"Your Highness!"

"Your Highness?"

Bai Xuan suddenly came to his senses, looking at a resolute face in front of him, and the other party was looking over with concern.

The captain of his guard, and the titular leader of the Demon Hunters, Careth Doon, was a tall and muscular man who had just broken through the Templar Verification at the age of twenty-five and became one of the youngest Templars in the kingdom when he was sent to him by the old king.

"Where are we?" Bai Xuan rubbed his face and jumped off the horse.

"It's been three hundred steps out of that valley, and I've just stopped the team to rest. Carres replied.

He looked at His Royal Highness the prince and always felt that something had changed in the prince, but it was difficult for him to determine where the changes were.

In addition to the change in clothing, it seems to be a little stronger than before, and the temperament is also sharper?

In short, it's not easy to describe.

As a receiving force, after learning that Bai Xuan was missing in the Black Curse Forest, he rushed to the battlefield as soon as possible, and the mixed orc caravan was long gone, leaving only dozens of corpses.

After dealing with the battlefield, he ordered the guards to search everywhere for a day and a night, but found nothing, and just when he felt hopeless, His Royal Highness returned by himself.

He also brought back an unconscious Arctic Elf.

What happened in the middle? His Highness Bai Xuan didn't say anything, and Kareth didn't dare to ask, but looking at His Highness's eyes, he seemed to understand something.

"Calculate the distance according to the conversion method I told you before I set off, and follow this in the future, how many kilometers?" Bai Xuan had a hard time adapting to the unit of measurement of this continent.

It must come as he is familiar with, at least under his rule.

"Hmm...... More than twenty kilometers, and about ten kilometers away from Ember City. Carres replied.

"You just wanted to tell me, why did you stop?"

"Yes, Your Highness, the guard scouts have found some traces of strange beasts in front, so I don't dare to trade in......"

"Isn't it normal for there to be traces of strange beasts in the Black Curse Forest?" Bai Xuan frowned, he had already begun to integrate into this new identity, speaking of commanding these people, it was actually similar to what he had done before.

It's just that there are no hot weapons in it, and the tactics need to be adjusted and adapted.

There were only fifty guards brought from the royal capital, twenty of whom stayed in Ember City, and the other thirty were all here.

"Your Highness, the scout has found traces left by a large beast, and if it is moving around, we will be in a bad situation if we encounter it. Carres explained.

It is not easy to hunt strange beasts, because strange beasts have generally become very powerful and more cunning because of mutations, in the periphery of the Black Curse Forest, the number of strange beast activities is smaller, the deeper you go, the more you go, and the range of activities of large strange beasts rarely involves the periphery, but the current position they are in is obviously on the periphery.

This situation rarely happens, and although Bai Xuan and Kares have not been in the Black Curse Forest for a long time, it does not mean that they have not done their homework.

Bai Xuan was preparing to come to Ember City to garrison, so they carefully studied everything in the Black Curse Forest, including the preparation of the hunting group, and also recruited some hunters from the Chalk Kingdom nearby.

Large beasts are huge, destructive, and often have mutated skills, and only large hunting groups will fight their ideas, and if the hunt is successful, the rewards will be quite amazing.

It is also said that there are also giant alien beasts that operate in the deepest part of the Black Curse Forest for hundreds of kilometers.

The most convincing theory about the formation of alien beasts is that they were mutated by the influence of magical energy.

The entire Black Curse Forest is a huge, demonic area corrupted by demonic energy, and as for where the demonic energy comes from, most people attribute it to the underground demonic crystal mine.

"You did a good job, order the guards to prepare for defense, notify the scouts to disperse, and report back immediately if you find the situation. Bai Xuan replied approvingly to the captain of the guard

"Yes, Your Highness. Carres bowed and stepped back.

The resting place was a small hill with an excellent view, Bai Xuan stared into the distance for a moment, and did not find anything suspicious.

He turned his head to look at the Fallen Spirit, who was wrapped in animal skins and blankets, her face was still pale, but she was breathing evenly, a sign of detachment, and it seemed that she should be fine.

Presumably because of the overdraft of the ability, the coma caused by the backlash can only be done by waiting for the body to slowly recover.

Bai Xuan looked at her long eyelashes, pointed ears, and incomparably delicate countenance, and was a little distracted for a while, until a whistle in the distance pulled him back to reality.

The surrounding guards immediately began to make a defensive stance, and Kareth ran over from afar: "Your Highness, the scouts have found traces of strange beasts!"

Carres felt a little strange, His Royal Highness the Prince had never asked the commander of the guards, but now he began to tell him to dispatch the troops, and the key was that these orders were still very orderly, which made him soon unconsciously start to ask Bai Xuan for everything.

"How far is it from here?"

"About two kilometres, it seems to have collided with a small hunting group, and we can take advantage of this opportunity to pass quickly. ”

Bai Xuan looked into the distance and stood up.

"No, leave ten guards here to protect the elves, and the rest follow me. ”

"Your Highness, are you going to rescue them?"

"I'm going to go over and take a look. ”

The Captain's proposal was quite safe, but Bai Xuan had a different idea now, if he was to garrison Ember City, he would need to familiarize himself with this vast magical energy forest more quickly.

Large alien beasts are not something that can be encountered casually, he must go and have a look.

Maybe there's something else to be gained.

Kares looked embarrassed, he hadn't seen the large beast with his own eyes, but the danger was undoubtedly very high, and he had to guarantee the safety of His Royal Highness the Prince, so it wasn't a good decision.

"Your Highness, why don't I take someone over to take a look, you don't have to risk it yourself. "As a Templar, Carres is loyal to the royal family, a steady man, and will defend his duties to the death.

"Don't worry, I don't get too close, just look at it from afar, you know, there aren't many opportunities like that. ”

"But Your Highness ......," Kareth tried to dissuade.

"Needless to say, do as I say. Bai Xuan's gaze condensed, and the majesty of the superior was revealed in an instant.

"Yes!"

Once the order was accepted, Carres was very decisive and quickly selected ten guards soldiers to stay.

The loyalty and ability of the guards are absolutely trustworthy, after all, this is Bai Xuan's personal guard, so the safety of the fallen god can be assured for the time being, and he can rush back as soon as he encounters danger.

With Kares in front and Bai Xuan behind, ten guards began to march southwest, crossing a sparsely vegetated area about a kilometer in the middle, and they entered the tall and dense jungle.

The types of trees in the Black Curse Forest are actually very peculiar, shrubs, deciduous trees, vines, and even trees similar to tropical rainforests, Bai Xuan can't name them at all, it seems that the ecology of this place has little to do with the natural environment.

You can't rely on common sense to judge what kind of trees and plants will grow here.

The two scouts hurried over, reporting that the target was not far ahead.

"What kind of beast is it?"

The scout gasped, his lips trembled, and before he could speak, there was a sudden muffled noise in the bushes ahead, and the earth trembled, thump, like a drum.

"Roar!"

"Help—"