"Everyone. Stay on your guard!"

With Qatar Vakiri's loud shout, the Snowman aristocratic guards armed with steel armor and the Loris Stead garrison in chain armor all stopped.

"Your Excellency?" a centurion gave him a quizzical look. They are subordinates of the local garrison chief, and are now under the command of Qatar for the time being.

"This fog ......" Qatar's face sank. "It's a little weird. ”

At this moment, a layer of mist, which was still hazy, suddenly surged up like a tidal wave, engulfing this army of hundreds of people along with a large surrounding block!

"Who's got the Wind Scroll? Disperse the fog. ”

The wind of demonic energy rolled up after five breaths. However, it has had little effect.

The fog is getting thicker. The visibility of the average soldier has dropped to within five feet.

Strange fog, weird fog.

There is no feeling of dampness. The tone is also slightly darker, as if mixed with thick smoke, faintly gray.

The shouts and explosions in the distance became fainter and weaker, as if the surrounding sounds were swallowed up by the fog, and soon the neighborhood was silent.

Even the sound of insects and birds no longer exists.

"My lord, what are we going to do?"

Qatar looked around. With his superhuman eyesight, he pierced through the fog and took in all the hundreds of feet around him.

A total of one hundred and fifteen soldiers. Twenty-two guards of the Vakiri family, ninety-three town garrison guards. Not a single person is missing, not a single person is injured. Although they were all a little cramped and uneasy because of the mysterious fog. But no one behaved unusually.

"It's not a natural phenomenon. It should be something made up by two wizards over there in Xicheng District. Everyone stay vigilant and move closer to each other!" he shouted.

"A few of you, go to the nearby houses and get some torches to come out. If the head of the household is still around, remember to pay the bill. "Qatar points to a couple of big houses not far away. Several heavily armed guards beside him immediately shouted yes, turned around and ran in that direction.

Minutes later......

The collected torches are distributed to each soldier. When the firelight lit up, shining through the gray-white fog, more than one breathed a sigh of relief. The morale that had been somewhat unstable was also restored.

At the same time, a guard came to Qatar's side. He whispered, "My lord, there are some things that you'd better come and take a look at." ”

"Huh?" Qatar looked at the guard in front of him, who had deliberately pulled up his visor. He knew him, the stick boy named Jill who was one of the orphans adopted by the Vakiri family. His loyalty is fully guaranteed, and he is also trained in anti-illusionism. The chances of being a trap are slim to none.

Their enemy in this town is Alice. And she was indeed in a state of near-death. Even if they can't find Alice before the Brotherhood gets their hands on it. The woman's head was still to be carried by his hands to the lord's table afterwards.

Until then, no Assassin would have wanted his life here.

Qatar immediately relented. After ordering the soldiers to stand in place, he followed the guard Jill into the largest mansion in the vicinity......

"Hmm? What does that mean. ”

In front of him, several clothed figures were haphazardly distributed in the deepest basement of the mansion. It looks like a few bored people who take off their clothes and put them on the floor or on the table and chairs in the order in which they are put on them.

Clothes, pants, shoes, socks, belts, hoods, pockets, gloves, all in the right place. Except for the absence of the body that should have been wrapped around them, there was nothing wrong.

"Hoax, or some strange witchcraft ritual?" said Qatar to himself, confused. It wasn't like he hadn't seen the strange séances that wizards had come up with. During the crusade against the Dark Wizard Order, he even witnessed the evil ritual of summoning demons through the body of Guò in a dungeon.

But after all, there are traces to follow, not just an inexplicable mess like now. There is not even a graffiti similar to the formation diagram.

He looked at Jill beside him, waiting for him to deliver more information.

"My lord, there was still temperature on these clothes when we came in. ”

Even Qatar, who has been through a hundred battles, couldn't help but feel a little numb when he heard this message!

It had been warm a few minutes ago, and it was fine except for the human body, and there was no sign of struggle present...... He exhausted the memories in his mind and couldn't find a power that could have a similar effect.

"It's a confined space. Qatar's heart sank. He had a sense of foreboding.

I hope it's not like the fraternity is on a business trip...... If Alice doesn't die, none of the people here who participated in the assassination will survive!

He would rather believe that it was a trick made up by those two high-ranking wizards!

He jerked his gaze upwards!

"Uhh!!!h

"Not good!"

With just one sword, at least a foot-thick layer of soil and the masonry structure on it were smashed to pieces! But at this moment, there was no trace of pride or joy in his heart. Because when he returned to the ground, there were only ninety soldiers in front of him!

Ninety or so panicked infantrymen!

"What's wrong, centurion!" he shouted, picking up the collar of the nearest soldier.

"Fog, fog, it's fog, fog wants to eat, eat us!" stammered the frightened soldier. With a frightened glint in his eyes, his finger pointed somewhere to Qatar's left.

Next, the swept sword wind dispersed all the fog on that side! Rolled up the garbage and debris on the streets! In it, more than a dozen fluttering linen shirts were clearly visible!

Qatar's throat moved, and even the air available for breathing became much heavier at this moment.

This style ...... It's a shirt that only the Town Watch wears!

Are the armor and weapons gone?What the hell is this!?

Qatar shouted angrily, jumped and landed in the center of the scattered clothes, and then turned around - slash!

If the previous sword attack was to create a wide range but not much lethality, just to drive away the wind of the mist, then this sword is now a real wind blade! In just an instant, the qiē obstacle in front of him was cut in half!

Whether it's a piece of cloth, a wooden frame, or a masonry, all obstacles are split in two!

But he was disappointed, he didn't cut anything out of the ordinary.

I didn't even scratch the edges!

[Isn't it here...... Not good!]

Qatar turned his head suddenly, only to see a cloud of fog rushing up from behind, engulfing more than a dozen guards in one gulp!

His eyes were cracking.

Following his gaze, one of the guards, who had been distracted by Qatar's sword strike, turned his head with difficulty, and a rough sound came from his neck.

And at this moment, the dense fog that came from the invasion also receded.

What did he see?

Behind him, there was supposed to be a Vakiri guard dressed in full-body steel plate armor. Although it belongs to a different place, it is unexpectedly talkative. Just now, they were cheering each other on. He remembered the words that had just reached his ears.

“…… I'm going to make it back alive. My little sweetheart is still waiting for me. The day after tomorrow, it will be her ninth birthday. ”

"Aha~ Then she must be cute. ”

"She's my pride. ”

The voice hasn't died yet. In front of him, only a pair of armor remained. An empty suit of armor supported only by inertia!

His gaze passed through the hollow helmet, as if it were a deep black rift. After that, it's the abyss.

"Wow, ah!!" The soldier covered his head and let out a hysterical cry.

He collapsed.

Along with the collapse, there is also the morale of the entire army.

The soldiers in the chaos ran around like headless flies. No matter how Qatar shouts and stops, it will not help. It wasn't until his patience reached the limit and he slashed several people with his sword that he barely managed to stun them with blood.

But even so, there are less than fifty soldiers left. Some of them rushed into the fog without hesitation, and there was no more sound.

"Come closer, everyone! Circle around me!"

Qatar roared. At the same time, he quickly took a small brown bottle out of his pocket and drank it down!

The Time Hourglass Potion can greatly enhance the user's reaction ability in a short period of time!

[Whatever you are, it's best not to get caught by me!]

"My lord, there's something in the fog!"

He turned around sharply, and a dark shadow loomed in the thick fog!

【Found you!】

"Drink!"

Stride, slash!

The sound of metal colliding rang out from the clash! It was the imposing Qatari side that was shaken back!

It was just a blow, but there were at least seven points of focus coming from the blade!

Even in dense fog, it is difficult to effectively capture the line of sight in a short period of time. Qatar could barely make out if it was a sword, or something resembling a sword...... But how can a person swing seven swords at the same moment!?

Man, it is impossible to have seven hands!

"Get out! monster!!"

The heavy swordsman roared. Slash into the fog that is already empty!

At that moment, there was a strange noise from behind him......

【Got you!】

As soon as he stepped on it, the flat bluestone slab ground was cracked inch by inch! And the heavy swordsman's body had already swooped out like an arrow from the string!

He jumped over the circle formed by dozens of soldiers, and the guard who had been caught by a foreign object had already appeared not far in front of him!

It's a familiar person. The guard who was pulled backwards by the unknown form was none other than Jill, who had just accompanied him into the basement!

[Wait, I'll save you out!] Qatar's expression was solemn. Eyebrows raised like swords.

However, Jill in front of him showed an anxious look. He struggled to open his mouth, and could probably make out a vague word by the shape of his mouth.

【…… Gold...... Genus. 】

[What do you mean!?]

However, Qatar has no time to think about the answer to this question.

He finally knew how the soldiers had disappeared.

Jill's face was melting. No, it's more appropriate to melt than to transform. From living flesh and blood, it is transformed into a silver-gray liquid, and then it flows quickly to somewhere behind it!

At most, only a quarter of a second passed. The muscles of his body were gone. After that, bones, armor, shields, swords, and they rushed backwards like a rushing river, and disappeared without a trace in an instant!

When Qatar catches up with him, all that can be hugged in his arms is an empty set of clothes.

He crumbled the linen shirt tightly. There was an endless fire of anger burning in his chest.

His anger almost ignited the iron-smelling air!

Wait!Iron-smelling air!?

[Air, the smell of iron, [metal], fog! I see!]

He finally understood.

He finally understood why the air was so heavy, why the battle-hardened soldiers were devoured without the ability to resist, why he couldn't hear the sound from the outside world, why the fog had such a strange hue, why it couldn't be dispelled no matter how it blew!

It's not fog at all!

This is the golden-genus-cloud!!

The heavy swordsman let out a long breath. Silver-gray jets poured out of his mouth and nose!

[I almost got on the road.] I've seen through it, though!]

He turned back triumphantly, and in his eyes there was no anger in his eyes.

However, when he turned his head, he did not see the dozens of soldiers who were supposed to be behind him.

PS: I hesitated for a long time in this section, probably because of the question of whether [Alice Dragon] will kill civilians or not, I have been entangled for a while. In the end, I tried to substitute it, and found that I really couldn't find a reason not to pick soft persimmons......