The five of them worked together all day, and finally set up the traps at dusk, and Adeline never moved her hand from beginning to end, but just sat on a branch next to her and commanded, which made Lucius very opinionated, but it was not easy to attack for Barrede's sake.

After everyone returned to the tavern to fill his stomach, Barred lay down in his chair without saying a word, resting to save his strength for the night's actions, though he didn't know what else he could do against the demons. Lucius slowly sipped his beer, worried for his friend's safety, and he looked at Adeline, but the mage looked unhurried. "Adeline, how sure are you that we're going to get out of the way, including Bared. ”

Adeline glanced at Lucius, continuing to look at her hands on the table. "That depends on our performance, and the strength of the demon, there is also a gap in strength between the demon. ”

"Very well, so you're not sure at all?" Lucius slammed his fist on the table, causing the customers around him to look at him.

"I can't say that, if I have to have an answer, more than half. Adeline replied lightly.

Lucius jerked out his sword and slammed it down on the table. "If there's any accident with Bared, then the blood that tastes under this sword comes from you. ”

The guards were all ready to deal with Lucius's next move, Adeline's right hand stroked the blade of the long sword, and with the movement of her slender fingers, a thin layer of ice covered the sword, and Lucius was dumbfounded. "You can't hurt me, Lucius, but I promise you that I'll do everything in my power to keep Barred safe. ”

Lucius picked up his sword, and the thin ice on it scattered like ice crystals onto the table. "I'm going to sleep too, and wake us up when it's time. ”

The minstrand's gentle singing voice was like a lullaby that brought Lucius to sleep, in which he saw three figures, two of them strong men, and in the middle of them was a woman in a robe. The three of them work together to repel all the enemies that stand in their way, and move forward bravely.

Just as Lucius was basking in the joy of victory, a cold feeling rushed to his neck, and he jumped to his feet, just as he saw Adeline in front of him. "Let's go, before the demon appears, we will lay an ambush according to the plan arranged during the day. ”

Lucius touched his neck, not understanding where the cold feeling came from, Barred was ready to go, and walked out of the tavern with a bottle in his hand. The three of them walked out of the tavern and walked down the deserted street for a while before Lucius realized that the two guards had not followed. "What about your guards, Adeline, aren't they scared their legs? ”

Adeline's pace is much faster than during the day. "Their actual combat experience is too lacking, and they will be sent to death when they come out, and the three of us are enough. ”

Lucius looked at the room they were passing by, a faint light peeking through the window. "What if the demon goes to the other militia again?"

"No way, I've told Laug to keep all of his militia at home today and not come out. Adeline glanced at Lucius and Bared. "Tonight, only the three of us will be outside in the whole of Paradais. ”

"That's great, do you hear that, Barrede, we must have been abandoned by the Seven. Lucius touched both of his swords. "I feel like I have too few weapons on my body right now. ”

Barred took a sip of his wine and wiped his mouth with his sleeve. "I'm not in the mood to talk to you right now, my legs are shaking. ”

Lucius realized that Barred had been very silent since just now, as a bait, and there were mercenaries who had personally experienced the power of demons, and he was the most stressed person at the moment, Lucius walked up to Barred and put his hand on his shoulder. "Bared, if the demon wants to kill you, it must be after killing me. ”

"Don't be stupid, if the demon kills me, run to the Mage Tower, or go back to Durham and live a good life with Mulina, don't think about any more adventures, remember, take the route from Ikan Village. Barred shook his head and picked up speed.

The three of them came to the place where the trap had been laid during the day, on the outskirts of the village, and because of the scarcity of trees, the moonlight shone down unreservedly, staining the grass and vegetable garden silver. "Hide yourself, Lucius, the demon will appear at any moment. Adeline flew towards a tree.

"It's easy to say. Lucius grumbled, nodded with Bared, and turned to walk towards another tree.

Barred sat on the fence that enclosed the garden, sipping his wine in small sips, except for the occasional chirping of insects, he could only hear his own heartbeat. He clearly remembered the feeling when he encountered the demon last night, although he was a mercenary who had traveled all over Wallis and had experienced countless dangers, but this time it was completely different, the other party was a demon, which was enough to make anyone weak. Barrede's hands and feet are indeed weak, and his right hand holding the wine bottle will shake up and down twice from time to time, and the waiting time is like waiting for the execution ground, both hoping that the moment of waiting for luck will never come, and at the same time hoping that the last moment will come soon to give him a relief, in the struggle of the time, time passes minute by minute.

When the wine in the bottle was finally finished, Barred burped and threw the bottle behind him, and within seconds of him doing this, a powerful sense of oppression struck him that was enough to suffocate him. The demon is coming, Barred is very aware of this, the exact same feeling as before is back, this time, he no longer tries to scream, he knows that Adeline and Lucius must have also sensed the appearance of the demon, what he wants to do now is to be able to raise his hand and draw his sword, so that he can live.

A dark shadow walked slowly from the end of the road, the same black cloak swaying rhythmically behind the black shadow, the insects around him no longer chirping, and the cold wind of the early spring night seemed to disappear, Barred only felt beads of sweat oozing from his back and forehead, and although he had just finished drinking a bottle of wine, his mouth was now dry.

The shadow stopped at the other end of the clearing, a hoarse laugh from his tight hood, and Barred felt his heart stop, but the worst had just begun. The demon slowly pulled his hood back to reveal his creepy face, and by the bright moonlight, Barred saw something he had never seen before. The pale face without a trace of blood had two hollow eye sockets, no eyebrows, no eyeballs, the nose and lips were also shaved off, leaving only a hole and a slit, and the hair on the head like dead grass was scattered and clinging to the scalp, and the whole scalp could be seen to rot in several places, and it looked like it was about to fall off the head.

If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't make a sound, Barred would have screamed by now, and now, he could only make a clicking sound from the depths of his throat. He tried to draw his sword, but his hand couldn't even touch the hilt, and his fingers trembled, which was the biggest movement he could make. At this moment, he suddenly wanted to cry, the suffocating fear and the despair of not being able to do anything almost crushed him, and the only people who supported him from falling were his two companions.

The demon seemed to be wary of this bold and somewhat unusual mercenary, and he first turned his skeletal head to take a look at his surroundings, and deliberately stayed for a long time as his gaze swept over a few plane trees. Barred didn't know how the eyeless demon could see clearly, but after a glance, the demon pulled out one of the two swords on his back, and then stepped forward and walked cautiously towards him.