"Sir Lothar, if I'm not mistaken, we're on the edge of the Twilight Forest now. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

De Jong pulled away the branches and forks that stood in front of him, walked to Marlon's side and said.

"But we didn't meet any orcs."

Ma Long shook his head a little helplessly, and then glanced around - the five soldiers of the Xiquan garrison who traveled with him were scattered on the knotted roots of the surrounding trees, cherishing the rare time to rest.

It's been two weeks since they left Night Town, and nearly half of the food prepared by Vera and the other cooks for this team has been consumed, considering the return trip, Marlon feels that if they don't encounter the orcs in the next three to five days, this outing can be declared a failure.

"After all, there are too few of us, and this forest is so big, it is very likely that we missed it with those orcs and didn't find it."

De Jong explained—he had changed drastically from when he first arrived in Nightlight; Forced by the bearded Richard, he took a hot bath, changed into clean clothes and stock chain mail, and pinned a one-handed sword and crossbow to his waist.

"No, De Jong, you don't understand...... We're not the only people, our eyes and ears, all over the forest, and if they don't make any new discoveries, it only means that the orcs have left the area. ”

Malone shook his head and said.

"Eyes and ears? They? Sir Lothar, I don't understand what you mean. ”

De Jong asked, confused.

"I mean...... It was a joint operation. ”

Malone explained as he touched the silver-white giant wolf Rubers, who was leaning against him.

"Joint? But with whom else can we unite? Could it be that there are other surviving humans in Night Town? ”

De Jong continued to ask.

"Woo~Woo~"

Ma Long just wanted to speak, but a distant wolf howl came over, making his face very serious, and his explanation to De Jong stopped abruptly.

"Whew~"

As if in response, Rubous leaped away from Marlon, looked around warily, then craned his neck and howled loudly.

"There's a situation, Paul, Harry...... And De Jong, everyone come with me! ”

Marlon shouted loudly, then gently patted Rubos on the back.

The white giant wolf rushed forward like lightning, while Ma Long and the soldiers of the Xiquan garrison were in hot pursuit.

De Jong's movements were a little slower, but he also knew that now was not the time to fall behind, and despite his doubts, he tried his best to stay behind Marlon and the other soldiers.

Marlon ran desperately forward in the dense twilight forest, jumping and dodging to avoid tripping over the branches and the protruding roots of the trees on the ground.

The heavy plate armor seemed to have lost its original weight on his body, and in order to maintain the balance of his body and avoid hindering his legs, Malone pressed the hilt of the sword at his waist with one hand.

Rubos was very fast, and if he had only run, he would have thrown Marlon and the others aside; However, after all, it has some kind of contractual bond with Marlon, so it will slow down from time to time to accommodate the humans behind it.

Even so, when Malone and Paul and the others stopped with Rubos, they were all out of breath without exception.

"How...... Call...... What's going on? ”

De Jong was some distance behind, and it took a while to catch up, and he came to Marlon's side and asked softly.

"Shh......h You see. ”

Malone was hiding behind the trunk of a large tree, and he pulled De Jong to his side and hid himself as he pouted forward.

De Jong cautiously walked around the trunk and looked ahead, then was taken aback.

"Beast...... Orcs? ”

Despite knowing that it was time to proceed with caution, De Jong couldn't help but let out a low sigh.

……

Not far in front of De Jong, the dense twilight forest had a rare relatively flat clearing.

In the clearing, a dozen orcs were gathering together, holding huge battle axes or hammers in their hands, mostly naked/naked, except for plate armor with thick steel spikes on their shoulders and waist.

Green skin, blood-red eyes, arms that are a little out of proportion to the lower body, and pointed ears with pale yellow fangs sticking out of the mouth......

De Jong knew that he would not admit his mistake, it was this group of guys who destroyed his town and killed all his relatives.

But it looked as if the orcs were in trouble—on the periphery of the clearing, dozens of massive wolves formed a loose but deadly encirclement.

"Those...... Is it Rubeus' wolf pack? ”

Paul quietly approached Malone and asked in surprise.

"Hmm."

Malone nodded.

"The Light ...... above"

Paul smashed his tongue - he didn't expect that Rubers, who lived with Malone in Night Town, and sometimes wrapped around him like a big dog to beg for meat, still maintained his ability to control the wolves.

"That's what you said earlier, Sir Lothar...... Ears? A pack of wolves? But how do you do it? ”

De Jong looked at Malone beside him in surprise - could this guy be a wizard who can use strange witchcraft? How else to explain it...... Why did the wolves surround the orcs and not pester the humans at all?

"Woo~Woo~"

Malone did not answer De Jong's question, but Rubes howled again. As time passed, more and more giant wolves arrived here from other places nearby, and the orcs had to get closer to each other.

Marlon stared at the dozen orcs in front of him, and a smile of satisfaction on his face was like a hunter catching his prey.

From the moment he left Nighttown, Malone gave orders to Rubos; Since then, Rubeus's wolves have been searching the edges of the Twilight Forest for the orcs.

After two long and fruitless weeks, the wolves' search finally came to fruition, and the orc patrol - or something else had finally fallen into Marlon's trap.

"Chief Lothar, are we up now?"

Paul asked behind Marlon, slowly drawing his sword from his waist - it was too long for him to know if other orcs would come to his aid.

"Wait...... Those orcs, why didn't they attack the wolves? If they choose to charge...... It should be easy to escape, right? ”

Marlon waved his hand, stopped Paul, and asked with some confusion.

"Huh?"

Paul was stunned for a moment, and then he thought - yes, why?