After Bligh left, Qin Lun and the others began to pack up their tents and get back on the road.

Throughout the day, the witch-made magical creatures continued to harass the exorcists' ranks, and at night, the attack reached its climax. Exorcist detachments in all three directions signaled the need for reinforcements.

After consulting with Bony, the experienced Otto asked the exorcist team at the back to come to their aid, and began to shrink the formation, cutting the one-kilometer gap between the small teams in half to make it easier for each other to support each other.

By daylight on the third day, the evil creatures had finally retreated, and all the exorcists were forced to begin to concentrate in the rear. When they returned to the central camp, Qin Lun found that his work was starting to be heavy.

The exorcists' team suffered casualties, killing two of their companions and seriously wounding five others. The two exorcists who died all belonged to the team that was originally responsible for the broken queen, and the strength of this team was the worst, and last night, on the way to support, they were also attacked by some evil creatures and suffered huge losses.

The death of two corpses was horrific, one body was cut in half, and his companion only brought back the upper half of his body, and as for his lower body, it is estimated that it has now entered the belly of an evil creature.

Qin Lun found that the wound on the corpse's waist was jagged, and the muscles and internal organs seemed to be torn apart by brute force, and it was hard to imagine how much pain this unlucky guy suffered when he died.

According to his companions, they were suddenly attacked by a scorpion man in the dark, and this unlucky man was caught by surprise and cut in the waist by the mantiko with large pincers.

This scorpion is one of the evil creatures created by witches, and unlike gargoyles, which are entirely magical creatures, and unlike indigenous evil creatures such as trolls, the manticores are synthetic beings with broken souls.

Gargoyles, magical creatures that use magic cores as a power source, are unable to accept complex commands, and due to the lack of resources, witches are unable to make much. Trolls, on the other hand, are too rare to be the main fighting force, and their reproduction rate is also very low.

So, after the millennial pact, the witches began to study the combination of biological souls and magical constructs to create a hybrid lifeform with broken souls.

Known as halflings, or orcs, these beings possess animal bodies and human souls, and are able to receive complex commands and perform various tasks assigned by witches.

There are many types of halflings, with the lower body being a deer and horse, and the upper body being a human centaur archer; There is a tiger and leopard with a lower body and a human-like beast-like predator with a head; There are harpies that combine with birds of prey, and there are human-faced spiders and scorpions that are genetically mixed with large spiders and large scorpions.

These halflings are more cunning than purely magical creatures like gargoyles due to their broken human souls, and the incompleteness of their souls makes them often in a state of painful frenzy, making them more cruel and ferocious in battle. They often kill their enemies before tearing their corpses to shreds.

The appearance of the Scorpion proves that the Maian Witch did notice the existence of this team of exorcists, and not a chance encounter with an evil creature in the forest.

Qin Lun shook the syringe in his hand and injected a tube of medicine into Nova's shoulder. The team's most powerful overlord flower was also injured last night, and was bitten on the shoulder by a leopard body. If it weren't for her extraordinary talent and bones as hard as steel, she would only be afraid of a comminuted fracture if she were an ordinary person.

"Thank you, Dr. Stan!" Nova looked at the shoulders that were wrapped into zongzi, and her expression was a little weird.

Qin Lun's surgery to remove the rotten flesh and correct the bones just now was very professional, and his movements were skillful and calm, but the bandaging technique was very rough, and he was even inferior to them in some aspects.

"You're welcome, Ms. Nova!" Looking at his zongzi "masterpiece", Qin Lun shrugged his shoulders self-deprecatingly.

He can't tell Sùnova, he doesn't even bandage his wounds. As for the skilled surgical movements, it's just that there were too many "anatomy practices" in the past, and there was no teacher.

"Ms. Nova, are we going to get ready to withdraw from Maiya Forest?" Qin Lun's eyes rolled and he asked with concern.

"We haven't decided yet, when everyone breathes a sigh of relief, we have to discuss it!" The flesh on Nova's face twitched and her brow furrowed.

Different from the leisure of the previous two days, on the morning of the third day, Qin Lun became the busiest person in the entire camp. Excluding the two victims and the five seriously wounded, the exorcists' team was now less than twenty people, and most of them were more or less slightly injured.

"Dr. Stan, let's have a drink first! It's great to have you with you, otherwise, maybe someone would have died in those five seriously injured companions! Otto handed Qin Lun a cup of hot cocoa, and said with a heavy face, "The leaders of several teams want to discuss, you can come over too, there are some aspects, we want to hear your opinions!" ”

The corners of Qin Lun's mouth twitched slightly, of course he knew what Otto and what they wanted to ask, it was nothing more than an opinion on how to deal with a few seriously injured people, to see if they could still persevere. It's about whether the team has to send someone to escort the seriously wounded, and whether the others are able to move on.

Otherwise, in front of these experienced exorcists, he would not be qualified to sit in on the meeting.

"I think we should get out of the Maiya Forest, gargoyles, trolls, halflings, this has made up a whole system of evil creatures. Together, they appeared on the outskirts of the forest, proving that the Maian Witch was peering into the human settlements outside the forest, and it was not far off for them to launch their official attack! ”

When Qin Lun entered the tent, several leaders of the exorcist team were arguing fiercely, and it was a middle-aged exorcist with a blushing face who proposed the return.

"No, we haven't confirmed whether the plague is the work of witches, and once we exit the forest, our mission will be a failure, and it will not help solve the current predicament in the Odia region!" Bony raised an eyebrow and immediately objected.

"But if we all fall here, the exorcists in the Odia region will be paralyzed and will no longer be able to stop the witches from invading Odia. The best option now is to go back to Albert Castle right away and report the situation to headquarters. The bearded man retorted loudly.

Hearing his analysis, the exorcists in the tent fell silent, they did not lack the courage to sacrifice, but they were not willing to sacrifice in vain. As the current situation was, as the glied exorcist had said, it was the first time they had encountered so many evil creatures on the outskirts of the forest. If there is no witch's instigation behind this, no one believes it.

The key question now is whether they should abandon this reconnaissance mission and temporarily abandon the investigation of the source of the epidemic. After exiting the forest, even if the witches attack aggressively, they can still resist for a while with the terrain of Albert Castle. However, if we give up tracing the source of the epidemic, the epidemic in several small towns will definitely become more severe.

"Dr. Stan, how long will those five badly injured exorcists be able to hold out?" Seeing Qin Lun enter the tent, Otto opened his mouth to break the silence.

"I've treated their trauma, but there's a lack of medication here. Their injuries also do not allow for any longer treks, and I think it would be better to send them back to the castle to recuperate, otherwise, I cannot guarantee their lives! Qin Lun said lightly.

Although Qin Lun hoped that these exorcists would continue to go deep into the forest, he did not deliberately hide the situation of the injured. These exorcists are very experienced, and even if he doesn't say it, many people know it.

With his words, Bony shrank and leaned back in his chair in frustration. This was the last straw that broke the camel's back, and if the other five wounded could no longer hold on, plus they needed to be escorted, the remaining strength was no longer enough to go deep into the forest, and there was no point in sending them to die in vain.

"In that case......" a hint of struggle appeared on Otto's face.

"Please wait, Odo-sama, respected exorcist seniors, can you listen to my opinion!" Qin Lun's eyes flashed, and he interrupted Otto's speech with a remark.

"Doctor Stan, please speak! Even though you're a novice exorcist, your opinion is important to us as a team doctor! Nova said in a deep voice.

"Thank you, Ms. Nova!" Qin Lun smiled and nodded at the Overlord Flower, "For the judgment of the current situation, I don't have the rich experience of everyone here, I want to say that there is an epidemic in the Odia area!" ”

As soon as Qin Lun's words came out, he immediately attracted everyone's attention. If the doctor rashly expressed his opinion on the operation, the other exorcists would simply scoff at it. However, he is a well-deserved authority on the development of the epidemic, and no exorcist dares to ignore his opinion.

Seriously speaking, the ultimate purpose of the exorcist's mission is still to protect the ordinary humans in the Odia region. It doesn't matter if they can't complete the task, at most they will be deducted from the mission points by the exorcist headquarters, but if the epidemic affects the safety of the entire region, they will really live up to the duty of the exorcists.

"Based on the information you have brought me so far, I have assumed that within two weeks, there will be a major outbreak in the entire Odia region. The accumulation of patients with the epidemic in the early stage has reached a critical point, and once it continues to spread, the epidemic will no longer be suppressed. Qin Lun said expressionlessly.

"Dr. Stan, are you saying we must find a final solution to the epidemic within two weeks?" Otto's eyes burst with light, this middle-aged man who has always looked like a good old man, exudes a terrifying momentum at this time.

"Dr. Stan, don't you have a way to control the continuation of the epidemic? Your ...... medicine," Boni's face changed, and he hurriedly asked.

"The preparation of that drug is so complicated that no one else can interfere. I'm just one person, and even if I dispense medicine 24 hours a day, I can't save a few people! Qin Lun said lightly, "We must find the true antidote formula for the epidemic virus, otherwise, why do you think I, a doctor, have to participate in your combat mission?" ”

"Dr. Stan, you should have told us about this sooner!" Otto turned pale and said in a deep voice.

"It's not too late, is it?" Qin Lun narrowed his eyes slightly, his eyes flickered and said, "Actually, I also have a little idea about the predicament we are currently encountering, and a few seniors can refer to it......"