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"Capes? Katherine? What are you doing here?"
After all the Dark Blood Bats in the dense forest had been cleared out, Great Mage Danbei finally noticed Capes and Katherine.
"Great Mage Danbei, please hurry and save my father and Great Mage Pali'o."
Katherine was clearly quite familiar with Great Mage Danbei, so she briefly explained what had happened.
Great Mage Danbei's expression changed slightly. He then turned to Holmes and said, "Great Mage Holmes, what do you think we should do?"
Holmes had already learned the details of the situation. He fell into thought; to complete the mission, they had to investigate the Dark Blood Bats.
Thus, Holmes narrowed his eyes slightly, glanced at Katherine and Capes, and said in a low voice, "Take us to the Dark Blood Bats' nest."
Katherine and Capes were naturally overjoyed. They hurriedly said, "The Dark Blood Bats' nest isn't far from here. Let's go quickly."
With that, the two hurriedly led Merlin and the others deeper into the forest.
Before long, the group arrived at a clearing.
Several mangled corpses lay scattered across the ground. These people had been Intermediate Elemental Swordsmen of level four and above sent by Eastward City, yet most of them had died here. The heavy stench of blood was nauseating.
Seeing so many mangled corpses, everyone's expressions turned grim. These people had been Intermediate Elemental Swordsmen capable of threatening Spellcasters in life, yet now they had died here. This directly showed that the Dark Blood Bats here were not easy to deal with.
"There are two caves?"
Holmes frowned as he looked at the two caves before him, appearing somewhat hesitant.
"Screech, screech, screech!"
Just then, waves of piercing cries rang out. Within the pitch-black caves, they could vaguely