Needless to say, even the emir, who had always been calm and calm, was shocked when he heard the word demon.

The first time he heard about the demons was in the storybook left by his father, it was said that they were mysterious creatures that suddenly appeared on this continent hundreds of years ago, they are all bloodthirsty beasts, although there are many more other creatures on the continent than humans, but monsters only attack humans, and even if they kill humans, they will not eat, but tear the corpse to pieces, and seem to have a bitter hatred for humans.

In addition, some monsters seem to have intelligence no less than that of humans, and there are even records in the book of monsters talking like humans, but until now, the emir thought that the demons were just apocryphal stories, but he didn't expect it to come out of the mouth of the village chief now.

"No, village chief, you're too good at joking, we're not three-year-olds." Grea was clearly not convinced.

But the emir knew that the village chief, who had always been serious, would not joke, and Sain, who was standing on the side, should also understand this, so his expression was also solemn.

"Hahahaha, village chief, these little kids don't believe it, and you still want to hide it from them for the time being." The soldier said with a mocking face, "Don't think I don't know why you are walking so fast, you are just worried that these little kids will ask you about it on the way, and then run back out of fear when they learn the truth, so you want to get to the place where the army is stationed quickly, right?" ”

The "......" village chief did not speak, and it seemed that he acquiesced.

"But what's the result, people don't believe it, but when you're joking, hmph, if you want me to say it, it's better to tell them the truth as soon as possible, and then give it to me whether you believe it or not, if you want to escape, just deal with it as a deserter." The soldier flashed his spear as he spoke.

"Don't, don't." The village chief hurriedly persuaded him.

"Village chief, is what this person said true?" A teenager asked, his face full of horror, but not because he had heard of the existence of demons, but because he understood the soldier's words, and if he didn't go, he would be executed on the spot as a deserter.

"Don't worry, you'll be fine with me," the village chief comforted him, and then patiently explained, "The demons do exist, they were defeated by humans once hundreds of years ago, but now they are back again, they are the first to invade our region this time, but fortunately, there are local lords Lord Cresti here, but there are too many monsters, and they attack from all directions, even the wise and martial Lord Cresti is not skilled, so the army needs a large number of people." ”

"Will we be sent to the front, then?" The boy asked again.

"Thinking too much," the soldier blurted out, "you're not qualified enough, and we're not bad enough to send you inexperienced recruits to the front to die." ”

"Yes, you are going to the logistics department of the army, and as for what you are going to do, you will only know when you arrive."

"I see." Hearing the village chief say this, the minors all breathed a sigh of relief.

But Sain was not very happy, and the Emile understood that he must have been disappointed that he could not go to the front immediately, and of course, the Emile himself.

Although the demon clan sounds terrifying, his greatest ambition is to join the army like his father and then make a career on the battlefield.

He also thought that as long as he improved his fame, he might be able to meet his father again one day.

But now it seems that this kind of goal is not easy to achieve, and the emir can only hope that after arriving in the army, he will really have the opportunity to go to war, as Sain said.

"Okay, you guys should have rested enough, right?"

The village chief reminded those present, but his gaze remained on the soldier, who also noticed the gaze and stood up from the ground with some embarrassment.

"Get rested." The five minors spoke in unison, and after listening to the village chief's words, they were all relieved.

Emir and the others also hurriedly filled the stream with water in the kettle, and the group was ready to hit the road.

However, the emir suddenly sensed that something was wrong, they were now in the forest halfway up the mountainside, but they did not hear the birds.

The emir, who has lived here since childhood, is very familiar with the situation in the mountains, and everywhere the forests are inhabited by a large number of birds, and there are many varieties.

But at this moment, Emir did not hear a single bird's call, he only felt that the sound of the stream was very loud, and if it were not for the extremely quiet environment, this would not normally happen.

"Could it be that the birds are scared away by something?"

Puzzled, the emir wanted to report the incident to the village chief, but after taking a look at the reactions of the others, he realized that they had all noticed.

Then, from the depths of the forest, there was a sudden foul smell, a very strange smell, like a strong fishy smell, like the smell of rotting corpses, in short, disgusting.

"What's going on?"

The soldier asked, but no one answered him, as everyone else wondered what it smelled like.

"Guys, cover your mouth and nose!" The village chief soon realized the seriousness of the matter.

Although it is not yet known whether this gas is poisonous or not, the experienced village chief still made the most reasonable judgment.

Before the village chief could remind everyone, Emir, Sain, and Grea had already prepared for protection, covering their mouths and noses with strips of cloth, and the rest of the people did the same.

"Sir, there may be a dangerous situation, you have weapons, quickly protect the recruits behind you." The village chief hastened to remind the soldiers.

"Huh? Are you teaching me to do things? Why should I. Instead of doing so, the soldiers hid behind several minors.

"Cut!" Even the always honest Sain showed a look of disdain.

"Give me the spear, and I'll protect you." The village chief said again.

"Okay, okay." The soldier handed over his weapon.

Immediately afterwards, the village chief was alert to the direction where the smell was wafting, and at the same time signaled everyone to retreat immediately.

However, the stench became stronger and stronger, and everyone present had a hunch that something that emitted it was approaching them.

Sure enough, Emir saw a tall figure appear in the upper reaches of the stream, which was almost as tall as two adults, but unusually thin and looked like a huge skeleton.

As the thing got closer, the crowd began to see its appearance.

"It's a monster!" The village chief was shocked.

"What, what!" The soldier was instantly frightened.

However, one of the ten recruits was undaunted and eager to try, and that was none other than Sain.

"Just in time, village chief, give me the spear, and let me meet it." Sain moved his wrist and pinched the bones in his hand with a loud sound.

"Idiot!" The village chief, who is usually kind and kind, suddenly scolded angrily, "Your family handed you over to me, but I didn't let you go to death!" ”

"But that's the purpose of my joining the army, otherwise even if I am killed, I will not come." Instead of retreating, Sain walked in front of the crowd, "Village Chief...... Uncle, if you want me to die defenselessly at the monster's feet, keep holding that spear. ”

At this moment, Emile was completely moved by Sain's behavior, he had always thought that Sain was just a pampered, simple-minded guy who would only take everything for granted, but he was also inspired by the fact that the other party was so brave.

"Tsk, you boy who doesn't know whether to live or die! Why don't you take my word for it! ”

"......" Cyne ignored the village chief's words and continued to walk towards the monster, which was even more excited, and a large amount of viscous liquid flowed out of its mouth.

Only then did the emir realize that it was the liquid that was emitting a foul smell, and there was no one of the same kind of monster nearby, so this guy must have been hiding here by accident and then smelling the breath of a human being.

Seeing that Sain had no idea of retreating, the village chief himself did not dare to really fight the monster, so he finally threw the spear to Sain.

"Hmph, look at me, if you can't deal with this kind of guy, let alone make a career on the battlefield." Sain clenched his spear and took a deep breath.

The tall monster didn't pay any attention to him, but rolled its two bulging eyes and turned its gaze to the five minors, as if the children were more to its taste.

The clash was on the verge of erupting, and in the next moment, the monster's powerful hind limbs slammed into the ground, lunging down on the crumbling children, and Seon saw the moment to thrust the spear forward with all his strength.

"Huh!"

Sain closed his eyes tightly until the touch of a stab in his hand did not open them, only to see that the spear accurately stabbed the fragile throat of the monster, and a large amount of green blood poured out like a fountain, and even the stream next to it was dyed green for a while.

Sain continued to push and stir the spear, repeating it several times before drawing it, and the monster seemed to have lost its life and collapsed weakly in the stream.

"Oooh-oh-"

Everyone was stunned for a few seconds, and finally understood that the danger was lifted, and they all cheered.

Only Sain kept panting, and the hand holding the spear was still trembling, and it was impossible not to be afraid, but he did it anyway.

"Sain, I was right." The village chief's joy was palpable, and he completely forgot about the obstruction he had just made to Sain.

“…… Is it? Did I really do it? ”

Sain finally relaxed after listening to the village chief's words, and suddenly, a strong sense of confidence arose.

However, the next scene made everyone panic again, only to see that the monster's corpse kept sinking when it came into contact with the stream.

Everyone wondered, this stream was not deep, and the body of the monster was so big, how could it sink to the bottom of the water and disappear?

Later, they realized that the monster's body was dissolving, and the stream was like a corrosive one, breaking it down.

"W-what's going on?" The village chief was amazed.

However, at this moment, a sharp claw coldly stretched out of the stream and pointed directly at the village chief's back.

Sain witnessed this scene and wanted to remind the village chief, but it was too late, and the sharp claws penetrated the village chief's body in an instant.

"What...... Whatever! The village chief looked at his abdomen in disbelief.

"No!"

Sain raised his spear and slammed it at the claw, but the claw quickly burrowed into the stream and vanished.

"Don't, leave me alone, run!" The village chief shouted with the last of his strength, and then fell into the water.

The change happened in an instant, and the others didn't react for a moment.

"Don't be stunned, listen to your village chief, run." The soldier pulled the others back.

"Damn! Unforgivable! Theon gripped his spear again and rushed to where the claws had gone.

"Sain, don't be impulsive," Emir quickly grabbed him, "The enemy is very cunning, and he hid immediately after he succeeded, and the enemy is secret, and you will ...... if you don't do it."

"......" Sain glanced at Emir coldly, as if he was dissatisfied with his words, but after a few seconds of thought, he decided to listen to Emir's opinion, after all, he is not the kind of person who is rash.

The crowd kept retreating, and finally they simply ran in the forest, trying to get out of that place as much as possible, and after about ten minutes, they didn't stop until they couldn't run anymore.

The soldier was very tired at the beginning, but now he had been running like this for more than ten minutes, and his mouth was already dry, and he noticed that there was also a stream here, which must be a tributary of the stream just now, so he fell into it and drank it without thinking about it.

Unexpectedly, a sharp claw appeared in the water again, instantly hooked the soldier's neck, and then pulled violently, dragging him into the water.

Since the creek was not deep, the soldier was not completely submerged by the water, but the claw pierced his stomach as it had done with the village chief.

The others were exhausted and panting, and were sitting on the ground resting, so they didn't notice the soldiers going to drink until they heard the screams of the soldiers, and they looked in the direction of the stream.

"Come ......" Sain was about to say to help, only to find that the soldier's body had gone limp, apparently without a life reaction.

"Guys, get away from that stream!"

The emir understood something, and hastened to tell everyone that if he were a normal person, he would definitely think carefully about his words when talking to many people, but the current situation did not allow him to do that.

"Yes, the village chief and this guy were both killed next to the stream." Sain figured it out, too.

The others remained unmoved by the emir's words, and all looked at Sain until they heard him say the same and then retreated away from the stream.

But one of the children slowed down, and the terrifying claw reached out from the water again and dragged him away.

"Help! Help me! ”

The boy cried out in despair, but to no avail, in that case it was too late for anyone else to save him.

The emir couldn't bear to watch the child die tragically, but after all, he was powerless and could only run with the rest of the people again.

They had no idea how long they had been running, and finally they were exhausted before they stopped, and this time they made sure there were no more tributaries of the creek around.

After a while, they were almost all rested, and everyone began to discuss countermeasures at the suggestion of Sain, after all, they still had to hurry.

"How? Emir, do you have any clue? ”

As a matter of course, Sain asks Emir, as he notices that Emir is the first to notice that there is a problem with the stream, and that it has also stopped him from getting carried away by his anger.

"Well, I know what to do with that thing......"