CHAPTER IX

While the sub-giants were busy smashing their opponents with their hammers, the men of Coens, who had not been cast with acceleration magic, finally reached the foot of the hills. Before these people could slow down, a dozen rapidly spinning wind blades suddenly rushed out of the entrance of the underground passage, cutting the two dozen warriors who were closer to the entrance of the cave into two sections.

The spell was the prelude to a massacre, a series of arrows glowing green fell into the crowd a second later, watering the blood of the flowers, and then three brave explorers, Tomahawk, Heim and Willy, rushed into the enemy almost in no particular order, and under their furious attacks, the suddenly attacked warriors broke up like dark clouds blown away by the wind, and those who did not have time to escape were all corpses under the butcher's knives of the squad.

However, the greater casualties came from Rhaegar's magic, and under the protection of his three companions, the geist was able to cast his spells undisturbed, and countless low-level but extremely destructive magic appeared with his thoughts, and then flew towards his target, killing at least ten enemies at a time.

The brutal blow finally broke the will of the survivors, and as the first escapee appeared, more and more people gave up the fight and ran in the distant direction, hoping to get away from the four terrible demons. But they were not able to escape, a huge black shadow rushed out of the silt of the swamp and flew into the air, countless tentacles stretched out from below the black shadow, easily enveloping those who had escaped, and then sinking into the swamp with them again.

"Is it over?" Nack's voice came from behind the crowd, and the sub-giant strode towards his companions, the massive warhammer and his body covered in blood and flesh scraps.

Rhaegar nodded slightly, "Now," he said, "let's go see our captives." He was the first to enter the passageway, and then, a huge water balloon appeared out of thin air above the head of the last Nack to enter.

"Wash you and your hammer with it," Rega crizzled, "If you dare to step into my temple like this, I'll let Ta'an eat you!"

When Rhaegar and the others saw Kearns again, the reckless mage was lying helplessly on the ground, and Taan's huge claws rested lightly on his backβ€”the Patronus Beast's range of movement was limited to a radius of one kilometer from the center of the underground temple, and Kornes, who had been guided forward with all his strength by the spell cast by Rhaegar had entered this range, and he had no room for resistance in front of a being that could almost rival the gods.

"You despicable and cowardly cowards!" Coens angrily scolded his opponent, the successive setbacks made this mage who was smooth sailing in both magic cultivation and power completely lose his mind, and he even forgot the claw on his back that could kill him at any time, "You will do nothing but hide in the shadows and use tricks, and the lowliest orcs are a hundred times more noble than you!"

"I'm going to punch your words in the stomach along with your teeth!" the irascible dwarf, who had never been lucky with his good temper, stopped him just in time before he could rush to put his words into action.

"That's too easy for him," said the elf, "and I'll nail his limbs to the ground with an arrow, and then cut him slowly with a knife." ”

"There should be a lot of ants in this underground passage," Willy said with a smile, "I'll go find some now, I think they'll be interested in fresh flesh." ”

Cornes' face began to turn pale.

"I think my hammer will do the trick too," Rhaeggar's threat finally worked, and after cleaning himself up, Nack caught up with his companion, and the sub-giant joined in time to put psychological pressure on the other party, "I will break his bones inch by inch, and I promise he will not die until his skull is broken." ”

"You can't threaten me," Coens's lips quivered, his voice trembling as well, "you don't want to bring a noble mage to its knees!"

"Maybe. Rhaegar whispered, and then made a gesture, and the incomparably strange itch suddenly hit Kornes's whole body, and the mage squirmed desperately, but he couldn't relieve the itch on his body no matter what.

Rhaegar waved his hand, Taan let out a low roar, withdrew his claws, and the freed Cohens frantically grabbed the place on his body that could be reached by his hands, while rubbing his back hard against the rough stone wall, which his hands could not reach, and in a few moments, the mage's body was already drenched in blood, but the itch that penetrated deep into the bone marrow was always with him.

"Mages are undoubtedly wise men," Rhaegar said softly, "their field of study shouldn't be limited to magic, in fact, as a mage, I happen to have an in-depth understanding of how to cause the most pain. ”

He leaned down to face Coens, who was still scratching his whole body, "This is just the beginning," he said softly, "and then this itch will penetrate deep into your muscles and bones, and then your internal organs, and in order to relieve the itch, you will tear all the flesh off your body, but even if you become a skeleton, life and feelings will still stubbornly remain in your body, and it will be at least a month before you actually die." ”

Behind Rhaegar, the other three members of the team, with the exception of Willy, quietly stepped back almost in unison, trying to distance themselves from the geist.

"What do you want to know?" Cohens's voice was like the howl of a beast, "I'll tell you everything. ”

After Rhaegar dismantled the spell, Korns, who had been completely destroyed, told everything he knew.

Coens, and his men, all came from the same place: Henavenst, a city about three thousand kilometers south of the Central Moor, which had been ruled by the same lord for hundreds of years. This powerful lord is also a powerful mage, he controls more than a dozen cities around Henavenst, hundreds of mages of all ranks, and 20,000 well-trained soldiers ready to die for him.

According to Coens, the ancestors of Kell, his master, Lord Henavenst, were once priests of the temple where they now stand. After the fall of the gods, the priests soon discovered the truth, knowing that when the remnants of their divine power were completely consumed, the temple with countless treasures would become fat in the mouths of the wolves. They used what little divine power they had left to sink the temple into the ground and set traps around it in the hope of preserving the treasures offered to the gods, after which most of the priests chose to sleep underground with the temple, except for Kaier's ancestors who chose to leave with the treasure map.

However, his ancestors were not able to keep the treasure map, and a thief stole it along with his money bag, and after that, the search for the treasure map became an important mission for the Kail family for a long time. Unlike his ancestors, however, Kel did not want to protect the treasures, but rather saw himself as the rightful heir to the temple's wealth, and when he heard the news from some secret source that Heim had obtained the treasure map, the lord sent his most powerful servants to deal with the team.

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