Timos left.
Lin Dong led Griffon and the rest to another tunnel.
There was no explanation, but Jonathan and Remiga were overjoyed. They knew that Mr. Wood was bringing them to meet up with Philip. As long as Philip and his companions from the Dark Temple could hold on, there was hope.
At this moment, Philip did not know that Lin Dong was rushing over.
Covered in wounds, he was struggling to hold on.
The powerful and numerous monsters had almost swallowed the entire expedition team.
The most despairing thing was that some of the mercenaries who had their bodies completely taken over by the parasitic monsters had turned from companions to enemies. No one knew who would be the next pitiful person to be taken over by the monsters, but all the mercenaries who had drunk the Lucky Spring or received the blessing of the Wisdom Tree were suspects. As a qualified leader, Philip could not abandon them easily. Moreover, Reynold and the other leaders who had also drunk the Lucky Spring and been parasitized by the monsters would definitely not agree to this kind of "one-size-fits-all" abandonment until the last moment.
"Sur-Surrender!" The mercenary whose body had been controlled by the monsters stood in the middle of the group and loudly advised Philip and the others to surrender. "You have no chance of escaping. If you continue to resist stubbornly, we will tear you into pieces and swallow you whole."
"Join us. We will manage our bodies together. With wisdom and demonic blood, we are the perfect bodies. In the future, we will be the demons who will rule over all living things. We will have immortality, and all the weaknesses of humans will no longer exist on us. We will also enjoy endless resources. The entire Purgatory will be our hunting grounds. In this world, we demons are unrestrained and have no scruples. Isn't this what we dream of? Power and enjoyment, brand new lives and perfect bodies. What are you waiting for? "A mercenary captain who had been completely demonized tried to persuade them.
"Look at your ugly bodies. I think I already understand what a perfect body is," Bloody Mary replied with a cold smile.
"Great Leader, do you think so too?" A demonized member of the Temple Knights tried to persuade Reynold to surrender.
"Jack, you want me and Hugo to be your subordinates?" Reynold snorted.
"If you are willing to come over, you will still be my leader." The demonized member gave an excellent offer, "Great Leader, you will become a Demon Commander. In the future, you will be promoted even higher, becoming a General, or even a Marshal. You might even be promoted to the final Demon King. Come over, humans are too weak, they are not enough to support our path of the strong!"
"Degenerate scum, stop dreaming. We will never be like you slug-like monsters!" Arius, the standard-bearer of the Eden Legion, yelled angrily.
"Arius, don't be in such a hurry to laugh at us. In the end, you will all end up like us. It's only a matter of time," the demonized mercenary taunted loudly.
"No, I'd rather die and return to the embrace of the Lord than fall." Arius shook his head firmly.
"If I die here, I won't be able to return to the embrace of the Lord, hahahaha! Naive Ali, where do you think this is? This was Purgatory, a world of monsters, a world without any light! Besides, the glory of the Lord has long disappeared. What's the point of the Eden Army holding on to that set of antiques from the Middle Ages? Do you think you can return to the era when the world was ruled by theocracy? " The demonized mercenaries laughed maniacally. Their taunts resonated with the monsters. Countless monsters jumped up and down, making all kinds of terrifying and strange noises, and finally converged into a noisy river.
All this time Tserpesh was silent.
However.
He and his subordinates, the Inhumans and humanoids, had been displaying great combat power.
Without them, the exploration team would have long been swallowed by the tide of monsters, and not even human flesh would have been left.
Philip, Thomas, Bloody Mary, and the other leaders discussed in a low voice for a while, and then went to look for Čepes, hoping that this strong person with rich experience in Purgatory could give them a better opinion as a reference.
Čepes apologized sincerely as soon as he opened his mouth.
"I'm very sorry, everyone. I admit that I was greedy. The Rainbow Paradise and the space-time gap are right in front of us, and there are also the Wisdom Ancient Tree transformed by the monsters, the Fountain of Fortune, and all kinds of legendary items. But I want to say, my friends, this is not what I want to see. My men and I have also paid the price for our greed. Now, apart from risking our lives to buy more time for everyone and reinforcements that are almost impossible to appear, there is nothing more I can do for everyone. "Tappeshi expressed his shame.
"Čepes, I want to know if there is a way to get rid of the monster parasites." This was the question that Reynold was most concerned about.
To be honest.
If it was not for the fact that Čepes was also infected by the monsters, and that the humanoids and Inhumans were all infected, Reynold would first suspect that it was Čepes who did it. However, the reality in front of him did not seem to be what he had guessed.
Čepes was also infected by the parasites, and under the attack of the monsters, he was the most proactive, fighting to the death, and did his best to protect the exploration team.
If he had any ulterior motives, it would not have been possible for him to do this.
Of course, there was no need for him to fight like this.
Regarding the problem of the monster parasites, Čepes was silent for a while before saying in a low voice, "Monster parasites are very common in the Purgatory. When we fight with the monsters outside, we often encounter monster attacks and parasites. After the monster parasites, there are usually a few situations. The first is that we don't care at all, and the monster will be automatically absorbed by the human body. Especially for powerhouses, it is not easy for the monster parasites to be infected. "
Once Čepes said this, Reynold and the other leaders immediately heaved a sigh of relief.
In the eyes of Reynold and the others, they were all powerhouses. If powerhouses were not afraid of the parasites, then they finally did not have to worry about the monster parasites, which was a goddamn time bomb.
"Other than the automatic absorption, are there any other situations?" Silver Spoon Wise Jehan asked.
"There is a situation where there is not enough absorption, but the body will reject the monster and slowly force it out of the body." Čepes explained again, and Reynold and the others heaved a sigh of relief. No matter how bad it was, they could still reject it. It seemed that their future would not be terrifying monsters invading their bodies. At the very least, the leaders did not have to worry about the monster parasites.
"If it's neither of the two situations, such as a weak ordinary soldier being infected, what should he do?" Arius asked again.
"It's possible to fuse with the monster, and there will be some changes in appearance or physical fitness. There are good aspects, but there might also be bad aspects. I can't say for sure, and it varies from person to person. Generally speaking, soldiers with positive thoughts and relatively strong wills are not easily corrupted. The power of the monster's invasion is actually very weak, but they know the human's character weakness, and they like to cater to the human's preferences and take advantage of it, so that the soldiers will accept their assimilation without resistance. The assimilation I'm referring to is the monster assimilating the human, not the human fusing with the monster. The difference between the two is that the former is the mind of the monster dominating the body, while the latter is the will of the human dominating the self. After being assimilated by the monster, for example, the soldiers who shouted at us, it's already irreversible. However, the batch of us who insist on fighting will be fine, at least for the time being. "Čepes explained the various situations of the monster parasites in detail.
"If the battle is over, do you have a way to remove the monster parasites?" This was what Philip wanted to know the most.
"Ah, the 'Demon Sob Frozen Spring' can be removed, but the place where the Demon Sob Frozen Spring is located is too far away from here. We might not be able to reach it even if we walk for three months …" Čepes shook his head. He was also at a loss for what to do at the moment.
The siege of the monsters continued.
There was a huge number of monsters, and they were not afraid of exhaustion at all.
What was more terrifying was that if the monsters were not killed on the spot, even if they were severely injured and on the verge of death, their bodies could recover as long as they had time to recover. This greatly increased the difficulty of survival for the expedition team. Fortunately, Čepes and his subordinates were very supportive, especially Čepes himself. Under the threat of death, he exploded with a powerful force that shocked Reynold, Thomas, and the rest.
If not for him fighting on the frontlines, the entire expedition team would have been annihilated.
The mercenaries started to be intimidated by Čepes's force.
Then, it turned into admiration.
Every time Čepes defeated the monsters and returned bathed in blood, they would cheer for this powerful man together with the Humanoid Mutants.
"I'm actually not that powerful!" Čepes was very humble. "In Purgatory, there are existences that are far more powerful than me. However, we should not feel discouraged, because all powerhouses rise step by step from the bottom. In the world of the Purgatory, no one was born a noble and powerful existence. Even the sons of City Lords and Overlords would be thrown into the wilderness by their fathers to train before they reached adulthood. Only when they survived would they be recognized by their fathers. Humans are not the most powerful life forms, but humans have the most potential. As long as we work hard, we will have unlimited potential. The blood power that I have mastered is only the basic technique at the beginning stage. There are more advanced blood power secret techniques above me. Not to mention me, even Castellan Özy's blood power is not at the peak! "
Listening to Čepes's speech, Bloody Mary frowned.
She lowered her voice and said to Phillip, "This guy seems to be unwilling to be left out. I now suspect that he's the one behind all of this."
Phillip was shocked. "You actually think so? Why do you think that Čepes can control monsters? "
Bloody Mary snorted softly. "This is my woman's intuition!"
Phillip was speechless.
A woman's intuition can't be used here, right?
However, Phillip also felt that Čepes was a little strange. With such great power, there was a high chance that he could kill his way out alone. There was no reason for him to stay and die with everyone else. Moreover, Čepes did not look like the kind of person who would sacrifice everything for his friends or loyalty.
"This guy wants to poach our people!" Bloody Mary had a vague idea. "He has a big heart. What he wants is not just a small city in Purgatory. He wants something bigger. Moreover, he wants to borrow our manpower to achieve his dream. This guy, I suspect that everything that happened before was caused by him, including the monster parasites and the illusion deceptions! "
"I don't agree. Čepes doesn't have the ability to create illusions and deceptions. If he did, he wouldn't have to fight so hard to win the hearts of the soldiers." Phillip shook his head.
"Anyway, this guy definitely has bad intentions." Bloody Mary reminded Phillip. "When the time comes, we'll work together to kill our way out."
"We'll talk about it when the time comes!" Phillip was also mentally prepared.
Compared to the Shadow Warriors who had been infected by the monster parasites, Jonathan and Remiga who followed Lin Dong, as well as the elites who stayed in front of the Dimensional Gap, were more important to Phillip. If it was possible, Phillip would try his best to save them. If it was not possible, he was also mentally prepared. As for whether or not he would work together with the dangerous woman Bloody Mary, he would see the situation. Unless it was absolutely necessary, he would not do that.
The battle lasted for a long time.
When the monsters almost drowned the exploration team, the roar of the flying dragons resounded in the sky.
A group of huge flying dragons flew across the sky. When Čepes saw this, he took out a bone whistle and blew it crazily.
The sharp whistle attracted the attention of the flying dragons. They swooped down angrily and attacked both the monsters and the humans.
The monsters on the ground seemed to have an innate fear of the flying dragons. Even the demonized mercenaries who had just become demons were no exception. When they saw the flying dragons swooping down, they immediately screamed in fear and ran away. Only a small number of powerful monster commanders dared to face them head-on.
"Charge! While the flying dragons are wreaking havoc, let's hurry and break out!" Čepes shouted. His two swords cut a bloody path through the pincer attack of the flying dragons and monsters. "Charge with me! As long as we leave this place, we will have a chance of survival!"
"Charge!" Most of the members of the exploration team were intimidated by the chaotic situation and followed closely behind the powerful Čepes.
"Damn it …" Reynold's face was ashen.
"Go!" Hugo pulled him with all his might.
"But our people were taken away by that fellow Čepes!" Reynold was still hesitating.
"Captain, the first thing we need to do is to survive. Otherwise, everything else is just empty talk." Hugo looked at Reynold sternly and then at his companions. Reynold suppressed his anger and roared loudly. He went in the opposite direction of Čepes and charged toward the chaotic monsters with a thunderous roar. Hugo and Andre the Heavy Knight followed closely behind.
"Let's go too!" Thomas and Bord nodded and led the Shadow Demoness Amanda and a few other elite subordinates to follow quickly.
Then came the Eden Army and the Ascetics.
Bloody Mary sneered at Philip, who was not far away. "Are you still hesitating?"
Philip looked at the group of Shadow Warriors that had chased after Čepes and almost disappeared. He sighed slightly. He wanted to persuade them to stay, but he did not have the ability to protect everyone. Philip was very pained by the choices of his subordinates, but in the end, he chose to bless them.
If the flying dragons' charge and the chaos it caused were enough to increase the survival crisis of the exploration team, then the arrival of the city lord's personal guard captain Valentine and his Dragon Knights on the Blackwater Flying Dragons was the beginning of the exploration team's despair … God knew how they entered the space-time gap. Philip did not dare to imagine if Heinz and Hartman, who were left behind, could survive!
His only hope was that Big Ivan would make the best decision based on the situation and let the people who were left behind escape.
That was the only way.
Only then would there be a few lucky ones who could escape!
"Kill the flying dragons that are unwilling to be tamed. Capture the ones that are willing to be tamed. Kill all the monsters. Send some of your men to chase after the little rats. Before you kill them, you must force Čepes to tell me where that rat is. I don't want to chase after him anymore, "Valentine, who was the personal guard captain, ordered expressionlessly while riding on the Blackwater Flying Dragon.
About half an hour later, two personal guards riding on Blackwater Flying Dragons passed above Lin Dong's head as they chased after an injured flying dragon.
The injured flying dragon fell to the ground.
The two personal guards in the sky noticed Lin Dong's group almost at the same time. "Aha, there are a few little rats here. How lucky! If we catch them, our bounty will at least double!"
"How lucky!" Griffon exclaimed. "Not only did an injured flying dragon fall from the sky, but we also got two bigger ones!"
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