#212 - Live

The werewolf tracks have increased!

On the path that the werewolf and the centaur were traveling, Anduin discovered that several more sets of werewolf footprints had appeared from the side, and they had all converged onto the path tracking the centaur. →Read

Moreover, he actually discovered human footprints among them!

After discovering this situation, Anduin stopped at the point where the two groups of werewolves converged and began to investigate carefully.

He activated the non-locking mode of the Tracking Charm, and all the aura and footprints revealed that this group of werewolves that had suddenly joined had come straight from the depths of the nearby forest and quickly caught up with the lone werewolf.

From the footprints, it could be roughly judged that the number of werewolves was about four, all moving in wolf form like the previous lone werewolf.

Mixed among them were the footprints of a human, wearing shoes, with a large size, indicating a tall male human.

A human traveling with werewolves, could it be a werewolf infection? Are they companions or a leader?

If the werewolves that followed were with the previous lone werewolf, and there was a leader directing them, then the things involved here would be complicated.

At the same time, under the observation of his Tracking Charm, Anduin also discovered many traces of blood, which looked quite strong, spreading out along the path the werewolves had come from.

"These werewolves engaged in another battle before they came, or are they just hunting? Should I investigate along the way, or continue to follow them?"

Anduin became entangled with these clues.

If he chased directly, there would be too little information, and it would be easy to fall into a passive position. If there was more than just this wave of them, and there were more companions, it would still be dangerous. It would be embarrassing if he got bitten and contracted lycanthropy.

It would be safest to first scout along the path these werewolves came from, maybe he could collect some useful information, such as whether they knew magic, whether there were any remaining companions, and so on.

With an idea, Anduin buried another positioning charm at this intersection to facilitate later identification of the direction, and also as a reference point for Apparition when he returned.

Then he turned around and pursued along the path the multiple werewolves had come from.

Moreover, in order to improve efficiency, Anduin slightly activated the all-terrain and acceleration functions of the Phase Shoes, nimbly shuttling through the forest, occasionally jumping onto treetops and rocks, quickly scanning the surrounding situation with his eyes.

After quickly traveling for about two or three kilometers, he found that the blood aura was getting stronger and stronger, it seemed that he was approaching the scene of these werewolves' battle or hunt.

As he gradually approached, Anduin slowed down, after all, he didn't know if there were any enemies, and at the same time, he released several ravens to scout ahead a few hundred meters.

After advancing nearly a kilometer in this way, Anduin finally found the source of the blood aura through the shared vision of the ravens.

High above, various shrubs grew among the trees, and in the middle of an open space, a fragmented human figure was lying down, blood splattering and dyeing the ground and the surrounding pages red.

Next to the human figure were scattered pieces of wood, vaguely showing that it should have been a wooden box, leaving behind debris after being smashed into pieces.

Anduin did not rush forward when he saw this situation, but with this crime scene as the center, he arranged for several ravens to carefully investigate again.

Facts proved that his caution was not superfluous. This time, there was another discovery. In the bushes a dozen meters away from the corpse, there was a gap, which did not seem to be formed naturally. There were obvious traces of spellcasting. It looked a bit like it was blasted out by 'Confringo'.

After exploring around this gap again, it was found that something seemed to be hidden under a bush not far away.

With a new discovery, he quickly controlled a raven to fly down and drill into the bushes.

"House elf?" Anduin looked at the image transmitted from the shared vision with some surprise.

A house elf covered in rags was lying under the bushes, covered in dust, but it looked like it had just fainted and had not died.

Seeing that there was actually a survivor at the scene, Anduin quickly rushed over, it might be able to answer some of his doubts.

After approaching, Anduin turned over the unconscious house elf, rubbed it under its nose with his finger, and sure enough, it was still alive, but there were multiple contusions and scratches on its body. There wasn't much blood flowing, but for a house elf, this kind of injury was already very serious. If it wasn't dealt with quickly, it probably wouldn't last long.

He quickly took out the restorative potion from his body, slowly fed it to the house elf, and at the same time cast a healing charm to treat its injuries.

After a while, the house elf's breathing finally became smooth and powerful, and the eyeballs constantly rolling under its eyelids also indicated that it was about to wake up.

"Wake up, elf, wake up, can you hear me?" Anduin fed it some more clear water and whispered.

"Mas, master, no, master, help..." The house elf only murmured weakly at first, and as its consciousness gradually recovered, its expression slowly became frightened, and finally it suddenly widened its eyes and shouted loudly for help.

"Help! Master, Kiki is scared, don't kill me, don't hurt master, help!"

And the elf, after waking up and seeing the stranger in front of him, shouted even louder, and spoke incoherently, trembling nervously, and looking at Anduin with eyes full of fear.

"Don't be afraid, your name is Kiki, right? I'm not a bad person, don't shout." Anduin looked at the elf's appearance and comforted him in a deep voice.

But after a long while, the elf's mouth was still moving, not only ignoring Anduin's comfort, but even bursting into tears very disappointingly after he spoke.

"Shut up!" Anduin saw that comforting was useless and was annoyed by it, shouted loudly, and at the same time couldn't help but release the Fear Charm, a wave of heart-pounding magic emanated from him.

It was as if the switch of a faucet had suddenly been tightened, and the elf's voice was suddenly cut off, and even the tears stopped because its brain was frightened into a blank.

This spell was released on a humanoid creature for the first time since Anduin learned it. He didn't know if it was because the house elf was too timid, but the effect was excessively good. He was even a little afraid that it would suddenly be scared to death.

"Now, I ask and you answer, understand?" Anduin looked at the elf with a straight face.

"y, ye, yes, please speak, please don't kill me, please." The elf trembled, clasped its hands together, and pleaded nervously.

"What's your name?" Anduin softened his tone and asked.