Outside the city of Tokyo, places that had not been affected by the virus were now filled with plague beasts of all sizes, and they were like locusts that flew in, spreading the virus to the outside little by little as they advanced.

The retreat from the funeral shrine base has been completed, and a long convoy is heading towards the distant city.

"Everybody's evacuated by now."

Sitting on the fast-moving truck, the thrush said as he looked at the base, which had become a small dot.

"It's good that everybody is safe."

Qiu Hua's face showed her usual gentle smile.

"But it's a shame to just give up the base."

Retreating without a fight still made Miyuki a little unwilling.

"There's no way around it."

Ayase shook her head and answered.

"After all, not all the fighters in the base are there, but fortunately we just sent a group of survivors away today, otherwise it would be troublesome."

Undoubtedly, this is a very fortunate thing, if you have to bring so many survivors, I am afraid that the plague beasts will come, and they will not be able to evacuate.

Their car was at the end of the team, and in order to prevent the enemy from suddenly appearing, Akika, Miyuki, Hatsuzakura, Ayase, and Thrush were all left at the end. And Huangquan, Kagura, Mai Trin, Izana and others were in the middle of the unit to escort.

"Anyway, everything is going well now."

The thrush said in a relaxed tone, even if they didn't move, it would take a few minutes for the enemy to catch up, and there would be no danger here.

"Huh?"

"What's wrong?"

Ayase asked the thrush who made a surprised sound.

"Hmm...... Communication could not be reached. ”

"Is it interference?"

"I don't know, the troops in front didn't respond, it's strange."

Thrush was constantly manipulating the computer, and a lot of incomprehensible information flowed through, but it was clear from her solemn expression that the situation was not good.

"Attacked?"

Miyuki guessed.

"Probably not, right? Even if it's pitch black, you can see it in the event of a battle. ”

Ayase thought for a moment and replied.

"Definitely. So is it just a simple communication barrier? Can I get in touch with the city? ”

“！”

While they were discussing, Hatsuzakura suddenly jumped up, looked around as if she was looking for something, and then pushed open the window and poked her head out.

"What's wrong? Hatsu Sakura? ”

Qiuhua came to Hatsu Sakura's side, only to see Hatsuzakura blink, and then all expressions disappeared.

"Stop, there's an enemy."

A calm and waveless voice sounded from Hatsu Sakura's mouth, and she had switched to the most reliable intellectual personality.

"Huh? Hibernation stopped. ”

After a moment's pause, the thrush ordered the robot to stop the car, and at the same time sent out the flare used in the event of a communication obstacle.

The vehicle in front of it stopped, and the occupants of the car poked their heads out and seemed to be unable to figure out what was going on.

"Where is the enemy?"

Miyuki asked Hatsuzakura.

"It's nearby."

With that, Hatsuzakura got out of the car, and Akika and Miyuki followed, while Ayase and Thrush stayed in the car.

The road ahead of the car was still a wide road shrouded in darkness, and nothing unusual seemed to be.

Hatsuzakura took a few steps forward, then took out a charm and threw it over.

"Now!"

Just as the spell fell to the ground, suddenly the spell ignited spontaneously and quickly turned into a cloud of ashes, and in the process of burning, it seemed that a dark forest could be seen floating around it.

"Is this an enchantment?"

With Miyuki's knowledge, you can still see what this is.

"Can't even notice it when you get so close? Fortunately, Hatsuzakura, you found out in time. ”

From this alone, you can see that this barrier is not ordinary.

"Nope."

Hatsuzakura shook her head, though.

I saw that the forest that was shaking like a mirage became solidified, and then completely enveloped the surroundings, and before they knew it, they were already in the forest.

"It's still a step too late."

"I see."

"Did the people in front of you also enter this enchantment?"

Qiu Hua thought of the communication barrier before, and in front of them, except for a few cars just nearby, the convoy in the distance had disappeared into the dark forest.

"It should be."

"Go back...... It shouldn't be possible, right? ”

Miyuki turned around and saw that the road they had come from had also turned into a forest, and the process was silent. Generally speaking, once you enter such an enchantment, it will be very difficult to get out.

"What's going on!"

The thrush shouted from the car, and she poked her head out to look left and right at the forest.

"Thrush hide in the car, Ayase get ready for battle, let's drive EndRave out."

Qiu Hua finished speaking to the two, and then looked at Hatsu Sakura again.

"Can you untie it?"

"I need to look at it again. This barrier is very strong, and it seems to use some kind of power of the earth to form a certain state of semi-self-discipline, and it has a nasty taste. ”

"Oh, Hatsuzakura knows so much."

Qiu Hua smiled and touched Hatsu Sakura's head.

"It's like a little season."

"Hmm~~~"

Under the caress of Qiu Hua, Hatsu Sakura's expressionless face also loosened.

"After all, this personality is a low-profile version of the four seasons."

Miyuki complained next.

"What's going on?"

From the car in front of me, there was a slightly panicked inquiry, this sudden change is still a little unsuitable for ordinary people.

"The enemy can't have set up this barrier without any action, and everyone else looks like they're trapped inside, so let's find the others first."

Qiu Hua proposed, and everyone had no opinion.

Immediately several cars gathered together in order not to disperse, and at that moment there seemed to be some kind of commotion in the surrounding forest shrouded in darkness. The already extremely strange environment presents an unsettling atmosphere.

The wind blowing from nowhere caused the branches of the trees to sway, and the intertwined branches seemed to be like the claws of a youkai that seemed to attack everyone at any moment.

Call~~~

Suddenly, there was a strange sound, like a whistling sound from the wind, and like a ghost's cry.

"Uh-huh!!"

The haunted scene made the thrush's face turn blue.

"What's going on!"

"Is it really okay?"

Ayase's face also looked nervous.

"The sound is not normal. Hallucinations are produced. ”

Hatsuzakura immediately reminded.

"Maria!"

Qiu Hua immediately changed into a divine power spirit costume and summoned the angel, and then opened the robe of protection and wrapped the surroundings under the blue cloak.

Unusual sounds from the outside world were suddenly cut off, but this was only the beginning, and shadows continued to pass through the dark forest, like ferocious beasts stalking their prey. (To be continued.) )