The Nagaryth wilderness in winter is slightly more desolate than the eternal summer in the inner ring kingdom of Ulthuan.

The whole forest looks a little lifeless, and everything in the world seems to have fallen into a deep sleep in winter. Only the occasional passing birds will stir up a bit of life.

Because it was a combat mission, the civilians accompanying the army were armed and stationed in the military camp with the two remaining companies (one ordinary company and one archer company). At the same time, they received the subsequent supplies sent from Tal-Zhoder and sent the baggage teams to the front. In the hands of large troops.

The remaining two thousand soldiers (the cavalry had already set off first) carried enough supplies for three days and walked into the forest in a long snake formation.

"This forest close to the Anulli Mountains gives people a really bad feeling..."

Not long after entering the forest, Carter felt uncomfortable.

"Sigh, there is nothing we can do about it becoming like this due to the erosion of chaotic creatures in winter."

As the legions gradually penetrated into the forest, the appearance of the forest gradually distorted and mutated from the appearance of ordinary dead trees. The trunks and branches of many trees turned gray and brown. Under the influence of chaotic energy, the wildly proliferating trees continued to spread and became entangled. The roots even covered the ground, and the roots grew one after another shocking knots.

The erosion and mutation caused by more than ten days of chaotic energy to nature will take no less than five years to be healed by nature, even if all the chaotic creatures entrenched in it are eliminated.

The goal this time is very clear, which is to destroy the largest gathering point of chaos in the forest.

After losing several men, the knights of the cavalry company finally scouted the location of this gathering place.

I don’t know how these chaotic creatures did it. In just over ten days, they penetrated dozens of kilometers into the forest and almost reached the foot of the Annuli Mountains, where they established a filthy altar and simple structures. Camp.

Under the influence of chaotic energy, the world has become different from the normal world, becoming as weird as the legendary subspace.

This information was originally a military secret. Who knows who leaked it and it was known to all the soldiers in the army.

A feeling of uneasiness began to spread among the legion.

The terrifying subspace has only existed in legends, and no one has seen it with their own eyes. Therefore, everyone has their own guesses and conjectures about the origin of this demon.

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"Legion Commander, the atmosphere in the team is not good. Many people are beginning to show nervousness."

"It is normal for soldiers to be afraid, but it should not be turned into fear of the enemy."

Aris Anar, who was riding a horse on a hill and watched the troops advance like a long snake, also felt helpless at this situation.

"Tell everyone when we set up camp tonight that we are not alone. Anlek has also sent 5,000 reinforcements and powerful mages to support us. According to the latest news, they are only one day's journey behind us."

"Is that so? I didn't receive any notification of this before departure."

"This is the news I got after contacting Tar-Anlek with the magic crystal this morning."

"Then this is great, indeed exciting news! Where shall we meet?"

"They will advance along our route, and they are expected to reach our camp tonight. I will immediately formulate my order and send messengers to convey it to the remaining troops to inform them of the arrival of the Tal-Anlek reinforcements. The leader is' Princess Cadrina, prepare the remaining troops and logistics personnel to receive them."

"yes!"

When Aris's deputy heard the order, he immediately pulled the reins and urged the horse to go forward to carry out the order.

Aris Annar, who stayed where he was, continued to watch the marching team for a while, and then left the hill with his personal guards and returned to the team.

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The lightly-armed team formed a long snake formation in the forest.

Carter's troops were just in the center of this long snake formation.

Although I have tried to lighten my load as much as possible and left all unnecessary equipment at the camp, the burden is still not light.

The fallen leaves are more than one meter thick. Every step you take, you can pick up withered fallen leaves, and you can also see some strange things from time to time, the remains of some kind of animal after peeling, and it is not known how long it has been left there to rot.

The fruit will burst open when you step on it, releasing a touching flavor.

Not to mention Carter's mood when he saw a terrifying face carving on an ancient tree. He almost couldn't help but spray out a fire escape to purify it.

After suppressing the momentary panic in his heart, Carter breathed a sigh of relief and continued to observe the surrounding situation.

The habit he developed after getting the Sharingan allowed him to observe his surroundings all day long when he had nothing to do.

However, there is nothing interesting to see in this forest. Apart from the trees that have become a little weird, the only thing worth complaining about is the unpleasant smell of decay in the air.

"Captain, it's so weird here. The deeper we go, the more uneasy we feel inside, as if something is observing me."

Lillian, the youngest female elf in the team, complained with some fear.

"What are you afraid of? If any lackeys of Chaos dare to come out, we will use the weapons in our hands to treat them to a feast."

Benedikt, who just joined the team, showed his personality vividly within a few days.

This is a typical young man who has never been severely beaten by society. He does have some ability. He often speaks arrogantly, making the veterans in the same company grin.

"=.="

Rolling her eyes, Lilian ignored him and just silently squeezed between Lucana and Lena.

Carter, who just smiled, ignored their conversation.

Carter, who was marching, suddenly frowned and looked at a strange pile of fallen leaves more than ten meters away.

From a distance, it looked like just an ordinary pile of fallen leaves, but out of the corner of his eye, Carter seemed to see it move.

In order to make sure that he was not hallucinating, Carter turned his head and looked at the grass. At the same time, he opened his Sharingan while no one was paying attention.

The powerful dynamic vision and the special pupil power that can observe the body's energy allowed Carter to see things under the fallen leaves.

【It's a beastman!】

The special ability of the Sharingan, in addition to enhancing dynamic vision and performing illusions, can also achieve clairvoyance to a certain extent.

Because there is energy flowing in any living thing, even chaotic creatures, the beastman hiding under the pile of leaves was extremely unlucky, and Carter saw the trick. After turning on the Sharingan to determine what was under the pile of leaves,

, Carter immediately looked away from the pile of fallen leaves and looked around.

As a result, he was shocked when he saw it. There were a lot of life reactions in his eyes, and there were actually motionless beastmen hidden everywhere!

【It was an ambush!】

After realizing this, Carter knew there was no time to hesitate. It seemed that the entire army had walked into their ambush.

It was too late to notify Aragorn and report the matter further. It was too late.

We must strike first before the ambush beastmen take action, and find a way to notify everyone!

As soon as he thought about this, Carter took out the short thorn from his waist that was used to pierce the gaps in the plate armor, and threw it out with a flick of his wrist.

"Poof!"

"Roar!"

The beastman, who was stabbed in one eye, couldn't help but scream in severe pain, and jumped out from the pile of leaves where he was hiding with a battle ax in hand.

After hitting the target, Carter took a deep breath and shouted at the top of his voice:
Chapter completed!