Tanai's forces were either snoring lightly, dozing off, or dead asleep. There were very few who were awake, and one or two who were more cautious also slowly closed their heavy eyes under the cover of the medicinal mist.
Everything seemed so perfect. It was as if the outcome had been decided from the moment the Death Guards had entered the valley. This ambush would've been a classic if it hadn't been ruined by a terrifying explosion.
"Rumble …"
Just as the Death Guard passed through the valley's passageway, a fierce gust of wind blew from an unknown corner of the valley. The wind was extremely fierce, first snapping a small tree on the mountainside. A strange butterfly effect was produced, one after another, and in the end, it unimaginably caused the mountain rocks to collapse.
The millstone-sized rocks smashed into the valley along the green moss-covered rock walls. The sound of this kind of movement was so loud that even the mercenaries who were sleeping in the mist of potions suddenly woke up as if they were facing a great enemy. The first thing they did was to grab their weapons before looking at the situation that was happening.
Edwin, who was also an apothecary but had extraordinary attainments, was well aware that only slightly less effective knockout agents wouldn't be easily detected by experts. Edwin had been feeling smug that victory was in his grasp when the explosion completely shattered his plans. He looked at the mercenaries stationed in the valley, all of them looking around with weapons in hand, and then looked at the Death Guards that had entered the valley. Edwin could only resist the urge to curse out loud and give the order to attack, "Charge in, kill!"
Whether it was Edwin or Laureton, they both understood that there was no longer a chance of a perfect ambush due to this change when they heard the sound of boulders rolling down. The two of them cursed inwardly as they gave the order to charge in, but their eyes darted back and forth in the area where the strong wind had come from. Their hearts were filled with a strange sense of doubt.
Where did that strong wind come from? Why was it so strong? Why did it have such a miraculous effect? Was it man-made? If so, who could have done it?
A series of questions filled their minds in an instant, but it was only for a moment before the two of them stopped thinking about it and focused all their attention on the valley where the massacre was taking place.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"
Within the valley, over a thousand mercenaries had been startled awake by the falling rocks. An extremely small portion of the mercenaries near the edge of the valley were constantly dodging the falling rocks. The mercenaries on night patrol duty at the very front had already spotted the Death Guards and immediately shouted out loud.
All the mercenaries of the three factions immediately understood. They pulled out their weapons and started chanting spells. The archers nocked their arrows and aimed at the entrance of the valley.
The three hundred Death Guards of the Calamity Church spread out like ghosts of the night. They streaked across the moonlight like extremely faint shadows. Their bodies carried a sinister, evil aura, and their eyes were filled with excitement and fanaticism. They held peculiar weapons that looked like spikes in their hands as they flew close to the ground and quickly into the center of the valley.
The earth trembled as rows of sharp spikes rose from the ground. Surging flames rapidly converged to form a wide wall of fire to intercept the Death Guards. Lightning zigzagged above the valley and struck downwards. The water men and water dragons slowly took form and dashed away from the wall of fire.
The shrill whistles of arrows rang out incessantly, whooshing towards the Death Guards. Tanai Mountain's magi and archers formed a layer of obstruction, instantly blocking the Death Guards that were rushing over. They wanted to kill all of these audacious invaders.
However, as the evil guardians of the Calamity Church, the Death Guards' infamy had resounded throughout the Profound Continent for many years. Naturally, they weren't that easy to deal with.
Not only did the three hundred Death Guards not slow down, they actually increased their speed. They were wearing a kind of black and gray robes that actually had an extremely strong resistance to magic. Many of the flames that came charging at them were extinguished with a wave of their sleeves. Even the violent lightning bolts that smashed down only caused their figures to pause for a moment. They were far from being able to cause any destructive damage.
"Hmph, the armor of the Death Guards is one of our Calamity Church's secrets. How could ordinary magic attacks have any effect on them?!" Dark grand magus Edwin, who had lagged behind, said disdainfully as he looked ahead with a dark face. They could have silently wiped out most of the forces in the valley, but the unexpected occurrence had disrupted their plans. Edwin was naturally displeased.
Next to Edwin, the chief of the Cairo mercenary band, Laureton, gripped the divine weapon of the berserker tribe, the Berserker's Battle Axe. He laughed sinisterly, "This is good as well. It's just a waste of time. It's more interesting for them to struggle to their deaths."
This time, the Cairo mercenary band had mobilized all of their elites. In addition to the Calamity Church's three hundred Death Guards and the alliance of a dozen or so small powers behind them, they could indeed openly destroy Tanai Mountain's forces. Laureton was a battle-hungry person to begin with. This kind of face-to-face, painful slaughter suited his temperament. Therefore, when he saw Tanai Mountain's mercenaries awaken and turn their sneak attack into a frontal assault, he became even more excited.
The corner of Edwin's mouth twitched, but he didn't say anything. He looked at the mercenaries surging into the valley like a tide, inwardly planning how to extort Edwin afterwards. After all, it had taken quite a bit of effort to mobilize the three hundred Death Guards this time. Although their goal was the Church of Light, hadn't they also helped Laureton? He had to pay a price.
The Death Guards lived up to their name as the God of Death. They charged into the valley with an unstoppable momentum under the surging magic attacks. The three hundred Death Guards immediately split into phantom-like afterimages, leaving bloody holes in the mercenaries' bodies with their sharp, thorn-like weapons.
These Death Guards trained in a strange kind of fighting aura. They seemed to be able to borrow the power of the evil god in battle. There was a natural evil aura on their bodies, and they could actually use their eyes to make people's souls tremble. The strange fighting aura had a strong corrosive power, often able to destroy the opponent's defenses and directly injure the physical body.
Sitting cross-legged on a cliff in the valley, Han Shuo was driving the fierce battle as the Hand of Darkness. He was silently circulating his magical yuan, slowly absorbing the lingering power of Tanai Mountain's dead body into his body while paying close attention to the battle below.
The miraculous performance of the Death Guards surprised Han Shuo. Han Shuo could even sense a bit of the evil god's aura from these Death Guards.
Last time in Valen City, the necromancer Clarendon, who died tragically at the hands of Han Shuo, had used the altar to summon the three-eyed evil god Ansidesi. Also, the aura of the thousand-meter tall evil god with green eyes had appeared in Han Shuo's mind in the lower layer of the cemetery of death. Han Shuo could sense a bit of it from these Death Guards.
Due to their fanatical faith in the evil god, the Death Guards could obtain some of the evil god's strange divine power. Perhaps they could only borrow a billionth of the evil god's power, but this power still couldn't be underestimated in this plane of existence. This could be seen from the miserable deaths of the mercenaries.
Three hundred Death Guards wasn't a lot, but the damage they could cause was incomparably terrifying. The Temple Knights of the Church of Light and the Death Guards were equal in strength. Judging from the strength displayed by these three hundred Death Guards, Han Shuo could imagine that the Temple Knights' strength must be equally terrifying.
"Heh heh, this is getting more and more interesting!" Han Shuo laughed coldly as he muttered to himself. He suddenly called out softly, "What will come will come, or else it'll be boring!"
Dark grand magus Edwin's brow furrowed as soon as Han Shuo finished speaking. He abruptly used the levitation spell to fly into the air and surveyed the surroundings after exiting the valley. He then quickly descended towards Laureton, who had already charged into the valley and was in the middle of a second berserk battle. He quickly called out, "Large amounts of mercenaries are converging in this direction! What's going on?"
"The Rainbow Sickle mercenary band isn't far from here. They should've discovered us with such a large commotion. Heh heh, four to five hundred of Tanai's one thousand mercenaries have already died. As long as we hurry and finish them off, Florida will be courting death even if he comes. Just his Rainbow Sickle mercenary band alone won't be able to stop our footsteps! "
Laureton waved his Berserker's Battle Axe, directly cleaving apart an orc warrior around 2.3 meters tall. He responded casually and once again charged into the crowd. It looked like he was fighting to his heart's content.
"No, it's not just the Rainbow Sickle mercenary band, there's also a large group of orcs!" Edwin was burning with anxiety as he yelled at Laureton.
"Damn it, what's going on?" Laureton was startled and suddenly jumped in front of Edwin, asking in shock.
"Kill them!" Adam Menlo was riding a ten meter long flamingo in the air above the valley. Behind him were his clansmen riding all sorts of flying magical creatures.
Outside the valley, the muffled sounds of iron hooves pounding on the ground like the beating of drums. The experts of the three powers were converging towards Tanai. Laureton and the others' path out of the valley had already been blocked.
"Fight! Otherwise, no one will be able to leave! " Laureton naturally understood the current situation and immediately howled towards the sky. His ferocious nature exploded as he charged towards the remaining mercenaries in the valley.
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