The knight in the abyss

Chapter 166 Mantis Catching Cicadas
The rest of the night passed peacefully.The next morning, the well-rested people set off again in good spirits, still in the configuration of five of them carried by two demonic war horses.

The team no longer galloped like yesterday, but moved forward at a relatively steady speed.They want to keep it as secret as possible, avoiding an early meeting with anyone else who has ideas about a succubus paladin.

Those wandering low-level demons failed to cause any obstacles, and the breath of the nightmare itself was enough to make them retreat.In fact, this kind of demon war horse is the mount of many high-level demons. A newly born original demon may not know what this kind of guy with four flaming hooves means, but a coward has no shortage of being chased and killed by this creature in his mind. memory.

Lancelot handed over the reins to Brutal, closed his eyes tightly, and sensed the breath of nearby creatures with his spiritual sense.The practice when going to Oasis Castle came in handy. Creatures with strong aura within a radius of one mile can be sensed in advance, so that they can avoid them in advance.With the guidance of that magic pendant, everyone can maneuver in a large area in the desolate wilderness without worrying about losing their direction.

By the afternoon, the group had advanced about a hundred miles. At this time, the temperature of the pendant was already very hot. It was like a warm water bag was hanging on Lancelot's chest, which meant that the target had already left. They are very close.

When passing a small low mound, Lancelow stopped the team.

"Let's rest here." The human knight rode up to the top of the small mound, looking to the south, "It won't be long before the team escorting Elotesia will pass by here, and we can just observe the target Case."

Everyone jumped off their horses one after another, and quickly set up a simple camp in the shadow of the hill.They didn't light a fire, because it might attract unnecessary attention, and they just rested where they were, recovering from the exhaustion of traveling on horseback.

After waiting on the spot for about half an hour, Lancelow, who was meditating, suddenly changed his expression and stood up.

"What's the matter?" The bored Bruto immediately noticed Lancelot's anomaly, and the dwarf immediately grabbed his hammer.

"The target is coming soon." Lancelow nodded, "Let's go to a higher place and look out for concealment."

Everyone carefully climbed up to the top of the small mound, searching the southern horizon with their eyes.

They didn't wait long, and about 5 minutes later, a team of twenty or thirty demons appeared in everyone's sight.Lancelow immediately gathered his true energy in his eyes and carefully observed the team.

Walking in the forefront is a six-armed snake demon. According to the tavern owner, her name is Ashapu, and she has been working hard to make Elotesia pay for her 'betrayal'.And the two glabres walked at the back of the line, and it was unclear whether they were responsible for breaking the rear, or they simply didn't like to get too close to the lizard.

Among them was a whole dozen Berserker Demon infantry, surrounded by a prison cart pulled by an Abyssal Camel and several cowardly coolies.A succubus was imprisoned in a metal cage on the prison van, presumably that was the object they were going to rescue on this trip, the succubus paladin Elotesia.

Looking further, Lancelot discovered more details.This team seems to have gone through several battles. The armor on the six-armed snake demon has been shattered, and the lower left arm hangs weakly by his side.All of the Berserkers were wounded, but the most miserable one was one of the Glauber, whose pincers at the end of his right forearm had disappeared.

"Lancelot, what do you say?" Brutal's words trembled a little, "The enemy seems to be injured, can't we go up?"

"Let them go there first." Lancelot squinted his eyes and said softly, "We have to launch a surprise attack from the rear and try to kill those two baubers as soon as possible, so that we have a chance to deal with that six-armed snake magic."

It was said that both Karalin and Alamir retreated to the back of the small mound, and began to release enhanced magic and divine spells to everyone according to the plan made in advance.

The scholar casts a spell called Owl's Wisdom for Lancelot and Brutal each.This 2-level magic can strengthen the perception of the subject, so that they can better understand the surrounding state during the battle, and provide timely support for teammates in trouble; it can also enhance the resistance to various mental spells, and that It is the spell ability of the bauber specialization.

Aramir directly used his 4th-level spell slot once a day to cast an anti-death barrier for Brutal.This spell can resist a fatal injury, allowing the subject to breathe and avoid direct death.With Aramir's powerful healing magic, as long as people don't die, he can save them back.

In addition, he also released the assistance spell for everyone. This was the first magic spell used by the elves after they were rescued in the Succubus Palace. The effect was to strengthen the vitality of the recipient, and it was also a very practical magic spell.

The effects of these strengthening spells are long-lasting spells that last for eight hours. Before launching the battle, Kara Lin also has a third-level acceleration spell available. This spell that lasts for one minute will greatly increase the speed and agility of the subject. It played very well in the battle with the demon before.

Just when the enemy was about to pass by the hill where everyone was lurking, Lancelot's spiritual sense moved again. He turned his head to look north, and several familiar marks appeared in his induction.

Everyone followed his line of sight, but they couldn't see anything, they could only look at Lancelot with questioning eyes.

"Don't do anything yet." The human knight's voice rang directly in everyone's ears, "Someone is coming."

The dull sound of hooves gradually came from a distance, and the demons in charge of the escort fell into a panic, but after the leader snake demon shouted several times, the demons rearranged their formation and assumed a fighting stance.

It was none other than the mercenary group led by Gualado who came from the north.This barbarian as tall as a giant rode a huge winter wolf, walking proudly at the forefront of the team.

The mercenaries quickly stopped in front of the demon team, Guarado stepped forward and said loudly:

"Although it's not necessary, I still want to say that if you are willing to hand over that cage to us, maybe I can let you live." This made the barbarian himself laugh, "I mean, maybe I can."

"Stupid mortals." Scratching the weapons in the hands of the six-armed snake demon, he replied indifferently, "It's up to you?"

"It is true that you have more arms than me, but how many can you deal with at a time?" The mercenary leader showed a cruel smile, "Listen up, brothers! As long as you cut off one arm of this snake demon, the reward is five thousand ! The person who cut off her head has a reward of [-]! Give it to me!"

"Ula!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"Come on!"

"Magrubier! Witness my glory!"

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