Ye Chuqi listened to San San's incessant chatter as she raised her Greatsword and charged forward.
The creatures at the front were all small magic beasts, driven here by the herd of ironclad rhinoceroses. But the bulk of the beast tide consisted of ironclad rhinoceroses, as though someone had accidentally disturbed their lair and drawn the entire herd here.
The black ironclad rhinoceroses had gleaming armored hides. The higher their rank, the smoother their hides were, shining with a metallic luster. Their horns spared nothing, skewering whatever they came across and clearing every obstacle in their path.
Ahead of the beast tide, scattered figures were still running desperately for their lives.
San San sucked in a sharp breath. "Hiss, those are students from the Imperial Capital Academy!" They were the students from the Imperial Capital Academy who had entered the Lost Forest earlier. Even from this distance, San San could clearly make out their uniforms. "Ah, two are missing."
Of the six students, two were missing, leaving only four. Some of them seemed gravely injured, and that little stretch of distance seemed to be all that separated life from death.
They could already hear the beasts breathing behind them, but they could not hold on much longer. The adventurers ahead were also running for their lives and had no time even to glance back. Bote was carrying a student on his back, while the other two were covered in blood. The smell goaded the magic beasts behind them into an even more relentless pursuit.
Was this where it all ended, when safety was already so close? Bote gritted his teeth. He could no longer feel the pain in his body and ran desperately on instinct alone. The injured student on his back was breathing more and more faintly, as though