The area beyond the Great Wall was bitterly cold, the temperature was low, and the days were short. It sounded like the Arctic Circle, a barren land of ice and snow.
In fact, this was not the case. The area beyond the Great Wall was almost equivalent to Canada in the world of ice and fire.
North of the Great Wall was similar to the Canadian forest in the northern section of the Rocky Mountains.
Well, the people in this world called it the "Ghost Forest." It started from 800 meters north of the Great Wall and spread north for more than a thousand kilometers. Of course, due to the short sunshine, the forest became thinner the further north it was. It was far less dense than the trees near the Great Wall.
It was too dense.
Under the full moon, the area beyond the Great Wall seemed to be covered with a layer of silver-gray gauze. People and things around could be seen clearly without holding a torch. But as soon as they stepped into the forest, endless darkness came.
Then, a cold air mixed with the smell of damp leaves and decay drowned people like waves. Looking down, even the moonlight was rarely seen on the ground.
There were many evergreen trees in the forest, tall and straight soldier pines, tall and straight sentinel trees, and iron trees with dark green leaves that were almost black. The branches were connected to the branches densely.
Not to mention that the moonlight couldn't penetrate, the suicide squad members walking in the forest even felt that even the air was frozen, heavy and suffocating.
"Hey, another giant's body was found." Like a dexterous little Monkey, Yergret turned over slippery wet stones, crossed a dark trunk that fell in a gurgling stream, and came to the side of a hairy giant.
"A female giant, Suo Suo, I know her," Yergret's voice was nasal, and she was so sad that she almost cried, "Two years ago, my horse slipped in the canyon, and I broke my leg. Suo Suo carried me back."
Danny "floated" to the red-haired woman like a ghost, carefully looked at the wound of the gray-haired giant, and said, "The left waist was stabbed by a sword. The wound was not fatal, but the bleeding was not stopped in time, and it bled to death."
Jon led the horse through the stream and whispered, "Yergret, don't be so reckless. If it has become a ghoul, it will be too unfair to rush over and be slapped to death by it."
"I don't have a dragon, but I can't lose to her in courage," the red-haired woman pointed at Danny and said.
Barristan's mouth twitched. You've found the wrong person to compare with. Her Majesty the Queen did not come at all.
Yep, Danny was patrolling in the sky while riding on her dragon. On the ground, the queen who "fought bravely for first place" was just a shadow, a mental projection.
"This should be the last giant's corpse. It's also the smallest, so it can be used as bait," Danny said.
They had already gone ten kilometers into the forest and found seven giant corpses along the way. Most of them died because they lost too much blood and didn't have time to treat them.
Dahei's soul injury had been healed. It had been following the suicide squad with Little White, hovering 300 meters above the forest. Whenever the giant's body was found, or Danny called, or other team members rang the gong, Dahei would come down to pick it up and fly away.
Apart from the giants, they also encountered quite a number of barbarian camps. It was a very small campsite, with only a tribe of dozens or hundreds of people.
After a battle in the morning, Maans was captured, and the more than 100,000 barbarians who had united were once again in a state of disunity.
When encountering such a campsite, the suicide squad would send the barbarians to communicate and tell the barbarians about the suicide squad's plan to capture the deviant ghosts, so that they would understand that the night watchers were not here to hunt down the barbarians and would not harass their small campsite.
Most of the time, there was no conflict, because the two dragons would fly over the camp first, roaring as they did so.
Well, 20 suicide squads formed a diamond-shaped formation and sneaked in the forest, covering an area of less than two square kilometers. It was too easy for two dragons to patrol two square kilometers.
It was also because a dragon flew over their heads almost every three minutes that the suicide squad maintained high morale in such a dark and dangerous forest.
"Hiss — hiss —" When Danny decided on the position to be the bait, Dahei immediately let out two rapid dragon roars.
"Two roars means that the arrow team has stopped. We should also look for a place to set up the trap."
The team that heard the roars immediately stopped and began to set up the trap.
In fact, they had encountered a lot of barbarian corpses along the way, most of which were concentrated within five kilometers of the edge of the forest. The suicide squad alone had encountered nearly a thousand corpses.
It could be guessed that there were more corpses in the forest that had not been discovered.
However, the iron chains carried by the suicide squad were limited, and it was impossible to tie every corpse. They could only try their best to move forward and keep the deviant ghosts five kilometers away from the edge.
Well, the reason why Danny went ten kilometers deep into the Ghost Forest was because she wanted to keep the deviant ghosts eight to ten kilometers away from the edge of the forest.
In short, if Danny encountered a deviant ghost ten kilometers away and killed, caught, or drove it away, then the corpses in the forest behind her would be safe.
The suicide squad's diamond-shaped formation was like a shield, "protecting" the thousands of barbarian corpses behind them until dawn.
Of course, this was the most perfect ending. The story might not necessarily happen according to Danny's script.
"Cut off its hands and left foot," Danny said to Barristan.
"Why? Suo Suo is dead and still wants to be bait. She's already pitiful enough, and you still want to insult her body, "Yergret shouted from the tree.
Danny looked up. The branches blocked Yergret's small body, and it was easy to miss her.
However, deviant ghosts did not rely on their eyes to find prey. They could sense the breath of the living.
She sneered: "If it comes back to life, with its full beard and tail, with the strength of a giant, the pitiful person will be you."
"Uh …" The red-haired girl was stunned, and said: "The branches are blocking my view, and I can't see the deviant ghost below. Since there's no way to hide, why not cut off the branches nearby and let the moonlight fall. "
Ten meters away, Jon who was squatting beside a tree stump and tied a rope turned his head and advised: "Maybe if you climb high enough, the deviant ghost can't smell the breath of the living on you. The branches will always make you safer. Also, there's a bell that can remind you of the deviant ghost's arrival. "
Well, Jon pulled a circle of rope nearby with a small bell hanging on it. No matter how powerful the deviant ghost was, it couldn't fly, right?
If they wanted to revive the corpse, they would have to bring the bell.
However, no one knew the casting distance of the deviant ghost. If it could revive the corpse from a few hundred meters away, then their efforts tonight would be in vain.
In order to prevent this from happening, Danny arranged three "corpse guards" for each team.
This was what Yergret and Sir Alliser were doing at the moment. They found a tall and straight sentinel tree, climbed up to the top, and wrapped cloth soaked in oil around the trunk at the top. If the situation was critical, they would immediately ignite it — because deviant ghosts were afraid of fire.
Under normal circumstances, they could not ignite the treetops to avoid scaring them away. After all, the purpose of this operation was to capture deviant ghosts.
Then, they would find a stable branch under the oil cloth and tie a hemp rope around their waists to stabilize their bodies so that they would not fall when they dozed off.
Well, they also had to prepare a fur coat to protect them from the cold and a pot of strong wine to warm their bodies.
The corpse guards would keep an eye on the grass and trees nearby. If they found deviant ghosts, they would immediately ring the gong to summon the Megalosaurus and the hunting team.
The three corpse guards were separated by 30 meters — 50 meters, forming a triangle around the corpses that were tied to their ankles.
As for whether or not the gong would scare the deviant ghosts away …
Deviant ghosts that could be scared away by the sound of the gong would not be scared by humans.
Of course, if the deviant ghosts were intelligent enough, they could judge that there was an ambush by the sound of the gong and might actually retreat.
However, Danny and the others knew nothing about deviant ghosts. Even if the gong scared the deviant ghosts away, they could at least guess the deviant ghosts' intelligence level.
In addition to the three corpse guards, there was one more … uh, Danny called it the "Death-Maker."
Since they could not judge the deviant ghosts' intelligence level, they could not be sure if the deviant ghosts would be scared away by the gong. In this regard, Danny had her own plans.
If the deviant ghosts were not intelligent enough and did not run away when they heard the gong, that would naturally be the ideal situation. If the deviant ghosts were intelligent enough and guessed that there was a trap and planned to escape, then it would be time for the Death-Maker to appear.
Intelligent people definitely had a temper. If a human slid down from a tree, stood on the flat ground, raised his iron sword, and shouted, "Bastard, do you dare to fight me one-on-one? See if I don't cut off your ice-cold little jiji. "
Oh, Danny was very curious. How would the deviant ghosts, who were originally planning to retreat, react?
And Jon was the Death-Maker.
It was not that Danny wanted to take the opportunity to kill her nephew. Who asked him to have a steel sword from Valleglia?!
In the five-man team, in addition to the corpse guards and the Death-Maker, there was also a mobile knight team.
Didn't each team have a horse?
After removing the chains, oil pipes, traps, hunting nets, ropes, strong wine, sausages, and other items, the workhorse became a warhorse, and riding on a warhorse became a knight.
There were many stones, roots, and puddles under the trees. Visibility was poor at night, and if one was not careful, the horse would fall down. Ordinary people did not have the ability to ride a horse in the Ghost Shadow Forest.
In the complicated forest terrain, it was difficult to not get lost in the day.
However, the rangers of the night guards were not ordinary people.
A small team of rangers, three men and three horses, could patrol the boundless Ghost Shadow Forest for a few months.
During this period, they could only rely on their survival skills, which were better than Bear Grylls', to find food and drink for themselves. They also had to deal with the wild beasts and savages in the forest.
Riding a horse in the forest at night, not getting lost, not falling down, and avoiding the arrows of the savages were only basic skills.
Without these skills, they would not survive their first patrol mission.
Therefore, the rangers were the strongest and most honorable occupation of the night guards.
When they first arrived at the Great Wall, Jon was depressed, annoyed, and complained for a long time because he was not assigned to the ranger team. That was until Sam told him the significance of the commander-in-chief's affairs officer, the next commander-in-chief of the night guards.
Well, he digressed.
The rangers would ride their horses and gather in the center of the diamond formation. There were 20 riders, and they would again form four cavalry teams. Each team would have five riders, and the four teams would guard the four corners of the diamond formation.
Danny would not let the Death-Maker die without any preparation.
If there was a deviant ghost at a hunting spot, the corresponding cavalry team would immediately rush over to help.
Well, before the ranger team arrived at the battlefield, Danny would not send the Megalosaurus to the forest to breathe fire. What if a deviant ghost hid in the side and threw a javelin at her dragon? Wouldn't she cry?
Of course, Danny also prepared a trump card. If the situation was urgent, she could only … throw White Knight down to save the situation.
White Knight's fighting skills were excellent. With Valleglia's iron armor and iron sword, she could definitely fight a deviant ghost alone.
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