Chapter 39: The Traitor to Mankind (Part I)
In the chaos, the ground under everyone's feet began to shake again, and even the houses around them trembled slightly, and a cloud of dust fell in a torrent. A sound similar to a gunpowder explosion could be heard from far away from different directions in Jinshui City, but it was quickly drowned out in waves of screams.
The true goal of the demon invasion is still inconclusive, but one thing is undoubted: the invaders have brought endless suffering and death!
In the backyard of the blacksmith shop, before the red-skinned demon dogs pounced, the girl puppet and the first warrior monk joined forces, one rushed over to knock down the demon, and the other followed with a sword to harvest, and it was solved in three or two clicks. But at the same time, more than a dozen black figures wearing tattered armor had appeared on the three walls of the courtyard. These demons carry long, jagged broad-bladed knives behind them, their black cheeks are covered with knotted and wriggling flesh buds, and although their chests are protected by armor, their abdominal organs are exposed and emit a thick stench, which looks particularly terrifying and disgusting. These black figures also seemed to be aware of the strength of the people in the courtyard, and they did not kill immediately after landing, but formed an array to approach step by step from three directions, looking quite disciplined.
Seeing this, Neo pulled out his black sword: "It's the Black Devils! Damn, these guys are the real troops of the Demon Clan! Ho, ten, twenty... It seems that Mr. Acro is right: these demon cubs are afraid that they will smell the scent of immortal souls, so they can't wait to rush over! It would be better if there was another black magic general! The nest of snakes and rats will be wiped out, so I don't have to chase and kill them one by one!"
"Bang!" as if in response to Neo's words, the courtyard gate was suddenly kicked open. The huge battle axe shrouded in black gas followed closely to smash the wall, "Boom."
It fell into the ground in the backyard with a thud, splitting a crack several meters long. Everyone looked up at the big hand with purple arm guards on the handle of the axe, and saw a black demon with the head of a bighorn sheep appear in the doorway. The demon was more than three people tall with a pitch-black body, blood-red eyes, two giant horns coiled in a spiral shape on both sides of his forehead, and his slender beard was woven into a bundle of seven or eight white bone rings that hung down on his chest, and as it moved, it slapped on the surface of the black armor, making a crisp sound.
When Acro saw this sheep monster, he immediately blocked Wendy behind him and reminded everyone: "Everyone be careful, this is the giant horned demon general among the dark generals, it is much more powerful than ordinary high-level professionals!"
The giant horned demon drew his axe and walked into the courtyard, threw the head of the man in his other hand forward, and said something strange that no one could understand. Everyone looked down and saw that the front of the bloody man's head was the horrified face of the owner of the blacksmith shop.
Acro was also unambiguous, after removing the dragon transformation of his arm, he directly held the dragon bone staff horizontally, and after two low roars, four completely different blue figures suddenly appeared around Acro, and they were the four beast spirits including the Secret Leopard.
At this moment, a green-skinned demon the size of a squirrel climbed onto the shoulder of the giant horned demon general, cleared his throat, and began to speak: "Our adults have said it! Jinshui City has fallen into the hands of our Zerata Demon Clan, obediently hand over the immortal soul, otherwise you will end up like this guy!"
Acro sneered: "If their target is Wendy, then this fight today can't be avoided! You guys take Wendy first, and my wolf spirit will help clear the way! As for the demons in this courtyard, leave it to me to clean up!"
Wendy heard that he was going to stay alone to stop the demons, and grabbed his cloak and shouted, "No, Mr. Acro, you must go with us!"
Acro smiled and slashed Wendy in the back of the neck, knocking her unconscious.
Handing Wendy into Ronin's hands, Acro reminded: "There must be corpses all over the city at this time, right? Don't let Wendy see these scenes, otherwise this kid will blame himself for his mistakes forever!"
"Understood, Mr. Acro, take care of yourself!"
Ronin picked Wendy on his back, and the three of them rushed out of the house. The Sheephorn Demon was about to attack, but was stopped by a gray spirit that was about as tall as it. The Dark Devils who poured into the courtyard were blocked by the leopard spirit and the snake spirit. All the demons who wanted to chase Luo Ning were all slapped over by the leopard spirit's claws, or they were entangled by the snake spirit and crushed the bones of their bodies.
The group of steel-winged demons flying in the sky were even more unlucky. Because it was Acro himself who was waiting for them!
"Before you start fighting, you have to kill the annoying flies!"
Before he could finish speaking, Akoro's cloak suddenly puffed up without wind, and a pair of huge black bone wings with spikes sprouted from behind his back. And his pair of arms also stretched out several times, turning into a black dragon form. He sneered and flew into the air, and without waiting for those steel-winged demons to react, he swept by, his claws slashing the throats of those demons one by one, and quickly cleaned up these demon scouts who had come to the city with the main army to wreak havoc.
But the death of his men did not shake the Horned Demon General. When Acro landed on the ground, it let out several low chuckles, ignoring the spirit bear in front of him, and aimed his tomahawk directly at Acro.
The words are divided into two ends. Luo Ning and the five left from the backyard to find that the hall of the blacksmith shop was indeed full of mutilated corpses. Among them were human mercenaries, dark magicians and low-level depraved demons, as well as a few Kingdom Guards whose bodies had been almost cut in two. Through the door at the other end of the hall, several people could also see the corner of the alley that was still burning.
When Lena saw the room full of dead corpses, she couldn't help but hate and ache in her heart: "No wonder Acro didn't let Wendy see this tragic scene!
"Ho~ho~"
At that moment, a faint moan suddenly sounded in the room. Several people searched for it, and finally found the dying guard soldier next to the armor stand.
Neo knew a little about healing magic, and wanted to squat down to treat the soldier, but after checking the injury, he shook his head helplessly: "His internal organs were shattered by heavy objects, and his bones were broken, unless there is a high priest of the One God Cult present, he can only... Alas!"
Luo Ning inadvertently touched the soldier's eyes, and his heart suddenly moved: "Look, does he want to tell us something?"
Neo looked at the soldier and saw that there was a supplication in his eyes, so he put his ear close to it. I only heard that it was sick and gasped for a few moments, and then used the last of my strength to say, "Quick... Just go... Tell the lord of the castle that the underground vault is the demon who blew up the magic barrier of the underground vault, and from there... They, we... There are inner demons among us, explosives for the demons, put... The guards there..."
The soldier wanted to say more, but he couldn't say anything more.
Neo stood up and repeated his words to the crowd. Only then did everyone suddenly realize: it turned out that the tremor on the ground just now was not a demon approaching, but a loud noise when the underground shelter was completely blown up by the demon army!
Lena clenched her fists slightly, and she was about to dig her nails into her flesh: "No! we must not spare that traitor! Let's rush to the city lord and tell him what happened in the underground shelter!"
"Roar!" Before the others could answer, a group of blue-skinned demons with jackal heads, crocodile tails, and black manes on their chests poured into the door of the blacksmith's shop. Luo Ning carried Wendy on his back and made a move, so he summoned two puppets and Neo, who was familiar with the terrain, to open the way together, and everyone did not delay any longer, so they rushed all the way to the gate of the castle where the city lord was working.
Since it was built in the city of Jinshui, the castle did not have a moat or watchtower, but instead had an iron fence more than two people high, and as many as 100 guards were stationed around it.
However, when the five of them broke into the castle gate, they found that the iron fence had already been pushed down by the demons with brute force, and the guards around them were also scattered with corpses, dying in the melee with the demons.
Just when they thought that the castle had fallen and that even the lord of the castle had suffered an accident, the sheriff of Goldwater City, Nylon Gale, walked out of the castle covered in blood, leaned against the door with his sword, and smiled weakly: "Mr. Gaiman, and Mr. Campbell! Come in, we need help! Our brothers and these demons are all wounded, and we can't find the priests and priests in the city! We... We need your treatment, and we need an antidote!"
Seeing this, Neo didn't talk nonsense, and immediately stepped forward to support him, releasing healing magic to take care of his wounds. Lena also stepped forward: "What about the city lord, we have something important to tell him!"
Nylon pointed to the castle: "The lord of the city is hiding in the castle hall, and there are more than a dozen brothers guarding him. That's what little strength we have left!" He got up and led the group towards the castle.
As Nylon said, more than 100 meters from the door to the hall, there were stumps and broken arms all the way, as well as corpses on both sides. The thick smell of blood filled the air, mixed with the black smoke wafting from the street, blending into an extremely unpleasant smell. Neo smelled this strange smell, and suddenly thought of something, and immediately drew his sword in his hand, and his brows couldn't help but furrow.
"Wait!Mr. Nylon Gale!" Neo stopped the people behind him, his eyes suddenly turned cold, "Tell me! Human blood is bloody, demon blood is smelly, although the two are similar in color, the smell is completely different!So please tell me: why do I only smell human blood on you?!"