In the forest near Gensokyo Beast Road, basically except for the various demon beasts, monsters, Monsters and those wild animals with huge sizes, not to mention ordinary humans, even creatures in other nearby areas will not easily approach here: not only here, but even ordinary wild animals have huge bodies that are difficult to provoke, and the most important thing is that this vast forest is too difficult compared to the Lost Bamboo Forest and the Enchanted Forest in terms of living conditions, so it has always been very quiet here, that is, half a year ago, a certain guy led more than 2,000 Teutonic soldiers here to defeat more than 8,000 Japanese Warring States outside human army made this place a little bit of chickens and dogs......

Due to the fact that the various monsters, monsters, monsters, and gigantic wild animals that infest here are generally more ferocious than those of the same or xenomorphic creatures in other regions, in addition to these native creatures in the forests near the beast road, there are only some external human armies that have to be temporarily stationed here due to the season and weather. Even for the modern human army in this era of human civilization, the test of marching in the rain and snow zone is not too light, not to mention the vast majority of external humans with comprehensive technical level from the middle of the Middle Ages to the period of the Gentlemen's War, so in order not to increase unnecessary casualties in this ghost place full of strange creatures that want people's lives, the vast majority of the outside human army that has just fallen into Gensokyo will wisely choose to find a suitable camp nearby and camp, and wait until the weather improves or the winter is over。 Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

According to common sense, in the forest near the beast path, except for some creatures that do not hibernate and can hunt, there are only ten people such as Feng Longde and Gelot......; Well, if it's a self-aware being, it's a very nasty guy who loves to joke and play tricks, and what happened next in a corner of the forest near the beast path is exactly what happened.

"Quick, sister!" narrowly dodged a fist-sized fireball that flew over, a young girl wearing a black apron and a white hat on her head propped her right hand on the trunk of a tree in some embarrassment, and the fireball that missed hit a big tree not far in front of him, and the force of the explosion blew the trunk of the big tree at the waist, if it wasn't for the fact that there was a lot of snow around, soon the sparks that sputtered around would ignite those leaves and branches, causing a second burn, "They're about to catch up, sister!"

"I know, sister, I'm doing my best!" she was wearing the same clothes, and her hairstyle was the same as the other girl's, but her sister had short blue hair, and she was pink, "It's a T-shaped fork, turn right quickly, sister." ”

"Okay, sister!" the blue-haired girl nodded vigorously and continued to hold her sister's hand and run forward as fast as she could, keeping an eye on the movement behind her to prevent more fireballs from shooting at her.

The blue-haired girl and her sister chose to run to the right at the T-junction with her sister - the pink-haired girl did not choose this path randomly, but the vegetation of this path was more dense than the path on the left, and she was able to hide in the bushes or grass nearby by taking the opportunity to temporarily avoid the pursuers behind her...... Although the black maid outfits on their bodies in this icy and snowy environment will make them much less hidden, and they will not be able to completely get rid of those pursuers behind them in a short time, even if they can temporarily get rid of their pursuit for a few minutes, the strength they recover can give them a better chance to leave this strange area.

“...... Where are they hiding?" the two maid-clad sisters had just carefully ducked into the grass and covered themselves with their hands while enduring the cold and covering themselves with a lot of snow, when the pursuers behind them came to this T-junction.

If you talk about the number of these pursuers alone, there are almost two hundred people, which can be said to be quite a lot: although there are also outside human armies camped for the winter in the forest near the beast road, they will basically not exceed the scale of two hundred people, except that there are too many people and the rations needed cannot be obtained from the environment full of monsters or giant wild animals, that is, in this forest that has decided to implement the law of the jungle, ordinary humans are easily attacked and killed by various creatures, and if they are not familiar with the environment, even if they are lucky not to encounter those monsters, they will be trapped here due to food poisoning and getting lost...... Judging from these conditions, these guys with more than 200 people have basically just arrived here for a long time, at least they haven't witnessed how dangerous the real situation here is.

"What are we going to do next, my lord?" The two hundred or so people don't seem to be a lot of people if you take it literally, but if you really see it with your own eyes, it's definitely not a few, and they're still in a forest with a smaller space than the plains, so the ranks of these guys are scattered all over the path, and only a few guys who seem to be the leaders walk in the front and start asking the commander-in-chief among them," The honorable adults told us to capture those two ghost girls alive, and we had to complete the mission, even if the environment here is not what we know about it. ”

"Yes, my lord, we have been chasing them for three days, and on two occasions we almost captured them alive, but they are like squirrels, and they are too easy to escape. The other asked, all covered in dark robes, but with blood-red stripes on their black peaked hats and cuffs of their robes, and the only flesh exposed on their bodies was their hands.

"And the second time they were successfully traced, they were with a group of hundred-strong mercenaries who were not equipped with weapons and armor of any style we are familiar with. Another fellow in a black robe and a black peaked hat opened his mouth and said, wearing a one-handed dagger on the belt around his waist and a row of knives neatly fastened to the strap on his chest, "Although it took us a few minutes to kill them all, they also caused the deaths of more than twenty of our brothers...... It's a strange place, my lord, so we prefer to catch those two ghost girls as soon as possible and get out of this weird place. ”

"Brother Vader is right, my lord. The fourth guy nodded, "Although the natural spatial portal was accidentally closed after our last brother took a step forward, causing him to be cut in half, those noble adults will definitely find a way to reopen it, because they value those two ghost girls very much, so they will not abandon us, then we need to complete the task given to us by the noble adults as soon as possible." ”

The guy ...... called 'Adult' by these people was silent all the time, as if he had been weighing something.

Seeing that their adults did not speak, the fellows stopped talking, and became equally quiet, waiting for him to make up their minds.

“...... Scattered in a squad of twenty people, some brothers were responsible for searching the neighborhood, and the others stretched outward, and they couldn't run far. "This guy called 'Adult' didn't think about it for long, and quickly made a decision, compared to a guy who can command more than two hundred people, he will not be a fool, let alone a guy who can ensure the survival of the vast majority of people within three days of coming here," They disappeared from our vision for less than half a minute, and they must have been hiding not far away...... Let the brothers pay attention, feel the magic fluctuations around them, they all use magic, once they find out that there are abnormal elemental fluctuations, the size of a whole squad can pass, and no brother can easily offer life and soul to the noble adults, at least not rely on a way that does not work at all to obtain that glorious and beautiful death. ”

"Yes, sir. Several people nodded in agreement, and then walked to the black-robed people led by their respective leaders and began to assign tasks.

“...... I'm in trouble, sister. The blue-haired girl, who was hiding in the grass not far away, heard the conversation between the black-robed men who were chasing them almost the whole time, and whispered to her pink-haired sister.

“...... Seems so, sister. ”

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At the same time, the other side of the forest around the beast path.

"Take a break there and start splitting the moose we caught earlier. Galot said when he saw a glade not far ahead, and Ciri and the others began to walk to the glade and set up camp with some simple items.

After deciding to rest here for a while, Gallott and the other demon hunters took out a few strands of hemp rope from the bags carried by their horses, each of which was tied between the two trees, pulled it up in a straight line and fastened it with slipknots at both ends, and then took out a tarp with tung oil from the bag carried by the horse and draped it over the hemp rope, and the part of the tarp that fell on the ground was pressed and compacted with large and small stones that could be found everywhere around, so that such a triangular space that could shelter from the wind and snow was arranged in more than ten minutes; not only that, Triss successfully lit the bonfire with the power of magicCiri and Regis collect some moss from the surrounding ground and tree roots, shake it dry and dry it next to a campfire, which can be used as a makeshift mat, at least much better than sitting on the snow or on the cold ground without snow.

Things like hemp rope and tarpaulins with tung oil can be easily put away and taken out, and the price is not too expensive, such as Galot, who spend most of the year wandering around the world looking for suitable commissions, will carry them with them on their horses, after all, every time you settle down to rest before dark, you may not necessarily get to the inn or tavern smoothly, so it is very necessary to be prepared to camp in the wilderness, and these demon hunters who have lived for nearly a hundred years are naturally very aware of this.

Originally, it was difficult to light a bonfire in this icy and snowy environment, and it was not easy for ordinary humans to light a bonfire even if they carried a match or flint and did not have a suitable ignition material. The existence of the three sorceresses, Triss and Kayla, can successfully light a bonfire with a little firewood: in fact, not to mention these sorceresses who have the power of magic, even if their own magic qualifications are better than ordinary humans but not as good as sorceress and wizards, they can ignite and extinguish flames with the most basic Ignida seal, and even weld metal objects, which is more than enough to be a tinkering master......

Specifically, when it comes to wilderness operations, the convenience of the magical power of a magician or a person with magical power can often overwhelm the skills of most wilderness survival experts. Thanks to this natural force, which even the magicians as a group have not dared to fully understand until now, magicians can change the characteristics of the surrounding environment to a certain extent by manipulating various magical elements in their own bodies and the outside world, and then achieve a miracle effect that seems to be created out of nothing: when ordinary humans still need to use flint to ignite fires or go to great lengths to collect clean fresh water in various ways, magicians only need to chant a few magic spells to manipulate the related natural elements, and then in no more than half a minute, a ball of fire or water will gather under the control of the magician, forming warm bonfires over firewood fires, which fill everyone's kettles with plenty of pure drinking water.

"It seems that it was a good idea for me to go with you in the first place, at least I am used to finding a small seat under a big tree when I am alone in the field, and I will not set up a simple but orderly temporary camp in a short time. Holding a short knife in his hand, Feng Longde was busy cutting off the fur of the giant moose that he had successfully hunted with a steel extra-long riding spear before, and said as he put down the knife.

"It's very rare for this to come out of the mouth of a ruler, Feng Longde. Gallott's cheeks twitched slightly, and he now called Feng Longde by his first name, which also had something to do with the fact that none of his companions would be particularly respectful to a person with the status of a ruler, not to mention that in this kind of private occasion, Feng Longde really didn't care about these red tape, "And there has never been a ruler who would take the initiative to act with a group of demon hunters and sorceresses, you are the first one we have seen to do this." ”