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n– Commander of the 4th Knight Order of Emperor’s Kingdom’s POV-

nThe forest is as quiet as it used to be.

nMonsters’ howls can be heard from time to time.

nYeah, the feeling and what can be heard are the same as before.

nThings are what they used to be but the discomfort that’s hanging on my body is still there.

nI had the slave troops scout ahead while we, the 4th knight order, were behind them.

nWe went into the forest little by little.

nHow long have we been traveling?

nDiscomfort continues and soon, turns to fear.

nFear piled up more and more with every step we took into the depths of the forest.

nNo matter how many times I try to calm down, I can’t do it.

nThe number of monsters that the scouts found so far is four.

nThe fourth one is still under the excessive attack of my subordinates.

nThey are in the state where attacking is the only way to relieve the tension.

nThe number of monsters is too small.

nIn the place we are, there should have been 10 monsters that attacked us.

nAll four of those monsters are monsters that our country made in the magic stone experiment.

nThey should have attacked monsters and not people….

nWhat’s happening?

nDoes this mean that something is indeed in the center of the forest?

nThe 4th monster was subdued.

nI exhaled.

nThough they accumulated fatigue, my subordinates’ tension decreased.

nThis could be fatal.

n「Break」

nIt might be a bad idea to take a break in a place where you feel fear.

nHowever, it is not possible for us to leave the forest every time we want to rest.

nIt can’t be helped so we took a break in this place.

nI instructed the slave troops to patrol.

nThey have no expression at all since they were slaves since they were born.

nSlaves don’t need hearts so they are probably not scared.

nI envy them.

nI look around to check the condition of my subordinates.

nThat time, light runs through the forest.

nI did not know what happened at that moment.

nIt happened in an instant. No signs or anything.

nThere’s no way to prevent it.

nScreams rise everywhere.

nIn an instant, the fear everyone was holding deep in them was stirred.

nI didn’t do anything other than looking at myself and my subordinates.

nNo one was wounded, no one died.

nHowever, that moment, my heart beats at an impossible speed as sweat drips and falls from my forehead.

nI hold the weapon using my hand and look around but I can’t find anything.

nWhile we’re in a state of panic, light spreads from the earth to the sky.

nI heard screams everywhere and even the sound of running.

nI tried to stop them in a hurry but no voice came out of my throat.

nMy legs gave out and I kneed on the ground on the spot. I can only breathe.

nI have to calm down, calm down!

nAfter a great effort, I managed to get back on my feet.

nWhen I look around, I can only see fear and despair.

nI took a big breath and sent the withdraw order.

nWe have to get out of the forest.

nWe move away from the forest.

nThough our progress is slow, everyone runs out of the forest as if escaping from something.

n「Commander, the slave troops are gone」

nI look around and indeed can’t see any slaves.

nThe slave crest is powered by the magic stone so no slaves can get away from our country.

nNow, the slaves have escaped….

nWhat’s going on?

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