Moons and stars condensed from magic rose into the sky one after another, strung together along the slender defensive line built by the Wizard Tower, tearing the once-deep Night Veil to shreds.
Night became day.
But the monsters in the wilderness did not flee in panic as they usually did.
Because behind them, more and more monsters were pouring endlessly out of the darkness farther away, pushing them forward. As far as the eye could see, they were packed tight, blotting out the land and sky, like a grayish-white tide advancing layer by layer. Their rumbling footsteps were like thunder, and even standing inside the Wizard Tower, Hermione could feel that heart-stopping tremor.
"Where did they all come from! How can there be so many!"
Ragdoll Fox grabbed Hermione's brown hair and leaned forward, her two button eyes glittering in the moonlight, her voice unable to hide her shock. "I thought when we combed through the Earth Vein earlier, we had already cleared them all out!"
"We only cleared out the ones that didn't get away."
Hermione explained in a muffled voice. A few days ago, when more and more monsters appeared outside the camp, she had already had this question and had specifically written to Central Base to ask Jiang Yu. "Although the monsters only have instinct left, they still know to seek advantage and avoid harm—when we made such a big show of clearing them mountain by mountain, the slightly smarter ones had already run off. Also, there should still be some 'Outer Demons' that slipped in around the edge of the world. They smelled the aura of World Ascension, Just Like flies smelling the fragrance of cake."
At this point, she could not help shaking her head.
Although Jiang Yu's explanation was very clear, she still had