Chapter 196
Chapter 196 Skirmish in the Woods
A small five-person adventure group trekked through the woods with difficulty.
From their formation, it was clear that this was an adventuring party with powerful combat strength.
An extremely strong warrior was carving a path at the very front, using the large sword in his hand to cut a narrow route through the dense vegetation. A scrawny rogue was following behind the warrior, his mousy eyes, cautiously on the lookout, incessantly drifting about the shadows around them.
Besides those two, there was an archer with an arrow already knocked, his expression alert. There were also two powerful spellbreaker knights who had taken off their heavy knight’s armor, and were currently only wearing chainmail.
The bushes were dense, and the trees stretched forever.
Coming into this place, and all you would see is darker and lighter shades of green. It was honestly difficult to even find any other color.
The thick and knotted roots of ancient trees, the resilient vines that wound together, the bushes and vegetations that grew everywhere, as well as all sorts of wildflowers and weeds that couldn’t be named, were more than enough to completely fill the spaces between each of the large, ancient trees. It was undoubtedly an exceptionally tortuous task for any traveller, without preparation, to walk through such primitive woods.
The roots broke, sending viscous green sap flying everywhere.
The ancient tree-shaped creature shook in pain, and all the vine serpents moved to the front of the trunk, snapping at the spellbreaker knights.
One had to admit that the spellbreaker knights, with their runic equipment, were the natural enemies of all magical beings!
The energy shield with no elemental alignment could block curses and almost all spells, with the exception of spells with penetration effects. They also had exceptional defense against physical attacks. This ensured the personal safety of the spellbreaker knights. With the addition of the flame longsword in their hands, which dealt double attribute damage of both physical and fire types, they could deal incalculable amounts of damage to the enemy.
If this ancient tree, with its tree bark armor, had been left to the adventurers to deal with, at least seven or eight casualties would have been needed to take it down. But with the spellbreaker knights’ powerful defense and offense, they were able to set the ancient tree on fire, while only paying the price of the warrior being lightly injured.
Indeed, when the spellbreaker knights cut a deep opening on the ancient tree’s body and used the flames to ignite the green sap, the entire tree started to let out ear-piercing scream. It was like that of a human’s as it painfully burned in the sea of fire.
The three-man adventure group was naturally ecstatic at being able to successfully eliminate such a powerful magical being.
However, before they could loot the spoils from the burning body of the ancient tree, the two spellbreaker knights gravely shouted, “Hurry up and come back! Get ready. The true enemy is about to arrive!”
The three-man group was horrified.
Such… such a powerful magical creature still wasn’t the enemy’s main force?
Just as they were hesitating, the overwhelming sound of thrashing winds suddenly filled the entire woods nearby.
A large black shadow started to emerge from all over the woods, screeching as it surged towards them.
“Bat swarm! It’s a bat swarm…”
The next moment, their shouts were drowned out by the bloodsucking vampires that surged forth like a tide!