Chapter 44
"You … still came after all" After seeing the figure of Iron Mask, a sentry tower at the corner of the wall moved his lips and sighed.
"He destroyed one of my sons, I can't let him destroy my other son as well" the iron mask spoke in a low voice.
"Just these people? If you want to die, there's nothing I can do about it. Don't ever tell anyone that you'll see me again after tonight" the guard helplessly said. The guard said helplessly. He opened a small door on the wall and turned to leave. "Remember to close the door."
"Let's go, we're going to kill the demon that destroyed my son" The iron mask walked through the door with a torch in hand, turned around to look at Chris's group, under the flickering light of the torch, he seemed to have gone through a lot.
"That, is our goal" Augustin spoke in a low voice with a serious tone.
Chris didn't say anything else and stepped through the door. As he practiced [Respiratory Art], his own rhythm became more in sync with his surroundings than ever before. As the rhythm around him began to move bit by bit, Chris's expression froze for a bit before returning to normal.
"What's the matter?" Augustin walked in and asked.
"It's nothing, it's just that the rhythm around us is very ominous, I wonder how many lives have been buried here" Chris answered in a low voice. Observing his surroundings from the rhythm alone, he could hear the screams of death everywhere.
"That's right, there's resentment everywhere" The rune on Augustin's forehead flickered as he glanced at Chris with a strange expression. Through the Grace of Insight, he could tell that Chris's words were a bit off, but he wasn't lying.
"Let's head towards our destination, we don't have much time" Chris didn't look at Augustin and continued: "Split into groups of two, spread out a certain distance and cautiously move forward. If you find any enemies, use the secret signal to communicate, I'll go alone"
"Everyone, take your dragon powder with you. When we meet the Bizarre Scales, those dragon powder will be our chance of victory" the dragon powder Chris mentioned was one of the supplies the Interkam Kingdom sent as reinforcements.
The Bizarre Scales would naturally hesitate against creatures that also had the aura of a Dragon. In fact, if the aura of a Dragon was strong enough, the Bizarre Scales would even give up on attacking, otherwise, since the Bizarre Scales' movement speed and attack power didn't have this weakness, they wouldn't necessarily have the confidence to start a direct battle.
Although there were fewer and fewer items related to dragons, the Interkam royal family had the bloodline of dragons. The royal family was proud of dragons, so quite a few aristocrats would collect items related to dragons to show off their personal taste.
This dragon powder was made from some of the scales and bones that Grosk provided. Although most of them were wyverns, it was more than enough to deal with the Bizarre Scales.
"Be careful." Augustin didn't say too much and quickly split up the team into groups of two according to the plan they discussed before coming here.
This was also to prevent the Bizarre Scales from attacking. If a group of people were to stand together, if the Bizarre Scales were to launch a sneak attack, it would be very difficult for them to dodge, and casualties could easily occur.
If possible, they really wanted this to be a fairytale-like adventure where they defeated the Demon King, the heroes survived, and the ending would be perfect.
But reality wasn't a fairytale-like story. Of the 15 people who entered this place, there was no telling how many of them would be able to survive, or even win.
In this dim place, abandoned houses and cages could be seen everywhere, as if telling the story of what happened here 10 years ago. Chris picked up a crow feather from one of the cages and recalled the information he collected.
When Negri first descended, Negri only had two messengers, which meant two crows. After taking over the Cauchy village, the Cauchy people formed a new hunting party to bring back the crows in batches, the number of crows under their control gradually increased.
When spring arrived, a large number of crows laid eggs and hatched quite a few crows, the hunting party switched to hunting for prey as food for the crows. It was also at this point that Reya's trade began.
At first, a group of merchants came here to trade food for animal pelts, but after that, this place became a hub for the smuggling trade between the two countries.
About 7 years ago, this place was already classified as a forbidden zone. At that time, the crows had already reached a certain scale, the daily cleaning of the crows' food and remains required at least a few dozen Cauchy people to work together.
Because of that, this place was classified as a forbidden zone, the skeletons no longer needed to be cleaned and were left where they were, so there were still some unfinished pits here.
Normally, other than the Crowmen, only the food caravans would come here. Other than the main road that was still a bit populated, the rest of the place was completely deserted.
The female priest and a Knight of Divine Grace were walking together. They were assigned to the same group, walking on the desolate path. For the sake of safety, they even put out their torches, only relying on the female priest's Grace of Understanding to move forward.
"Be careful, there are signs of living activity here" the female priest whispered.
The Grace of Understanding of the Church of Divine Grace would manifest a Rune of Understanding on the forehead of the recipient. Through this rune, the recipient would be granted a different kind of vision. In this vision, the world would seem to turn grey.
The essence of an object would show color within this grey, granting the recipient the power to see through the darkness and fog, allowing them to see things that the naked eye couldn't.
The Grace could also be used to develop even more advanced abilities. For example, Augustin, through the Grace of Understanding, he was able to distinguish between good and evil in people. The thoughts of every person that passed through his eyes would show color in his vision, allowing him to determine if they were friend or foe.
That was why when the iron masked man led the way, Chris would always look at Augustin questioningly, afraid that the iron masked man was trying to lead them into a trap. Only after receiving a trustworthy answer would he lead everyone to follow him.
"Understood" The Knight of Divine Grace's heavy voice came from under his helmet. He half-pulled his sword out and cautiously observed his surroundings, the pouch of dragon powder hanging on his body trembled slightly, giving off the smell of dragons to prevent himself from being instantly killed by the Bizarre Scales.
As long as he could stall for a bit longer, the other teams would be able to come and support him. Of course, at some point, he would also need to make a sacrifice, a sacrifice of his own life, in order to draw the attention of the enemies and allow the other teams to safely reach Negri's location.
"Wait, be careful …" the female priest seemed to have noticed something, but before she could say anything, blood had already spilled onto the knight's armor.
The Knight of Divine Grace drew his sword without hesitation and cautiously observed his surroundings. He didn't make a single sound, but a small amount of liquid could be seen flowing under his helmet.
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