Everyone's heart is gripping.

Since Lieutenant Montane brought his men into the forest, three consecutive militias followed him into the mountain, but there has been no news since then.

The militia's families gathered in Hedong Village. They were waiting anxiously on the edge of the woodland for news, and all they could do was wait.

What they were waiting for was bad news. First, the unconscious Mayor Mitchell was rescued by his son, and then militiamen escaped from the mountains and forests. Almost all of the militia fled back to Hedong Village were injured.

In the description of the terrifying militiamen, the devil's minions were attacked, terrifying humans and wolves as high as mountains, giant monsters with spikes on their backs... The thing rushed into the crowd, harvesting the soul like a sickle sweeping through a weed.

Some militias were seen dead, and more militias were lost in the woods. The families of the deceased were heartbroken, and the families of the missing couldn't help crying with each other.

The whole village of Hedong Village was filled with grief. Fortunately, Father Kaman and monk Reed rushed over to hear the news. The two clergymen comforted the families of the deceased, led the families of the injured to pray, treat the injured, prepare medicine, and stabilize everyone's minds.

The sun sets west and the sky is getting darker, and the people in Hedong Village are becoming more anxious.

Just as Kaman and Reid discussed with several elders in the village whether to send another group of people into the forest for rescue, a child from the village came to report the news excitedly.

"Here you back! Here you back!" The child shouted rudely to the adults, and then ran to report to the others.

Father Kaman and the old beggar monk heard this and rushed to the entrance of the village.

At the west entrance of Hedong Village, the two met the bear hunting team returning to Hedong Village.

Sergei held Red Mane with Lieutenant Montane and walked in front with a proud look, looking like a general who returned from victory. There was no pride or joy on Winters' face on the back of the Red Mane, and only deep tiredness in his eyes.

In contrast, Sergei seemed to be riding a horse.

But neither of them was the protagonist of this "Victory Parade". The huge bear corpse in the team attracted everyone's attention.

The Dusaks tied the wood into temporary sledges, placed the giant bear's corpse on it, and dragged it back to Hedong Village with six horses as trophy.

The people of Wolf Town finally had the opportunity to see the true appearance of the man-eating beast. The giant bear is amazingly large in size, and adults stand beside it like children, and children stand beside it like babies.

The giant bear's yellow-brown fur was almost stained with blood and the body was covered with terrifying wounds. Several spears and javelins remained on it - because the pricks were too deep to pull out. The flesh and blood of the bear head was shattered and terrible. No one knew what kind of force was enough to cause this kind of damage.

Just by seeing the wound on the giant bear's corpse, everyone can understand how hard the bear hunters have fought to kill this ferocious beast.

Even though it had turned into a corpse, the remaining power of the giant bear still made the villagers frightened. However, the children were not afraid at all. They ran around the bear corpse, played, picked up stones and hit the bear's head until they were taken away by the adults at home.

The Dusaks dragged their bear corpses all the way to the threshing farm in Hedong Village surrounded by villagers.

The depressedness in Hedong Village was swept away, and the atmosphere was like a celebration. The villagers carried out their own wine and meat to entertain the warriors who hunted and killed ferocious beasts. The Dusaks drank sweet wine and told their own versions of the thrilling stories vividly.

Winters did not attend the "celebration" and did not have a rest. For him, there were many things to end.

It has been confirmed that four militiamen were unfortunately killed after encountering giant bears in the valley. They are all pillars of their respective families and the main labor force. Their wives and children are distraught at the moment and have no choice but to help them in the future. How can they provide pensions? Winters also needs to come up with a solution.

There are also many injured people, but it is okay to have minor injuries. Even if the seriously injured people are lucky enough to survive, they will lose a considerable amount of their ability to work. What should I do?

Compared with these problems, problems such as "a part of the militia have been separated in the mountains and forests and have not yet returned to search and rescue" are all scattered matters.

The greater the power, the greater the responsibility, and Winters deeply understood this sentence.

When he was in the archipelago, he only had to fight wars, and he didn't need to worry about other issues. But in Wolf Town, he exercised powers far beyond an officer's due, and his responsibilities were greater. He was not only responsible for the living, but also for the dead.

He could fool him, but he could leave in the future anyway. But Winters Montagne has gradually integrated into the identity of the officer stationed in Wolf Town.

Although he is a Venetta, he sincerely hopes to do something beneficial for this small town located in the southwest corner of Paratu, at least not leave a mess.

...

"Is this over?" Winters, who woke up in the middle of the night, suddenly felt a little unrealistic.

The evil beasts wandering in the forest were captured and killed, and the people in the villages of Langtun Town returned to their former lives... Perhaps this is the case.

Winters sent the hunter Ralph to lead people into the mountains to search and rescue, and found all the missing militias - living and dead.

The giant bear's body was dragged around the Wolf Town by old Sergei and brought it to various villages to display, which made the Dusaks show their faces a lot.

Subsequently, the villagers of each village divided the bear flesh. The bear skin was kept by Sergei, and the old man respectfully handed over the bear skin full of war marks to Winters, who gave it to the hunter father and son.

Sergei gave the bear head to the Mitchell family again. Gillard was very grateful to the old brother's kindness, but did not display the giant bear head as a trophy. Instead, Pierre yelled to hang the bear head on the wall, but was scolded by Mrs. Mitchell before he stopped talking.

Most of the bear's internal organs were also divided into meat, but the bear gall was taken away by the old beggar monk Rhet. I don't know what it would be for him to take that bitter thing.

There was also a small episode in the middle. Rostov, an old drunkard whose son unfortunately died of a beast disaster, burst into tears when he saw others eating bear meat. He cried and said, "The bear meat also contains my son's flesh."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! The people in Dusa Village felt sorry for the old widower and buried all the bear meat they received.

But when the hunter Ralph's son Bell saw this scene, he asked Rostov in confusion: "The bear eats your son, and you also eats bears. Isn't this the rules of the Great Wilderness? Isn't it that wastes food that is the greatest disrespect?"

Winters heard this, but Rostov, who was crying, didn't hear it clearly. Ralph's expression changed drastically and he hurriedly pulled his son away.

The news soon reached the neighboring town. Andre heard that the cannibal bear was killed, and the officials stationed in Wolf Town were injured. He immediately borrowed a horse to arrive at Wolf Town. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Winters was still jumping around.

In order to witness the only remaining head of the giant bear, Lieutenant Cellini visited Mitchell's house specifically.

Looking at the bear head that was nearly two people hugging each other together, Andrey smacked his lips and sighed: "Good guy, this must be two thousand pounds, right?"

"It's almost the same, maybe it's a little heavier." Winters replied casually: "There is no scale that can weigh this thing here."

"It's amazing!" Andrei said enviously: "I always want to hit such a big guy."

"If you were knocked down by this thing once, you wouldn't think so." Winters thought for a while and asked, "Why would this bear head be pulled away for you? Mayor Mitchell was worried about how to deal with this thing."

Andre sneered: "Since it wasn't me who beat me, what's the point of asking for this thing?"

"By the way, I broke a shot when you borrowed my gun. Can you pay the money to you? Can you settle the account?"

"How did it break it?" Andre's focus was obviously not on money.

Winters replied plainly: "It's exploded."

"Is it a blown up?" Andre was shocked and carefully looked Winters, confirming that the old classmate did not lack any parts: "You are so lucky! Is it necessary to fight for the fucker like this? They have never treated us as their own people!"

Winters sighed, speechless.

Seeing that the old classmate reacted negatively, Andrey said angrily: "I'm telling the truth! Do you know that you have to cherish your life? I don't want to go to such a ghost place to visit your grave in the future. Our brothers have to go back to Hailan together, and no one can do without it."

"I know, I know."

Andre was helpless. He thought of something and slapped his forehead: "By the way, Bud sent me a message."

"What did you say?" Winters was excited when he heard about Bud's news.

"Let you go to me on the first Sunday of next month, and he will come over at that time. In this way, the three of us set out from Hei Shui Town and follow him to see a senior."

"Which senior?"

"He didn't say it clearly, and I didn't know either. It's just a message, just follow it anyway. It's always a good thing to be able to meet acquaintances."

"Okay, I remember."

He did not stay overnight. After confirming that his old classmate had nothing to do, Andre went back to Hei Shui Town and took back several muskets he had lent to Winters.

After Andre left Mitchell's house, the Hunter and his son were about to leave.

Since the ferocious beast had been killed, Ralph could take his son back to their woods hut.

Ralph's son Bell, the little cowherd Angru and Gillard's son Pierre, these three and a half-old boys are both fifteen and sixteen years old, and they have become good friends after getting along these days.

Bell was leaving Dusa Village, and the other two boys were reluctant to leave.

When the old hunter brought his son to say goodbye, Winters was writing a document at the town office. He waved and called the little hunter to his side.

The little hunter walked to the desk in confusion. Winters opened the drawer, took out something wrapped in black cloth, and handed it to the little hunter.

It was a dagger, copied from Sophia's dagger, which Winters had asked the blacksmith Mishading before.

The little hunter's eyes widened.

"I canceled the weekend's bow and arrow competition, but I think you won the championship, so I will give you this prize in advance." Winters said with a smile.

The little hunter asked his father with a pleading look.

"Since it was given to you by the lieutenant, you can accept it." The old hunter nodded to his son and looked at Winters respectfully: "Thank you, sir."

The little hunter cheered and ran out of the town office to find something to test the knife.

"Why are you so anxious to go back?" Winters watched the little hunter running away and said to the old hunter: "I always feel a little uneasy."

"I feel this way, sir." The old hunter said slowly, "so I have to go back as soon as possible."

"Okay, come to me anytime if you have any situation."

The old hunter bowed and turned around and left the town office.

It seems that everything is really over.

...

The evil bears were killed, and the farmers didn't have to worry about sleeping at night. The hunters and son returned to the forest hut, and the country life was back on track. The storm caused by the beast disaster seemed to have really ended.

The last question is how to pay attention to the dead and the injured.

On the afternoon of the fifth day after the killing of the giant bear, Mayor Mitchell, the mayor of Montagne and Father Kaman held a serious meeting at the town office to discuss how to pay for the dead and injured.

Although he was wary, Winters had to acknowledge the great influence of the priests among the villagers. Farmers were always more afraid of hell than gallows; and all the temptations in the world seemed insignificant than salvation.

Religion has penetrated almost every aspect of this society, and the absolute minority of spellcasters are unable to change this reality.

The old monk begging once said to Winters: A county magistrate, an officer, and a priest, these three characters hold all the power of the small place Langtun. From tax payment to corvee service, from land to soil, you can manage anything.

If the mayor, the resident and the priest of the church work together to do something in Langtun, then this will definitely be done.
To be continued...