Perhaps it was really because the Church of the End didn't have the strength to deal with Duke and other uninvited guests, and the entire rescue team spent the night very peacefully in the next few nights.

Early that morning, Tiger and Duke stepped out of the dark mountains and shadowed into a dark green area that was unusually open.

Today is the seventh day since everyone left the Northern Fortress, two days late from the original plan of five days, and I don't know how Agnes has mediated with the enemies of the Last Church in these days.

"Lord Duke, at this rate we will probably need three more hours to reach our destination, and now that we have rested, I suggest that we speed things up a little. ”

After rounding the road ahead to determine the direction of the safety situation, Tiger returned to Duke and suggested.

At this time, the whole team had just had breakfast, and after a good night's rest, it was the time when the energy was at its highest, and Duke only thought about it for a moment before nodding in agreement with Tiger's suggestion, turning around and ordering everyone to start speeding up.

The morning water vapor evaporates from the ground and among the flowers and leaves, forming a faint mist, and the sound of horses' hooves is incessant.

Soon, Duke realizes that something is getting more and more wrong, and it stands to reason that the water vapor and mist around the environment should be evaporated by the sun over time.

However, as the team deepened, the surrounding fog became thicker and thicker, and gradually began to obscure the vision that had become wide.

"Lord, we should have been noticed and targeted by the enemy, and I suggest that the soldiers all start dismounting and walking to deal with the unexpected situation now. Lenia quickly noticed a subtle change in her environment and leaned over to Duke.

Duke, who had planned to do the same in mind, quickly accepted Lenya's suggestion and asked her to send orders for all the soldiers to start walking in formation, and gather the horses at the back of the group to keep an eye on them.

The originally thin mist enveloped the entire team in a very short period of time, and Duke, who was still on his horse, could basically only see six or seven meters around him in his field of vision, and even the horses in the back could only faintly see the outline.

"Have you ever been in such a situation before?"

Sensing that something was getting wrong, Duke suddenly asked Tiger, who was still at the front, who had been a little inactive since he came out of the woods.

The other party was silent for a while before slowly replying: "I have never encountered such a situation, Lord Duke, such a situation is indeed a bit weird, and it is worth treating us carefully." ”

Hearing Tiger's reply, Duke's vigilance secretly increased a little, especially when he was a little more cautious about possible attacks in the dense fog.

I don't know if it's due to the high level of mental tension, Duke felt as if he had heard a few barks in the distance, but when he tried to hear them carefully, he couldn't catch the slightest sound.

"Did you hear ......?"

"Formation! Prepare to defend against the enemy!"

Duke had planned to go back and check with Lenia to see if he was having auditory hallucinations, but before he could finish speaking, Lenia's face changed, and she drew her sword and shouted for the soldiers who were following her to start changing formations.

The soldiers, who had been in the rear and guarding the horses, heard Lenia's order and passed the reins of a dozen horses to their comrades in front of them, and the others quickly formed a simple circle around the dozen horses.

The well-trained horses began to kneel on all fours obediently under their soft commands, bowed their heads and surrounded them with their bodies to form a wall of flesh.

These horses had been specially trained by Lenia and their families, and they had long been accustomed to the sound of the explosion produced when the energy supply stone powder was activated, and they had previously blocked their ears with a special earplug, and now the soldiers also took a black cloth from their pockets and thoughtfully blindfolded them when the situation was not too urgent.

Doing this is almost equivalent to the whole team quickly having a simple combat position, although this position is not very stable and there are some uncontrollable factors, but the effect is better than nothing.

Seeing that the horses' positions had been basically constructed, Duke and Lenia controlled their horses and jumped into the battle formation they had formed at once.

The space in the battle array was actually much larger than Duke had imagined, because the dwarves and human soldiers combined were only twenty or thirty people, and the circle of a dozen war horses was enough to accommodate them, and even some necessary supplies could be piled up in the center of the position as a supply base in battle.

"Why did you suddenly give the order to form a formation to meet the enemy, did you also hear those unusual sounds?"

After the battle formation was settled, Duke had time to ask the previous question, and he didn't expect Lenia's reaction to be so violent, and he directly took out all the killer ideas that he had discussed against the enemy before.

At this time, Lenia's face was very serious, and she first closed her eyes and sensed it for a while before she replied: "I haven't found the other party's figure within my perception range, but the smell of those demonic beasts and monsters makes me feel sick even if I don't really perceive it." ”

The visibility around the fog was so low that there was no trace of the enemy at all, and perhaps the other party was hiding behind the fog and smirking at his group without the others knowing.

Coupled with Lenia's words, Duke's alertness instantly rose to the highest level.

The soldiers also held their magic rifles tightly, and since they didn't know which direction the enemy would attack from, the soldiers were scattered around the position to form a circle to deal with a possible attack, and the dwarves were also scattered and planted among the human soldiers.

After waiting for a while and seeing that the enemy had not yet attacked, some began to leave their original combat positions and act as logistics and reserves to ensure the continued combat capability of the entire team.

Duke also turned over and dismounted, adding the auxiliary Eagle Eye technique to both himself and Lenia, as well as secretly using probing magic to check the surrounding situation, hoping to detect the enemy's location.

However, this time the fog actually had the effect of shielding detection, and no matter how much detection magic or higher-level spells he used, he would not get any reward at all.

After several fruitless attempts to probe him, he had to give up on his attempts for the time being, and soon discovered a crucial problem, as it seemed that someone had been missing from the entire team since Lenia gave the order to defend against the enemy.

After looking around, he asked Lenia in some confusion, "Have you seen the Tiger people?"