"What? A fourth-tier Dark Creature? Doesn't that make it an intermediate Dark Creature?!"
"Gasp, a Hellhound! Heavens, we're doomed! How did we run into such a terrifying Dark Creature?"
"Laxi, what kind of monster is a Hellhound? Is it really that powerful? Why does everyone look so terrified?"
"It must be powerful. I heard that a Hellhound appeared once several decades ago and directly caused thousands of deaths in a viscount's territory!"
"And even two peak Silver Knights would have a hard time killing a Hellhound!"
"Th-That powerful? Then aren't we really doomed? What are we supposed to do now?"
As information about the Hellhound spread, the guards instantly erupted into an uproar.
Some of the guards turned ashen-faced upon hearing that it possessed strength capable of directly contending against two peak Silver Knights.
After all, they were ordinary people. Even an early Bronze Knight could take on ten of them alone, let alone a peak Silver Knight. To them, such a person was as omnipotent as the immortal cultivators from novels in their previous lives.
After their shock, the guards all looked toward Nalant with terrified expressions, hoping he could offer them a chance of survival.
If not for Nalant's usual authority keeping them in check, then apart from the Storm Knight Order and the barbarians, the other guards would probably have broken ranks and fled in terror by now.
Nalant had long anticipated this scene, and immediately spoke. "Are you all afraid?"
Naturally, the guards remained silent.
Nalant continued, "Actually, I'm afraid too! After all, that is an intermediate Dark Creature!"
"But fear is one thing. I am confident that I can defeat it!"
"More than half of you were captured after being defeated during the autumn campaign, so you must have witnessed my methods."
"Take the hand