The muffled sound that reverberated through the mountains sounded like rolling thunder, and it also sounded like a huge rock had collapsed from the cliff. It rumbled and echoed for half a minute. Becky stopped abruptly in the middle of her sentence. When her voice subsided, she blinked her eyes and was speechless. "Could it be a landslide?"
Hao Ren's face suddenly turned bitter. "Damn, we can't be that unlucky, can we?"
"Let's hurry up, don't waste time." Nangong Wuyue took the lead and quickly turned back. "Err, Becky, you lead the way. I don't know the way..."
They did not say anything else and continued on their way. They began to move forward as fast as they could on the rugged mountain path.
This path was built hundreds of years ago by the Royal Family of Holletta. Now, it had fallen into disrepair. Usually, only daring mercenaries or adventurers who had urgent matters would take this shortcut. The ancient path zigzagged along the mountain. Some of the wider terrain had flat stone roads, while the narrow and steep terrain only had steep slopes formed by layers of stone steps. Some places did not even have stone steps. It was just a primitive rock slope with only a guardrail made of thick iron chains at the edge of the slope. Even the unique horses of this world, which had extremely high endurance, had a hard time advancing on this kind of road. Therefore, after the group crossed the relatively smooth mountainous terrain at the beginning, their speed became much slower.
Not long after, the team arrived at a famous and dangerous section of the ancient path. This section was directly carved out from the side of a steep cliff. On one side was a thick and solid rock wall, and on the other side was a cliff that was tens of thousands of feet high, with the cold mountain wind blowing against it. The narrow mountain path only allowed one or two people to pass through had only a few thick iron chains hanging outside the road as protection. These iron chains were fixed on a few rusty iron stakes. The iron stakes were nailed diagonally to the outside of the narrow path under their feet. If they slipped, they could fall directly through the gap between the iron chains and the ground. It could be said that this "guardrail" was more psychological than practical. So, Hao Ren walked cautiously. Even Lily nervously followed behind Hao Ren, holding on to the corner of his clothes. The maiden was currently in human form. If she had transformed into a werewolf, she would have tucked her tail between her legs.
"If we fall, it will hurt like hell." A gust of mountain wind blew. Lily spat out her tongue and said.
Hao Ren rolled his eyes. Lily only dared to say that because she had a strong body. If an ordinary person fell, they would not be able to describe it as "painful".
Vivian was the calmest of them all. She could fly...
Before they set foot on this dangerous road, Becky had asked everyone to bring the horses to the front of the group. Letting these old horses lead the way was based on the mercenary experience in this world: these horses knew how to move forward on the dangerous road and did not need anyone to lead them in front. Moreover, letting them walk in front could also prevent accidents from happening and knocking the people in front of them off the cliff when the horses were startled.
"I think I smell..." Vivian was walking in front of Hao Ren. Halfway through the dangerous path, she suddenly frowned and turned around. "There's the smell of blood in front. It's fresh."
"Blood?" Hao Ren was shocked. He hoped that something bad had happened to the otherworldly visitor. "Let's go!"
They finally passed through the narrow mountain path. After going around a few boulders, the path in front of them opened up. The smell of blood that Vivian had mentioned was getting closer. Even Hao Ren could vaguely distinguish it.
A commotion came from the front. It was mixed with the roars of people, the clashing of swords, and the rumbling of something exploding. It seemed like there was a battle going on.
Becky had already drawn her enchanted sword. "Can you guys fight?"
Vivian's eyes were bloodshot. Lily's ears and tail had also popped out. The two of them did not have to worry about trouble in this world. So, they did not hesitate to transform when the situation called for it. Becky was relieved when she saw them in their forms. "Hah, so it's a werewolf and a Blood Clan. At least we can protect ourselves. Let's be careful. "
The sound of battle was getting closer. Among the roars, there were cries of pain when someone was injured. After turning the last corner, Hao Ren finally saw what was going on. A group of people were fighting... some kind of stone monster.
Those people were probably mercenaries. They were wearing all kinds of equipment. Their weapons and armor were uneven. It was a typical mercenary group. There were about twelve to thirteen of them. They were fighting strange "creatures" that Hao Ren could not imagine. It was a group of strange things that looked like stone statues. They were about four to five meters tall and had a grayish-brown texture. They had four limbs and a head. Their bodies were covered in moss and broken vines. They looked like monsters from a strange fantasy story.
The battle seemed to have gone on for a long time. More than ten mercenaries were injured. Some of them had even lost their ability to fight. They were covered in blood and could only stand on the edge of the battlefield with their weapons. At the same time, they struggled to dodge the aftershocks of the battle. The rest of the mercenaries were not any better. The giant rock monsters seemed to have overwhelming combat power. Although they moved slightly slower, their thick rock bodies were practically invulnerable. Most of the mercenaries' swords could only create a string of sparks when they slashed at these monsters, and magic spells could only blast off some rock fragments. On the other hand, any ordinary mercenary who was hit by the rock monsters would have their skin and flesh torn apart.
The way the monsters fought was very simple and brutal. They just rammed and trampled. Their slow movements were not a problem. A four to five-meter-tall monster, no matter how slow it was, was not something the short humans could easily catch up with. So, the mercenaries could only wait for the monsters to get close to them and use their agility to dodge. This was probably the experience they had just accumulated.
There were only three stone monsters, but they were able to put more than a dozen mercenaries in a dangerous situation.
On the other side of the mountain path, Hao Ren saw a large pile of broken rocks. It seemed to be the only stone monster that the mercenaries had killed. He had no idea how they did it.
It was the first time that Hao Ren saw such a bizarre battle. He was stunned. Y'zaks shouted and rushed forward. "Go help!"
They had no choice but to help. Vivian spread her wings and flew into the air. She quickly summoned two large swarms of electric bats and began to charge up her powerful Lightning Strike. Lily summoned her Frostfire Blades and looked up at the sun (there was no moon at the moment) and let out a long howl. She was dazzled by the sunlight and rushed towards the cliff. Hao Ren quickly rushed forward and adjusted her direction. The silly girl then rushed towards the stone monsters.
Wuyue, on the other hand, quickly found a safe place to hide, and cautiously lowered her aggro. She was just a healer, and her siren power might be of some use against normal creatures, but those rock monsters did not look like they had water in their bodies, and they did not look like they had intelligence that could be hypnotized with a song …
Hao Ren passed the Maiden Pot to Wuyue and rushed forward with his shield up.
Although he did not like this kind of strange battle, he was a man. He could not just stand by and watch.
"Boom!" Vivian's Lightning Strike was finally ready. Two cone-shaped lightning bolts formed by the swarm of bats crashed into the nearest stone monster like two high-explosive warheads. Smoke filled the air and gravel flew everywhere. The huge explosion echoed in the mountains for a long time.
Lily brandished her twin blades and happily rushed into the explosion range. She wanted to kill the enemy. "Look at me!" she shouted.
But in the next second, she rushed out. "Battie, you cheater! Stones don't conduct electricity! "
The mountain wind blew and the smoke dispersed. Sure enough, the rock monster that was hit by Vivian's Lightning Strike was still standing there. The explosion just now was indeed powerful. The rock monster's body was shaved off, half of its head was blown into pieces, and its body was covered in scorch marks and cracks. But it was still standing, and it had begun to chase after Lily, who had recklessly rushed forward.
It was as if this kind of injury was nothing to a stone monster.
Vivian's Lightning Strike had two types of damage. One was the high-temperature explosion caused by the two cone-shaped lightning bolts, and the other was the strong electric shock itself. The latter was a natural disaster to most creatures. The voltage was as strong as natural lightning. But the vampire maiden seemed to lack experience in dealing with such strange monsters. Their electrical resistance was too high and they did not seem to be afraid of explosions.
The advantage of a sneak attack had been lost. She could only fight it head-on.
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