Chapter 205
Chapter 205 Schemes and Trickeries
Adept Ferrier flew into the air.
From a distance, he threw several vials before the path of the charging knights.
Large pools of purple liquid seeped into the dirt. Less than two seconds later, the ground shook and gave way as a large patch of thorns extended from beneath. The thorn tentacles, thick as a baby’s arm, extended chaotically in all directions. The thorns glowed with a mysterious shine that was unlike metal or wood.
In a few breaths’ time, this forest of thorns that sprouted out of nowhere had completely hidden the silhouettes of the adepts.
Sadly, even a wall of thorns such as this one was not able to stop the advance of the knights.
A thick Crescent Moon Slash stuck close to the ground as it blasted forth, plowing a deep ridge into the ground. Everything that stood before the wailing Moon Crescent Slash split into two, be it hard rocks or thorn walls, and gave way to the knights.
Before the two other adepts could cast their spells, the three radiant knights had already broken through all the obstacles in their way and appeared before the adepts.
Greem nodded at Marionette without speaking another word. He tilted his ear and listened for the terrifying thunder reverberating from a distance, before vanishing from the spot with a Fire Teleportation. From the looks of it, more adepts had launched an ambush on the main force of the knights. From the means of attacks, it was probably the combat adept nicknamed Thunderbird.
It was only until Greem’s flashing flame halo had slowly disappeared in the woods far away that Marionette was able to let out a sigh of relief. His right foot had silently been impaled into the dirt in the “confrontation” with Greem earlier. If Greem had dared to move within thirty meters of himself, the wooden roots that broke forth from the ground then would most definitely be enough to buy five seconds of time for himself.
Then, Marionette would be able to make a choice for himself, be it fight or flight!
Marionette shook his body, and the massive root that was stuck in the ground quickly shrunk back into his right feet. He turned his stiff wooden eyeballs and stared at a bush a hundred meters away, before turning and disappearing into a tall tree right next to him.
Nearly eight minutes later, when this area of the woods had gone completely silent, the ground beneath the bush Marionette stared at before he left started to crack. Evil Bugs Acteon emerged from the ground and slowly reformed his body.
He closed his eyes and sensed his surroundings. There was indeed none of Marionette’s odd soul flux in the forest nearby. Acteon’s ghostly green eyes betrayed a hint of anger and frustration.
A black shell, a horrifying insect’s mouthpart, and countless odd compound eyes of all sizes. Compared to the last time he appeared, the bugmen traits on Acteon were becoming increasingly obvious. This time, there were even two tiny black feelers on his bug-like head. The feelers glowed with a strange purple light, as if there was some unique magic contained within them.
Even though Acteon already knew that these veteran adepts were all sly and had strange tricks up their sleeves, he had still been discovered by Marionette when he snuck up trying to find an opportunity. The stare Marionette gave before he left was clearly a warning!
However, for the fearless Evil Bugs Acteon, such a warning would not be taken to heart.
Acteon turned his bug head about, turning his attention to the rowdy battlefield in the distance. After a few moments of listening, his silhouette started to fall apart, breaking apart into tens of thousands of strange black bugs. They vanished back beneath the ground, silently digging their way towards the battlefield.
When the area had finally gone silent again, a pair of eyes suddenly appeared on the thick tree trunk of an ancient tree. It blinked several times as it looked at the bug hole left behind by Acteon. Then, the pair of strange eyeballs betrayed an expression of mocking joy before slowly disappearing.
It was only now that this forest area regained its peace and quiet!