Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 158 Military Camps Scattered Throughout the Mountainside and Valley

The adventurer team from Hessen Territory was not in a good condition at the moment. They all had wounds on their bodies, but the druid did not dare to use psychic power to heal them.

Even when they took out medicine to wipe the wound, they had to be very careful so as not to make any noise.

What forced them into such a miserable state was the large number of harpies and gnolls outside.

These monsters were completely overwhelming when they passed through the cleared west side of the Blood Pine Forest and arrived near the center of the Blood Pine Forest. The harpies built their nests in the caves on the cliffs, serving as sentinels for the entire Green Dragon Legion, guarding against any invaders approaching the central mountains of the forest.

The gnolls act as hounds for the Green Dragon's followers, tracking them wherever they go by following the scent.

Originally, the group's infiltration was very smooth. They climbed through the forest, crossed the mountains, and quickly advanced into the blood pine forest.

Until they encountered a hill in a canyon that they couldn't climb over!

They had no choice but to try to climb over it, but the nearly twenty-meter-high earthen hill suddenly rose from the ground, and a large amount of rubble, soil and trees on the mountain collapsed and fell.

They then realized that this was not a hill with lush green grass, but a forest giant sitting there with his back bent!

Under the influence of the green dragon's breath, its body is extremely tall, holding an ancient tree more than 30 meters long, sweeping across a forest,

This earth-shaking sound awakened the entire Green Dragon Legion.

A large number of gnolls rushed out of their camp, roaring. These were creatures of the forest, evil, cruel, and good at tracking.

Just by smelling it, the invader will have nowhere to escape.

They can accurately distinguish even the smell carried by the wind from miles away.

If it weren't for Ashfield's ring that could make them invisible and eliminate their aura, they would have been torn to pieces by the gnolls.

But there were also several times when they were trapped in the siege of monsters and could no longer escape. It was only thanks to the desperate fighting of the dwarf ranger and Hildurd that they were able to fight their way out.

At least eighty harpies and gnolls died at the hands of the two men, if not a hundred.

But as more and more forest giants joined in, they finally reached a dead end.

They could no longer break out. Within hundreds of miles around them, there were howling goblins and gnolls everywhere, and the night sky was filled with harpies with blood-red eyes.

The monster army has locked onto their position, and a large number of forest giants have entered the encirclement.

The rumbling sound outside was the sound of these monsters rushing around and knocking down a large number of low mountains and huge trees.

Even though they had gone far away, the team of adventurers hiding under the tree roots did not dare to make any sound.

Ashfield stuffed all kinds of food into his mouth while widening his eyes and looking outside cautiously.

He felt like he was about to die, not from being killed by a monster, but from starvation!
He ate almost all the food he brought with him.

Fandral and Hilde hadn't eaten anything for almost a day, so they gave him the most stamina-boosting food.

But even so, the halfling who was chubby at the beginning has now become skin and bones, with protruding cheekbones on his face, and looks like he is almost exhausted.

This ring is so terrifying, it seems like it wants to suck all his blood away.

Ashfield cursed the ring. It must be a greed ring made from an ogre's ribs, which kept his stomach in a state of uncontrollable hunger at all times.

He waited until the rumbling forest dwarves walked away before he stared at Hildreth and gave her a questioning look.

"Think of a solution quickly! If we keep wasting time like this, we'll be exhausted to death if we're not killed by the monsters!"

The others also looked at Hildreth nervously. This young girl had shown unparalleled bravery, wisdom and decisiveness along the way.

He impressed everyone in the group, including the stubborn and powerful dwarf ranger.

Without his command, perhaps the group would have become feces in the monster's stomach a day ago.

With everyone's attention, Hildreth took a deep breath. After confirming that the monster had gone far away, he said in a deep voice: "If we continue to passively hide like this, our condition will get worse and worse. The monster's encirclement is getting smaller and smaller. Sooner or later, we will be discovered." "So we must strike decisively!"

"Attack decisively?" Ashfield exclaimed, then quickly covered his mouth and asked in a low voice, "Are you crazy? There are only four of us. How can we attack?"

Hildurde said calmly, "Even you wouldn't dare imagine we'd take such a risky tactic, let alone the monsters. Therefore, we can no longer sneak slowly. Instead, we must advance at full speed under the protection of the ring and break through the encirclement in one fell swoop! Head for the safest place."

"The safest place?" Druid Fandral soothed the giant deer beside him. This giant deer wasn't his mount, but one he'd borrowed from the elven maiden Lunadesan, so it wasn't very well-behaved. If they weren't both elves and able to communicate with wild beasts, this giant deer wouldn't even let him ride it.

Especially now, hiding timidly under the roots of a tree protected by vines, the pride of the giant herder deer is particularly irritable.

The druid certainly wanted to rush out, but he asked doubtfully, "In this dark forest, where dangers and monsters lurk everywhere, where is the safest place?"

Hildreth decisively pointed to the highest mountain in the east of the dense forest. There were mountains and lush trees there. On the highest mountain, the crown of the oldest tree stood like a giant black umbrella, blocking out the sky and the sun.

The young green dragon, Deceitful Wings, Alyria Erebus, Green Shadow, built her nest on top of the treetops, like the crown of the entire blood pine forest, her huge shadow covering everything below.

"Dragons are greedy, so when they're asleep, they're most afraid of other creatures breaking into their lairs and stealing their treasures. Therefore, I suspect they must have raised a large number of hounds beneath their crowns to keep an eye out for any intruders."

"The jackals that are currently surrounding us are most likely from there. They've come out in large numbers, hunting us down and frantically searching this encirclement."

"But they never expected us to suddenly break our cautious stealth and break out of the encirclement at a swift speed. The most dangerous and safest place is their lair. We can take advantage of their composure and the slackness of the kobolds in their camp. We can penetrate the entire camp and break into the dragon's lair from the most dangerous direction."

The dwarf Dogrim didn't understand such complicated tactics. He picked up the sharp two-handed axe and chopped towards Hildurde!

With a shrill scream, a large amount of blood splattered all over the sky, spraying everyone, and the two broken bodies fell heavily to the ground.

Then the dwarf's voice was heard: "Dwarves are used to being straightforward and don't understand overly complex tactics. But this straightforward tactic is very much to the dwarf's liking. The only problem is, Hirud, you have to act quickly! A group of gnolls are wandering here like hyenas!"

The ones that Doglin had just killed werewolves that attacked by surprise. These monsters were so huge that they were running around everywhere. Even if you hid in a tree hole, you might be discovered by them by accident.

Hildrede slashed with her equally sharp runeblade, its brilliant light illuminating the pitch-black night. With a single blow, she charged forward, instantly slashing down the gnoll, who had been hiding over ten meters away, gazing around with a bow and arrow. The sudden disappearance of Hildrede and his companions had alerted the gnoll.

This sudden attack startled Ashfield: "Hilde, come back quickly! If you go out, your presence will be exposed."

Hildreda slashed with her sword continuously, and a dog-headed man who was about to attack her screamed, and his spear was cut off by the blazing rune sword. Then the sharp blade continued to have the same force, and instantly cut through the dog's right shoulder, cutting it diagonally into two pieces, leaving a neat incision.

"Kill all the kobolds around here, so they can sense our presence and create the illusion that we're still here."

Dogrin laughed excitedly. He took out a large-caliber musket from his back, as thick as a bowl. "Aha! Want to make some noise? The dwarves have been wanting to let loose and have a big fight."

Before he could finish his words, a thunderous explosion sounded in the silent blood pine forest. The dog-headed man it was targeting had half of his chest shattered in an instant, a large amount of flesh splattered everywhere, and a bloody hole pierced his entire body.

Bullets of this size were simply not something the kobolds' leather armor could withstand. Even though they were strong, they weren't as ferocious as the greenskins, and they couldn't fight fearlessly even with their hearts pierced.

With the champion ranger's full firepower, the seven surrounding gnolls and dog-headed men were all executed in less than two minutes.

The sound of such intense fighting alarmed the entire forest! From all directions, the monsters howled excitedly as they roared and rushed towards them.

But the adventurer team had already left the area quickly with the blessing of the Ashfield Ring.

They even brushed past a group of kobolds charging towards them, howling with excitement. The forest giants' massive roars drowned out the sound of their horses galloping past.

To say they rode past wouldn't be quite right, as each of them had their own unique mount: Hildurde rode a horse, Fandral rode a giant herder, Ashfield rode a gray swan, and the battle dwarf rode a battle ram.

In this dense forest, Hildurde, on horseback, was the slowest. Fortunately, her riding skills were exceptional, making up for the difference in speed.

The gnolls had never expected that this team of adventurers would be so fast. They searched in the estimated direction and speed, but could not find any trace of the adventurers at all.

Hildur's strategy soon paid off, and they arrived near the mountain where the Green Crown was located faster than expected.

But when they approached the green dragon's lair and climbed over the last mountain, the scene that came into their eyes made everyone gasp!
Below the mountain, there was a vast monster tribe and military camp. Countless animal skin tents of goblins and gnolls were densely distributed on the vast land, covering the mountainside and valleys, with no end in sight.

(End of this chapter)