"Tosi, you're lazy again!" Campbell, the captain of the outpost garrison, yelled at a sentry leaning against the stone wall of the watchtower, "This is the third time this week that you've been caught lazy by me!" Now, get me out to the lookout, and you won't be allowed to come down without my orders!" ”

The icy cold wind of winter made Sentinel Tosi subconsciously tighten his neckline, but he still couldn't stop the cold wind from drilling inside. The armor on his body was too large to fit snugly around his body, and as a recruit, he was not eligible for a suit of soft cowhide underwear to fill the gap between his underwear and the armor, which forced him to rely on the stone walls of the watchtower to withstand the howling winds.

But this is a violation of the Sentinel Code. The stone walls of this watchtower are less than two meters high, and Tosi's actions will completely obstruct his view from the stone walls, preventing him from detecting the werewolves' sneak attack. Many times, such sneak attacks result in the slaughter of the entire guard at the outpost!

Tragedies like this happen almost every month in the Monas Hills, and more recently to the point of once a week, most of them started by the werewolf tribe known as Shado, and more than a dozen watchtowers have fallen in such sneak attacks, the guards have been slaughtered, the supplies have been looted, and even the watchtowers have been burned. The number of towers that were actually attacked was much higher, but most of them barely survived thanks to the desperate resistance of the guards and the towers' own defenses.

The dire situation within Sadalin's kingdom prevented the rulers from providing more support to these posts, and even the border garrisons were reduced to a worrying level. In order to survive this period, the royal family had to temporarily recruit soldiers in the two provinces near the border, and some civilians were recruited into the border garrison or as guards at the outposts.

After two weeks of assault training, Tosi, who had just come of age and was ready to succeed his father as a peasant, became a militia member and was assigned to the area known as the Northern Outpost. This post is the core of a large area in the vicinity, managing eleven other small posts scattered around it, and storing a fleet of weaponry and supplies to supply the needs of the other posts.

He was joined by more than twenty other recruits, who had to serve three months in the northern outpost and be trained by garrison captain Campbell before being assigned to smaller, more dangerous outposts with harsher conditions.

Although this would significantly reduce the strength of these outposts, it was clear that the Kingdom of Sadarien would rather show the werewolves its determination not to back down than to abandon them, hoping that the humanoid beasts with fangs and claws would be able to retreat.

Tossi reluctantly walked up the stairs to the lookout, which was even worse than the stone walls that sheltered it from the elements, the cold wind here did not stop almost twenty-four hours a day, and sometimes even carried small snow particles that could freeze one's hands and feet. So the lookout became a hell in the eyes of the guards, and it was also the place where Campbell punished the wrongdoers.

In the inky night, the light provided by the torches flickered in the cold wind, and there was no enough temperature and light for Tosi, which made the young man miss his bedroom so much that he even felt that the hay piles in the field were more comfortable than this place! At least that's enough to keep him warm.

Fortunately, Campbell was not so stupid to completely entrust the task of vigilance to a recruit, and standing guard on the lookout with Tossi was Bane, a veteran who had served in the Monas Hills for more than three years, a taciturn sentry, Tossi only knew that the other party had the strength of the fourth order, and was the second only warrior to Campbell in this outpost, from the province of Antoine, which was adjacent to the Mossi Mountains.

"You go over there!" Bane pointed in the direction he was facing away, then fell silent again, not looking like he wanted to talk to Tossi too much. But Tossi still felt a trace of warmth from Bane's behavior, because the position of the other party at this time was in the direction of the windward, and the direction he was pointing to was in the leeward, and the cold wind was greatly weakened after Bane's blocking, although it was still very cold, but at least it would not make Tossi feel pain.

"Thank you!" Tosi, who didn't have much education, could only express his gratitude with these two words, and calm returned to the lookout, except for the icy cold wind that kept howling.

After a few moments, Bane suddenly lifted the torch that was stuck in the side and leaned out, whining as he waved the torch in his hand. Soon, Campbell, who was alerted, rushed to the lookout and nervously asked, "What's wrong, Bane?" ”

"There's a fire! It's faint, it looks like it's supposed to be a torch! In that direction, the distance should be around two hundred meters! ”

"Alert! Sergeant Fair, wake everyone up and get them ready for battle! Campbell shouted downwards, and soon, the entire outpost was boiling.

Under the orders of the sergeant, the recruits hurriedly put on their armor, took their weapons, and lined up in a tight formation behind the stone wall as ordered, with their spears pointing outward. The veterans quickly took their weapons, bent their bows and arrows, and aimed through the shooting gaps reserved by the outposts at the black holes outside. A tense atmosphere quickly spread through the outpost!

It wasn't long before the sound of horses' hooves came from a distance, and two fires loomed, little by little, towards the outpost.

"Stop! Who are you? This is the northern outpost, tell us who you are, or we're going to attack!" "It's impossible for a werewolf to ride a horse, the breath of those humanoid beasts will make the horse fall into anxiety and mania, and only a highly trained high-level military horse can ignore this effect, so Campbell ruled out the possibility of a werewolf for the first time, but this does not mean that the other party is harmless.

Bandits, bandits, and even dark elves who like to sneak up at night, there are many dangers in this world, and any carelessness will cost you your life, this is the conclusion that Campbell summed up in his twelve years of service.

"Great, finally found a safe place!" A voice from the darkness that made Campbell feel kind, this voice had a unique accent of the Kingdom of Saddarin, "My name is Minin, we are the guards of the sixth outpost of the Bami outpost, we were attacked by werewolves, we escaped by luck, but lost our bearings!" Thankfully, we didn't get into the mouths of those werewolves! ”

Campbell knew about the Bami outpost, which was another medium-sized outpost in the Monas Hills similar to the northern outpost, and also managed a dozen or so small outposts, which were also known as outposts. The location of the Bami post is northeast of the northern outpost, and it is already part of the central area of the Monas Hills.

In fact, as the problem of the Sadarien Kingdom's insufficient troops gradually emerged, the kingdom's control over the Monas Hills continued to decline, and the area originally controlled by it was reduced from almost two-thirds to less than one-half, and many of the more remote outposts were abandoned, so the Bami outpost was already one of the most cutting-edge outposts.

At the same time as the other party answered, four military horses that looked very tired appeared in Campbell's sight, on the back of the horses sat four soldiers in sentry armor, two of them were obviously wounded, and the remaining two although they looked fine, but the blood stains and large blood stains on the armor still showed that the other party had experienced a fight not long ago.

Although he was a little surprised by the sudden appearance of these sentries, Campbell did not doubt the identity of the other party, whether it was the accent of these people, or the armor on their bodies, or even the origin of what they said, there was no problem, so Campbell immediately asked the soldiers who were waiting below to put away their weapons and sent someone out to meet the four compatriots.

"The light is above! We're finally safe! Minin, the leading guard, said to Campbell, who greeted them, with a look on his face that had survived the catastrophe, "It's terrible! We thought we would freeze to death like this! The light has not abandoned us at last! ”

"What happened?" Campbell asked, as he asked for food and warm clothing.

"Werewolves, werewolves! After nightfall, the sentinel was attacked by werewolves, many werewolves, at least hundred! Minin, who was lucky enough to escape, said in a trembling tone while gobbling up the food in his hand, "We can't resist, many people have died, only the four of us escaped!" We wanted to flee back to the Bami outpost and report the werewolf attack to Captain Bakayan, but the werewolves weren't ready to let us go! ”

Campbell was stunned by the bad news brought by the other party, if the other party didn't lie, then this would be the most serious werewolf attack in recent times, hundreds of werewolves, let alone a sentry with less than ten soldiers, even a medium-sized outpost like the northern outpost, could not resist.

And he was almost certain that the werewolves who attacked the outpost would never be satisfied with such a small result, there was no doubt that the next target of those werewolves would be the Bami outpost, and it was even very likely that after destroying the Bami outpost, they would target the northern outpost where he was!

"Damn, all sentinels must be warned!" Campbell immediately made a decision, he was going to withdraw all the soldiers scattered in the outposts, and then the northern outpost would have almost two hundred soldiers here, even if a small half of them were recruits, enough to support him until dawn, and then rely on the wolf smoke to call for help from other outposts.

Of course, it may not have to wait until dawn for the regiment that had already marched into the vicinity of the Garibel Valley not long ago to react and repel the werewolf attack. It is said that the legion is a coalition of the Raphinian Kingdom and the Sadalin Kingdom, and the number of soldiers exceeds 100,000, and it seems that the kingdom no longer wants to continue to choose to retreat!

Soon, six soldiers mounted their horses at the outposts and headed for the posts with Campbell's orders.

At the same time as these signal soldiers left the outpost, under the signal of Minin's covert eyes, a wounded guard fainted to the ground, seeing this, Minin immediately put down the food in his hand and shouted loudly: "Priest! Is there a priest? Or the doctor, we need to be treated, he's injured and bleeding a lot, and if this continues, he's going to die! ”

Campbell said apologetically, "I'm sorry, we don't have a priest here, and the only physician was recently sent back by the kingdom!" However, my assistant Bane has some first aid knowledge, and there are bandages in the outpost, so maybe you can stop the bleeding for your companion first! ”

Another stealthy look, and the other wounded guard also fainted, which made Campbell immediately call Bane, and several people hurriedly took off the torn armor of the two wounded men, and began to stop the bleeding and bandage the wounds.

At the same time, in a depression less than five hundred meters from the outpost, a group of mercenaries led by Thorin were talking in a whisper.

"I didn't expect that male elf to be so useless, and after only playing for less than half an hour, he went crazy, and I didn't have enough fun until the end! I thought this guy would have stronger ears than the female at the beginning. ”

"Nonsense, playing like yours, not to mention delicate long ears, even if it's an orc, you can't stand it!"

"Hey, hey! Anyway, at the end, I cut open the belly with the long ears and played directly with the intestines and stomach, which was really cool! Next time I'm going to try it with a human, and I'm going to play with the recovery potion at the same time, what do you think? ”

"It's disgusting! Aren't you afraid that there are still undigested residues in there? ”

"It's okay, just wash it with water first!"

"Enough, shut up! Here comes the news! Thorin interrupted the exchange meeting of the group of scumbags, "There are about thirty people in total, most of them are recruits, the captain is a fifth-order swordsman, and there is a fourth-order sentry, and the others are all second-order or so waste!" ”

"Don't worry, Thorin! With this amount, there will be no problem! There are more than 40 of us here! I don't know if that fifth-order guy is male or female, just forget about the male, if it's a female, maybe I'll be able to try a new way to play soon! ”

Thorin is also very helpless about the group of scum under his command, but fortunately, he himself is not a good person, and the group of werewolf players led by him is the combat power of the mercenary group, so although the group leader often complains that they cause trouble for him, he still relies on them very much.

"Alright, one last check! Depart in three minutes! Remember, don't leave your mouth alive! Whoever accidentally dies will go directly back to Hall Village to resurrect, where a cemetery has been set up, and immediately after resurrection, gather near the next target! ”

"You've said it three times! Thorin, you weren't so annoying before! ”

"Nonsense! If it weren't for the fact that you patronized and played that long ear crazy today, so that I didn't even ask for any information, the regiment commander wouldn't be so angry! If this mission is messed up again, believe it or not, you'll be the one who will be played next time! Don't think that the Snake won't do it to its own people! ”

Even their group of lawless scumbags couldn't help but shudder when they heard the name of the Body-Eater Snake, it was really this mysterious organization that was too terrifying, if they didn't care about human life and treated ordinary players as toys, then the Body-Eater Snake completely treated them as tools, useful tools could be left, and useless tools were only the fate of being disposed of.

"That's it! Let's go! Hands and feet are sharp! With a wave of his hand, more than forty players immediately transformed into tall werewolves, and under the cover of night, they quickly headed for the northern outpost.

A massacre is about to begin!