The situation that Dean and others were looking forward to didn't appear. On the contrary, the beast tide gradually thinned out. Many of the beasts separated from the main force and moved towards the surrounding areas.
Dean and others met two small groups of retreating beasts on the high mountain. In the battle, two injured pioneers were killed. Now only Zaxit, Jason, Dean and Aisha were left.
Originally there were more than a dozen people in the escape team. In just a few days, only a few of them were left.
Zaxit's intention to escape gradually faded. He suddenly felt that it was better to stay in the wall than to be punished.
He couldn't imagine what would happen if Dean and Jason were gone and he was the only one left. Would he gradually lose his humanity because of the monsters? Would he not even speak in the end?
"What should we do now?" Zaxit and Jason looked at Dean. Even if they were used to being in a high position and had independent thoughts, they couldn't help but be at a loss at the moment.
Dean was also confused. He didn't expect that such a huge attack from the aliens wouldn't cause much impact on the War God's Wall. In the past few days, they often returned to the edge of the battlefield to observe. They tried to help when the monsters were strong, but they never had the opportunity.
Now that the battle was about to end, it was obvious that such an opportunity wouldn't come again!
This also meant that it was time for them to make a choice. They could either continue to escape or disguise as soldiers in distress and return to the War God's Wall.
In Dean's view, it was impossible for Zaxit to return to the War God's Wall. His watch was left in the fortress. The War God's Wall should have a record of his movement route. He could only continue to escape to destruction.
However, his own combat system and Jason's were closed. There was no record of their escape route. If they returned, then there was a low chance that they wouldn't be regarded as deserters. However, the technical personnel in the border guards weren't fools. They were sent to the frontline. The battle had lasted for so many days. There was no reason for them to survive. They must have deserted.
The fate of deserters was to be executed or sent to places like the Monster Research Institute or coolies to play their remaining value.
He sighed and felt a little annoyed. He ignored Zaxit and Jason's questions and sat on the hillside, deep in thought.
Zash and Jason saw that Dean had no idea. They were silent as they tried to think of a way out.
Another three days passed, and on the eighth day of the battle, the demonic beasts began to retreat in all directions. However, the number of surviving demonic beasts was less than a tenth of their original number. Their retreat was very different from their previous orderly attack. They were like headless flies, scattering in all directions.
After encountering several monsters, Dudian knew that they couldn't stay here for long. If they encountered some difficult monsters, they would most likely die here. Monsters that could survive the war until now were either lucky, had special abilities, or were very strong. It was rare to see pioneer-level monsters.
"Let's go." Dean said to Jason and Zaxite as he dealt with a reptilian monster that had escaped.
"Where to?" Zaxi Te quickly asked.
Dean glanced at the direction of the God of War's wall. His eyes flashed for a moment, but he sighed and turned to the front: "Keep going!"
Zaxi Te and Jason were startled. Zaxi Te sighed. He had been thinking about the survival rate of returning to the God of War's wall. However, the result was obvious. Now that the battle against the demonic beasts was over, the border guards were not short of people. Most of the deserters like him would be executed or sent to the worst place to mine energy and rare minerals for the empire. It was no different from death or even more painful!
Jason slightly clenched his fist and hesitated for a moment. He finally said to Dean: "Both of our combat systems are off. Will we be treated as deserters if we return? You said before that we can find other excuses and be punished … "
Dean shook his head: "It was possible before, but I didn't think that the battle would last for so long! It has been seven or eight days now. The fortress has long been breached. How could we persist in the battlefield outside the giant wall for so long with our strength? There's only one explanation, and that's that we've defected! "
Jason didn't give up: "We can say that we didn't have time to escape back to the God of War's wall after the fortress was breached. So we temporarily hid in another place. Isn't it a direct defection?"
Dean sighed, "But the order given to us is to hold on to the fortress. There are only soldiers who are God of War. There is no living soldier. In their view, there is only one end for us, and that is to die in the fortress. If we survive, then we are deserters!"
There was a hint of struggle in Jason's eyes. He opened his mouth slightly, wanting to say something, but in the end, he closed his mouth and remained silent.
Zaxi Te was stunned as he heard their conversation: "Did you turn off the combat system? How? "
"It was destroyed so it was turned off." Dean didn't explain in detail: "Let's move forward. I suspect that there are not all monsters outside the border. There are probably humans or other intelligent life forms. Maybe we can communicate with them. For example, the fire dragons. If we meet them then we can cooperate with them."
"Cooperation?" Zaxi Te and Jason looked at him in puzzlement.
"The Fire Dragons want to invade the God of War's wall. Naturally, they want to understand the situation inside the wall. If it was us, we would also capture a few enemy soldiers and ask them for information." Dudian said.
The two reacted. There was a trace of strange color in their eyes. This was worse than defection. However, this was one of the chances for them to survive.
"Then let's go!" Zaxi Te was very decisive.
Dean took Shanghai Lisa over the mountains and continued to move forward.
As they moved forward, there were monsters chasing them from behind. Fortunately, they were always on guard and hid in advance. The monsters seemed to be very flustered as they fled. Few monsters noticed them.
They crossed the mountains, plains and wastelands. They met a lot of monsters along the way. Most of them were pioneers and dominators. There were few abyssal monsters. This made the originally gloomy mood of the three gradually brighten up.
They had met hundreds of abyssal monsters in the previous war. But now they had restored a lot of confidence. After all, the abyssal monsters were a minority.
"This is the trace of the fire dragons!" Dean looked at a burnt tree in the forest.
Zaxi Te stepped forward and was about to reach out to touch it. Jason suddenly said: "Don't touch it!"
Zaxi Te quickly withdrew his hand and turned to look at him.
"This thing seems to be poisonous!" Jason picked up the withered branch from the ground and pushed away the charred bark. They saw that it was covered with sticky green tree sap. The tree sap swayed slightly, and when they saw it clearly, their expressions changed. The tree sap was made up of countless tiny insects, densely packed together, and the number was shocking.
Although they were in the abyss, they were more careful than hunters. They wouldn't easily underestimate any monster, including small insects.
They had seen the fire dragons' flames before. It was enough to burn the whole tree. But at this moment only a piece of bark was burned. It was most likely the credit of the green insects.
Dudian slowly went deeper into the woods. He saw more and more burnt trees in a straight line. It should be the advance route of the fire dragons.
Would it lead to the fire dragon's lair?
Dean thought in his heart. He didn't know why he was looking forward to it. If he really met the fire dragon then he might die. But there seemed to be an impulse to adventure and explore.
Roar!
Less than ten minutes after they went deep into the forest, a sudden roar echoed from behind. It was hoarse and high-pitched. It was like a tiger roaring in the forest. It was full of deterrence.
The pupils of the three shrank. They immediately shrank behind the trees to hide their bodies.
The three of them were familiar with this roar. They had heard it countless times in the past few days. It was the roar of the fire dragon!
Dean pulled Haisha to his side and hid behind a big tree. He stared at the back, and his pupils entered the x-ray state. Suddenly, he saw a brilliant sun-like light and shadow rapidly approaching. It was the shape of a fire dragon.
However, the fire dragon seemed to be seriously injured. Half of its body was broken. From time to time, it landed on the ground and exerted force with its feet instead of relying on the remaining half of its wing.
Dean's eyes flashed. He wanted to intercept it. But at this moment, he suddenly saw two red dots approaching rapidly behind the fire dragon. The heat was low, just at the level of Pioneers.
However, how could the pioneers chase after the Fire Dragon Alien Race? Obviously, the fire dragon was deliberately suppressing its body heat!
Jason, who was behind the tree, winked at Dean. Obviously, he also saw the people chasing after the fire dragon.
Dean motioned for them to stay still and not make a move.
At this time, the fire dragon was approaching in a straight line. Before it reached the forest, a sound of breaking wind came from behind. It brushed past the side of the fire dragon and almost hit it.
The fire dragon turned its body and dodged the attack, but the other heat source quickly closed the distance between them. Without any unnecessary words, it launched a ferocious attack as soon as it got close to the fire dragon, sticking closely to it.
At this time, the three of them could clearly see the situation of the battle with their naked eyes. The faces of the two heat sources were human but their bodies had been demonized. One was like an upright giant crocodile with an elongated face. The other one was full of green curly hair. It had countless slender limbs under its body. It looked like a centipede but the limbs were extremely sharp.
Dean's eyes moved as he saw the woman with green curly hair. He thought of the two children he adopted in the giant wall of Sylvia. One was called Gabriel and the other was called Artemis. Artemis had green hair.
The reason why he adopted them was out of curiosity. At that time, he hadn't seen a person with green hair. He thought that it was the exclusive hair color of some hidden families in the inner wall. But after occupying the inner wall, he didn't see a person with green hair. So he didn't continue to pay attention to Artemis. He thought that it was because she lived on the edge of the outer wall and was exposed to radiation all year round. He didn't expect to see a person with green hair here.
But he didn't know whether this person's green hair was a transformation of the demon's body or it was originally like this.
"Pin it down!" The man with the body of an upright crocodile shouted and flew down. There was a pair of extremely short wings on his back. Compared to his ferocious appearance, it looked a little cute. He rushed to the ground and picked up the black spear that he had thrown earlier.
The green haired woman's body twisted like a viper. She waved her slender limbs to force the fire dragon to retreat.
The surface of the fire dragon's body was red but there was a golden flame inside. It was an elite fire dragon whose combat power was close to the upper level of the abyss. At the moment, half of its body was broken. It seemed that it was cut off from the shoulder. It was retreating under the fierce offensive of the green haired woman.
However, the green haired woman didn't dare to push too hard. She retreated every time the fire dragon attacked. She didn't dare to be swept by the flames on its body.
The crocodile man pulled out the black spear and was about to turn back to attack. But suddenly he rushed out and held the black spear to kill the fire dragon.
Dean's heart sank when he saw the man's body stop. He knew that the three of them were probably exposed!
Dean turned to look at Jason and Zash. Jason was still focused on the battle. Zash looked at Dean. He seemed to know that they were exposed.
Dean nodded slightly to him and raised his hand.
Zaxi was surprised to see the meaning of Dean's words. At this time, Jason also noticed Dean's gesture. There was a puzzled expression on his face.
"If we don't take advantage of the situation to attack, we will die!" Dean said in a low voice.
Zash and Jason's face changed. These two dared to chase the fire dragon into this place. Their strength was obviously several times stronger than them. It was likely that they were from the upper level of the abyss! It could be seen from their offensive that they were faster and fiercer than the previous drillmaster!
But they were from the lower level of the abyss. They were timid even if it was a sneak attack.
"We can escape!" Zash made a gesture.
Dean slightly frowned. Escaping was indeed a way, but he wanted to see if he could kill the two of them in a sneak attack. If he could do it, he might be able to send their corpses back to the War God's Wall in exchange for a chance to live!
After all, these two were from the upper level of the abyss. The people above wouldn't think that he was the one who killed them. Even if they determined that he was a deserter, they might be able to forgive him. If these two had a strong background then he could get the protection of the people behind them if he sent their bodies back.
However, Zash and Jason didn't want to attack. They wouldn't have the energy to force them. Maybe they would slip away at the critical moment.
Without their help, it was too risky for him and Aisha.
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