Chapter 543 Follow Up

Creatures like owl bears are withdrawn and suspicious by nature, and they don't like to live in groups. They were forced to change their nature completely under the influence of the mythical owl bear's authority, and gathered in the valley to form a small community.

If this state continues, after thousands of years of reproduction and evolution, it is not impossible for the owl bears in the valley to establish a well-organized primitive tribe with meticulous division of labor, and even form an owl bear society.

However, with the death of the Mythical Owlbear, this process of socialization was interrupted. Losing the restraint of the Mythical Owlbear, most Owlbears reverted to their old ways, and the fragile order in the valley was soon replaced by their withdrawn and aggressive Disposition to destroy.

On the second day after Qiao An and the others left the Owl Bear Valley, almost all the dozens of owl bears living in this small valley were involved in a melee for no reason.

The fierce conflict continued until the evening of that day. The injured and defeated owl bears were forced to flee the valley, looking for other shelters to lick their wounds. Only a very small number of owl bears remained in the valley, each enclosing a territory. Then he never interacted with each other, and completely regressed back to the state before the appearance of the mythical owl bear.

As the night darkened and the bright moon hung high, the owl bear's mournful cries suddenly sounded in the silent valley. The birds in the forest were frightened and flew away from their nests one after another, gathering into a cloud of dark clouds hovering over the woods.

Three strange figures appeared outside the cave where the mythical owl bear lived during his lifetime.

The headed man in black robe held a staff and his face was pale. Beside the man in black stood a tall one-eared orc man, with arms as long as his knees, wearing a pair of red iron gloves inlaid with sharp thorns, quietly watching the cave ahead.

Behind the black-robed man and the orc followed a huge troll with nine heads. This monster was gnawing on a owl bear that had just been captured by it. Its nine mouths greedily bit the half-dead owl bear. With one mouthful, the flesh and bones were shattered, blood spattered, and the owl bear's screams became weaker and weaker.

The orc chief "The Ripper" Culkin looked back at the nine-headed troll Scala, and was quite disdainful of its vicious eating appearance. However, it is better for this monster to eat owl bears than to eat orcs, and Culkin didn't bother Regardless, turned around and asked the man in black in a low voice:

"Master Shaman, are you sure that Shrek and his party have been to the Owl Bear Valley?"

"I'm sure they've been here, and I'm sure they haven't left here for more than two days." "Snake Hand" Sharman replied thoughtfully.

"This is really strange. The Owl Bear Valley is not a holy place for sightseeing. Why did Shrek and the others travel so far to come here and venture into the valley? Aren't they afraid of angering the Mythical Owl Bear?" Culkin asked confused.

"Mythical owl bears?" Shaman sneered, raised his staff and pointed around, "Culkin, haven't you noticed yet? There are far fewer owl bears in the valley than we expected. It has never been besieged by a large group of owl bears before, and there are signs that this valley has just undergone a great change. The former ruler of the owl bear group, the mythical owl bear, has either been kicked out of the valley or died. .”

"It's not difficult to kill the mythical owl bear, but it's almost impossible to kill the mythical owl bear under the protection of nearly a hundred owl bears. I don't believe that Shrek and the four of them can do it!" Culkin shook his head repeatedly .

"This matter is indeed incredible, but we'd better not jump to conclusions, first enter this cave and take a look at the situation inside."

"Snake Hand" Sharman walked into the mythical owlbear's cave with a stick. "The Ripper" Culkin followed closely to the entrance of the cave, stopped, looked back at the nine-headed troll who was still munching on the corpse of the owlbear, shook his head helplessly, and walked away without saying a word. He turned around and entered the cave, closely following behind Sharman.

It took Sharman and Culkin half an hour to walk through the complicated underground tunnels, and finally came to the lair where the mythical owl bear was hiding.

Near the entrance of the lair, they found a scorched black corpse. Judging from the outline of the corpse, it was likely to be a Mythical Owlbear.

"This guy seems to have been burned alive." Culkin looked around after checking the corpse, with a puzzled expression on his face, "Except for this corpse, there are almost no traces of burning around, and there is no remaining fuel. How on earth was the giant beast burned to death?"

"It's magic, Culkin. Although Mythical Owlbear has been dead for more than a whole day, I can still notice that the distribution of magic nets around here is somewhat abnormal."

Sharman walked up to the stone wall near the corpse, and touched the moss and anophoretic fungi growing on the stone wall with his left hand. The magic light emerged from his fingertips, as if he was communicating with the moss and mushrooms.

"It's him!" Sharman suddenly grinned strangely, "It was the little mage named Joan Vida who set a trap and burned the poor Mythical Owlbear to death, and stole the treasure it had guarded for many years."

"Treasure!" Culkin's body shook, his eyes sparkled, and he couldn't wait to ask: "Lord Shaman, what treasure are you referring to?"

Shaman shook his head and replied blankly: "These low-level plants that grow in caves cannot tell me more details."

Under Culkin's dubious gaze, Sharman walked up to the stone wall facing the entrance of the lair. After a little observation, he suddenly sneered, picked up his staff and knocked on the stone wall.

"Culkin, have you seen the cave on the stone wall? This is a passage created by the 'Stone Shaping Technique'."

"That little mage stole the treasure guarded by Mythical Xiaoxiong from here. When Mythical Xiaoxiong realized that the treasure had been stolen, he hurried back to try to catch the thief, but was killed by that vicious little mage instead."

"So that's how it is..." Culkin stroked his chin and pondered for a long time, then said in a deep voice: "For these days, we have been wondering why Shrek and the others broke into the Hangshou Forest, why they traveled up the Honey Wine River, And why did they take the risk to sneak into the Owl Bear Valley? Now it seems that they are probably trying to seize the treasure hidden in this cave!"

Sharman nodded slightly, expressing agreement with Culkin's guess.

"So what are we going to do next, continue to hunt down those four guys?" Culkin looked at "Snake Hand" Sharman.

"Of course we have to keep chasing!" Shaman sneered, "Those four guys have successfully obtained the treasure. They must be very happy now. When people get carried away, they will unconsciously relax their vigilance. Let's take the opportunity to catch up. Kill them all! To be honest, now I not only want to take back the 'Gantias Root', but also wonder what treasure they dug up in this cave."

"I also really want to know what good things Shrek and the others found."

The orc chief stroked his beard, his eyes flickering in the dark cave.

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