Chapter 1: Do one good deed a day
"Your fireball proficiency has reached the maximum level".
The last flame went out, and a happy smile finally appeared on the face of the gray-haired young man sitting at the table.
This is the second year since Ethan came to this world. In the past two years, he has been doing the same thing - practicing fireball.
After praying 4015 times and casting spells 16060 times, he finally raised his proficiency in the fireball technique to the level of proficiency.
But soon, Ethan stopped smiling.
Now, compared to others, he is only slightly proficient in some basic spells such as fireball.
Outside this window, there were the resurrected ancient gods, the promoted new gods, and their powerful believers. He didn't want to get involved with those crazy existences.
The world is full of crises, and there is still a long way to go.
Ethan lit the gas lamp in the room, and the table was piled with documents. The top one was the notice issued by the guild a few days ago.
"Bounty target: Werewolf, estimated danger level: Level 1"
The person who issued the commission was Mrs. Royce of the small town. Her husband went out hunting with a shotgun a few days ago and never came back. When the guild organized people to search the mountain, they found her husband's half-gnawed body. The corpse's chest was cut open and the attackers swallowed his heart.
All signs indicate that the murderer is a werewolf, a group of people who believed in the goddess of hunting but failed to advance, and became a monster that completely lost their mind and fed on the heart.
The reward notice was written by Ethan, who is the clerk of the town guild. His job is to register abnormal cases that occur in the town, issue reward commissions, and record the progress of commission completion. Although the work content is very tedious, he does not leave home. He can get access to cases involving abnormalities. He only needs to sit behind the scenes to understand the trends in the town and even the border.
However, today, Ethan made a major mistake in his work.
The reason is that the red moon outside the window at this moment has a pupil that rotates a few times from time to time, like a huge eye.
Ethan opened the old parchment on the table and found the corresponding chapter according to the table of contents.
"Blood Moon Rite".
He skipped the narrative description and found the key part. The parchment mentioned that under the influence of the blood moon, the power of evil and deformed creatures will be greatly increased. If it is reflected in a werewolf, it will be more sensitive. Sensibility, greater strength, greater speed, and unparalleled regeneration.
The blood moon will also amplify the negative emotions in human beings' hearts, causing them to lose judgment under the negative influences of fear, anger, greed, etc.
Simply put, this is a field buff that greatly enhances dark creatures while also weakening humans.
Three experienced hunters took over the task, and the guild awarded them first-level medals. This was originally a foolproof hunt, but everything changed because of a sudden vision.
After all, God is still angry and people are angry.
Ethan was anxious inside.
As we all know, werewolves are social creatures of darkness.
So the question is, why is there a lone wolf wandering in the mountains outside the town, and why does it suddenly attack the people in the town?
Who is always releasing fireballs on the mountains late at night, and why does his skill proficiency occasionally unnaturally increase by a small section?
Is this a distortion of human nature or a loss of morality?
At this moment, the red moon outside the window was like a detective examining the suspect Sen in front of the gas lamp.
Even nature is taking pity on the lonely werewolf in the mountains. Ethan can imagine that he was a carefree little wolf, living an isolated and happy life in the mountains and forests. He had a huge Every wolf in the pack is gentle and friendly.
Until suddenly one day, several fireballs streaked across the starry sky and hit them on the forehead. Ethan, a member of the town, knew that there was a person who had released tens of thousands of fireballs into the mountains in the past two years, and had also caused two forest fires during the period. Every number representing proficiency was filled with the smell of sin.
The strange red moon affected Ethan. As long as he closed his eyes, he could foresee the ending of the three hunters.
There was a rustling sound in his ears, and his vision shook violently. This seemed to be one of the three hunters, running in panic in the forest, but the hunter's right leg was pierced, making him unable to Take too big a step and endure severe pain every time you take it.
The sound of pursuit followed, and the fast-moving shadow shuttled through the bushes and jumped onto the branches.
The hunter looked up and saw the shadow passing by him. When the nearly three-meter monster jumped from the man's head, a broken arm fell in front of him.
It looked like a female arm, with the guild's mark on it.
The hunter was so frightened that he fell to the ground. He screamed and moved backwards on his hands and knees, but the huge body just jumped on him lightly.
The screams were drowned out by the sound of bones breaking. The hunter's chest was torn open by sharp claws. Inside was the still beating heart. The monster, as if it had found a treasure, tore out the heart and swallowed it in one gulp.
"Hiss——!"
Ethan took a breath as he felt the same. He experienced the hunter's fear of death, as well as the sadness and anger in the werewolf's heart.
No werewolf wants to be a lone wolf. It should hunt with the pack, and the whole valley will be filled with joy.
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This can't go on!
Ethan's heart was gradually overwhelmed by guilt. Since all this started because of his fireball technique, it should be ended by the fireball technique. He decided to use the warmth of the fireball technique to soothe the lone wolf's heart. scars.
In this way, they can all find peace.
Thinking of this, Yi started praying for the 4016th time.
Along with the devout prayers, at the end of the distant night sky, a meteor flew past in the distance, and the rolling flames ignited the blood-soaked sky, making the town seem to return to daylight.
Ethan heard people in the town say that meteors represent hope. The meteors in the night sky got closer and closer, and finally hit the top of the mountain like the falling sun.
Unfortunately, he was still inexperienced and could only think of ways to turn the fireball technique into a meteor shape, but he believed that the lone wolf in the forest must have seen it.
Then, just like what is described in fairy tales, the little wolf will see its grandma in this strong light, so gentle and loving, and grandma will pick it up, hold it in her arms, and take it to fly to that place where there is no A cold, world without hunger and pain.
This is the story of "The Little Werewolf Who Bought Fireballs".
Ethan also got some comfort from it. He looked at the blood moon hanging high in the night sky. It was obvious that the blood moon also agreed with his approach. He closed his eyes and no longer looked at him with cold eyes.
I did another good thing today.
"Reunifying children who have left home with their families."
Ethan lowered his head and wrote good people and good deeds on it.
Immediately, he turned off the gas light and closed the notebook.
"Records of Good People in Ximu Town".
This title is vaguely written on the cover of the notebook.
(End of chapter)