"What's going on? How much did they drink yesterday? It's this late, and they still haven't changed shifts."
A middle-aged man muttered under his breath as he kicked aside the fence before him, his expression somewhat grim.
As he entered this city guard outpost, the middle-aged man immediately frowned.
His nose twitched, as though he had caught a peculiar scent.
"Is this... the smell of blood?"
He was no stranger to that smell. The sudden scent of blood made his expression change drastically.
The man quickly ran toward the tent inside the outpost. The closer he got, the stronger the smell of blood became.
The next moment, his hand gripped the hilt of the longsword at his waist, and he forcefully threw open the tent flap.
But the sight before him left him dumbstruck.
Blood had nearly soaked the entire interior of the tent, filling it with a heavy stench. More than a dozen corpses lay on the ground, each with a huge gash across its throat.
"This..."
Meanwhile, out in the Wilderness.
Chen Mu rode the Yellow Blaze Horse at full speed through the Wilderness, with He Tu, also on horseback, following closely behind him.
The two were Chen Mu and He Tu, who had already left Black River City.
It was rather absurd. Entering Black River City involved a complicated and troublesome process, yet leaving the city required no formalities whatsoever.
Even the City Guards stationed at the gates did not spare them a glance.
After assassinating the city guards, Chen Mu had originally planned to take He Tu and force their way out. After all, no city guard could stop Chen Mu now that he was already a Grand Knight.
But to his surprise, when dawn came, the city gates were wide open, and it seemed that