Rise of the Lycans

Chapter 7 Mako Village

In the pleasant afternoon, the warm sunlight shines on the wheat fields of Mako Village. Many villagers are harvesting the ripe wheat here.

By the streets of the village, children are frolicking with each other, and the elderly villagers are gathering together, chatting about family affairs.

Suddenly, on the avenue outside the village that leads to the castle, a dense sound of footsteps can be heard.

"Pat, pat, pat."

What comes into view is Lord Kane, Captain Catherine, and Knight Marcus. The three of them, riding white stallions, are at the front of the team.

Right behind the three of them is a cavalry squad of twenty-four people. They are well-equipped and full of spirit.

At the rear of the team are various infantrymen wearing leather armor. Some of them hold long spears, some carry bows on their backs, and some hold a long sword in their left hand and a wooden shield in their right hand. The only thing in common is that their imposing manner is as sharp as that of the previous cavalry.

The villagers of Mako Village quickly stop what they are doing and salute Kane and the others.

After the expedition team passes by, the villagers start to talk about Lord Kane's actions.

"Did you see that cavalry team? The armor and the stallions they are riding are really dashing. It makes me want to enlist." A young man with brown hair in plain clothes says excitedly.

"With your conditions, you'd better just farm honestly." His companion beside him shakes his head and advises him to give up his unrealistic fantasies.

The village girls then start to discuss Lord Kane whom they have just seen for the first time.

"Is that Lord Kane? He is indeed as handsome and valiant as the rumors say."

"Yes, yes. I really don't know what kind of woman can catch his eye."

"Surely it must be a noble lady of high status. By the way, do you know the reason for Lord Kane's expedition this time?"

"I don't know either. Maybe Village Chief Keen knows something."

Then, driven by the girls, more and more villagers come to ask the village chief.The old village chief's head aches from being questioned. Helplessly, he tells his speculations. After all, Kane hasn't informed him since the situation is urgent this time.

"Ahem... everyone, be quiet. Lord Kane may have come this time because of the matters in the south."

A villager immediately asks, "Village Chief, what happened in the south?"

"Some monsters attacked the patrol team of our territory." As soon as these words are spoken, the villagers immediately become restless.

"No wonder there was a cavalryman covered in blood at noon. It turns out that he encountered monsters."

"Ah... Will the monsters attack us?"

"You're being silly. Didn't Lord Kane just lead the team to fight against the monsters?"

The old village chief coughed again, signaling the villagers to calm down. "Everyone should trust Lord Kane. Under his leadership, the monsters will definitely be wiped out. Well, everyone, go about your own business."

While the villagers were astonished at the appearance of the monsters in the territory, Kane and his group had already reached the southern part of the territory.

The tragic scene of the attack was still visible near the forest. Blood was splattered around, and some severed limbs and internal organs were lying on the ground. There were also the remains of one or two horses in the distance.

Apart from that, all the people and things had been dragged into the forest by the goblins.

These cruel orc-like creatures didn't waste anything. Even human corpses were probably treated as reserve food.

Seeing this scene, Catherine said angrily, "These lowly green-skins! They actually treated the warriors of our territory like this. I will definitely make them pay the price."

Marcus, who was steady and calm, didn't say anything, but his tightly clenched hands holding the long sword revealed his emotions at the moment.

As the lord, Kane was also very angry, but he suppressed his emotions and ordered, "Catherine, send out the scouts to find out the terrain of the forest and the position of the enemy as soon as possible. The rest of you, take a rest where you are."

"Yes, my lord."

Soon, three soldiers in light armor walked out of the team. They put on some camouflage and then entered the forest.

The remaining soldiers sat down to rest, and the cavalry dismounted and led their horses to a fence.

As Marcus had said before, the forest here was not suitable for mounted combat. So the cavalry dismounted one after another and replaced their lances with long swords. Of course, even when fighting on foot, the individual combat power of the cavalry was far superior to that of the infantry.

After waiting for about two hours, just when Kane thought the scouting mission had failed, the three scouts in light armor emerged from the forest.Kane immediately stepped forward and asked, "How's the situation?"

The scout in the middle saluted and replied at once, "My lord, we've found the location of the enemy tribe."

"Very well." As he spoke, Kane unfolded the portable map and asked the scout to point out the location.

"My lord, it's here." The scout pointed to a position in the center of the forest.

"How many goblins are there? And how many transcendent beings?"

"My lord, there are about a hundred of them. As for the transcendent beings..." The scout paused for a moment when it came to the transcendent beings.

"Because the leader of the enemy is extremely perceptive, we scouts have only discovered an overt transcendent being, a goblin warrior."

"Hmm... That means there may be other transcendent beings."

"Yes, we're truly sorry, my lord. We scouts haven't fulfilled our due responsibilities." Saying this, the scout lowered his head in shame.

Patting the scout on the shoulder to comfort him, Kane said, "There's no need to blame yourself so much. You've done a good job. Return to your position first."

"Yes, my lord." Turning around, Kane then said to Marcus and Catherine, who had come to his side, "What do you think?"

Catherine looked at the forest and said, "Lord Kane, I think we should stick to the original plan."

Marcus beside her, quite rarely, agreed with Catherine. "My lord, I also think we should continue with the plan. Based on my understanding of these goblins, there shouldn't be any new transcendent beings on their side. Even if there are new transcendent beings, they won't be higher than the high rank of the first tier. That's the limit of their race."

Catherine echoed, "Yes. That's why these lowly green-skinned creatures have always been at the bottom of all intelligent races."

The intelligence of goblins was known throughout the continent. Their low intelligence was unacceptable even to the Orc Empire, so goblin tribes were often expelled by the empire from time to time.

The chance of a transcendent being being born in such a tribe was even slimmer, which was why Marcus was certain that there were no transcendent beings on the goblins' side.

Seeing that his two subordinates were in agreement and that the goblin problem really needed to be eliminated, Kane gave an order, "All of you, form up the team. Let's set out to attack the goblins!!"

The soldiers quickly got up and, organized by their team leaders, lined up and followed Kane into the forest.The dense forest blocked out the sunlight, and only some streaks of dappled light shone through the gaps.

In this dim environment, no one knew if something would rush out ahead.

Kane opened the map and looked at it by the faint light to ensure that he was going in the right direction.Catherine and Marcus stood beside Kane, on guard against the enemies that might appear at any time.

The goblin tribe wasn't far from where Kane and the others were. After walking for another fifteen minutes, they finally arrived at the periphery of the goblin tribe without any major incidents.