Chapter 15: The Strange Hyena

Demont thought for a moment and said, "Let's retreat." ”

"Retreat?" one of Murafa's subordinates immediately showed an expression of disbelief, "Young Master Demeng, those previous things are waiting for us to pick them up inside, and you actually want to retreat?"

Demont replied solemnly: "Yes, retreat, the sun will set in half an hour at most, and then all the necromantic creatures here will become stronger." While wealth is worth the risk, life is more important. ”

Listening to what he said, Leo Dark Moral is indeed a suitable leader, and in the face of great temptation, he can adopt a more secure plan, which is not something that ordinary people can do.

And the people of the Thunder Squad also nodded in approval, and none of the people who can reach their strength are fools.

Murafa rolled his eyes and said, "Retreating is indeed the wisest choice, let's go, those guys outside may not be able to wait." ”

After discussion, several people quickly withdrew from the gray canyon, and the knights guarding the exit breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Dermon return.

In the camp, the people of the Thunder Squad hastily ate something and found a place to rest. In particular, Tolman and Demont, who were seriously injured, needed to continue to treat their injuries, and of course, they didn't have to worry about the night duty, and the knights took care of it.

However, on the contrary, the camp of the miscellaneous armies on the opposite side has been chaotic, and Murafa seems to be completely disappointed in them, and he is too lazy to press them.

The night passed quickly, and apart from the occasional low-level necromantic creature breaking into the camp and being easily killed, nothing else happened.

The next day, although several members of the Thunder Squad had woken up early, they did not set off immediately, but waited patiently.

Early in the morning, the sun is not too strong, so it is not a good time to enter the canyon. Demont only sent cavalry to inspect the barrier passage and wait for noon before proceeding.

Taking advantage of this time, Leo disassembled the Valkyrie.

After yesterday's battle, the Valkyrie's body was basically bent and deformed, and she squeaked when she walked. In order to prevent it from being directly damaged and unable to bring it back, Leo decided to take out the important part and put it away, and as for the outer skeleton, it was discarded.

Around noon. The Thunder Squad, adjusted to its best, finally set off. Soon, they crossed the barrier and entered the canyon, perhaps because of noon, and encountered almost no undead creatures along the way. This time, Demon left five men to guard the exit of the barrier, while the other five followed them all the way.

Having learned the lesson of yesterday, the ragtags just followed from a distance, looking for something that seemed valuable, to the comfort of Leo. So. At least they shouldn't cause themselves any trouble. And Murafa simply broke away from them, joined the Thunder Squad, and became a leading party.

Soon, several people arrived at the entrance of the Death Tunnel.

Look. It was no different from a normal mine, but the aura of death was much stronger than in the Grey Canyon, and just standing outside made everyone feel a little heavier. It seems to be a shadow in my heart, and I am extremely depressed.

Leo looked around, and the trees that were there were already dead. Even on the bark of the tree, a pattern resembling a human face appears.

"It seems that these plants have begun to necromantize, and maybe at some point they will completely turn into monsters, and it is really a place on the top of the evil head. Leo sighed.

"Shall we go in now?" After being in this environment for a long time, Charlotte's face was very ugly, but her spirit was a little excited.

"I'll go in first and see what that fear aura is all about. Demon spoke, and stepped into the mine's entrance.

But before he could go far, his body suddenly began to tremble violently, as if he was under an incomparably huge pressure.

There was no need to verify anything, Leo was already sure that it was indeed covered by an aura of fear.

But even if he knew, he didn't have a good way. He is a mage and has strong mental power, and he may be able to resist the power of the fear aura, but others, especially the warrior Tormon and the half-elf ranger, will definitely not be able to withstand it. And even if they can cast Iron Mind on them, they are immune to fear to a certain extent, but if this magic is applied to other people, the duration will be greatly reduced, and it will also be limited by the magic cooldown, which will not play a decisive role at all.

At this time, the gray alfalfa, who had barely performed along the way, suddenly chanted a few words in a low voice.

Then, she raised her hand, and a gray ray shot out, hitting Demon in front of her.

Demont shivered at first, and Ma Shan returned to normal, and the original pressure dissipated to most of it, only a small part remained, but it was already at an acceptable level.

"This is my divine spiritual prayer that will ease the fear in people's hearts. Gray Alfalfa gave a rare explanation, "It seems that it should work." ”

Demon in the pit turned his head, looking very happy, and said in a loud voice: "Very effective, can it be applied to everyone?"

"Yes. Alfalfa nodded, and without saying anything more, Demont cast a spiritual prayer for everyone.

Obviously, this magic has no cooldown limit, which makes Leo very envious.

When it came to Muraton, she couldn't help but hesitate, until Dermon nodded, and then cast a magic spell on him.

Although this guy has a certain amount of uncertainty, after all, he was very cooperative yesterday, and now there is one more person, and there is also one more strength.

A few seconds before stepping into the tunnel, Leo touched the black trench coat on his body, inside, there was a magic robe he specially put on, with a certain defensive ability, God knows what else he would encounter in the tunnel.

Leaving five cavalry to guard the entrance to the tunnel, a group of people entered it, and in the blink of an eye, it was already pitch black.

In the thick aura of death, torches are difficult to ignite, and most people can't see anything in such an environment, with the exception of a few who have night vision. There was no way, Leo had no choice but to cast a level 0 bright flame spell as a lighting tool.

Soon, they had penetrated about 500 meters into the tunnel. The number of necromantic creatures here has increased dramatically, but fortunately, there are no high-level necromantic creatures, just zombies and skeletons.

From some of the clothes and tools that were not completely decomposed, it can be seen that many of these people were original miners, and some were poor ordinary people who had been plundered by corpse witches.

Leo also found that their movements were very unruly and irregular, just like those of the necromantic creatures outside. Apparently there is no control.

This made him even more convinced that the Corpse Witch was now in a special situation, and maybe he could really take advantage of his unpreparedness and successfully complete the kill. As for the legendary rift of death, it is possible that it is already closed.

"Where do we need to go?" Charlotte asked in a very low voice as she walked, for fear of attracting some monsters.

"It should be in the deepest part that I can feel its presence. Gray Alfalfa's hoarse voice rang out, and even though her face was still hidden in the hood, everyone could still hear the solemnity in her words.

"Watch ahead!" the most visually powerful half-elf suddenly warned. Without thinking, he had already shot an arrow.

"Ding!"

The feathered arrow shot at the wall, apparently missing its target.

The next moment.

Call!!!

With the sound of the wind, a dark shadow in the shadows swooped down.

The speed of this black shadow was amazing, and in the blink of an eye, it was already within ten meters, and its mouth full of huge fangs opened, and a red tongue flew out, heading straight for everyone.

Brush!

Demon reacted extremely quickly and slashed out. The tongue, however, seemed to have eyes, and it dodged directly, and circled around the waist of one of Murafa's men, and rolled it through. Quickly put it back.

Syllable!

Before he even had time to shout, the man's body made a crisp sound, and it was directly broken into two, and bright red blood and internal organs were scattered all over the ground.

"Damn!" Demon snapped. Rush straight at the Black Shadow without giving it a chance to continue attacking with its tongue.

Leo and Alfalfa chanted at the same time, one a mantra and the other a prayer.

A second later. Magic and magic take effect. A white circle of light and a gray pillar of light acted on the black shadow at the same time.

Oh!!!

As the monster howled, the shadow's speed finally slowed down, revealing the full picture to everyone.

It has long gray hair, slightly wolf-like appearance, many irregular black-brown spots, and a mouth full of yellowish-brown mucus.

"Gobi hyenas?!" Tolman exclaimed.

This ferocious predator is one of the most feared creatures in the Gobi, with a small single strength but often in packs, huge hearts and stamina, capable of killing almost any animal and eating long-rotting corpses.

But with the effect of sluggish magic and limiting magic, the hyena's speed decreased significantly, and after a moment of entanglement, Demon let out another loud cry, and a bright electric light erupted from the long sword, slashing through the hyena's body.

Zilala!!

The two staggered, and the hyena charged forward a few more steps before its body came to a halt.

Then, on its chest, a charred black wound appeared, and strange black blood flowed out in large patches.

"Look!" cried the half-elf in horror.

With the death of the hyena, its body continued to dent, its fur continued to fall off, and the blood was rapidly evaporating, and after just a few minutes, only a white skeleton remained in place.

"What the hell is this?" said Demon, frowning, then ripped a strip of cloth from his body to wipe the sword from his hand, and tucked the bright blade into the scabbard.

"Death is followed by self-destruction!" Iron Fist was equally surprised, completely unaware of what was going on.

"The necromantic hyena may have been captured by a corpse witch and came back to see the door. Leo guessed, looking at the still steaming skeleton, and walked over to take a closer look.

The white dry bones were covered with cracks, as if they would fall apart at the slightest touch, and he raised his foot and stepped lightly, and the dry bones turned into powder.

"Hmmm, no!" Leo glanced at and found a few red veins in the middle of the white bone meal.

"What's wrong?" asked Demon hurriedly.

"Watch out for those bones, there's still something in there!" Leo frowned, quickly stepping away a distance.

At this moment, red blood vessels suddenly appeared on the hyena's skeleton, and countless holes were pierced through the bones, and it seemed that the previous blood vessels were the bone marrow parasitic on the inside of the bones.

Countless blood-red tubes emerged, entangled and entangled like tree roots, and combined into a small monster.

It is a bit similar to the original hyena, but the whole body is blood-red, and there are protruding blood vessels from time to time, and there are no eyes and mouths, exuding a rich bloody atmosphere.

Demon subconsciously pulled out his long sword, and before he could make any move, with a bang, the monster rushed out and disappeared into the depths of the pit in a blink of an eye.

"Chase! this monster must have gone to find the Witch!" Demont quickly gave the order and moved first.

Leo follows the group, but feels that things are getting weirder and weirder.

The blood monster just now obviously does not belong to the necromantic creature, but rather some kind of blood spell, such as a very secretive blood clan, or an evil blood warlock, it should be possible to create, but a corpse witch should not have this ability.

After chasing for a while, they came to a fork in the road.

Originally, a line tunnel was divided into five branches, and from here, the terrain seemed to become much more complicated.

Demont slowed down slowly, and said helplessly: "I lost it, I can't be sure which way it went." ”

Leo unleashed his mental power, but he didn't find anything.

"This should be close to the deepest part of the tunnel. The half-elf guessed.

Demont looked around, still clueless, and turned around and said, "Charlotte, use what you prepared." ”

"Good...... Okay......" The girl looked hesitant, but also understood that the situation was urgent, and reluctantly took out a small bottle from her bosom and unscrewed the cap.

A silvery-white bird flew out of the bottle and landed on her shoulder.

Charlotte tilted her head and whispered something.

In the next second, the bird let out a crisp chirp, and its body exploded, turning into countless smaller birds, entering five passages, scattering and flying, launching a carpet search.

Leo had never heard of such a thing, but now was not a good opportunity to ask, but he sighed in his heart that the world with extraordinary power was really full of magical things, and there were too many unknowns waiting for him to explore.

Sure enough, after a few minutes of waiting, a small bird a few millimeters in size returned to Charlotte and stayed at her ear, as if in return.

"Found it! over there!" Charlotte pointed to the tunnel on the far left.

Demont asked eagerly, "Did you find anything inside?"

"Yes...... I'll ask......" Charlotte asked the bird as fast as she could, and when she got the answer, she said with a complicated face, "There's a big bunch of hyenas like that in there!" and...... And ......"

"What else?"

"There is also an altar on which lies a man!"

"Human, it must be a corpse witch!" found his target, but Demont looked embarrassed. (To be continued......)