"Okay, in that case, we trust you. Now, let's quickly take these two guys and move to another place."

Natalia suddenly stepped forward and interrupted them. She looked expressionlessly at the robber who was knocked unconscious behind Honasan and Livia, "Are there other robbers?"

Jeffrey asked in confusion, frowning.

Natalia looked at him and said, "Didn't you notice that there has never been a leader or commander among these bandits?"

Jeffrey was stunned for a moment, his eyes rolled and then he understood. He laughed dryly twice and said nothing, "Let's leave here first. Even if there are no other robbers behind us, such a strong smell of blood will attract monsters later."

Livia raised her head, glanced around and said in a flat tone.

The strong smell of blood has begun to spread in all directions, and it is inevitable that it will attract some trouble.

Natalia looked Livia up and down, then turned around and ordered loudly: "Hurry up and get ready. We will set off in five minutes."

Following her words, the old hunter and Anders took the lead in moving. The others might not have anything to do and just wanted to take a rest, but they had to retrieve as many arrows as possible, otherwise their bows would become useless.

After the previous fight, the old hunter only had two arrows left in his quiver, while Anders's was already empty.

Without waiting for orders, the two guards quickly walked past the bodies of their fellow guards who were killed in a surprise attack and went towards the two robbers who were knocked unconscious. Although they seemed calm about the death of their companions, the sadness they revealed when they looked at the bodies at that moment could not be faked.

After Natalia finished giving the order, she walked to the body of the only dead person, the guard whose name she did not know. Honasan watched her movements, gave Paros a warning look, and then quickly followed, "Honasan."

Natalia suddenly shouted.

"My Lord, I am here."

Honasan stopped behind her, put his right hand on his left chest and bowed slightly in response.

"Remember to give his family a pension when you return."

Honasan nodded silently. After all, he was the one who trained this guard. It was impossible for him to have no feelings about his death. However, as a knight, he had to control his emotions and stay calm in such situations.

"Sir, please move aside. We can't take his body back. We can only take his armor back."

Their goal has not been achieved yet. They can't carry a corpse around for several days, not to mention that the danger may not be over yet.

Natalia closed her eyes, raised her head and took a deep breath, "Let's cremate his body, don't let his body be..." She didn't say the rest, but the meaning was conveyed.

Honasan nodded somewhat heavily, stepped over her, squatted in front of the dead guard, and began to strip off his armor.

“May he rest in peace.”

Natalia opened her eyes with a hint of sadness in them, but she quickly recovered and spoke lightly.

Soon, everyone was ready again. In fact, except for the old hunter and Anders who had some troubles, everyone else had no problems.

Honasan walked behind Natalia with a set of folding armor in his arms. Behind him, a corpse was burning.

"Where are we going next, sir?"

Natalia took out the parchment map in her arms again, and carefully compared the stream in front of her with the map. After a moment, she raised her head and looked upstream of the stream. "There is a small hill upstream of the stream. Let's go there first. It's almost night, so let's rest there for the night."

Honasan nodded. At this moment, the guards on the other side also tied up the two robbers with strong ropes and punched them in the abdomen several times to wake them up.

"ah!"

The two robbers kept looking around, and their faces turned pale after seeing the surrounding situation clearly. The guards forced two pieces of cloth torn from the corpses of the robbers beside them into their mouths to cover their mouths. Now was not the time to ask them, so in order to prevent them from shouting, it was better to block their mouths first.

The strong smell of blood and stench on the cloth made the two robbers retch continuously, but because of the cloth blocking their way, they could not even speak, let alone vomit. Although it was very uncomfortable, they did not want to die and still stood up under the guards' fists and feet. Seeing that everything was ready, everyone quickly walked upstream of the stream. At the back of the team, the old hunter, under the protection of the double-edged men Pierre and Caius, was carefully cleaning up the footprints they left behind.

In order to prevent being caught up by other possible robbers, you still have to carefully clean up the footprints and traces left behind. When night falls, it will not be easy to track them in the forest, and it is easy to be attacked by monsters and beasts if you walk around at night. You will be safe at that time.

An hour after they left, the sky gradually darkened. In the woods filled with the smell of blood, there were not only the bodies of the robbers, but also the corpses of several wild beasts, and four or five zombies were gnawing on their corpses.

Rustle~ Dense footsteps were heard from the surrounding bushes. Human figures kept flashing in the surrounding woods. "Roar, roar, roar..." In the woods, several zombies that were gnawing on the corpse raised their heads vigilantly. Their mouths and exposed sharp teeth were covered with blood and debris. Feeling the sounds coming from the surroundings, the zombies growled uneasily.

Buzz buzz buzz...

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…

The next moment, the sound of many bowstrings shaking and arrows cutting through the air rang out, "Roar!"

The zombies only had time to roar before they were shot into pieces. Afterwards, figures gradually walked out of the woods, surrounding the open space in the woods full of corpses. The sound of footsteps was heard, and the surrounding figures made way for a path. A man dressed in dark green, who seemed to blend in with the surrounding environment, walked in front of them and glanced at the corpses in front of him.

"Lord Edmund, there are still two people missing. They must have been captured alive by them."

A man walked up behind him and said with his head down, it was somewhat surprising that he could actually count the number of people among the mutilated corpses on the ground.

"Um."

His voice was a little hoarse, and Edmond nodded indifferently, "Can you track them down?"

"This..." Rock behind him hesitated for a moment, then calmed down and said, "It seems that some of them are very good at cleaning up traces. They have cleared away the traces of their departure, making it impossible to tell where they went."

"Can you track it?"

Edmund looked at the charred body and spoke again as if he hadn't heard his words.

The voice was hoarse and harsh, but it carried an inexplicable power.

"Yes, sir, give me some time, I will definitely catch up with them!"

Rock nodded sharply and spoke loudly.

Without saying anything else, Edmund turned around and looked at him, then walked past him into the woods. The dense footsteps sounded again, and soon all the figures surrounding the open space in the woods disappeared. The place returned to silence, as if no one had ever been here, but the zombies that were shot into hedgehogs in the middle did not show what had just happened.