"Are they looking down on us?"

"The possibility cannot be denied, but we have already escaped once after fighting each other. If it were me, I would move more carefully."

Ryan nodded affirmatively. At the very least, they have the intelligence to act as an organization and use traps. Then they should also have the corresponding learning ability.

"I'm afraid, the troops just now are just scouts to us."

"Including demons?"

"Well, that demon thought we were the enemy's leader, so it left. This may be to disturb our warlock and retreat after getting some information."

If we assume that the opponent loses overall control and disrupts the warlock and interrupts the retreat, then everything can be explained. The two fell into silence.

"Characterically, I make bad predictions."

Grim was silent for a moment, then raised his head and looked at Ryan: "What's wrong?"

"One is that they might attack in stages, targeting our fatigue. Keep attacking until the entire army is exhausted, and then hit us with all their might."

Ryan's expression suddenly became serious.

"The second possibility is that they lured us into the forest and attacked us from the front and back. Well, maybe it's best to assume they'll set a trap."

Ryan glanced back. The carriage was still following behind, with Saqi holding the reins. His eyes met Saqi's, and they nodded slightly.

Ryan gently raised his right hand and turned his gaze back to the front.

"Temporarily expand the magic detection range?"

"No, that's not necessary. That will only drain your magic. We have to keep the minimum we can moving forward."

"But at this speed, I don't know when I can reach Aliban."

"About three days. Classmate An has confirmed it. Well, we are ready and will take turns keeping watch at night. This is a long-term battle."

Ryan said to Grim naturally, and then grinned: "Sure enough, you are such a cunning guy." Upon hearing this, Grim smiled and said, "Thank you."

That day, they were attacked by monsters about three times. The troops fought off the initial attack of the monsters, and after killing a few of them they fled. The surroundings became darker and darker, so Lane and others began to prepare for camping.

"Grim." Ryan called Grim who was nearby while he was chopping wood to light the fire.

Grim was looking at the sketch of the forest they bought in the previous city, and he turned his face to Lane: "What's wrong?"

"Your assumption seems to be correct."

Luneval and others were preparing dinner. They heard the conversation between Grim and Ryan and looked at them one after another.

"Yeah." Grim replied, but his expression didn't change, so Ryan asked, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I just hope my speculation is wrong. Now, we have to consider the worst case scenario."

“What’s the worst that could happen?”

Grimm did not answer, but slowly looked around at everyone. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Grim, as if asking him if he needed their help.

"First of all, the enemy is large in number. The numerical advantage itself is enough to turn the tide of the battle. In contrast, we are smaller in number and will be attacked day and night. We will definitely be exhausted."

This is true, but it goes without saying. Everyone waited to see what Grim was going to say next, wondering if he was a harbinger of something worse.

"I say it again, there are too many enemies. Considering that the enemies have occupied this forest, Aliban's people..."

Grim's eyes turned sad, and An immediately interrupted him and said, "That's impossible! There's no way Her Highness Ruth could fall into the hands of the enemy!"

Grimm was confused, "I'm sorry," he lowered his head, "I just put forward a hypothesis, not that what has happened. I'm sorry if my words offended you."

"Even so, it can't happen!"

"Ah, yes."

Everyone around them was surprised by Ann's anger, but Ryan, Helene and Nia looked at each other.

"No, we should still think about it." Ryan said, "If the place we trudge to becomes the enemy's lair, then we will definitely be annihilated."

"Yes." Nia said.

"As Grim said, judging from the situation, failure is more likely. The enemy should have attacked from the opposite direction, so it is still a mystery that they have occupied the forest of Aliban."

"Are you two thinking that Her Highness Ruth will be killed by a monster?" An said angrily, but Hailin suddenly raised her head when she heard Nia's words: "There is also the opposite possibility."

Everyone looked at Hai Lin.

"If the enemy captured Aliban, why didn't they continue to march towards the town behind the forest? Why did they deliberately ambush the enemy who entered?"

Everyone's eyes widened in surprise when they heard this. Only Grim said: "That's it."

They are indeed still an "army", Grim suddenly said some obvious facts. He simply changed the name of the previously mentioned organization.

"What does that mean?" Ryan asked.

"They have besieged Aliban and blocked the flow of supplies in Aliban. They are working hard to ensure that Aliban is captured." Niya said in surprise.

"So, by worst case scenario you mean..." Nia broke off.

Grim nodded affirmatively: "This is not a problem caused by monsters. They are waging a war."

"War? Isn't this jump too outrageous?" Ryan frowned.

"Considering what you said about the 'Demon King' and the actions of the monsters, this is acceptable."

Although everyone does not completely agree with Grim's statement, at least among this group of people, he is the one who knows the most about monsters. This means that according to the common sense of monsters, something incredible is happening.

Ryan looked at An: "An, what was Aliban's condition before you set off?"

"No, nothing has changed. I just received a commission from 'Silver Snow' and sent several investigation teams to conduct a few missions."

"In other words, the siege is probably a recent thing." Ryan looked at Grimm thoughtfully.

"Grim, according to your estimation, how likely is the current situation?"

"Although I'm not 100% certain, I think it's a pretty high probability."

Although there is uncertainty, consider that if the prediction comes true, it would be a mistake to move forward.

"Nia, where's 'Transmission'?"

"Actually, I have been trying to contact Kaiping, but there seems to be some kind of interference magic in this forest. Moreover, this interference magic is very advanced."


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