As soon as Eivor finished speaking, arrows shot by the Gray Man swooshed over, piercing into the gray, withered tree trunks with a crisp sound.
Lucina squinted and looked into the distance. In the forest, there were at least dozens of people, all fully armed, wearing black chitinous armor, closing in from three directions.
A dozen fighters quickly turned their heads, breaking out in another direction, sliding down the sloping mud toward the lava river at the foot of the volcano.
As they got closer to the volcano, the temperature became increasingly higher, with Gray Men shouting from all directions, the bubbling lava giving no peace.
Lucina wrapped her arms around a big tree trunk, frowned, and with a strong force, broke the tree trunk in two with a crack, laying it across their escape route, creating some artificial barriers to slow down the Greymen's pursuit.
Despite this, the sheer number of Gray Men surrounded them.
