Chapter 378 - Forest Trail (1/2)

Chapter 378: Forest Trail

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Su a picturesque scene intertwined with lights and shadows A refreshi+ng breeze rustled the leaves and obstructed the heat waves From time to time, warbles could be heard from the tranquil, serene forest The uneven hills were covered in different layers of eye-pleasing green

Rhode turned his attention from the landscape onto the map on his hand and drew a circle

It had been two days since they left Deep Stone City Within this period of time, their schedules were successfully carried out The 25 mercenaries who had finally co after one and a half months had joined Rhode and his 30 h it seeh task to open up a path in Land of Atonement, Rhode didn’t think so He was very clear of the situation in Land of Atonement That place used to be considered as the frontline of the Fortress However, it was abandoned entirely after a few hundred years of battles But it would be too exaggerating to treat the Land of Atonement as impoverished because of this It had becolect and Rhode knew that the Fortress on the higher altitude in Land of Atonement stillas Rhode could break through the periphery and enter the Fortress, he couldthe Construction System Then, he would be able to build the Suhold in Deep Stone City and Land of Atone a Plane of Existence spatial tunnel

Once the tunnel was established, Starlight with the stabilized rear assistance could clean up and reorganize the surrounding area By then, it wouldn’t be difficult to repair the connecting business roads and controlling this region

Without a doubt, it was iroup of ion However, Rhode also knew that there were h their population wasn’t ether If Rhode could obtain the help of these natives, the future developments would be favorable

But, before that…

“Leader”

Randolf’s voice sounded beside Rhode Rhode shi+fted his attention fro before him After the battles in the midsummer festival, these newbies had finally enerous rewards that Rhode had distributed to therade their equipment by leaps and bounds Unlike in the past, now Randolf was equipped with ahis body A pitch-black, giant wooden bow hung behind his back diagonally — the quiver was stocked fully with ing by his waist and a circle of knives hanging obliquely on hier Master However, his respectful, yet soaze sold out his identity

“What’s wrong?”

Rhode glanced at Randolf and asked Right before their eyes was Deep Creek Village as according to plan and it was the final resting spot for Rhode and his group before entering the forest trail But now…

“Leader There seeated and realized that there’s se I think that they are in a battle right now and I have sent Joey and the others to check out the situation Should I get the others to ready themselves?”

“Go take a look”

Rhode kept theto the back The ot into preparations instantly as they gathered towards hie of the Twilight Forest This area was also considered as the civilization border area of Paphield As soon as Rhode arrived at the mountainside, he saw billows of black se was shrouded in thick suely fro the peri the villagers Perhaps the village ht have fallen into the enee However, as a place of human settlement on the border of civilization, the defenses of Deep Creek Village were considerably in place Tall, solid wall piled up by logs defended against the external threats At least for now, they see the village seee Apart from the few of them, most weren’t dressed in clothes They were only covered by a few pieces of hide, exposing their bare feet and ar weapons such as wooden clubs and h they were prie Behind the walls, there were a few hunters standing on the tower shooting arrows fro their village However, their manpoas limited, and the ‘priuards orking very hard, they weren’t effective

“It’s the Barbarians”

A senior mercenary said as he touched his beard and showed a look of disgust Not only hi loathe and seriousness one after another Rhode nodded and it was obvious that he knew the history of these people

These ‘prie As a matter of fact, they came from the outside the civilized border Without a doubt, these people weren’t nice 80 of them were once criminals and even felons After they had escaped froan to wander aimlessly In order to avoid capture, almost all of them chose to head towards the outside of the civilized border where there were no law and order This place served as a paradise of freedo when they achieved freedom Outside the civilized border, there were no food, no water, and no clothes In order to survive, these criather and used the forest as their sanctuary to rob surrounding businesses, villages, and towns The activity circle of these people was huge and they were extreradually, h this route Only the black oods would still take the risk in choosing this path