"Sir! What should we do now?"
Galloping on the road, a black-robed guard on the side looked at Thor and spoke with a somewhat ferocious expression.
Protected by a group of black-robed guards in the center, looking at Athir and the other man in the distance, feeling the vibration sound getting closer and closer behind him, Thor gritted his teeth and said, "It's too late to go in other directions now, let's just rush over!"
"Since they came out to the wild to seek death, they can just help us hold back the monster behind them!"
After taking a quick look at the monster with golden hair behind him, Thor felt a little frightened and spoke through gritted teeth.
Listening to his words, the others remained silent, and apparently had no intention of objecting.
They were completely terrified of the monster behind them.
This time when they came to the wild, they brought at least dozens of elite warriors with them. However, after encountering the monster, they were all killed by it in a short time. Only a few of them managed to escape and were chased down by the angry monster.
Given the monster's ferocity, once caught up by it, the only outcome would be torn to pieces.
"Lord Athir!"
Looking at the several black-robed men coming towards her from a distance, Ariel stood up and spoke to Athir with some uneasiness.
These people looked very abnormal at first glance. Based on her experience, there was a high probability that there would be some trouble later.
Even though she had confidence in Athir, the sense of crisis in her heart still made her stand up and remind Athir.
On the side, after hearing Ariel's words, Athir stood up silently and looked into the distance.
With his eyesight, he could see the scene in the distance very clearly, and at this time he also saw the monster chasing the other person.
Of course, he knew very well what the other party was planning, but he didn't care about it.
Silently reaching out to pull out the long sword from his waist, he walked in front of Ariel, protected her behind him, and then stood still, quietly watching the figure in the distance running towards here quickly.
Without any hesitation, in front, when they arrived at the position where Athir was, several knights rode their horses without hesitation and walked directly in front of Athir without any intention of warning.
Roar!!!
A violent roar came from behind, and then a shadow slowly covered the place.
Under Athir's gaze, an angry ape that was more than four meters tall noticed this place and was rushing towards him quickly. Its huge body caused violent air flow fluctuations in the space.
"The sound is starting to fade. What's going on?"
On the other side, Thor was riding his horse on the road, listening to the sounds getting farther and farther away behind him, and he felt a little confused.
Of course he knew that with the power of that monster, the two people before him would not be able to stop him for long. At most they could attract the other party's attention and could not delay him for long.
But the roar of the monster behind them was getting farther and farther away, which made them feel a little strange.
"Could it be that the monster has killed enough, so it's not chasing us now?"
This thought flashed through his mind, and he couldn't help feeling a little relieved and confused.
"Sir! Look behind you!" A horrified voice sounded beside him.
Beside Thor, a black-robed guard rode on his horse and looked behind him with an expression of disbelief on his face.
Following his voice, the others instinctively looked behind them, only to see a scene that horrified them.
Boom!!!
A violent collision sounded in front of him.
Standing quietly in place, Atier's face was calm, and he directly used his sword to knock the opponent away.
The power of the mutant monster in front of him was quite good, comparable to some top knights, but for Athir, that was all.
Under the almost fanatical gaze of Ariel behind him, Athir swung his sword and knocked the opponent away. Then a silver light quickly lit up, leaving a sword mark.
A head that was twice the size of an ordinary person flew out, and black and red blood splattered everywhere, covering the ground.
Watching this scene quietly, Atier's face was calm. He silently put away the sword in his hand, as if he had done something trivial.
From a distance, watching this scene, the expressions of Thor and the others were completely dull, as if they had never expected such a thing to happen.
"Sir..."
At the side, a black-robed guard looked at Thor blankly: "Should we continue running?"
After hearing this, Thor finally reacted.
He was certain in his mind, but after just a brief thought, he made a decision.
"Stop right now! Let's go back!"
He slowly stopped his horse and gave instructions to the people around him.
"What a pity, sir, we just..."
A black-robed guard at the side said with a troubled look on his face: "Now that the monster has been dealt with, if you go back immediately, will the other party harm you?"
The other party was not a fool either. The way they acted just now clearly showed that they were using the other party as a shield. However, now that they turned their heads as soon as they saw the other party had dealt with the trouble, it was hard to say that they would not be liquidated by the opponent.
If they were being schemed against by others for no apparent reason, they would definitely seek revenge and let the other party know the consequences of provoking them.
"Give it back too!"
On the other side, Thor's face was resolute and he shook his head firmly: "Don't you see where this place is?"
"In the wilderness, with only a few of us, if we don't go back, we may not be able to survive until tomorrow."
After hearing this, the people around were stunned for a moment. After they realized what was happening, they couldn't help but smile bitterly.
The wilderness area was far more dangerous than they had imagined. There were definitely more than one mutated monster like the one just now. Given their current situation, if they encountered one again, they would probably die.
"From the looks of the person, he may not be a local, but he should also be a noble."
Looking at the appearances of his subordinates, Thor spoke again: "Since they are all nobles, it is possible to negotiate. Although it is equally dangerous, it is much better than encountering those monsters in the wilderness!"
Thinking of this, they immediately made up their minds and slowly rode their horses towards the direction where Athir was.
"Lord Athir."
Looking at Thor and others slowly approaching from a distance, Ariel felt a little uneasy and quickly looked towards Athir.
"Just do your own thing."
On the other side, Athir stood in front of the corpse of the mutant monster, listening to Ariel's words, and spoke without turning his head.
Athir was very interested in the corpse of the mutant monster in front of him.
"Although these mutant creatures do not have the blood of the ancients, they do have some unique properties. If we use the blood of these creatures as raw materials, based on the existing formula, we should be able to research some new medicines."
After quietly observing the corpse in front of him and roughly examining it, Athir muttered to himself.
"Unfortunately, the current environment is not suitable. Once it stabilizes, we can capture some powerful mutant creatures for experiments in this area."
Standing there, after thinking for a while, Athir gave up the idea of researching it. He just looked at the corpse in front of him with some regret: "What a pity for the corpse of this mutant creature."
Behind me, the low neighing of horses slowly came.
When they were approaching Athir, Thor and his companions dismounted and walked towards Athir cautiously, apparently afraid of arousing Athir's vigilance.
"This lord..."
After getting closer and seeing Athir's appearance clearly, they felt a little relieved.
Although his appearance is somewhat different from the people here, he does not look like a murderer. Rather, he looks like a well-educated young nobleman, so he should be able to negotiate with him.
However, looking at the body at the other party's feet, Thor remained alert in his heart, with some apology on his face: "We are deeply sorry for what happened just now."
"We were chased by the monster for too long and had no time to pay attention to the road ahead, so we accidentally brought the monster here."
He said this with an apologetic look on his face and a very sincere tone.
However, what made them nervous was that Athir did not react at all to his explanation and did not show anything.
Seeing Athir's reaction, he couldn't help but feel nervous. He took a bag from the horse beside him and put it on the ground: "To express our sincere apology, I am willing to compensate you."
"Are you familiar with this area?"
In front, listening to Thor's words behind him, Athir turned around and looked at him.
Hearing this, Thor was stunned, then nodded quickly and said, "I am a baron nearby, and I am familiar with many places in this area."
"My Lord, if you need someone to lead the way, we are happy to play that role."
He looked at Athir and said seriously.
On the other side, listening to Thor's words, Athir also nodded: "I want to know if there is any forbidden area nearby?"
"Forbidden land?" Thor was a little confused when he heard Athir's words, but he still said, "There are quite a few forbidden lands around here. I know of several of them."
"But most of those forbidden areas have some strange existences, which are very dangerous in themselves, so I have never been to the specific places. I just know the approximate locations."
Standing there, after thinking for a while, Thor's face looked a little strange, and his voice trembled a little: "My lord, you don't want to go to these forbidden areas, do you?"
Facing his gaze, Athir remained calm and nodded straightforwardly.
He really wanted to go to the forbidden area to see if he could encounter something strange and obtain some crystal cores.
Standing in front of him and listening to Athir nodding, Thor's mouth twitched subconsciously, not knowing what to say.
Not only him, after hearing what Athir said, even Ariel, who had been silent all the time, turned pale and almost thought that Athir was crazy.
"You just need to take us to the outskirts of several forbidden areas nearby. You don't need to do anything else."
On the opposite side, looking at the expressions of Thor and others, Athir also spoke and said that he would not force them to do anything.
(End of this chapter)