"What's going on with these guys?"
The Lizardfolk chieftain furrowed his brow and pondered hard, but he could not make sense of it no matter how he thought about it. Could they have been eaten by mutated monsters along the way...?
But this area belonged to Lizardfolk territory. Their main settlement was stationed there and would drive off invading monsters, so the route should have been safe.
Unless... something had happened to the main settlement too.
At that thought, the old Lizardfolk chieftain looked even more despondent...
"..."
Under the cover of night, all kinds of monsters slaughtered one another. Savage roars, howls, and ghostly wails occasionally drifted in from outside the settlement, echoing through the night sky. No one knew what exactly was happening.
For the Lizardfolk chieftain, this night was the hardest time of his life to endure. Every second felt like a year.
There were Undead Race members in the settlement, yet the underlings he had sent to deliver the message had vanished without a trace.
As time slowly passed, the horizon finally began to glow pale with dawn.
The monsters' roars outside gradually fell silent as well.
Day had broken...
The bright morning sun rose, its light blanketing the forest and dispelling all darkness, awakening vitality across the land.
Wang Cheng, Wang Zixuan, and the others woke from their sleep. It had been the best night of rest they had enjoyed.
Everyone looked refreshed and full of energy.
"Master, are we heading deeper into the continent now?" Wang Cheng asked expectantly.
"Mm. Let's go. We'll check out the Lizardfolk main settlement first."
Lin Dong called out.
Soon, everyone packed up their belongings, picked up their weapons, and followed behind him.
Lin Dong arrived first beneath a thick ancient tree and found the Lizardfolk chieftain standing there.