Nata's head was messy, and her heart was beating so thumping that she could even hear it.

I have to hold on for so long to cope with my inner fear, and my body is a little stiff. Seeing Roddy leaving so casually, Nata has lost her clues about what she wants to do next.

In Nata's concept - or the concept instilled by the elders in the village, humans should be lustful, greedy, and like to take advantage of others and like to be clever. But why is this guy just now completely different from what village chief Brody said about humans

Woolen cloth?

His eyes turned to the corpse of the steel-tailed leopard. This powerful creature can be sold at a high price in the human world, but why did the other party not have any nostalgia and just throw it away?

And... why can his archery skills be so powerful?

How could he be so calm when facing danger?

The speed, accuracy and courage of the two arrows facing each other made Nata feel the strong pressure from the bottom of her heart. She took several deep breaths in a row, but she could not calm her mood. She looked at the two on the head of the steel-tailed leopard.

Arrow, the body was still trembling slightly because of adrenaline.

After standing like this for a few minutes, footsteps came from behind.

"Nata! Are you here? Na-Nata? You are indeed here! We all thought something happened to you..."

Several figures came out of the darkness, and they were the wood elves who should have come out to hunt with Nata. The guy in the lead was Lando, who was strong and agile, but he had almost no sound when walking on the complex ground. He was Nata's

One of the many admirers, perhaps the most positive one. The few people who followed were hunting together today. It was obviously intentional to follow along. I guess they saw Nata without hiding it.

The traces of escape were chased here.

Speaking of which, Lando has been ready to "heroes save beauty", and is excited for a long time, lamenting that he finally found an opportunity to show his skills in front of Nata - but when he arrived at Nata as fast as possible

When I was in front of me, I found that things did not continue as he imagined.

"We saw the traces left by your running, and thought that you might be in danger. If you are here, it should be fine, that leopard-"

Lando was talking, and the next moment he saw the corpse of a leopard lying beside him. His words were stuck, and he frowned and he was stunned. For these young hunters, the steel-tailed leopard is definitely not something to be killed at will.

Dead prey, a senior hunter in the village was killed by this powerful and treacherous leopard last year, so when facing it, the wood elves often stay away.

However, when he saw that the person chasing Nata was actually an adult steel-tailed leopard. Lando and the three wood elves behind him were also a little scared: it would be okay to let them deal with the young leopard, if it were such a big adult body,

It would be a delusion to not pay a certain price, and the best result would be to force the other party away.

Thinking of this, Lando's previous thought of "heroes saving beauty" was basically scared, but then he was puzzled: "That... Nata, you - did you kill this leopard?

”

Nata raised her eyes and looked at him, but she didn't even have any unnecessary reaction. She turned her head, got up and patted the soil, and picked up the short bow that had just been thrown aside on the ground.

"Not hurt, are we? We brought herbs."

Still no response.

Lando also understood the other party's "iceberg" character, and had long been accustomed to her coldness. In order to change the topic, he stepped to the leopard's corpse to check it out, but frowned and looked at the head with a little dry blood, and said in surprise:

"These two arrows... are they too accurate?"

Hearing this, several companions following him surrounded him and looked carefully, and he felt a little incredible—

"How is it possible..."

"The eyes are in the middle, there is no deviation at all."

"This trace...it was shot when it jumped up."

"Shot two arrows in the air?"

Although several of them were novice hunters in the village, they could basically guess the battle process after taking a look at the footprints and traces on the ground, but the final conclusion made them feel like a fantasy.

"Wait, this arrow..."

Rando swallowed, pinched the tail of the wooden arrow with his fingertips, his eyes froze. He was about to say something, but he found that Nata came straight to the leopard with a frosty face, and he didn't even look at him and the three.

My companion pulled out the two arrows with great force, and regardless of the blood dripping from the arrows, he stuffed them into his quiver and turned around and left...

This slightly arrogant attitude did not make the wood elves dissatisfied with too much. Nata is like this to everyone on weekdays, so when they looked at Nata's figure when they were young, they turned their heads and discussed: "Lando,

This leopard...we will carry it away?"

"Well, when I talked to Village Chief Brody after I got back, I said I had picked it up and don't have anything to do with Nata." Lando's gentle personality and upright character in the eyes of his companions, and is considered to be the more prestigious existence among the younger generation.

, so no one will question his dominance at this moment, "Don't say a little nonsense, this leopard's death has nothing to do with us and Nata."

"But Lando...this bonfire-"

"You know this is called a bonfire?"

"That arrow...that arrow doesn't seem to be us--"

"Do you have to tell me that you can stop this stupid question?" Lando waved his hand and interrupted the question of several people. "It's obvious that this camp belongs to humans, and that arrow is only used by humans. I

So, are you satisfied?"

The three wood elves looked at each other, looking at me and I looked at you, and they were a little confused.

Lando sighed and continued, "What matters is not the process, it is the result... Nata is fine, the steel-tailed leopard is dead, and everything else is just speculation - so don't talk unnecessary nonsense to anyone after you go back,

Do you understand? Otherwise, Nata might beat you all over for this!"

When the wood elves heard that Nata was about to beat her up, the wood elves nodded in a hurry. Then Lando stopped talking nonsense and immediately asked several people to start dealing with the leopard's corpse.

He was walking by the bonfire alone, his eyes wandering on the blurry footprints on the ground, and stopped from time to time, his face was serious and tight.

In fact, the tension and shock in his heart were never shown on his face. He said the words just now easily, but in fact he understood more than these companions what the wound on the corpse means...

Hunting such prey, the heart position with the back of the front legs is the first choice for all hunters. I have never heard of anyone who chooses to ejaculate directly - either stupid or skilled or brave.

However, now looking at the wounds in those eyes, Lando naturally understood what level of person he "rescued" Nata just now.

Why did a terrifying human with archery help Nata? Why did she take the long arrow? What was it to cover up?

Seeing that Nata didn't want to say it, Lando decided to hide the matter. But when he looked at the leopard, he still sighed and said to himself: "...Is there such a powerful guy among humans?

?”

Lando was a little depressed because the opportunity to "heroes save beauty" was wasted. However, for Nata, who was walking away, her emotions were more complicated than ever.

Wood elves basically make a living by hunting on bows and arrows, so after carefully examining these two arrows, she felt increasingly desperate in her heart... and even felt that her pace was several times heavier than usual.

In his hand are two wooden arrows that look very ordinary, and the workmanship is not as exquisite as the arrows used by the wood elves. The layman can't see any difference in his eyes, but after a simple observation, Nata was surprised to find these arrows

All have been adjusted in the details.

Some of the arrow shafts were slightly cut off, while others had weight reduction treatments on the metal of the arrow. They seemed to be just ordinary wear, but the center of gravity position and softness of the two arrows were surprisingly consistent!

Such modifications are enough to keep the two arrows in the same position within the range of 30 meters - but what makes her even more terrible is the unconfirmed guess...

That is a small mark on the tail of each arrow.

The marks of the two arrows have some slight deviations. Nata has only seen such traces in the village's most powerful hunters and village chief Brooke... and the village chief's words seemed to be still in his ears.

echo--

"You said the marks? The landing points of the arrows thirty meters away will be somewhat different. No matter how unified each arrow is, it will be a little different. If your goal is more than seventy meters, this way

The error will be amplified a lot, so these marks will let you know what adjustments you need to make.”

"Nata, you are still young, and you don't need to consider these issues for the time being, because this is a matter in another field. When you truly reach this level, you will understand."

Those words echoed in my mind, making Nata, who was holding the arrow in her hand, feel extremely complicated.

"Rody...I remember you."

The young wood elf's voice was very gentle, and it was definitely not easy for her to speak, but at this time, because Roddy traveled through time and space and her "accidental encounter" that she arrived early, this wood elf who would have become Roddy's "Ranger" mentor

At this time, he had already regarded him as an insurmountable peak in his heart...

Fate sometimes always seems so absurd and full of coincidences.

*******

At the end of August, Hollier City is still a little hot.

As the largest city in the Iversa Territory, Hollier's prosperity is undisputed. The big market twice a week attracted a large number of merchants, and the large population means more taxes for the city's lords - owning

With more taxes, you can buy enough luxury items to display in front of other nobles, hold more dinners, and let more people know their wealth.

Of course, this is just something on the surface. Most of the time, the nobles of this era are extremely boring and don’t have much to be busy. Apart from reading and learning knowledge that civilians cannot access, they have to do nothing more than a whole day.

Walking around the territory, the so-called entertainment activities are in addition to hunting and banquets. They eat and drink and sleep every day, and enjoy the amazing wealth inherited from the glory of their ancestors.

Most of the nobles in the Ivota Territory are basically in this state, and the same is true for the son of the old duke Angma, the largest lord in the territory. Since returning here in late April, the count has frequently appeared on various occasions.

Among them, he was full of presence, and he was indispensable to all the aristocratic dining tables in almost all the territory.

In the eyes of the nobles in the territory, Earl Francis's behavior should be a manifestation of his finally being recognized by his father Duke Angma and being prepared to "get on the front stage".

Some time ago, there was news that the duke's heir was undecided. Now Sally has become a candidate priest, so naturally there is no suspense in the end. More than a dozen lords are already thinking about when to give gifts to this future count, after all, the kingdom

Among the entire northwest forces, the Luciferon family was the first to take charge.

But these nobles didn't know that the truth of the matter was far more bizarre than they thought.

"After investigating for several months, you got this result?!"

A roar came faintly from Francis' closed room, and a whisper was trembling and answering something, but it was in return for an even more angrier response.

A moment later, the sound of something being smashed came.

"I just want the result, don't explain it."

When the door was opened, Francis' cold voice came out, without the anger he had before, but Gujing Wubo had the most normal command.

The subordinate, who was sweating in a cold head, retreated in fear and fear, lowered his head deeply, and did not even dare to raise his eyes. He made a low promise and disappeared at the end of the corridor as quickly as possible.

Francis closed the door expressionlessly, but the moment he turned around, his expression became extremely ferocious-

"A bunch of waste!"

The lowly cursed could not hide his disappointment and anger. He walked quickly to the desk. The contents on the parchment made him feel that the anger in his chest was about to explode...

All of this, it is still to be given by Sally.

The veins on Francis' forehead were bulging, obviously trying to restrain his inner anger. He found that he had been ineffective in the past few months of helping Sally - from the time he started to investigate, he was

One false evidence after another leads the nose, so there is still no clue yet!

It was not until recently that his subordinates discovered some clues and noticed this. So after eliminating Sally's interference, a subordinate named Willy finally found some real clues - there is evidence...

The scout in Lan Village seems to have a lot to do with that "mysterious character"!

But when the investigation continued, the news returned made him feel strange... The scouts in Nolan Village evaporated collectively.

There was only one lieutenant named Soding sitting madly at the head of the village, answering messy questions silly at the words they sent to ask, saying crazy words such as scouts attacking the orc kingdom—

"What a joke! Can you guys use some brains to make up lies?!"
Chapter completed!