"You, you, you, come with me."

The three caravan guards who had probed out of the tent to check because they heard the movement were directly clicked into the temporary patrol by Alan.

The three of them glanced at each other, and although they were slightly nervous, they did not refuse, and drew their weapons.

Looking at the three people holding the machete, axe, and long sword, Ailan had already grasped the giant sword on his back with one hand, and walked in the direction where he had vaguely seen the frame of the pack beast before.

In the dark night that was whitened by the snow, the pack beasts gathered together to keep warm, as the three of them came and raised their heads one after another.

Alan glanced at them, his gaze turned away.

The first thing he thought was that the enemy's target might be a cart near the caravan beasts.

As a result, no trace of the enemy was found, and judging from the state of the pack beasts, before they arrived, the pack beasts were basically resting with their heads bowed, so ......

The shadow didn't come or leave in this direction.

Alan looked in the direction of the forest.

The caravan was stationed at the edge of a forest.

Although it is not as dense and continuous and tall as the Dragon's Nest Tree Sea, there are also many forests between the Dragon's Nest Kingdom and the Tower Kingdom.

Of course, it is more important to maintain the source of fire for wood.

Maybe it's because of the dryads or other elf-related races, the trees here are sparser than the sea of trees.

There are also some low, significantly smaller trees with no leaves left, only bare trunks and branches.

However, there are some tall trees that retain leaves that are close to needle-like or have leaves straight down.

Such trees make the snow that originally reflected the moonlight much darker.

Alan didn't lean in.

Although there have been countless adventurers in these areas, monster beasts have been hunted again and again, and there are no monsters or beasts that are too powerful, and because of the arrival of winter, most of these creatures are hidden and dormant.

But......

If he encounters an attack, such a location will undoubtedly bring him a lot of negative effects-

At least, his greatsword wasn't so nimble when he wielded it.

Deliberately choosing some routes with relatively large tree spacing, Alan walked slowly along.

The three of them followed behind him, and they also deliberately distanced themselves from each other to avoid being injured and disturbed by mistake.

However, at this time, a caravan guard suddenly spoke:

"Be careful! Lord Alan! ”

Whoosh –

At this moment, with a sound of breaking the air, a black shadow suddenly rushed out.

Before Alan heard the warning, he had already sensed the movement, but when he subconsciously dodged and protected, he suddenly found that the target of the attacker was not him at all.

On the snow in the forest, three black shadows pounced directly on the three caravan guards who were following him, and the black shadows attacking Ailan had already stopped and retreated before they could contact him-

Sheep attack!?

Alan clenched his greatsword, anticipating the moment the attack hit the air with a recoil slash, he immediately swung it out with great force, sweeping the greatsword towards the black shadow attacking the caravan guard.

Clang!

！

The echo in the forest was the crash of metal.

The weapon is like a knight's spear, but the whole is flat, like a giant sword and like a metal blade with the tip of a spear.

It was also at this moment, in the moonlight reflected by the metal, that Alan saw clearly the enemy who raised his weapon to parry—

An all-metal armor..... No, it's armor-like scales!?

The humanoid creature with scales that were almost like armor, although his facial features and body shape were almost completely covered, he could still vaguely confirm the other party's body movements, with a-

"Nest Dragons!?"

Alan let out a low cry of surprise.

It was also at this moment that he felt the movement on the other side stagnate slightly.

Really!?

However, at this moment, Alan did not hesitate, and when the blades collided, he raised his leg and kicked the other party's leg.

It's just that, at this moment, he suddenly saw something rolled around the other party's waist, as if it was part of the belt skirt armor, and threw it out—

Like a whip, the scaly tail struck Alan on the right leg that he had kicked out.

Despite the thick leather coat covering and the strengthening of his vitality, Alan felt a strong pain hit her.

The pain was severe, and Alan immediately burst out with strength.

Alan's body and arms were on top of him, and he burst out with life force.

At this moment, with the hum of the giant sword, a surging tide of life force poured out of the arm and blasted towards the enemy-

Explosive Slash!

The slashing method extended from the energy release that the knight of royal power must cultivate, although it is not a spell, but the power of the instantaneous explosion is enough to cause damage to the armor-

Rumble!

！

With a loud bang, the opponent's body was knocked out.

It's just that the distance that the other party retreated from was closer than he expected, and the scales shaped like armor showed no signs of damage.

It's just that, at this moment, the situation of the battle with his side is completely opposite-

The weak caravan guards were not even able to block the first blow when they were attacked, and at this moment, they were slashed by two other humanoid creatures armed with metal spear blades, and the attackers slashed their flesh and skin with great force, and the metal spear blades cut through their skin and flesh.

After the arm of a spear was cut off by a downward slanting blade, the blade of the spear slashed into the waist and abdomen, and the sound of the blade colliding with the bone could even be faintly heard, and when he let out a scream, the long tail covered with armor was slammed into the head like a whip.

In the abrupt screams, another caravan guard was also struck, flesh and leather jackets torn apart by the blades of their guns.

The blade of the spear slashed deep into his body, and the whole body was lifted by the huge blade that was slashed out, and swept out diagonally, turning his body into a parabola, and slamming into the tree from a distance, leaving a large blood stain on the snow.

It was at this moment that the two scaly-armored humanoids who had eliminated the enemy immediately rushed towards Alan and the third guard who had dodged a blow thanks to Alan's support.

"Ahhh

！ ”

The guard roared, raising his machete to parry the slashing blade.

But......

This time, he didn't have Ailan's help behind him.

Without hesitation, Alan chose to retreat immediately, and even deliberately used the body of this guard as his cover in the dodge action......

However, at this time, one of the attackers seemed to have been prepared, and the blade of the gun in his hand was loosened, and his body rushed towards Alan.

Although Alan didn't expect his enemy to give up his weapon, he expected it and raised his greatsword sideways with his backhand.

Clang!

The scaly claws of the knight's hand armor collided with the greatsword, causing a stirring in the forest

Crashing sounds.