Chapter 197
Chapter 197 Slaughter in the Woods
In less than seventeen seconds, the three-man adventure group had turned into corpses.
The two spellbreaker knights remaining stood back to back and were fighting off the vampire swarm with their energy shields and flaming longswords.
It was unfortunate that most of the swarm consisted of vampire spawn, who were much weaker than the first generation of vampires that Mary had personally Embraced. As they gathered together, surrounded, and circled the spellbreaker knights, not only were they unable to break through the opponents’ defenses, many of their companions were even killed by the runic longswords shrouded in flames as well as and the flame blades that burst forth every so often.
As the vampires engaged in a brutal fight, a red silhouette appeared on the low cliff beside the battlefield. A slim female proudly stood there.
Bright red armor, crimson longbow, seductive body, perfect looks, and that pair of crimson eyes glowing bright red…
Mary stepped on the stones of the cliff, her flawless figure displayed before everyone. However, her attention didn’t seem to be on the battle before her, and was instead drawn to the woods nearby.
With the vast sea of trees and dense foliage, it was extremely difficult to see through the layers of green and to see what was below. But now, using countless Magic Eyes spread throughout the vast forest, she was able to see everything within a radius of ten to fifteen kilometers.
When this battle technique that was most commonly used by the knights–Crescent Moon Slash– landed on the cliff, the highly concentrated runic energies instantly exploded. The strength of the energy was no less than a spell with 150 points of power. If Mary hadn’t dodged, just that blow alone would have severely injured her!
It was almost as if a miniature sun had exploded on top of the cliff, as the violent runic energies instantly blasted apart half of the cliffside. The side of the cliff facing outwards started to crumble in a flurry of dust and crumbling rocks. Countless shattered stones and a ton of debris started to roll downwards, instantly flooding the battlefield beneath the cliff.
After some difficulty, the two knights were able to free themselves from the torrent of dirt and rock, and were finally able to find a spot to stand after retreating a hundred meters backwards.
Bright runic lights shone on the body of the middle-aged Radiant Knight. He gazed upon Bloody Mary, still floating in the air, his eyes betraying an expression of thought.
If she knew that I am a radiant knight, why wouldn’t she retreat? Could it be…
There was no time for him to think. In the woods one kilometer northwest, a sudden commotion that exceeded the violent elementium flux earlier erupted. The radiant knight’s face fell when he felt the terrifying elementium flux and saw the magic flames suddenly erupt.
“It’s the Flame Demon!” The young spellbreaker knight couldn’t help but exclaim, his eyes betraying shock and fear that couldn’t be hidden.
After the bloody battles of the past few days, the knights and adepts had a better understanding of each other’s forces.
The most terrifying force on the knights’ side was most definitely that group of radiant knights. They were slightly lacking in mobility, but their powerful runic powers gave them incomparably powerful attacks and an impenetrable defense. In all seriousness, the only thing the adepts could do when they met radiant knights was retreat. They had absolutely no chance of beating them in a fight.
On the other hand, some terrifying characters had sprung up on the adepts’ side as well. Such as Bloody Mary before him, who was always surrounded by terrifying bat swarms; or Evil Bugs Acteon, who could command tens of thousands of poisonous bugs. There were also other scary adepts with all sorts of odd abilities…
But none of them were as scary as the Flame Demon!
When the three-meter tall Flame Demon, clad in brilliant red flames all over its body, stepped onto the battlefield with his two fire golems, the doubled number of fire spells coupled with the Fire Deity’s explosions were enough to instantly kill a spellbreaker knight of the same grade.
Thus, whenever a knight squad met the Flame Demon in the depths of the woods, it would be the end of their fates right then and there!