Chapter 40: The Templar Trial (3)

Although the shapeshifter can imitate the form of a human, the truth inside does not change, if the wound of the transformer is bleeding, even if it is red when it gushes out of the wound, but when it falls to the ground, it will inevitably change back to its original form: pitch black blood that belongs to the demon alone.

It was for this reason that Tom was able to confirm Mino's identity when he was unable to show the Holy Light.

As a second-level paladin, Tom's healing magic skills are only at the level of the first level, but it is still enough for a small external injury like Mino, and when that ball of holy light is integrated into his body, Mino's wound returns to its original state at a speed that is almost visible to the naked eye.

Seeing this, the last bit of defense in Tom's heart disappeared, after all, no matter how powerful a demon is, it is impossible to recover from his injuries under the light of the holy light.

"I was really sorry just now, Senior Tom, I thought it was a demon approaching when I heard the noise, and I was a little too nervous, so I launched an attack without even looking at it, but fortunately you blocked it. ”

Wiping the blood from his left arm, Mino apologized to Tom for the previous attack.

"It's nothing, in this case, I will do the same, but Mino, your strength is really good, I almost didn't take that sword, no wonder I was able to get special permission to participate in the Templar Trial in the first year. ”

Tom exclaimed and shook his arm to show that he was right.

Mino only smiled at Tom's admiration, and did not intend to tell the feud between himself and King Carmont to this new acquaintance.

"By the way, Mino, did you find the signs on the map? I walked for a long time, but I didn't find any of them, and I didn't meet a single demon. ”

"No, I'm just like you, and I haven't found the logo or the demon. ”

Hearing Tom say this, the doubts in Mino's heart became even stronger.

Since he had been looking for a long time before and had not found the signs and demons, he had a lot of doubts in his heart, after all, from the known information, there should be so many demons in this underground maze that they can't be killed, and the number of signs is not so small that he can't find a single one after walking for two or three hours.

Before meeting Tom, Mino could comfort himself that it was a matter of luck, but Tom was like this, so I am afraid that it was not a problem that luck could explain.

However, Mino did not express his thoughts, and continued to explore this grand underground labyrinth with Tom.

After that, the two met a lot of people, and after questioning, they found that none of them had encountered signs and demons, which made the doubts in Mino's heart thicker and thicker, and a lingering sense of crisis also lingered in Mino's heart.

As a half-astrologer, Mino still believes in his hunch, so even if everyone else has let their guard down due to the safety and increasing number of people, Mino is more and more alert, ready to deal with sudden dangers.

I kept walking, only to hear a snap, and suddenly there was a sound of earth and rocks falling not far away, although it was so subtle that it was almost muffled by the sound of everyone's talking, but it was still noticed by Mino, who had been vigilant.

"Who!"

The moment he heard the voice, Mino pulled out the blue moon on his waist and asked sharply in the direction where the voice came from.

Hearing Mino's question, the other people who were chatting as they walked also drew their long swords and looked vigilantly in the direction that Mino was pointing.

But in the face of Mino's questioning, nothing appeared except the echo of his own voice, as if the voice that Mino had just heard was just an illusion.

The crowd was vigilant for a while, but nothing happened, which made the rest of the group feel fooled and questioned what Mino was doing, and Mino had to explain to them why he was the only one who heard the voice.

"Really, even if there is a demon, can it be that so many of us will be afraid that he will not be a low-level demon when we walk together, you are too timid to be a year. ”

While Mino was arguing with the crowd, a second-year student who joined later teased Mino and walked towards the fork in the road pointed out by Mino before, intending to prove Mino's timidity and eventfulness with facts.

Under the gaze of the crowd, the man turned a corner with a laugh, and then ran back covered in blood after a terrible scream.

"Demons, so many demons, they're ambushing us!"

The man shouted in horror as he ran, and behind him, countless evil and cowardly demons were used like a tide, mixed with many other demons of strange shapes, who roared and rushed towards the crowd.

From extremely static to extremely moving, such a sudden turn made almost everyone stunned, except for Mino.

Mino, who had been tense all the time, ran away without looking back almost the moment the demons poured out, and after running away with a loud roar.

The others were the same, after coming back to their senses, they scattered and fled in a panic, as for the mission of the priesthood to fight the demons, hehe, no kidding.

The enemy is completely beyond his own strength, and there are no civilians behind him to protect, so it is a fool's job to stand and resist in such a situation.

Because he was the first to run and the equipment on his body was very lightweight, Mino escaped the pursuit of these demons without much fighting.

A sword cut off the head of the cowardly demon who happened to chase after him, and Mino, who had been running for a long time, landed on the ground with his sword and gasped for breath.

"Ambush...... We were ambushed by demons, and we are all low-level demons, is there anything more ridiculous than this?"

Mino, who was relieved, shook off the blood stains on his sword, recalled the scene just now, and laughed bitterly and mocked.

More than a dozen people were chased by hundreds of demons, and a few of them could run away, which Mino couldn't imagine, but the benevolent brother who led out the demons in the first place in order to mock himself was indeed definitely unable to escape.

Mino didn't feel strange at all that there would be damage in the face of demons, but being ambushed by demons made Mino understand.

You must know that the chaotic nature of demons is notoriously, and the brainlessness of low-level demons is notoriously inferior to animals, but Mino, they were actually ambushed by such a group of low-level demons, which made Mino not surprised.

Now that I think about it, in fact, from the very beginning, Minoan and the others teleported in for a trial, maybe they fell into the calculations of the demons.

If these more than 100 demons were scattered and encountered, with the average strength of Mino's people who were below the level of two or three levels, it would be more than enough to deal with them.

It is very likely that the demons chose to shrink their forces because of this, and let Minoan and them go for so long, and as a result, they did not encounter a single demon.

It is very likely that the demons have been following Mino, and if Mino's sudden discovery of their tracks, these guys would probably wait until Mino's time for them to let their guard down and start eating, and then suddenly launch an attack and rely on the superiority of numbers to wipe out Mino.

Even if they didn't find a single sign of Mino, it was possible that these demons were the devil's doing.

It is very likely that the demons deliberately destroyed the marks made by the Templars in order to prevent Mino, the trialists, from gathering together quickly, otherwise with the density of these marks, it would be difficult to explain the problem that Mino, who had been walking for so long, did not find one.

Thinking that these were all carefully planned actions by the demons, Mino couldn't help but shudder, the brainless demon was already terrifying enough, and now not only has an IQ, but also uses tactics, so how can humans fight it.

And if this is not an isolated case, but all the demons in the abyss have such a change, what a terrifying thing it would be, the more he thought about it, the more Mino was frightened into a cold sweat by his terrible idea.

After a long while, Mino was pulled back from his thoughts by his own rumbling belly, and decided to leave it alone and fill his stomach first.

Opening the waist pack that had been handed out before, Mino took out a bag of water and a piece of jerky, and was about to put it in his mouth, when he suddenly thought of something, stopped his movements, found a remote place, put the water on the ground, and then unhooked the scabbard of Blue Moon, put the jerky on it, and then retreated.

"In the name of Mino, detect toxins!"

As the incantation was chanted, a milky white halo appeared on Mino's hand, and then he swept it on the water and the jerky, almost the moment the halo fell, a dazzling red light appeared on the water and flesh.

Seeing the appearance of these red lights, Mino untied the waist bag on his waist and once again used the first-level astrological prophecy magic of detecting toxins, and sure enough, all the materials inside appeared with red light representing poison.

Kicking these things away, Mino recalled the deliberate look of the quartermaster when he scattered the supplies, and the panic that flashed in his eyes when he refused to carry out his belt, and he sneered:

"Is this your backhand? King Carmont, it's really calculating, as long as I bring these poisonous foods to the trial, whether or not I find the existence of the toxin, I will not escape death. ”

If the toxin is not found, Mino will definitely be poisoned, and if the toxin is found, Mino will also die due to lack of drinking water, simple but effective, Mino has to admit that the plan is indeed good, although the goal of the plan is himself.

"But this is a king's revenge, is it really that simple......?

After calming down from the anger of being poisoned for a while, looking at the supplies scattered on the ground, and the corpse of the cowardly demon not far away, a bold conjecture popped up in Mino's mind.

"Could it be that all this is not because the demons have suddenly become smarter, but because the king is another trick against himself?"

You must know that there is a demon warlock in this world that can drive demons, and it is really not impossible to say that the king, in order to take revenge on himself, arranged for a demon warlock to ambush in the underground labyrinth of the templar trial in advance, and drive the demons to kill him.

Could it really be that this is all a conspiracy of the king?

For a moment, Mino fell into deep thought.