The nights in the interior of Altoona are very cold, and Stan sleeps in his clothes, wrapping himself tightly in a heavy cloak. Camden and Fabian also found a random place to sleep, and lay down hastily, the tent was so messy, piled up with miscellaneous items and firewood, and it took a lot of time for the three of them to clear the space in the dark where they could sleep.

Scotti sat leisurely on the branches, his back against the thick trunk, he was very young, and his luck was quite bad, he was sent to the fortress of Magnus, and as soon as he arrived at the fortress, he was drawn to the twilight forest to garrison the camp. But he didn't complain, the adventurous spirit of young people made him find it quite interesting, at least much more interesting than in Magnus Fortress.

Scotti yawned, dozed and climbed up again, and the soldier glanced at the tree opposite, where Quinton was. If he is still keeping vigil, then can I sleep for a while, the young soldier thought about it, and finally decided not to be lazy, after all, the person Adeline had ordered fell asleep in the tent below, and the soldier's sense of responsibility still prevailed. Scotti had no choice but to get up from the branch, take a few steps forward, and then walk back to the trunk to dispel the drowsiness that kept bothering him. He had used this method for many nights to keep his spirits up, so he walked very skillfully and did not make a sound at all.

Just as the soldier felt that he had regained some of his energy and was about to sit down, he suddenly noticed a vague shadow flashing through the corner of his eye as he turned around. The soldier immediately crouched down and looked in that direction again, but the forest was pitch black and he couldn't see anything clearly. Skoti didn't dare to take it lightly, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and stared intently. Finally, his patience was rewarded, and after ten minutes, a dark shadow slowly peeked out from behind one tree trunk, and the shadow took a few quick steps forward, hiding behind another tree trunk again, and the whole process was silent.

The moment he saw the shadow, Skoti felt a spasm in his heart, and he clearly remembered that during the training of the recruits, the veteran had told them what it would be like to see the demon, which made him very sure that the shadow was the demon. But for a new recruit, this situation came so suddenly that he didn't even think he would run into any gloom before he returned to Magnus Fortress, but now, the mighty demon was only a dozen paces away from him. He wanted to shout, but he was afraid that the demon would immediately find his location and rush over to kill him. The soldier struggled fiercely, and at that moment the shadow moved the distance of a tree again, and now he was only two trees away from the camp, and in no more than a minute he could kill the three men in the tent closest to him, and in addition to two of his comrades, one was a Doyle.

There is no time, I have to do something, now is not the time to be afraid of death. Skoti glanced overhead, pinpointed the other branch, then took a deep breath and roared with all his might, the loud shouts of the soldiers echoing through the night sky. "We've been attacked! Get ready for battle!"

The dark shadow didn't seem to expect that there was someone in the tree so close to him, and he actually found himself, and immediately swept his gaze to the branch. As soon as Skoti finished shouting, he spread his hands and feet and struggled to crawl towards the branches above his head, completely ignoring the dark shadow below, and luckily avoided the demon's sight.

There was chaos in the camp, Galin's shouting and scolding continued, and from the tent came the sound of swords unsheathed, and then the muffled sound of people crashing together. Seeing that his whereabouts had been exposed, the black shadow quickly ran towards the tent, he already knew from the movement of the three tents who were sleeping in each tent, he let go of the first tent, and ran straight to the tent in the middle, his goal was very clear, the first thing to kill was the mage who was the most dangerous to him.

Skoti had already climbed up another branch, and looked back at the camp below, only to see that from the other side, the second black shadow was very cooperative and rushed to the tent in the middle, seeing that the two demons had already reached the edge of the tent, raised their swords and prepared to slash down. "Be careful!

Suddenly, a golden light flashed out of the tent, Scotti subconsciously covered his eyes, and when he looked down again, a semicircular shield with golden light enveloped the tent, and the swords of the two demons were slashed on the shield, and even the demons themselves seemed to be restrained by the light and could not move.

Stan and the soldiers had already emerged from the tent, and everyone stared at the scene in front of them with wide eyes, although the demon could not move, but their eyes still frightened all the soldiers present, no one could move, only to stand still, but unable to do anything.

Stan knew how it felt, and unless there was something they could do to overcome their fears, they would have to keep watching, but there was no Basorem, no Byron and no Maurice, only the soldiers of Altoona, and the man with the most experience in fighting the Dark Tide was himself. He had no one to rely on but himself, and not only that, but the other soldiers also needed his help to overcome their fears. But at this moment, Stan can't even lift his hand, frustration defeats him, the knight's teeth are rattling, and he doesn't know what he needs to do to maintain his normal mobility in front of the demon. Why can Byron and Morris do it, Basorem is reluctant, but at least he can move, why can't he move a single step.

Just when both sides were in a stalemate, several golden crossbow arrows shot out from the golden light shield, and at the same time stabbed at the demon's body, and the crossbow arrows pierced deep into the demon's body and pierced out from behind. The demon howled miserably, and the hand holding the sword lost its strength, and its body began to fall backwards. The golden light shroud vanished, and almost at the same moment, two more arrows of light shot out of the tent, piercing the heads of the two demons and pinning them to the trunks on either side.

The force that held everyone back was gone, and although it was a cold winter, the soldiers were already sweating, two soldiers stood unsteadily and fell to the ground, and Quinton fell directly from the tree.

The three mages emerged from the broken tent, all three with relaxed expressions on their faces, as if they had not used all their strength. Ness had a ball of light floating in her hand, illuminating her surroundings.

Stan wiped his forehead and staggered over to the mage. "It's okay, I didn't think the demon would sneak attack at night. ”

"The intelligence of demons is no lower than that of humans. Rui glanced at the sweaty knight and raised an eyebrow. "I think we should have asked if you were okay. ”

Stan bows his head in shame and turns to check on the demons pinned to the tree, and the knight doesn't dare to take them lightly until he's sure they're dead.

Nerfi's voice rang out behind him. "Don't worry, the dark tide pierced by the arrow of light has absolutely no chance of living. With that, the mage looked at Ness with some surprise. "I didn't think you could also light magic?"

Ness gave Nellfi a quick and shyly glance. "Etiyesh taught me a few things, and I learned a little bit myself later, but only to the simplest light magic, like your shield, I don't. ”

"It's not easy, I've learned the Arrow of Light in such a short time, and it's not too powerful. Nellfi looked at Ness thoughtfully.

Skoti jumped down from the tree and walked over as he tapped his trembling legs. "Hell, I didn't expect to encounter a demon in my first year in the army. ”

Garin stepped forward and smacked the young soldier hard. "It's really your boy, you found the demon, well done, I'll take credit for this. ”

"I just found out, but these three mages are so powerful that it didn't take much effort to get rid of the demons. Skoti looked at the mages with admiration.

Ness was even more shy by the sight he saw. "We're just going to be able to suppress the magic of the Dark Tide. ”

"Alright, I think we'd better discuss the next plan as soon as possible. Stan walked back from the trunk. "There are definitely more than these two demons in the forest, and I'm sure they managed to inform the other demons before they came to act, and they will all come over soon. ”

"Hell, I don't want to run into any more demons. Garin cursed, and his smile disappeared immediately.

"Let's get out of here, can you have anyone here to take us to the next camp?" Stan asks the soldier.

"Yes, we can take you there. Garin glanced around uneasily. "If it's as you say, then there can be no more people here, and we will take you to the next camp together, where there are more soldiers, it is a major stronghold, and it should be safer. ”

"Yes, the next camp has three rooms, and there are almost a dozen people stationed there, plus Garin, you have almost twenty people. Camden nodded.

"Camden, why don't you go with us?" Garin was like a frightened bird, and being alone alone made him feel unsafe.

"We'll have to go back and inform the other two, and then I'll plan to get out of the forest first, hide in Olaf for a while, and won't go back until Magnus Fortress has sent enough reinforcements. Camden and Fabian looked at each other and nodded. "There are only four of us there, it's too dangerous, and in what we just saw, it only takes one demon to take us all down. ”

"That's fine, we'll let them release ravens as soon as we get there and notify the fort to send reinforcements, they should have ravens there. Garin said, looking at Camden uneasily.

"Yes, they have two. Camden smiled and patted Garin on the shoulder. "That's it, we've got to go. ”

"Yes, yes, it makes me feel sick here. Garin stole a glance at the corpses of the demons nailed to the trees, only to find that the two bodies had turned to ashes and floated into the air, and he shivered and immediately withdrew his gaze.

"We're sorry for your help. Stan nods to the crowd.

"We should thank you. Garin sighed and looked at the messy camp around him. "Without further ado, let's go. With that, the soldiers picked up the weapons and supplies they could use on the ground and prepared to set off.

Stan says goodbye to Camden and Fabian, and then follows Garin and the others on their way west. It was still early in the morning, and it was dark in the forest, and the group, led by Garin, shuttled through the forest full of dense fog.