The endless sea of forests gives the rolling hills a rich green, and there is no sign of autumn approaching.

Located in the south, the imperial capital Haisen is still hot and rainy in September, and the dense vegetation hides the trap-like soft mud, Chang Le and his group of 51 people marched deep and shallow in the forest, each time laboriously pulling out their military boots and then looking for the next feasible foothold.

Not only is it difficult to walk under the feet, but there is no way forward, and it takes the strong Lola and others to raise their knives and slash in order to open up a passage for the students behind.

"Stop! rest on the spot by leaning on the trees!" Chang Le suddenly shouted, stopping the entire procession.

Then he climbed a large tree and took out the march map from his backpack, which did not show the actual situation here, the wide contour line indicated that the place was flat, and the terrain was marked only "jungle", but he felt that he could not go on like this.

The increasing number of mangrove trees with aerial roots in front indicates that the area is often flooded by flooded rivers.

The trainees are fully armed at the moment, wearing hundreds of kilograms of full-body armor, and it is difficult to walk on ordinary soft mud ground, and it will be even more terrifying if they fall into a swamp.

The Sunset Forest, a rare pristine reserve in the hinterland of the Empire, served as a defensive barrier to the western part of the capital, and was named after the fact that the sun was setting on the high vantage point of the castle.

The Royal Military Academy's first live military exercise was held here.

According to Changle's cautious habits, it was necessary to personally inspect the terrain first, but the exercise came suddenly, and he urgently assembled at night, distributed equipment, and after more than ten hours of rapid marching, he arrived at the edge of the forest before the provost announced the content of the exercise, and began immediately.

The theme of the exercise was "Raid on the Orc Tribe".

In fact, the academy has arranged a fake orc tribe, located in the location marked on the map, and the students are divided into classes, starting from different starting points, as long as they arrive at the destination as soon as possible, pull back the stake representing the orcs, and complete the task.

There are three "tribes", but there are five classes, naturally on a first-come, first-served basis, and whoever pulls out the most stakes will have the higher points for all members of the class.

It sounds simple, but the exercise included a lot of military skills tests, such as heavy marching, such as map reading and marching on complex terrain, and since the trip was much longer than a day, and it also involved night camping and vigilance, no one could say what kind of dangers existed in this primeval forest.

Finally, if two classes arrive at the same tribe at the same time, the academy allows confrontation over the stakes, but only for the intensity of the contest and not for the deliberate killing of the opponent.

But the civilians of the fifth class have only been learning Dou Qi for four months, and they are not opponents of noble cultivators, and if they want to pull out the pile successfully, they must win in speed.

Since there are instructors at the end of the line, the number of people present will be counted, so there is no need to think about sending one or two masters to pull out the pile first.

Wearing armor last night, there were already at least thirty people left behind in the academy, Changle could see the teenagers paralyzed on the side of the road from time to time gasping, because the rank was awarded according to the ranking of points when they graduated, the children of the nobility regarded all the cadets other than themselves as competitors, these people would not be helped, and they would not have any points after falling behind, and they might even be deducted points.

The children of the nobles of the monk level were tired and paralyzed, but no one was left behind in the fifth class of the general apprentice level.

In the past four months of training, they have not only become physically strong, but also strong-willed and united, and when it is difficult for individual people to support, they will also have classmates to help share the burden, and even take turns to carry the tired forward, so that no one will be abandoned.

"One person fails, all are disgraced", this is the consensus of the five classes.

Chang Le has been keeping an eye on Fanny, but the weak "Light Rain Carnation" has managed to persevere, thanks to Chang Le's supervision and exercise for months, he listens to magic lessons with Fanny every day, and then pulls Fanny to run, rain or shine.

Changle himself has not yet learned magic, and Fanny's physical strength has become stronger day by day, and her will has become tenacious, rarely crying again, and the word "light rain" can basically be canceled.

Magic cultivation has less bonus to strength, but it does have a bonus, and Fanny is now a level 4 magic apprentice, even if she fights hand-to-hand, she is more powerful than the average adult man.

However, the personality is difficult to change after all, although Fanny is the captain and has to take care of the nine brothers in the team, she is still unwilling to leave Changle too far, just like the vine Luo Pang tree, full of dependence on him.

At this moment, seeing Changle going up the tree to study the map, Fanny also struggled to climb up, but did not express an opinion, only stared at him from the side.

Changle only got this map from the provost, and Tim the instructor only told him to "be careful". The rest is on your own. From time to time, he needs to go up the trees to look for the sun, determine the direction according to the time of day and the angle of light, and compare the map to orient himself.

Now he could basically conclude that, judging from the direction of the river, there was a high probability that there was a hidden swamp in front of him, and the other noble classes must have taken the dry route.

This is the dean's doing! He will not miss any opportunity to suppress the civilian class!

The marshal may not know about this, or he may not be able to confront many noble officers, in short, this situation can only be solved by himself.

Xu Si and Lola and other captains were originally responsible for playing vanguard and flank guards, but they also came to Changle's side after stopping their advance.

After listening to Chang Le's analysis, "Skinny Monkey" Phil was furious:

"The nobles are too insidious! We can't suffer in vain, we have to dig traps and bury spikes when we go to the place, and we have to dig traps and bury spikes, and trap them once!"

"Yes, but the premise is that we have to arrive first, otherwise who will dig a trap to bury?" Xu Si smiled bitterly, "It's getting dark, where do we go around?"

"No, I'm exploring the way ahead, and I'll be alone if there's a swamp!" Lola's expression was resolute and tragic, and the idea she came up with was as unreliable as ever.

"But if there's a swamp, bury you there and we'll be able to move forward?" Phil couldn't help but scoff.

"Less interjection from the sheep team!" Lola immediately snapped back.

Phil's team had the lowest score in the last competition, and was unfortunately awarded the "Sheep Army Flag", but Lola was holding the Dragon Flag, which poked the sore spot and made the thin monkey's face red:

"We're not going to be sheep next month, just wait and see! You stupid girl with muscles and no brains......"

"Shut up!"

Chang Le stopped the infighting sharply, and after pondering for a while, he ordered several captains to find a suitable place nearby, gather everyone together to camp, seize the time to recover his strength, and wait for him to go to investigate alone, find a suitable route, and come back to take the whole class to rush overnight.

"It's too dangerous!" Xu Si shook his head repeatedly, "Late at night, the forest, walking alone, all the elements of horror novels, you can't go alone!"

Everyone nodded in agreement and volunteered to accompany Chang Le.

"Don't worry, wolves can't eat me. ”

Chang Le smiled and comforted everyone, and arranged tasks for several people, the level 2 monk Xu Si and the level 1 monk Lola are the two strongest outside of Chang Le, they must keep their eyes open and be vigilant, and the level 5 apprentice Skinny Monkey and another captain Duke are in charge of camping affairs.

As a magic apprentice, Fanny has only learned frost armor and illumination, but illumination is very useful in the dark forest, and frost armor can improve everyone's combat effectiveness, of course, to stay in the army.

Before leaving, Chang Le walked around among the fifty classmates, cheering everyone on, and promising to take his brothers to the tribe first, so that the nobles would not get a point. And now everyone just needs to recuperate and prepare to travel overnight.

The eyes of the classmates were full of respect and love, and they no longer simply regarded Chang Le as a big brother, but regarded him as a leader who followed him wholeheartedly, even though they were both students who had not yet graduated.

The gaze of these teenagers, in turn, increased Chang Le's sense of responsibility, this exercise must be won no matter what, and no one can be put in danger, and it is nothing to risk it yourself!

He didn't tell the crowd that he was going to explore alone, laughed and boosted his morale, and then quietly left.

After walking a little way, he suddenly noticed that Fanny had been following behind.

And I can't get rid of it, no matter how I persuade her, Fanny is always a sentence:

"I'm going to be with you. ”

"You're about to turn eighteen, why are you still like a child sticking to an adult?" Chang Le smiled bitterly.

Fanny bowed her head and said nothing.

Chang Le had no choice but to threaten:

"If you don't go back, I'll ask them to tie you back!"

"Hmm. Fanny nodded, "But when their guards are loosened, I'll still come to you, and I'll be lost, maybe dead." ”

Chang Le laughed:

"In other words, if I don't take you, you'll kill yourself, right?"

Fanny nodded genuinely.

Chang Le's smile became stiff, and he vaguely regretted in his heart, he couldn't bear to reject Fanny coldly, but instead cared about her extraordinarily, just afraid that she would fall deeper and deeper, Fanny never only hinted, and would not talk about feelings directly, and I am afraid that it will become more and more difficult to clarify with her in the future.

Looking at Fanny's soft face and pure eyes, Chang Le gritted his teeth:

"Don't follow, you can't keep up!"

After saying that, he switched to the cunning rabbit state, and plunged into the depths of the dense forest at a gallop, never looking back.

The soft mud on the ground is not an obstacle to Chang Le, and the criss-crossing shrubs and vines can't stop the "cunning rabbit".

In the blink of an eye, he ran thousands of meters, Chang Le breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to look at the map to find a new route to facilitate the march.

There are no roads in the forest, and there may be some large mammals, and the paths formed by them breaking through the vegetation are the best passages.

At this moment, Chang Le switched to the soul of the blue wolf, and his sense of smell increased a thousand times.

Since there was no Fanny by his side, he had no scruples about summoning the old black of the split-toothed leopard, and let it be in charge of vigilance, and whenever he encountered a critical node, he ordered the leopard to take a soak of urine, and use this smell to record the road he passed, even in the dark night.

He can do this himself, but even if Fanny is not around, the basic image still has to be maintained, and if he can use other people's urine, he doesn't use his own.

The sky was getting darker, and the woodland was darker, but Changle had never seen a fierce beast, and his nervousness relaxed, and the new march route gradually became clear.

Just as he was about to leave to return, Lao Hei's thoughts came:

"Master, there's a human smell nearby!"

Chang Le also smelled something strange, not only smelled something strange, but also sensed a murderous aura!