Path of Light.

Chapter 626 Chapter 627. First Encounter with Lich
In the distance, at the scene of setting up the magic circle, a group of great magicians were placing metal runes on the sand.

The placement of these runes needs to be very precise in order for the magic circle to function properly.

The five magicians were responsible for several different areas, and finally they were integrated together by Grand Magician Cedric.

After the cleanup by Great Swordsman Alvin and others, there were almost no threatening dark creatures in this area, which was located in a depression on the edge of Haiti.

As for the lich, it was being lured by the two abyss walkers and was running back and forth in an area more than ten kilometers away from here.

Roy followed Byron Thor, walking and stopping on the sand.

Their main responsibility is to prevent dark beasts from entering this area and disturbing the magicians who are setting up the magic array...

He and Byronthor formed a patrol team, and the dwarf warrior Linglan Bronzebeard and the great magician Dalakli formed another patrol team, responsible for two different directions respectively.

The two were talking in low voices about the six magicians.

Byron Thor was not familiar with these magicians, but he knew Magician Joyce.

He said to Roy: "They are usually doing some magic research in the ivory tower, and it is difficult to see them normally."

"Of these magicians, I only know Lord Joyce. I met him several decades ago when I joined a temporary delegation to the Sky City."

"At that time, Mage Joyce happened to be the deputy leader of that delegation, and I was an elf archer who had just been promoted to a second-level combat professional. I was at the bottom of the delegation. He was very famous in the Magic Guild at that time."

"I didn't expect to see Master Magician Joyce in the dark land."

When he said this, Byron Thor couldn't help but sigh, and continued to walk forward on the soft black sand under his feet.

Roy quickly followed and talked about his feelings when he first met the magicians. He said to Byron Thor:
"Byron, as you know, my mine guards are currently stationed at the Dark Gate Expeditionary Camp."

"Since we entered the Dark Portal, the six of them have been inspecting it. Perhaps they have made new progress in their research on the Dark Portal recently, so they went deep into the dark land."

"But I didn't expect that they entered the dark land to capture a lich."

Roy's tone seemed a little exaggerated.

Byron Thor smiled, straightened the longbow on his back, put his arm around Roy's shoulder and said:

"Roy, I know this hunting trip is very dangerous for you, but I hope you will cherish this rare hunting experience."

"For many elves, hunting level six dark beasts is not always possible. Moreover, they are the most outstanding magicians in the Magic Guild of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom. You can always learn more by following them."

Byron Thor narrowed his eyes and looked at the edge of the sand in the distance.

"Byron, have you seen the lich?" Roy asked curiously.

"Ah."

When Byron Thor admitted it, he was a little vague and not very confident...

Roy continued to ask: "What does it look like?"

Byron Thor thought seriously for a while before saying, "It's about four meters tall, with a huge skeleton and a long gray robe on the outside. That's about it."

Byron Thor's description of the lich made it difficult for Roy to form a clear image in his mind.

Roy later learned that the lich's body was always hidden in the black fog. Byron Thor was unable to see the lich's true form at the time, so he couldn't clearly describe what the lich looked like.

While the two were chatting, Roy pointed his finger into the distance and said hesitantly:
"Byron, I can't see clearly, what do you see over there?"

"Oh no! How could a crypt demon appear here..."

Byron Thor raised his head and looked at the huge black shadow that was slowly emerging from the sand in the distance. He said to Roy hurriedly, "I'll go stop it. You just follow me."

Roy could now see clearly the huge black creature. It was actually a beetle with an infinitely magnified body. Its chubby body was covered with a layer of black hard armor and was covered with sharp spikes. It looked like an armed tank.

This was the first time that Roy encountered a physical dark monster in the dark land. It emerged from a cave under the sand, with black sand flowing all over its body.

The crypt demon shook its body violently, shaking off all the black sand on its body, then opened the two huge hard shells on its back, vibrated the folded black insect wings inside, and then folded the insect wings behind it...

Normally, this kind of crypt demon will sneak out of the crypt only after it becomes completely dark all around, and then hunt dark creatures everywhere.

The thick dark energy on its body was like a burning black flame.

The direction it was heading was right past the area where the magicians had set up their magic arrays, so it couldn't be allowed to disturb the magicians...

Byron Thor ran forward a few steps and pulled out a feather arrow from the quiver. He held the arrow in his hand and after hesitating for a moment, decided to put the arrow back into the quiver.

Then he pulled out an arrow from the quiver with magic runes engraved on the shaft.

He drew his bow and aimed the magic arrow at the head of the crypt demon...

The entire arrow was wrapped in a layer of bright wind elemental aura. The shadow of the great elf archer behind Byron Thor only appeared for a short moment, and the shadow of the great elf archer cooperated with Byron Thor to pull the bowstring.

With the bowstring fully drawn, Roy shot the magic arrow in his hand. A beam of white light flew out almost sticking to the black sand. The arrow passed by quickly, and the airflow it brought blew up the black sand on the ground.

Although the crypt demon had lost its visual function, it still had a keen perception of the outside world.

It immediately turned around, facing the direction where the arrow was coming from, raised a pair of huge pincers, and blocked them in front of its body...

Unexpectedly, the arrow flew through the gap between its two large pincers and hit the center of the crypt demon's skull.

The entire arrow penetrated completely into the hard shell...

An arrow hit the crypt demon, and Byronthor's spirits were lifted. He expected the crypt demon to fall down after being hit by the arrow.

But it didn’t…

The crypt demon shook its head vigorously, slowly turned its body, and stretched out a row of densely packed lower limbs like oars. These lower limbs supported the crypt demon's huge body, allowing it to move quickly on the soft sand.

When Byron Thor saw the Crypt Golem rushing towards him, he showed no fear. He pulled out five arrows from his quiver and shot them at the vital parts of the Crypt Golem's body...

Byron Thor possessed extremely advanced archery skills. Five arrows shot at the eyes, heart, and shell gap of the crypt demon respectively...

It can be seen that every time the crypt demon is hit by an arrow, it needs to endure tremendous pain.

But this did not slow down its attack. It began to become crazy and rushed towards Byron Thor.

There were only a few ordinary arrows left in Byron Thor's quiver, and the dark beast rushed forward recklessly.

Byron Thor took a step back out of habit and found that Roy had taken out a small silver hammer from beside him and was ready to fight.

Byron Thor quickly said to Roy:
"It's coming. Let's retreat quickly. The two of us can't stop it..."

Byron Thor drew his bow and shot the arrow again. This time, a burst of energy came out of his body, wrapping the ordinary arrow and sending it flying in a rapid rotation. The airflow stirred up by the feather arrow formed a series of airflow circles around the arrow shaft.

The arrow hit the hard shell of the crypt demon. The arrow had a powerful shock force, which instantly cracked the shell of the crypt demon...

While all the attention of the crypt demon was focused on Grems, Roy secretly opened the Book of Judgment and summoned the Hammer of Judgment from the pages.

The crypt demon with several arrows stuck in its body rushed in, and just as Byron Thor shouted, "Roy, hurry up and follow me..."

Roy followed Byron Thor and retreated, throwing the silver hammer in his hand.

Byron Thor only felt a powerful force of holy light rippling out from his ears. He turned his head and looked over. A hole was smashed in the chest of the Crypt Demon by the silver hammer. The fist-sized hole was constantly leaking rotten juice.

Byron Thor originally planned to protect Roy and leave.

But he never expected that Roy would use the Hammer of Judgment to smash a big hole in the crypt demon, and a thick aura of death was floating around the wound...

But even so, the crypt demon did not stop.

It was still like a steam locomotive, heading straight towards Byron Thor.

Byron Thor was also gathering an extremely shining magic arrow, and a large amount of wind magic was continuously poured into the feather arrow...

This is the wind element condensing, but it is unusually slow.

The crypt demon had already rushed ten meters away. Roy took advantage of this opportunity and threw out another silver hammer...

The small hammer emitting silver light hit the body of the crypt demon, and the crypt demon was immediately frozen in place.

Its body seemed to be under the spell of "time stagnation", and it stayed in the same place without moving.

The crypt demon raised its wings again, trying to fly up from the soft sand...

Byron Thor had absorbed all the wind elements into the shaft of the feather arrow. When the arrow flew out, the surrounding air seemed to be sucked in.

The arrow penetrated the top of the crypt demon's head and then came out from the tip of its butt.

The Crypt Demon's body was pierced by Byron Thor's arrow, and it immediately fell to the sand, with countless legs in its abdomen twitching continuously. Roy did not see the soul in the Crypt Demon's body, but only felt the dark air around the Crypt Demon's body dissipate.

Roy did not dare to neglect and immediately went up to pray...

A large amount of dark energy quickly transformed into holy light power, and holy light particles appeared in Roy's body...

Roy only threw out two silver hammers and knocked the crypt demon unconscious.

Byron Thor found that Roy was growing a little too fast. Facing such a level 3 monster, he was able to pin it down with just two hammer strikes...

While gasping for breath, he looked at Roy suspiciously.

……

The two quickly cleaned up the battlefield and then quickly patrolled the surrounding area.

As it was getting dark, a large number of dark creatures emerged from various places and floated in the air.

A ball of lavender mist began to appear. Byron Thor pulled Roy and pointed at the mist in the distance, saying, "Roy, look, the lich is hiding in there."

Roy looked at the rolling fog and could not see the existence of the lich at all...

But what Roy was sure of was that the lich was chasing them.

Byron Thor didn't even raise his head, grabbed Roy's arm, and ran back with all his might.

He did not hesitate at all, even though the two of them had just slaughtered a crypt demon in the morning. But when Byron Thor realized that the lich was coming, he took the initiative to take Roy to the back quietly.

Roy also strode back.

Some lich minions rushed out from the black fog and chased after them.

The two of them led the lich around in circles on the sand, trying not to let the lich catch up...

……

Byron Tor released a magic signal. The light green magic flare flew into the sky, leaving a beautiful trail in the black sky.

The great swordsman Alvin, who was on the other side of the battlefield, just cut off a magic eye.

Now an elf warrior shouted to Darwin the Great Swordsman:

"Great Swordsman Darwin, there is a trace of a lich in Byrontor."

"Immediately find a way to lure the lich over here and quickly give Byron and the others a chance to escape..."

Great Swordsman Darwin looked up into the distance and shouted loudly.

……

At the same time, the dwarves Linglan Bronzebeard and the great magician Dalakli, who were next to Roy and Byron Thor's group, also began to react quickly. They both ran towards the place where Roy and Byron Thor were spreading the magic signal.

"Darakli, hurry up!" Linglan Bronzebeard shouted at the top of his voice.

His voice could be heard far away in the dark land. A group of dark creatures heard the sound and quickly surrounded the dwarf warrior.

Linglan Bronzebeard held a war hammer in his hand and struck his shield fiercely. An arc of electricity was instantly generated by the friction and quickly spread outwards...

In an instant, countless dark creatures that approached were electrocuted to death by the lightning created by Linglan Bronzebeard.

The great magician Dalakli was behind the dwarf Linglan Bronzebeard, constantly releasing water arrows to kill the injured dark creatures...

The dwarf Linglan Bronzebeard took the lead and rushed in the front. The two of them kept approaching the area where Roy was.

The purple mist slowly appeared in the field of vision.

"Darakli, they really have encountered a lich, let's go over and help..."

The dwarf Linglan Bronzebeard shouted.

The great magician Dalakli followed behind breathlessly, constantly shouting to Linglan Bronzebeard:

"Ling Lan, run slower..."

(End of this chapter)