In the second half of the night, it was Alan's turn to be on duty. He sat cross-legged on a moss-clad rock, with the Red King lying between his knees. Alan's eyes were closed, and he didn't look like he was on duty at all. But in fact, his aura enveloped the entire camp. In the eyes of some alien beasts who can look directly at the source power, they will see that the camp is shrouded in a faint layer of firelight, and from time to time there are sparks in the firelight.

At this moment, he replaced his eyes with perception, monitoring every move near the camp. Even Sigu spread through the intricate network of tree roots underground, pushing this network of perception hundreds of meters deeper into the forest. The edge perception of the network is blurry, and it becomes clearer from the outside to the inside. As for the surroundings of the camp, no amount of wind and grass could escape Allen's perception.

The area was very quiet, but just as the moon was in the middle of the sky, a few blank spaces suddenly appeared on the western edge. Those blank spaces came very abruptly, like Allen's perceptual network had bitten a few bites of something and peeled it off alive. Alan concentrated on sensing, but the blank areas seemed to be nothing, and he couldn't sense anything.

This was not normal, it was clear that something was blocking Alan's perception. Then, the empty spaces spread, and they pushed in the direction of the camp, like a few undercurrents in the deep ocean.

Alan opened his eyes and shouted, "Guard, enemy attack!" The enemy is coming from the west! ”

Almost as soon as he gave the warning, a loud buzz came from the forest to the west. A soldier immediately threw torches into the woodland to the west, and when the torches landed, they formed a firepit and illuminated a corner of the forest.

The fighters quickly regrouped in the camp and built a defensive line. Alan stood on the stone and looked out towards the forest to the west, and under the firelight, several black smoke suddenly burst out of the trees. The black smoke was clearly something that could obscure perception, and it went around the ancient trees as if spiritually, when it was still a hundred meters away from the camp. The black fog lit up with a little scarlet, and then bats swept out of the fog.

Hundreds of bats whistled and flew towards the camp like a dark cloud.

"Fire thunder with nitrate, scatter and throw!" Alan shouted.

Suddenly, more than a dozen soldiers in the defense line threw fire mines in different directions, and the nitrate oil fire mines exploded in mid-air, during which the nitrate oil sputtered, touched the fire and ignited again, and suddenly formed a fire cloud. A blazing light appeared in Allen's eyes, and the color of the fire cloud suddenly turned from light to dark, and the fire swelled, instantly spurring the nitrate to be clean, but the range and power jumped a few levels. Immediately, a large number of bats fell into the fire, and before they hit the ground, they had already been burned to charcoal.

The nitrate oil fire thunder was not so powerful, but Eren used the power of the Fire King to increase the power of the flames, and instantly burned most of the bats. At this time, the roar of the raging rifle sounded on the defensive line, and the lines of fire were intertwined into an aerial fire net, intercepting and strangling the remaining bats. But these nocturnal bats were just a prelude, and there was a strange creak in the black fog, and then a short but nimble figure pounced out of the black fog.

In the firelight, a figure flashed. The firelight illuminated its dark green shell, and these little monsters were slender and less than a meter five tall. The green head has scarlet insect compound eyes, and even the mouth resembles the mouthparts of some kind of bug. These insects moved quickly and came in droves. The warriors of the Mountain King in front of the defense line roared angrily, and the shields were stacked in pairs, and soon a shield wall was intertwined.

The front line of the insect man hit the shield wall, like a green wave crashing on the reef, and immediately a row of insects flew upside down, and the insect shells cracked and even shattered under the violent impact, splashing yellow-green juice from it. The wormman stepped back slightly, and then rushed back again. At this time, the shield wall cracked, and a Empire-style Yanlong rifle poked out, and the insect man shot in a round.

The muskets were purchased from Fat Peter in Sardinia City, and the quality was compromised, and the fat man also gave an extra batch of ammunition. Alan bought these muskets to make up for the lack of Flame Rifles, but he didn't expect them to come in handy in the Howling Forest.

The Worm Striker fell in a row, and then retracted after the musket fired. The Mountain King Warrior advanced with a shield and collided with the wormmen. Allen squinted and didn't rush to play. He observes the insects, the "specialty" of the Howling Forest, undoubtedly agile, but their shells are fragile. But the mantis-like forelimbs of the insect man are unusually sharp and cannot be ignored. The armor on the Mountain King's warriors can't withstand their cuts a few times, and it will tear a gap, which is not simple.

"Nelly!" Alan pointed in the direction of the bugmen.

Nelly and the other dragon knights immediately understood, and the five of them scattered, swept past the Mountain King warriors and pounced on the wormmen. They are all seventeen or eighteen-level powerhouses, and this battle is like a tiger entering a flock. Especially Nelly, the source power of her body is rising, and her momentum is like a blue sea tide, and the waves are higher than the waves. The two-handed water vapor condensed the sword, and the two-handed sword turned into two clouds of blue light in Nelly's hand, and immediately cleared a blank space among the insects.

At this time, the fire shooter had already cleared the air of the harassing bats, and began to attack the insect attackers. The infantry soldiers who had previously attacked with muskets also threw away their muskets and drew their swords to bury them at close range after firing a few rounds. Although there are a large number of insects, they do not have any strategic awareness, and they just rush up, simply relying on their numerical superiority to kill the enemy. On Allen's side, there is a clear division of labor among the troops, covering each other, and there are five Canglong knights of Nelly as support nodes. Although the number of Zermen seems to be endless, the defense line of the camp is also very tenacious, and no matter how the Wormmen attack, it will not fall.

Suddenly, Alan looked up into the depths of the forest. He saw that in the left and right directions, the ancient trees were constantly falling from side to side. The earth shook, and a great beast was coming. Alan took a breath, and the flame lines on his body lit up. He used the power of the Fire King to the fullest, and the campfires in the camp were so bright that they illuminated the camp as if it were day. Alan raised his hand, and the fire directly rushed into several pillars of fire, with a terrifying sound.

The insect man was confused by the sudden appearance of the fire, and then in the woods behind him, several large trees spontaneously combusted without fire. The fire was so fierce that it was like several huge torches being erected in an instant. The ancient tree was burned by the flames and groaned and fell, crushing many insects to death, and the flames spread again, burning the rear of the insects. At this moment, two giant insects suddenly crashed into the flames.

They are like giant unicorns, with a dark dark shell, even if the flames are added, the insect shell will not be burned red, which shows how thick the shell is. The giant worm's flat head has a thick, T-shaped horn. A row of insect eyes flashed green under the giant horns, and they rushed through the flames, shoveling the insects in their way like tanks, as if they were intending to break down the camp's defenses in one fell swoop.

"Lola!" Eren pointed to the giant insect on the left, and pounced on the one on the right.

Lola has activated the Call of the Wild, taking on an orc stance. She pounced on the sound, a giant sword in one hand, and a wild and tense running stance. Lola didn't even look at the insect man, she crashed straight into the enemy line, but the inertia of the dash and the explosive source power wrapped around her kept the insects in her way flying. In terms of momentum, it is not lost to the giant insect on the other side.

As if knowing that Lola was trying to stop him, the giant worm let out a sharp cry from its mouth. The T-shaped horn went low, shoveled down the ground, and kept plowing the dirt and bugmen. Just as he was about to make contact with Lola, the T-horn suddenly arched upwards and was about to lift Lola away.

Lola's eyes shrank sharply, and the source power roared in her body. She stomped on the ground, and the forest floor sank silently into a shallow pit. Lola jumped up, the giant sword bullet high, and was pulled by her hands, and suddenly the momentum of the mountain breaking through the sky was pressed down, and it slashed heavily on the strange horns of the giant worm.

A faint ripple exploded, and the insects around Lola and the giant insect kept falling around like straw blown by the wind. There was a crackling sound from the horns of the giant worm, and then the worm liquid splashed everywhere, and the giant horns shattered. Lola snorted coldly, and her body spun around and fell. The giant sword thrust heavily into the giant insect's head, and dragged it with force, and the blade of the sword cut through the insect body all the way. When Lola jumped from behind the giant insect to the ground, the giant insect behind her snapped in half, and her left and right bodies toppled over, spurting blood all over the ground.

Only then did Lola exhale and look at Eren again. The battle on Allen's side was long over, and his giant worm was shrouded in flames, and only a rough outline could be seen. The sound of the shell popping sounded in the flames, and there was a line of fire between the giant insect and the camp, and in that line of fire, the insect people were killed and wounded countless times.

After the two giant worms fell, the wormmen began to retreat. Alan didn't intend to chase them down, so he just let them go. When the last of the insects disappeared into the depths of the forest, a great battle was declared.

Needless to say, those bats, bugmen, and giant worms must have been beings under the control of the Dread Empress. And judging from the situation tonight, it is clear that the Empress of Fear does not welcome them outsiders. However, Eren didn't need it to welcome him, but Eren couldn't figure out why the Empress was afraid of taking the two of Regers captive. I'm afraid I'll have to ask the beast myself for this answer.

The next day, the team continued deeper to the west, and the farther they went, the more malicious the forest could be felt. The creatures dominated by the Dread Empress have also attacked the party repeatedly, but not on the scale of an army like last night, but there are many more types. Like a monster hiding in an ancient tree like a snake, but with a worm shell; Another example is the sudden attack from underground, only the size of a blue ball, but spikes emerge from the hedgehog-like spikes, and then spray strange insects that hurt the enemy.

And so on and so forth.

Eren was at first handed over to the warriors to deal with, but later saw that they were struggling to deal with the creatures. Coupled with the fact that these things like to do surprise attacks, this definitely slows down the team's advancement. Eren simply took the lead, and the Red King pointed to the ground, exuding terrible heat all the way, constantly spewing heavenly fire from trees or the ground, and those creatures hiding in the shadows were either burned to death or forced out.

And just like that, by noon. The trees gradually thinned, and suddenly the eyes suddenly opened up, and a large lake appeared in Allen's eyes.

The Dreaded Empress's lair has arrived!