Chapter 14

Chapter 14: The First Trump Card

At dusk, Far Mountain Pass, under a gentle hillside.

The members of the crusade team gathered here, quietly waiting for the battle to begin.

After two days of trekking, the faces of the adventurers from both the main and support groups showed traces of fatigue.

But this did not affect their determination to kill the Corpse Demon!

Taking advantage of the extremely slow climbing speed of the skeleton soldiers, they were led by the scout team, taking a shortcut and finally reached this low mountain area.

This was the westernmost point of the southern mine.

Going further west, there would be the [Bone Burial Ground] where ghosts and undead monsters were rampant and the [Dragon Slaying Mountain Range] where monsters thrived.

Those were places where even 2nd circle adventurers would be discouraged from approaching.

“Based on the current estimation, the number of skeleton soldiers is about 150, and the number of ghost guards is 17.”

“According to the plan mentioned before, the support team is responsible for containing some skeleton soldiers, but don’t get close to the ghost guard! Those monsters shall be handed over to the main forces to be dealt with, understand?”

“The task of dividing the battlefield will be left to the Hawken brothers. No need to save on the scrolls. Compared to the success of our crusade, scrolls are insignificant...”

“After the Hawken brothers take action, we will execute the decapitation plan. Roger, I, and Uncle Terry – we will deal with the Corpse Demon and the bodyguard beside him that seems like a suture monster as quickly as possible.”

“Once the Corpse Demon dies, the Skeleton Army will be nothing to fear!”

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Dorothy was still repeatedly confirming the battle plan with the members of the crusade team.

Although it was the third time in an hour, no one looked impatient.

If you want to survive on this land, just being cautious was not enough——

You must be cautious, cautious, and even more cautious!

Roger did not relax either.

He was putting holy water on the arrowhead of White Feather Arrow conscientiously.

This time, he was responsible for the decapitation of the Corpse Demon.

He was mainly responsible for long-range fire cover, clearing obstacles for Dorothy and Terry who were in charge of the advance.

This was not difficult for him.

In theory, since there were two 2nd circle adventurers, Dorothy and Terry, teaming up, the success rate of killing the Corpse Demon was very high.

But Roger knew very well that there was often a big gap between theory and reality.

He must do all the preparations.

Accidents might happen.

And quite often, at that.

He couldn’t help but glance at the dark clouds in the sky again.

...

“They’re coming!”

The vanguard group sent out a signal.

Everyone adjusted their breathing, going to their positions with excitement written all over their expressions.

Because of the existence of ghost guards, any raiding methods that were too concealed were doomed to fail.

Roger climbed to the top of the mountain and locked the ghost guards in the vanguard troop with his Qi Divination Technique.

He was silently calculating the enemy’s detection range.

In the narrow pass, the figures of the skeleton soldiers became clearer and clearer.

“Now!”

She threw away the small round shield in her hand, suddenly grabbed the blade with her left hand, and swiped against the edge lightly, and her blood immediately flowed out.

The anger in her eyes was so dense that it seemed to be taking a physical form, and her mouth was mumbling some short phrases.

On the blade’s edges, the blood flowed upwards along the blade, condensing into a crystal-clear sword’s edge.

The tip of the sword shimmered, making it look mysterious and unpredictable.

“Monster, die!”

Dorothy rushed over, the long sword in her hand slashing and stabbing, directly cutting the crippled skeleton soldier into crumbs.

But soon, she realized something was wrong.

“No! It’s not the Corpse Demon.”

Dorothy squatted down and touched the crumbs, and she immediately felt a piece of parchment.

There were some fuzzy lavender lines on the parchment.

“[Body Double Magic Pattern]?”

Terry,?who stood next to her, gritted his teeth and looked around anxiously, “How can the Corpse Demon learn the secret technique of the Magic Pattern Field?”

No one could answer his doubts.

All the skeleton soldiers who previously seemed weak and easily bullied suddenly fought back fiercely and launched a powerful counterattack against the adventurers who burst into the battle!

“Hee hee...”

At this moment, a wretched voice came from all directions, “The crusade team in Tongma Town? Ha! What a naive joke.”

“I hope you wouldn’t mind having my subordinates playing with you?”

Just as the voice fell, a rumbling sound came from under the earth.

On the east side of the pass, a dark tunnel entrance appeared.

From deep in the tunnel, the angry roars of unknown creatures resonated.

Then, a large number of skeleton soldiers emerged from the tunnel!

These skeleton soldiers were densely packed.

In terms of quantity, they were more numerous than those already in the valley!

“Damn it, it’s a trap.”

Terry’s face turned grave.

But he still tried his best to gather the members of the crusade team among the chaos.

...

“This feels more right!”

Roger on the hillside showed joy instead.

In his opinion, if the Corpse Demon was really so easy to kill, then something would be very wrong.

After all, he knew Kane’s strength very well.

This monster, whether in terms of cunningness or true strength, should far exceed the imagination of everyone in the crusade team!

And now it seemed that the [Body Double Magic Pattern] was the first trump card of Corpse Demon.

But he didn’t know if there would be a second, third or even fourth one!

Facing the menacing skeleton soldiers, the morale of the crusade team was a bit low.

They didn’t even know where the Corpse Demon was hiding.

Just when everyone was a little helpless, Roger finally moved!

He took off his cloak and removed most of his equipment.

Then, alone, he blatantly charged towards the Skeleton Army with more than 200 soldiers!

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