After retreating from the iron gate of Guangluo Town, Ferick led the hunting team all the way west until he was sure that the mercenaries had not chased out, and he stopped.

He chose a rather secret forest as the cover for the hunting team, so that he could see clearly the movements of Guanglu Town and ensure that the hunters would not be exposed. After everything was arranged, he began to count the number of people and check the injured.

Tuba walked towards him angrily, holding two bloody axes in his hand.

"Ferric"

Tuba shouted at his name as if he was about to rush up and cut off Ferik's head. "Why let's retreat I can obviously defeat Arisha and end the battle completely."

Ferick was not afraid of Tuba's anger at all. He knew Tuba and knew that Tuba would not cut the axe at his friend. While checking the wounded at his hand, he replied: "The situation is not good. Have you not seen the Warriors in golden armor?"

"snort"

Tuba cut off axe heavily at a large pine tree in front of Ferick. The wood chips flew, and the pine tree immediately fell down. "As long as I can take Alisha, I will not dare to act rashly."

Ferick said calmly: "The Warriors are Alisha's team, but they are not just obedient to Alisha. When the Pterodactyl group attacked us, Alisha did not give them orders, but they took the initiative to attack. This shows that in addition to Alisha, there is another person who can command the Warriors. Moreover, this person's position in the hearts of the Warriors is even better than Alisha."

"who?"

Tuba's eyes widened, "Solinghan?"

Tuba shook his head, "I'm afraid even Thorinhan will listen to that person's orders."

“This is impossible.”

Tuba shook his head and said, "I know that old guy Thorinhan better than anyone else. He is a high-level hero living here and a master-level forging master. If you want him to bow down and surrender, you must at least be a person with the same status as Arisha's father."

Ferick sighed, "Perhaps higher than the old mayor's status."

"Are you kidding?"

Tuba couldn't help but lick the lips that came from his head. He could not imagine that a small light fell into the town would have a greater person than Arisha's father. "It's higher than the old mayor? How is this possible?

"It's very likely."

Ferick looked at the lights flashing in the distance, "Did you notice the flagpole in the square?"

Tuba looked up and said, "It's dark, you can't see anything."

He was suddenly shocked, "Is it the flag of a certain knight's order?" If there were indeed a knight's order, then Ferric's decision to retreat would be very wise. Mercenaries were just a mob, and the knight's order was the real warrior, which was impossible to match by these mountain farmers.

Ferick frowned slightly and said worriedly: "It's not the group flag, it's the dragon."

"Flag? What kind of flag?"

Tuba opened his mouth wide and didn't say anything for a long time. He wanted to refute Ferick's words and wanted to tell that there were no dragons ten thousand years ago, let alone hanging the dragon head. He also wanted to say that this was an illusion created by Arisha on purpose, a psychological tactic, but he couldn't say a word.

He remembered the white gold armor on Ailisha, which emitted a pale yellow luster in the darkness, and the warriors. They were originally no different from the hunting team. They were just ordinary residents of Guangluo Town, but now, each of the Warriors was wearing golden armor and holding golden spears. If they hadn't killed a giant dragon and obtained the dragon's treasure, how could they have such equipment?

"Dragon Slayer..." Tuba felt that he was about to lose breath.

Ferrick saw through Tuba’s thoughts at this moment, shook his head and sighed: “So, we must retreat.”

Tuba's face was covered in flesh and blood, "What should we do with our relatives? Do you just give up like this?

"No--"

Ferick curled his lips, gathered his eyes again on Tuba's face, and said firmly: "We attack at dawn."

"attack?"

Tuba asked in surprise. He thought Ferick retreated to save his life. After all, there was a great person in Guangluo Town, and no one wanted to offend the Dragon Slaying Warrior.

Ferick said calmly: "Yes, before the sun rises, it is the most sleepy time for people. We will regain our energy here. When dawn comes, we will attack Guangluo Town again. This time, their defense will definitely be worse than last time. As for the dragon slayer, no matter how powerful it is, there will be no time to react. As long as we quickly control Alisha, they will have to release our loved ones."

A flame rose in Tuba's eyes, "Okay"

He held Ferick's hand tightly, "I knew you would not leave us, nor our relatives." Now, he finally understood Ferick's good intentions to ask them to retreat.

He looked back at the members of the hunting team. They were all leaning on the big tree tiredly. Most of them hugged their weapons and fell asleep curled up. The place is too close to the town of Light and cannot make fires. Once there are fireworks, they will be discovered by the mercenaries on the arrow tower immediately. Therefore, these thin-dressed hunters can only bear it silently.

Thick frost was gradually invading, and Tuba could even feel the grey weeds shattering under his feet.

His eyes turned red, "I'm sorry for these hunting members."

Ferick patted Tuba on the shoulder and comforted him, "Don't say that, it's not your fault. We all willingly follow you. You will definitely help us save the monks."

In his eyes, although Tuba was reckless, he valued friendship and could listen to different opinions, which was very important.

Tuba's rather sad Ferrik said: "Sometimes, I think you are more suitable to be a leader than me. If I die, the hunting team will be handed over to you..."

"Shut up Tuba"

Ferick lowered his voice and said angrily: "Shut up and don't say such unlucky words."

At this moment, a hoarse scream deep in the woods interrupted their conversation.

"What's the sound?" Ferick asked with a frown. Several hunters woke up, and they stood up and listened.

Tuba pulled the axe from the stake, "I have been hunting in the whispering forest for so long, and I have never heard such a beast cry."

"It's not like the sound of a beast, not even the sound of an evil beast-"

Ferick listened carefully for a while, but the strange roar disappeared. He did not dare to be careless and said to a hunter who had already woken up: "Wake up everyone and count the number of people."

Tuba immediately issued an order, and the tired hunters were woken up from their sleep and reluctantly supported themselves. Tuba stood at the forefront, gathering his fighting spirit, ready to face the upcoming danger.

Ferik has seen such a scene countless times. Tuba is a great hunter, and he has never missed the prey he is targeting. But this time it is a little different. This time, they cannot see monsters, and monsters can see them. They are the preys he is targeting.

Ferick vaguely sensed some hidden uneasiness. He was also an old hunter, and he was already fearless in the face of this mysterious whispering forest. But it was different tonight. The scream he heard had never heard before.

The hunter who was responsible for counting the number of people rushed over. It was not difficult to see from the man's blue face that it must have brought bad news.

"We're missing one person." The hunter said panting.

"You're not counting wrong?" Tuba asked.

"Absolutely," the man replied firmly: "The missing person is the secret whistle we arranged in the woods."

"Did you find blood?" Ferick asked with a frown.

The hunter shook his head, "No blood, no trace of fighting, as if it suddenly disappeared."

Tuba licked his lips anxiously, "Can it be him..."

He wanted to ask, could it be that hunter who ran away? But these hunters are brothers who followed him through life and death, so how could they run away at this time?

As they were talking, a hunter's scream came from not far away. When they followed the sound, there were only frosted leaves. The shadows of the trees were blowing by the gloomy wind, like hideous living creatures.

"What the hell is this?" Tuba tightened the axe in his hand.

Ferrik shouted to the hunter: "Let everyone gather together, hurry, let everyone be next to each other, don't disperse"

Several hunters in the distance received orders and moved their injured bodies with difficulty and moved closer to them.

Suddenly, a shadow hit one of the hunters. Before the hunter could shout, he disappeared.

All the hunters were stunned by the scene that happened in front of them. Ferick felt his heart frozen in his chest. He had never seen such a strange scene before. The first thing he thought of was to comfort other hunters. He tried his best to find suitable words, but in vain.

"Draw out your weapons and prepare for battle" Tuba shouted loudly.

This is the role of the leader. Ferick finally breathed a sigh of relief and his heart resumed beating. In terms of wisdom, he might be smarter than Tuba, but in terms of courage, Tuba is much better than him. The more crisis comes, Tuba can always control the overall situation. This is something Ferick can't do.

After hearing Tuba's orders, the hunters' minds calmed down a little. They drew their weapons one after another and looked at the unknown darkness vigilantly.

"Hiss-" A creepy scream seemed to be right in the hunters' ears.

As soon as the roar ended, a long tongue came quickly above their heads - it was a soul-torn beast. After two days of rest, its injuries had recovered and finally could come out to find food again.

A hunter was dragged to the tree without any defense.

“On the above”

Tuba swung his axe and "archery"

Dozens of arrows with red fighting spirit flew towards the soul-torn beast at the same time, but they had no effect in front of its agile and agile figure.

The soul-torn beast jumped down from the tree, tore the chest of the hunter in front of him with one claw, and then, the new life long tongue was thrown out to the side, wrapping up the neck of another hunter, and pulling him off.

The hot blood was steaming in the cold air and dripped onto the ground full of frost, red like fire.
Chapter completed!