During this time, having more or less digested the food in their stomachs, the snake people soon launched another round of hunting.
As usual, they launched a night raid.
However, this time, they had pounced on empty air.
The defensive camp originally situated along the border had vanished without a trace.
"Did they run? Where else could they run to?"
Like snakes, the snake people had extremely poor eyesight. They mainly relied on their sense of smell and means similar to heat sensing to lock onto their targets.
However, beneath the pitch-black night sky, the firelight on the distant mountainside—almost connected into a single line—was truly rather conspicuous. It was difficult for them not to notice it.
Led by the Snake Person King, the group of snake people soon arrived at the foot of the mountain.
Unlike ordinary humans, and even unlike creatures that moved on legs, the snakes' unique method of crawling gave them an extremely strong ability to adapt to most geographical environments.
They could even crawl along walls, so the mountain terrain before them naturally could not stop them.
The snake people crawled smoothly, rapidly approaching the mountainside, and at the same time entering the range illuminated by the firelight.
Strangely, however, they did not discover a single human figure.
Just as the Snake Person King was wondering about this, a rapid alarm bell suddenly echoed from afar.
Immediately afterward, before the snake people could react, a string of bang, bang, bang, bang! gunshots erupted in a frenzy!
Needless to say, this line of fire on the mountainside had been specially arranged by the defensive soldiers.
As long as the snake people approached this position, they could detect their presence at the first opportunity. At the same time, this line of fire happened to be right at