"There are traces of demonic activity ahead, we need to take a detour."
A tall, scantily clad half-elf rogue with slightly pointed ears came back from a cruise and told Aaron and the monk some bad news.
Well, after getting along with her for the past few days, Aaron already knew that the female half-elf's name was Windisha.
As for the monk, there is only one word - shadow!
He has a taciturn character, which seems to be a habit left over from his previous practice of oral precepts. Louisa has always spoken. And according to the other party, she and the shadow master have not known each other for a long time, and they only got together because of the mission.
'This individual team is simply...'
After Aaron learned the truth, he was speechless.
'There are rogues, and monks can be half warriors...and then I have to be the archer, wet nurse, and even the wizard all by myself?'
He intuitively believed that Master Shadow had compassion for others, or a certain sense of responsibility, so he would take on the task of destroying demons.
As for the female half-elf? She probably has something to hide.
"In that case, let's take a detour."
Aaron suggested.
While talking, he was still adjusting his lute and playing a few notes.
Erha lay lazily at his feet, his blue eyes glanced at the female half-elf, and then drooped down. Stupid woman!
An ordinary elf wanderer probably can't even defeat himself.
After all, Erha can also cast the 'Secret Mantra'!
"Thank you for your hard work, come and have a drink of water."
Aaron threw a kettle over: "Are you from the southern countries? Is the situation there very bad?"
"Yes."
Windissa was silent for a while, and then spoke: "Outer gods came, burned down all the temples, and forced everyone to convert..." One of the more interesting things is that the Free City has been advocating equality before, but always
It has no effect, but it was realized before the arrival of the evil god... No matter whether he is a noble lord, a commoner, or a beggar... he is now a serf!"
It can be seen that she has some opinions on human nobles.
Only when he mentioned his family did a smile appear on his face.
…
Windissa's professional level is not low, but she is at home in the wilderness.
Aaron even believed that she was not a special rogue, but a level 1 ‘Ranger’, also called the ‘Ranger’ profession!
Coupled with the half-elf bloodline, it has a bonus to the agility attribute.
Along the way, they avoided several areas suspected of being inhabited by demons, and spent the night in several abandoned villages. Finally...
A castle located in a river bend appeared in Aaron's eyes.
This castle is not small, but it has a nice lawn, but it has been beaten to a pulp. There are still several broken human corpses scattered on the lawn.
After Vendisa came back, her expression didn't look either: "It was confirmed that there were traces of Cowardly Demon activity in the castle... I also found a huge footprint. Judging from the traces, it should belong to the Berserker Demon!"
"Fortunately, it's not the eight-armed snake demon, Balor demon or the like..."
Aaron made a joke.
"The eight-armed snake demons of today are no better than before... It is said that they are favored by [Great Sun Tathagata] and were transformed into the 'Eight-armed Maharaja', which is comparable to the Balo Balrog... There is even a special
The God of Esoteric Buddhism—‘The Four-Armed Maharaja King’!”
Windissa said.
The demonic power in the abyss is often controlled by the Balor Fire Demon. Unexpectedly, after the introduction of the secret sect, the eight-armed snake demon became more powerful.
Probably because it has multiple arms, it is very popular with the nameless gods of some esoteric religions.
"Now that we've confirmed that the enemy is just a fighting madman, I think we can still retreat head-on."
Aaron touched the spiritual bone rosary in his arms.
Although he is only a level 9 bard, his talents and skills are incredible. Coupled with the legendary items, his combat power is definitely not comparable to that of special low-level professionals.
"You are a fool to retreat and attack a group of demons head-on."
Windisa rolled her eyes at Aaron: "I think we need the cover of the night."
She felt that the bard could also serve as a good rogue.
It won't be a problem for two people to work together to eliminate some timid demons in the periphery.
Shadow is often a transparent person and does not express anything.
Three people and a dog found a place and waited slowly until dark.
…
Night falls.
Aaron suddenly felt something and looked to the other side of the castle: "There is movement!"
"Um?"
Windissa and Ying immediately looked over and saw a commotion from the demon, who seemed to be under attack!
"Is it the militia from a distant village?"
Windissa went out for a trip and came back soon: "They chose to attack the demons at night, but they were discovered..." "These idiots!"
Aaron covered his forehead. Demons generally have very high 'listening' skills, and they may also have the expertise of 'dark vision'.
Not a professional rogue, but still playing night raid?
Isn't this a food delivery?
It's a pity that it doesn't work because there are Kimos among these people.
After all, he is also the false god of the Kimo people!
"Taking this opportunity, we can take action and save as many people as possible at the same time. What do you think? Shadow Master?" Aaron looked at Shadow Master.
"Can!"
Shadow Master is wrapping bandages on his hands, obviously ready to take action.
"Revenge! Revenge!"
Louis' eyes were red and he waved the long sword in his hand.
After receiving the news of the demon escaping in Kahn City, he paid off the employment fee and firmly followed his friends back to the small village in his hometown.
But a scene that made their eyes split open appeared.
A few days ago, the demons occupying Roland Castle in the distance attacked them. Not only did they kill many people to make soul crystals, but they even kidnapped many children!
Louis and the others immediately exploded, and under the leadership of a low-level 'barbarian' warrior who arrived, they prepared to take revenge.
.
puff!
He slashed a timid demon with one sword, felt the blood that smelled slightly of sulfur, and let out a roar!
Kick!
At this moment, a black shadow like a mountain came to the battlefield.
[Feats: Reading the Word of God, Proficient in Grappling, Summoning Demons,???]
"demon!"
Among the team, a barbarian warrior who was more than eight meters tall roared loudly, his muscles instantly swelled, and his eyes turned blood red.
——Higher Fury!
He waved his battle ax and rushed towards the stinking Mad War Demon.
The huge berserk demon waved its arms and used a giant hammer filled with foul aura to fight with the barbarian...
In the nearby shadows, Aaron and Windissa were sneaking closer.
"The attributes of this mad fighting demon are quite powerful. It may take a team of high-level professionals with good coordination to defeat it. Its strength is close to the legendary level."
Aaron made a gesture, signaling Windissa to start attacking.
After they finish off the enemy, Shadow Master will take action immediately.
At this moment, a guy in the field who was wearing a cloth robe and seemed to be an archer suddenly took out a scroll from his arms. After tearing it apart, strong elemental waves rippled.
——Monster Holding Technique!
He turned out to be a hidden mage!
The mad war demon shrouded in magic remained motionless, like a sculpture.
"For the village!"
The barbarian roared and struck the Mad War Demon with an axe, almost cutting off half of its head. The next moment!
The spell effect disappeared, and the mad warrior screamed and retreated to the castle.
Even though it has a very high physique and may even have the expertise of ‘advanced regeneration’, having almost half of its neck chopped off is still an extremely horrific injury!
"Chase!"
Louis roared angrily and followed the barbarian warriors into the castle.
Aaron and Windisa also followed secretly.
Entering the castle, Aaron felt something was wrong: "Is this...an evil aura?"
The entire castle exudes an aura of evil and chaos.
In the central hall of the castle, there stands an altar, made of unknown bones, and numerous skulls can be seen on the base!
"Altar of evil?"
"Yes... this is a secret ritual!"
Aaron said to himself.
At this time, the seriously injured Berserker Demon came to the edge of the altar, and a large number of soul crystals disappeared instantly.
The next moment!
A ray of light fell under it, causing its wounds to heal slowly.
——Advanced Restoration Technique!
This is the grace of the evil god!
"The altar must be destroyed, otherwise this land will fall into permanent corruption..."
Windissa said softly.
But at this moment, Louis and others looked at the recovered Mad War Demon, and their moods were as if they had fallen into an ice cave.
They have no more low-level scrolls.
The mad war demon let out a ferocious laugh.
Its figure disappeared instantly, and then it came to the side of the mage disguised as an archer. With just one blow from its huge palm, it knocked the opponent's head back into the chest.
——Teleportation!
"Do it!"
Aaron's figure appeared from the darkness and slit the throat of a timid demon!
"That's..."
The vengeful militiamen looked at the sudden appearance of reinforcements, their expressions could not help but become dull.
Louis looked at the strange figure: "Mr. Aaron?"
Aaron killed a demon, took out the lute and plucked the strings.
——Music score: Inspire!
"Let's go together and besiege this crazy war demon!"
He whispered, and a 'dimensional anchor' was thrown over.
Shadow Master appeared directly in front of the two of them, with extremely fast movements and a strange sickle in his hand.
——The Death Scythe!
The dark sickle is like an invitation to death from the God of Death. Wherever it passes, demons fall one after another!
Seeing the reinforcements coming, the barbarian roared and rushed towards the Berserker again.
Shadow Master's footsteps were like phantoms, leaving numerous afterimages as he approached the Mad War Demon, with dark negative energy wrapped around his hands.
puff!
The black scythe sank into the chest of the mad war demon, sounding like the cry of death.
——Eternal Sleep Touch!
This is the high-level professional ability of the immortal monks!
The person hit must go through a physical test, but it is obvious that this mad fighting demon has a very high physical constitution and has the effect of saving half of the damage.
Even so, the sickle opened a wound on the opponent's chest, and blood flowed profusely.
The mad war demon howled and rushed towards the evil altar again.
"Woof...owing!"
At this moment, a loud dog barked, no, it was a wolf howling.
Erha had already sneaked far away from the evil altar, and suddenly let out a roar.
In front of it, a majestic direwolf appeared, seemingly chanting something.
Secret Mantra - Concentration!
The body of the Berserker Demon stagnated, and the barbarian slashed the healed wound on his neck again.
Shadow Master instantly came to the chest of the Mad War Demon and stabbed the sickle in again.
puff!
The huge berserker fell down.
"We made it!"
Just when Louis was about to cheer, he saw the demon's body expanding unusually and getting smaller...and then...boom! A terrifying explosion took place.
A huge crater was left in place, and the powerful shock wave caused others to stagger around.
"Boss!"
Louis climbed up from the dust, looked at the deep pit, and shouted in a daze.
"Corpse explosion technique?"
Aaron was just an assistant and was far away, so he was not affected much.
With a look of confusion on his face, he dug through the rubble for a long time and dug out a gray native dog. "Ouch... woof!"
Erha, who was trying to save the dog's life, stuck out his tongue in a flattering manner, even sniffed along the ruins, and started barking again. Aaron moved a stone slab away and saw the scarred Shadow Master.
Although the opponent was seriously injured, he breathed a strange sigh of relief. It was obvious that his ability to survive was extremely weak and was still above Erha!
After all, the opponent was extremely close to the Berserker Demon at that time, and another high-level barbarian warrior was already dead... "Death-bearing art?!"
Aaron checked Master Shadow, nodded and shook his head, and raised his hand to perform a 'Cure Serious Injury'. Master Shadow's face suddenly looked better. Although he was still seriously injured, his life seemed to be saved.
"The evil altar has been destroyed..."
Windisa walked from the side with a look of unbearability on her face: "It was made of bones and a large number of soul crystals... It may have become a beacon of the evil god. If it is still left, I don't know.
How should we deal with...the matter of the senior priest?"
"Um."
Aaron nodded, rubbed Erqiha's dog's head, and looked at the militiamen.
Louis was in front of the mutilated corpse of the barbarian, looking dazed.
This revenge operation can be said to be a tragic victory. Without Aaron's help, their group may have been wiped out!
However, the price they paid was also terrifying.
Not to mention that no hostages were saved, even the leader of the barbarians and the high-level mage died.
"Mr. Aaron, thank you for your help."
After a long time, Louis came to his senses and sincerely thanked Aaron.
"It's nothing, we just accepted the mission from the Adventurer's Guild..."
Aaron waved his hand: "Do you need our help?"
He still remembered Louis' joy when he told him about his small village. He didn't expect that when they met again, it would turn out like this.
But this is just a microcosm of the cruel era. In the northern border where demons are raging, such situations are happening everywhere.