Once they left the withered forest, the supply team's speed began to slow down.
There were still guards patrolling the area around the forest, so most of the danger had been eliminated. But once they left the forest, there would be more danger waiting for them.
After leaving the forest, they arrived at an area with chaotic spatial energy. After carefully crossing the area, they arrived at the Sacrificial Mountain.
The Sacrificial Mountain Ridge was a barren mountain range with dry cracks as far as the eyes could see. However, the mountain was filled with deathly still energy.
While he was still wondering what was going on, they saw a large number of altars in the mountains. The altars were filled with white bones, which were the source of the deathly stillness.
When they flew over the altars, the skeletons suddenly moved. They lifted their skulls, revealing their dark eye sockets that glowed with ghostly flames.
It was as if the aura of a living person had disturbed the slumbering skeletons.
The skeletons raised their weapons and tried to attack the people in the air. However, they were too far away. Only some of the skeletons with bows could pose a threat. However, most of the arrows fell before they could reach the supply team.
"These altars were built by the natives of the Abyss Plane. Some tribes worship demons and sacrifice their people to them. These skeletons are only a part of it. There are more of them. "
Madelyne's words were soon confirmed.
When they entered the Sacrificial Mountain, the skeletons were no longer limited to the altars. They could be seen everywhere.
The deathly stillness and dark energy filled every corner. When the supply team passed by, the skeletons would come back to life one after another, which made them feel suffocated.
It took them nearly two hours to get out of the Sacrificial Mountain. However, even after leaving the mountain, the suffocating feeling did not dissipate. Instead, it only grew heavier as they worried about the unknown path ahead.
Seven hours after leaving the Osmium Rock, they were attacked by a flock of Death-Heralding Bone Birds.
The endless flock of Death Heralding Bone Birds covered the already gloomy sky in a black mass. They were violent and fearless, and they were much faster than flying vehicles. There was no way to escape. They had to face them head-on.
Flocks of Death Heralding Bone Birds plummeted from the sky under the wide-ranging spell techniques.
However, their dead companions did not make them feel any fear at all. Instead, they became more and more courageous as they fought. Furthermore, more and more Death Heralding Bone Birds attacked from all directions. The endless battles had caused most of the apprentices to feel a lack of energy, and their emotions were also gradually collapsing.
The battle time was one hour.
A total of three apprentices fell, and over a hundred thousand Death-Heralding Bone Birds died.
Even though the battle was over, Angor was still thinking about how the Death Heralding Skeletal Birds died valiantly. One by one, they were replaced by another. It looked like a "rain of bones" was falling in front of their eyes.
In reality, this rain of bones only lasted for an hour. However, it had almost turned into a nightmare that would forever remain in everyone's memories.
Madelyne saw Angor's frightened expression and said, "It's not a big deal if we can deal with it. In the Abyss, there are more things that cannot be solved. "
"Like what?" asked Angor.
"For example …" Before Madelyne could answer, Sennefer's voice echoed in everyone's ears.
"Everyone, stop moving!"
Sennefer's tone was very urgent. Everyone was surprised. They all tried to figure out what Sennefer meant. Madelyne also looked at Sennefer, wondering what was going on.
Suddenly, Madelyne's eyes widened. "You're asking me what I can't solve? For example, this place. "
In front of Sennefer were rows of buildings that stretched from the waist to the top of the mountain. Each of them was large and majestic, as if they were ancient temples that had survived the baptism of countless years.
"This is one of the branches of the Demon Monastery," Madelyne explained.
The main branch of the monastery was located in the third layer of the Abyss, but its branches were scattered all over the surface layer. The so-called "Demon Monastery" was just a place where natives or half-demons worshiped demons. Normally, there were no demons at all.
The reason why the Moonfrost Guards took this route was because the Demon Monastery was safer than the other routes and they wouldn't take a long detour.
However, what he did not expect was that this monastery, which usually did not have demons, actually emitted the aura of a demon. Moreover, this demon aura soared into the sky. It was definitely not an ordinary demon!
As Madelyne spoke, a tall demon with a pair of black bony wings, a pair of goat horns, and a curly tail slowly rose from the center of the monastery.
"That's … a Goat Demon," Madelyne said in a serious tone.
"A Goat Demon is a mid-tier demon. It's as strong as a truth-finder wizard. Miss Sennefer should be able to deal with it. But, because of their cunning and deceitful nature, they're the favorite subordinates of big demons. If there's a big demon behind this one, we'll be dead if it makes a move. "
Sennefer's urgent voice reached everyone's ears again. "I'll drag this Goat Demon away while the rest of you break through the monastery and meet up with us at the Frozen Ruins."
As soon as Sennefer finished, the Goat Demon cackled and lunged at them while chanting something in the demon language.
The demonic language triggered a miraculous chain reaction. Formless ripples, along with powerful dark energy, eroded everyone. Once they were corroded, there was no way to save them.
Sennefer waved her hand and punched out with the power of ice and fire. It seemed to have broken through the barrier of time and space and stopped the dark energy.
Everyone behind Sennefer sighed in relief.
The Goatfiend finally noticed Sennefer's presence. It put away its playful expression and looked at Sennefer with a serious expression.
Sennefer didn't give it a chance to see what was going on. She snorted and charged at the Demonic Goat. She started a melee with it.
At the same time, the Goat Demon's intimidating aura was broken.
Everyone who had been trembling under the pressure recovered a little.
"Now's the time! Run!" Maher shouted. He was the first to rush out. Everyone finally realized what was going on and followed him.
The Goat Demon also noticed that the others were trying to break out of the encirclement. It wanted to stop them, but it couldn't because of Sennefer's ferocious attacks.
Angor pushed Gondola's speed to the limit. At the same time, he signaled Toby to transform into a griffin and escape if anything went wrong.
Even though they were still several kilometers away from the goatfiend, Angor could still feel the intensity of the battle between two truth-seekers.
The Goat Demon was barely able to defend itself against Sennefer's powerful attacks. If Sennefer didn't come with them, they would have been defeated already.
After getting past the Goat Demon, they began to break out of the demon monastery.
There were also two half-blood demons and spellcasters inside the monastery. They were strong, but they were only wizards at best. There were more than 20 wizards on the scene, and they easily crushed them.
Half an hour later, they finally broke through the monastery and arrived at the next area — Frigid Ruins.
There was a relatively safe underground cave in the Frigid Ruins. They didn't plan to rest here, but since Sennefer wasn't back yet, they had no choice.
"There aren't any monsters in the Frigid Ruins, so we thought it's a safe area. But then we realized that the Frigid Ruins are dangerous as well, and they're even more mysterious and dangerous. So far, we haven't really explored them yet. " Maher explained the dangers of the Frigid Ruins to the others. He didn't go into detail about them, but it was obvious that he was afraid of them.
Just as Maher said, they flew around the Ancient Cold Ruins for half a day and didn't see any monsters.
As they moved forward, they also saw some vegetation on the ground. The trees here weren't flourishing, but at least there were some greenery.
Soon, they stopped in front of a well-hidden cave.
"The relatively safe area is inside. Everyone, keep up." Maher led the way.
The path inside the cave seemed to lead them deeper into the ground. About five minutes later, they arrived at a relatively large underground cavern.
The cavern was flat and spacious. There were several extinguished fires around, indicating that someone had been here before.
"We'll stay here and wait for Lady Sennefer to come back," Maher said. "Remember, don't wander around alone."
With that, Maher lit a fire and began discussing the next step of the plan with the rest of the Moonfrost Guards.
Angor and Madelyne also lit a fire nearby and sat down with their legs crossed.
"That's not a good sign," Madelyne said as she frowned. Madelyne frowned and murmured to herself, "Usually, the shepherds only wander around the third level. There are only small demons on the first level. Did something happen on the third level?"
Angor was still feeling uneasy. This trip was even more terrifying than the trip to Devil's Water.
More importantly, the Abyss was too oppressive for them to handle.
When the pressure reached a certain level, it would turn into despair. Angor looked at the other apprentices and saw some of them already showing signs of losing their minds.
His first impression of the Abyss was that it was hopeless.
Now, Angor added a second impression to the label: endless depression.
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