Tiger had always acted as a scout and guide in the front, always in Duke and Lenia's field of vision.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he encountered the enemy, he disappeared in the middle of his hurry.

At this time when the fog is thick and the investigation is blocked, it is obviously inappropriate to want to get out of the battle formation surrounded by war horses and take great risks to find him.

"I don't feel his presence anymore. ”

After probing her senses for a while, Lenia shook her head at Duke and said.

Although Lenia has improved her danger perception and detection ability significantly after being promoted from a level 5 great knight to a level 6 champion knight, this strange dense fog is too much for the isolation of perception, and even with her high strength, she can only extend her perception range to a small area outside the battle array. Duke has directly become a blind man in perception.

"Beware of ...... made by this kid Tiger"

Bang!

Duke was just about to make a loud reminder to be careful of the missing Tiger doing something bad for his own people, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by a rapid explosion.

He followed the sound to see a soldier holding his magic rifle in a bewildered manner, and after firing a shot, he was left to look ahead with a look of surprise on his face.

"What's going on? Why shoot without permission!"

Lenia, who was supervising the battle, heard the noise and immediately rushed over, but she didn't notice anything unusual except for the surprised soldiers, so she couldn't suppress her anger and shouted loudly.

The soldier who fired the gun was shaken by his long-standing boss, and stammered back, "Big ...... My lord, there was a strange shadow in the fog just now, but I couldn't find it again after I shot it. ”

"Shadows?"

After listening to the soldier's report, Lenia looked suspiciously at the soldier and then at the place he was pointing, neither her physical eye nor her own perception could determine that there had been a creature there.

In the end, she even jumped out of the battle formation with her saber in order to make sure, and circled around the place where the soldier was pointing, but did not get any useful information.

So she could only glared viciously at the soldier who shot without permission, and said coldly: "If you are not sure about the situation, you must not shoot without authorization, otherwise the military law will deal with it." ”

In the current situation where everyone's spirit is highly tense, even if the dozen or so people brought out by Lenia are all carefully selected elite troops, if someone shoots or violates military orders without permission, it is easy for a bad chain reaction to occur.

In this tense environment where they couldn't see their surroundings clearly, everyone stared a little anxiously into the unknown distance, waiting for an enemy who would suddenly appear at some point, and even the well-trained war horses frequently snorted, adding a bit of restlessness to this atmosphere.

"Fire!"

Suddenly, with nothing in sight, Lenia ordered everyone to fire without warning, without indicating the direction of the shot.

While hearing the order to fire, although each of them had some doubts in their hearts, due to their strong obedience, the soldiers almost activated the magic energy rifle in the direction where they were at the same time as the order was given, and let out a burst of explosions like beans.

After a volley, the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground and the muffled sound of flesh being hit suddenly came from several directions without seeing any enemy in sight, and it was clear that some of the enemies had begun to touch the edge of the position, but they were cut off by the fog and could not be observed at all unless they had Lenia's superior perception.

It seems that there is no need to hide after seeing that the figure was discovered before it really touches the position, and the enemy in the shadows begins to gradually reveal its figure.

I saw four-legged creatures as ugly as hyenas roaming around the position with red eyes and drooling, and from time to time greedily staring at the horses in a circle and the humans hiding behind the border guards.

They are larger than the usual jackals in the Upper North, and their grey-black color almost blends in with the dark surroundings when the fog is heavy, making them difficult to see even when they are exposed.

"Lord, these low-level demonic beasts don't have much intelligence, and it is estimated that there are still people who manipulate them who are hiding in the shadows, and now they are just releasing some of the chess pieces to lower our vigilance. ”

Although the enemies had already manifested their bodies, and there were still quite a few of them, the layers of figures in those mist made it impossible for Duke to count how many of these demonic beasts were eyeing him and the others. But Lenia apparently had a clearer sense of the situation, and was still vigilant against the enemy in the fog.

At this time, seeing that the enemy was just a relatively low-level magical beast, the soldiers and dwarves were basically relieved and began to organize attacks in an orderly manner. After all, the most feared thing is the unknown enemy, and once the veil of mystery is revealed, the fear will be reduced by half in vain.

The explosion of the Magic Rifle and the dull sound of the Steam Rifle were constant in Duke's ears, and since the conductor was now mainly letting Lenia do the work, he wandered around the position to see if he could use his magic as a backup.

It's just that the power of the Magic Rifle and the Steam Rifle is very strong, and even though there are countless enemies in layers, they all seem to be at ease in the direction they are facing.

The dwarves are evenly interspersed among the human soldiers, and the rate of fire of the improved magic rifle has risen by a large step, and now it can almost shoot continuously under the mutual attack, which can be said to kill as many enemies as they come, and no monster can rush up and touch the slightest hair of the war horse.

Therefore, Duke seemed to have nothing to do, he walked around the formation several times, and finally could only helplessly return to the place where the materials were piled up in the middle to keep watch, and observe the surrounding situation by the way.

In a trance, he seemed to see some shadowy shadows in the fog that were different from the previous four-legged demonic beasts, but a little like a few standing figures.

"Eh, look......"

He was about to ask Lenia, who was observing the position on the other side, to come over and confirm, when several exclamations of suppressed fear came from several other directions almost at the same time.

"What's going on!"

Nothing unusual happened in Lenia's direction, but these exclamations caused her to turn around and run in the direction where the sound appeared immediately.

She hadn't gone far before she looked back in surprise to see a number of standing figures begin to appear one after another in the depths of the mist surrounding her position.

Under the reflection of the only remaining faint light, the emblems carried by these figures reflected an unusually dazzling light.