A Guide to Becoming a God Starting from a Monastery

The scattered people began to join the temporary teams.

There was a temporary team ahead, led not by an outsider but a local native named Harald.

Apart from anything else, his identity as a local indigenous person was attractive enough to allow him to easily form a temporary team.

After all, in this situation, "familiarity with the environment" is a huge advantage.

Thomas noticed that this local man was probably only of average ability.

He is not elite.

Perhaps he wasn't even a top-tier fighter, only an average one. His footwork was messy, and even if he had practiced, it looked like it was just a crude technique.

But it’s hard to say.

After all, it's not a real fight, so no one knows how strong or weak the other party is.

At the beginning, the distance between the teams was small, but as time went on, the distance became larger and larger.

Many times, you can only be sure that you are not out of the group by "seeing" rather than "hearing".

Thomas seemed to have joined this team without realizing it.

And thus got a new name "One-eyed Dragon".

The density of the boreal coniferous forest is not very high, but it also blocks the view.

Fortunately, it was spring, the snakes and insects were dormant, and most of the bushes and vines in the forest had withered. Otherwise, I would have encountered much more trouble along the way.

"One-eyed man, follow me!" Harald shouted from the front.

Thomas then realized that the entire temporary team was gathered here.

"Everyone, make a decision. Should we continue in this direction and follow them, or change direction?" Harald said.

"If you go this way, you'll be following Robin..."

"Of course there are fewer dangers, but if there are any real benefits, it certainly won't be the biggest one."

Everyone looked at each other and exchanged glances at the same time.

"Change the direction."

Seeing that nothing happened for so long, everyone chose to turn in other directions.

The purpose of taking risks here is to make money.

And to put it bluntly, if everyone can come here, they must have some confidence in their abilities.

They all believe that even if they can't win, they can at least run away.

If someone looked down from the sky, they could see that the group entering the forest was dispersing at a uniform speed.

The mercenary team is the main force and maintains the relatively densest formation, but due to the limitations of the forest environment, its speed cannot be fast.

Other teams, big and small, were much faster.

Gradually distanced themselves from the Swiss mercenary team.

Different teams dispersed in different directions, searching and spreading out along the way.

Harald held the axe in his hand and looked around vigilantly, not daring to let his guard down at all.

He wasn't particularly strong, but he had been a mercenary and adventurer for many years. What had kept him alive for so long was his unwavering vigilance and meticulousness.

"Captain, why are you so nervous?" a nearby team member said with a lighthearted laugh. "There are so many of us. And the enemy is really strong. We don't even need to fight. All we need to do is spot the monster and blow the whistle to retreat. What's there to be afraid of?"

"Also, from investigating the tribe, we know that the forest monsters have a pattern in their attacks. At this point in time, there's a high probability that they're hibernating."

"It's been like this for many years, I've become accustomed to it." Harald shook his head with emotion.

They prepared long-range weapons and had no intention of engaging in close combat with the monster from the beginning.

Simply put, it means attacking with long-range means and retreating if unsuccessful, rather than using swords, spears, and axes.

Although this "Dark Forest" is called the Dark Forest, the lighting conditions are actually not too bad. After all, it is a boreal coniferous forest.

The range of observation by the eyes is usually around thirty meters.

What they really need to do is avoid specific terrains where giant beasts may be hiding.

For example, pits, caves, crypts and the like.

But there is no such terrain around right now.

In other words, this area is a safe zone. Even if monsters rush out, there is enough room to retreat.

"I told you not to walk slowly here, hurry up and go over there. The hill ahead is where you really need to be careful..."

Suddenly a scream was heard in the distance.

Everyone in the team was stunned and quickly turned to look in the direction of the sound.

"How can it be……"

Then there was a second scream, followed by a sharp whistle. However, the whistle lasted only a short time, and it was almost snuffed out in an instant.

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Chapter 264 Adventurer 4

Everyone was in shock and confusion, and everyone's eyes were focused on the temporary captain, Harald.

"Let's go! Let's take a look!" Harald was silent for a while and made a decision.

If you want to claim the bounty, you can't run away.

Some people want to claim the big reward, which means eliminating the remnants of the past, so the danger is naturally great.

But some people just want to get a small reward, that is, just the reward for finding clues, which is much less dangerous.

However, if you can't even explain what happened, you won't be able to receive the reward.

"Wait!" said Thomas.

Harald stopped and glanced sideways at Thomas.

"That group just now... was also a group, probably no less than ten people," Thomas analyzed. "I remember they were well-equipped. They had muskets, too."

"What do you want to say?" Harald asked disdainfully.

"I mean, if they didn't even get a chance to blow a whistle, only half a whistle... then the enemy's strength must be beyond their ability to resist," Thomas said. "Facing such an enemy, it's not appropriate for us to charge straight in like this. We should retreat and reunite with the main force, then we can fight."

Retreating is not cowardice, but a correct assessment of strength and choosing the most correct and most likely to win way of fighting.

"It seems you've lost not only an eye, but also half your courage!" Harald said contemptuously. "If you're afraid of danger, then why are we here?"

Thomas looked around.

Harald's previous statement was a simple moral blackmail, but people in this era just fall for it.

"Forget it, I won't waste my time arguing with you." Harald sneered. "Yes," he said to one of his old partners. "I want to go over and see! What's your choice?"

"Of course I'll go too!" said the young man named Ken without hesitation.

"Let's go! Cowards don't need to follow us!" Harald turned and left.

Everyone quickened their pace and rushed towards the direction where they had just heard the sound.

Only Thomas didn't catch up.

Of course, this time it wasn't as easy as before. I had to hold all the weapons I could get my hands on just in case.

Not long after they left, the team saw another team.

In other words, another team that has been completely wiped out.

Several bodies were scattered around, but the most eye-catching one was a figure nailed to a tree.

No, that's not a tree...that's a monster that looks very similar to a tree.

Yes, this is a tree man...or rather, an evil tree man.

It is two or three times the height of a human, and its overall body structure is human-shaped, but it is as identical as a tree.

Everyone was horrified as they watched the monster pull a hand out of the human's chest.

It was a hard and sharp hand, with five fingers that were no less sharp than a blade when put together, easily piercing through the simple armor on the victim.

Blood gushed out from the wound, covering a large area of ​​tree trunks and grass.

This man was the one who had blown the whistle. Of course, he couldn't blow the whistle now. Even the whistle had fallen from his body and landed in a hole in the ground.

"That's it! The remnant of the old times!"

"It turns out this guy has been hiding and waiting for us!"

"Run! Run away!" Someone immediately shouted and started shooting.

But as expected, the bullet hit the other person without any reaction, not even a spot could be seen.

Muskets, swords or scimitars are of no use against this kind of monster.

Not to mention the moving evil tree man, even the immovable trees next to it cannot be cut down with your sword.

When everyone saw this monster, they already understood.

This kind of evil tree man hiding in the forest is really hard to guard against, it's a natural camouflage.

Once attacked at close range and hindered, even a team of more than ten people can be easily wiped out.

Moreover, judging from the steps the evil tree man took just now, this thing is extremely fast.

Those who don’t know how to use their body skills will probably be caught up before they can run far.

"Why are you running? It's just a monster like this, there's nothing to be afraid of! We've prepared kerosene!"

Harald roared and rushed towards the monster with his axe.

After his demonstration, the other two people also plucked up the courage, took out kerosene bags from their pockets, lit them, and quickly approached from the other two sides, intending to throw them at the monster on the head.

Fire is a great danger to most beasts or monsters.

The first step for mankind to conquer barbarism was to master fire.

There were two muffled sounds.

The kerosene bag hit nothing, landing in the clearing in the forest. It continued to burn on a pile of unmelted snow, but it was no longer meaningful.

"Kerosene! Everyone, bring out the kerosene!" someone shouted in horror, while searching for his equipment.

The evil tree man took a step forward and stomped on one of them. However, the other person was unable to dodge and was hit directly by the kick.

Although the tree man is thin, his weight is by no means small.

This kick directly crushed the man to pieces, and the crisp sound of broken bones was terrifying.

Ken rushed forward, weapon drawn.

His weapon was a two-handed battle axe suitable for chopping down trees.

He swung his axe and was about to go around behind the evil tree man to cooperate with Harald to attack from both sides.

In this way, regardless of whether you can win or not, at least it gives others the opportunity to throw kerosene correctly.

After taking only two steps, he was shocked to find that Harald, who had just rushed up, had disappeared.

But he had already found a chance to run away.

puff!

There was a sound of armor breaking, and the evil tree man had already struck from a distance, piercing Ken's waist.

Its arms are different from those of humans. They are more like branches, with different lengths and great disparity in length.

I used to use shorter arms, but now I use longer arms.

With one successful strike, he swung the weapon and a body flew out, lying motionless on the ground.

The others lost the courage to fight and turned to run, but the evil tree people immediately gave chase.

He is faster than humans because he has long legs and can cover a long distance with one step.

Soon, most of Harald's troops were dead.