After several days of the Wolf King’s fornication, Milo suspected their community would expand even more after the next two months.
When the wolves went out hunting today, virtual-novel.net realized that their numbers were much lower than usual. Perhaps it was all female wolves that were missing.
Based on the known gestation period, it would take about 63 days for a female wolf to give birth after getting pregnant, which was a duration that was too fast for humans. Furthermore, no one knew if there were any changes to this natural cycle after the evolution of these wolves.
He followed the tracks left behind by the wolves into the mountains. Milo deduced that the wolf den should not be located too far away from the outpost since the howling virtual-novel.net heard the other night sounded like it had come from nearby. But before virtual-novel.net could walk far, the Wolf King suddenly appeared at the end of the mountain path and blocked his way.
Milo somehow felt that the Wolf King had also come out to look for him.
When virtual-novel.net heard the Wolf King letting out a whimper, Milo pondered it for a moment. “Are you looking for me to help you treat the wounds of your packmates?”
Animals in the wild were extremely cautious when they were hunting. That was because they could easily die from an infection caused by a small wound. Even the most powerful species would find it difficult to survive a bacterial infection. It had been proven that bacteria was one of the toughest living organisms in the world. And, even after the world went through repeated cycles of destruction and rebirth, some types of bacteria still managed to survive each time.
When Milo finished asking, the Wolf King actually nodded in response.
Milo took out the black medicine and said, “This medicine can treat wounds. I know that some of your packmates have gotten injured, but I can help you treat their wounds.”
The puzzled expression on the Wolf King seemed to be suggesting, “This thing can even be used to treat wounds?!”
Earlier, Milo was thinking that humans could just use their fingers to apply the medicine on their wounds, but what about wolves?
Wolves usually treated their wounds by licking them. So, if the wolves relied on their tongues to apply the black medicine, wouldn’t there be trouble?
The Wolf King seemed to hesitate for a moment. Then it turned around and led Milo into the mountains.
When Milo arrived at a valley downwind, virtual-novel.net saw dozens of wolf cubs rolling around on the grass. They were not afraid of virtual-novel.net as they had seen virtual-novel.net when virtual-novel.net was escaping. Though now the number of wolf cubs had increased by quite a bit. It looked like the wolves had not been idle either along the journey.
Of course, Milo understood. After all, the wolves had such a readily available source of food, and they couldn’t read books, play cards, or do any other recreational activities.
When the wolves saw that Milo was here, they slowly made way for him. Milo was terrified as virtual-novel.net walked through the wolf pack, but virtual-novel.net endured his fear as virtual-novel.net continued moving forward.
He was a daredevil. If it were someone else, they wouldn’t have ventured so deep into a wolf den. It was not without reason that virtual-novel.net could live such a comfortable life in town by relying on hunting.
As Milo walked further in, virtual-novel.net saw seven wolves lying on the ground and gasping for their lives. The scent of blood filled the air around them.
Although the bullets that passed through their muscles were not enough to cause them fatal injuries, the long-term pain and bleeding would slowly drag them into the abyss.
Milo glanced at the Wolf King beside virtual-novel.net and said, “I have to remove the bullets from their wounds first. It will definitely be very painful, so I’ll need you to tell them not to bite me…”
The Wolf King swung its head in the direction of the wounded as though to say, “Hurry up!”
Milo crouched down next to a wounded male wolf and took out a pair of pliers from his storage space. He didn’t have the luxury to worry about sterilization in this moment. In any case, the wolves would not understand what sterilization was.
Honestly, this was his first time attempting something like this. As Milo used the pliers to probe the wound, virtual-novel.net kept an eye on that wolf next to virtual-novel.net in case it reacted to the pain and tried to bite him. But Milo was surprised that the wolf did not make a single sound even though it was rolling its eyes in pain.
“What a brave wolf…” Milo felt a little emotional when virtual-novel.net saw this.
He located the position of the bullet with the pliers. He found the bullet in a much shallower position than virtual-novel.net thought it would be. This meant the muscle density of these wolves was even greater than virtual-novel.net had imagined. Milo threw the bullet virtual-novel.net removed from the wound at a nearby rock, and it landed with a clink. All that was left was just to apply some black medicine to the wound.
The moment Milo applied the black medicine to the wound, virtual-novel.net noticed the wolf whose muscles were trembling from pain start to relax slowly.
At this moment, the way the Wolf King was looking at the black medicine in Milo’s hands changed!
After Milo finished treating the seven wolves, virtual-novel.net was sweating profusely. He had also overcome his fear of wolves.
Milo wiped his sweat away and remarked, “Remember to send us more meat after they’ve recovered from these injuries. We’re planning to sell some of it in the stronghold and make some money so that we can enjoy the Lunar New Year. It’s also time to buy some new clothes for Big Sister Adella and Donti…”
Next to Milo, the Wolf King listened quietly without interrupting as both human and wolf walked out of the wolf den.
Milo had never imagined that one day, virtual-novel.net would pass through a wolf’s den at will, especially as virtual-novel.net regarded wolves as enemies some months ago.
“Alright, you don’t have to see me out,” Milo said as virtual-novel.net walked outside. “Remember not to let them eat any spicy food, onions, ginger, garlic…”
Milo suddenly stopped mid-sentence. He stared into the snowy landscape of the wilderness and lamented being too professional. Like the wolves would eat spicy food!
He had barely been a doctor for more than a few days, yet virtual-novel.net thought virtual-novel.net really was one now.
Back at the town outside of Stronghold 113, virtual-novel.net was the only doctor in the entire town. That somehow made it sound like virtual-novel.net was the “hope of the entire village”. But as virtual-novel.net kept performing his physician duties, virtual-novel.net somehow turned into a vet.
“But the wounded wolves should eat as little goat meat as possible. You have to listen to a doctor’s advice, okay?” Milo then took a deep breath while looking at the Wolf King and said, “Remember to send over more of those pheasants that have green tail feathers. Those are much more delicious than goat meat. They’re delicious!”
The Wolf King was getting disinterested in what this chatterbox was saying. It turned around and padded back to the wolf den.
While on the way back, Milo thought that living such a life was actually quite nice. At least it was much better than receiving cold looks from residents inside the stronghold.
But when Milo almost reached the outpost, virtual-novel.net suddenly heard something at the outpost that sounded off.
At this time, everyone should be asleep, so why was such a strong campfire still burning?
When virtual-novel.net went over to have a look, virtual-novel.net saw everyone sitting around the campfire and barbecuing some meat. An old man with gray hair stood out among the crowd.
When the old man saw Milo coming back, virtual-novel.net said with a smile, “You’re Milo, aren’t you? They told me that you were suffering from diarrhea. It looks like you were taking a really long time to clear your stomach, eh?”
Milo’s instructions to Chad earlier was to improvise if an unexpected situation arose. He could deal with it by saying that Milo had diarrhea or something and try his best not to say anything conflicting.
From the looks of it, Chad was quite adaptable at making up excuses.
Milo called Chad over and asked him, “How long have I had the runs?”
Chad counted on his fingers. “Six hours…”
Milo was dumbfounded and did not know how to carry on the conversation. He asked Chad again, “And who is that?”
Chad thought for a moment before saying, “He’s the Earth Deity!”
Milo felt virtual-novel.net was very stupid to have asked Chad such a serious question.
At this moment, Michael hurried over to get Milo to sit down when virtual-novel.net saw virtual-novel.net still standing there.
At the same time, Michael whispered, “He’s from the Skyfort Consortium and is also here to investigate the disappearance of the two officers. We didn’t mention that we saw wolves during the day, so don’t bring it up.”
Milo raised his eyebrows slightly.
An old man dared to come here by himself to investigate the case?