The Hidden Knight of Mystra Chapter 014 The First Trump Card

dusk.

Distant mountain pass.

At the foot of a gentle hillside.

The members of the expedition team gathered here, quietly waiting for the battle to come.

Even after two days of trekking, the adventurers in both the main and support groups showed signs of fatigue on their faces.

But this does not affect their determination to kill the corpse demon!

Taking advantage of the fact that the skeleton soldiers climbed the mountain very slowly, they finally took a shortcut and reached the lower mountain area under the leadership of the scout team.

This is the westernmost end of the southern mines.

Going further west, you will find the "Boneyard" where ghosts roam and the "Dragon Slaying Mountains" where monsters infest.

That is a place that even second-ring adventurers would shy away from.

"According to preliminary estimates, there are about 150 Skeleton Soldiers and 17 Ghost Guards."

"According to the plan mentioned before, the support team will be responsible for holding back some of the skeleton soldiers, but they must not get close to the ghost guards! Leave these monsters to the main team, understand?"

"The task of dividing the battlefield is now handed over to Brother Hawken. Don't save the scrolls. Compared with the success or failure of the matter, the scrolls are not worth mentioning at all..."

"After the Hawken brothers make their move, we will execute the decapitation plan. Roger, Uncle Terry and I will quickly get rid of the Corpse Monster and the bodyguard next to him that looks like a Stitched Monster."

"As long as the Corpse Demon dies, the Skeleton Army will have nothing to fear!"

…

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

Although this was the third time within an hour, no one looked impatient.

If you want to survive in this land, rigor alone is not enough——

You must be rigorous, rigorous, and rigorous again!

Roger didn't let up either.

He was carefully smearing holy water on the tip of the white feather arrow.

In this decapitation operation against the corpse demon, his role was to provide support.

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

This was not a difficult task for him.

In theory.

With the two second-ring adventurers Dorothy and Terry working together, the success rate of killing the corpse demon is very high .

But Roger is well aware that there is often a huge gap between theory and reality.

He must be prepared for everything.

Accidents can happen.

And more than one.

He couldn't help but take another look at the dark clouds in the sky.

…

“Here it comes!”

The scout team sent out a signal.

Everyone adjusted their breathing and took their positions with excited expressions.

Because of the existence of the ghost guards, a raid that is too covert is doomed to fail.

Roger climbed to the top of the mountain and used the art of vision to lock onto the ghost guards in the vanguard.

He was silently calculating the enemy's detection distance.

In the narrow pass.

The silhouettes of the skeleton soldiers became clearer and clearer.

"Now!"

Roger called back.

Dorothy held a sword in her right hand and a small round shield in her left hand, and shouted at the top of her lungs:

"Get started!"

Carrying the anger caused by the pain of losing her brother, the girl in maroon leather armor led the charge.

The others followed suit.

…

Roger had no impulse.

He descended from the height in an orderly manner, slowly moving along the mountain towards the enemy.

The raid by the punitive team seemed to have caught the Corpse Demon completely by surprise.

Faced with the adventurers' attack, the skeleton soldiers had no idea how to respond.

The interior of the Skeleton Soldiers' phalanx was in chaos.

call!

Two consecutive thick walls of fire rose from the square, successfully splitting the enemy into two.

This is why we chose to do it here——

The terrain in the pass is narrow, and two walls of fire are enough to cut through the enemy's formation.

Roger glanced back.

The Hawken brothers looked excited.

They are one of the few wizard apprentices in Tongma Town, and the only spells they know are "Rapid Fire Bead" and "Mage's Hand".

For second-level spells like "Fire Wall", they must rely on the power of spell guidance scrolls to cast.

Each spell guidance scroll is worth more than 200 copper orders.

Fortunately, these scrolls were provided by the Lord's Mansion, otherwise they would have gone bankrupt after this battle.

…

Under the cover of the fire wall, the adventurers quickly cleared out the skeleton soldiers guarding the periphery of the Stitched Monster.

Occasionally, there were powerful monsters that obstructed them, but they were sent away by Roger's sudden arrows.

Soon, Dorothy and Terry successfully killed the Stitched Monster.

They had a fierce fight with the Stitched Monster.

This monster has a very strong vitality, and ordinary weapons have no effect on it.

Fortunately, there is holy water.

Relying on the holy water's ability to restrain undead creatures, Dorothy finally succeeded in piercing the Stitched Monster's heart with one sword.

With a bang.

The bloated monster suddenly fell down and lost the ability to move.

Its body was still twitching, showing its amazing vitality.

"Where is the corpse demon?"

After knocking out Stitches, Dorothy looked around nervously.

whoosh!

In the chaos, a white feather arrow pointed her in the direction.

Not far away, the lame skeleton soldier was shot by several arrows but still stood firm, making an evil buzzing sound.

It seemed to want to escape.

Dorothy's eyes instantly turned red.

She threw away the small round shield in her hand, grabbed the sword with her left hand, and wiped it lightly, and blood immediately flowed out.

The anger in her eyes seemed to solidify into substance, and she uttered short phrases.

On the sword's edge, blood flowed upward and condensed into a crystal clear sword edge.

The tip of the sword was glowing with light, which was mysterious and strange.

"Die, monster!"

Dorothy rushed forward, slashing and stabbing with the sword in her hand, and directly cut the lame skeleton soldier into pieces.

But soon, she realized something was wrong.

"No! It's not a corpse demon."

Dorothy squatted down, groped in the debris, and immediately grabbed out a piece of parchment.

There were faint lavender lines on the parchment.

"Substitute Magic Pattern?"

Terry, who was standing next to him, gritted his teeth and looked around in confusion:

"How could the Corpse Demon know the secrets of the Magic Pattern School?"

No one could answer his doubts.

The skeleton soldiers who had been weak and vulnerable before suddenly became ferocious and launched a powerful counterattack against the adventurers who had broken into the formation!

"whee……"

At this moment, a creepy voice came from all directions:

"The punitive team from Tongma Town? Ha! What a childish joke."

"Do you mind letting my men play with you?"

As soon as the words fell.

There was a rumbling sound coming from beneath the ground.

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

Deep in the tunnel, some unknown creature was roaring angrily.

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

These skeleton soldiers look densely packed.

In terms of quantity, there are more than these in the valley!

"Damn it, I fell into a trap."