In front of them, the trees and ground within a radius of five or six hundred meters had been completely destroyed, and the ground was covered with charred corpses and limbs of monsters, as well as blood.
The ground resembled a meticulously drawn picture. One fan-shaped area was filled with craters from magical explosions and charred remains from terrifying fires. Another fan-shaped area was uneven, with the corpses of monsters mixed in with the uneven ground and underground, covered by a thick layer of ice. Yet another area was littered with marks of hacking and slashing, fragments of monster limbs scattered everywhere, and on one flat surface, there were very neat cut marks. Within these fan-shaped areas, there were traces of at least two, even three, powerful spells ravaging the land.
Within this destroyed area, only a twenty-meter radius at the very center remained unaffected, still containing more than ten trees. In this unaffected area, numerous monster bones lay discarded on the ground, along with three bonfires that had been extinguished by humans.
"What kind of powerful team is camped and resting here? No wonder they dare to barbecue on the outskirts of the Monster Forest," mercenary captain Kru said with a wry smile, secretly relieved that they weren't students.
Haibo, who also breathed a sigh of relief, said, "Since there's no immediate danger, let's check things out and then head back!"
Kru nodded and personally led several mercenaries to begin the inspection, while Haibo also led the teacher and several outstanding students to begin the inspection.
After the inspection, mercenary captain Kru said to Teacher Haibo, "Judging from the integrity of the damage, these powerful spells were only cast once. Judging from the wounds on the monster corpses, the different spells in the same fan-shaped area were all cast at the same time. The battle ended instantly. There were at least fifteen high-level mages involved, and the time was last night. Judging from the direction and number of footprints, there should be more than forty people who have already gone deeper into the forest."
“This range indicates ninth-tier magic, and those huge footprints definitely don’t belong to low-level magical beasts from the outskirts of the Magical Beast Forest. They must be two or more high-level summoned beasts, hunting other magical beasts.” Haibo nodded and shared his analysis. “The magical beast riots nearby last night were probably caused by them.”
“Let’s go back,” Kru nodded and said. “These people should be a powerful mercenary team that went to hunt down high-level magical beasts or specific magical beasts.”
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"Waaah..."
Deeper into the Monster Forest, ten two-headed wolves split up and darted rapidly through the forest, howling and communicating as they hunted the monsters they had driven out, like herding sheep.
"Teacher, what are we doing?" On several trees so large that it would take several people to encircle them, two groups of students had already climbed up the trees and looked at the monsters being driven away below, asking curiously.
"This is how wolves hunt," Teacher Amy explained. "Wang Han has already discussed it with us. He will drive the second and third-tier magical beasts from the surrounding area within a few kilometers here for everyone to hunt. The second-tier and above magical beasts, the two-headed wolves, will be dealt with in advance."
"Ah!" Upon hearing this, the students were stunned for a moment, and then they excitedly looked at the magical beasts that kept darting around under the big tree. Sure enough, following Wang Han was not only the safest, but also the most rewarding. The magical beasts darting around below were all second and third-tier magical beasts, and there were quite a few of them.
The students didn't notice the worry in Amy's eyes. Wang Han had already started training Angie, and the rest of the month wouldn't be easy for these students. They would be facing monsters that were not just second or third tier. Although no one would die, they would definitely be covered in wounds. Wang Han also had healing-type summoned beasts, so the rest of the month would be tough.
Time ticked by, and the howls of the two-headed wolf grew closer. Under the tree, some magical beasts had nowhere to escape and could only dart around the tree.
"Awooo..." A huge figure leaped out of the forest, appearing before the students and blocking the fleeing monster. It was a two-headed wolf.
"Rustling..." The leaves rustled, and the remaining two-headed wolves leaped out from other places, surrounding the rampaging monsters in front of the tree.
Under the big tree, two frogs the size of houses suddenly appeared, driving away some of the monsters that were getting close to the tree, making room for the students to come down.
“We can begin now. I’ll be watching,” Wang Han said to An Qi.
“Teacher, Wang Han said we can start now, and he will help keep an eye on things,” Anqi relayed to the two teachers.
"Students, climb down the tree, the hunt begins!" Hearing this, Amy and the female warrior nodded together. All the students began to climb down from the tree in a flurry, forming the previously agreed-upon formation: warriors at the front, archers and thieves in the second row, and mages in the third. They formed an arc and joined the encirclement.
Seeing that the students were ready, Wang Han jumped onto the head of one of the frogs. The two frogs, knowing what to do, immediately jumped back a little.
"Awoo..." The other two-headed wolves howled in unison, took a step forward, and growled fiercely at the surrounded monsters.
Forced by the two-headed wolf, the monsters could only retreat continuously.
"Magicians, prepare your magic! Archers, thieves, prepare for rescue!"
Seeing that everything was ready, Amy gave a loud command. The two two-headed wolves on the side of the big tree also made way, giving their positions to the students.
The monsters immediately discovered the weak point in the encirclement that had been blocked by the students.
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