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As the first howl echoed outside the city, the city guards and other relevant personnel swiftly took action. Various adventurers who had been engaged in casual conversations rushed off to gather the necessary supplies from their residences or shops.
The source of the howl was obvious. It was sharp and prolonged, a typical winter wolf's cry. Unlike the ordinary wild wolves that had first attacked Wang Yu, winter wolves were low-tier magical beasts. They possessed a magic crystal within their bodies, marking their evolution beyond mere animals into true magical creatures. This granted them certain spell-like abilities and a significantly more robust physique.
Ordinary hunters found it difficult to hunt such physically formidable and magically adept beasts. While regular bows, crossbows, and blades could injure them, merely wounding a winter wolf was often enough to provoke a lethal counterattack before it perished.
Professional adventurers, however, typically had little interest in hunting winter wolves. Their pelts and the ice-attuned mana crystals they carried were not particularly valuable. More importantly, their population wasn't dense enough to make hunting them worthwhile. However, the annual beast tide presented a lucrative opportunity.
After a long winter of dormancy, large numbers of winter wolves...
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