Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

The adventurers' party from Blackwood Territory was not in good shape. Each of them bore wounds, but the druid dared not use spiritual energy to heal them.

They were careful even when taking out potions to wipe their wounds, fearing the slightest sound.

What forced them into such a sorry state were the numerous harpies and gnoll legions outside.

These monsters, after passing through the cleared western side of Bloodpine Forest, arrived near the center of Bloodpine Forest in overwhelming numbers. Harpies nested in the cliffside caves, serving as sentinels for the entire green dragon's legion, guarding against any invaders approaching the central mountains of the forest.

Gnolls served as the green dragon's legion's hounds, tracking everywhere by scent.

Originally, the group's infiltration had been smooth. They climbed through the forest, crossed the mountains, and advanced rapidly towards the interior of Bloodpine Forest.

Until they encountered a small mountain in a canyon that they couldn't get past!

They had to try to climb over it, but this nearly twenty-meter-high earthen mountain suddenly rumbled and rose from the ground, with a large amount of gravel, soil, and trees collapsing and falling.

They then realized that this was not a lush, green hill at all, but a forest giant sitting hunched over!

Under the draconic influence of the green dragon's aura, its figure was particularly tall, wielding an ancient tree over thirty meters long, sweeping across a patch of forest.

This earth-shattering sound awakened the entire green dragon's legion.

A large number of gnolls roared out of their camps. These were creatures of the forest, evil, cruel, and adept at tracking.

They could track down invaders by scent, leaving them nowhere to escape.

They could accurately distinguish scents from miles away in the wind.

If not for Ashfield's ring, which concealed them while also eliminating their scent, they would have been swarmed by gnolls and torn to shreds long ago.

But several times, they were trapped in the encirclement of monsters, unable to avoid being surrounded and killed. Only by the desperate fighting of the dwarven ranger and Hilud were they able to break a bloody path.

The number of harpies and gnolls killed by the two was no less than eighty, if not a hundred.

But as more and more forest giants joined in, they finally reached a near-dead end.

They could no longer break through. Within hundreds of miles around, there were howling goblins and gnolls everywhere, and blood-red eyes of harpies everywhere in the night sky.

The monster legion had locked onto their position, and a large number of forest giants had entered the encirclement.

The rumbling sounds outside were the sounds of these monsters charging around, pushing down many dwarf mountains and giant trees.

Even though they had gone far away, the adventurers' party hiding under the roots of the tree dared not make any noise.

Ashfield stuffed all kinds of food into his mouth while widening his eyes, carefully looking outside.

He felt like he was about to die, not from being killed by monsters, but from starvation!

Almost all the food he had brought with him had been eaten by him alone.

Vandal and Hilud had almost gone a day without eating any food, giving him the food that could replenish his strength the most.

But even so, the chubby halfling, who was plump when they set out, had now become skin and bones, with his cheekbones protruding, looking like he was running out of energy.

This ring was too terrifying, like it was going to suck his blood dry.

Ashfield cursed the ring. It must be a ring of greed made from an ogre's ribs, which caused his stomach to be in a state of uncontrollable hunger at all times.

He waited for the rumbling forest dwarves to go far away before staring at Hilud, giving her an inquiring look.

"Think of a way! If we keep dragging on like this, we will be exhausted to death even if we are not killed by monsters!"

The others also looked at Hilud nervously. Along the way, this young girl had shown unparalleled bravery, wisdom, and decisiveness.

She had won over everyone in the team, including the stubborn and powerful dwarven ranger.

Without her command, perhaps the group would have become monster feces a day ago.

Being watched by everyone, Hilud took a deep breath and, after confirming that the monsters had gone far away, said in a deep voice: "If we continue to hide passively like this, our condition will get worse and worse. The monster's encirclement is getting smaller and smaller, and we will be discovered sooner or later."

"So we must strike decisively!"

"Strike decisively?" Ashfield exclaimed, then quickly covered his mouth and asked in a low voice: "Are you crazy? How can we strike with just the four of us."

Hilud said calmly: "Even you can't imagine that we will take a risky move, let alone the monsters. So we must not sneak slowly at this time, but should move forward at full speed under the cover of the ring, and break through the encirclement in one fell swoop! Go to the safest place."

"The safest place?" Druid Vandal comforted the giant elk beside him. This giant elk was not his mount, but was borrowed from the elven maiden Lunadesan, so it was not very docile. If it weren't for the fact that they were both elves and could communicate with beasts, this giant elk wouldn't even let him ride it.

Especially now, hiding timidly under the roots of the tree protected by vines, the giant elk's pride was particularly irritable.

The druid certainly hoped to rush out quickly, but he asked suspiciously: "In this dark dense forest, where dangers and monsters lurk everywhere, where is the safest place?"

Hilud resolutely pointed to the highest peak in the east of the dense forest, where the mountains overlapped and the trees were lush. On the highest peak, the crown of the oldest tree was like a black giant umbrella, standing there covering the sky and the sun.

The young green dragon, Wing of Deceit, Eliria Erebos Shadow, had built her nest on this treetop, like the crown of the entire Bloodpine Forest, her huge shadow covering everything below.

"The dragon's greed will make them most afraid of other creatures breaking into its nest to steal the treasures of the dragon's nest when they are sleeping. Therefore, I guess it must have raised a large number of hounds under the crown, alert to the breath of all invaders."

"The gnolls who are besieging us now are likely to come from there. They have dispatched a large number of them to launch a pursuit against us, frantically searching in this encirclement."

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"But they would never imagine that we would suddenly change our state of careful sneaking and suddenly rush out of the encirclement at a rapid speed. And the most dangerous place is also the safest place, which is their nest. We can take advantage of their lax psychology, take advantage of the kobolds in their camp being slack, pass through the entire camp, and break into the dragon's nest from the most dangerous direction."

Dwarf Dogrin couldn't understand such a complicated tactic. He picked up his sharp double-handed axe and suddenly slashed at Hilud!

With a shrill scream, a large amount of blood splashed everywhere, spraying everyone. Two sections of severed body fell heavily to the ground.

Then the dwarf's voice came out: "Dwarves are used to being straightforward and don't understand too complicated tactics. But this direct tactic suits the dwarves' taste very well. The only problem is, Hilud, you have to act quickly! A group of gnolls are wandering around here like hyenas!"

Dogrin had just killed the gnoll who was sneaking up. The scale of these monsters was too large. They wandered around everywhere, and even if they were hiding in a tree hole, they might be accidentally discovered by them.

Hilud's equally sharp rune sword suddenly slashed out, and the bright light illuminated the dark night. She advanced rapidly, and a series of slashes instantly killed the gnoll who was hiding more than ten meters away, looking around with a bow and arrow. The sudden disappearance of him and his companions had already aroused its vigilance.

This sudden offensive startled Ashfield: "Hilud, come back! Your breath will be exposed when you go out."

Hilud slashed with her sword one after another. A kobold who was about to sneak attack her screamed and was cut off from his spear by the blazing rune sword, and then the fierce blade cut into his right shoulder with undiminished force, cutting him into two pieces diagonally, leaving a neat cut.

"Kill all the kobolds nearby, let them sense our breath, and create the illusion that we are still here."

Dogrin laughed excitedly, he took out the large-caliber fire gun with the thickness of a bowl from his back: "Aha! Do you want to make a little noise? The dwarf has long wanted to let go and have a big fight."

Before he finished speaking, a thunderous explosion sounded in the silent Bloodpine Forest. The kobold he was aiming at was instantly blown to pieces, with a large amount of minced meat splashing everywhere, and a bloody hole pierced his entire body.

Such a large-caliber bullet could not be resisted by the leather armor on the kobold's body at all. Even if their physique was very strong, they were not as brutal as the orcs, and they could not continue to fight fearlessly even if their hearts were pierced.

Under the full firepower of the champion-level ranger, the surrounding seven gnolls and kobolds were all executed in less than two minutes.

The sound of such a fierce battle alarmed the entire forest! All directions were filled with the excited howls of monsters, and they roared and rushed towards here.

But the adventurers' party had already left this area rapidly with the blessing of Ashfield's ring.

They even brushed past the kobold team that was rushing over excitedly howling. The huge momentum of the forest giants covered up the sound of them riding past.

It was not quite appropriate to say that they rode past, because each of them had their own unique mount. Hilud rode a horse, Vandal rode a giant elk, Ashfield rode a gray goose, and the combat dwarf rode a combat ram.

In this dense forest, Hilud, who was riding a horse, was the slowest. But fortunately, her horsemanship was superb, making up for the difference in speed.

The gnolls did not expect the speed of this adventurers' party to be so fast. They searched in the estimated direction and speed, and could not find any trace of the adventurers' party at all.

Hilud's strategy quickly paid off, and they arrived near the mountain where the Green Crown was located faster than expected.

But when they approached the green dragon's nest and crossed the last mountain peak, the scene that came into view made everyone gasp!

Below the mountain peak, there was a vast and mighty monster tribe and camp. Countless goblin and gnoll animal skin tents were densely distributed on the vast land, covering the mountainside and valleys, with no end in sight.