As Flick had said, the monsters that seemed to have come out of a nightmare had left, and no trace of the creatures had been found on the way back to Lemongrass. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

By the time Frick and Sir Leinster returned to the village surrounded by adventurers, the sun had already set, and the crimson Sunset village and mountains seemed to be submerged in a sea of blood. The smoke rising from the houses was as indistinct as the smoke rising from the scene of a fire.

Although Frick immediately reminded himself that these were just hallucinations caused by his nervousness, he was never able to get them out of his mind. He also felt that perhaps it was because of the ominous aura that was wrapped around the monster's body that he had those previous associations that were too unlucky.

As they approached the village, they were seen by the young men who had gathered around the outer wall of the village to repair the fence, but few of them were intent on dealing with them as outsiders. They had apparently remembered Dean's face as well as his companion's, and Frick's presence spread through Lemongrass by word of mouth.

After seeing the familiar faces of the young people of the village self-police group, the villager who followed the adventurer team to the mountain forest ran in the direction where they were. Probably because of the mental impact of witnessing the monster up close, he immediately told his companion about what had happened today.

Despite defending themselves, most of the vigilante group had not seen the monsters directly, and at most they had noticed a huge black shadow flashing in the nearby mountains and forests. And even the village chief and resident scribe who had encountered the monster did not feel the inexplicable sense of oppression.

Frick now has the confidence to say that the person who really faced the previous group of monsters will probably not have the courage to live in Lemonglas anymore. Even if the previous search by the garrison did not bring any results, he should use all his resources in exchange for rescue.

Faced with this situation, there are at least a few ways to get help in the way Flick knows - even if the garrison can't be trusted, you can pay for help from the Adventurers' Guild and the Mercenary Regiment. However, there is no trace of these two activities in Lemongrass, only the vigilante regiment is defending itself.

Mercenaries are combat specialists, and their loyalty can be earned as long as they can pay enough money. Although Lemongrass was not wealthy, with the funds that the village had accumulated before, he should be able to barely hire people to help defend with the mercenary group under the Gate of the End of the North Chamber of Commerce.

What made Frick even more unnatural was that the guild had no response to Dean's defeat. It stands to reason that the ravages of monsters have caused the death of many adventurers, and the guild will not sit idly by, but he has not heard any of them mentioned by Curator Black.

If there really is some kind of force behind all this, then what role do the various forces play?

I didn't think there was anything out of the ordinary, but after learning more and more information, it took on a form that was hard not to suspect. Thanks to it, Frick couldn't help but wonder about everything he touched, but at the same time he was a little afraid that his suspicion would ruin the village.

How many people were there in Lemonglas? Flick had not received much information before he came, and now he can only get a rough inference after actual observation. There are about 100 houses in the residential area, ranging from single-storey wooden houses to single-family low-rise buildings with a combination of wood and stone.

On this basis, it can be inferred that the total population of Lemonglas is about 1,000 men, and excluding the old and infirm, women and children who are not capable of fighting, there are only about two or three hundred young people -- among them, there may not even be more than 100 people who have joined the self-police regiment and received training in the use of the most basic weapons.

This number is still enough to deal with wild wolves or the occasional monster, and it is enough to deal with the small group of thieves who are roaming around and committing crimes. But if you are an enemy of a monster that is difficult for adventurers to fight, no matter how you fantasize about luck, you can only think of the worst ending.

The villagers of Lemongrass had been harassed by monsters for some time, and the young men of the self-police regiment were also tired from the excessive pressure. Although they thought that they could use the tools at hand to make fortifications to fend off the monsters, how many of them really understood the strength of the other party?

Less than a day of contact with them, Frick was sure that these young men were just ordinary people with some training, not even the level of recruits who had just joined the Imperial Legion. Even if they respect their feelings and let them protect the village on their own, they will only watch them perish.

rudimentary spears, sharpened pitchforks, hunting bows and crossbows...... The most powerful ones are probably just a few tattered mechanics, and if they are allowed to defend against those monsters with the rudimentary weapons at hand, then the "illusion" that Frick had before may come true.

However, the young man who had seen the monster in the mountains and forests with them told his companion what he had seen, and the next moment, the change began to spread among the crowd. It's like the shelves of a dye shop have been knocked over, and the faces of those present can only be described as "colorful".

Obviously, the young man had always had a timid evaluation among Lemongrass, so much so that there were many who did not believe the truth that came out of his mouth. However, at least those who could speak in the self-police regiment felt that they could not easily ignore the information, and immediately commanded the members of the self-police regiment to strengthen the defense of the perimeter.

Even if they started building stone walls that would enclose the entire village at once, they didn't have enough materials, so they had to build simple barriers out of solid earth and planks. On the outside of the low wall, they also made a deer village out of sharpened wood, which was placed in a position where the defense needed to be strengthened.

"No, these fortifications are completely incapable of resisting the onslaught of monsters. ”

Even Sir Leinster, who had always been calm, couldn't help but shake his head when he saw these rudimentary defenses, and said, "It's worse than I expected, and these inhabitants are almost unprepared. Even if there is a stone-walled hill fort, it needs to be guarded against, but what is the use of relying only on wood and clods, and if it is attacked, it will not even be able to buy time to escape. ”

Watching the young men put wood in the rudimentary fence, Urs Leinster covered his forehead as if he was dizzy, and kept shaking his head. If he hadn't known that the other party would have had a hard time believing his words, he would have rushed to stop the young people from continuing to waste their physical strength and do useless work.

It would be a waste of words to communicate with people who don't know anything about the truth, especially the villagers who have begun to repel outsiders because of the monsters. After a moment of silent thought, he decided to ask Flick to take him to speak to the village chief of Lemongrass.

"If these monsters are already eyeing this place, they will not easily let anyone escape from their control, and if they want to leave the village, they will be immediately pursued. Before parting ways with Dean and the others, he deliberately said, "Adventurers, I hope that you and others can assist the people of the village in carrying out vigilant activities in the surrounding area, and if you find the slightest abnormality, please do not rush into battle, and you will report back to me immediately." ”

As he said this, he gently reached out and drew a circle in the air, and a dim magic flowed from his fingertips, flowing along the trajectory he had traced. In the next moment, the magic of the flow gradually gathered, and finally it was constructed into a translucent bird, which should have been a crow in appearance.

This "crow" is undoubtedly Urs Leonster's enchantment, a special kind of servant constructed with magical power, and has a deep relationship with the caster himself. Most schools of wizards in the empire believe that only those who can successfully create and serve are qualified to be powerful sorcerers.

Uls Leinster is a well-known monster scholar and a skilled wizard, but Frick still can't tell how powerful he is from this technique. After all, he was just a scribe, and not only did he not know how to use demons, but he also had difficulty understanding the basic principles of this spell.

I saw the translucent "crow" flapping its wings and landing in Sir Leinster's hand, rubbing its head affectionately against Sir Leinster's fingers. As if in response, Urs Leinster gently touched the crow's head, and then threw it into the air.

"I have sent the messengers to inform my companions, asking them to contact reinforcements to come to Lemongrass. After he sent the crows out, he whispered to the others, "However, it will take time for reinforcements to arrive, and we will definitely strengthen the village before the monster attack begins." ”

The implication was that he intended to assist the villagers of Lemonglas in setting up the defenses, after negotiating with the village chief, of course. This village is not anyone's territory, and it is indeed troublesome for him, as a landed nobleman, to meddle in what is happening here.

If he wanted to protect the village from the monsters, and if he didn't have enough trained combat force to put his hopes in his spells, Sir Leinster would have to set up a sizable Rubik's cube for a long time - this was not enough for his own magic alone.

He needs to use the magic flowing in the leylines to manipulate the flow of magic in a massive Rubik's Cube, and then manifest it as a "phenomenon", in the process it may burn the natural magic near Lemongrass, and may even leave the magic taint for a long time to come.

In short, whether the end result is good or bad, the life that exists in this land may be changed in some way by Uls Leonster's spells. Although he can not care about these things, the villagers who live here must be aware of them.

Do you want to immediately resolve the imminent crisis, choose to exchange the resources you already have in your hands for protection, or give up your life to verify how terrible the beast disaster is...... These are the futures that the villagers living in Lemonglas can choose, and the residents have the right to make their choices.