Chapter 318: The Lost City (VII)
Hearing this, everyone tensed their nerves, although they didn't know what it was, but judging from the warning given to them by Tilis, the other party was anything but unusual. These people have been adventuring with Tillise for a long time, and although they always have some kind of fun for this priest's divine chatter, everyone still recognizes her ability. And because of this, they also have some understanding of Tilis's "prayer", generally speaking, when Tilis is guiding the way, her wooden stick will stand for a while before falling, and some people have been curious to push it down, but they didn't expect that the weak wooden stick looks like it is cast of iron, and it can't be pushed down no matter how hard it is, unless it falls down on its own. Tillise also told them about the several situations that would occur when they were "guided", one of which was that the stick fell quickly the moment it left their hands, indicating that a monster behind them was approaching that no one could deal with, and they had to flee immediately. Although they had all heard of this, the last time it had happened was in the Strait of Whitering, when the stick in Tillis's hand quickly fell back as soon as it left her hand, instructing them to retreat immediately. Eventually, the suspicious mercenaries forced the captain to return, and only then did they learn from elsewhere that a group of Naga were passing along the route ahead, and almost none of the ships on their route were spared, and if they had not asked to return, the adventurers would have perished in the depths of the sea with the ships they were on.
Before, they had encountered a whole group of nagas, but this time, what was chasing after them?
Right under the watchful eyes of everyone. Soon, one was covered in bright red. The disgusting-looking monster just appeared in the sky, and it slowly fell. A pair of scarlet eyes kept turning and staring around, saliva dripping from its cracked ugly mouth, and it seemed that it could smell the stench from a distance.
"What the hell is that!"
Seeing this monster, the adventurers gasped, they had been to many places, and they had seen many terrible monsters. But this thing in front of them is still beyond their imagination, but it is not surprising that the Purgatory Demon Bat is a scout of the lower realm, a monster of the nature of the army. Therefore, they are rarely called to the main plane. And their own strength is not strong, only the strength of the master level, which is undoubtedly in the lower plane, and cannon fodder.
By the way, with the strength of the group of adventurers of "Fairy and Treasure Chest", they are not even qualified to be cannon fodder in the war of the lower realm, and their only use is probably food.
"That's a demon."
Clutching her wooden staff, Tilis replied in a pale voice, as a believer in the gods. She had more or less learned some stories about their enemies, and the image of the demon clan was naturally one of them. And just looking at this ugly monster right now, Tilis felt like she was going to pass out. It's not that she hasn't been in contact with evil and terrible monsters, but those are all the beings of the main plane. But the monsters of the lower realm are a different concept entirely. Every part of their bodies is a condensed existence of perfect malice, and their existence is itself evil. It's something that can't be understood in words, like a realistic landscape painting that has been put into abstract art. The sense of incongruity is enough to make people feel fear and tremble.
The Infernal Bat slowly descended from the sky, its eyes narrowed. Poke your head out and look ahead. Faced with this scene, the adventurers couldn't help but be a little nervous. They clenched their weapons and aimed at the monster in front of them. But he didn't know what to do, so he could only look at his head with a blank eye, hoping that he would give him an idea for himself and others. And at this moment, behind them, Jenn's voice suddenly sounded.
"I advise you to do it sooner, and it's best to kill it as soon as it hits the ground."
"Mr. Jenn?"
Hearing his words, everyone was stunned, and then turned their heads to look at him, while Daniel, the warrior with two swords on his back, who was not far away, snorted coldly and glared at him dissatisfied.
"Are you a fool? Mr. Aristocrat? We don't know what the other party is, and by the way it looks, it's clear that it hasn't found us yet. As long as we hide here, we won't be discovered, but if we go out now, it may not be, not to mention who knows if it still has companions, in this case, standing still is the best option. And once we get out, God knows what else we'll encounter. ”
"That's the Infernal Bat."
In the face of Daniel's questioning, Jenn didn't say anything, but quickly turned his head to face Captain Steve and spoke.
"It's a monster from the lower realms, and it uses its keen sense of smell to detect its prey, and I don't think you have time to take a shower and change your clothes to hide the smell of your body. In fact, it has already discovered us, and if we don't take action, I'm afraid it'll be too late. ”
"That's a nice thing to say, who knows if what you're saying is true."
Hearing Jenn's explanation, Daniel snorted coldly.
"If it really spotted us, then why didn't it attack?"
"Because it's playing with idiots like you."
In the face of Daniel's questioning, Jenn just glanced at him contemptuously, unabashedly expressing his disdain for the warrior in front of him.
"The nature of the demon race is to like to play with people's hearts, and this Purgatory Demon Bat definitely can't appear here alone, it is pretending to be stupid in front of us, on the one hand, it is playing with us, on the other hand, it is also guiding the direction for its reinforcements, it is certain that this guy was summoned by someone as a scout, if we don't take action, I'm afraid it will be too late."
"You're alarmist!"
Sensing Jenn's gaze, Daniel's face became more and more gloomy, and the disdain and mocking gaze made him angry. He hated those high-ranking nobles in the first place, and in their eyes, he was nothing more than a lowly ant, not worth mentioning at all. And Jenn looked at him more like he was looking at a pile of garbage, which made Daniel extremely angry, if it weren't for the fact that there were monsters outside now, he would almost pull out his weapon and have a duel with the other party!
"Enough!"
Sensing that the atmosphere in the team was a little tense, Steve had to interrupt the argument between the two, and he was silent for a moment before looking at Jenn.
"Are you sure, Mr. Jenn?
"I'm sure......... Forget it, it's too late anyway. ”
In the face of Steve's inquiry, Jenn only answered halfway, and then he suddenly sighed inexplicably, and then saw Jenn grab Tilis, who was standing beside him at a loss, and then quickly stepped back.
This scene made all the adventurers stunned for a moment, at this moment they thought that the other party was planning to kidnap Tilis, but in the next moment, only a bang was heard, and then the wall around Jenn suddenly burst open, and then a black shadow strode out of it, and the giant sword in his hand roared forward, slashing towards Jenn and Tillith in his arms.
"Stop!!"
Seeing this scene, Steve suddenly shouted angrily, and he hurriedly drew his long sword, but before he could make any more moves. Only a few roars were heard, and then the walls around everyone collapsed, and one after another black shadows came out of it, holding giant swords and wearing pitch-black armor, silently surrounding the adventurers of "Fairies and Treasure Chests". And it was only at this time, above their heads, that a hoarse scream like mockery was heard.
"Quack!"
At this moment, Steve's heart suddenly sank to the bottom, and he finally understood that what Jenn said before was not a bluff, but a fact. The monster had already spotted them, but pretended not to be aware of them, and led the pursuers. And they patronized the dispute, but they didn't realize that the other party had already surrounded them unconsciously. If they had followed Jenn's orders to attack that monster, there might have been a turnaround, but now............... Looking at the black knights around him, Steve only felt chills in his hands and feet.
He had a hunch that it was going to be a very tough fight.
And at this time, Steve's eye caught a dazzling sword light.
Tilis's eyes widened, and the wind whistled past her ears, but the only thing the girl could see was the sharp blade that suddenly reached out of the smoke and slashed at her. Looking at the greatsword, Tilis felt completely immobile, it wasn't her first time venturing out, and it wasn't the first time she had encountered a life-or-death situation. She had been poisoned by a poisoned arrow during a siege of goblins, and if it hadn't been for the fact that her companions had sent her to the temple day and night for treatment, she would have died.
But the feeling at that time was different from now, at that time her whole person was vague, as if she was walking in the gap between reality and fantasy, barely remembering anything, and in retrospect, there was no sense of reality. But now, the blade was slashing right in front of her, and she could almost predict that the sharp blade would tear through her clothes and slash into her body. At that moment, the girl even "foresaw" the terrible appearance of her body being torn apart and spurting blood. Death was presented to the girl in the clearest way possible at this moment, and she could not avoid it at all.
But at that moment, Tillise saw a glimmer of light.
Jenn's left hand wrapped his hand around Tilis's waist and pulled her slender and petite body into his arms. His right hand slashed through the air, gripped the hilt of the sword at his waist, and he drew his sword forward.
A silvery glow tore through the darkness and stood in front of Tilis, colliding with the two-handed greatsword. And the next moment, I saw that the black knight bent down and flew backwards as if he had been knocked away by a dragon, and before he even had time to make any movements, the powerful impact shattered the giant sword in his hand, and rushed forward along his arm without stopping, and the burly and huge body flew backwards like this, breaking through one wall after another, and then the "boom" was planted in the ruins of the broken walls, and there was no more movement.
At this moment, everyone on the battlefield stopped moving, whether it was those black knights or adventurers, they all turned their heads and looked at the scene in front of them in disbelief.
The Nine Saints are above, are they dreaming? (To be continued......)