Home of the Brave

The town of Llanros is located at the foot of the Frost Mountains. The Frost Mountain Range is vast and stretches for thousands of miles. It has always had a synonym for "Monster Paradise". The monsters that inhabit the Frost Mountains, regardless of number or type, are second to none in Palamia.

As the master of the Frost Mountain Range, Frost Snow Silver Emperor unconditionally dominates the top of all food chains, monitoring and ultimately determining the law of survival in the dragon collar. And from the ruler's Frost Snow Silver Emperor, there are also many demons inhabiting the Frost Mountains.

Monsters are the dominators in the food chain second only to dragons, and are usually known as the kings who dominate monsters. They drew out their respective territories in the ruins and mazes deep in the mountains, and lived a stable life in their own territories. The demons have highly developed intelligence and know how to respect the authority of the ruler. Lanlos Town is regarded as the property of the Frost Snow Silver Emperor. Therefore, the demons not only don’t make the idea of ​​the town, they even take the initiative to restrain their monsters from going away. Attack the town.

It's just that, after all, such organized monsters account for only a very small number, and most monsters only act loyally to the instinct of plundering and destruction. For the residents of Lanlos Town, these robbers who pop up from time to time can be said to be the biggest source of trouble in their daily lives. For this reason, Lanlos Town has set up a special security team, led by Captain Dean, who patrols around the town every day to ensure the safety of residents' lives and property.

Since there is no fixed pattern for monsters, the garrison can only respond to changes in the same way. The garrison has surveillance towers around the town. Once a monster strikes in any direction, the sentry will immediately light up a wolf smoke to notify the garrison stationed in the town to prepare to fight.

With the information provided by the smoke, the garrison can roughly understand the direction and number of monster attacks. For example, if a pile of ordinary wolf smoke is ignited on the sentry tower in the east, it means that only weak monsters like goblins are attacked, and a ten-man team is enough to dispel it. On the contrary, if two piles of crimson wolf smoke are ignited on the sentry tower, it means that powerful monsters such as Minotaurs and Desolate Giants have appeared.

Occasionally, there are situations where the sentry towers in two directions are lit up at the same time, but this is mostly a feint strategy used by cunning monsters to attack the town and plunder food, and experienced sentry can easily see through it. In rare cases, more than four sentry towers will be lit up at the same time. In this case, the Eight Achievement is the accidental entanglement of several teams of monsters. As a result, it often causes considerable damage to the town, but this has only happened once or twice.

As for this time, the seven guard towers around the town were all lit up with wolf smoke, which has never happened before in history!

The only good news is that the alarm levels of wolf smoke everywhere are not high, which means that although there are a lot of monsters coming, it is still manageable. After the initial panic, the well-trained guards immediately launched an action, divided into several teams to meet the invading monsters from various places, and also drew out some of their hands to guide the townspeople to evacuate. On the other hand, the residents of Lanlos Town have long been accustomed to such a scene, and after calming down, they gathered in an orderly manner towards the refuge in the center of the town.

The disaster response system in Lanlos Town is operating actively and effectively, but for a few outsiders, it is easy to fall into chaos where they cannot grasp the situation.

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"This...what's going on?"

The boss of the true brave group, Ed, stared at the empty street, showing a dumbfounded expression.

"First the wolf smoke lit up, and then many people ran out of the house... Hey, boss, this situation is not like the festival you said?"

The second child, Xia De, looked at a few rags of smoke rising in the distance, expressing anxious opinions.

"Not a festival...is it an alarm? Boss, I heard a monster roaring, it doesn't look very good..."

The youngest Hurd finally grasped the right situation, but he was more than one step late.

Just as the three of them were preparing to evacuate in a panic, there was a shrill noise in the sky that sounded like a crow, and three dark gargoyles were waving bat-like wings and swaggering across the sky over Lanlos Town. The gargoyles circled the town several times, and then noticed the trio of fools on the street. After making a few croaking howls, one gargoyle turned around and turned back, and the other two gargoyles swooped toward them one by one.

"It's coming here! Boss, what...what should I do?" The second child, Xia De, cried and asked the boss for instructions.

"Pan...why panic? But there are only two gargoyles. Haven't we beaten them before?"

The boss, Ed, drew out the steel sword calmly, put on a posture of preparing for battle, and loudly encouraged his companions.

"A mere gargoyle, dare to be arrogant in front of the brave! Brothers, get ready to let them know how good we are!"

Ed, who said this, rushed towards the gargoyle first.

Two gargoyles swooped down at high speed, one after the other, and Ed rushed at the front gargoyle and swung out a steel sword with the strength of suckling. The gargoyle's skin has a hardness that is not inferior to that of rocks, and tried to block Ed's full force with both arms, but Ed's strange power exceeded its expectations. At the moment of staggering, there was a dull violent sound, and the gargoyle that rushed down was slashed back by the heavy steel sword, rolled several times on the ground, and all the bat wings behind him were also broken.

On the other hand, Ed, who was also under the impact, stepped back several steps in a row, then rubbed his wrist, showing a painful expression.

"Boss! Be careful!"

"Huh?...Wow!"

The second gargoyle rushed over, trying to use his claws to crush the regaining adventurer. At the reminder of the second child Xia De, Ed threw himself to the ground like a reflex, avoiding the claws of the gargoyle embarrassingly as a lazy donkey, but a deep claw mark was left on the helmet.

"Boss, are you okay?"

"Well, it's... okay..."

The youngest Hurd rushed over to help Ed, who was shocked by Puding, at this time the youngest Xia De had already swung his gun and fought with the second gargoyle. However, in the face of the hard-body gargoyle, the spear whose attack mode was mainly stabs obviously couldn't exert its due power, Xia De tried to contain the gargoyle while crying for help from his companions.

"Wow! Boss, don't just watch by the side, come and help me!"

"Oh oh oh! Hold on! Xia De, I will come here!"

Ed, who recovered his anger, picked up the sword and rushed up again. At the same time, the youngest Hurd also used a bow and arrow to cover the two of them. Facing the smooth attack of the three people, the gargoyle quickly fell into the wind. When it jumped up and tried to escape the encircling net, Hurd's steel arrow shot through its wings. The wounded gargoyle fell from the air, and as it landed, Ed's steel sword and Shade's steel spear pierced its body one after another.

The gargoyle that had suffered a heavy blow let out a wailing, and then fell softly to the ground.

"Wh...how? You know it's great, right?" Boss Ed kicked the stone man and the man like a ghost, but he was breathing hard.

"Yes, no...Don't think that you can look down on two legs with wings!" The second child Xia De poked the gargoyle with a spear, and declared very grandiosely.

"Uh, boss, we'd better retreat first, right?" The youngest Hurd made a cautious opinion. "If a monster comes over again..."

"What are you afraid of! Gargoyles or something, let's chop one head, and let's chop one pair!"

The boss, Ed, swung his steel sword and issued a statement of heroism and dry cloud to the sky, and then it didn't take long before his smug expression suddenly stiffened. A few seconds later, large drops of cold sweat appeared on Ed's forehead, and the other two were also pale. Looking along the three people's eyes, you can see that in the direction of the extension of their line of sight, a large group of gargoyles are flying towards this side. At a glance, a large area of ​​the sky was crushed by darkness, and the number of gargoyles exceeded at least twenty.

"Old... Boss, do you want... to fight?" The second child Xia De's voice trembled badly.

"Hit...hit..." Boss Ed swallowed his saliva and suddenly came to his senses. "Fart! Run!"

"Which way to run towards...?" the third oldest Hurd asked without a master.

"How do I know? Either way! Anyway, find a place to hide first!"

Boss Ed took the lead to start running, and half a second later, the second child Shade and the third child Hurd also reacted. In an unpopulated street, the trio of idiots ran away with the strength of a suckling force, but the two-legged ones could not run with wings after all. The gargoyles in the sky chased closer and closer, and the dull flapping of wings straightened from the top of their heads. Pressing down, the three people's legs were so soft that they almost couldn't lift them up. Suddenly, the youngest Hurd, who was running at the back, stumbled and fell to the ground. Hearing the movement behind, the two in front immediately stopped, and after looking at each other, they ran back without hesitation.

"Hold on! Youngest, everything is over when I fall down here!" Boss Ed helped up the youngest Hurd.

"Old... Boss..."

"Can't give up hope! We can hide in that house first and wait for the rescue from the security team!" The second child, Xia De, also encouraged him on the stage.

"Second, you guys..."

"Don't worry, the third child! No one can hurt you a vellus unless you step on our corpse!" Boss Ed shook his steel sword and announced.

"That's right! Boss, let's fight together!" The second child, Xia De, also raised his steel gun in a posture.

Facing the test of life and death, the two members of the true brave group showed a moving spirit. However, just like determination alone cannot fill your stomach, no matter how courage you are, you cannot fill the gap in strength and quantity. Just as the three people in the true brave group were standing back to back, preparing to fight to the death, the ground under their feet suddenly trembled.

Boom, click.

Boom, two clicks.

Boom, three times.

Like some heavy object, hammering the ground in a regular rhythm. The shock wave spread along the ground, causing the ground under the three of them to tremble. At this time, the gargoyle in the sky also quieted down, only to hear the inexplicable dull sound constantly approaching here. The trio of true braves paled and looked at the direction of the sound with almost desperate eyes.

In that direction stood a private house in Lanlos Town, which was built of stone and looked quite sturdy on the outside. Originally, the three of them planned to use it as a temporary refuge, but the next moment, the house suddenly collapsed like paper in the vision of the three.