Watching Ballycalf and the adventurers disappear into the depths of the earth, Nader Jones sighed deeply. As an adjutant who has been by Ballycalf's side for many years, his heart is very complicated at the moment.

After many battles to the death, his strength is at the top of the kingdom's soldiers, and his self-confidence is not inferior even to adventurers, but this time he was not selected to join the exploration team, which makes him feel very disappointed. He also made it clear to General Balikaf that he wanted to go with him, but the general refused on the grounds that the garrison needed a trustworthy person to lead him. Although he is very proud to be regarded as a confidant by the people he respects, he still can't hide the loss in his heart, after all, the people who go to explore the mausoleum are among the best masters in China, and not being selected means that his martial arts are not exquisite enough.

For a man who is constantly honing his martial arts and wants to rely on his own strength to defend the country, the mysterious mausoleum with powerful monsters is undoubtedly the best place to test the results of his training. If it had been a month ago, he would have stubbornly followed Ballycalf and the others.

However, now he did not make such a choice, but felt a little glad that he was not selected for the expedition. It may sound extremely contradictory that two diametrically opposed emotions arise from the same thing, but there is a very reasonable reason for this, and that is that the man got married a month ago.

After having love and care, of course, you can't put life and death aside without hesitation as before. Nader picked up the necklace on his chest, which depicted his wife's face, and such a beautiful smile made him feel as if he had the whole world, and a happy smile unconsciously flowed from his cheeks. Of course, there is no such thing as a camera in this world, but there is not only one way to freeze time and create beautiful moments, but also with magic. The necklace in Nader's hand now is a magic item called "Eternal Things" that can store beautiful moments. It was a technology developed by an elven nobleman in pursuit of his beloved, and a human trader bought it for a large amount of money after seeing the huge profit margin it hidden, and mass-produced and sold it all over the world. Although it was useless other than being able to store a momentary picture, and the price was not cheap, so it could be said that it had no practical value, but it still caused a sensation when it was launched, and became a popular item among the aristocracy. Nader gritted his teeth and spent nearly a year of his salary to buy it.

"Sir, the fortifications have been erected."

A man's voice pulls Nader back to reality from sweet memories.

"Darik, don't make fun of me."

Nader frowned as he looked at the man walking towards him. Nader's original position was the captain of the ninth team, and Deric was the captain of the tenth team, and the two were equal in rank, and they also had a pretty good relationship in private. Nader, who was appointed commander-in-chief of the garrison at this moment, was indeed one level higher than Deric, so such a title was not wrong in theory, but Nader still felt quite awkward.

"Hahahaha, let you feel the feeling of being one level higher than me, how about it, it's good." Derrick's expression looked quite pleasant, and then he put his mouth close to Nader's ear and whispered, "I brought a good bottle of wine this time, how about it, we two brothers secretly have a drink?" ”

"Ah, ah, you're too relaxed, we have a garrison." Nader let out a slight stumbling sound.

"What's the matter, the so-called garrison work is to put it bluntly, just wait for the general to come back, the monsters in this area are basically only the forest people, they saw us coming and ran away early, although they built fortifications, but it is basically useless. You. It's just too serious, I don't know how to be flexible, and it's really a shame that you can marry such a beautiful wife. Darek patted Nader on the shoulder and said with half sarcasm and half envy.

Indeed, the western hills of the Duchy of Basol are the living place of the foresters, a kind of monster that does not actively attack humans. Although it is rumored that the undead demon king Marosas is also hiding in this area, it is only a rumor, and no one has actually seen it haunted. It can be said that the troops stationed here do not have much chance of fighting, in fact, there are not a few people in the army who think the same way as Derrick, as can be seen from the fact that there are only a minimum of patrol personnel around, and most of the soldiers are resting and chatting.

"Hey, even if you're right, at least you have to keep the appearance of a garrison." Nader sighed, even the captain of Derrick looked like this, not to mention the soldiers below.

Looks like it needs to be put in order. Just when Nader couldn't bear this loose state from the bottom of his heart and was about to reorganize his army, someone in the army shouted.

"There's a situation in the woods over there!"

It should have been the patrolling soldiers who had discovered something, and Nader and Derrick hurriedly looked in the direction where the voice came from.

On the perimeter of the wooden barrier, a patrol soldier drew his sword at his waist and watched the woods not far away. Due to poor visibility, there was no movement from Nader and Derick's perspective.

The other soldiers stationed in the camp were also a little more vigilant and looked in the direction of the patrolling soldiers. This lasted for about two minutes, but it seemed even longer during the wait. Just when everyone began to wonder if they were mistaken, even they themselves began to slowly put down the long sword in their hands.

A group of humanoid monsters scurried out of the woods, spears made of sharpened rocks tied to the branches of the trees, and rushed towards them with a roar, and it was obvious from their white bodies that it was the woodmen who were attacking.

"Enemy attack!"

After seeing the comer, the patrolling soldiers shouted and raised their swords to meet the battle. The number of forest people is eight, and the number of patrol soldiers is five, although they are inferior in numbers, but the faces of the patrol soldiers do not show any nervousness, on the contrary, they look relaxed. In their opinion, the foresters are not powerful monsters, as long as they resist for a while, reinforcements will arrive in less than ten seconds, and only eight foresters are not enough to see. However, this idea of underestimating the enemy cost them their lives.

The foresters and the patrol soldiers engaged in hand-to-hand combat, and the scene in the next second was completely beyond the expectations of everyone present. The foresters broke through the patrol soldiers at incredible speed, killing five soldiers instantly with a precise one-hit. The ten soldiers who had just removed the wooden barrier to come forward to support were obviously shocked by the situation and stood in place. The speed of the foresters continued to increase, and soon they rushed to the wooden barrier.

"But, damn it, don't underestimate us!"

Ten soldiers hurriedly stepped forward to meet the battle, blood splattered in an instant, it was the same situation as before, and the last words of the ten soldiers were screams of disbelief in the truth.

"Stop them!"

"What are you doing, that's my sword."

"W-What's going on?"

"Woo!"

"No, no! Stand back, stand back! ”

The foresters leaped through the open wooden barrier and leaped fearlessly into the crowd, the panicked shouts of the unprepared soldiers.

"Liar! How could the forest people be so strong! ”

Derrick exclaimed. Indeed, no matter in terms of numbers or weapons and equipment, the garrison troops are completely superior to the forest people, and it is impossible to be killed by the forest people like this

"Let's go!"

Nader drew his twin swords on his back and quickly rushed to the front line. These forest people have unreasonable powers, and the only way to do this is magic, of course, except for a few special people, ordinary people cannot see the flow of magic. Nader happens to be one of those few, and he was born with a gifted skill called "Hawkeye", which allows him to see through magic and disguise. What his eyes saw at this moment was that the eight forest people were all wrapped with extremely powerful black ** power, which should be the reason why they became so strong.

"Spread out! Don't huddle around! Those in the rear prepare the shield array! ”

The soldiers' expressions froze with fear, but they followed Nader's instructions anyway.

The foresters also dispersed in different directions as the soldiers around them dispersed, and although the number of casualties among the soldiers was still increasing, it also bought the soldiers in the rear sufficient time to prepare. The heavily armored soldiers surrounded the foresters one by one with their shields, and the foresters roared and stabbed the spears in their hands, but the rough weapons obviously could not penetrate the heavy shields, and the circular shield array continued to shrink, and the spears pierced from the back of the shields pierced through the woodmen's bodies one after another.

Nader confronted a forester alone, swinging his twin swords in his hand and slashing like a gale.

"Hmph, don't underestimate humans!"

Nader shook off the blood stains on the blade of the sword with all his might, and the forester in front of him fell to the ground, spitting out blood from his severed throat, and as his life faded, the black ** power on his body also disappeared.

"Count the casualties immediately!"

The sounds of battle slowly fell silent, and after the eight foresters had been eliminated, Nader gave the order as commander.

"I don't think it will take this time, anyway, the final number of survivors is 0."

Just as the soldiers began to scramble to confirm the casualties, a voice that was lifeless and felt like it came from the abyss came overhead.

The sunlight seemed to be blocked by the sudden puffy clouds, casting huge shadows, and I wonder if it was the same thing, and the temperature around it also dropped.

The soldiers exhaled a white haze and looked uneasily into the air.

A powerful sense of oppression that made people unable to breathe instantly enveloped his whole body, and a strange black ** thing was floating in the air, and the eight chains protruding from his body were wandering around like living creatures.

"Undead Lord Marosas!" Even though he had never seen it before, Nader was sure of the name, as he saw in his eyes a tremendous magic that seemed to envelop a kilometer in it. There is no other monster in this country that can possess such power that it makes you want to vomit.

Nader swallowed stiffly, feeling a deep despair in his heart as if facing the abyss.