Volume 1: The Ritual of the Abyss Chapter 13: Awakening (2)

The blue magic array suspended in the sky above the Mobian jungle, exuding a soft and holy aura. The power of the circle penetrated into the jungle, suppressing the abyssal qi inside, calming the originally manic demonic beasts.

In this way, many unnecessary battles can be avoided, and there will be no battles until you reach the place where the Zedemon is.

Of course, this is impossible.

A fierce white light flashed, and a huge gray bear fell to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

It was killed by a bald man with a giant sword, and the scar on his left eye gave people a sense of ferocity. He was the warrior of this crusade, Wood.

Seeing the gray sideburns fall to the ground, Chris hurriedly ran over, took out a knife from the bag, and began to skillfully dismember the gray sideburns bear's corpse.

On the other side, a tall female archer, Cara, leaning against a large tree, said to Grayles, "This is already the fourth." ”

"Hmm. ”

That's right, since they entered the jungle, this was the fourth monster they had hunted. With the help of the Purification Circle, although you don't have to face tens of thousands of berserk beasts.

But as they continue to go deeper, the density of the beast's territory will also increase, and the battle with the beast will be inevitable.

And if they want to deal with the Ze Demon, they must leave enough energy, otherwise, even if they get there, they will be exhausted, and it will be a dead end.

However, fortunately, there are thieves in front to explore the way, as long as they follow the instructions left by the thief team, they can greatly reduce the battle with the monster.

Grellus looked at the message left by the thieves, the right time, and then said to Chris, who was busy, "Okay, Chris, don't get it, we have to hurry up and get on the road." ”

When Chris heard this, he also hurriedly stopped. But in my heart, I was quite reluctant to give up on this corpse. After all, this is a sixth-order gray sideburns bear, and there are a lot of rare research materials on it, so it will be a lot of waste.

After the whole assembly, several people continued on the road again.

The expedition team was composed of fifteen elite soldiers selected from each legion.

Among them, there were three archers, three thieves, four warriors, two priests, and three mages. The lowest level in the squad has the strength of the fifth order. The highest is Chris, a ninth-order mage.

Finally, with the addition of Graylers, the team has a total of sixteen members.

This is also the number of people who have been streamlined under the dual factors of speed and ability. The rich experience also made the team initially formed, but after a few battles, the tacit understanding of several people also improved rapidly.

I saw that in the process of advancing, Carat suddenly jumped, climbed the tree, and pulled the bow and arrow in his hand.

The others also reacted instantly, looking for cover and preparing for battle.

Sure enough, after a while, the fourth-order canine-type demonic beast that had been covered in swamp mud and emitting swamp gas, the Demon Swamp Wolf, appeared in their original location.

And as long as you observe the surrounding movements a little, you can find that around this demon swamp wolf, there are at least ten demon swamp wolves of the same level.

Several people in the dark looked at each other a few times, and quickly divided the target in sign language.

Then he heard a "boom", and the archer attacked first, directly shooting the demon swamp wolf through and killing him instantly.

Before the other demon swampwolves could react, a few more magic fluctuations directly imprisoned them in place. Then Grereus and other warriors swarmed up, and in no time, they strangled all the demon wolves.

And just as Grelles was putting away his sword, another member of the archers, Barin, suddenly appeared and reported: "Legionnaire, there are traces left by the thieves ahead!"

Grelles and the others hurriedly ran to check, and sure enough, in the corner of a pile of bushes, a conspicuous red ribbon was tied to it. And that means that there is danger ahead, and you have to be careful.

At this time, Carat stepped forward and said, "Legion Commander, this demon swamp wolf generally appears, and it is counted by hundreds, and we only see more than ten of them at this time. Perhaps this demon swamp wolf pack had a battle with other demonic beasts before, and what appeared in front of us may only be the remnants. ”

Graylers nodded, indicating that it was a possibility. If you contact the news left by the thief team, it means that there will be an extremely difficult opponent ahead.

He commanded: "Next, we will focus on safety, and the speed may slow down." Carat, every hundred steps, you go up to a high place to observe the situation, try to ......"

Before he could finish speaking, he was stopped by Chris's yelling.

"Greyles!

?!!

Several people were startled and hurriedly ran to Chris's location. Sure enough, under a tree, scarlet blood adhered to the trunk and flowed down the trunk.

"Look at this bloodstain, it shouldn't have been long. They're in danger!"

Carat wondered again: "Then why don't they pull the flare......s?"

Grellers picked up Cra's unfinished words: "Unless there is danger of exceeding comprehension ahead!"

“......”

As soon as these words came out, the scene fell silent. Unknown dangers, coupled with the unknown circumstances of the thief squad, may be full of dangers ahead.

At this time, Grellers suddenly asked, "Chris, can you push out how far we are from the Ze Demon now?"

Chris thought for a moment, then took out a map from his bosom, compared it to the position of the sun, compared it to the map, and said, "Now we have entered the depths of the jungle, and we are still less than a kilometer away from where the Ze Demon is. ”

There is less than a kilometer to go...... That is, they have now advanced at least twenty kilometers or so. If you quit now, it means that all the work you have done is lost, and the next time you come back, you don't know how many residents will be displaced.

Thinking like this, several people were also embarrassed.

At this point, Wood stepped forward and proposed, "Since it's less than a kilometer, let's move on." After all, with the whereabouts of the thief squad unknown, the way back is also full of dangers, and the Ze demon has not been eliminated, so it is ...... to be attacked from the back."

Yes, since we're all here, it's better to move on.

After Wood spoke, most of the team agreed, except for Graylers, who was still frowning and pondering.

Chris walked up to Grayles, looked at Grayles with a sad expression, and asked, "Grayles, what's wrong with you?"

After being called by Chris, Graylers gradually came back to his senses, and then expressed his concerns.

"Every time it comes to the final stage of cleaning up the remaining problems of the abyss, those infected demonic beasts will undergo a special evolution and gain some special abilities, you say...... Could this robbery crash have something to do with this?"

“...... Perhaps. But we are almost there, and even if we retreat, it will be dangerous. ”

"Okay. In that case, let's try to be vigilant and don't get separated!"

"Yes!"

Then, the team set off again.

But for some reason, no one noticed. On the other side of the bloodstained bush, three crimson ribbons were wrapped around it, signaling retreat. Plus that mottled bloodstains. It seems to say, "Run!"

......

The team continued to move forward, but it was unexpectedly smooth, but the more this happened, the more they slackened, because both the remnants of the demon swamp wolf in front of them and the thieves who encountered danger were all pointing out the danger ahead.

Along the way, they also found a lot of blood, which was turning bright red as they went, which meant that the thieves were not far from them.

Cara suddenly thought: Could these blood stains be the signposts they left for themselves and others?

So he said, "We can try to follow the blood." If you're lucky, you can save them. ”

Grereus nodded and agreed to Kra's offer, and the group began to follow the bloodstains as they began to look for traces left by the thieves.

And just as the team was about 800 meters away, a huge stone bear suddenly burst out of the shadows. And behind the stone bear was a big snake with a large body, spitting snake letters, staring coldly at everyone.

The scarlet eyes, and the black-gray gas that swirled around them, startled everyone in the team. Among them, Chris, who was almost speechless in surprise.

"This ...... This is... Abyssal madness ?!!"