"Damn, there are too many of them." A bright red hair flew in the air, wielding the short sword in his hand, and using a small shield to cut off the spider's head in one fell swoop. "Everyone be on guard and retreat to the rear! Fast! ”

"Be careful!" Falt swooped and threw Sana, who was shouting, to the ground, and a black shadow slashed across the stone wall on one side, avoiding the spider's sneak attack.

In a flash of lightning, Sana handed the sword in her hand upward, and the edge of the sword slashed a huge hole in the belly of the sneaking spider. "Hurry up, when do you want to lie down?"

"Be careful." Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a spider coming from the side, half-kneeling on the ground, holding up the long sword with both hands, and accurately blocking the chelicerae that pierced the piercing. "Sana, we can't do anything, we have to retreat quickly!"

"Bastard, I know that too." Sana's cheeks were slightly red, but there was no delay in her hands, and the small shield stood up, taking advantage of the Falt to resist the spider's attack, and with a sword diagonally from bottom to top, he cut off the spider's head.

"I'm broken! Everyone form a squad and retreat! The sword in Falt's hand was unpleasant, but he always blocked the attack at the most opportune time, and then responded fiercely. The dense swarm of spiders formed a vacuum in front of him.

Saying just now.

Sana and his party were now in the middle of the canyon, and they had come here in the direction that Falt had pointed out, and not far from the entrance to the mountain crevice, Falt found a small round shield.

Sana identified it as the missing team's equipment. My heart couldn't help but tighten, and the pace under my feet quickened, and I walked towards the depths.

Immediately, they were attacked by spiders. Spiders scurrying out from the depths stopped the team, and more spiders attacked from all directions.

From the top of the canyon, many black spiders surrounded Sana's team, and more spiders crawled out of the cave deep in the canyon.

Falt, who was at the end of the group, was suddenly stunned when the entire team withdrew from the canyon.

In the deepest part he could see, several black shadows that were far larger than ordinary spiders crawled out of the corner, their scarlet eyes shining fiercely in the darkness, and the faint reflection of green on their bodies was dim.

With a frown, Falt swung his long sword vigorously, forcing back the spider behind him, and quickly left beyond the black forest.

The spider roared silently, leaving no corpse behind, and disappeared into the canyon.

"Sana, we must hurry back, those spiders are so close to here, I'm afraid they'll suddenly attack the town." Falt came out of the Black Forest and saw Sana and her party on guard.

Sana couldn't help but blush when she saw Fart, and then suppressed the feeling in her heart, and ordered, "Everyone evacuate here carefully, go to the town, you, send a signal to the other teams to let them gather at the training ground." ”

Falt took a deep look at the black forest at the foot of the mountain, and walked carefully towards the town with Sana and his party.

-- Wolan Mountain Town --

"Mayor Mare, I know it's going to be a bit difficult, but this time, as long as we are well prepared, it shouldn't be difficult to get through this one."

"In the past few days since you went out, the Sta priest received the news and went to the Holy Tree City through the teleportation array to find a solution to the Black Forest." The mayor stood in front of the window, looking out at the sacred tree. "In that case, let us be on guard until the priest returns."

"Nope! Mayor Mare, we must be prepared to evacuate the townspeople right away! Falt looked at the old man in front of him. The source of the Black Forest is at the foot of Mount Wolan! ”

"What? Foot? Mayor Mare, looking back, surprised. How can it be?! ”

"Nothing is impossible, just like the previous time." “

"......" The old mayor didn't speak, he asked, "After so many years, you still can't put it down?" ”

"Let go...... There are some things I can't put down. "At the very least, I'm here so that I can't let some tragedies happen again." ”

Mayor Mare frowned and walked around the room, "How long do we have left?" ”

"Three or five days. They'll come to town. ”

The sunlight outside the window had turned red, shining on the scattered town buildings. But in the shadows at the foot of the mountain, only darkness remains.

Mayor Mare looked up into Falt's eyes, "Okay." ”

The town began to get busy, and people came out of their houses and erected an improvised barrier in the direction of the town towards the black forest, and a tense atmosphere spread through the town.

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late at night

"Priest of Star. Hello, I'm Winnie. ”

"Did you find anything? Little girl. In the Temple Library of the Holy Tree City, Winnie came to her with a book.

"I've found something that may have something to do with that black forest in Wolan Mountain."

Star's eyes froze, he pinched his forehead, and turned to look at Winnie, "Tell me about it." ”

"Deep in the Black Forest, my companions and I found a seal of ruins. Then we were attacked by many dark monsters. Although I finally escaped, my companion and I always had a question in our minds. ”

"Huh?"

"There are obvious traces of the star spirit in that ruin. But it was not shrouded in the light of the sacred tree, and my companion recognized a rune in the ruins, and we were unequivocally certain that it had once been the place where the astral spirits lived. ”

Winnie paused, "My companion has been studying the runes from that ruin since he returned, and I have started looking for the history of that ruin. ”

"I've found something useful in the Sacred Tree City's materials, including this one." With that, Winnie showed the book to Star.

"Demons?"

"Yes, demon. According to the books, the dark monsters are not as imagined, but are composed of bloodthirsty spiders and rampaging beasts. ”

Winnie gestured her hand to the words in the book. "These monsters called demons have intelligence, they are not those dark monsters, but they have the ability to dominate them."

"What does this stuff have to do with the things in Wolan Mountain...... Are you saying that a demon is there? ”

"I've been looking for a long time." Winnie closed the book in her hand and took out a copy of the Chronicle of the City of the Sacred Tree, and when she opened it, a few pages were scattered. "Look, here. Here it is said that a demon appeared in the spider, which was the appearance of a spider, and then ...... Well, the Spider Demon has been at war for a long time with its spider swarms and astral spirits. ”

"And then they were sealed." Starr picks up a piece of paper that has fallen on the ground and looks at the words on it.

Winnie shook her head, "It's just that the spider demon was sealed, and the rest of the spider swarm didn't have a leader, and then it wandered in the Black Forest." ”

"So that spider in the Black Forest is the demon's remaining minions?"

"It's just that there is this possibility, if we can know what the lines and runes in the middle of the match are, this guess can be confirmed." Winnie carefully flipped through the book in her hand again.

"Although it's just speculation, if that black forest in Wolan Mountain is really caused by demons, I'm afraid the people of Wolan Mountain Town will be very dangerous."

Stara frowned deeply, "You said you saw lines and runes in the ruins?" ”

"Yes, yes...... Over here. Winnie pulled a piece of paper out of her bosom. This texture ...... Hiss! ”

"What's wrong, Priest Sta?"

She pointed to one of the lines, "This pattern is too similar to the portal stone formation at the top of Mount Wolan, no, it's exactly the same." ”

Frowning tightly, Starr stood up, "Winnie, thank you, although it's just a guess, but this possibility has to be considered. I think I'll have to hurry back through the teleportation array. ”

Taking two steps forward, Starr turned around and asked, "Do you know what the characteristics of demons are?" ”

"Demons are not affected by the light of the sacred tree, and can even open an area within the sacred tree. Let its minions move freely. ”

Priest Star's eyes widened suddenly, "Oh no! Mount Wolan is in danger! ”

The two of them hurriedly rushed out of the temple of the Holy Tree City, but at the moment they just went out, they saw a sky-high black eruption from the teleportation array.

In the night sky, this black pillar of light seemed to engulf all the colors.