Spirits and demons

Night falls, the cool wind is shivering, the lights in the distance are still swaying.

The teenager stood in the woods outside the village, holding a hunting bow in his left hand and a feathered arrow in his right hand, with his eyes slightly closed, as if he was waiting for something.

At this time, located on the tree in front of the teenager, two leaves escaped from the branches under the cover of the night wind and flew freely in the air.

The teenager snapped open his eyes and quickly drew his bow and arrow, shooting two shots in a row. The flying feathers cut through the night and wind, impartially pierced through the fallen leaves and nailed them to another tree in the distance. The young man exhaled deeply, quite satisfied with his performance just now. But with such a proud achievement, but no one to celebrate, there is some secret melancholy.

As if in response to the young man's mood, a burst of applause came, while the young girl, Mingdian, came out from behind a tree, clapping her hands while saying, "Good arrow ...... cough!"

The untimely night breeze blew by, causing the girl to cough, and the words were broken in a rather awkward place, which really led to the misunderstanding of the teenager's heart. An ignorant karmic fire was born, and he pulled out the arrow inserted at his feet, put it on the bowstring and aimed it at Ming Cun, and asked in a low voice: "What are you!"

The giant dog Xiaotian jumped out in a hurry to protect Ming Essence. The young man panicked for a moment because of the sudden intruder, but finally aimed his arrow at the seemingly more threatening Xiao Tian.

It seemed that a vicious fight between you and me was inevitable.

"Fa!" Ming Cun, who had finally slowed down, spat out the last word he had not yet finished.

The misunderstanding was cleared, the young man relaxed his right hand to draw the bow, and Little Heaven also put away its sharp teeth and claws, but how to break the awkwardness next became another problem for everyone present.

Fortunately, someone broke in and broke the silence, a team of heavily armed men suddenly burst out of the grass. The hunter at the head of the group had a torch in his hand, and the restless light of the fire made it difficult to see his face.

The hunter looked at the teenager and opened his mouth to ask, "Xiao Mo, what are you doing here?"

The cold teenager named Xiao Mo responded indifferently, "Practicing archery."

Probably because he knew he would get such an answer, Uncle Hunter didn't care, he just said "Special time, don't act without permission", then turned his eyes to Ming Cun and asked, "Who are you?"

"I'm just an ordinary 'ranger'." MingDiu placed his hands in a conspicuous position to show that he would not do anything dangerous, "I was planning to sleep out in the open. But it looks like there's a village nearby, so can we stay overnight?"

"We"?

Noticing the word used by Akira, the crowd looked at Koiku again, and someone noticed that it was not a "big looking dog".

"Yes, it's an alien!"

The atmosphere was suddenly tense, and the panicked people thought about what to do in such a situation, while pointing anything they could use as a weapon - swords or sticks - at Khung, just waiting for the hunter's uncle to give the order to The fight to the death began.

"Calm down!" Uncle hunter's voice is not loud, but as if there is magic, remove the fear that lingers in the hearts of the others, "Look clearly, this is not our enemy."

Xiaokong sneered and said, "Hmph, it seems that this place is not full of cowards dominated by fear."

After hearing Khung speak, the crowd's guard was relaxed, after all, there is a big difference between an intelligent alien and a bloodthirsty beast.

Ming Chuan sensed that an ominous dark cloud was pervading them, or rather this area, and asked, "Excuse me, what's happening here is it?"

"Don't worry, even if there is, it's something that doesn't require a child to worry about." After reassuring the seemingly disturbed Ming Chan, the hunter uncle then said to Xiao Mo, "You take this child to the village."

Mo glared at Ming Duan and said, "This is not the time to do such a thing!"

Uncle Hunter ignored Mo's protest, he was busy directing the group to continue patrolling and took the time to say back to Mo, "Don't forget our hospitality over such trivial matters."

Being given a reason he couldn't refuse, Mo complained, "You're so handsome", and then said to Mingdian, "Follow me."

Before leaving, Mingdian took a look at the hunter uncle who was still arranging the night patrol route and the other serious-looking people, and wondered what had happened to make these people look like enemies. He wanted to talk with XiaoMo on the way, but MingDiun found that XiaoMo just led the way without saying a word, and seemed to have no intention to talk at all.

"Ugh--" Ming Diao buried his face into Xiao Guang's mane and sighed deeply.

Little Air stopped, turned his head, and asked, "What's wrong, girl?"

"Nothing, I just think, does XiaoMo hate me ......"

"Think about it another way, it's not that he doesn't have you in his sights." Khung dug in thinking of comforting words, "Maybe he just, doesn't put everyone in his eyes."

"I don't know why, but it seems like a little bit of relief has come."

At this time, the voice of XiaoMo came from ahead: "What's wrong with you guys, if you don't follow quickly, I don't care if you get lost!"

"We're coming!" Mingdian's mood immediately became pleasant, and she said to Xiaokong, "So he's paying good attention to what's behind him, I thought he would leave us alone and go back to the village."

After following Mo's lead, however, he merely confirmed the visitor's situation indifferently, and then continued his role as the silent leader. But Mingdian was in a different state of mind, and after confirming that XiaoMo was not an indifferent person, she began to try to find ways and means to talk to him.

"That, Uncle and the others, what exactly are they guarding against?"

"You don't need to know."

Option one failed.

"Do you want to touch Xiao Tian, the furry can be comfortable."

XiaoMo and XiaoTian, at the same time, jerked to a halt.

"No." XiaoMo stepped away again.

Option two, seems to have made the other side a little shaken.

"You, Xiao Mo, are really working hard, practicing this late at night, no wonder your archery skills are so high."

"Yeah right!"

Scenario three, it was a success.

Taking this as an opportunity, Ming Cun also learned, about the recent happenings in the village.

These days, the appearance of an unknown monster near the village had caused a considerable commotion, stemming from the villagers' discovery of killed animals in the woods, which, according to their cause of death, appeared to have died not from other carnivorous animals, but from humans, or more precisely, from hunters.

Although hunters will also hunt animals, but their hunting, will be based on certain rules: one, hunting is limited to what is necessary for survival, will not hunt more than the necessary number of prey; second, in order to reduce the suffering of animals, hunting will try to kill the prey in one hit.

And the scene of the animal carcasses show that this is a clear act of abuse, a trampling of the dignity of the hunter, for all hunters disgraceful behavior.

After learning the information about the monster, Akira asked, "So, is the reason you are practicing archery so hard is to destroy the monster?"

"No." Mo shook his head, "I have been practicing archery before the monster appeared. I did it because I wanted to become great."

"It seems like you're thinking very clearly about what you want to do in the future."

"Yes! I want to be the best hunter in the village, better than all the previous hunters!"

The more the two talked, the more they got to know each other, and soon they returned to the village. After explaining the situation to the village guards, MingAn and XiaoKong were able to enter the village without any problems. Mingdian noticed that the village guards were all teenagers about the same age as Mo, so he raised his question.

Mo explained that the adults had gone outside the village to search for monsters, so the children were left behind because they did not want them to be directly exposed to danger, and to provide defense for the village in case of emergency.

"After I send you to rest, it will be my turn to be on duty." Mo said to Mingdian, "Don't worry, although there is that one monster running amok, but with me, the village is safe!"

"Then I've decided, I won't rest tonight, I'll keep watch for you too!" Ming Diao stopped Xiao Mo, who intended to dissuade him, and said with a smile, "Even if you don't agree, but after you leave, I will take the liberty to act."

Xiao Kong also kindly persuaded, "Don't bother, kid, once this girl decides to do something, ten cows can't pull her back."

Seeing this, Xiao Mo also had to give up: "Well, maybe if we really fight, maybe you guys are the most powerful in the village now."

In order not to interfere with the village's fortification arrangements, MingDiun decided to keep a lookout above the village. She rode on Khung's back and looked around the jungle, which looked darker and darker against the starry sky, and the bright and dim fires in the woods made people feel uneasy.

Even the brightness and openness of the woods made people feel uneasy. Even the atmosphere affected her, and even the optimism and openness of the past were gone. She stroked Xiaokong and asked, "What is the true identity of the monster in the jungle?"

Little empty also can not give any comfort, can only helplessly said ambiguous response: "without witnessing words, also do not know each other's origins ah."

"Yes. ......"

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the distance, something ominous, is darting towards the direction of the village. Although it was not possible to see the whole picture due to the thick branches of the trees, the figure that happened to be revealed from the gap did not look like an ordinary thing.

Without time to think, Mingdian landed at the entrance of the village and said to Mo, who was on guard here, "Here it comes. We have to find a way to stop it outside the village, we must not let it enter the village."

"Yes, yes ......" Mo tried to stop trembling, but found that there was nothing he could do, "What a shame, I thought ...... I thought I was was strong enough to not feel afraid."

"What are you talking about? So excited at the thought that you will be a hero protecting the village?" Mingdian patted XiaoMo's back, giving him gentle strength, "Isn't practicing archery hard to prepare for such moments?"

Xiao Mo took a deep breath and returned to a confident look.

"It's still unclear about the other party, so first, Little Air and I will take the lead, at least to stop that guy's advance." Once it comes to serious matters, Akira also changed his face, "XiaoMo, you take the back, find a suitable position for shooting arrows and wait for the right moment."

Mo understood that compared to the young girl in front of him, his own combat experience was far from adequate, so he was willing to obey Mingdian's arrangement.

"The ultimate goal of this battle is naturally to protect the safety of the village, with killing the enemy as the key if necessary."

After saying that, the two of them split up and moved. Ming Duan was one step ahead and cut the monster off halfway.

The monster resembled a ferocious hyena, and its entire body exuded an evil aura visible to the naked eye, as if it appeared in this world to spread despair and disaster.

With just one look, Khung recognized the monster's true face, but it made him frown.

"It's a 'demon'."

Why was it a demon that appeared near such a small, remote, and uncontested village? But that had to be put aside now to deal with the Hyena Demon. If he was distracted for a moment in the ensuing battle, his life might be on the line.

Not daring to slow down, Akira put on the mask at the beginning. XiaoKong stayed in mid-air, keeping his distance from the Hyena Demon, not daring to make a rash move, but it was unrealistic to wait for the opportunity to come.

But the other side did not intend to give Mingdian too much time. The hyena demon raised its head and looked at the young girl and the giant dog from above opened its mouth and let out a low roar, poison flowing from its sharp teeth, corroding the ground beneath its feet. Then, it bowed its back and surprisingly shot out a spear from its back and flew towards Xiaokong.

Fortunately, the distance between them was far enough to give Khung enough reaction time to avoid the fatal blow. Sure enough, if the opponent is a demon, no amount of caution is too much, and who knows what kind of bizarre attack will come next time?

We must close the distance between us and the Hyena Demon before it fires its second spear! Without waiting for Mingdian to give the order, Little Air darted towards the enemy. Soon, the two beasts were locked in a tug-of-war. MingDiou quickly got off XiaoKong's back and took out the talisman paper, intending to stick it on the Hyena Demon and activate the jutsu.

The Hyena Demon seemed to sense Ming Diao's strategy, so it withdrew its force in obedience, got rid of Little Air's entanglement, and jumped back continuously to pull away.

"Whoosh", two arrows shot out from the woods, it was XiaoMo who had arrived! Although the arrows did not hit the target, they caused a great disturbance to the Hyena Demon. In order to avoid becoming an arrow target itself, it had to disrupt its own pace, which then gave its opponent the opportunity to counterattack.

Little Air jumped violently into mid-air, and the Hyena Demon's gaze could not help but move overhead with it, which was right in Little Air's path.

"Swallow the Moon!"

A ball of obsidian-like light formed in Little Air's air and shot out fast to strike the Hyena Demon. The high light in the Hyena Demon's eyes was swallowed by the ball of light, leaving only endless darkness in its hollow eyes - its vision was deprived!

The Hyena Demon panicked for a moment, and with its impression, it shot its spear towards where Xiao Kong was, but how could the other side stay where it was, waiting to be hit? Having lost sight of its enemy, the Hyena Demon fell into panic and kept waving its sharp claws and tail in all directions, but it only raised and cut through the dust.

This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Meinden ran quickly towards the Hyena Demon's back. However, the hyena demon regained its sight faster than expected. Opening his eyes, he regained his vision to capture the light and darkness, and the small figure of Mingdian appeared. The Hyena Demon, who had been angry at the darkness for a while, turned around, raised his forearm, and swung his claws at Ming Chuan.

The sharp claws tore through his own body and disappeared like a phantom in the water broken by the ripples caused by a stone. Not waiting for the hyena demon to react, it has been unable to move - somehow a mud puddle suddenly appeared beneath its feet, trapping it dead in place.

Not far away, behind a bush, Ming Cui "appeared" next to Mo's voice.

"Thank you, Little Pear, Little Eight."

It turned out that the one who appeared beside the Hyena Devil was the phantom created by Xiao Li, and the mud puddle that trapped the Hyena Devil was the work of the mud monster Xiao Hachi.

Ming Diao patted Xiao Mo's shoulder and encouraged, "Go on, just like you usually practice."

Xiao Mo nodded and took a deep breath. At this moment, he could no longer see anything else in his eyes except the hyena demon as his target; he could no longer hear anything else in his ears except his own breathing and heartbeat. I never thought that there would be a day when I would feel that my breathing and heartbeat were really superfluous.

Loosen the bowstring, the arrow spun and flew towards the hyena demon, but was caught by it - although there is no way to move, but the hyena demon's upper body is still able to move freely, as long as calm, such things as catching the arrow with empty hands, or very easy.

Only when the Hyena Demon discovered that the seemingly non-lethal arrow had a lethal talisman paper tied to it, it was too late. The jutsu was unleashed, blowing the Hyena Demon to its bones.

"It's over?"

The battle was successful, and Mo, who was a meritorious person, did not have any solid feeling of gaining victory.

"It's not over yet, if we don't deal with the source of the demon's creation, it will come back one day." Said, riding