Anya and Mozhiyou been trapped underground for an hour.
The group had planned to sneak in and capture a few Midgod, so they had been walking along the side wall of the maze's edge. They never expected that even with such caution, they would still be blocked.
Mozhiyou could tell that the other party wanted to use him to lure the Rhine Clan to come and rescue them. Anya could also see it, as could the ten Midgod of the Rhine Clan.
However, they only had those with Divine Clone remain in the family report on their situation, without issuing any warnings—everyone has selfish motives, especially Deity-level with infinite lifespans.
If they knew they were doomed, they might have fought to the death to protect their companions. However, knowing that Delisha possessed the strength of Six-Star Fiend, they were more inclined to protect themselves, even at the risk of causing greater losses to their families.
"The chieftain is nearby," the Midgod avatar of the Rhein tribe responsible for communication said to his trapped companion.
"We should try our best to help them tie down some of the enemy," Anya said.
Those around him nodded in agreement.
They were surrounded by a yellowish-brown spherical energy shield. After they encountered the enemy, four Highgod blocked their escape route, and one of the Highgod drew this magic circle on the spot.
In fact, this magic array wasn't very strong. If it weren't for the several Highgod outside restraining them, this magic array could only hold them off for a dozen minutes at most.
As for the magic array's ability to weaken divine sense and obstruct vision, its effect is not very noticeable in the underground realm of the Netherworld. Apart from that, this magic array doesn't seem to have any other functions.
After all, it was just an impromptu magic array; the Bagdi Tribe was not yet powerful enough to possess a top-tier array master.
The people inside the magic circle learned that Delisha and her group had arrived nearby, and naturally, the five Highgod of the Bagdi Tribe also knew this.
"The perception runes I left behind are showing signs of activity; reinforcements have arrived," said a man with a square face.
The Bagdi Tribe was able to discover Anya's group because of the tens of thousands of miniature magic arrays that she had set up in the surrounding area.
A dignified middle-aged man beside him scoffed, "The clansmen who escaped back twenty years ago said they only had one Highgod, but they were quite wealthy, possessing five Deathgod Golem. If they really only hired two Fiend, then the reinforcements sent were only one Highgod."
Cheryl could find out which Fiend the Bagdi Tribe had hired, and so could they. Although the Bagdi Tribe was loosely organized, its top leaders were quite powerful and considered local tyrants in the area, with some connections in Falling Rain City.
"Don't be careless. The other side might have other backers, or they might have other Highgod who just happened to be absent twenty years ago," the square-faced man warned.
"That bitch refused to come. Otherwise, we could have just stormed into their family and wiped them out. We wouldn't have had to go through all this trouble."
The middle-aged man was referring to another Highgod in the Bagdi Tribe. He was a Dark Elf who, because he was not of the same race as the "Scaled Earthwalker Beast," had only maintained an alliance with them out of fear of the four Highgod. After two Highgod of the "Scaled Earthwalker Beast" tribe died, he directly joined forces with other small tribes in an attempt to become independent.
Although the Bagdi Tribe has many members and occupies a large territory, its five Highgod are all Four Star Fiend, and they are not very united.
The middle-aged man was the strongest member of the Bagdi Tribe and its chief, a peak Four Star Fiend. The most powerful of the Highgod was the one with the most handsome face, but he was an expert in formations. The two Highgod who attacked the Rhine Clan earlier were brothers. Although they were from the "Scaled Earthwalker Beast" race, they had never submitted to the chief. The other one was Highgod from the Dark Elf race.
The other three Fiend, two men and one woman, remained silent.
"Within one hundred years, help the Bagdi Tribe wipe out the Rhine Clan. All spoils obtained during this period will be your reward. If the mission fails, you will not be required to pay compensation."
This is the mission issued by the Bagdi Tribe, a mission that Fiend love to undertake.
These raiding missions often occur between two equally powerful tribes. As long as you are careful, they are not too dangerous, and the rewards during the mission are also great. After all, the income from raiding tribes is always faster than doing escort missions.
If they are truly outmatched, it's not difficult to simply run away. As a third party in the conflict between tribes, they have no grudges against either side, and the enemy won't actually fight to the Fiend with the hired demons.
Two Highgod senses swept over, and the Bagdi Tribe's divine senses also detected the other party.
"Three of you, but the enemy only has two Highgod." The middle-aged man's meaning was clear.
One of the leading Fiend said, "It's not that we can't handle two Highgod, but you'd better send one of you to assist us—the woman next to us who specializes in fire magic is Lloyd's lover, the Falling Rain City."
"Uh... Why didn't you say so sooner!" The two Highgod of the Bagdi Tribe were speechless upon hearing this, and were very annoyed that the hired Fiend had not shared information with them in a timely manner.
They originally wanted to kill the people trapped in the magic circle as soon as possible, so that the battle on the other side would not be over yet, and they would still have a chance to provide support and get a larger share of the spoils.
Now, they need to kill the rest of the Rhine Clan without harming Cheryl.
The middle-aged man glanced at the people trapped in the magic circle. "Let these people live a little longer. I'll go with them to intercept and kill those people. You just need to guard the magic circle for an hour."
The square-faced man nodded. With his strength alone, he couldn't kill the people trapped in the magic array, but he could hold them off for an hour.
As Anya and the others had expected, the formation in front of them was not very strong. It required a Highgod to constantly inject Divine Power to maintain its effect. Of course, this was also because Anya and Mozhiyou's strength was relatively low. If it were Six-Star Fiend who was good at physical attacks, it would not be able to trap the opponent at all.
For Deity-level being, burrowing underground is not difficult; it's simply a matter of speed.
Delisha and the others saw the four Highgod rushing towards them, so they spread out slightly and used their Divine Power to repel the surrounding soil and squeeze out a space.
Being surrounded by soil would be very disadvantageous when facing Highgod who specializes in Earth Element.
Jason and Landon stepped back slightly, each releasing a Deathgod Golem to face the Highgod. The Deathgod Golem had limited use; Delisha had brought them here to lead the ten trapped Midgod to assist in annihilating the rest of the Bagdi Tribe after the battle.
The battle was too rushed; Delisha didn't have time to bring other Midgod, and the subsequent pursuit would definitely be short-handed— Delisha never imagined she would lose to the opponent's Highgod.
Each of the four Highgod has Earth Element Clone, allowing them to move freely through the soil.
They charged straight in without any probing or encirclement. It was a four-on-two battle, and on home turf. From the perspective of the Bagdi Tribe, there was no need for them to block the enemy's retreat.
A female Four Star Fiend wielding a greatsword charged at Cheryl, while the other three surrounded Delisha.
Since Cheryl cannot be harmed, the greatest prize this time is Delisha. The Highgod of the Bagdi Tribe will certainly not let three Fiend monopolize this wealth.
Cheryl, as Five-Star Fiend, is relatively weak among them, but she is still a well-known expert in the Falling Rain City area. Specializing in fire attributes, her attack power is extremely high. The Four Star Fiend opposite her knew that she couldn't hold her off for long, and her life was in danger.
However, Fiend have their own unique "combat methods" when doing tasks like "Clash of Clans".
Before the battle even began, Cheryl heard a telepathic message in her mind. "Miss Cheryl, the Rhine Clan is just a newly established small family with no experts. Helping them is too risky. Why don't you abandon this mission? We three brothers guarantee to give you sufficient compensation afterward. Of course, if that Four Star Fiend in the magic circle is your friend, we will try our best to protect him later."
Cheryl scoffed, "Heh, you guys win first, then we'll talk."
"Ah!!" "No~~"
Two screams rang out, Four Star Fiend turned to look.
A petite girl wielded a large sword, while the two Four Star Fiend facing her were cleaved in two from top to bottom, falling helplessly. The Highgod of the Bagdi Tribe had revealed his true form, a medium-sized gray-brown monster covered in scales, except that his right arm had been severed at the root.
The rock wall in front of Delisha arched up rapidly, attempting to separate the two of them.
Delisha's greatsword pierced through the barrier between the two like a blood-red beam of light, leaving a bloody hole in the gray-brown monster.
Delisha stopped in her tracks, while her opponent quickly disintegrated into a pile of minced meat.
"She really does have the strength of Six-Star Fiend. Luckily, I'm on good terms with her," Cheryl sighed. "I need to work harder; the mission rewards are too meager."
"How can she be so strong!" The last remaining Four Star Fiend had just turned its attention back when it saw Cheryl charging towards it, wielding a long spear.