane a few kilometers away, and the beast lurked in the dense purple sugarcane forest. It was not soft hearted to humans who invaded its territory, and several people had been killed and injured under its sharp teeth. The villagers refused to go to the purple sugarcane forest, but Bayer forced the villagers to harvest purple sugarcane by drawing lots, and those who were disobedient would be driven out of Pinghu village.

    Many people can''t understand why Bayer did this, but Hyman knows.

    Every once in a while, several carriages took advantage of the night to quietly transport the purple bagasse away, leaving some supplies at the same time. That''s how Hyman''s Crossbow came from. This transaction has been going on for some time. Hyman is not sure who the other party is, but he guesses that it is the people in the eastern camp. Now only they dare to ignore the authority of the Lord in the whole territory.

    "I hope it will be all right today."

    Hyman changed the Heavy Crossbow to his left hand, and pointed the sharp crossbow at the sky. In order to ensure safety, they changed a further purple sugarcane forest for collection.

    Jim has almost reached his limit. His back is so sore that he has to stop to have a rest. Jim wiped the sweat on his face with the sweat towel around his neck, rubbed his sweat pickled eyes, and his blurred vision became clear. Then Jim saw a huge strange wolf staring at him. Jim''s whole body was stiff and his mind was blank. He looked at the beast so motionless, but his strange appearance still attracted the attention of his companions.

    "Jim?" A villager asked Jim in a trembling voice.

    The villagers'' voice was not loud, but they woke up Jim, who was haunted by fear. Jim was about to make a scream. A gust of evil wind brought him to the ground and he fainted.

    When the wolf jumped out of the purple sugarcane forest, everyone didn''t react, but it rushed straight at Hyman holding a crossbow.

    There was a scream in the field, not Jim, but Hyman. In a blink of an eye, he was thrown to the ground by the giant wolf, his neck was bitten, and blood was sprayed from the sharp teeth of the giant wolf. With a tearing action of the giant wolf, the scream stopped suddenly, and Hyman''s head was torn off.

    The militia were shocked by the terrible scene, and the wolf jumped on the nearest militia.

    At the critical moment of life and death, the militia inspired his potential and courage. He raised his spear to block the deadly wolf kiss, but he couldn''t resist the huge impact. The whole person was dragged to the ground by the beast. The spear was bitten off by the giant wolf. Seeing the blood coming in, the militia raised his arm to protect his neck and cried out for help.

    "Help me! Help me!"

    Then, the militia only felt a light on his body, and the huge wolf pressing him suddenly jumped out. Before he understood, there were bursts of sharp pain on his body, and he had been shot into a hedgehog by his companion.

    "Ah!" The militia roared with anger and fear and shot desperately at the giant wolf, but the giant wolf was too fast. In the eyes of the militia, it was like a fuzzy shadow. In a twinkling, another militia holding a crossbow was torn open.

    The giant wolf will never bite and stay on the body. It will bite and tear in the crowd. The militia can''t resist it at all. They are in a mess and shoot arrows indiscriminately, but they always shoot their companions to death. When the wolf killed the fourth militia, the team finally collapsed. People screamed in horror, dropped their weapons and began to flee in a hurry. Behind them was the terrible roar of the wolf.

    In the purple sugarcane forest, a strong man with a hunting bow on his back watched all this silently. Behind him, there were two strong giant dogs and a big black crow on his shoulders.

    After a while, the giant dog who went out to kill returned to the purple sugarcane forest. When he passed the farmer who fainted on the ground, he lowered his head and smelled, then ran to jack with his tail wagging.

    Jack and three war mastiffs disappeared in the boundless purple cane forest. They have been faithfully performing the tasks assigned by their master, driving and intimidating. They can kill those who threaten their safety. That''s what Victor ordered.

    When Bayer arrived with a large group of people, he saw only a messy scene and a few miserable bodies.

    "Only two people were directly bitten by the beast, and the others were shot by their own people. What a bunch of fools!" Mark spat angrily at the floor.

    "If you end up defending yourself, the beast has no chance at all and forgets all his usual training." Said a strong man, who was also an old man following Bayer.

    Bayer didn''t speak. He silently went to Hyman''s body and put his head around his neck.

    "Gary, are you sure this is a fierce wolf?" Bayer turned to a bearded man and asked.

    Gary took a few steps forward, squatted down and drew a huge paw print with his hand. As an experienced mountain hunter, he knew what this paw print meant.

    "Head, this is indeed the paw print of a ferocious wolf."

    "Don''t fierce wolves eat people?"

    Bayer looked at several bodies and found that they were all dead in place without any drag marks.

    "Beasts will not eat people when they are full, but they will attack humans invading territory." Gary smacked his mouth. It was the only explanation he could think of.

    Mark gave Gary a hard look and said in a harsh voice, "that is to say, the beast has built a nest here? You really shouldn''t have taken you in at the beginning. You led the beast!"

    Gary''s face became ugly, his eyes glowed fiercely, but he didn''t dare to defend. In Gary''s view, it was Bayer''s attempt to hunt the beast that really angered it. Before that, the beast only hurt people but didn''t kill people.

    "It''s strange." Bayer ignored the confrontation between mark and Gary. He thought the attack was very strange.

    "You see, the beast killed Hyman directly, causing our people to lose their commander. Then it attacked three other crossbows. According to the survivors, it was very fast. After biting one, it jumped directly at another target without stopping. This is different from the habits of beasts. No matter what kind of beast, it will not let go when the prey is not dead 。”

    "Finally, it even bit the crossbow left on the ground! Will there be such a clever beast?" Bayer picked up a battered crossbow and showed it to the others.

    "Head, the wolf is a very smart beast. They know the weakness of their prey, know who is the greatest threat to them, and bear a grudge. Maybe it has suffered a loss on the cross bow, so it will deal with the person holding the cross bow first." Gary explained.

    "Unfortunately, these crossbows."

    Mark checked the damaged crossbow and found that it really couldn''t be repaired. There are only ten such crossbows in the camp. Now four have been damaged.

    "Boss, there are living people here. It''s Jim." A militia found the villagers fainting on the ground.

    "Take him back, and the bodies of these brothers." Bayer looked gloomily at the black crows circling in the sky. In any case, he could not let his companions'' bodies be ruined by these scavengers.

    Back in Pinghu village, Bayer took some of his men into a wooden house. Village head Dick and several leaders were waiting for him.

    "How''s it going?" Dick asked hurriedly when he saw Bayer coming in.

    At this time, Dick has become a lot richer, even his belly has been exposed, and his clothes are clean and tidy. He really looks like a village head.

    "Very bad!" Bayer said in a deep voice.

    "The beast built his nest in the nearby purple sugarcane forest. It would attack anyone who came near there."

    "What about that? Bayer, you are the captain of the militia. You should be responsible for killing the beast! Otherwise, your captain won''t want to do it!" Dick stamped his feet and screamed.

    "Old man, are you looking for a beating!" Mark was so angry that dick raised his fist to fight.

    "All right!" Bayer grabbed mark.

    "We can''t deal with that beast. Its smell is too sensitive and fast. We can''t stop it at all." Bayer said dejectedly.

    "Fortunately, it won''t run to the flat ground. In the future, let''s not get close to the purple sugarcane forest. It''s the only way to do it first."

    "Boss, I''m afraid it can''t. last time we rounded it up, it has already taken revenge. Even if we don''t go, it will find it." Gary came forward and said.

    "What do you say? It''s all the trouble caused by you mountain people!" Mark stared, patted the table and shouted.

    Gary ignored Mark''s clamor. He whispered to Bayer, "head, Pinghu village is a village recognized by the Lord and has also been offered. We can ask the Lord for help. As long as Lord Nelson joins hands with you, we can kill the beast."

    "What? You want to take refuge in the Lord again. Don''t forget that you ran out of the free people''s camp yourself! Can you go back now?" Mark sneered.

    Bayer didn''t speak. He understood Gary''s mind. Gary just wanted Pinghu village to surrender to the Lord, so that he could join the Lord''s command.

    Several leaders did not speak, and they were embarrassed. The villagers of Pinghu village think they are the leading people of the Lord. Only a few of them know that this is not the case. If you ask the Lord for help, the Lord may not blame the villagers, but he will never let them go. But they really can''t cope with this situation. Before long, the villagers will ask them to seek protection from the Lord. What should we do at that time?

    Mark didn''t think so much. He thought that although Gary hated it, his idea might work. He had heard of the reputation of the northern bear in dodo.

    "Village head, should you go to see the Lord?"

    "I... I''m not going!" Dick shrunk his neck and went to the hill camp to report the village affairs twice recently. Lord Victor didn''t see him, and the indifferent attitude of village head Maureen made Dick understand that he might have revealed his secret.

    Dick also regretted that he had been preaching the authority of the Lord in the village according to the method taught by Victor, and most villagers recognized his identity as village head, which made Dick proud for a while. But one night, Bayer put a long sword around his neck and threatened him. If Dick didn''t cooperate with Bayer, Bayer would kill him immediately. Dick knew Bayer was serious, so he gave in. Fortunately, Bayer retained his identity as village head, and Dick was not dissatisfied, but he didn''t report it to Lord victor. In his opinion, only by having a good relationship with Dick can he save his life, and the Lord can fool him.

    "Gary, I won''t kill you. You take your people out of Pinghu village."

    Bayer coldly ordered the mountain leader that such a wall grass should not be left at all.

    Gary''s face changed. He didn''t expect Bayer to be so determined. He stood up and walked out of the house without saying a word. When he came to the door, he said, "Bayer, among all the camp leaders, I am most convinced by you. But the thing I regret most is to leave the Lord''s temporary residence. Unfortunately, I can''t go back. Now, do you regret it?"

    "You don''t understand anything!"

    Bayer didn''t regret it. He thought about it carefully. When Victor recruited him, he refused, because he didn''t like the young Lord, no castle, no knight, told him that he had no future, and had to give up his position and start from scratch. He was unwilling. Even if Nelson later publicized the reputation of the northern bear to the whole territory, he didn''t look up to victor. He was a vassal of the Silver Knight, not a cheap mercenary.

    Now the purple cane in the territory began to show its value, and Bayer would not take refuge in victor. He knew what purple cane wine was. Many fortresses in dodo were built at strategic locations. Not all of these fortresses have water sources, and crude wine that can be stored for a long time is particularly important. Such valuable resources will only bring disaster to small lords like Victor.

    Bayer thinks there is only one way to go to victor. He has a better choice.

    Bayer pushed open a door. In the room, a woman was waiting on a man to drink. The man chewed the roast pig elbow with one hand and touched the woman''s skirt with the other hand.

    Bayer waved and the woman obediently left the room.

    "Hubert, there is a fierce wolf near the camp. I need your help."

    "What do you want?" Hubert put down his greasy pig elbow and asked carelessly.

    "I need you to send knights to help me kill the beast. Don''t deny that the equipment you support me is standard. I know you are under Lord chebman." Bayer fixed his eyes on Hubert.

    "Send the knight deep into Victor''s collar? Are you crazy? Or can you afford it?" Hubert sneered.

    "The fierce wolf has occupied the purple sugarcane forest. We can''t provide you with purple sugarcane without removing it!" Bayer said word by word.

    "This is your problem. You have to solve it yourself. Our deal is to exchange purple cane for equipment, that''s all! I can also tell you that we have not only your choice, but also built a new free people camp in another place."

    "If you want to join us, then prove your ability. Hundreds of people can''t deal with a violent animal. What do you think the master will think of you?"

    Bayer walked out of the room. He just felt his legs sink badly. He looked around. Many familiar faces were greeting him attentively.

    "Do you really want to pile it with human life?" Bayer thought deeply.