I became the embodiment of fear

Dragonpool Mountain Range, Kalinte Mountain.

The terrain here was low-lying, and there were rocks on both sides of the road. This was not a place worth resting, William thought.

However, the commander of the team obviously did not think so.

Lord Hoffman regretted listening to his father's words and only brought three followers to the front line.

Then, two hours ago, he decided to give the order to pursue the fleeing soldiers who pretended to escape.

In the end, a 100-man team led by Lord Hoffman was ambushed and scattered by a 50-man cavalry team on the opposite side.

The hunter and the prey switched positions in an instant. The 100-man team had no choice but to flee into the forest. In the end, only 19 people could barely keep up with the team. Two of the Lord's attendants had also died in battle to protect him.

The soldiers in the team all had numb expressions on their faces. Coupled with the night sky, Lord Hoffman did not dare to look at them.

"Clear the surroundings and set up camp to rest."

Hoffman's voice rang out in the dark forest. The soldiers who heard this stopped moving forward and stood still like corpses.

"Quick, let's rest first. We'll set off in four hours."

Hoffman was very clear that the cavalrymen chasing after them must have retreated. It was very likely that the ones chasing them were small groups of search teams, or even no search teams. After all, they had been marching in the forest for more than two hours.

The soldiers began to rest, taking out the remaining dry rations and water from their backpacks and setting up tents on the spot.

Beside Hoffman, a soldier came over.

"Sir."

The soldiers saluted.

"What is it? Speak."

William spoke his mind."Sir, we need to set up sentries. We don't have much food and water left. We can only last until noon tomorrow. We need to find a way to get supplies. Otherwise, we'll be trapped in this mountain."

"Let's rest first. The soldiers are already very tired. No one will come here except for wild beasts. We should be able to get out from the back of Mount Kalent tomorrow afternoon. Ryan City is behind us. As long as we can climb over the mountain, we will reach there in no time."

Hoffman held the map and narrowed his eyes, barely identifying the location with the help of the faint light.

He was pretending.

Hoffman had no idea where he was.

After graduating from the military academy, he spent most of his time lazing around. He was completely clueless about all military knowledge. Even though the private had reminded him to set up sentries, the Lord felt that there shouldn't be any enemies. It was almost night time now, and they were safe.

It was a pity that the supervising officer who had accompanied him had been stabbed to death by a lance while escaping. Otherwise, he could have asked for his opinion.

An unknown fear began to invade Count Hoffman's heart. In this vast mountain, it was very likely that they would really be surrounded and killed by the army of the Surging Kingdom. There might be fruits here to fill their stomachs, or there might be poison that could quickly reach the Kingdom of Heaven.

While their thoughts were running wild, Lord Hoffman fell asleep. The exhaustion of running around had pushed their minds and bodies to their limits.

The camp was silent under the heavy night sky. There was no sound of insects or birds.

Even though William was very tired, he could not sleep. He was tired and hungry. The food in his backpack had already been eaten. William was feeling very uncomfortable. It was as if there was a demon in his stomach urging him to eat quickly.

Suddenly, William smelled the fragrance of meat. He stood up straight and looked in a direction. His eyes flickered with a dark light.

They are all in a mess.

William noticed that the other soldiers had woken up. They looked at the mountainside in the north and gulped.

They looked at the officer and found that he was still sleeping soundly.

Then, they stood up silently and walked towards the place where the smell was coming from.

No one noticed the problem. After all, how could the fragrance of meat from the mountainside travel so far?

William and the rest were starving. The 19 of them walked in unison towards the source of the taste buds.

The road from the foot of the mountain to the middle of the mountain was not easy to walk on. There were thorns and vines everywhere, and steep cliffs.

William and the others pushed away the thorns with their bare hands. They were like caged beasts as they rushed towards the mountainside.

After another hour, William and the others finally reached the mountainside. During this time, two people lost their grip and fell down. However, the remaining seventeen people did not have any changes in their expressions. A dark light was flowing in their eyes.

Their clothes were ragged, they threw away their helmets and armor, they heard the hunger in their stomachs, they were hyenas that succumbed to food.

The aroma of meat lingered in their noses.

It was inside, in the small village in front of him.

William and the rest took another step forward and approached the small village.

When they passed the village gate, there was a stone tablet beside it. On it were the words "Kalinte Village" written in scarlet.

Everyone filed in and soon arrived at the village square. The source of the meat fragrance was here.

There was no one in the square. There were only seventeen pots. A fire was lit under the pots, and boiling water filled the sky.

The meat slices in the pot were churning. When they came close, the fragrance of the meat and condiments almost filled William and the others 'minds.

Eat! Eat! Eat!

The bubbling water in the pot urged them on.

William and the others could not hold it in any longer. The intense hunger drove them to reach into the boiling water to fish for the meat slices.

William didn't feel anything. He just wanted to eat his fill and eat all the food in the pot.

The skin on William's palm split open, and his flesh fell off the inner wall of the iron pot.

He felt that eating like this wasn't enough. He propped himself up with both hands and jumped into the pot with a plop.

This way, he could eat to his heart's content.

……

"Bang!"

The dossier was closed, and the twenty-year-old intern, Lisred Aaron, let out a long sigh. Every time she read the dossier, Lisred felt that the world was too magical and dangerous. The deadly danger could be hidden inadvertently.

"What are you afraid of, Liz?"

Someone from the seat next to her spoke. It was a young man named Faust Francis. He was the same age as Liszrette and had been recruited into the archives management office half a year ago.

"Faust, this file can give me nightmares for several nights, do you know that?"

Faust smiled."It's not worth being afraid of. Liz, I've seen something even more bizarre. Do you know?"

"I don't know, and I'm not curious." Liszret wanted to interrupt Faust.

However, Faust started talking to himself.

"There was once a young man who was almost twenty years old. After he graduated from the academy, he was depressed all day and suffered from a serious mental disorder. He began to be afraid of the things around him. The more familiar he was, the more afraid he was."

Faust didn't continue.

"And then?" Liszret popped her head out.