In the stillness of night, after a day of training at the military camp, humans and pet beasts alike seemed able to get some rest.
For all the remaining contestants still on the battlefield, however, there was clearly no room for the slightest carelessness. They had to be even more cautious.
Night was home ground for the vast majority of pet beasts, and it also marked the beginning of danger.
From nightfall onward, the battlefield began releasing the sleep-inducing mist according to the rules.
Clearly, on a night like this, getting through unscathed would not be easy. Whatever happened to the others, the teams hiding around the edges and scraping together points were about to be dragged into the fighting!
And that was exactly what happened.
Across the dark battlefield, deep green sleep-inducing mist slowly spread like fog.
Around the edges, the other Beast Tamer teams, which had stayed quiet until then, began to stir.
The flames of battle ignited, and the battlefield beneath the night sky was every bit as lively.
Especially during the first half of the night.
Yet that bustle seemed to have nothing to do with the Forest Wolf Regiment.
Right at the start of the competition, the Forest Wolf Regiment had plunged deep into enemy territory alone.
Now, beside this small lake in a relatively central part of the battlefield, though not its very heart, the vast majority of enemies had yet to arrive.
The Forest Wolf Regiment fell quiet during the night.
But that did not mean the other teams did the same.
The Shadow Leopard Regiment and the Black Tiger Regiment were especially worth mentioning.
Both had Evolution Forms relatively adept at fighting in the dark, particularly the latter's Netherworld Demon Tigers, pet beasts with the special Darkness Element attribute.
They exploited the