The goblins danced excitedly around the pot on the fire that smelled of stewed meat mixed with corn. Unexpectedly, there was a heavy and rapid footstep in the woods opposite, and a ferocious boar came out panting, his right eye, which was blinded by a throwing knife, was still bleeding, and one of his fangs was broken, and he stumbled to the goblins' dining place, knocking over the iron pot.

"Oh~~~ No!!" Seeing a pot of soup that had been boiled down to the ground, the goblins hugged their heads and screamed, angry at the loss of their meal. But they wisely didn't bother the intruder, and were glad that the ferocious boar was just fleeing, unaware that his piglets were boiling in the overturned soup pot.

The figure of the ferocious boar gradually disappeared into the depths of the swamp, and the goblins emboldened themselves and returned to the campfire that had been extinguished by the soup. The iron pot has been trampled by the ferocious wild boar, but fortunately, the ingredients stewed in the pot are still there, and the goblins are not particular about hygiene, scrambling to grab the mud-stained stew and eat it.

At this time, there was a dense sound of horses' hooves in the forest, and Nikolai, Peter, and Bafra were the first to rush out, followed by ten militiamen including Jossen.

"The ferocious boar ran over, what to do with this group of goblins?" Peter asked Nikolai.

"It's not a good thing anyway, clean it all up along the way!" Bafra said preemptively.

The fierce little cat woman chanted a prayer on horseback, and the magic of nature burst out from her fingertips, summoning a large clump of thorns on the ground.

The goblins who were only engaged in munching finally realized that the human knights were not well-intentioned, and dropped the food in their hands and screamed and tried to escape, but as soon as they took a step, they tripped and fell all over the thorns, and fell into the thorn bushes one after another, piercing their bodies and screaming miserably.

Nikolai waved his hand and shot a string of throwing knives, which slashed his throat and killed him with a single blow. Behind him, the militia squad skillfully fired light crossbows on horseback, and the crossbow arrows rained down, killing all the goblins who were still struggling.

Pavra canceled her magic, and the thorns on the ground retreated into the depths of the earth.

Nikolai flicked the reins and urged the horse to leap over the goblin corpse and continue to track.

At this moment, there was a sudden thunderous roar in the distance, which startled the warhorse people to stand up and neigh.

Nikolai hurriedly turned over and dismounted, calming the mount with the ranger's professional ability, "Wild Identity". When the horse calmed down and looked up in the direction where the roar came from, he was surprised to find that the Bareu crater, which had been silent for many years, was erupting thick smoke, billowing black smoke mixed with a little spark floating towards the swamp.

"Why did it suddenly smoke...... I'm afraid this doesn't bode well. Peter muttered as he looked at the Balle Pass, which was spewing black smoke.

Bafra didn't bother to talk to him at this moment, and her eyes looked at the crater with a worried look.

It is clear that the Balle volcano, which has been dormant for many years, has awakened and could erupt at any time. Once the volcano erupts, the valley village commune at the foot of the mountain and even the surrounding 10,000 acres of farmland that have not yet been harvested will be severely threatened, and there is even a high risk that the magma gushing down from the top of the mountain will be turned into ashes. Thinking that the fruits of a year's hard work could be lost at any time, and that the land cultivated by their ancestors could be swallowed up by lava at any time, Qiao Sen and the others lost their blood on their faces.

Just as everyone looked at the volcano in panic, a terrible howl suddenly came from the depths of the swamp, and the ferocious boar turned around and ran back. It was as if something terrible was chasing after its ass, and sometimes it let out a scream mixed with pain and horror, and the sound was terrifying.

"Dismount!" Nikolai, who was experienced on the battlefield, was the first to come to his senses and reminded his companions in a deep voice to prepare for battle.

Peter, Pavra, and the rest of the militia dismounted and formed on the swamp shore, each armed and ready to fight.

The ferocious boar staggered towards the shore in the leg-deep mud, exhaling a large cloud of crimson blood mist, as if its internal organs had been badly injured and bleeding. This made the people on the shore deeply surprised, in the previous battle, the ferocious wild boar only suffered some external injuries, which is not serious, how can it vomit blood while running? What makes everyone even more puzzling is why the ferocious boar turned around and came back on the way to escape, was the beast chased by the dog and jumped over the wall, and simply gave up running away and turned back to them desperately, or did it encounter a more terrible enemy in the depths of the swamp than the pursuers, and was forced to choose the lesser of two evils?

While the people were secretly speculating, the ferocious boar ran more and more slowly, and the trudging through the mud seemed to have exhausted the last of its strength, and finally climbed up the dry embankment, and before Nikolai could give the order to attack, it fell to the ground, snorting and panting, and its eyes gradually drifted.

"This fat pig seems to be dying." Peter whispered.

"Don't be fooled, don't look stupid like a pig, it's actually very treacherous, that guy may be playing dead." Bafra said cautiously.

Everyone kept their distance from the ferocious boar to prevent it from attacking violently, but after waiting for another two minutes, nothing happened, and the ferocious boar was already angry, and it didn't look like it was playing dead.

"Instructor, it's not a way to spend like this, I'll go over and see if the pig is really dying?" Jossen looked at Nikolai.

Nikolai did not want to discourage the young man's courage, and after thinking about it, he admonished: "Be careful. ”

Qiao Sen nodded, straightened his short sword and light crossbow, and pulled out a small round shield with skin from his saddle pocket, which was tied to the outside of his left elbow with a belt. When he was ready, he slowly approached the ferocious boar that had collapsed on the edge of the swamp, and first took his crossbow and shot an arrow from ten yards away.

Burst! The bolt pierced through the ferocious boar's nostrils into its skull, and the beast only twitched, but did not fight back. This made Qiao Sen secretly relieved, convinced that it had really lost his breath, so he put away his crossbow and replaced his short sword, and continued to approach it.

As soon as he took two steps, there was a strange muffled sound in the boar's body, and a lump of sarcoma bulged on his back was still wriggling violently.

Qiao Sen stared at the expanding sarcoma in surprise, and was hesitating to take a closer look, when the sarcoma suddenly exploded with a "bang"! As the flesh and blood splashed, a strange bird covered in flames flew out of the boar's body, fluttering its flaming wings and levitating in mid-air, immediately attracting everyone's attention.

The monster's wings were spread out about two feet long, and its body shape resembled that of a bat, but it was surrounded by raging flames, and it was impossible to see what it looked like. Under the gaze of everyone, it suddenly split into two halves and quickly evolved into two smaller fire bats.

Seeing this strange scene, a question arose in everyone's hearts.

"What kind of monster is that?!"