Rumble~
Lightning tore across the heavens, its glare seeming to illuminate the entire village for an instant. The torrential rain shrouded the whole village in a haze.
The ancestral hall, the largest building in the village, was now packed with people. Nearly a hundred of them crowded inside, with a lit bonfire in their midst.
As they listened to the rain striking the roof tiles, the atmosphere grew subdued.
The shadows illuminated by the occasional flash of lightning, together with those cast by the flickering fire in the middle, stirred an inexplicable fear.
When they had left Dam Market, they had numbered over a hundred and thirty. Although the ambush in the first village had cost them some men, the losses had not been serious.
But now, in an extremely short time, their numbers had plummeted by a quarter!
Already mentally and physically exhausted after the day's events, their morale sank even lower.
Everyone here was either an Embroidered Uniform Guard or an elite from Dam Market, and all of them were above average in strength. An ordinary party would probably already have collapsed.
"Master Wu, Yellow Chief Banner Officer, both of you took part in operations to wipe out the Shadow Fiend Cult. Do you have any good ideas?"
Liu Xun's face was full of worry. The thunder and rain outside left him agitated.
The Shadow Fiend Cult!
Why did they have to encounter this most troublesome of evil cults?
They had originally set out early in the morning precisely as a precaution against the Shadow Fiend Cult being behind this. Only after discovering that it was the Elysium Cult had they decided to clear everything out in one day.
Yet in the end, the two had appeared together, something exceptionally rare!
"I dealt with them a few times