The New Civilization of Witches

Chapter 65: Unpleasant Signs

There had been several previous occurrences when the horn was blown. Each time, several dozen demonic beasts had attacked, though,

most were one after another, but each time the skilled militias were able to push them back.

So when Roland heard the horn sound once again, he did not panic. He calmly suspended training and sent Wendy and Lightning back to the castle to rest.

He also orders Anna to protect Nana who will go to the health center to wait for the arrival of the wounded soldiers.

Roland himself rushed to the wall with Nightingale. Unexpectedly, when Lightning heard Roland's orders, she began to protest, saying,

“Although I am already an experienced explorer on the western border of the continent, I have never witnessed a large-scale attack by a demonic beast!

If I don't seize this opportunity, I don't deserve to call myself an explorer anymore. So, please, Your Majesty, let me travel with you!”

Roland did not hesitate in the slightest to reject the young mage's plea and told Wendy to make sure that Lightning would behave.

After all, they should not lose time when a swarm of demonic beasts attacked. Then, he looked at Nightingale and asked if she was ready to leave.

She nodded, held onto Roland's hand, and carried him into the fog with herself, moving straight towards the wall –

once he knew that Nightingale could bring other objects related to her into the fog,

Roland soon became addicted to this kind of journey. In the fog, they could travel straight through obstacles and ignore the terrain.

They were able to traverse several meters by one step, so a trip like this was a lot of fun.

When they arrived at the foot of the wall, Roland found a corner where no one could see him and stepped out of the fog to walk into view alone.

Looking at the distant wilderness, he could only see the white world instead of the expected invasion of the great demonic beast.

Is this a false alarm?

He could also feel the confusion coming from the direction of the militias, who had taken their defensive positions. When the Prince finally found the Iron Axe,

Roland saw that he had a serious expression as he gazed into the distance with his hand clasping the trumpet tightly. When Roland arrived next to him, Roland immediately asked:

"Are you sounding the alarm?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, you know ..." The sound of the Iron Axe was much drier than usual,

"The guy's coming." That guy?

Roland looked carefully at the direction Iron Axe pointed at. There, in the distance, he could see a faint black dot that was barely visible even in front of a clean white background, very hard to see.

The rule was that only if it was determined that the patrol could not solve the problem, they were allowed to honk. Knowing this, Iron Axe as an old hunter must have had a reason.

"It's a hybrid species," Iron Axe had to swallow and calm himself down before continuing, he said,

"The last time I met this bird was six years ago."

Is it really a hybrid species? Roland frowned.

Theoretically, a savage beast would attack Longsong Fortress until they were all dead – had no intelligence, a savage beast had no concept of retreating in their minds.

The defense of Longsong Fortress was never broken, but this hybrid beast not only survived, but was even able to live after six years?

Thinking of what this meant, Roland was able to detect a faint premonition in his heart.

However, the demonic beast was so far away that Roland could only vaguely see a black dot while the Iron Axe could clearly distinguish the type of demonic beast.

Iron Axe's vision must be truly amazing. Maybe he misinterpreted it, the Prince thought expectantly.

The demonic beast did not make Roland wait too long, it immediately began to move closer to the wall, allowing everyone to notice its unique body.

It did not have the large body like the hybrid beast had before, but instead, it looked like an enlarged version of a cat at first glance.

However, on his back, he had a pair of wings covering his body on either side while not being unfurled.

His head looked like a lion, but with an extra pair of eyes – if those extra eyes were not for decoration, then he would not have to turn his head to look at every move made in the area behind him. .

Carter and a few hunters have loaded up their flintlocks and are preparing to accept the challenge.

However, the Lion Hybrid did not directly attack, but instead stopped outside the range of the arrow shot, carefully taking everything.

The distance where he stopped was within the effective range of their flintlock, but the chances that the first ointment would hit were almost zero.

Not long after stopping, it suddenly jumped to the left side, spread its wings, and flew with its huge body.

As Iron Axe had said before, it could fly or glide in short distances.

Seeing all this, Roland's heart started pounding. It was like a nightmare coming true.

He had observed his enemies and assessed their strength, detecting and attacking their weaknesses,

proving that he has high intelligence – which was previously a weakness of demonic beasts.

They sometimes attack the weakness of their prey, but it is an instinct honed by many generations over thousands of years.

When facing an unknown opponent, they would not judge or even more, attack their target after a long analysis.

What do you mean by having intelligence?

Humanity relies on its extraordinary brain with an uncanny ability to rise to the top of the food chain from the life of a newborn prairie.

For now, Roland did not dare to think about it. Instead, he waved his hand, though,

and told the Knight Chief, the Iron Axe, and his hunters to crouch down to follow him to shoot down the demonic beast.

It rushed towards the unmanned segment and jumped straight into the wall, easily leaving the wall behind it,

and ran straight towards the residential district, ignoring the entire hunting team as if they were nothing.

"Naughty-looking!" Roland shouted loudly,

“The second militia team went to the wall and temporarily defended the wall. First team will come with me!”

At this point, the new team does not have enough time to train.

With this move, he could take them away from the battle, but if the demonic beast returned, they could attack it separately.

Carter led the guards to follow the prince. They were the group with the strongest individual strength and were ready to face the enemy at any time.

Behind them follows Iron Axe who leads a team of hunters equipped with weapons.

After entering the old area, they could not see too far as their view was blocked by the houses.

With the narrow snow-covered road, they had to be careful and restrict their actions. Hoping to find traces of demonic beasts,

Roland was afraid that there was no other possibility but to disperse his team into many small ones and let them walk the streets. He regretted not letting Lightning follow them.

If he had a magician who could investigate the situation from the air, he would not need to divide his team and send them in all directions.

After searching for about ten minutes, they suddenly heard some townspeople shouting from within the alley.

Changing their direction, the team quickly advanced towards the source of the sound. Because most of the militias are people from the old district, the,

they soon found their way through many small streets, as if they were walking around in their backyard.

Finally arriving at the source of the voice, Roland saw a man being bitten into two pieces with his internal organs scattered all over the ground, clearly dead.

"Oh my God .. that's Iron Fork, I know him!" someone shouted.

"Damn it, which way is he running?" ask the others.

"Look! The beast is there!” Suddenly someone shouted.

Shortly after the voice fell, a dark shadow came out from the house on the right side. Accompanied by debris from scattered wood, he flew directly through the wooden walls of the huts and directly attacked the first ranks of the militia, scavenging and biting them.

Iron Axe was the first to react. He wanted to shoot the beast with his weapon, but he found that his sight was blocked by other militia members.

Trying to get the right opportunity to shoot, he broke through the crowd and walked step by step towards the hybrid species.

Other hunters also found that they had similar problems and took their weapons under their arms before jumping on the roof or climbing the roof.

Hybrid species do not care about the approaching man. It spread its wings, stood on its hind legs and began to shake the soldier it bit, spitting blood everywhere.

Seeing this scene sent the crowd into a panic, causing the crowd to fearfully retreat.

When the hybrid species gets space, it tries to jump, but at this moment a shot hits it.

Suddenly, several black flowers bloomed in the monster's fur. The hybrid species that was hit by several lead balls roared furiously, dumped prey in its mouth, and jumped towards the hunters on the roof.

When the demonic beast appeared above the crowd, it came straight to the sight of Iron Axe, who quickly raised his weapon and aimed at the beast in front of him and pulled the trigger.

It is almost impossible to miss a shot this close. It was even so close that gunpowder entered the nose of the demonic beast.

The speed of the bullet did not decrease as it directly pierced through the target's eyes and pierced through his brain. The body of the demonic beast stiffened and suddenly fell to the ground.