Chapter 418: Hunter and Prey (2)
Malin turned his head again, the explosion sounds coming from the woods made him realize that there were major problems today, and the signal that burst in the sky made Faye recognize it, the girl’s voice resonating in Malin’s mind: "It’s the battle mage’s alarm signal, don’t go there, he’s already dead."
"Is that the ultimate signal that uses the soul as the trigger?" Jessica had heard about this, and her question was affirmed by Faye: "Yes, the ultimate signal, the scarlet signal, a third-ring battle mage. There are many ways that such a mage can be killed, but to be pushed to ignite his own soul... the opponent is not so simple."
Faye’s explanation made Malin resolute in his belief that the farther away from there, the better: "Let’s go, girls."
As they continued through the woods, Fio occasionally whispered in Malin’s ear, the thorns it had planted along the way sometimes felt something pursuing them.
This was bad news, but the good news was that they seemed unable to sniff out the scent, relying only on the tiny traces they left behind to pursue them. This significantly delayed their movements, and they were led astray several times by the false paths Malin had left for them.
"Something is pursuing us." Malin relayed this information to Faye, who pondered for a moment: "There are many things that could be tracking us, I think it might be war dogs." She looked toward the war dogs at the bottom of the slope: "But it’s unlikely, although we’re in the south, wild varieties of war dogs are not uncommon. The enemy probably didn’t think we’d have war dogs, which is why they were led on the wrong path. However, I suggest you’d better keep these war dogs farther from us."
"I’ll have Lorrin take them further away." Malin accepted Faye’s advice, and Lorrin quickly disappeared from Malin’s sight with the dogs, thus, even if their tracks were found, it should be unlikely to think those big dogs and their pursued target were traveling together.
After crossing another hill, Malin saw the campsite—in the clearing, the apprentices had chosen a good spot. Under normal circumstances, choosing a clearing to camp is conducive to defense against possible surprise attacks. After all, in the southern woods, green skins are considered the toughest to deal with, and they mostly live at the border of the Western province and the southern woods, rarely moving southward. Moreover, the apprentices are somewhat skilled, at the very least capable of escaping green skins if not defeating them.
It’s just unfortunate that these skills seemed inadequate against ogres.
"Strange, there’s no investigation team in the camp, did they go back?"