The Giant Beast Forest Encampment was enormous, comparable to a small city...
The number of stationed personnel living in the encampment alone exceeded several thousand. Every night, quite a few stationed personnel patrolled the area. Their strength was at least at the sixth tier; most were at the seventh tier, and there were even a few at the eighth tier.
With patrol forces like that, it was incredibly difficult for outsiders to infiltrate this place. But it could not stop the four loyal subordinates who had sneaked in yesterday, nor could it stop Marcus, who was far stronger than them!
Under the cover of night, the five of them easily evaded the squads of patrolling stationed personnel. Not even the eighth-tier guards discovered their traces as they made their way at an unhurried pace toward one area of the encampment...
"Hey, brothers!" Several teams that had just assembled arrived and greeted the patrol teams that had been on duty for half the night.
"It's time to change shifts. You should go get some rest!"
The nighttime patrols had to change shifts as well. Otherwise, even if cultivation meant they could endure a full night without much trouble, it would still inevitably affect them and interfere with their daytime duties. Shift changes were necessary for stationed personnel, especially recently, when the encampment was going through a troubled period. Sometimes they could not even sleep, making it all the more important to take turns resting. "Ahhh~~~ It's finally time to change shifts..."
"Finally, we can get some rest..."
"Let's go, let's go. Time to sleep..."
The stationed personnel of one patrol squad sighed and chatted as they headed together toward their tents. Upon reaching the residential tent area, they naturally dispersed and walked toward their respective tents.
One stationed guard who had