Volume 2 Heroes of Might and Magic of Might and Magic: The Death Battle Chapter 134 Tristram (Part 2)
"Look. Those things on the woman's back, the rings are really made of gold."
Such a bizarre thing appearing on a woman's body can only be described as bizarre. When the woman saw Li Wei and the others, she opened her mouth and let out a scream.
Instantly, everyone, including Li Wei, felt locked onto by a strong killing intent. Then, the woman stretched out her smooth arm and pulled out a steel Iron Thorn from behind her back.
The moment it was pulled out, the cracking sound of the muscles and the spurting blood chilled everyone who witnessed it.
What surprised them even more was yet to come.
The woman gripped a steel Iron Thorn nearly a meter long and hurled it forward with a sudden thud.
"Careful!"
A strong sense of danger caused Li Wei to instinctively unleash one of his five senses, his "Visual Sense," and activate his "mind's eye." In an instant, everything around him slowed down.
The "mind's eye" perspective doesn't originate from Li Wei's eyes, but rather from a bird's-eye view, allowing him to see everything around him—a truly wondrous feeling.
The image projected by his mind's eye was of the steel Iron Thorn thrown by the woman, hurtling towards Li Wei at more than three times the speed of sound, arriving in front of him in an instant.
At the same time, Li Wei's sword began to swing at breakneck speed. In Zheng Yutong's and the others' eyes, all they saw was Li Wei's eyes go completely black in an instant. Then, with a loud bang, sparks flew out from the intense collision of metal less than a meter away from Li Wei. Then, with a "bang," a steel Iron Thorn more than a meter long pierced the wooden wall next to him.
Everything happened so fast that even Zheng Yutong didn't have time to react to what was happening.
"Hurry and save Cain! You only have a tiny bit of time!"
As he spoke, Li Wei rushed forward, intending to delay the woman for a while.
This woman has a name.
"Iron Maiden, Shadow Creature, Attributes Unknown, Combat Power Rating: Tian!"
The information Eye of Perception sent chills down Li Wei's spine. How could there be shadow creatures in Tristram?
A combat power of level Blink is no joke. Fortunately, during his training in the Demon Suppression Pagoda, Li Wei had fought against Green-Robed Sword Immortal with level Blink power more than a dozen times, and had gained some experience in dealing with enemies stronger than him.
Moreover, after mastering the "Five Senses Release," a Superman skill, he believed he could fight the Iron Maiden to a standstill for a short time, though Li Wei conservatively estimated it would only take a few seconds.
Li Wei's words were well implemented.
Almost instantly, Xue Yan produced a throwing knife and hurled it at the rope holding Cain's cage.
At a distance of only a few dozen meters, Xue Yan could hit the bullseye every time.
With a loud crash, the wooden cage plummeted downwards after the rope snapped, but Chen Dali had already rushed down and caught it with his bare hands.
At that moment, he tore the sturdy wooden cage to shreds with just his bare hands and pulled Cain out, who was still in a daze.
Cain, now energized, quickly retreated to the church entrance, simply said thank you, and tossed out a portal scroll.
Swish!
A blue portal suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Old Cain walked right through it without looking back.
"Thank you, warriors. Please come to the Rogue Encampment to find me. I have something to tell you!" Cain's voice echoed as the portal disappeared.
All of this happened in just a few seconds.
On the other side, Li Wei and the Iron Maiden had already exchanged more than a dozen blows, and the more they fought, the more alarmed Li Wei became.
"Super Regeneration?"
Having finally managed to sever one of the Iron Maiden's arms using his super-fast swordsmanship, a new arm grew back from the severed arm in an instant.
"It only took less than 3 seconds. Its Super Regeneration level is far superior to mine. And this monster is incredibly strong!"
Li Wei's arm was already a little numb. His opponent was only using steel Iron Thorn taken from his back to fight him, but the speed and power he possessed seemed to be a combination of Rakanishu and an orc reincarnator.
The perfect fighting machine!
Li Wei gave this definition to the Iron Maiden.
During the battle, Li Wei kept watching the rescue efforts of Cain. When he saw Kai leave through the portal, Li Wei knew it was time to retreat.
At this moment, his time for Visual Sense liberation has also arrived.
With his mental sharpness gone, Li Wei's movements noticeably slowed down. He was now completely on the defensive.
"Mind Impact!"
Li Wei disregarded everything else and hurriedly unleashed one of his most powerful skills.
Bang!
Like a muffled cannon shot, the Iron Maiden was blasted several meters away, but instead of falling, she used her irresistible legs to support herself and slid backward a short distance before regaining her balance.
Apart from a dent in her abdomen that was over ten centimeters in diameter, the Mind Impact did not cause her any significant harm.
"Run!"
Taking advantage of the Iron Maiden's retreat, Li Wei shouted loudly. In fact, even if he hadn't shouted, Zheng Yutong and the others knew that this was not a place to stay for long.
The group quickly ran towards the portal they had come from, followed by hundreds of various monsters and the Iron Maiden who had caught up again.
Li Wei abruptly stopped, swinging his Black Spiral Sword to barely deflect the steel Iron Thorn thrown by the Iron Maiden.
The violent tremors caused Li Wei's hands to...
He thought to himself, "These aren't Iron Thorn at all; they're clearly a car speeding towards us. Li Wei could easily flip over a car like that."
If we get caught, we're dead for sure!
Fortunately, there was a teleportation portal ahead, and the group's speed increased significantly upon seeing it.
The Iron Maiden seemed to have seen the portal as well. She roared, pulled two steel Iron Thorn from behind her back, and hurled them out.
At the same time, Li Wei and the others also passed through the teleportation portal.
In an instant, the portal closed.
The steel Iron Thorn missed their mark and embedded themselves in the ground not far away.
Li Wei and the others, however, slumped over in various positions, resting awkwardly amidst the Stony Field.
In that short distance just now, each of them performed exceptionally well, covering a distance of over 300 meters in less than a minute, not even counting the time it took them to clear the monsters along the way.
After regaining some of their strength, they began their journey back to Rogue Encampment.
They didn't encounter any more members of the No. 1 Reincarnation Team. Li Wei guessed they had probably gone to steal the other two. After all, anyone with a modicum of sense would know that even the strongest reincarnator must abide by the rules of the game.
The rule for victory is team points; when you're clearly behind, you only have a chance to win if you catch up.
Only when they saw the protruding wooden fence of the Rogue Encampment in the distance did Li Wei and the others truly breathe a sigh of relief.
At the same campfire in the center of the camp, there was now an old man warming himself by the fire. This old man was none other than the sage Cain, who had been rescued from Tristram by Li Wei and the others.
Upon seeing Li Wei and the others, he grabbed a wooden staff and greeted them with a smile.
"Aha, warriors, you have returned safely! I have told Akara of your heroic deeds, and the demons of Tristram will never forget this day. But remember, we still have a long way to go before we see the light of day again!"
Li Wei cursed inwardly, thinking it was all nonsense.
Ignoring the old man for the time being, Li Wei went straight to Akara, determined to get the reward points for the mission first.
"Thank you, Warrior. I am deeply grateful for risking your life to rescue Cain."
After listening to some more nonsense, Li Wei got the team points he wanted.
"Hint: The quest 'Search for Cain' will be completed by the Falcon Return Squad. Reward: Team Points."
"Note: Current team rankings"
"First place, Reincarnation Team No. 2, 2 points"
Second Place Reincarnation Team, Points
"At the end of the mission, the team with the lower score will be completely eliminated!"
At the same moment, all the remaining reincarnators in the An Hei world saw this prompt on their respective Yellow Paper, and their feelings were naturally different.
Of course, this was undoubtedly a wonderful thing for Li Wei and his group. Now they could rest and recuperate properly at the Rogue Encampment. After all, if any Reincarnators were to make a move here, the Rogue Guards around the area would not be to be trifled with.
"Human warrior, please come here. Sage Cain has something to say to you!"
Akara walked up to Li Wei and relayed the words to Li Wei.
Li Wei was taken aback. Hadn't the mission already been completed? Why was that old man looking for him again? He walked to the campfire and saw the old man Cain again.
He looked much better than before, because the sky was getting dark, and the firelight shone on his face, illuminating his wise eyes.
"Come on, kid, sit down next to me!" Cain beckoned to Li Wei.
After Li Wei sat down, Cain started talking, which greatly surprised Li Wei.
The reason was that the old man Cain was talking to him about a topic that he found very interesting.
"Child, do you have a magical Yellow Paper on you?"
Seeing Li Wei's astonished expression, Cain simply smiled and continued, "Don't be surprised, I am the only remaining Horadric in this world. By the way, don't tell anyone that I call myself a sage, hahaha!"
For a moment, Li Wei felt that this old man was indeed somewhat strange.
"You are travelers traversing through time and space tunnels, I know that clearly, but child, no matter what, I just want you to understand that I, and this world, truly exist."
Cain spoke slowly, while Li Wei listened without saying a word. From the old man, Li Wei heard many things that he found unbelievable.
"I know the 'monster' you saw in the Tristram Cathedral. It's not a demon from Hell, or some kind of Undead. That thing is a true dark creature, just like you, from another dimension. Of course, I don't know how you and it got here. Although I am a sage, I am not omniscient!"
Li Wei's heart skipped a beat; the problem was somewhat similar to his deduction.
"I actually have something to tell you, child, and perhaps it may be presumptuous of me to say it, but you possess something as evil as that little monster."