Volume Two: Heroes of Might and Magic of Might and Magic: The Deathmatch, Chapter 157: Elite Cave-Dwelling Demons
Praise be to Chami, Scottlin. Why so gloomy? Did the villagers of the western border not properly entertain our great holy knight?
One of the instructors, a fair-skinned young man, smiled slightly.
"Hmph." Scottlin merely glared at the five men before leading the paladins into the stronghold.
Scottlin was extremely dissatisfied with the five new recruit instructors who had appeared at the outpost. In his words, these five men were somewhat secretive and untrustworthy. Watching the paladins leave, the pale-faced young man who had just spoken vanished from his smiling face, replaced by absolute calm.
"It's said that the villages to the west have been destroyed by Scourge and turned into a plague-ridden wasteland." Oh, by the way, what's our second mission?
"Sign with the Scourge Undead take over this place!" said a bald, black drill instructor.
"Oh, I see. Haha, then compared to the first mission where we had to train these idiots, the second mission is much more enjoyable!" The young man who spoke first revealed a sickly smile, which made the other four people tense.
"So, Captain John, should we head to the Land of the Undead now?" another woman with maroon hair among the five asked softly.
"No rush. Since you're going to pledge allegiance to the Undead, how can you not prepare a gift?" The young man called John glanced sideways at the newcomers practicing behind him and revealed a cruel smile.
The sun is setting.
As the people inside the stronghold finished their day's work and returned to their rooms to rest, five dark figures, like ghosts, leaped over the several-meter-high wall.
They were carrying many round, bulging things in their hands, but it was too dark to tell what they were.
Not long after, screams and commotion erupted within the human settlement. Upon hearing his subordinates' report, Scottlin, the highest-ranking officer there, rushed to the recruit training camp in shock.
He pushed open the door and entered, only to find a scene that enraged him: the recruits in the boot camp, infamous for their brutality, were all dead. Judging from their wounds, they had been killed by sharp weapons, and many of the recruits had been cruelly decapitated, leaving only bare corpses.
"What about those instructors?" Scottlin felt that this matter was likely related to those instructors; it was his intuition.
"What? It's gone."
The result naturally made him even more suspicious; he was even certain that the concubine was the problem.
Inside a dilapidated inn, the beds were covered in dust and cobwebs. It was not a place for the living, but it was perfectly acceptable for the Undead.
Sitting on the black wooden floor, Li Wei wiped the Black Spiral Sword with a rag.
Surrounding him were his teammates: Zheng Yutong, Xue Yan, Nina, Luo Cheng, Chen Dali, and Amakusa.
Amakusa gradually integrated into the team and shared some of her past experiences. It turned out that she had been raising a group of orphans in the real world, and she had lived a very frugal life for several years. Even though she had some savings, she was struggling to make ends meet after raising so many orphans. Fortunately, she became a reincarnator a few months ago.
From then on, she no longer worried about making a living. After becoming a reincarnator, she gained wealth that she never dared to dream of before, and the group of orphans also gradually grew up under her careful care.
Life might have continued to be this wonderful, but the apocalypse completely changed everything.
Like most reincarnators, Amakusa was completely unaware of the impending disaster. Therefore, she was unprepared.
The disaster began when a blind man appeared at the orphanage.
This monster slaughtered all the humans within a radius of several miles, including those innocent and carefree children.
When Amakusa returned to the real world from the Shadow Street, she was met with a scene of devastation. Although she later cleaved the blind man into pieces, she could not bring back the lives of those children, nor could she heal the wounds in her heart.
This tragic story stirred up Zheng Yutong and Nina's sympathy, especially Nina, who no longer felt the same resistance towards Amakusa as before.
Li Wei was naturally pleased that the group could get along so well.
Privately, Li Wei had asked Nina what "Fifth Brother" meant, but the girl just smiled mischievously and remained silent, refusing to answer no matter how he asked, which left Li Wei quite frustrated.
Li Wei had no choice but to find an opportunity to secretly ask Zheng Yutong. He believed that if it were her, she would definitely tell him.
"Mission Two is a scoring-based mission. Generally, there's a time limit, but this mission doesn't specify one. This means the scoring will only trigger after the story reaches a certain stage. We need to kill as many Scourge soldiers as possible before that, and ideally, take down the Fear Ghost King. Remember, if our score is below a certain level, we'll be eliminated!"
As usual, Li Wei analyzed the details of the mission. In short, caution was paramount.
"Why are there no other reincarnation teams on this mission? Something feels off!" Xue Yan murmured, but Li Wei overheard her.
"By the way, I should remind you that other reincarnation teams will appear in many mission scenarios. Sometimes you won't know their whereabouts because their missions don't conflict. However, if their missions overlap, then you'll face a fierce battle!"
Thinking back to the group of reincarnators who finally appeared at Mount Hua in the Legend of Wulin, Li Wei also raised this possibility.
Upon hearing this, Xue Yan and the others began to ponder. Clearly, no one could guarantee that there wouldn't be other reincarnators present during this mission.
"Therefore, we must go and kill Dreadlord Rogers. If we kill him, we'll have a much better chance of getting the final score!"
The group nodded, agreeing to Li Wei's plan.
Emerging from the dilapidated inn, the group charged towards the Scourge camp, relentlessly killing Scourge soldiers along the way. Having regained their strength, they held an absolute advantage against skeletons, zombies, Ghoul, and even stitched abominations.
The plague and the deadly poison pose a significant threat to their Undead Constitution. In terms of pure combat strength, apart from a few elite Undead creatures that can contend with them, almost all others become points.
Elite Undead creatures are special monsters with unique skills and a certain degree of intelligence. Their combat strength is between the level of a Reincarnator and a Level 3, but they are obviously much stronger than Reincarnators of the same level. Only Li Wei, Zheng Yutong, and Amakusa can deal with them.
As Li Wei passed by a thin, decaying farm, he spotted an elite Undead creature from a distance.
Webweaver Troglodyte Demon (Elite), a high-ranking soldier of the Scourge, special abilities: web-spitting, Pierce attack, high health, high attack power, combat strength level. Very powerful!
That kind of attack power could take the life of a reincarnator below level two times in a row. Moreover, this giant spider also has the special ability to spin silk, making it even more difficult to deal with.
"Yu Tong, Amakusa, let's go. The rest of you stay here. Your combat strength is too weak; you might be in danger."
Li Wei made some simple arrangements and then led the two women forward.
Zheng Yutong Longbow, Amakusa is skilled in swordsmanship. With the Sword Soul Pill, she can unleash dozens of sword beams in an instant, though their power is only so-so.
As for Li Wei, both his swordsmanship and palm techniques were at the grandmaster level, so even when he was still more than ten meters away, he was the first to unleash a sword beam.
Lou!
The sword light transformed into a streak of light, swiftly striking the shell of the elite cave-dwelling demon. With a loud bang, the sword light, which could have cleaved through hard rock, only left a white mark on the dark shell.
Itada
The defense is surprisingly strong!
Having only inflicted blade damage, Li Wei immediately concluded that slashing attacks were largely ineffective against this monster.
At the same time, Zheng Yutong's arrows and Amakusa's slashes also arrived one after another.
Mom
In Li Wei's eyes, the damage was pitiful. You see, the three of them could easily kill a low-level Undead creature, but when facing a high-level elite Undead, their attack power was insufficient.
At this moment, Li Wei saw the cave-dwelling demon suddenly spew out a white object, which unfolded in mid-air and turned out to be a spider web.
"Get out of the way!"
The three quickly dodged, barely avoiding the attack, but soon the cave-dwelling demon's follow-up attacks arrived.
Dozens of black spikes suddenly sprouted from the ground, Amakusa was caught off guard and was pierced in the left foot, then fell to the ground.
The sole of the foot that was pierced was numb, clearly indicating that the black spikes were highly poisonous, and even Undead Constitution being could not be completely immune to the poison.
Amakusa was no weakling either. She used her other foot and hands to support her body and quickly dodge the cave demon's attacks, but under the storm-like onslaught, she also sustained many wounds.
"Mind Impact!"
Li Wei knew this was not the time to hold back. Although he knew that the damage from the Mind Impact had been reduced to its minimum against a level-one monster, the force of the impact was still enough to force the cave-dwelling demon back.
As expected, after being hit by the Mind Impact, the elite cave demon was thrown several meters away as if it had been hit by a speeding truck, and its health was reduced significantly. Amakusa took the opportunity to escape the battle.
Li Wei ran over and picked her up in his arms; this was no time to worry about anything else.
Amakusa initially struggled in his arms, but quickly clung to Li Wei in return, because behind them, the cave-dwelling demon roared and charged forward, spewing spider silk incessantly.
Spider silk, with its strong adhesive properties, is difficult to break free from once caught; the more you struggle, the tighter it becomes. For cave-dwelling demons, once their prey is caught in their silk, it means they have a feast.
As Li Wei ran, he felt a strong gust of wind coming from behind him. He subconsciously bent down, and a wisp of white spider silk flew past his head.
That was close!
Just as Li Wei was feeling lucky, he suddenly felt a weight on his arm. Turning around, he was startled to see that the elite cave-dwelling demon had somehow managed to spit out a spider silk thread that had wrapped around his left arm.