Only two or three people’s expressions turned solemn when they heard Oliver’s questions, but everyone else had blank looks on their faces.
The rough looking man belonged to the later category, and he blurted out, “Of course, they aren’t helpless sheep. But as long as we don’t let their demonic energy infect us, there is nothing so fearsome about them. At most, they are slightly more troublesome enemies to kill than we are used to. Isn’t that right?”
Oliver sneered at him and then glanced at others, “Do you all also think the same as him?”
By now, even the rough looking man knew something was wrong. So, no one responded even though they also thought the same.
In the distance, Little Snow standing guard in front of Lily’s tent, sneered and thought proudly, ‘They are really fools. Shouldn’t they have tried to gather some information on the demons before leaving? Are they looking to die?’
‘…wait! Don’t tell me others who left the mountain to join the war also don’t have much information about the demons?’ As she thought this, her heart thudded violently. Although she didn’t know many people on the Sovereign mountain, she didn’t want them to die in vain.
A moment later, however, she relaxed, ‘There is no way the Elders will not consider this. They must have made some arrangements to inform them. Ha! I got worried in vain.’
She patted her petite chest and heaved a sigh of relief. After that, she continued listening to Oliver’s group.
Seeing no one responded, Oliver let out a sigh, “It’s been a few decades since the last war with demons, and most of the information on the demons is always slightly secretive. Since you guys spend most of your time outside doing missions, it’s normal you don’t know much, so, I can’t exactly blame you.”
After a pause, he added, “I won’t bother telling you everything I know about them since the War Hall of the Black Dragon empire will tell you. But until we arrive at the War Hall, you all should keep your guards up at all times. We have yet to encounter any demons until now doesn’t mean they aren’t nearby.”
Saying this, he took a deliberate pause, and cautioned, “Demons aren’t easy opponents, so don’t ever underestimate them, because if you do, you’ll die. Also, before you have decapitated them or have crushed their heads, don’t ever think they are dead. Because many of the demons possess strange abilities and can immediately recover from a near death state.”
“Yes, senior brother.” Everyone echoed, their expressions turning solemn.
Rustle!
Shua! Shua!
Just then, a faint sound of leaves rustling sounded over a hundred meters from them in the forest, which was then followed by sharp wind whistling sounds.
“Enemy attack!” The rough looking man shouted as he shot to his feet and a broadsword appeared in his hands.
‘Fuck…!’ Oliver inwardly cursed.
He knew it was only a matter of time before they met demons, he still hoped they wouldn’t encounter any before reaching the War Hall so he could spend a few more days with Lilly. Because he wanted to spend more time with Lilly, he had asked his father to change their destination from the Flame Dragon empire to the Black Dragon empire that was several more days away.
He cast a glance at Lily’s tent and saw her come out. Suddenly, his eyes flashed. ‘I should try showing off my strength a little. Maybe that’ll impress–’
Just as this thought crossed his mind, his expression changed drastically because he had sensed more than fifty demons in the surroundings. What was even worse was that there seemed to be three six-star and more than a dozen five-star experts among them.
“WE ARE SURROUNDED! DEFEND AND TRY TO BREAK OUT OF THE ENCIRCLEMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!! DON’T DELEY–” He roared as his aura, ice elemental mana and Ice God halo burst out of him. However, before he could finish shouting, his roars were drowned by a salvo of attacks.
Bang!
Boom!
Boom!
Only a few seconds had passed from the moment they first heard the leaves rustle, and most of the people in the group had yet to properly react when countless attacks fell on them one after another.
Everyone was a five-star mage in the group, and had their fair share of battle experience. Therefore, they could sense that even the weakest attack falling on them was slightly stronger than an average mid-stage five-star mage’s full powered attack. Even more frightening, there were multiple attacks beyond five-star level.
Despite them trying their best to defend, they were quickly drowned out by the barrage of attacks. Most of the weaker people had perished while others got varied levels of injuries. The strongest among them, Oliver, had trails of blood flowing down the corner of his lips.
Before they could recover from the sudden assault, the second wave of attacks arrived which was quickly followed by the third and fourth wave of attacks.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
…
After a while, the dust and smoke cleared and revealed a completely destroyed patch of land. One could see dozens of badly mangled corpses strewn across the area.
Shua! Shua! Shua!
Dozens of demons that had black insect wings and goat heads flew out and landed around the destroyed area. Some of them landed near the corpses, and started kicking them. Once they confirmed everyone was dead, they revealed expressions of joy.
One of the three king ranked goat demons, a middle-aged female goat demon, swept her gaze across the area and frowned, “A few rats still managed to escape. How troublesome!”
“It’s alright. Even though they escaped, they were severely injured, and would die when they encountered others.” Another king ranked goat demon comment.
“Tch! If these useless punks hadn’t alerted them, all of them would’ve died and we’ve made some significant contribution since they were from a sovereign faction.” The female goat said in displeasure as she eyed a few goat demons who had mistakenly stepped on the dried up leaves.
The goat demons shuddered when they felt her gaze and hurriedly lowered their heads.
“Leave it. It’s inevitable to make some mistakes here and there. We didn’t suffer any losses. So, there is no need to make things difficult for these little ones.” The last king ranked demon remarked.
“Hmph! You didn’t suffer any loss but I did.” The female goat harrumphed.
“Oh?! What do you mean?” The king ranked demons asked with interest.
The female goat didn’t answer. She had sensed two high grade physiques, and wanted to capture them. That’s why she had deliberately shielded them from life threatening attacks. But just when she was about to sweep them away without anyone noticing, they used talismans and vanished.
Seeing this, the two king ranked demons exchanged glances but chose to not say anything.
…
In a place far away, the space above a river rippled and a young man covered in blood appeared. He was holding an unconscious, similarly bloodied figure in his hand.
The man was Oliver, while the unconscious figure was Lily.
After he had sensed there were several dozen demons with multiple king ranked experts among them, he knew they didn’t stand any chance against them. So, when the first wave of attacks fell, he had taken out his defensive treasure and his life saving talisman–the random teleportation talisman, which his grandmother, Synthia, had given him.
When the second wave of attacks fell, he moved over to Lily, who had gotten severely injured by then, and knocked her unconscious. Right before he used his talisman to escape, his defensive treasure had broken apart, resulting in him getting injured.
As he glanced down at unconscious Lily, a smile appeared on his face, which looked very menacing due to all the blood. “It was worth getting injured.”
After that, he glanced around and flew away.
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