Chapter 331
Chapter 331 The Mantis Stalks the Cicada
The battle quickly intensified with the splitting up of the knight squad.
“Master, let me and Kansas assault them. We’ll ensure that they do not escape!” The one that spoke was the strongest Blood Knight under Mary- Blood Knight Windsor.
He seemed to have been the famous leader of the conservative faction of the knights before he became a Blood Knight. Sadly, at this moment, he had lost all his pride and honor as a radiant knight. He kneeled before Mary as a loyal slave.
Blood Knight Windsor didn’t display even a trace of hesitation or unwillingness to raising his blade against his former companions. In fact, Mary saw excitement rising in his blood-red eyes. It was excitement for the upcoming slaughter.
“Go, my warrior! Demonstrate your courage with the heads of the enemy!” Mary’s ruby-like eyes gleamed as she gave her orders, “Apart from those two radiant knights, you may do as you like!”
The remaining vampires rushed out after hearing Mary’s crisp and seductive voice. They followed the other Blood Knights and charged onto the battlefield.
When everything around her had fallen silent once more, a person appeared beside her. It was Count Vanlier, the vampire that was first Embraced by Mary.
“One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight… ooh. Who knew? You already had eight adept-level vampire subordinates! Still, your power is insignificant when compared to the great Acteon, kehkehkeh…”
Acteon hissed, and several larger black beetles crawled out of the hole. They had black shells, green wings, and corpse spots on their backs. His number of carcass beetles had reached a shocking thirty-four.
These carcass beetles were not young like they used to be. After continuously feeding them blood and flesh for the past six months, all thirty-four of the carcass beetles had matured to their adult form. Every one of them could rival an adept.
Even though Acteon’s own body was only at the level of a newly advanced adept, he had confidence in beating any elite adepts with the help of these subordinates. He had absolute faith even if he had to face Greem once more!
“Greem…Greem…don’t you want to kill me? Well then, I’ll exterminate your accomplice first. Then I’ll return to the World of Adepts for you! Kehkehkeh.”
Evil Bugs Acteon hissed and vented his anger before shutting his eyes to communicate with the insect spies he had placed in the distance. He was surprised to find two ‘fish’ that had barely escaped the web. And one of them was a prey he craved after- a radiant knight.
This discovery caused him to be extremely happy!
The tens of thousands of black beetles turned into a flood and once again entered the hole under his instructions. They followed the tunnels they had dug underground and quickly closed in on the target.
In just a few seconds, not a single beetle remained on the spot that had previously been a hell of creepy crawlies.
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Fifteen kilometers away, by a river in the mountains.
Two disheveled and bloody figures climbed out of the running stream. They crouched on the shore and panted in exhaustion.
Countless black shadows were weaving and circling the woods in the distance as if they were looking for something. Fear crept into their hearts. The two men immediately cast their bodies into the cold water once more, leaving only their eyes and noses above the water. They silently monitored the situation in the distance.
With the cold river water hiding their body heat, these bats that had exceptionally sensitive noses to the aura of humans had utterly lost track of their prey. They found nothing after patrolling several times and had no choice but to disappear into the horizon and search elsewhere.
“Wait a little longer! We will go out once they are far away!” The radiant knight named Soros instructed softly.
Sim could only endure the pain from the numerous wounds all over his body and continued to soak in the water.
The woods around them slowly became quiet.
It became increasingly silent, so much so that the two of them started to panic!
The disgusting and pungent smell of rotting corpses suddenly spread out throughout the silent woods.