Thick clouds obscured the stars and the moon, and the night was dark and silent.
In the darkness, the fist-sized flame of the torch brought a faint light, and the group of people riding horses were particularly conspicuous in the night.
Perhaps out of fear of danger, Sidney and Ika led the knights to act collectively and patrol the edge of the village of Selley.
After confirming that the monster had night vision, Shao Qi didn't dare to follow too closely and stayed far behind the main group. The night vision goggles of the interstellar era also had the function of a telescope, so he could see clearly even from a distance.
Most of the night passed quickly and nothing happened.
In the second half of the night, around 1 a.m., probably because there was no situation and they relaxed their vigilance, the entire team split into two teams of dozens of people.
Sidney and Ika each led their troops into two groups.
Sidney led a team of knights to the Nihong River, while the village chief Ika, who also led a team of knights, headed towards the mountains and forests northeast of the village.
Who are you following?
This is a problem.
Since the bearded monster they encountered in the early morning was also heading towards the mountains, Shao Qi decisively chose to follow the village chief Ika and his group.
Village chief Ika and his group headed in the opposite direction of the village, going further and further away, and soon entered the deep mountains.
Although the village chief Ika and his group stopped and walked, looking like they were conducting a serious search and patrol, after following them for such a long distance, Shao Qi's professional instinct told him that something was wrong.
Something is wrong!
This feels like it was intentional...
With a focused gaze, Shao Qi suddenly came to a conclusion: he was exposed!
Although he thought he was cautious enough and that even a veteran scout would not be able to detect him following him, he was wrong. He could not look at monsters from the perspective of an ordinary person.
Monsters have unknown means that humans cannot.
When thinking of this possibility, Shao Qi was completely certain that there was something wrong with the village chief Ika, and even with this entire team of people!
As for their purpose, it is most likely to lure him away!
A strategy to lure the tiger away from the mountain.
There will be a big action tonight, and the location of the action is obviously the village. The biggest possibility is: the monsters have given up their hiding policy and are going to take direct action!
In order to confirm his guess, Shao Qi gave up following, turned around quickly, and ran quickly towards the village.
As Shao Qi ran, Ika in front of him sensed it and immediately yelled, "Stop him!"
Following Ika's roar, the ten accompanying knights immediately threw away the torches in their hands and dismounted from their horses.
When they fell from their horses to the ground, the knights' appearance changed drastically, as if they were splashed with a layer of the thickest ink, and each of them turned pitch black, looking neither human nor animal.
The horses, sensing danger, began to neigh in fear and began to run around in all directions.
"Chase! Don't let him get away!" Ika, the only one who remained in human form, yelled, "Kill him, kill him quickly!"
Dozens of black half-human, half-beast creatures instantly leaped out, running on all fours, and quickly chased after Shao Qi...
On the bank of the Nihong River, Sidney and his group were riding horses and strolling by the Nihong River. Suddenly, Sidney, the leader, stopped his horse, raised his hand and made a stop gesture.
The knights behind him all stopped.
"Jeremy, is there something there? Go and take a look." Sidney pointed to a place not far ahead and instructed the Knight Commander who was standing beside him.
Although he was a little frightened, out of chivalry, Jeremy had to act bravely, pulled the reins, and stepped forward to take a closer look.
Just as the horse took a few steps, a long sword pierced through from behind, stabbing a hole in Jeremy.
"Ah!" Jeremy couldn't help but let out a scream. Almost at the same time, two more screams came from behind.
Turning around with difficulty, Jeremy's face, twisted by the pain, looked at Sidney, the owner of the sword, with astonishment and shock, "You, you..."
With an expressionless face, Sidney pulled back his sword with force.
Jeremy only had time to let out one last scream before he fell into complete darkness, his body tilted and he fell off the horse.
Behind them, the sound of two heavy objects falling to the ground was heard again.
Like Jeremy, the other two knights also left this world with horror on their faces.
Without saying a word, Sidney dismounted and walked a few steps to Jeremy's body. The thick shadow under Sidney seemed to have solidified and covered Jeremy's body like a black cloth.
Then, Jeremy's body trembled slightly, and a faint chewing sound came from the darkness.
Click, click...
About a minute later, only a few pieces of torn clothes and scattered bloodstains remained in the darkness.
Sidney burped with a look of satisfaction and stood there. After a few seconds, the satisfied look on his face turned into a constipated face, as if he was pooping very hard.
After exerting force like that for more than ten seconds, Sidney regained his composure as the shadow beneath him suddenly grew larger.
Taking a step, Sidney walked towards the next body.
Eat it.
'shit'.
Eat it.
'shit'.
After cleaning up the scene, Sidney, with his huge black shadow like a big umbrella, once again mounted his horse, with an excited and bloodthirsty look on his face, and shouted, "Do it!"
At a command, a group of people rode their horses towards the village.
…
Gail was one of the knights who came for Lin Xiaoman's bounty. Tonight, Ika assigned him a night patrol mission. In his group was Zat, one of the old knights who came with Sidney.
It was already late at night, and Gale couldn't help feeling sleepy. He held the torch in one hand and covered his mouth with the other hand as he yawned.
Just when he thought the surroundings were safe and yawned with his mouth wide open and eyes closed, a cold sword pierced his chest.
His expression was frozen, and Gale's closed eyes could never be opened again.
Zat, the teammate who had done the dirty work, drew out his greatsword expressionlessly and kicked over his body.
Frowning at the torches scattered on the ground, Zat dug some soil with his sword and directly extinguished the burning flames.
It wasn't just this place. The shadow demons hiding in the village attacked almost at the same time, and several unsuspecting patrolmen were killed with just one blow.
In several houses, several "villagers" who were originally asleep opened their eyes, picked up the hidden weapons, and killed their relatives in the houses.
…
"ah!"
A scream of extreme terror broke the silent night.
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