The sun is completely sinking into the horizon, a bright moon slowly rises, and the sky is occupied by stars. The forest is not quiet at night, with the constant sound of insects and birds, as well as countless flying fireflies and glowing plants, which build the bottom of the forest into a beautiful fairy tale world.

The Brave Squad sat around the campfire.

They didn't have the heart to enjoy the beautiful night view at all, and everyone was calm and depressed.

A day and a night of searching yielded nothing. There was no trace of Angel at all, and the life and death of their companions were uncertain, and these brave men felt the sadness of parting for the first time.

Angel...... Nothing will happen, right? ”

"Shut up!"

Strong muttered quietly, greeted Elena's scolding. The archers were silent and did not dare to say more.

Elena lowered her head and hugged her knees.

There is no one more disappointed in the team than her, and as the captain of the team, she has the duty and obligation to be responsible for the safety of the whole team. Because of a low-level mistake, the core priest of the team disappeared, and more importantly, Angel is her favorite junior.

Warren spoke, trying to lighten the mood:

"Jon, why hasn't that guy come back yet? Just pull some cordons. ”

"Maybe I'm going to go around again, thieves have this common problem, and they have to go up and stab twice when they see anything." Shield Tim said.

Everyone chatted awkwardly and fell silent again.

At this moment, there was a rustling sound in the grass in the distance, and everyone was alert. A tall, thin teenager in a black wallet walked out.

"Jon, where have you been again? Why did it take so long to come back? Tim immediately asked.

Jon's face was gloomy and serious.

"I've found something suspicious, come with me."

Hearing Jon say this, everyone suddenly came to their senses. As a thief in the team, Jon has the most perceptive and discerning abilities, and perhaps he has found a clue to Angel.

The crowd immediately got up and took up arms and followed Jon.

The Brave Squad walked along the riverbank, down more than 30 meters, and Jon stopped, pointing to the toad corpse on the ground.

"What are you doing? It turned out to be the corpse of a toad, and I thought I had found some clues. Tim complained dissatisfied.

Elena sensed something was wrong and stepped forward to examine the toad corpse.

"There are many wounds on the body that have been cut by the sword, and the fatal one is a heavy blow to the head, and the brain is directly shattered."

Hearing the eldest sister's words, the team members all ran over to observe the corpses on the ground.

Jon added:

"The body did not decompose, and it was more than a day of death."

Strong said in high spirits:

"It's the scars of the weapon, it's the other adventurers!"

"Angel was saved by someone else?"

"Great!"

The team members were overjoyed.

"No, no, it's not another adventurer." Elena vetoed and poured cold water on everyone. She used her dagger to separate the toad's abdomen and took out a light blue water-attribute magic core. "If it's other adventurers, they'll take the loot."

"But who did this?"

Elena looked at Jon and asked:

"What else did you find?"

"After discovering this body, I searched carefully along the riverbank, found its nest, and came with me."

Led by Jon, the team walked upstream along the riverbank, about 2 kilometers away, to a river bend.

"It was here that I found a large number of toad eggs in the water. I searched the neighborhood carefully and found some cats. There are a large number of traces of personnel movements here, but the traces are deliberately buried, and their counter-reconnaissance methods are very professional, leaving almost no useful clues. As you know, I was a scout in Dono, and to put it mildly, this group of people is even better than the royal legions of the Kingdom of Dono. So many people acted together that almost all traces were buried. ”

The faces of the team members turned strange.

"But...... This is the hinterland of the Dono, why is there an army operating here? ”

"yes, the army shouldn't be here."

"No, not the military."

Jon shook his head, his gaze darkened. He pulled an oilcloth bag out of his bosom, and all the members of the team came over. Jon opened the tarpaulin, and a lump of soar appeared in front of the team.

“woc！ You...... I know you're heavy-hearted, but there's no need to carry a piece of with you! ”

"Now is not the time for pranks."

"It stinks!"

The team members pinched their noses and dispersed at once.

Jon disagreed, put Sho on the ground and said:

"The crux of the matter is on this piece of dung, there are weeds, there are rocks, there are bugs, and if I'm not mistaken, it's goblin droppings."

Hearing the word goblin, the faces of the team members changed drastically.

Elena's pretty face was even paler as paper, and her body couldn't help shaking. She thought of a terrifying possibility, if Angel was captured by those green-skinned monsters and had a baby......

"This is the Forest of Light, I've never heard of goblins haunting."

"Elves don't allow evil creatures to exist."

"Jon, are you mistaken?"

Jon shook his head and said seriously:

"Nine times out of ten, I've seen goblin droppings, and their recipes are quite complicated, and they will stuff anything they can eat into their stomachs. Bark, grass, stones, bones, and more. ”

Looking at the members, Jon said:

"Now there is a more important question, are those well-trained people comparable to the royal army of the Kingdom of Dono Goblins?"

"It can't be."

The crowd immediately vetoed it.

Goblins are not well thought of by everyone.

Ugly, dirty, fond of inward-bars and cannibalism, extremely low fighting ability, extremely timid, when they see people rushing up, hacking one to death will scatter and flee out of fear.

How could such a filthy and lowly creature reach the level of a regular army?

Jon took a deep breath and held out two fingers.

"There are two possibilities. First, these goblins are remnants of the previous invasion of Demon King City, and they have been hiding their whereabouts and living here. Second, there is a new Demon King City here, these well-trained goblins are the Demon King's subordinates, and the only ones who can restrain the goblins are the Demon King. ”

The faces of the team members changed dramatically.

Jon's second guess wasn't a joke.

This is the place where the hinterland of the Dono's Kingdom borders the Elven Kingdom, and the Demon King City has not appeared for hundreds of years. The surrounding towns and villages are undefended, and if a powerful demon king descends here, and the monsters pour out of their nests to plunder and kill, it will be a complete disaster.

The opponent has a group of well-trained elite goblins, and presumably the monster army will not be weak.

The team members looked at Elena.

"Big sister, this is not a joke, what should we do now?"

"If there is really a Demon King City coming, we must send the news back to alert the Dono Kingdom."

"What should Angel do if she is caught by the Demon King? She's so stupid, she's definitely going to provoke the Demon King to be killed! ”

"Or maybe it's a goblin, she might be caught having a baby...... Or be cooked and eaten......"

The team members panicked.