The enemy passed through a row of wicker that looked like a wall. Strovo and Clay were only a few steps away from them, and they hurried after them.

- Nothing. There was no trace of the protozoa, not even the bloodstains left by the two injured protozoans. There was nothing to be seen within a one-mile radius - it was impossible for these protozous bodies to disappear in such a short period of time.

Strovo stopped and took a breath: "Do you smell it?" ”

Clay shook his head.

"It's brimstone. There's also a scent -- like thyme. ”

Clay was confused. "So what?" he asked. ”

"It's a ban. That's why we can't stab them. ”

A glint flashed in Clay's eyes. He asked, "Is it a demon bug?" ”

"I hope not." Strovo shuddered. Clay was still a young man, had just joined the army, and had never participated in the battle against the Burning Legion. His desire to fight the Demon Worm is something that only anyone who has never fought with the Demon Worm has.

Strovo turned around and ran in Lorena's direction, Clay following him closely.

The Colonel knelt beside Mar, and Paoro next to her was bandaging Mar's wounds. Seeing Strovo and Clay, Lorena stood up: "How's it going?" ”

"They're gone, sir. It's gone - not even a trace of blood. And I smell the prohibition. ”

Lorena took a sip. "Hell!" She exhaled, then pointed to the cloak on the ground and said, "This one can't run." Conclusive. ”

Strovo lowered his head and looked closely at the cloak on the ground, then picked up his sword and stabbed it, kicking up a large cloud of ash. Then he looked at Colonel Lorena.

"It's clearly a ban." Lorena nodded.

"Sir, this kind of thing has happened before—" Strovo suddenly remembered a recent conversation with his brother, "I see. ”

"What's going on?"

"The last time I came home, my brother Manuel told me something. The last time he went to the Demon Buster Inn, he encountered an organization called the Fireblade Zerg. They are recruiting new members. It is said that anyone who is dissatisfied with the current situation can join. But that's all he said. ”

Jaloud gasped and said, "Shouldn't anyone be dissatisfied with the current situation? Can't they just assemble? ”

Styrovo's reaction was suspicious, especially when he thought of what he had said earlier, but he did not squeak and continued to report to the colonel: "Sir, the proto-insect body I fought with has a fire blade emblem carved into his fangs. ”

"Fire Blade?" Lorena shook her head, "The man I fought with - the one who turned into a pile of ashes - has a fireblade nose ring. ”

Clay held up a hand, "Sir, can you let me speak?" Lorena nodded. I have one of my enemies too—similar to the one of Private Strovo, sir, also on the fangs. ”

"Looks like we'll have to find a doctor, but we'll have to wait until we get back to Lamour." She looked at the North Outpost in the distance. "I don't trust any of the infirmaries here."

"Okay." Lorena put her sword back in its scabbard without wiping it—Strovo was sure she'd wipe it clean when she got on the boat—Lorena walked in the direction of the docks. "When we're on board, get Marl some of my whiskey. This can relieve pain. ”

Marl endured the pain and smiled: "The colonel is such a generous woman. ”

Lorena handed the corporal a smile: "I'm not so generous—I'll give you two finger-deep wine, and any more will be gone." That's not cheap. ”

Paolo motioned for Clay to help him. The two of them carried Mar, trying not to touch his injured leg, and walked towards the docks. Strovo picked up Ian's bloody corpse.

As she walked, Lorena said to Strovo, "Private, when we return to Theramore, I want to talk to your brother. I want to know everything about the Fireblade Clan. ”

"Yes! Sir. ”

Chen Feng's chieftain throne was located in a house surrounded by stone walls. The house was cold, but he liked it - the protozoa were not hardy animals. They didn't feel comfortable staying here, but Chen Feng wanted such an effect. When the construction of the house first began, he told the workers to make the stone walls thicker and not to install windows. Lanterns were used for lighting instead of torches, because the latter released too much heat.

But the cold is not so unpleasant. He didn't want people to be too casual when they visited the chiefs, but he didn't want them to suffer too much. Chen Feng has gone through many hardships to get to where he is today, so he cherishes it very much. He always tries to do what he loves when he can. Even if it's just such a small thing.

Today he was going to meet Carlser the Witch and his right-hand man Berks. Now, the two of them stood in front of him, and Chen Feng sat on his beast skin throne. The throne was made of the skins of the enemies he killed on the battlefield.

"The humanoids are still in Fort North. Recently, there have been some troops on the ground. I think they probably strengthened their defenses. ”

"Probably not," Chen Feng said, leaning back in his chair, "Queen Proudmoor just sent some people to verify Captain Bolick's testimony. ”

Burks stepped forward: "Do they think a warrior would lie?" ”

"Burks, I'm sure they don't believe us as much as you don't believe them," and his throat was low and hoarse, and his green skin was a little pale and wrinkled with age.

"Humanoids are such a despicable bunch of cowards!" Burks said contemptuously.

"Lamour's humanoids don't belong to that category," Chen Feng said, leaning forward, "I don't want to hear anyone speak ill of them in front of me." ”

Burks stomped his foot hard. Chen Feng endured it and didn't laugh at him. This kind of action always reminds him of the appearance of a humanoid child losing his temper. Although to the protozoa, this is just a normal gesture used to express anger. He was now the chief of the tribe, but sometimes he remembered that he hadn't spent his childhood here.

"This is our territory! Chen Feng! Our! Humanoids have no right to ask! Let them roll over to the other side of the Endless Sea, where they should be. Then we can live as we used to - as if the devil never appeared. ”

Chen Feng shook his head, he thought that this kind of thinking should have been extinct two years ago. "The humanoids' territory is only swampland, and it's very small. They gave us everything but the Dust Swamp, Proudmoor and his people—"

"Proudmoore?" Burks disagreed.

Chen Feng stood up: "Be careful, Berks. It's the Queen of Prodmore -- Prodmore -- she makes me admire so much, and you make me look down on me more and more! ”

Burks was a little timid: "I'm sorry, Chief—but you should understand that they brought you up after all." Sometimes, this may be -- it will make you lose sight of the truth. But for us, things are clear. ”

"I didn't lose sight of the truth, Burks. Don't forget, it was I who made the protozous realize that they could no longer obey the orders of the demon insect, it was I who freed the protozo from human slavery, and I also taught you how to live. So don't say anything about me-"

Their conversation was interrupted by a young protozoan that suddenly barged in. He shouted breathlessly, "Thunder Worm! ”

Chen Feng blinked. Thunderworms, these creatures should stay far away from here - but if they show up in Bloodnest Mountain, it's a disaster.

"Where?" Burks asked.

It's a long way from here, of course," said Carlser listlessly, "or it wouldn't have been a hairy boy." ”

The creep that broke in had a lightning-shaped nose ring, indicating that he was a messenger. He must have come from the Thunder Mountain Range to report to Chen Feng. "Go on." Chen Feng said to him.

"I'm coming from the Dry Valley, chief. The Thunder Worm has escaped from the mountains. ”

"How is that possible?" Burks asked rhetorically.

Chen Feng glared at him: "Let him say, we need to know the details." He said to the young man, "Please continue." ”

"There was a farmer named Türk who heard a loud noise. He called his son to drive the thunderworms out of the fields before they could destroy them. Because no one had heard of the Thunderworm running out of the mountains before. So he called his son, his next-door neighbor, and his next-door neighbor's son to the mountains to see what was going on. (To be continued......) u