The layout of Heisong Town is different from other places.
It is an ordinary small town with many accesses to different directions. A road runs through the whole town and the buildings are built along the road, lined up in rows.
Black Pine Town is more like a fortress than a city.
Surrounding the town was a tall wall with pointed wooden spikes on top. Under the thick wooden boards, rangers in leather armor were stationed at the gate and on the high towers, looking as if they were ready for war.
This is a small town located on the edge of the Black Forest, which can be considered the deepest place where ordinary humans live in the Black Forest.
Lu Ban could see the older men working. They were cutting down trees from the Black Forest, making lumber and shipping it out. There were also people drying animal skins, dried meat, and various herbs. This place looked more like a temporary outpost than a living town.
"There are not people here all year round. People only stay here when it is relatively safe. In two days, they will leave and return to the outside of the Black Forest."
Birmingham explained.
"Why don't they live outside the Black Forest? It would be safer that way, right?"
Lu Ban couldn't help but ask.
"This used to be outside the Black Forest..."
Birmingham's voice deepened.
"The Black Forest is alive. Every magic tide is an expansion of the Black Forest. Trees will grow in places swept by the magic tide and eventually become part of the Black Forest. This is why we have to resist the magic tide."
"In other words, this town was originally a small town outside the Black Forest. Later, due to the arrival of the demonic tide, it was gradually swallowed up by the forest..."
Lu Ban suddenly understood something.
It seems that this is the true way of pollution in the Kingdom of Night.
When the blood moon comes, the demon tide will slaughter humans and pollute the land. The Black Forest will take the opportunity to expand, covering the earth like a fungal blanket. Perhaps this foreign land was originally a normal planet, and the Black Forest was only a small part of it. But with the repeated invasion of the demon tide, the Black Forest eventually covered most of the land. When the Black Forest completely occupies the last inch of pure land, the Kingdom of Night will also fall into eternal night.
He looked back at the deep forest. Perhaps it used to be farmland, a school, or a home.
But now, it's all bad land.
This is why the Country of Darkness needs to resist the demonic tide. Avoiding the demonic tide and letting the residents retreat to a place beyond its influence is indeed a solution, but it will inevitably lead to the loss of the land and eventually a place with nowhere to retreat.
"Peace survives when it is sought through struggle, but it dies when it is sought through compromise."
Lu Ban sighed.
"Well said!"
When Birmingham heard Lu Ban's words, his eyes widened, with a feeling of relief that "he is worthy of being my little brother".
"If everyone can have your awareness, then there is no need to worry about the demonic tide destroying us, because even if one of me falls, there are still thousands of me left."
"Is there anyone who is still unwilling to resist the demonic tide?"
Lu Ban understood the meaning of Birmingham's words.
"Many people do not have an intuitive understanding of the Black Forest. They think it is just a monster. They are in the safe inland and have lost their sense of crisis."
Although he is young, Birmingham seems to be concerned about the country and the people and is very ambitious.
As for the Ku Shui Town where Lu Ban had been before, the people of the Hai family were stupid, ignorant and numb. Now it seemed that the safe environment there might have allowed cults to flourish.
Faced with internal and external troubles, the Kingdom of Night is in danger.
Lu Ban saw that the commander and a magician were communicating with the person in charge of Heishong Town.
"You must leave here immediately and head to the Black Castle. The red moon will rise soon and the demonic tide will arrive. It will become even colder here and there will be more monsters. With your weapons, you will not be able to defend yourself at all."
The commander spoke to the person in charge of Black Pine Town in an imperative tone.
"We will evacuate tonight. We still have the last batch of materials to load. These rangers will also go to Black Castle with us."
The steward pointed to the herbs and animal skins that had not yet been put away, and the wood that had not yet been processed.
"This time the demonic tide is eternal darkness. The magical infection will reach the front lines tonight. There is no time to lose."
A wizard looked at the patch of sky revealed among the trees and said solemnly.
"Eternal Darkness? Isn't the Demonic Tide Frost?"
Lu Ban asked subconsciously.
Hearing Lu Ban's words, the mage looked over strangely.
"Who told you that?"
The wizard, the commander, and the manager of Black Pine Town were all staring at Lu Ban.
Birmingham was speechless, but after a moment of hesitation, he still stood in front of Lu Ban.
"Maybe he just has a confused memory..."
"Get out of the way."
The wizard said something that completely paralyzed Birmingham, who couldn't even utter a word.
The wizard looked at Lu Ban. The man had deep blue eyes and seemed to be about the same age as Lu Ban.
"According to the observation of the Observation Center, this demonic tide is eternal darkness, the sixth of the twelve demonic tides. When eternal darkness comes, the whole world will fall into darkness without light. If you stay in the darkness for too long, you will be devoured by the monsters."
The wizard's words made the others look fearful. The devil's tide sometimes occurred once a year, sometimes several times a year, and in recent years, there were at least three times a year. The veterans among the rangers had experienced many devil's tides and naturally knew how terrifying each devil's tide was.
"What about Frost?"
Lu Ban was not afraid. He had never seen it before anyway, so he just treated it as a scientific explanation.
"Frost is the third demonic tide, dominated by the winter wolf. The howl of the leader wolf announces the arrival of the demonic tide. In the frost, the temperature will drop below freezing. The low temperature alone will kill most creatures. The breath of the winter wolf can even destroy most barriers."
The wizard explained in vivid detail, causing many people to stop what they were doing and come over to listen.
"According to the observations of the Observation Center, a large area of long nights has appeared in the west of Black Castle. This is a sign of the coming of eternal darkness. As for the frost, the current temperature is far from reaching the severe winter when the frost is about to arrive."
He took out the map and could see that most of the map was the Black Forest, one part of which was circled, and the locations of the Black Castle Fortress and Black Pine Town could also be seen.
This is already deep in the Black Forest, and only the shadow of the city can be seen at the edge of the map.
Just looking at the intricate forest is enough to make one feel suffocated. This is a world where humans are far weaker than monsters.
"The monster we hunted before..."
Lu Ban thought of the gray wolf with six legs and four eyes.
"These monsters are everywhere in the Black Forest. Maybe because the long night covered the Black Forest, they fled from their original habitats."
The wizard explained.
"I see."
Lu Ban nodded.
Although he still felt that the voice he heard in [The Madman's Knowledge] was not false, perhaps the frost was hidden in the darkness.
On the other side, the mage looked at Lu Ban who was leaving and gave the commander a look.
"I'm going to ask the Gray Tower for the observation data for the past year. Maybe this demonic tide is really unprecedented."
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