281 Age of Great Excavations 2 (2/2)

”Yeah.”

The monsters then began to scatter and flee. Targeted shots meant nothing now.

”Hold fire! Be alert!”

The cannons stopped and the Ainos Guards began moving into the forest to chase down the escaped monsters.

”This will take a long time.”

Jinpok frowned as he took out a cigarette and lit it. Joonbum also took the cigarette to take a puff.

”Whew. We don't even have a road here, this won't do.”

Joonbum shook his head as he gazed at the vast forest in front of him. Pyongyang still had remnants of streets in the city and traces of civilization. However, after Pyongyang, they came across harsh mountainous terrain.

”This won't allow us to advance any quicker.”

Doral frowned as he drank some water. There was a large opening in the ground that they were looking at, it was destroyed land which was common all around.

”So, our good ol' days ended at Pyongyang. This will be harder than climbing up a mountain. What should we do? Not all of us are rock climbers.”

Joonbum thought for a second. They would need to fly over this landscape or it was not going to be possible to pass.

”I think we should stop here. It's their nest.”

Doral pointed to the sky. There was an enormous sparrow flying over them.

'An enormous sparrow…'

Those birds were a nightmare to soldiers of the empire. They were so big that they could pick up a grown adult like an insect. The only thing they feared were dragons.

”I guess we should stop here and fortify our defenses.”

It was disappointing as advancing just a little more meant that they would reach Mountain Baekdu, allowing them to control the entire peninsula.

”It's okay, we got here faster than we thought we would. We still have those dragons and flying monsters to deal with, but they aren't attacking us after we fought them a few times. So we'll find a way to move up later. Oh, but it's cold right now. Is it winter already?”

Jinpok shook. Fall was already coming to an end.