Pale Emblem

Chapter 142 Deliberately Lure the Enemy

Two-quarters of an hour later, the rising sun jumped out of the ground, and the golden morning light tore through the darkness that shrouded the surrounding fields, allowing everything to show its shape.

Two more dust falcons flew in the sky, circling and singing together with the first dust falcon.

Not long after, the enemy's scouts also arrived, four dark hunters. They dispersed and moved in a fan shape from different directions, carefully outflanking the position indicated by the Dust Falcon.

Dark hunters have abilities comparable to those of ferocious cats, including keen senses of smell, vision, hearing, intuition, super reflexes, and a desire to hunt, collectively known as wild instincts.

In addition, they can also ignite secret blood and activate an ability called "phantom body", which can reduce their own presence, increase agility, and enhance dodge.

With these unique abilities, Darkstalkers are the best wilderness scouts and can also serve as fearsome assassins behind enemy lines.

These four secret hunters form a standard tactical reconnaissance team.

The captain is a fourth-level professional with rich practical experience. He places his deputy who is proficient in assassination skills at a position about 40 meters behind and left of him, called the left guard; another deputy who is good at stealth investigation is placed in front of him on his right , separated by no less than 150 meters, is called the right guard; the last hidden hunter is the rear guard of the team, responsible for rear warning, supporting the front team, silent observation, and exposure cover, that is, when his teammates in front are about to be exposed, he Take the initiative to jump out and attract the enemy's attention.

Therefore, the rear guard is the most dangerous position, and is usually held by the fastest and lowest-status hidden hunter.

The captain of the investigation team is a middle-aged man who is almost forty years old, with a very calm personality. He has not yet seen the investigation target, but his keen intuition is already warning him. It is a kind of frightening feeling, indicating that there is danger waiting for them ahead. .

However, the work of a stealth hunter is often accompanied by danger, and one cannot abandon one's duties just because one feels danger.

The captain was experienced, and he knew that what the Dust Falcon found might not necessarily be the target of this mission, but now that he was here, he had to find out who was in front of him.

He lay down in the grass, imitating the cry of a fox and issued an order to the team members, asking the right guard responsible for stealth reconnaissance to go around to the back of the target location and find a perspective from which he could directly observe the target; he ordered the left guard to continue sneaking 30 meters forward. , hiding behind a small mound, it was a good ambush position.

As for the defender, a young first-level stealth hunter, he ran quickly, jumping over thorns as vigorously as an energetic leopard, and ran in front of the captain, with an excited smile on his face.

He is now the leading soldier of the reconnaissance team. The most important role is to go around the low hills blocking the view as fast as possible, find the target marked by the Dust Falcon, and then run back quickly.

Since the suspicious target was hiding behind a low hill, the captain of the reconnaissance team decided to be more straightforward and let the young team member in charge of the rear guard take the risk to test the target while the rest of them lurked to observe and secretly provide support.

The young dark hunter walked around the low hill and immediately saw three half-elves sitting under a big tree. They were carrying large bows and heavy ax guns respectively. They should be two bow warriors and a swordsman.

The archer warrior was very alert and had sharp eyesight. He immediately spotted the young hidden hunter and immediately drew his bow and nocked an arrow, aiming at him.

The young man turned and ran away without hesitation, shouting in fear. Even though he was only a first-level dark hunter, his wild instinct was not strong enough. The moment he was targeted with a bow and arrow, he still felt his own death very clearly.

The young dark hunter's reaction to turn around and run away was correct and quick.

The effective range of the big bow is up to one hundred meters. As long as you keep a sufficient distance from the bow warriors, it will be useless no matter how sharp their eagle eyes are or how superb their bow and arrow skills are.

Hidden hunters have a common habit of keeping a distance of more than 200 meters to detect enemy situations, just to be on guard against sharpshooters among the enemy.

Because of this good habit, most dark hunters can survive their missions. However, the two archers and a swordsman were running very fast, crossing obstacles and chasing the young scout.

When the middle-aged captain was being chased by his men, he felt the sudden danger, which made all the hairs on his body stand up. The danger came not only from the front, but also from the woods on the left and right sides.

The reconnaissance target is not our mission goal!

The target of the investigation intends to kill someone and silence him? !

The reconnaissance target and helpers are ambush in the trees on the left and right sides?

The middle-aged captain's thoughts changed rapidly, but after all, he could not sit back and watch his young subordinate being hunted to death, so he still had to create an opportunity for him to escape.

So, when the young man ran past the hiding place of the middle-aged captain, the captain immediately jumped up from the thatch, ran away separately from the young man, and imitated the alarm sound of the monkey when it discovered the beast. It was loud and high-pitched, instantly stirring up the woods and meadows. Flocks of birds flapped their wings and flew everywhere, making a huge and dazzling sound.

The middle-aged captain has multiple purposes for doing this.

First of all, he can help young men escape because he has a higher professional level, faster escape speed, and is a more valuable target than young men. If these inexplicable enemies, with the intention of killing people and silencing them, choose to hunt down the young dark hunters first, they may not be able to catch up with the middle-aged captain who escapes faster.

Therefore, the enemy will choose to hunt down the middle-aged captain first, and then go back to hunt down the young man.

In this way, the young dark hunter will have a chance to escape and survive.

Secondly, the left guard and right guard of the reconnaissance team have not yet been exposed. The captain decided to expose himself and sound an alarm to remind them that the situation was critical. They should save their own lives first, either continue to hide, or take the opportunity to sneak away and evacuate. Even if the captain and young team members are killed by the enemy, as long as the left and right guards are still alive, they can send the information back.

It can be seen that the middle-aged captain is very confident and thinks that he can escape the enemy's pursuit on his own.

He was indeed proud of himself, and even deliberately tripped over a broken tree on the ground, and then landed steadily with his excellent sense of balance, thereby slowing down his speed and tempting the enemy to pursue him.

Unfortunately, the unfamiliar enemy immediately made him regret his decision. Just as the middle-aged captain expected, he showed up on his own initiative, demonstrating the escape ability of a level four secret hunter. As expected, the professionals who were chasing the young man focused on him, and his companions who were ambushing in the woods on the left also rushed out. , trying to flank him.

It is equivalent to a middle-aged captain mobilizing five people from the other side.

However, the opponent's speed was very fast, especially the charging speed of the two swordsmen among them was still higher than that of the middle-aged captain, while the three archers were only slightly behind.

Seeing that the distance between the two sides is getting closer, the middle-aged captain does not panic. He can use sharp turns to manipulate the pursuers. If that doesn't work, he still has the secret blood ability of the phantom body. If he finds a suitable opportunity, he can Instantly disappear from the enemy's perception, blending into the surrounding environment, hiding and sneaking.

"Whoosh", "whoosh", "whoosh", the sharp arrows flying continuously from behind frightened the middle-aged captain. He relied on his wild instinct of danger prediction to avoid the arrows behind him, and quickly looked back and found that Three of the enemy's archers ran and shot at him.

Mobile shooting is the specialty of professional archers. But when the bow warrior performs mobile shooting, his movement speed will inevitably be slowed down. The middle-aged captain saw the three archers behind him striding forward. Even with their feet in the air, they could open their bows and draw arrows, completing mobile shooting without slowing down their running speed.

On the other hand, the middle-aged captain's escape speed naturally slowed down because he had to dodge the arrows shot from behind.

He had to ignite the secret blood in advance, use the ability to phantom, improve agility and dodge, and make his body blurred in the eyes of the pursuers.

The alchemist demon saw the enemy's scout disappearing and appearing, and for a while there was nothing he could do to deal with him.

"Hmph, the mouse still wants to run away?!"

Vincent, the fourth-level swordsman, snorted coldly and directly used the demon skin to change into a demon-like form. His height increased to 2 meters, breaking the armor on his body. He had black eyes and red pupils, and a pair of backward-curved horns sprouted from his head. , the smooth skin was instantly replaced with purple-black, he opened his mouth full of fangs, and neighed at the escaping scout captain.

There was a sudden thunderous sound in the middle-aged captain's ears, which made him jump up in shock, and then he hugged his ears in pain.

His sharp hearing, which was comparable to that of a wild beast, actually killed him at this time.

Vincent, who was in demon-like form, had caught up from behind, knocked down the middle-aged captain, and bit his carotid artery with his sharp canine teeth, greedily sucking his blood.

Sonic Hammer, the magic-like ability of Vincent, the alchemist demon, can project a sound beam to an area within 200 meters, exploding in a limited area, forming a huge, harsh sound, frightening and slowing down the enemy, and has a lower There is a chance of trembling, imbalance, and coma effects; it can cause real penetrating damage to targets within 100 meters, which will cause internal bleeding. It has a higher chance of causing deafness, imbalance, shock, and coma effects; it can also directly affect targets within 30 meters. Causes Sonic Blade Lacerations, along with the full effects of Sonic Hammer.

The damage effect of the sonic hammer ability is relatively low and decreases with distance, but the cost is also small and the cooldown time is very short. It is a power that can be used frequently.

Vincent can use the sonic hammer once every 30 seconds, up to 30 times in a row, and his lifespan will be consumed only if he continues to use it more than 30 times.

It can be said that Vincent used his powers at almost no cost. He decisively used the sonic hammer on the middle-aged captain, thus achieving the greatest results.

The middle-aged captain was held tightly by the alchemy demon. Before he died, he looked at the sky with his eyes blankly and saw a monster with bat-like flesh wings sliding through the air. It was also tightly held in its arms. He was holding a Dark Hunter, the right-hand guard of the reconnaissance team, and he looked like he was about to die.

Dilly, the alchemical demon, is a fourth-level archer. Her special ability is the frenzied blade, which creates four irregular air blades to strike indiscriminately in a straight line area within 4 meters directly in front. The power is enough to severely damage or even kill an adult wild boar. It is accompanied by a knockback effect, and the interval between uses is 20 minutes.

When Dilly uses the demon skin, her demon-like form is the only one that does not have a significant increase in height and size compared to other companions, but a pair of flesh wings will stick out from her back, and she will gain the ability to "naturally fly".

The pair of thin film wings can effectively mobilize the wind element around Dili, allowing her to perform short-distance gliding flights in the air below 100 meters, with a flying speed exceeding the charge speed of an eland. In addition, the crazy blade's ability has been enhanced, the attack distance reaches 35 meters, the number of air blades is doubled, the lethality of each air blade is increased by 30%, and the use interval is reduced to 5 minutes each time.

The most important thing is that after Dilly has wings, she can levitate, glide, and change direction. Her mobility is incredibly enhanced, and she also has high-altitude vision, so she can be one step ahead of her companions and catch a sneaking stalker on her own. She can't wait. The ground sucked his blood in mid-air.

The left guard of the reconnaissance team was also captured by the alchemist demon who did not hesitate to use demon skin, and then sucked blood on the spot.

The young dark hunter was the last one to be caught because Herman wanted to torture him for information and did not rush to kill him. However, when he was caught back, he saw a group of two-meter-tall monsters with horns on their heads sucking the blood of his scout teammates. The young half-elf was frightened and went insane, unable to answer Herman's questions.

Herman shook his head helplessly, immediately changed into a demon-like form, bit the young half-elf's neck, and began to suck his blood and soul.

In the demon-like form, the alchemical demon directly kills living beings by "drinking blood". The probability of "soul-eating" increases from 15% to 80%, and it is almost certain to absorb the relatively complete soul fire of the prey.

Every living soul is precious to the Alchemy Demon, but the enemy's scouts only came to four people. Among the seven Alchemy Demons, the poisonous Herman, the howling Vincent, and the dancing Dilly , and the foul-smelling Lifdel had no intention of sharing the prey with other companions.

The burning Delina, the transparent Todlin, and the giant Mowgli could only watch as they had their prey all to themselves.

Herman, who was defaulted by his master as the captain of the alchemical demon, finished absorbing the life and soul fire of the half-elf, and finally noticed the hungry eyes of his three companions. So he dropped the body in his hands and said:

"Don't worry, after we kill all the scouts, no one can go back to report the news. Those stupid half-elves who try to murder the great master will definitely come. By then, all of us can feast on blood and souls."

The Alchemist Demonborn could have let these four scouts go. When the scouts discovered that Victor was not here, they would think that the Dust Falcon was chasing the wrong target. When they went back to report the news, the chasing team behind would most likely give up the search in this direction. .

However, the alchemist demon is not afraid of the enemy coming, but is worried that they will not come.

All the reconnaissance teams sent by the enemy were wiped out. No one went back to report the news. The chasing team behind will definitely come to check the situation!

Fighting and killing, blood and death will be inevitable!