An arrow shot towards them at an incredibly fast speed!

One of the Ranger scouts tried to dodge, but found that the arrow had hit his shoulder.

Suddenly there was a scream!

"ah!"

At the same time.

A damage number [-2672! ] appeared above his head.

The Ranger scout cried out in surprise.

"Damn it! We've been discovered!"

"Hurry up!"

However, at this moment, the second arrow was shot.

call out!

【-2744! 】

An equally exaggerated damage number appeared, and another Ranger scout was forced out.

There was confusion in their eyes.

"Damn it! How did we get exposed?"

"Who is attacking us? Isn't the speed of this arrow too fast?"

What they didn't know was that the one who launched the attack was Renis, who was on duty in the first half of the night.

Her [Hunting Eyes] can see through hidden existences.

So at a glance, he saw the two people standing on the city wall, acting stealthily.

At the same time, the stealth status of the two Ranger scouts was broken.

The elemental arrow towers and frost arrow towers throughout the territory also discovered the enemy and quickly began to aim and attack.

“Swish! Swish!”

There were sounds of arrows breaking through the air.

Assam and others also discovered the fighting.

He immediately drew out the King's Glaive and shouted, "There are enemies!"

"Everyone, alert!"

At the same time, Cao Xing and Liu Muxue, who were sleeping, were instantly awakened by the fighting outside.

The two looked at each other.

A trace of doubt flashed through Cao Xing's mind.

"Hmm? Someone approached the territory, triggering a counterattack from Asam and the others?"

"Is it an icebrood monster? Or a beast in the snow?"

When he saw the battle information, his pupils suddenly shrank.

[Your territory member: Renis Eagle Eye caused 2672 damage to the Ranger Scout lv28.]

[Your territory member: Renis Eagle Eye caused 2744 damage to the Ranger Scout lv27.]

[Your territory building: Intermediate Elemental Arrow Tower caused 481 damage to the Ranger Scout lv28.]

…

"Damn it! It's a Ranger!"

Hearing Cao Xing's voice, Liu Muxue also realized the seriousness of the matter.

The two of them quickly put on their clothes and rushed out of the lord's cabin.

As soon as he came out, he saw Renis on the city wall, fighting in close combat with two dark shadows.

However, as an archer, she is not good at direct combat.

Two dark shadows quickly broke free from Renis's hands, then jumped off the city wall, as if trying to escape.

Cao Xing rushed over quickly and shouted, "Stop them, we can't let these two guys get away!"

At this moment, Assam has jumped out of the city wall, holding the king's battle blade, and madly chasing these rangers!

However, a dark shadow moved faster than him.

It was Sarah.

This dark elf assassin now displayed unparalleled speed.

Like an invisible wind, he quickly came to the edge of the city wall, then kicked off with both feet and jumped over.

Then, Cao Xing heard the sound of metal collision and the screams of the Ranger scouts.

Cao Xing and Liu Muxue looked at each other and said, "Let's go over there quickly!"

The two of them quickly reached the city wall.

Then we saw Sarah frantically attacking the two Ranger scouts, slowing them down.

Renis and Assam were also hurrying away.

After seeing this scene, Cao Xing breathed a sigh of relief.

Because the opponent that Sarah is targeting, unless his level is much higher than Sarah's, has no possibility of escaping from her.

Cao Xing also quickly scanned the attributes of the two rangers.

【Ranger Scout】

[Level: Level 27 (Level 3 Elite)]

[Health value: 7621/14230]

[Attack power: 1165~1193]

[Skills: Stealth, Smoke Bomb, Grease Your Feet]

【Talent: None】

…

【Ranger Scout】

[Level: Level 28 (Level 3 Elite)]

[Health value: 7442/15120]

【Attack power: 1187~1205】

[Skills: Stealth, Smoke Bomb, Swift Cut]

【Talent: None】

…

Cao Xing breathed a sigh of relief. They were just two level three elites.

Moreover, their health has been reduced to less than half by Sarah and Renis.

At this moment, a host of doubts flashed through Cao Xing's mind.

Why would these rangers sneak into their own territory in the middle of the night?

Could it be that my killing of the white-robed priest in the Witch Forest today was exposed?

Also, how did your position get exposed?

Could it be that the Church of Light already knows that I am against them and wants to get rid of me?

More and more doubts arise in my mind.

Sarah watched as the health of the two Ranger scouts was being whittled down.

Cao Xing shook his head and put these thoughts aside.

Then he quickly gave the order: "Asam, Renis, go over and hold back these two ranger scouts."

"Sarah, don't kill them, just beat them half to death."

After receiving Cao Xing's order, Sarah stopped attacking and continued to disarm them with Shadow Blade.

After all, her attack power was too high, and if she wasn't careful she could kill the two Ranger scouts instantly.

At the same time, Assam and Renis also arrived.

Swish! Swish!

The King's Battle Blade swept past with golden sword energy.

【-1874】

【-1854】

【-1923】

【-1891】

High injury figures appeared one after another.

The two ranger scouts were suppressed by three generals under Cao Xing.

After a while, their legs were chopped into a bloody mess by Assam, and they fell directly to the snow.

Cao Xing and Liu Muxue had already come to the side of the two ranger scouts.

I took a look at the condition of these two guys.

[Status: bleeding, dying, broken bones...]

The two men seemed to want to struggle, but were knocked unconscious by Assam's sword.

Cao Xing nodded, "Very good, now they can't escape."

Then, he took out two [Ancient Vines] from his backpack and looked at Assam and said.

"Tie these two guys up!"

After hearing Cao Xing's order, Assam directly used ancient vines to tie up the two ranger scouts!

Then, Cao Xing quickly ordered, "Sarah, follow the route of these two scouts and quickly conduct a counter-reconnaissance!"

"By the way, remember to erase all your footprints when you come back."

Cao Xing wanted to confirm what was going on.

How did these rangers discover his territory and whether he was exposed.

This way he can come up with a response.

After receiving Cao Xing's order, Sarah did not hesitate at all and quickly followed the route of the two rangers in the snow and walked into the vast snowstorm.

She knew she had to act quickly.

It is still snowing lightly in the sky now, and the traces on the snow will be covered up in a short while.

After a while, Sarah disappeared from Cao Xing's sight.

Cao Xing and Assam also brought the two dying ranger scouts back to the territory.

At the same time.

Andrew, Braum, Hilda and others were also awakened by the noise of the battle.

Including little Elisa, Ellie also quickly came out of the lord's hut and looked at the outside world with vigilance.

These fighters all maintained a high level of vigilance.

After seeing the two Ranger scouts tied up on the back of the Frostwolf, everyone frowned.

Cao Xing said, "Don't worry, I've asked Sarah to go out and investigate."

"Assam, keep these two guys in another basement and let Lab and the others interrogate them."

"By the way, tell Lab and the others."

"We can use some extreme measures to make them speak up as soon as possible."

Cao Xing quickly issued a series of instructions.

"As you command, Lord!"

After Assam finished speaking, he dragged the two dying Ranger scouts away.

…

In the second half of the night, Cao Xing and others remained vigilant.

Even little Elisa and Ellie were not sleepy at all and insisted on staying up all night.

Cao Xing didn't say much. After all, with their current physical condition, not resting for a night wouldn't have much of an impact.

Time passes quietly...

Cao Xing waited quietly for Sarah to come back.

During this period, ice nests fell down two or three times.

But because Cao Xing's mind is now focused on the Church of Light, he has no time to care about these ice nest monsters.

Let Renis directly shoot and explode these ice nests from a long distance.

It was around two or three in the morning.

A figure silently climbed over the city wall and appeared in front of Cao Xing.

It was Sarah.

A look of joy appeared in Cao Xing's eyes, and he walked over quickly.

Sarah came in front of Cao Xing, then knelt on one knee and reported quickly.

"My Lord, I followed your instructions and followed the footprints of these hunters for more than ten kilometers until they disappeared completely beside a large rift valley."

"During this period, I found that they also stopped by the territories of several Chosen Lords, but did not go in. It seemed that they were looking for something."

Cao Xing listened and thought quickly based on the information provided by Sarah.

These rangers are looking for something.

Now it seems that I am looking for myself.

However, they were not sure of their location, so they observed each survivor's territory.

Thinking of this, Cao Xing finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Because this shows that they have not been completely exposed yet!

At least, these two ranger scouts have not sent back the message yet, and the other rangers don't know their location.

This gives Cao Xing a lot of room to maneuver.

Thinking of this, Cao Xing said, "Okay, let's all go and rest, and just leave two people on duty."

Little Elisa was about to say that she would continue to be on duty.

But Cao Xing said seriously: "This is also an order."

After hearing this, everyone stopped talking.

After all, in this territory, Cao Xing's orders are everything.

They gradually dispersed.

Hilda, Ilena, and a team of Ascalon soldiers were left on guard.

Cao Xing also returned to the lord's cabin with Liu Muxue.

They continued to sleep for several hours.

And because of Cao Xing's suggestion.

The boar warriors including Lab and Raphael began to shift their firepower and began to torture the two Ranger scouts!

In the basement, the screams of the rangers continued to be heard all night long.

…

The next day...

A system prompt appears.

[Survivors please note that you have passed the fourth day of the official period. The power of the dragon is gradually recovering. The monsters hatched in the ice nest are about to break through to the second level. Please speed up the development process.

[Weather forecast: The snow has stopped today, it is suitable to go out and develop your territory, please pay attention to the snow on the ground...]

After seeing the prompt, they both opened their eyes at the same time.

Cao Xing pondered: "Is the Ice Nest Monster about to break through to the second level?"

The transition from level one to level two is a watershed. After all, a 100% increase in all attributes is no joke.

Cao Xing took a look and found that the levels of the survivors in Area 174 were between Level 7 and Level 11, and only a small number of them had broken through to the second level.

If the low-level survivors don't speed up and catch up, it may be more difficult to deal with.

However, with the [Dragon Shop], they can exchange for primary power hearts at any time, so it is relatively easy to break through.

However, these are not what Cao Xing needs to worry about.

What he was more worried about was the threat from the Church of Illumination.

"Get up, Muxue, let's go check on those rangers."

Liu Muxue nodded slightly.

The two of them simply washed up and quickly walked out of the lord's cabin.

After arriving outside the lord's cabin, Cao Xing instructed Cao Yi, Da Zhuang and others to continue mining resources and sorting ores as they did yesterday.

As for the polar man Duan, let him continue to upgrade various buildings.

After arranging these staff members, Cao Xing and his team went straight to one of the basements.

Cao Xing asked Da Zhuang and his men to dig several basements under the territory, which were originally intended to be used to store food and alcohol.

As a result, it now seems to have become his dungeon.

…

In the dim basement, Cao Xing saw four figures.

Two of them are boar warriors, and the other two are ranger scouts captured last night.

At this moment, the wild boar warriors all stared with bloodshot eyes.

When they saw Cao Xing coming, they greeted him respectfully, "Good morning, Lord, and good morning, Madam Lord."

Cao Xing nodded and looked at the scene in the basement.

Two Ranger scouts were lying on the ground, barely breathing.

There was also a lot of blood nearby.

It was obvious that they had suffered a lot last night, with knife wounds all over their bodies.

This scene even made Liu Muxue next to her frown slightly.

But she didn't think much about it, because she knew that if she didn't let the two ranger scouts speak, then the safety of their territory would be threatened.

Cao Xing asked, "So, these two guys still won't talk?"

Rab replied, "Yes, my Lord, they are all very stubborn and have been severely brainwashed."

Cao Xing didn't say anything, but went straight to one of the ranger scouts and took off the mask on his face, revealing the face of a middle-aged man.

"Tell me, who sent you here to invade my territory?"

"If you answer my question properly, I might spare your life."

However, the Ranger scout looked at Cao Xing with bloodshot eyes and said frantically: "You heretics, don't even think of making me say anything!"

"Just wait for me. The will of the God of Light is about to come, and you will all be punished!"

Rab said, "My Lord, these guys are like this. Their minds are full of their God of Light and they are unwilling to say anything."

Cao Xing nodded, and after trying again, he found that there was really no way to pry open the guy's mouth.

For a while, I was at a loss as to what to do.

He wondered how he could get these fanatical cultists to talk.

And at this moment, Cao Xing suddenly had an idea!

A beautiful figure appeared in his mind.

He remembered that the new member Isabel had a skill called [Confession].

It can make a being whose spirit is about to collapse repent and control the other party's thoughts.

I don't know, can [Confession] pry open the ranger's mouth?

Cao Xing decided to give it a try, so he looked at Liu Muxue.

"Mu Xue, you don't have to stay here. Go and call Isabel over for me."

Hearing this, Liu Muxue nodded and quickly left the basement.

After a while, Isabel, wearing a long white gauze dress and emitting holy light, walked down slowly.

Seeing the scene in the basement, Isabel's brows slightly frowned.

"My Lord... We shouldn't use such cruel methods on prisoners..."

Cao Xing shook his head and said, "Isabelle, what if I tell you that these people are not good people, they are cultists."

"Is it the same organization as the Dark Cult of your time?"

Since Cao Xing had read her character introduction, he also had a general idea of ​​Isabel's life experience.

Upon hearing the words "Dark Cult", this woman who was as holy as a goddess suddenly changed her expression.

Her pupils gradually turned blood red, and a terrifying murderous intent emanated from her body!

Not only that, but the holy light power on her body gradually disappeared, and Cao Xing even saw waves of dark aura on her body...

Isabel's aura was rapidly rising, even approaching the level of the Duke of Palatine.

The two boar warriors on the field were suppressed by the aura that Isabel released instantly!

"Huh? What's going on?" Cao Xing was surprised.

At the same time, he quickly glanced at Isabel's panel.

【Dark Witch: Isabelle Magic Sound】

【Level: ???】

【Attributes: ???】

【Skill:???】

【Talent: ???】

…

"Turtle...the Holy Light Priest turned into a Dark Witch?" Cao Xing was surprised.

And at this moment, Isabel quickly returned to her original appearance.

The dark aura on her body dissipated, and the power of holy light appeared on her body at the same time.

Then, she looked at Cao Xing with an apologetic look on her face: "Lord, please forgive my misbehavior. Isabel expresses her sincere apologies to you!"

Cao Xing waved his hands and didn't care.

Through that scene just now, he seemed to have discovered the secret of his new member.

But Cao Xing didn't say much. The most important thing now was to get the ranger scout to speak.

I can wait and learn more about Isabel's secrets later.

At this time, Isabel looked at the two Ranger scouts on the ground and said, "Lord, you did the right thing."

"There is no need to show any mercy to these crazy cultists. They are just a bunch of lunatics full of sin!"

Cao Xing nodded. "You are right, Isabel."

"And this is why I called you here."

"They seemed to want to do something bad to us, but I couldn't get them to open their mouths."

"I know you have a confession technique, so I want you to try it."

At this moment, Isabel also understood what Cao Xing meant.

She said solemnly, "I understand, Lord."

"However, the success rate of confession is not high. But these two cultists seem to be on the verge of collapse, so we can give it a try."

Cao Xing was delighted when he heard this, "Very good, let's get started!"

Isabel listened without any hesitation.

She raised her staff and began to sing: "God said, there is darkness in your heart, and it was revealed by the light..."

"Remember from where you have fallen, you who are full of sins, and repent and do the first works..."

As Isabel chanted, a holy light appeared on her staff.

The two Ranger scouts fell to the ground and gritted their teeth, "Hmph! Don't even think about getting any information out of us!"

"The high priest will definitely come to save us!"

However, Isabel ignored it.

A beam of holy light fell into the head of one of the Ranger scouts.

There was a struggling look in his eyes, as if he was trying hard to fight against something.

Before long, the blood color in the ranger scout's eyes disappeared, and he gradually became confused.

He shook his head and his eyes became confused.

The next moment, the ranger scout slowly knelt in front of Isabel, put his head on the ground, and spoke devoutly.

"I am guilty..."

"The God of Light is nothing, and I have been committing murder for this empty belief..."

"I have sinned deeply..."

This scene stunned everyone present.

Even the boar warrior next to him looked at Isabel with fear.

Oh my god! It directly made some fanatical cultists change their beliefs. This [Confession] is too scary!

…

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