It is impossible to deploy tanks and artillery in the woods without the accompaniment of ordinary infantry, although there are not many of them, as long as they can guide these heavy weapons through the woods. Joseph was fortunate enough to be one of them, and he was sitting idly on a tree that seemed to have been knocked down by a demonic beast, smoking a cigarette, and watching the artillerymen not far away as they were busy like ants.

According to Joseph, as long as the cannon fire is over, Nangong Rong's camp will be destroyed at least half, after all, without the protection of the shield, it is an excellent target on the flat ground. The soldier who knew what kind of preparations Octavir had made was full of anticipation for the next battle, because he knew very well that Nangong Rong would either rush up to block the cannonballs or he could only watch the camp turn into a sea of fire, no matter which one was very suitable for him to eat melons, drink tea and eat melon seeds in the front row.

But the fact was that a phantom shield taller than a mountain had somehow defused the bombardment, so startled that Joseph even dropped the cigarette in his mouth to the ground. The artillerymen, who were originally sweating like rain, were also dumbfounded, and one by one they grew up and couldn't speak.

Of course, with the commander's loud shouting, everyone quickly came back to their senses, and everyone knew in their hearts that it should be the opponent's skill to press the bottom of the box, and since they had forced it out, the next thing to do was naturally to blow it up with all their might.

Joseph no longer remained calm, and after standing up, he craned his neck and tried to look over the camp, witnessing the whole process of the second round of attacks, including the ranged attack of the monster, being blocked by the strange shield again. Obviously, this round of attacks still failed to shake the opponent's skills, and even made the shield shake a little.

"Get back to your places!" the commander shouted at the soldiers, relaying the latest instructions from Octavier, "that thing can't last forever, and it must have some kind of weakness, the eldest princess has sent someone to investigate, you guys are ready to fire at any time!"

When the artillerymen heard this, they were busy again, but none of the infantry was involved, and Joseph and a few of his companions were still standing at the edge of the woods near the lake, watching. Although it is far away, there is no undulating terrain in this area of the lake, so you can still see it.

Just as Joseph was focusing all his attention on the two monsters who had carefully left the position to investigate the situation, a young soldier next to him suddenly shouted in surprise.

"Hey, there's something in the woods. ”

Could it be that the Han people who were planning to sneak away while the chaos was going to take advantage of the chaos? Joseph and the others hurriedly looked in the direction of the young soldier's finger, but saw the bushes swaying a few times, and there was indeed something rushing through it, but it could not be human-like anyway.

"Little Theo, you just like all kinds of suspicious people all day long, how old are you less daring than a rabbit, and a wild animal can scare you into turning pale?" A veteran soldier with a branch in his mouth stepped forward and patted the young man's shoulder and laughed, "If your girlfriend takes the initiative to push back in the future, your kid won't be so shocked that he faints on the spot, then it's really a pity, I can't taste it at all." ”

The nearby soldiers immediately picked up the conversation with a giggle, and jokes such as "provided that this kid has a girlfriend" and "if he finds a girl who is also timid and shy, he is afraid that no one will dare to push anyone down at that time" and other jokes can't stop at all.

Theo's cheeks flushed, and he stomped his foot on the ground and said wildly: "It's not an ordinary wild animal, it has purple fur, I can see it clearly." And this purple has all been seen before, and it has also appeared in humans who have mutated into monsters!"

As soon as the young soldier said this, the rest of the people immediately became serious, if Nangong Rongyou had something hidden in the woods and was ready to attack the imperial army at any time, it was better to find it out and dispose of it as soon as possible.

Joseph picked up his rifle and opened the safe, tilted his head and gestured to his companions, "Spread out, but don't leave each other's line of sight, and slowly move forward to search and see what we can find." Theo, you go back and call a few more people to come over for reinforcements, anyway, everyone is idle. ”

"Why did you deliberately drive me away, I can help. ”

"That's true, but somebody has to go back and inform the others, and it's easy for the animal to run away if it's just a few of us. ”

Theo puffed out his cheeks helplessly and unhappily, but after all, he didn't refute anything, and obediently turned around and left. Joseph, on the other hand, separated from his companions, and then carefully cleared the not-so-dense bushes with his rifle.

Of course, there was nothing inside, and the animals Theo saw had long since disappeared without a trace, leaving only a few plants that were squeezed crookedly. However, a series of small footprints could be seen on the ground covered in fallen leaves, dead branches, and mud, and the creature was clearly in a hurry when he was found and fled, and he didn't even have time to erase the traces.

"Footprints were found. Joseph opened his mouth and reminded his companions, "All come with me." ”

"I have footprints here too. ”

"Plus one. ”

"Hey, hey, I saw that too. Is there a lot of things that little Theo sees in the woods?"

The reaction of the others couldn't help but make Joseph frown on the spot, he realized that the situation might really be a bit complicated and dangerous, usually the animals in this forest would never take the initiative to approach humans, let alone that there were so many of them, so they were definitely puppets made up by Nangong Rong, no matter what that kid planned to do secretly, it would definitely not be a good thing anyway, and it had to be stopped.

"Be vigilant and keep your eyes open. Joseph swallowed hard to calm himself down, and continued walking after the footprints, "As long as you are sure that the other party is not human, you can shoot at any time, we are not playing some ordinary game of hide and seek with those things. ”

After walking for about a few minutes, Joseph and the others could already see the shaking bushes, which indicated that the animals of unknown bodies were indeed running in this direction.

At this moment, the veteran soldier in the team suddenly stopped: "I said Joseph, let's wait and don't go any further." I always felt uneasy, as if something very bad was about to happen, and I had a rather bad premonition. ”

"Okay, let's stop for a while, and wait for Theo to bring someone over......"

The veteran had returned to his hometown of Delimpel after being honorably wounded on the front line of Ridana, and Joseph, as the squad leader, had always trusted his experience and instincts, and was about to announce a halt to his advance, when a strange sound suddenly sounded in front of him, where the sight was obscured by trees and shrubs.

Some of them are like the humming of machines, and some of them are like the low snoring of wild beasts, and there is even a strange sound of a tree branch being bent in the middle. However, because of the earth-shattering sound of artillery bombardment in the distance, if they hadn't gotten closer, they really couldn't have heard it, and Joseph would never have imagined that there was such a place in the woods.

Whatever was inside, it was certainly not wrong that it had already begun to move, Joseph and the veteran glanced at each other, then raised his gun and took the lead: "Rush in!"

Several soldiers followed after Joseph and shouted and charged, but unfortunately they couldn't shoot because they couldn't see the target, this shout was purely to guide Theo to the reinforcements that might be brought in, and at the same time to intimidate the unknown presence inside to stop his movements and defend, so as to buy a little time.

But when Joseph broke through the woods and shrubs and came to a small clearing that seemed to have been deliberately cleared by someone, he saw not even a single figure, except for the many small monsters that resembled cats, whose entire faces were almost occupied by a huge eye, were turning their heads to stare at him.

The sheer numbers made Joseph's scalp tingle, but what really unnerved the GIs was what surrounded them in the middle. It looked like a tree that was slightly taller than an adult, with a piercing dark purple coat, and its bare branches were budding frantically, turning into leafy branches at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in the process there was a subtle vibration, and the powerful energy fluctuations could be clearly felt even by ordinary people like Joseph, who had no idea of magic at all.

Without the slightest hesitation, Joseph and the veteran immediately pulled out their grenades and threw them over, which also caused the others to wake up from their dreams and attack one after another.

It was clear that the big-eyed cat-like monster had no offensive power, and was blown up by the grenade and quickly scattered in all directions, but the tree did not even scratch the bark, as if it were not a sapling with a trunk no thicker than a human thigh, but a tank weighing dozens of tons.

"Don't stop, keep attacking!" Joseph said, pulling out another grenade and beckoning to his companions, "The other party doesn't seem to be fully formed, and it's a plant that won't fight back at all, so if you want to kill it, take advantage of it now!"

But in the next second, the huge face of a beautiful girl with long black hair appeared in front of the sapling in the form of a projection, blocking all the explosions with something like a shield. Then, after the smoke and dust dissipated, the black-haired girl raised her hand and stroked her cheeks slightly, tilted the corners of her mouth slightly, and put on a bewitching and charming ** expression with her pure and lovely face: "Ah, this is really a little accident, I didn't expect someone to take the initiative to come to the door." Shouldn't I be entertaining you?"

It's not that Joseph hasn't seen a beautiful woman of this level before, and he has blown this thing back more than ten times since he was summoned by Her Royal Highness Princess Octavir last time, so he didn't look stunned on the spot like the others, but frowned and asked vigilantly, "Who are you?"

"It doesn't matter who I am, you just need to know that you're all going to die here. ”

The dark-haired girl smiled sweetly and removed her hand from her cheek, then snapped her fingers gracefully. Before Joseph could react, he felt a sudden force from under his feet, causing the soldier to lose his balance and fall forward—but instead of falling to the ground, he was dragged upside down to the sky.

What the hell? Joseph, who was dazed, tried to look at his ankle, which was stretched to pain, and was stunned to find a tree root that was more flexible than a tentacle, curling his left foot to raise himself higher, and in a blink of an eye, he was at least three or four meters above the ground.

The roots of the tree had emerged from the ground, and the soldiers were unprepared against it, except for the veteran, a very unsightly donkey who rolled and dodged. But it also ended here, and before the veteran who rolled to the side had time to get up, a few roots came out of the ground and tied him directly to the ground.

It's just that at this moment, Joseph can no longer care about the safety of himself and other companions, his face is full of astonishment and fear, and the whole person only feels as if he has fallen into an ice cave for three or nine days: "Wait, wait, could it be that you are ......"

The girl also realized what the soldier wanted to express, and couldn't help but say with a look of surprise: "Hey, it's a goof? It's obviously well hidden, so many people don't see it." It doesn't matter, you're going to die here soon anyway. ”

This is definitely a matter of urgency and extremely serious consequences, and it must be reported to Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess immediately! Joseph suddenly struggled desperately in frenzy, and he even felt a grenade that he planned to detonate at close range regardless of the danger to try to blow up the tree root that bound his ankle, but soon the soldier felt some kind of unreasonable cold energy flowing down his skin into the blood vessels and pouring into his body, almost every cell in his path was frozen, and his body did not obey him at all.

Joseph's consciousness gradually blurred.

After a few minutes or so, Theo and a squad of heavily armed soldiers aggressively approached the clearing based on the sound of grenade explosions. But just as they were approaching the clearing, Joseph and the others appeared in front of the young soldier with a blank look on their faces as they lazily appeared.

"Are you all right, what the hell was going on with that explosion just now?" Theo asked, leaning over to Joseph and the others, looking up and down at the crowd, "Don't you look like you're hurt?" ”

"Don't mention, we found those things. Joseph tilted his head at the veteran, who immediately pulled out a burping-eyed monster from his back, "Look, this is it." But they don't have any attack ability, and they don't seem to be doing something, they should just be used by Nangong Rong's kid to investigate the situation here. ”

Theo was dumbfounded, "Uh, Scout?"

"That's right. Okay, let's go back, it's a waste of time to hunt down these little things, just drive them away next time you see them. ”

Joseph waved his hand and led the way towards the artillery position, and the reinforcements were also attracted by the monster in the veteran's hand, and no one noticed that the eyes of this fellow and his companions flashed with a faint lilac light that was not very conspicuous.