It took Honasan some time to carefully dig the rhizomes of the Acorus calamus out of the cracks in the rocks. Even with the use of various delicate tools such as a shovel, tweezers, and a file, there was still not a single scratch left on the rhizomes.

Livia began to understand why he had to do it himself. If it weren't for the extraordinary people's special perception and control over their bodies, it would be difficult to dig out the Acorus calamus without damaging it.

Looking at the intact herbs, Honasan breathed a sigh of relief and carefully placed the Acorus calamus into the wooden box handed to him by the guard next to him. Then he stood up, turned to look at Natalia who was looking at him, and nodded.

Looking at Honasan, Natalia was about to say something, but suddenly her brows knitted tightly. Livia quickly grasped the iron sword behind her and looked at her. There was no doubt that they both heard footsteps coming from a distance, "What's wrong?

!”

Everyone else looked at Livia in confusion, some not understanding what was wrong with him.

Honasan glanced at Livia, then moved his gaze to Natalia, watching her frowning brows react, concentrating his mind and emitting perception, and then he also sensed that many footsteps were approaching.

“Everyone!

Get ready for battle! "

He drew the knight's sword from his waist and shouted loudly, "What?"

Everyone looked at Honasan in surprise and saw that he and the guards behind him quickly drew their weapons and prepared for battle. Caius and Paros were the first to react and quickly picked up their weapons and became alert.

The trio was only a little slower and also prepared for battle. Anders and the old hunter took the bows from their backs and took them in their hands. They pulled arrows from the quiver and put them on the bows, ready to shoot at any time.

Everyone reacted in just a few seconds, gathering around Natalia to form a circle and guarding the surroundings.

As the first one to discover the situation, Livia's face became solemn as he listened to the increasingly dense footsteps approaching. Just from the sound, he could tell that there were at least thirty people, and there was also the faint sound of weapons colliding. It seemed that they were all armed elements.

What puzzled him was that the other party seemed to know their location and came straight towards them, but he had no sense of anyone following them.

No, wait...

With his mind highly concentrated and his senses fully dispersed, he finally felt a very faint gaze. He raised his head suddenly and saw a lark standing on a branch and looking at them. This was...

The one that flew across the sky before?

! !

His pupils suddenly contracted, and he suddenly realized that the bird had been following them since before. What was it doing?

Can you control flying birds?

Although he was a little shocked, he quickly shouted behind him, "Shoot that lark down from the tree!"

The others looked at him in confusion, and Anders was even more confused. The old hunter frowned and looked up at the lark on the tree that seemed to be looking at them. Natalia was also a little confused when she heard his words, but after taking a look at the lark on the tree, she quickly thought of something and lowered her head to Anders and the old hunter beside her and shouted: "Listen to him!"

Before she said the first word, the old hunter had already drawn his bow and pulled the string. Although he was not an extraordinary person, he had seen many extraordinary people in his hunting career for most of his life. Looking at the lark in the tree looking at them in a human-like manner, he had some guesses. You know, they can now hear the dense footsteps, and there are also many birds in the sky that were startled from the direction of the footsteps and flew in all directions, but the one above their heads stood motionless and looked at them. It didn't seem right no matter how he looked at it.

whoosh!

The arrow flew out of the bow and headed straight for the lark on the tree.

At this time, Natalia finished speaking, and Anders also reacted. He put the arrow on the bowstring and pulled the string to its full extent. With a "bang", the arrow flew out.

The lark on the branch jumped lightly and avoided the old hunter's arrow, but was shot by another arrow of Anders when it landed on the branch. It let out a wail and was pierced by the arrow and flew into the bushes in the distance. It was shot through and it was probably dead.

The others below were surprised and astonished to see that the lark was able to dodge the first arrow with just a light jump. They also discovered that something was wrong with the lark.

But now is not the time to think about this slightly strange lark. Instead, attention should be focused on the direction they came from. The sound of footsteps is already very clear.

Uh ah!

In the dim cave, the man half-kneeling under the stone seat suddenly cried out in pain and covered his left eye with his hand. Huh?

The lazy man on the stone seat frowned and looked at him in confusion, "What's wrong?

Rock."

"Lord Edmund, my spy who was following that group of people was killed."

The man called Rock said, covering his left eye in pain.

"Oh, so it seems that there is an extraordinary being among them."

"They should be nobles who come to pick herbs."

Edmund on the stone seat looked a little serious, "Sir, what about the people we sent?"

"Don't worry about them, they should all be dead. Take everyone else and follow me."

Edmund slowly stood up and walked down the steps.

"Sir, you want to do it yourself?"

Rock, who was half kneeling, looked up at Edmund who was walking towards him in confusion, "I have to go and see who they are."

"yes!"

In the woods near the stream, the sound of dense footsteps was getting closer and closer, rustling...

Suddenly, a voice came from the nearby bushes, "Hewu!"

A figure suddenly jumped out of the bushes, waving a sharp machete and rushing towards the nearest guard.

“Whoosh!”

Two arrows whizzed past the guards and hit the neck and chest of the figure who was rushing out. "Uh ah..." The excited face of the man with a knife who rushed towards the guards suddenly froze, and he fell backwards to the ground with a confused look.

robber!

Everyone saw his identity, but...

Why are there robbers in a place like this?

Before they could think about it, wild shouts came from the bushes on both sides, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!"

More and more bandits armed with various weapons rushed out from the bushes and woods, waving their weapons and attacking them.

“Whoosh!”

“Whoosh!”

The old hunter and Anders were behind the crowd. They shot an arrow and then quickly pulled out another one from the quiver. They kept shooting arrows one after another at the bandits rushing towards them. Each arrow of the old hunter could leave a wound on at least one of them, while Anders' archery skills were not as good. Even facing such a dense crowd, it took him two or three arrows to hit once.

In this way, before the robbers rushed to the circle they had formed, three or four people had fallen, and several were injured.