Time goes back about eight hours.

It was late at night, but the streets of the Rhine camp were full of people, and there was no trace of what it should be. Almost all the adventurers were converging towards the square, and the wagons of the caravans were moving in line towards a safe area. People looked nervous, but other than that, they were more or less excited, and apart from a few fledgling rookies, not many people seemed to regard this beast tide as a serious disaster.

The two men who had left the Giant Tree Hotel quickly merged into the crowd and gathered towards the open square in the center of the camp.

Gollistan looked vigilant, her hand pressed on the hilt of her sword, and her eyes wandered around, as if she was worried that something would rush out of the darkness in all directions, especially the howls of the beasts one after another, which made her nerves tense and her whole person looked extremely stiff.

Betty beside her, however, was at ease, humming a little song while carefully checking that the magic items in her bag were complete, and the contrast between the two was stark.

The latter soon noticed that Gollistan was unusual.

"Take it easy, Gollistan Knight, it's just a very common evening show in Victoria, and it comes up every once in a while, so there's no need to get too nervous. ”

Hearing this, Goristan put his hand off the hilt of his sword, and said with some restraint: "Thank you...... I still need to get used to it. ”

Betty laughed, "Don't be embarrassed, it's a bit difficult for anyone to adapt to Victoria when they first arrive, and I was just like you now." After all, the outbreak of demonic beasts is a big deal no matter which country it is placed in the mainland, but it seems to be commonplace here, and after you have passed through two or three beast tides, you will gradually become accustomed to it. Then again, is this really your first adventure?"

"Well, although I have been here for more than two months, for some reasons, I have been working in the city before. ”

"Then you're really lucky! Being hired with such a highest-level bounty for the first time is a good thing that many adventurers can't even dream of. Although we always think that our employer is very suspicious, he does not seem to be a bad person, and he does not look like a bad person, and sometimes he has a high status...... Hey, what's wrong with your face, it seems a little dark?"

"No, nothing, please don't care, it's just that for our employer, we still have to be more vigilant, once we find out that he has any bad intentions, be sure to ...... it as soon as possible" Goristan originally wanted to say uniform, but after thinking about it, he changed his words, "Be sure to stay away as soon as possible." ”

"I know this, but unfortunately, I probably won't see Xiao Shi in the future. ”

......

As they spoke, the two of them had already arrived in the square, and the place that seemed open during the day was now crowded with a large number of people and vehicles, but fortunately, there were soldiers in the camp to maintain order, and there were officers at the entrance to divert the crowd.

"The caravan and the convoy go to the left, to the innermost level of the square, unless you want to be hit head-on by the beasts, and the adventurers who want to participate in the Warcraft confrontation line up behind me to register, once the adventure agreement is signed, life and death will be borne, but all the loot will also be their own!"

The sound amplified by the amplification magic echoed through the square, and Goristan looked at the source of the sound, shocked to find two long lines lined up behind the commander.

She was a little surprised, "There are so many people who have signed up, the beast tide is very dangerous, shouldn't this matter be the responsibility of the legion stationed in the camp?"

"Although the monster is dangerous, it is full of treasures, of course it is very popular, and the goal of many adventure groups is to hunt the monster itself, isn't this a ready-made opportunity" Betty has already seen the surprise, "Besides, even if it is a garrison legion, it hopes to reduce its own casualty rate, everyone takes what they need, there is nothing wrong." ”

"Casualty rate...... It's going to die!"

"Of course you're going to die?!"

Then the two stared at each other, and they didn't receive a conversation for half a minute.

"Sorry, I seem to have said something stupid......"

Gollistan said embarrassedly.

"Ahaha, it's nothing, although there may be casualties, but in fact, with hundreds of years of experience, the strategy for dealing with Warcraft is now very mature. As long as you defend according to the battle formation, there will be no problems under normal circumstances, unless you are too unlucky or run around without listening to the command, well...... That's no way around it. ”

"And Ms. Betty, is it necessary for us to join the hunt?"

Betty shook her head: "If it was normal, I would definitely join, but since the employer gives us such a high commission, I will naturally face tomorrow's task in the best condition, there is no need to make trouble about this kind of thing." Knight Goristan, do you want to try it?"

"Well, it's not very ......."

Gorystan was vague, but Betty saw her eagerness at a glance.

She instigated: "Go ahead, go ahead, this is only a good thing for you, if you haven't even seen the appearance of a demonic beast before entering Longshan, it will make people feel particularly uneasy." I happen to know some healing and recovery magic, so even if you're a little injured, I'll be in good spirits tomorrow morning. ”

"Good!"

Goristan didn't hesitate to agree.

"However, Gollistan, in order to participate in the hunt of monsters, you must remember one thing, only this thing must be absolutely observed, and it is a matter of life. ”

Betty's expression suddenly became serious.

"That is, no matter what time it is, you must never act alone!"

"I understand. ”

......

......

The beast tide waited for no one, and after a few minutes, the first group of Warcraft hunters were integrated and formed into a temporary warband, led by the officers of the garrison legion, to support the main attack direction of the Warcraft, to help the various small military mage regiments that were already guarding the perimeter of the camp.

The battle had already begun in the distance, and even from a distance of about a kilometer, the flickering elemental light could be clearly seen, and the roars and screams of the demonic beasts could be heard.

Betty watched Gollistan go away with the warband, and her expression couldn't help but be a little worried.

"I hope I don't get hurt. ”

She muttered, confused.

"This is really a newcomer who has never experienced anything, and even I don't dare to enter a place like Yongsan easily, what are the selection criteria for employers...... Such a novice, if you don't do it well, it will be delayed. ”

As the minutes ticked by, the battle outside continued, and after about ten minutes, several wounded men were carried to the square, and the priests and doctors, who had already been prepared, began to busy. The caravans in the square and the adventurers who did not participate in the hunt of monsters were mostly relaxed, some gathered together to chat, some were playing cards, and an unusual group of dwarven caravans sat by the stove surrounded by several carriages and began to drink ale, if it were not for the rule that no fires were allowed here, they would probably have started a barbecue party.

Betty looked at it from a distance, and found that most of the wounded were adventurers who had signed up before, but there was no Goristan in it, so she relaxed and continued to read a storybook in her hand.

However, after another ten minutes or so, as the second batch of more wounded arrived, a scout on horseback hurried into the square and entered the council hall.

The crowd began to talk.

"Could it be something wrong?"

"Ordinary beast tides don't have so many wounded, right?"

"Hurry up and pack your things, you may have to retreat to the fortress if you don't talk about it in a while!"

......

The officers stationed in the square rushed out of the council chamber three minutes later, using amplification magic to silence the crowd and answer their doubts.

"The beast tide is bigger than expected, activate the emergency plan, and everyone evacuate to the central square in the western fortress!"

“！”

Betty slammed the book in her hand shut.

To put it bluntly, the fortress of the camp is the place where the garrison is located, but it is built according to strict fortress standards, and it is generally close to natural hazards, easy to defend and difficult to attack, even in the period of large beast tides, it also has a certain defensive ability. Due to its small size, it can only accommodate a thousand people, so it can be equipped with a powerful defensive array, as long as it is closed to the outside, even the six-ring demonic beast cannot be destroyed, which is the last ring of insurance for the camp.

However, since the area of the central square is not comparable with the current camp square, I am afraid that it is more than ten times smaller, and it needs to face a very serious problem.

It was impossible for carriages and goods to get in.

This is a big problem, the adventurer with little luggage is fine, but the caravan leader wails for a while, like a mourner. In particular, the drunken dwarven caravan drew their firearms and gathered around their wagons, swearing to live and die with their goods.

The officer with the big belly was anxious, and shouted at them: "You are impatient, this beast tide is mixed with an earth dragon, and even your few broken muskets can't even touch its eyelids!"

Hearing the word "Earth Dragon", the earth-shattering noise in the square instantly subsided.

Everyone knows that any Warcraft that has anything to do with the word "Dragon" will not be a good thing, and the Earth Dragon is a Warcraft that almost stands at the top of the food chain. Compared with some dangerous magical beasts that can release spells, the earth dragon does not have any magic ability, it is an ordinary beast, and it is slow, except for a little more strength, it has no advantages, but the genetic dragon bloodline makes the adult earth dragon almost immune to all elemental magic below the six rings, and the heavy carapace on its body can resist most physical attacks. In short, it's an extremely shameless beast, and if you can do damage to it, it's almost no threat, otherwise you'll never be able to do anything about it.

And want to deal damage to an adult Earth Dragon......

Not many high-level mages can do it anyway.

Unless the magic circle is carefully arranged a few hours in advance, the mana is constantly infused, and finally the transcendent magic array is created, and the powerful seven-ring magic is released, which can penetrate the elemental resistance shell of the earth dragon. But if you want to arrange a magic circle in this kind of place, it is obviously a fantasy, I am afraid that the lines will be crushed into mud by a big guy weighing more than ten tons before the lines are finished. Now the situation is clear, unless a magister intervenes, it must retreat.

So here's the problem.

Someone in the crowd shouted, "This is the camp that Wizard Dilan is in charge of, isn't he there?"

It's just a pot that can't be opened, and if the Magister is there, he needs to retreat in a hurry?

The officer didn't bother to answer at all, he glanced at the questioner angrily, and then shouted to the crowd again: "Don't rub in, act quickly, not only the Earth Dragon, but the number of ordinary Warcraft this time has also greatly exceeded expectations, and the garrison legions on the periphery are buying time for you, don't wait until the Warcraft rush in and bite your ass." If you lose your money, you can get it back, but if your life is gone, it's gone forever!"

Under the repeated urging of the garrison, the merchants abandoned their goods and reluctantly moved to the fortress on the hillside, and the lively square was deserted for a while.

Betty had already acted, but her destination was not the fortress, but the frontline on the outskirts of the camp. The short distance of one kilometer is insignificant with the blessing of the Wind Blast. She soon saw the chaotic scene in front of her, as far as the eye could see, there was blood and corpses of demonic beasts everywhere, and at the same time, there was a tide of beasts rushing out of the dense forest, some of them were jackals, tigers and leopards and other fierce beasts, some were usually docile herbivores, but under the influence of abundant elemental energy, they became violent and abnormal at this time, as long as it was a living creature, they would be attacked mercilessly.

And in the midst of these herds, the battle units composed of dozens of people were like weaving an impermeable iron net, blocking them from the open flat land near the camp - it should have been, but now, this iron net is a little overwhelmed, and it is losing more and more, and more and more people are injured almost every second, and even fall into the encirclement of the beasts, and there are no corpses.

Especially the earth dragon that was discovered by the scouts, although it was still far away at this time, and there was no figure to be seen, but its huge body would tremble slightly with every step it took, and the amplitude would become larger and larger, presumably when it appeared, it was the time when the garrisons and hunters were all routed.

By the time Betty arrived, the line had retreated into the camp, and the defenses had been torn several times. Several groups of hunters had begun to break up, some of them fighting on their own, others fleeing, and the garrison was too overwhelmed to do anything about it.

As a high-level magician, Betty is far from the strongest on this battlefield, but she is also a figure who can become the core of a combat unit, so she naturally has no fear. But she obviously didn't go for the monster, but anxiously searched for Goristan while cleaning up the fish that had slipped through the net.

Among the routs - none.

In the reserve warband—no.

In the crowds where the front line is fighting - and there are none.

With her Eagle Eye, Betty could see more clearly than during the day, even in the chaotic darkness of the night, and she swept almost everywhere she could think of, but she couldn't find Goristan. Seeing that the battle line was retreating further and further, and even the landmark Giant Tree Hotel had fallen, Betty's heart gradually chilled: as a knight, she must have to come into direct contact with the monster, and now that she can't be found, it means that something has probably happened.

Although in Victoria, encounters have long been a part of life, but Betty still feels very guilty for happening in this situation.

After all, if she hadn't instigated herself, she might not have run out to fight.

And at this moment, she suddenly thought of another thing.

Giant Tree Lodge.

It seems that his employer is still in there......

“......”

What's going on!

Betty hesitated for a while, and decided to go there to take a look, after all, as a great magician, he might not die after going deep into the herd for a while, but his employer was killed, so the huge commission naturally didn't want to take it. This money is worth her risk, especially since the battle line at this time is not far from the Giant Tree Hotel, even if she encounters any danger, with her own ability, she can quickly return to the safe area.

However, just as she was about to perform the Wind Dash, a deafening roar was heard in the distance.

With the devastating tremor, one tree after another began to collapse layer by layer, and behind it, a huge figure more than ten meters high also slowly emerged. Each of its advances was accompanied by a tremor like a drum, like an unstoppable chariot, charging in the direction of the camp.

Earthworm.

It's here!

Betty immediately dismissed her thoughts.

Compared with commissions, it is obvious that net worth and life are more important, and Goristan has already encountered an accident, and if he accidentally gives his life again, it will be too cost-effective.

She could only pray now that the mysterious employer was as unfathomable as she imagined, and that she was not afraid of the beast tide at all.

(End of chapter)