Chai Anping ran and jumped all the way, and then fought his way out of the herd of beasts.
Without the medicine to drive them, the beasts quickly fell into cannibalism. Chai Anping's astonishing murderous aura (mainly due to the effect of the medicine replicated by alchemical magic) scared off 80% of the beasts.
"Tsk... I don't know what those guys used."
The team in front had already rushed out an unknown distance. Fortunately, the traces of Picker's path were not too obvious, and Chai Anping pursued them all the way.
"They should stop when they find that the herd is no longer pursuing them, right?"
He drove forward for some distance and finally vaguely saw a few erratic flames moving slowly.
"Finally caught up."
He took a breath and speeded up again to catch up with the team.
"I'm back!"
He jumped out of the tree, glanced at Partridge and Quinn, and finally chose to stay on the branch.
"The war mason who drove the beasts away has been killed by me." He told everyone: "The beasts have started killing each other without the medicine to drive them. They should not be able to catch up!"
"stop!"
Quinn looked up and saw a lot of blood on Chai Anping's cloak, but there were no injuries on his body.
"ox!"
Needham turned his horse around and gave him a thumbs up.
"Since there is no danger, we should all dismount and confirm the position before giving the next instructions!" Quinn dismounted first, patted the horse whose hooves were bleeding, and took out the map to draw.
"Pickle and Dobbin, go check around and see if there are any obvious markers." She whispered: "Gracie, take the time to rest. I'm not sure whether you want to stay here at night."
"good."
Chai Anping, who had indeed spent a lot of effort, took a few long breaths, took a water bag from his horse, took a few sips, and then went to a corner to rest.
Needham and Partridge were taking care of the frightened horses. They had just galloped in such a complicated terrain. Almost all the horses were injured, and some even had their horseshoes fallen off.
Quinn put his little finger in his mouth and blew a weird whistle. Soon, Valoro circled down from the sky in response to the sound.
"What a shame!"
"Be good!" Quinn soothed Valor, who was wary of the smell of blood for a while, and asked him to hide in the canopy of the tree to warn everyone.
There was a ready fire source with torches, and soon a fire was lit.
"team leader!"
The two members of the field army searched efficiently and quickly found the control point on the map and confirmed the place where everyone fled in a panic.
"This is where we should be."
Pickle looked a bit ugly and drew a dot on the map: "We ran sideways and have deviated too far from the planned route. If we want to climb directly up the Owendale Mountains from here, the difficulty will increase several times."
The steep cliff wasn't visible on the map, but Quinn was troubled when they plotted the location.
"We can't go this way." She shook her head: "Let's walk back for a while and then climb up."
"……Can."
…
…
Partridge, who had calmed the horse, looked at Chai Anping, who was resting with his eyes closed, with a look of disgust on his face, but it was an unmitigated fact that he saved his life. Although he was a playboy, he was not yet a white-eyed wolf.
.
He walked to Chai Anping's side and forcibly suppressed his dissatisfaction: "Thank you tonight."
"Well..." Chai Anping gave him a funny look: "We are all teammates, no need to."
"...I won't cause trouble for you during this operation, but I will challenge you to a duel when I get back!"
"Ha-" Chai Anping blinked noncommittally: "Let's talk about it when we get back."
Chai Anping closed his eyes again. Although there were signs of reconciliation with Partridge, he knew very well that this was not a wake-up call for the playboy, but just gratitude, so what he said... didn't need to be taken too seriously.
He rested for a while, and then Quinn called everyone to gather in front of the fire.
"Tomorrow we must rush to the garrison point of the Fearless Pioneer Battalion and submit a secret letter, so the task will be very heavy. Especially since Partridge's supplies are missing, we need to go to the military camp to replenish them in time."
"The pot is gone as well." Needham nodded and added.
Partridge's face was a bit ugly, but he didn't say anything. Who asked him to pack his things a step slower than others... but ended up in the end!
How annoying!
"We don't know if there are any war masons secretly targeting us. In order to prevent another incident of wild beasts charging into the camp, we have to move the location at night without making fire or riding horses."
"Do you want the horse to stay here?" Chai Anping said with some reluctance.
"That's right." Quinn nodded: "If nothing happens, they will know how to go down the mountain tomorrow. If something happens, they can also divert our attention."
"Understood."
Chai Anping sighed softly. Although he was reluctant to part with the mount he had been riding for two days, he had no objections.
"Quickly pack up the supplies and backpack, we will set off in a quarter of an hour."
Everyone stuffed the things on horseback into their big backpacks and carried them on their backs. At this time, Partridge looked a little miserable. Apart from his cloak and sword, he had nothing else. It really made everyone cry.
Only then did Chai Anping realize what the purpose of this thick cloak was... Tsk, it seems like we can watch the poor aristocratic young man sleeping with his cloak rolled up at night?
The remaining five quickly packed their bags. Chai Anping patted the big horse's neck, wishing it could see the sun tomorrow with emotion.
"Let's go."
Quinn, who has excellent eyesight and hearing, took the lead, followed closely by bodyguard Chai Anping, and the rest followed in turn.
Chai Anping began to secretly use his alchemical magic power to copy a potion that could enhance vision and apply it to himself. Soon his vision in the darkness was greatly broadened.
Quinn's sense of direction was very good, and even in the dark, he still found the intended resting place.
"This is it."
She whispered, various insects were chirping in the nearby jungle, and there were also slightly glowing mayflies and plants. It seemed that she had arrived at an area rich in magic power.
The mountain wind blowing in the middle of the night was already biting. Even wearing winter clothes, I could still feel a bit of coldness. Perhaps only Pickle, a monster who had taken the eighth-level body refining potion, could ignore it.
"No fire, according to the original arrangement, Pickle and Dobbin will keep vigil in the second half of the night." Quinn motioned for everyone to rest directly on a small piece of grass in front.
"I'll keep vigil with Deputy Captain Pickle!" Partridge, who didn't have a sleeping bag, volunteered with a slight twitch in his mouth.
"Well……"
Quinn and Pickle looked at each other in the dark, and then smiled slightly: "Okay, Dobbin can rest."
Duobin, who usually had to take care of his subordinates, was filled with emotion when he heard this... Being in a high-ranking team is so comfortable, just like a child during the Chinese New Year, he will always be given preferential treatment.
Comfortable!
"Yes!" He immediately accepted the order.
Chai Anping, who was tired because he had no chance to see the noble young master sleeping wrapped in his robe, had already got into his sleeping bag and began to snore.
After a while, Quinn dragged his sleeping bag and lay down next to him. In the quiet space, he joked in a voice that only two people could hear:
"Inspector, do you think I should tell Miss Crown Guard what happened tonight after I get back?"
"call……"
At this moment, Chai Anping's snoring stopped suddenly.
"I fell asleep and I couldn't hear what you said."