I think you can't even imagine the happiness of a warlock.

Chapter 113 Shadow Road

Gnolls are evil humanoids with coyote heads, dirty yellow or reddish brown fur, and an endless thirst for blood.

Although they look similar to tiger-men like Chen or fox demons like Lebet, gnolls do not belong to the race of orcs.

They were born from the demonic power of the demon lord Yeenoghu. They are monsters transformed from hyenas. The filthy blood of the lower world flows in their bodies. They are the enemies of all civilization.

"The gnolls embody Yeenoghu's dark impulses. Their only vision is to turn the world into ruins. They are driven only by destruction, bloodlust, corruption and killing."

As an astral species, Jerry is quite familiar with this kind of pure destroyer that exists in every world.

When the adventurers and Chen Zhou caught up with the caravan, they were surprised to find that they had already reached their end.

The gnolls will leave nothing alive or edible.

Therefore, what greeted them was blood everywhere, wrecked carriages, broken weapons and scattered goods.

As well as nearly a hundred gnolls, hyenas and magical beasts called "wargs" that mutated after the magic tide lurked here.

"Oh my god!"

Geta immediately turned around and ran away!

This number of jackal legions is no longer something that just a few adventurers can handle!

However, facing the organized gnoll army, escaping is useless - most gnolls have spears, flails and longbows in their hands.

Arrows fell like a curtain of rain.

Stein raised his shield and shouted loudly: "Lebet!"

Faced with the rain of arrows that will turn everyone into hedgehogs in the next second, only the spell caster can win a glimmer of hope!
The fox demon didn't say anything. The moment he realized the jackal's ambush, he had already started casting spells.

As a nine-tailed descendant, he is not as qualified as a regular warlock to serve as a fort, but his talent in the school of illusion and enchantment cannot be compared with even the most talented mage.

The shadows gathered in Lebet's hands and turned into a bridge connecting the shadow world and the material plane.

As he smeared it in mid-air, a black band of light surrounded them.

"This is the second-level magical shadow path of the illusion school. It will connect the shadow plane to a certain extent. Those black light bands are the barriers between illusion and reality. Their strength is comparable to the force wall technique!"

However, because these barriers must be fully realized, the black light belt connected into a ring also blocks everyone's escape route.

Including Geta who just ran away.

"My Shadow Path can only last for 1 minute. You must be prepared to escape during this period."

Anyway, Lebet, as a spell caster, would definitely be able to escape and take his employer along with him, but the other three would be dead if they didn't think of a way.

But without even thinking about it, they knew that the group of jackals must have surrounded them, waiting for the spell's effect to end.

As long as there is blood in front of them, they are tireless and will not be afraid of the caster.

"Is Gajelan so chaotic?" Chen Zhou couldn't help but asked curiously when he saw this, "You can't even run into an army of jackals while rushing?"

There was bitterness on Stein's face: "It's not always like this, otherwise we would come here to investigate if we were crazy. Usually, even if there are jackals, there are only about ten or so."

"Isn't it because of the taxation of soldiers and the tide of magic that caused hyenas and corruption to breed? That's why so many gnolls appeared!"

With his escape route blocked, Geta looked desperate: "Even if I die and become a ghost, I must go to Silam Castle to cause trouble!"

"Then I have to remind you that even if a halfling like you turns into a ghost, it only takes a few magic missiles to destroy it." Lebet joked with a relaxed look.

The halfling became even more desperate.

Time gradually passed, and the shadow path, whose duration was calculated in seconds, soon became looming.

Unlike Stein who was a little nervous and Geta who was panicking, the half-elf archer adjusted his Star People composite bow with a calm face: "Stop teasing him, you are thinking of joking, you must have an idea." Lai Bet smiled knowingly, of course he had a solution.

"The beginning and end of the Shadow Road spell must be connected to a solid body, but they can bend themselves at will, which means that after twisting, they can become a ring connected end to end."

After hearing what the fox demon said, Chen quickly thought of what a Möbius strip looked like.

"What does this have to do with escaping?" The halfling was puzzled.

"It means Shadow Road can ignore the limitations of solid support points and exist independently in the air."

The halfling noticed that the words came not from Lebet the Warlock, but from Druitzen.

Although the fox demon was a little surprised that this druid actually had a brain, he continued to race against time to explain: "Next, I will drive the Shadow Road to the sky, and then while we are staying in the air, I will use it several times to connect to different directions. position."

In this way, as long as Lebet uses the invisibility spell on a few more people, the gnolls will have no way of knowing which direction they are going to run away.

After learning the opponent's escape strategy, Geta immediately clapped his hands and applauded.

It’s no wonder that spellcasters are highly respected among adventurers. They can indeed provide solutions to save everything in desperate situations.

"But why not use invisibility on us first?" Stein was still a little confused.

"Don't worry, we are about to start using the invisibility spell. I won't help you make up for it when the effect wears off when you run away. Of course, the later you use it, the better."

As he spoke, Lebet was about to cast an invisibility spell on his employer on the spot.

But the latter couldn't help but raise his own doubts: "I also have a question, isn't there a hundred jackals, why are they running away?"

As soon as these words came out, the adventurer immediately fell silent.

Why run?
Of course it’s because if you don’t run you will die!

"Is it possible that you still plan to fight with them?" Geta turned and urged, "Give me the invisibility spell first, we can't waste time."

It only takes about twenty seconds before "Shadow Road" loses its effectiveness. If we don't hurry up, it will be too late to make everyone invisible.

"I do want to try it... No need to give me the invisibility spell."

He felt that he could use the jackals as targets for practicing magic.

Seeing this, Lebet stopped trying to persuade him. The client could not blame anyone else for seeking death, not to mention that the tiger man might really be able to fight his way out of the siege of the jackals.

So he decisively cast the "Invisibility Technique" on the four of them one after another.

With this spell, as long as the subject does not take the initiative to attack and is not so unlucky that his teeth will choke when he drinks cold water, he can safely escape as planned.

Chen Zhou, who had learned a new spell and planned to try it out, calmly recalled the details of the "Cuili Order".

At this moment, a faint cry suddenly came from the bottom covered by the overturned wreckage of the truck, which sounded very much like a human baby.

Stein frowned and subconsciously made a decision: "I'll stay with you."

The reconnaissance when they were initially ambushed was too hasty. Maybe there were people from other caravans who survived!

　When gnolls are weak, they seek out isolated settlements, slaughter their inhabitants, and devour them while they recuperate.

　　——Ilminster
　　Gnolls: Endless Thirst

　　Gnolls will remind the world of the horrors wrought by the Abyssal hordes, and the pain that even the briefest daemonic invasion can inflict on the world.

　　Whenever the demon lord Yeenoghu enters the material plane and sweeps the earth, he will leave countless corpses to the world.When the ruthless Gnoll King plunders the land, packs of hyenas follow him, devouring their victims until they are so bloated and immobile with the flesh of Yeenoghu's prey.Then, in the midst of this feast of flesh, the hyenas became gnolls; they accepted the terrible mission given by Yeenoghu - to kill and destroy anything in their path.

　　Yeenoghu imbues its followers with an unquenchable supernatural thirst for brutal destruction and the flesh of intelligent creatures.A gnoll feels a constant thirst for flesh and destruction, a thirst that is temporarily relieved only when it kills and eats intelligent creatures.Other prey might provide temporary sustenance, but it would not alleviate Yeenoghu's hunger.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)