The Third Volume: Northern Country's Wind and Snow 020. The Demon Beast Appears for the First Time

  When those Templars were almost busy, Tasia reluctantly set up a windproof boundary near the camp. The effect of this boundary on this ice field was very limited, but it was better than nothing.

  Among the people who had eaten some food, apart from the Knights of the Round Night, everyone else had retreated to their tents to warm up.

  Du Fan practiced the Ten Thousand Methods in his own tent for a while, and only when he felt warm all over did he emerge from the tent and walk to the edge of the camp.

  At this moment, a silver moon hangs high in the sky, casting down a few strands of pure white light, making the snowy ground bright and radiant. In the howling cold wind, occasionally strange and unusual calls can be heard.

  Du Fan knew it was the roar of the beast.

  On the ice plain, most of the magical beasts don't know where to hide during the day, but at night they all come out to be active. It is said that many adventurers who came to this place were killed because they didn't guard against it when they slept at night and never had a chance to wake up again the next day.

  Fortunately, the Temple Knights who came this time, although not top-notch experts, were at least sixth-level knights, so with these people on night watch, Du Fan didn't have to worry too much.

  Several knights of the night were gathered around a bonfire cooking something and when they saw Du Fan come out, they all beckoned him to come over and eat together.

  Du Fan didn't stand on ceremony, squeezed over and started chatting with several knights. In this icy and snowy weather, eating some hot food while laughing and talking was quite pleasant.

  At this moment, suddenly, a voice on the ice shocked several people.

  Whoosh whoosh whoosh — Boom —

  After Du Fan refined the Ten Thousand Laws, his spiritual power, which was originally stronger than that of ordinary people, became even more astonishing. He also became extremely sensitive to the movements around him. So, he immediately made out... this seemed to be the sound of a bow and arrow, as well as the explosive sound of Dou Qi...

  Then, from a place not far away, came a human scream!

  In this mournful cry, a shout of surprise followed immediately, as if a large group of people were being chased to death.

  At the same time, in a place north of the camp, something seemed to light up, just like... just like... a magician's magic!!!!

  Several people sitting around the bonfire furrowed their brows at the same time, and this situation was not difficult to analyze. It was estimated that some adventure team or mercenary group wanted to come to the ice field to make a fortune, but was ambushed by something.

  A couple of the Templars looked like they wanted to go see what was happening.

  But Du Fan stopped him with a wave of his hand, then made a gesture to indicate that they should bury the fire on the ground before leaning in to listen.

  One... two... three... it seemed like there were dozens of footsteps, all of them urgent and irregular, as if they had fallen into some kind of desperate situation.

  Moreover, judging from the sound getting closer and closer, they had just discovered the firelight on this side, so now they were running towards this side with their lives on the line.

  At the same time, behind them, there seemed to be a group of beasts howling, which was terrifying in the cold night.

  Another miserable cry came over, and it was clear that another person had been knocked down by the demon beast. From the sound of the wind, the grinding sound could be heard, and the person who was knocked down didn't even have time to cry out before becoming food in the belly of the demon beast.

  In a moment, those footsteps were getting closer and closer, and the heavy breathing of humans could be faintly heard.

  Du Fan furrowed his brow, his face growing increasingly unsightly. Those guys were running around like they had a death wish; hadn't they considered that if the people here weren't strong enough to deal with the demonic beasts chasing them, wouldn't everyone here end up getting killed because of them?

  Thinking of this, Du Fan let out a low growl and took off in that direction. The several Temple Knights followed closely behind him, except for one who stayed back to wake up the others.

  Du Fan arrived at the outer edge of the camp, standing in front of a well-prepared trap. Under the moonlight, a group of people had already stumbled and staggered towards this direction.

  Among them were both men and women, the leader seeming to be a rather tall warrior, but every single one of them was covered in bloodstains, some even missing an arm, apparently bitten by a demon beast.

  The guy running at the back looked the most miserable, his whole body was covered in blood, it's unknown whether it was someone else's or his own. He held a long gun in his hand, but the gun had already been broken in half. While running, he kept shouting: "Hurry! Hurry! They're coming after us! We have to hurry up, as long as we can find that place with fire from just now, maybe someone will be able to help us! Hurry!!!"

  The row of people in front had already circled around a tree, saw Du Fan and others standing there, suddenly shouting: "This...there are people here! Really someone! We're saved!!!"

  Du Fan didn't even have time to speak, when the last person let out a miserable cry of "Ah——", and was pulled behind a large tree by something unknown. In an instant, everything was quiet again.

  With this mournful cry, the remaining dozens of people ran even faster.

  Du Fan stared at their movements, knowing that if these guys entered his own camp, then without saying anything else, just the group of demonic beasts following them would be impossible to deal with. Moreover, even if they could deal with it, relying on the bloody smell on their bodies, the demonic beasts in the surrounding area would probably all be attracted over. At that time, it wouldn't matter if there were fifty Temple Knights on his side, or even five hundred Temple Knights, it would be useless.

  Several Templar knights behind Du Fan also realized this, and they had already raised the knight swords in their hands. The joints of their fingers were slightly white due to exertion.

  It seems that as long as they run a few dozen meters more, they can hide behind Du Fan and the others. At that time, even if Du Fan and the others can't deal with the group of magical beasts behind them, at least they can help block them for a while. After all, Du Fan's camp is here, and they definitely won't be able to run away in a short while.

  The guy who was running at the front, seemingly as the leader, had a faint smile of survival on his face. As for these occasionally discovered guys, whether they would be buried here because of their own relationship was not something this guy could care about.

  The rules on this ice field were originally like this, and survival was the only purpose.

  Du Fan suddenly let out a cold laugh, staring at the group of people who were getting closer and closer as they ran. He said loudly, "You all would do best not to run in our direction. There are at least several dozen traps laid out in front of us. If you continue to run over here, I guarantee that even if you manage to climb over them, you will definitely die inside the traps."

  The guy running in the front hesitated for less than a second, then let out a fierce roar: "Brothers, charge forward! We've got nothing to lose anyway. Even if we die in the trap, it's better than being eaten by those things behind us. These bastards won't save us even if they see us dead, so we might as well take one of them down with us!"

  Even if I die, I'll drag down a scapegoat with me!

  What kind of logic is this?

  Young master, I have nothing to do with you people in this garrison. You want to die but drag me down with you? What kind of logic is that? Although I'm also despicable and shameless, compared to your behavior, it's not even on the same level!!!

  Du Fan was thinking gloomily in his heart, but at this moment he couldn't complain, nor did he need to gesture, the several Temple Knights behind him had already ignited their fierce aura.

  The person running in the front was not surprised, but instead delighted. He suddenly jumped and leaped towards Du Fan's direction. Apparently, his strength wasn't weak either, as he easily crossed almost all the traps and charged straight towards Du Fan's location.

  He jumped too hastily and almost bumped into Du Fan. The group of people behind him saw his movement and also jumped over in the same way. Their strength was not weak, basically they could all jump over, but after jumping over one by one, they all lay on the ground panting, motionless like dead dogs.

  The tips of several Templar swords turned towards them.

  One of them jumped in fright and said with difficulty: "Ah, brothers, you still have the nerve to care about us at this time! If those guys catch up, we're all done for!"

  As soon as he said this, Du Fan felt a wave of disgust. This kind of guy was the dregs of society, with an attitude that seemed to say "since I've met you guys, you have to save me no matter what".

  But Du Fan also knew they were right, this was not the time to settle accounts with them. He just grunted and nodded at one of the Temple Knights, indicating that he should keep an eye on them and prevent them from causing trouble. The rest took a few steps forward, staring intently at their opponents.

  At this time, miserable cries rose and fell, except for these few people who were still capable, the rest of them were either not strong enough or too slow.

  Those who moved slowly were dragged into the darkness by the monsters behind them and died cleanly in no time. In reality, some of them fell into traps halfway through, several of which were designed by Du Fan and were quite sinister and deadly. Moreover, Du Fan was always cautious and had set poison in these traps, so those who fell into the traps were already dead beyond death in an instant.