Knock, knock, knock.

The dull sound of footsteps slammed down on everyone's hearts like hammers, and they held their breath and watched the dark shadow until it appeared in front of the bright firelight.

"The Holy Soul is on ............"

The moment he saw this thing clearly, Kavos looked up like a distraction, the twin knives in his hand almost fell to the ground due to his master's carelessness, but fortunately they were rediscovered by his master before they slipped down, and Kavos reflexively re-grasped his weapon, and was ashamed of his distraction, but maybe he wouldn't care so much about his actions if he had time to look around.

What appeared in front of everyone was a huge, fat, bloated body.

It looked like a human, or he once belonged to a human, but now there was only a disgusting corpse left, his skin looked like a balloon filled with water, his huge head was stuck between his shoulders, his neck was not visible at all, and the fat on his face was so squeezed that he couldn't even find the location of his eyes——— not to mention that the fat was still moving from time to time!

Marlene held out a hand, then quickly lowered it, intending to hold down her neck and press down what might come up. However, when the girl realized that this would only be counterproductive, she immediately stopped, and Lijie covered her mouth and retreated to the back of the crowd. And although Anne looked nothing abnormal on the surface, her free hand was secretly clenched, and obviously, even a nervous person like Anne could not stand such a thing.

"Parasitic beasts."

Only Rhodes behaved as always, barely audible in his calm voice, as if he were narrating a mystery adventure show on the Discovery Channel.

"It seems that the brave forerunner in front of us has now become a nest of bugs, stay away from him, keep your distance, and watch out for the tentacles."

Speaking of this, Rhodes raised his sword and pointed at the other party——— the ten fingers on the palm of his hand have now turned into soft and slender tentacles, they are constantly swaying and shaking, whipping on the stone walls and wall holes, on which dense small teeth can be seen, even if they have never fought with such monsters, the mercenaries can guess that these fine little teeth are definitely not used for eating and drinking......... Although sometimes they do more or less the purpose of this preparation.

“………………！！”

The parasite opened its mouth and roared, no one could tell if it was because of pain and anger or something else, but these were not important to Rod, on the contrary, at the same time as the parasite roared, he was already in shape, with a series of afterimages rushing towards the huge body in front of him, and not far behind him, Celia raised her long sword, and the whole person erupted with silver shining flames, turning into a meteor and following closely behind.

The parasite raised its hand and drew it towards Rhodes and Celia, especially the latter, as a demon, it was naturally impossible for it to tolerate this dazzling divine radiance. It was angry and even a little aggrieved——— God pity me, didn't I hide so deep underground just to hope that I would never see this damn brilliance again, why don't you want to understand my painstaking efforts at all, do you have to bring this nasty thing here?"

Isn't that bullying?

Of course, Rhodes and Celia will not appease the latter's wounded heart, in the face of the tentacles mixed with the wind whistling, Rhodes measured his body, raised his long sword and waved it at Lu, and then his left hand stretched out, with the cyan card appearing and cracking at the fingertips, the turquoise soul bird appeared in the air, it let out a sharp cry, and at the same time, thunder fell from the sky, wrapped around Rod's bright red sword, and those tentacles were quickly bounced away by the thunder before they reached their position, and retreated back in panic. And Celia's preparation is also sufficient, negative energy and positive energy are always mutually restrained, to deal with this seemingly powerful attack, the angel girl only needs a small guardian circle to ensure that she is foolproof. …,

But for those mercenaries, it's a bit more difficult.

The slender tentacles scurried past Rhodes and Celia and flew backwards, which made the mercenaries a little flustered for a while, they didn't have the power like Rhodes and Celia, and they had no experience in dealing with this kind of tentacles. Maybe they should rush to resist? Or dodge?

The hesitant mercenaries couldn't help but take a few steps back in the face of these flying and foul-smelling things, and at this moment, Anne finally stood up———— although Rhodes gave her the task of protecting Marlene and Lijie, but as a shield warrior, Anne still performed her duties well. The Adamantite Shield in her hand quickly deformed and expanded, turning into a huge shield that enveloped her body as the girl rushed forward.

"Boom!!"

The tentacles slammed into the shield and then flew away, and like the palm flying insects, it burned as well as it entered the flame light of the Flame Slayer, but it was obviously not as fragile as the bugs, although from time to time a little spark burned on its limbs, but the tentacles still waved wildly, slamming around, swearing their existence.

"You idiots, hurry up!"

Kavos reacted quickly, and he rushed forward with a lunge, brandishing his twin knives and slashing at a tentacle, the sharp blade leaving a not-so-deep cut in the solid flesh, which looked even harder than expected.

Kavus grinned, and was about to do it again, but at this moment, a silent shadow suddenly appeared in front of him, and the burning dagger in his hand turned into countless blooming flowers in Kavos's eyes, he only felt his eyes light up, and when he looked at it again, he only saw that the tentacle was rapidly retreating, and on its body, a deep wound visible to the naked eye was shocking, and Kavus was sure that it was definitely not made by himself.

He blinked, and then saw a smiling young man wave at him, and then quickly left, his movements so swift and swift that they flowed. Cavos remembered that the young man's name was Joey, and if his memory was still reliable, then according to his subordinates, this guy was just a rookie who had been working as a mercenary for less than two years. But looking at his attack, Kavos had a hard time believing that this was the work of an inexperienced rookie. Everyone is also a thief, so you can naturally see the doorway inside. At least in this respect, Cavos didn't think the guy named Joey was worse than himself, and he seemed to be more agile than he was, and not only that, but he was also much younger than himself............

Where did that adult find so many young and promising talents?

Kavos retracted his gaze, long before joining Starlight, there was talk about these people among their mercenaries from time to time, especially the addition of mages - in the entire Pafield region, no mercenary group could have a mage to serve them, but Rhodes did it, especially considering the status of the mage, the Shania family was one of the most prestigious nobles in the entire Duchy of Moon, even now, The thought of himself fighting alongside the descendants of a family whose legendary status and power were second only to the Grand Duke gave him a feeling of incomprehension. He felt that it was all a dream, an existence that should not be a reality. Sister Marlene should sit obediently in those luxuriously decorated rooms and drink tea, instead of mingling with her own mercenaries in this dark cave. …,

But he had to admit that the big and small sister did a good job.

But the more this is the case, the more confused Cavers becomes, he can't figure out why an ancient and huge family heir will live in such a small mercenary group, although I heard that she is only here temporarily, but according to Cavos's understanding and experience of the nobles, this temporary seems to be a little longer now, especially in connection with Rod's status, he has some suspicions that the purpose of this young man's formation of the mercenary group does not seem to be as simple as he said.

But now Cavers doesn't have time to think about these issues that can be discussed later. Because at this time, the mercenaries have also come to their senses, they raise their weapons, pounce on the tentacles, cut them to the ground, and force them to stay away from them. They took turns to step forward, blocking those tentacles, and cooperating with Anne to form a defensive line, Rhodes did not let these mercenaries go up to help, after all, with their current strength, they are not qualified to stand in front of such a monster without receiving any damage, so they just need to be a guardian like now.

And they've been successful.

After being attacked by the mercenaries several times in a row, the parasite had to stop its movements, its clumsy movement of its body, blocking the stormy attacks of Rhodes and Celia, the roaring thunder and the dazzling flame were the things it hated the most, and the parasite could easily destroy these damn bastards, but now it found that it seemed to have completely lost its grip. Even though the scars that Rhodes and Celia can leave on the parasitic beast are quite limited due to the difference in strength, injuries are injuries after all, especially when your wounds can never be healed, and the incisions on your fingers can be as unsettling as the scars on your shoulders.

The parasite let out a roar of rage, it had not had much sanity left, and now it was completely burned with dust under the pain and rage, it opened its mouth, sprayed green venom, and waved its tentacles to try to roll the two pesky creatures up, then grinded them to pieces with its own teeth.

However, Rhodes is obviously familiar with the methods of parasitic beasts, he is not stupid to take the method of attacking close to the body, he knows very well how many bugs are hidden under the twisted body of the parasitic beast, don't look at it can maintain a human appearance on the surface, but in fact, this guy is now like an aircraft carrier carrying hundreds of bugs, they are moving their bodies under the skin of the parasitic beast, which is the real reason why his muscles seem to writhele. Rhodes had no doubt that if he got too close, a part of the disgusting monster's body would suddenly explode and many earthworms would stick out to try to make a close contact with him. Although Rhodes has no habit of cleanliness, he has no interest in expressing his affection and friendliness to these things.

He and Celia dodge the parasitic beast's attacks while maintaining a reasonable distance, allowing him to attack himself less easily and without getting too close to the other party.

The tentacles passed by them more than once, but neither of them looked back, and there was no panic or confusion in the shouts coming from behind them. It seems that those mercenaries are doing well, but this is only temporary, they must hurry up and get this guy, after all, it is they who need time now, humans are not as strong as demons, nor as strong as them, fragile and tenacious are their characteristics, but even tenacity has a limit——— Rhodes decided to speed up.

He dodged the parasite's attack again, but this time Rhodes did not continue to retreat as before, instead, he stepped forward, and the long sword wrapped in thunder burst out with dazzling light, shooting straight towards the parasite's huge body, and then a heavy explosion sounded, which made the parasitic's body pause, and the tattered skin on his body began to crumble, and soon, countless tentacle insects twisted to fill the gap, but this time they did not succeed. Because at the same time, Celia, who heard Rod's order, had already rushed into the parasitic beast's arms with a sword. …,

Unlike Rod, the parasitic doesn't have any "non-contrigues" thoughts about the bird-man who glows all over his body. The sheer positive energy in Celia's body made her parasitic beast's eyes look as terrifying as a human bullet with explosives strapped all over her body for chanting slogans, and Rod's attack broke its defenses, and Celia made it even worse, the sharp divine sword easily followed the unhealed wound deep into it, which caused the parasitic beast to roar angrily, but Celia obviously ignored this, she gritted her teeth, and there was only hatred for evil and demons on her face, This anger turned into force and went down her hands deep into the parasitic beast's body, and with the angel girl holding the sword with both hands and swinging it vigorously, the wound on the parasitic beast's body was immediately torn into a huge terrible wound that continued from the left shoulder to the right waist. Sacred flames danced in it, stopping the insects within it from trying to heal their wounds.

Rod raised his hand.

"Get out of the way, everybody!"

Marlene, who had been paying attention to Rod's movements, shouted, and soon, the mercenaries who heard her order quickly made way for the girl, and at the same time, the girl raised the staff in her hand, and with a mysterious spell, the air around her immediately dropped to freezing. Then, a long sword made of ice condensed appeared from Marlene's side, and with the girl's movements, it circled and shot forward.

“！！！”

Dozens of ice swords pierced into the parasitic beast's body, expanding its wounds, and not only that, but the cold cold qi quickly and quickly extended from the sword's body, and soon covered the parasitic beast's body with a layer of hòuhòu hoarfrost. At this time, the parasitic beast's movements immediately slowed down, it looked as if it was made of water, and its movements quickly became stiff and solidified, and even the tentacles that were originally waving were heavily slammed on the ground. The icy cold continued to penetrate inwards mercilessly through the wounds that had been broken by Rhodes and torn by Celia, freezing the worms inside the parasitic beast's body, leaving them with nowhere to escape. These bugs may seem formidable on the surface, but any attack from within is a risk for them.

This is also the way Rhodes takes, although thunder and fire can also have similar consequences, but the explosion caused after it is a very difficult trouble———— in the game, if you do this, the parasite will explode completely, and the player will suffer explosion damage while getting a very bad "parasitic" debuff, it will not only make your attributes drop, but also deprive you of your life force, if you can't "purify" this debuff as soon as possible, Then the only thing to face next is death.

Now in reality, Rod thinks about it casually and knows what the true face of this DEBUFF is.

Only cold ice can best control all this, but for Rod, he really has no way to do it now, after all, there is no water attribute spirit in the summoned elves he has, which is also the only flaw, but Rod believes that he is not without a way to make up for it.

He raised his sword, then swung it down with all his might.

The light condensed on the sword's body was released at the first time, and it turned into an incomparable giant hammer and slammed into the parasite's body, and with a heavy roar, the monster's huge body shattered like a fragile piece of chocolate, and fell to the ground, and from the wound, the frozen insects poured out like a tide, and then before they could show their best strength, they were reduced to ashes in Celia's sacred flames.

Nice, everything went well.

Rod put away his sword and glanced at the dark passage in front of him.

If this continues, it is only a matter of time before the land is successfully cleared.

"It's over? My lord? ”

It wasn't until the silver holy fire completely enveloped the parasitic beast's corpse that those mercenaries stepped forward curiously, they followed behind Rhodes uneasily, staring at the strange and terrifying monster in front of them, and couldn't help but be a little surprised, especially now, after seeing the true face of this monster with their own eyes, the mercenaries were even more unbelievable, they actually fought with such a terrible thing, and also destroyed it.

"That's right."

Rod nodded.

"At least it's over for now."

Then, he spoke.