adventurers in the sewers

Chapter 127 What does it mean to kill an enemy of a higher level?

"I'm all set, now it's up to Youmis to decide what to do."

Louis's eyes flickered, and he turned his attention to Ymir's perspective.

The three witches had already lay down to rest, seemingly to coordinate their spellcasting together; they were even sleeping in the same bed.

"Move them, take them down."

After repeatedly confirming that the witches were exhausted, Louis coldly issued the order.

He wanted to kill the witches not only because he coveted their noble mage attributes, but also to eliminate any future troubles.

Otherwise, what if I'm halfway there with Molly's body, and the witches realize the body has been stolen and use magic to control it, turning it against me?

Even after the siege, the demonic energy within Molly's body couldn't have been completely depleted.

If even a tiny bit remains and is exploited by the witches, he's finished.

With his small frame, he wouldn't be able to withstand any of Molly the Hero's attacks and would be killed on the spot.

But once the Lich King is defeated, even just one of them, this kind of accident will not happen.

Under the control of the slave's mind lock, Youmis steadfastly carried out this task.

He silently extended his claws in the darkness, his body seemingly merging into the shadows, remaining completely still.

He extended his claws and quietly approached the throat of the nearest lich, making a gentle swipe.

Just like a craft knife slicing through paper, the throat of this witch, who was only skilled in magic but had exhausted all her magical energy, was easily slit open.

The witch did not die immediately. She suddenly widened her eyes and opened her mouth as if to say something, but only a hoarse, leaky sound came out.

Its vitality quickly faded, and it was clear that it was about to die.

Ymir did not stop killing; his claws silently grazed the necks of two other witches, killing them without a sound.

The biggest weakness of a squishy mage lies here: once a warrior or assassin gets close, even if the mage is a whole level higher than the enemy, they can still be easily killed by a higher-level enemy.

Moreover, the witches were not on the battlefield at the moment, so they were neither on guard nor had they set up any defensive magic.

It can be said that he died a very frustrating death.

Yumis, who had personally committed this act, was in a state of profound shock.

What's going on?

Why would that great demon instruct me to do such a thing?

Why kill three level 2 witch masters?

For a moment, Youmis vaguely realized that her previous guess might be wrong.

The so-called great demon who controls him may not be some young master from the demon realm who came to the mortal world to gain experience, but rather the real enemy.

Just as this thought came to mind, Youmis suddenly heard a calm voice behind her.

"Yomis, lift your head and don't move."

Under the absolute command of the slave's mind lock, Youmis uncontrollably raised her head high.

His will to survive allowed him to regain some control of his body.

He strained to turn his head back a few degrees, and then he saw a black and red sword light growing larger and larger in front of him.

Zheng—

The Shadow Demon's head was severed by the sword light and fell towards the ground.

Louis deftly extended the tip of his sword and plunged it into the severed head, hanging it on the sword to prevent it from making a sound when it hit the ground.

A quadra kill was easily achieved.

Louis quickly stepped forward, caught the body of Ymirs who was about to fall, and put it into his magic pocket.

Then he also put the three witch corpses into his magic pocket.

The level two corpse was a bit of a strain on the magic pocket, but it managed to eat it in the end.

However, judging from the current state of the magic pocket, these three level 2 demon corpses cannot be left for long; otherwise, the magic pocket will still burst.

"Looks like I'll have to find a way to get a more advanced magic pocket."

Louis thought to himself.

To his dismay, he didn't find any storage equipment on either Youmis or the Witch, otherwise he could have gotten it for free.

Throughout the entire ordeal, Louis never touched the corpses of these spoils of war.

The reason is simple: looting corpses is too wasteful now.

Whether it was the remains of the hero Molly or the corpses of the three witch demons, they were all level 2 or higher powerhouses in life.

However, my current attribute cap is only 20. If I start looting corpses before changing jobs, I will undoubtedly waste a lot of attribute points.

You should wait until you've changed jobs before looting corpses; that's when it's most cost-effective.

As for when I will change jobs?

It all depends on when my own Level 2 Hero's Manual will appear.

And this time will not be too late.

He already knew the method to access the Level 2 Hero's Secret Manual when he first changed jobs.

Once the great feat of saving 100,000 people is accomplished, the secret manual will be created, and you will immediately gain the location where the manual was created.

The moment we bring back Molly's remains, the great undertaking will be complete.

If all goes well, the job change should be happening in the next few days.

With the prospect of a bright future laid out before him, Louis felt his courage burning brightly.

Then, without hesitation, he carried Molly's body and ran away!

When Louis reached the edge of the demon camp's barrier, he transformed himself completely into a demon, just as he had done on the way there, and stepped out.

But as he stepped out of the barrier, an alarm sound, like the shriek of a banshee, suddenly rang out from the demon camp behind him!

boom-

Suddenly, intense flames erupted from the stone house in the center of the camp, and a ferocious and majestic demon, more than four meters tall and covered in golden-red lava, roared.

The lava demons stationed at the demon camp have been mobilized.

Louis's heart sank.

Without a doubt, the one who triggered the camp's barrier was not him, but the hero's remains on his shoulder.

This is clearly an alarm measure taken by the demons to prevent Molly's body from being stolen; the alarm will be triggered if the body is left at an inappropriate time.

However, Louis was not entirely unprepared for this situation.

There's only one solution to this problem: run! Run as fast as you can!

Super bounce!

Louis's body sank, and with a sudden burst of power from his leg muscles, he leaped into the air like a cannonball.

As he ascended, he rapidly transformed his demonic energy into pure magic, simultaneously activating Shadow Domination and Shadow Sword Technique, concealing himself in the dark night sky.

However, in the brief interval between Louis's launch and his activation of his stealth ability to disappear into the darkness, the Lava Demon had already noticed him.

The level-three great demon roared fiercely, "Damn human thief! Leave my things behind!"

Boom boom boom—

The lava demon strode out of the camp, the ground beneath its feet melting from the scorching heat emanating from its body.

However, running can never outrun flying.

No matter how large the lava demon was or how fast it moved, it would be difficult for it to catch up with Louis, who was flying through the air like a swift.

As the roars of the lava demons behind him faded into the distance, Louis couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

With his ability to fly as his advantage, he wanted to run away, and sure enough, even a level three demon couldn't catch up with him.

However, what happened next made Louis's face freeze.

Then the lava demon opened its huge mouth and spewed out chunks of lava.

These lava formations, like a meteor shower, left long trails of flame across the night sky, with hundreds and thousands of lava meteors covering the sky above Louis's location.

If it were just lava meteors, that would be one thing; these things are powerful but inaccurate, and even thousands of them wouldn't have much of an effect on Louis.

The problem was that the glow of the lava was faintly dispelling the darkness around him.