"How long did it take for this to become a ruin like this, completely destroyed by the forest......

The larger towns, which had been expected to be an hour-and-a-half's walk away, were the same as they were, and the two or three villages that passed through them were even more barren, almost assimilated into the forest, except for the fact that the trees were indeed unnaturally scarce, and the remains of houses.

Lamenting and walking for nearly half an hour, he finally found this sparsely wooded road that looked like a carriage could still walk, by the impression of memory.

Although the path that I had been using in my mind was gone, the position of the trees was different, and the appearance of the forest had changed drastically, the larger path was still preserved.

According to the memory of this, this is a border territory belonging to the Van Rystein Kingdom. The entire kingdom of Van Rystein is surrounded by precipitous mountains and monster forests, so the only way to get to other countries is to climb over the mountains or through the gap between the foot of the mountain and the monster forest.

Thankfully, the cost of the newly opened road is much greater than the maintenance, so the road has been preserved.

However, I vaguely remember that on the side of the road, on the opposite side of the monster forest, it should have been a vast and fertile barn area. But now there is only a gloomy forest that stretches as long as the road from which it came.

"Although the barn area is gone, the road remains. There are still traces of human use, so it shouldn't be completely uninhabited."

Inspecting the weeds beside the road, the boy breathed a sigh of relief again, and after identifying the direction, he got up and headed towards the original city of Vaduzkos.

I walked like this for about a quarter of an hour

Faintly, I heard the howl of a wolf and the sound of battle in front of me.

Before I realized that I had a talent for fighting, and I remembered that I was a pharmacist, not a fighter like an adventurer mercenary, it seems that I have been very slow in this aspect since before.

When the young man who was thinking about it like this was about to make a quiet detour, another consciousness took over arrogantly.

"It's over, the body doesn't listen to the command at all...... But it shouldn't matter if you just observe from a distance, right?!"

If it were normal, he would have run away a long time ago, and he wouldn't have wanted to approach it at all, but because of the continuous changes after waking up, his cognition was subverted and his senses were paralyzed. There are so many things that I don't understand. Out of curiosity to understand the current situation, in fact, it was more out of the domination of another consciousness, and the boy still applied a few small magic to himself, and tiptoed in the direction of the sound. Hide behind a tree on the left side of the road near the monster forest and peek at the situation over there.

(That's the toothed wolf and ...... Carriage? ）

The tooth wolf can be said to be the little overlord of this monster forest, and the most unfortunate is also a strong party.

The size of a single toothed wolf is about twice that of an ordinary wolf, and its strength is equivalent to that of a C-level monster, and even a veteran adventurer may be bitten to death by them in an instant if he is not careful. What's more, these guys live in groups, and they will take collective action with a commander. The entire colony will always pursue the target of the prey, and if the colony is not completely wiped out, their remnants will immediately cooperate with other colonies to hunt together, and then form a larger scale.

If the leader is good, the threat level will skyrocket. Rumor has it that a town was once destroyed by them, and a whole brigade of garrisons, plus adventurers and residents, at least a few thousand, was close to an A+.

"Fortunately, judging from the current situation, this group of toothed wolves obviously did not reach that level, or they would not even have time to escape."

The boy wiped his cold sweat and continued to pay attention to the scene in front of him.

The three carriages that were covered with iron plates even the driving platform and a dozen knights guarding the sides of the car were attacked.

The carriage had no windows except for the small windows that were opened for maneuvering and the crossbow shootouts, and were covered with delicate iron plates everywhere. If you look closely, you can also find traces of monster minions left on it. However, judging from the terrifying and complicated traces, I know that if it weren't for those high-quality alloy quality iron plates, I am afraid that this carriage would not have survived countless life-and-death situations and appeared here.

It is said that it is a carriage, but it is not true.

It was not the horses or low-level camel beasts that were dragging this armored carriage in the past, but two earth-dragon-level demonic beasts named Comodora.

That's a guy with a vicious character, a hard skin, and terrifying strength.,The strength is at the B level.,So it's not afraid of low-level monsters at all.。 But because of the difficulty of training, he has not seen it a few times in the original city of Vaduzkos. Of course, I have never seen a carriage with such heavy equipment dragged by two Comodos.

But what shocked him more than all of that was the number of toothed wolves. Around the troika, a large number of toothed wolves were scattered as if to form an encirclement. The total looks .... To say the least, it has broken through to 200 horses.

More than a dozen heavily armed knights mainly surround the middle frame for protection, and the three most eye-catching of them can be called brave.

The first one, a spiraling whirlwind rolled around his black spear, its movements were as agile as lightning, and under a sharp blow, the toothed wolf on the attack ray turned into pure pieces of meat in an instant. But under the command of the head wolf, the flying pieces of flesh mixed with blood had not yet spilled to the ground, and immediately a new toothed wolf attacked, filling the vacancy that had just been revealed, and it was simply endless.

The heavily armored one had completely abandoned his defenses, his two-handed sword scorching flames like an impregnable barrier, and any toothed wolf that tried to crash into the frame left behind a howl and then reduced to charred wreckage.

The lightly armed one had a bow and five arrows, and every toothed wolf who tried to attack the frame in a roundabout way became a dead soul before he succeeded.

Therefore, the front and rear carriages took more damage in disguise, and the armor that was attacked by the toothed wolf was covered with many scars, and there were even a few places where the armor looked like it was about to fall off.

I don't know how long the two sides have been entangled, because they came from the other fork in the road, and there are several corpses or wreckage of toothed wolves along the way.

It is precisely because of this that the two sides seem to be locked in a bitter battle.

That's the way it is

Things turned out completely differently than expected, and now the leader of the tooth wolf began to panic.

Feeling that they were approaching the city where humans gathered, and that the bitter battle had a great impact on morale, some of the toothed wolves began to just circle their mouths, which was shaking their trust in themselves.

The Tooth Wolf Clan can only exert its true strength if it is united. Losing trust in the leader will lead to a deadly crisis.

"Wheeze ————————!"

The leader roared.

The decisive moment for the slaughter has finally arrived.

The black lan-toothed wolf, who knew this very well, was not only angry at the incompetence of his subordinates, but also afraid that his companions would vent his anger on him...... Therefore, for the sake of its own leadership position, in order to show its strength, it launched a whirlwind attack with the ten Lanya wolves of its direct personal guard, and it also took the lead and moved forward.

Inspired by the leader, the fanged wolves were reborn as if they had been drugged, and the besieged side was in jeopardy.

The weakest link was torn apart in an instant, and several exhausted or exhausted knights were torn off their mounts one after another, and despite the heavy armor, some people still seemed to pay with their lives.

The situation on the battlefield has taken a sharp turn

Like dominoes, the affected line of defense was suddenly shattered. The three most courageous archers were the first to be in danger, and the left arm holding the bow was fiercely bitten by the toothed wolf, although the sharp arrow in the right hand was accurately inserted into the eyebrows of the toothed wolf to end its life, but the characteristics of the toothed wolf not letting go of its mouth to death still made it lose most of its combat effectiveness.

At this moment, although the pounce of the other toothed wolf was narrowly evaded, the Arquette Wind Folding Cap on his head was slapped away by the other party's claws, and suddenly his blonde hair as bright as the sun fluttered messily.

As the leader, the black lanfang wolf has long locked its eyes on the three most dazzling people in this game, and with such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, it has no discipline to follow the so-called moral concept, and the pinch of persimmon picking up soft is a more ancient truth.

Unlike the toothed wolf, which can only bite, the evolved Lanfang wolf is already a C-level monster, and the essential difference between the two is that the Lanfang wolf can gather magical elements to launch the 'Wind Blade', a skill that can only be used by human third-level magicians.

The long-range attack of the Ten Wind Blades made the other two tired and overwhelmed, and also made the Lanfang Wolf instantly close the distance between him and the other party. But none of the blades were directed at the wounded female archer, for that was the chief's prey.

The disheveled female archer didn't have time to get rid of the toothed wolf corpse hanging from her arm, and pulled out the short sword at her waist with her backhand. And with such a movement, the pain immediately expanded to hundreds of times, as if it had been inserted into a wound by fire tongs, and it was hot and painful.

"Woo, woo, woo......!"

Knowing that this is the most critical moment of life and death, all the female archer can do is to grit her teeth, hold back her tears, and stare at the fierce black lan-toothed wolf to make a final fight.

"Woo, I can't stand it anymore......!? This reminds me of Masako, who was bullied in the nursery, and it was also at that time..."

The boy tore the herb from his body, and his body moved almost instinctively.

Bending over, lying on the ground, and accelerating with the body arching and kicking the legs, it suddenly jumps up with the inertia of acceleration when it enters a suitable distance from the target.

"Dry, dry—dry—ah! - Absorb - Fusion - Spread! ——》

The strong will allowed the refining process that would have taken a considerable amount of time to be completed in an instant, and in the short period of ten seconds from speeding up to jumping, the magic exorcizer that the monster hated and avoided was presented between the five fingers of the young man's right hand. Then, with a resolute fearlessness, he forcibly faced the mouth of the black lanfang wolf who was opening his mouth to brutally smash the girl with the long-accumulated magic skills....

(Huh?!) Wow, yes.... This thing that emits a foul smell, sticky ~ greasy, and makes the wolf sick more than feces Why did it come over, vomit ~~)

The black lanfang wolf's gaze suddenly stiffened when he was attracted by the appearance of the young man. At this moment, it even had a strong resentment towards the sensitive sense of smell that it had always been proud of. A strong discomfort that penetrates from the nose to the mind and then flows all over the body, stirring up the entire stomach and intestines, making it want to vomit even last night's supper.

"Woo ~ vomit - vomit! ——”

(If you are stuffed into your mouth by that mass of things that look even more disgusting to the soul, then I am afraid that I will not have good thoughts about food for the rest of my life, and this thing seems to be more than that...) Ouch, Mom's~)

The black lanfang wolf, who was a little dazed by the sudden stench, had just forcibly interrupted the spell casting, choosing to accept the damage of the magic backlash, and the next Sumeru, it regretted its lack of decisiveness.

Even though he closed his mouth and turned his head, and turned away from the temptation to hurt the female archer or bite off the abominable palm, it was only a moment of hesitation that the liver-shaking liquid exploded.

In addition to the pain that makes the tongue completely want to be smashed and chewed, the heat and burning that flows through the throat are like magma, and the one that sticks to the nose is even more vicious, directly transmitted to the nerves of the brain, like chopping meat on the board, which makes the wolf go crazy in pain. The damage that splashed into the eyes could be said to be the kind of heart-wrenching gnawed by countless tiny insects, which was definitely more terrifying and desperate than any death.

“..........”

As if it had been frozen, and suddenly exerted more than ten times the force of gravity, the black lanfang wolf fell straight to the ground.

The flying smoke and dust were a deep pit that was gradually being thrown and dug, and they couldn't even make a sound of wailing, and even the horror of incontinence and filth from the hind legs to the crotch made everyone and the wolf stop fighting, and they all watched in horror with a sense of concern.

However, this did not last long, only a few tens of seconds later, the black Lanfang wolf, which was no longer in the form of a wolf, suddenly got up and frantically broke or rubbed several trees one after another, regardless of the bloody face and the trajectory of dragging vomit and feces and urine, and disappeared from the field of vision of everyone and the wolf with his tail between his legs................

"Woooo......oo Woo~~"

All the toothed wolves looked at each other helplessly, as there had never been a precedent for a leader to abandon his pack and run away.

"Dry, powder! ——》

The boy didn't have time to rejoice now, and instinctively told him that if he hadn't used this momentum to destroy the confidence of the tooth wolves in one fell swoop, then he might not have a second choice but to die when he was already surrounded by wolves.

Tearing off the herbs hanging on his body, he could only deal with them as quickly as possible in a hurry, but the faint and holy white light of alchemy turned into powder in an instant, and it was a large lump on each hand, which looked much better than the amount of liquid that caused endless damage to the Black Lanfang Wolf before... Several, ah, there should be more than ten times~

(What the hell is this horrible monster going to do?) Don't come here~~)

The lessons of the previous car are vivid, even the Lanya wolf is subconsciously trying to stay away from the unknown horror.

The dress of the cloak and grass apron looked like a harmless scarecrow in the field, with no armor, no weapons or sharp claws, and the body standing there was not strong, and it belonged to the lowest existence of all the creatures on the scene.

Well, if you want to kill him, I believe that any toothed wolf present can easily do it.

But now all the toothed wolves just watched from a distance, and they - obviously scared, and the kind they couldn't hide.

“…… Next, who?! ”

A cold, inorganic, flat voice like the wind blowing from the bottom of the valley, combined with the disdain, indifferent eyes that seemed to look at small creatures, and the slightly upturned corners of his lips, all this was like a terrifying invitation to death from the Demon King of Hell.

All the toothed wolves that met the young man's eyes unconsciously turned their heads, and their front paws cooperated with their hind legs to quickly retreat in a stress response like an electric shock, as if escaping some terrible epidemic.

"Are you ......??"

The young man frowned slightly, and gestured to point the ball of powder in his hand, which was still in a state of refining, at one of the lan-toothed wolves that was closer to him.

"Uh-huh~"

The latter was almost a spirit, and after letting out a low wail, he turned and ran, completely oblivious to the dignity and pride of being a toothed wolf.

"Or are you ......?"

When panic spreads like a contagious disease, the more social the creature, the more exponential the negativity will become.

Once the first one can't bear to escape, then this trend can never be stopped.

So, two... Three... four, and then developed into an entire pack of toothed wolves like lost dogs......

In addition to the fact that wolves have not had the nature of 'staying and fighting without a chance of winning' since ancient times, it is also in line with the nature of intelligent creatures, that is, as long as they survive, as long as they can escape the current calamity, as long as they run faster than their companions, they can die later or survive.

The fanged wolves swept up the dust and disappeared into the distance at a wind-like speed.

If it weren't for the fact that there were still toothed wolf corpses in various states on the ground, if it weren't for the claw marks and gullies that were thrown out, and the filth~ that meandered and flowed, it would be hard for anyone to believe that they had just survived the siege of hundreds of toothed wolves.

But no one tried to chase it, because it wasn't necessary.

Everyone present was more or less wounded and exhausted, and it was impossible for them to think about further action......

The door of the middle carriage, which the knights had struggled to protect, suddenly opened from the inside out.