Chapter 102: Demon or Guard
Miruria stooped down and ran quickly out of the woods, only a dozen paces before she reached the bottom of the hill, and by the light of the fire, the scout saw no danger around, so he waved Enoch and Nigel. Enoch held the sword in his hand and quickly ran towards the scout, Nigel bent down, trying to imitate the warrior's appearance, but the mage's robe was really not suitable for leaning down the upper body, the mage kept stepping on his robe, and finally simply cast a spell and flew over, and even reached the scout before the warrior.
"Nigel, if you ever forget that you know how to fly, I'll throw you into the canyon and you'll never forget it again. Enoch nervously looked up the hill, and there were no demons as far as the eye could see. Thanks to Fern, all six demons were drawn to him. ”
Miruria glanced worriedly at the mercenary who was fighting with two demons in the distance, and another demon was slowly approaching. "Is he okay with Fern, although he has already defeated three demons, I believe that his physical strength has been used up a lot, and I am really worried that he will not be able to support it. ”
Enoch also frowned, looking embarrassed, and Nigel showed a rare serious expression. "All we can do now is destroy those dragon eggs, and beyond that, whatever we do will distract him and make all his efforts go to waste. ”
The scout pursed his lips, and Enoch patted the girl on the shoulder. "Nigel is right, we'll go up now, I'll take the lead, there's only one way here, it's simple and clear, and there's no need to explore it. The warrior said, walking briskly up the hill.
The hill is not high, so the way up the hill is not steep, even Nigel can easily follow, according to Miruria's advice, they decided to climb to the top first, and then start from the top to push the dragon eggs down the next platform, so that if there is any danger they will run down from the top will be much faster than up climb, and the other important reason is that Nigel said that the dragon eggs that can still be saved are on the bottom platform.
It only took a few minutes for the three of them to climb to the top of the hill, and when they looked down from above, all the dragon eggs were clear at a glance. "Very good, it seems that there are five platforms in total, and each has three or four dragon eggs on it. Nigel gasped and tried to stand still.
"We need to hurry up and not forget what Adeline said about ten demons and three black dragons. Miruria reminded her companion as she ran to the nearest platform.
Enoch immediately followed the scout, and the wand in Nigel's hand became his crutch at some point, and the mage used it to prop up the ground to save his strength.
When they ran to the eggs, they realized that it was not easy to push the eggs, which were almost taller than the warriors, off the cliffs, and that Enoch had to look up to see the top of the eggs. The warrior and the scout pushed one of them together, and it took almost all their strength to finally overturn the stone-like egg, and the dragon egg fell to one side, rolled up the sloping mountain, slowly rolled to the edge of the cliff, and then tumbled down.
"Nigel, think of a way, it's too slow, when this egg falls, that's when we are found, we have to find a way to get these eggs down quickly after we are found. Enoch looked at the mage anxiously.
"Get out of the way!" Nigel surprised not to be verbose, but began to cast the spell, the mage raised his wand, pointed to the dirt holding it under the second dragon egg, and chanted a spell in his mouth. The first dragon egg had fallen into the canyon, and the stirred up magma floated into the air, and the sound of turbid liquid tumbling rang out. Almost at the same time, the ground beneath the other dragon egg suddenly lifted, as if a rock had rushed out on its own, pushing the dragon egg off a cliff.
"Quick! we've been discovered, that's it, Nigel, there's one more, let's go to the next platform first, you hurry up and follow!" Enoch shouted, already running down with the scout, and the mage did the same as he pushed the third dragon egg down the canyon, then cast his flying spell and followed them closely.
The demon stopped twenty yards in front of Fern and watched as the mercenary slashed his sword through the neck of the other demon and kicked the still twitching body to the side. "Who the hell are you, and what are you here for?"
Fern straightened up, using the moment to regain his breath. "As I said, I'm here to kill you, for the sake of the humans you killed. ”
The demon looked at the mercenary in front of him suspiciously, he was very different from other demons, although his face was pale, but it was much more complete than the average demon, and even had eyebrows, if you didn't look carefully, you might almost mistake him for a human, but the eyeless eye sockets and the voice that came directly from his throat still undoubtedly showed that he was still a demon. The demon was about to continue, when suddenly there were two bursts of magma tumbling in the cliff on the right side, and the demon looked back in surprise, only to see that at the top of the hill, three figures were running quickly towards the second platform, and two of the three dragon eggs on the first platform were missing, and the other was falling from mid-air to the magma. "So that's what you're for, you're just attracting attention!" the demon turned his head and glared angrily at the mercenary.
"That's just one purpose, and there's another purpose, as I said, to kill you. Fern tried to stall as much time as he could, the previous battle with the five demons had taken him too much energy, and he needed time to steady his breathing.
The demon's angry face gradually calmed down. "Do you think we're the only ones here?"
Fern looked worriedly up the hillside behind the demon, but immediately looked at the demon with determination. "Their strength is enough to deal with other demons, even if it is a dragon, I believe they will have a way. ”
"Really, you know there are dragons here, and you don't think you're from a small background, could it be that Adeline told you?" a subtle smile appeared on the demon's face.
"You know Adeline?" Fern tightened his grip on the sword in the stone, a hint of unease flashing through his heart.
The demon laughed. "I don't just know Adeline, I know her, and not just her, but Elonhan, Byron, Barrede, Lucius, Ilsutia, and ......" The demon suddenly turned his back to the sky and closed his empty eyes.
"What else?" Fern watched warily at the demon's every move.
"It doesn't matter anymore. The demon opened his eyes. "I should have guessed that you were sent by that group, and I should have guessed when I saw the sword in your hand, but it was so long ago that I almost forgot. ”
"What are you talking about, I don't understand what you mean. Fern had adjusted his breathing, lowered his center of gravity, and gripped the sword in stone tightly with both hands, and the warrior's instincts told him that the battle was coming.
"If you can defeat me, I could consider telling you something, but for now, let's have a good fight, I haven't been so excited in a long time. The demon raised his sword in his right hand, it was an extremely wide long sword, and Fern just glanced at it, and concluded that he would never be able to raise it with one hand, even with both hands, it would be very difficult, but the enemy in front of him could easily raise it with one hand.
Fern looked at the demon in front of him who was ready for battle, at this moment, he stood straight, his upright body did not have the sickly thinness of ordinary demons, and his indifferent face was not hideous at all, looking more like a human swordsman. Fern suddenly felt that he resembled Elronhan, who had fought against him. "Are you a guard?" the mercenary blurted out subconsciously.
"Guards, what a familiar title. The corners of the demon's mouth curled. "When the mage who guards with his life is killed, then the guard has no meaning to exist. ”
"If you're really human, we don't have to kill each other, you just have to go back with us, and there will be a way to cure you. Fern realized that the person standing in front of him might really be a human, at least, a human at once.
"Mercenary, don't have any mercy on the enemy, it will kill you, and now standing in front of you is a member of the dark tide, the general of the demon, you must go all out to have a chance of survival. The demon's face became serious again.
Fern stopped talking, he knew that the other party's strength must be above his own, and he must have no distractions at this time. The mercenary took a deep breath, bent his legs slightly, held the sword in front of him with both hands, and stared at the fierce enemy in front of him.
The sound of four dragon eggs falling into the magma was heard, but the demon didn't seem to care at all, the big sword was slowly raised, and the next moment, it was in front of the mercenary.