Swinging his sword to shake off the dirty blood, Chai Anping was thrown back to his mount. The entire team was hardly affected by the sudden appearance of the mountain ghost.
"There is no road ahead." While walking, Pickel suddenly whispered.
"Stop." Quinn dismounted and looked around with a torch, and found that several people were under a dangerous wall. The horse would definitely not be able to get up, but it was a good place to rest.
The torch turned into a strong burning fire, and the horses were tied under the rock wall to prevent them from being killed by the strange beasts of the night.
The firelight could probably illuminate three or four rows of nearby trees, and Quinn strictly prohibited everyone from moving away from the light.
Because the forest was too dense, Valor could not return to the team immediately. Of course, he might have been looking for food, but Quinn did not panic.
The cold mountain wind hit him, and Chai Anping couldn't help but tighten his cloak.
All kinds of weird noises echoed in my ears, and this time there was no sense of peace of mind under Shyvana's protection...
"Don't be nervous, Needham, just make some soup and food to warm yourself up." Quinn said calmly: "Mr. Shelley, you and I will stay vigil for the first half of the night, and leave the second half to... Pickle and Dobbin
."
Partridge waited a little eagerly for her to call his name, but when he saw that Quinn had already taken Chai Anping to clean up the nearby beasts, he could rest for the night.
Am I being targeted?!
"Sir Inspector, in fact, if you didn't jump up and draw your sword just now, my crossbow arrow was already aimed at the mountain ghost's head." Quinn winked at him mischievously: "Don't be so panicked next time."
"Ah...I understand, Captain."
Hearing the teasing tone in Quinn's words, Chai Anping smiled sheepishly.
"But his swordsmanship is very good." Quinn put her arm around his shoulders: "Come on, let's go around the camp."
"yes!"
Next, Quinn showed Chai Anping what a "marksman" is. The telescopic crossbow in her arm was pointed at where to hit. However, she basically didn't aim at the vital points. She was just driving the beast away, otherwise she would have to leave the bloody smell of the corpse.
Attract other predators.
After a while, the area became completely silent, and the efficiency was so high that the newbie Chai Anping couldn't help but smack his lips.
"Go back, the food should be almost ready."
The two returned to the simple camp. Pickle and Dobbin had cleared a large open space to prevent poisonous substances such as ants and insects from hiding under the dead leaves.
Needham's craftsmanship is indeed very good. Although he doesn't have much material, he makes it quite delicious, which relieves a lot of tiredness for everyone who has been running around for a day.
"call--"
Chai Anping leaned comfortably against the tree trunk and let out a sigh of relief.
"Everyone, please rest early."
Quinn told everyone to take a rest, then he came to Chai Anping and sat down to watch with him.
Soon, the sound of even breathing came from the sleeping bags beside the fire, and the only sound left in the camp was the crisp sound of firewood beeping and popping.
"It would be perfect if I could lie down and watch the stars at this time." Chai Anping looked at the deep crown of the tree and whispered to himself.
"Ha, Inspector Shelley still pays attention to this kind of country sentiment?"
"...To be honest, I used to be a country boy." Chai Anping glanced at Quinn quietly.
"That's it." Quinn nodded slightly: "Hey, how about we talk about Miss Crown Guard?"
"..."
"Otherwise, you think I arranged for you to stay vigil with me?" Quinn said, spreading his hands in a matter-of-fact manner.
There seemed to be someone in those sleeping bags whose breathing suddenly stopped for a moment.
Chai Anping curled his lips when he heard this: "Captain, you'd better focus on finding someone. There's nothing personal to ask."
"Don't bother!" Quinn poked him with her arm: "There's nothing to be embarrassed about."
"What about you? Captain." Chai Anping glanced at her sideways.
"I...uh, ahem! I'm on missions all year round, so how can you have such leisurely time to fall in love?"
"Aren't there a lot of good brothers in the army?" Chai Anping quietly pointed to a few sleeping bags over there: "Here, there are those who can cook, are handsome, are good at martial arts... Oh, he might be a big nobleman.
"
sleeping bag:"……"
"This is different." Quinn smiled sarcastically: "Those are all brothers."
"Isn't he delicious, Pickle?"
"...I lost my appearance." Quinn sighed regretfully.
"Both of you... shut up!" The vice-captain's closed eyelids were trembling, holding back his anger.
"Tsk..."
Partridge clutched his sleeping bag and roared in his heart, "Why the hell are you talking about Lux!"
Gan!
Among the two people who were scolded, one of them, the captain, immediately shut his mouth. Quinn smiled innocently and made a mouth shape: It turns out he is not asleep yet.
Chai Anping rolled his eyes and silently equated the woman Quinn with Kashina. She was a pretty beauty who didn't speak much, but why did she speak in awkward brogue when she spoke? What's more, what she said was easy to offend!
After that, there was silence for several hours. During this period, the two of them added firewood several times, and sleep gradually came over them.
"Xilulu..."
Chai Anping, who was already feeling a little bored and tired, suddenly heard the low roar of the war horses. He suddenly became energetic and found that the horses seemed to be tapping their hooves uneasily.
"Quinn, something's wrong."
He pointed at the horses, and Quinn immediately narrowed his eyes: "Indeed..."
Her expression suddenly changed, she lay down directly and put her ears to the ground.
"So many footsteps... a tide of beasts?!"
She exclaimed and immediately ordered Chai Anping to wake everyone up: "Pack your things immediately!"
"How could there be a sudden outbreak of beasts in the middle of the night?" Chai Anping asked in confusion while moving.
"I don't know." Quinn's face was serious: "But the sound is clearly coming in our direction, so it's always right to be careful."
"What about the horses?"
"I can't care anymore!" Quinn took off the reins of the horses and let them leave on their own.
"Roar!"
A shrill beast roar suddenly came, and everyone who was still packing their things suddenly changed their expressions - the distance was too close!
Those beasts have smelled their human scent!
"Get on your horse immediately and leave from the side!"
Throwing the sleeping bags onto the horse's back, everyone quickly got on their horses and rushed out with torches.
The fire immediately caused a series of beast roars. As the fire light loomed, countless pairs of green eyes of different sizes appeared in the jungle. Everyone couldn't help but shed cold sweat. If they hadn't discovered it in time and were surrounded, there would have been no way out...
"Hurry!"
Quinn's face was solemn and he shouted: "Get out of the encirclement first!"
The roars and hisses of various beasts behind the crowd were so intense that Partridge, who was at the end, looked panic-stricken. No one could calm down after seeing the scenes of beasts pouncing on food behind him.
"Faster!" he screamed.
Pickle at the front was flying up and down on his horse from time to time, slashing all the roadblocks with the machete in his hand. Even the wild beasts that happened to hit him would sometimes be knocked away by his punch and deviate from the route.
"Luckily it's Pickle who's leading the way!"
Chai Anping couldn't help but feel extremely happy when he saw this scene. This was already the fastest speed the team could achieve.
Quinn leaned over and turned around to continuously shoot back those extremely fast mountain ghosts, but it was only a drop in the bucket.
"Roar!"
In the distant dense forest, a middle-aged man stood quietly on a branch. Listening to the movement of the beast tide, he let out an indifferent chuckle and pointed his fingers on his chest to mourn for his companions who died today.
He caused the beast tide, and his purpose was to bury all these soldiers here!