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On this planet, the status of the Beastmen is very low.

This does not simply refer to social status. Even in terms of combat, the status of the Beastman is quite low. If you compare it with an RPG, then the Beastman is actually equivalent to the slime or goblin goblin that the player needs to deal with when he first comes out. Monsters like Lin, even the ratmen are more threatening than them.

After all, ratmen can also manufacture a variety of weapons, so they can fight back and forth with various races. But the Beastmen are different. They don't even make weapons, they only rely on their own bodies and minions to fight. At most, they can pick up some victims' weapons from the battlefield and use them. That's their limit.

Of course, it is unknown how useful these weapons that have not been maintained can be.

At least for Duanmu Huai and others, even if these beastmen make a surprise attack, they are not too much of a threat.

As the most conspicuous existence in the entire team, Duanmuhuai naturally got the attention of most of the beastmen. They let out crazy roars, rushed up and swung their weapons at Duanmuhuai, trying to prove them with the death of this terrible existence strong and powerful.

But it's a pity that their blades couldn't even leave the slightest scar on Duanmu Huai's power armor, and were directly bounced off. But Duanmuhuai held the hammer tightly with both hands, and swung it vigorously, knocking all the beastmen in front of him into the air, turning them into a pile of soft mud.

Augis was still sitting steadily on Duanmuhuai's shoulders. She held the book in one hand and opened the other hand forward, her fingers trembling slightly. The almost invisible silk thread of the puppet formed a deadly trap in front of her. Like a meat grinder with invisible blades spinning, any beastman who dared to break into it would be finely sliced ​​into meatballs.

As for whether there are fat or thin ones on it, that's not what Augis should care about.

In contrast, An didn't do much, because her magic was too powerful, so Duanmu Huai asked her to just hide behind and use some elementary spells like "Manaria Magic Missile"—— It is enough to deal with these beastmen.

Since Duanmuhuai attracted most of the Beastman's attention, he held back the Beastman's hatred like a T. Naturally, the Frost Bears in the rear were more open when they fought. Cliff brandished a two-handed giant sword , under the cover of his companions, he charged at the Beastmen, and the sharpshooter bent his bow and set an arrow in the rear, shooting the Beastmen to the ground one by one. Even Kevin, the employer, was not idle. He held a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, and he fought in an orderly manner. But none of the Beastmen who confronted Kevin could survive a round... He was always able to throw his enemy off balance at the most appropriate time, and then directly decapitated him with a sword.

"boom!!"

When the last Beastman fell down, the sky had already darkened. When everyone raised their heads, they realized that the surrounding area had already become dark.

"Phew...I really didn't expect that the incident would be delayed by these beasts."

Cliff viciously kicked the corpse of the Beastman beside him, and spat viciously.

"Don't be so anxious. In any case, we cleared a group of Beastmen close to Middenheim, which can be regarded as protecting others from their harm."

In contrast, Kevin seemed much calmer, but he was right.

Because it was getting late, and everyone was a little tired from the battle with the beastmen, and some people were injured, so everyone decided to temporarily stay in the village hotel for one night today, and set off tomorrow morning. As for the corpses of these Beastmen, gathering them together and burning them with a fire is also a warning to other intruders.

It's just...it's really weird here.

"Squeak——"

Duanmuhuai pushed open the door of the hotel, walked into the lobby, looked around, and saw that the hotel was empty without any human habitation. The tables, chairs and benches were all neatly stacked together, without even a trace of fighting.

"It's really strange, isn't it?"

At this time, Kevin also came over, stared at the hall in front of him, and said to Duanmuhuai, and Duanmuhuai also nodded. After turning the Beastmen into a fire, everyone conducted a simple search of the village, only to find that the whole village looked very strange, with no traces of fighting, blood or corpses. It was as if everyone in the entire village disappeared overnight, without any resistance, struggle, or anything, as if they had left this existence at the same time and disappeared without a trace.

"Be careful, don't drink the water here, and don't eat the food here."

Duanmuhuai nodded, he didn't know what was going on, it wasn't that Duanmuhuai didn't guess, in fact, there were too many people who could do this, and it made him unable to determine who the murderer was.

Soon, other mercenaries also returned to the hotel and sealed off the place. Most of them went to the guest rooms on the second floor to sleep, while Duanmuhuai, Augis and An stayed in the lobby on the first floor to watch the night.

"It always feels kind of exciting."

Sitting beside Duanmuhuai, staring at the burning fireplace in front of her, An looked around excitedly. It was no wonder that this was probably the first time for Her Royal Highness to watch the night in such a place. For a "good boy" like her, She said that failing to go to bed in time is considered a bad thing, not to mention this kind of "staying up late" behavior, which makes An excited.

"If you get used to it, you will find that this is actually a very boring job."

Duanmu Huai leaned against the wall, looked around and shook his head.

"Okay, take a rest too, if there is anything, I will notify you."

Just now, Duanmuhuai released the scouting servo skull. If anyone wants to make trouble, he will definitely get a report.

Soon, the night gradually became dark.

Duanmuhuai had already closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep, while An was swaying from side to side excitedly at first, but gradually he couldn't resist the erosion of the Sandman, and fell asleep on the table. Only Augis was still sitting in front of the fireplace, flipping through a collection of fairy tales by the firelight.

After an unknown amount of time, suddenly, a faint voice came.

"Dinglingling...jinglingling..."

Augis raised her head and looked outside suspiciously, but she couldn't see anything outside the hotel except darkness. But at the same time, a blue halo suddenly appeared on An's body, like some kind of protective spell. Seeing this, Augis stood up and came to Duanmuhuai's side.

"Owner."

"Um?"

Hearing Augis' voice, Duanmuhuai also opened his eyes immediately.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"I don't know, but...Miss An, she..."

At this time, without Augis's words, Duanmuhuai also saw the magic barrier emerging from An's body, which made him frown and stood up. Of course, Duanmuhuai knew that although An's character was a little careless, but as a princess of a country and the strongest mage in Manaria, An had always done a perfect job of protecting herself. Touched, that is to say...someone is attacking?

what is going on?

"Boom...boom..."

At this moment, Duanmuhuai heard footsteps upstairs, he raised his head and looked up, and saw the doors of the guest rooms on the second floor open one by one, and then the mercenaries sleeping inside slowly walked out. However, they were not awake, but as if they were sleepwalking, they slowly walked down the stairs and walked towards the door of the hotel.

"stop!"

Duanmu Huai stood in front of the door, trying to stop these mercenaries, but they seemed to turn a blind eye to Duanmu Huai's existence and just walked forward. Seeing this scene, Duanmuhuai coughed helplessly, then he stared at the crowd and roared suddenly.

"Stop for me!!"

Accompanied by Duanmuhuai's thunderous roar, those mercenaries who were sleepwalking suddenly woke up. Their dazed eyes gradually regained their clarity, and when they saw the situation in front of them, everyone was stunned, not knowing what happened.

"Wow, Mr. Knight, what happened? What happened?"

An was also woken up by Duanmuhuai's roar, and at this moment Kevin also rushed out from the guest room in full armor. He was also taken aback when he saw the scene in front of him.

"What's going on? Is someone attacking?"

"No."

Duanmuhuai shook his head, and then repeated what Augis said just now.

"ring???"

Kevin frowned.

"I didn't hear any bells."

"I seem to have heard..."

Unlike Kevin, Cliff seemed a little uneasy.

"In my dream just now, I did hear the bell, and then it seemed to guide me somewhere..."

"Jingle Bell-----"

However, before Cliff could finish his sentence, suddenly, another faint bell rang along the night wind, and upon hearing the ringtone, the eyes of the mercenaries became dazed again. Seeing this scene, Duanmuhuai let out a cold snort again, which made those mercenaries who had fallen into confusion regain their clarity once again.

"It seems that this ringtone has some special magical power."

"Of course, and it's not just for us."

Duanmuhuai turned his head and looked out of the window—at this moment, outside the window, he could see black figures moving slowly outwards. They were nothing but those killed by Duanmuhuai and the mercenaries before. The charred corpse of a Beastman. But at this moment, these charred corpses were slowly moving forward, leaving the village like zombies and heading for the dark depths of the mountain.

"We must go at once."

Kevin made a decision immediately.

"This ringtone is likely to be the culprit that made those villagers disappear. We must find out the root cause of all this!"

"But we can't resist the ringing."

Cliff frowned. When he heard the bell just now, he felt his brain start to feel drowsy, as if he was sleepy and about to fall asleep. Obviously, it was not an ordinary ringtone, but some kind of magical ringtone.

It's magical...

"Ann, do you have a solution to this problem?"

Duanmu Huai looked at Ann. Anyway, Her Royal Highness is also the most powerful mage in Manaria, so she should have a way to deal with it. "

"Hmm...this should work on the spiritual level? No, the soul level? Anyway, I can try it."

While speaking, An raised his hand, and soon, along with the sound of singing, beams of magical light descended from the sky and landed on the mercenaries.

"This is a spell that can protect against immune mind control, and it should be able to play a certain role."

"Jingle Bell……………"

At this moment, as if to verify An's words, the bell rang again, but this time, none of the mercenaries responded.

"very good."

Seeing this, Duanmu Huai nodded, and Cliff and Kevin also looked at each other, and then looked at their subordinates.

"Immediately fully armed and ready to go, let's go and see who is playing tricks!!"