Full-Time Magister: Dark Lord

500. Desert Bone-Eating Spider

Kuma's loud shout left the mercenaries who were setting up camp somewhat bewildered.

Clearly, they haven't figured out what's going on, and they're already fighting?

Who you fight with is also a crucial factor...

"Advance? There are no demons nearby." Tommy, a man from the mercenary group, looked around with a puzzled expression.

There are clearly no demons or monsters around here, okay?

“Yes, I specifically checked this area…” another mercenary said.

"Open your dog eyes and stare at the stone wall!!" Kuma shouted in a fit of rage.

...

At this moment, in Cao Le's group, Ai Jiangtu and the others looked at Lingling with blank expressions.

To be honest, no one expected that this little girl would know so much!

"Don't underestimate her; she knows more than many of these old guys," Mo Fan said, carrying Lingling on his back.

Although Lingling is now a mage, in a place like this, her strength is really not enough.

"Here I am, up there, my God, it's a Desert Bone-Eating Spider!" a mercenary shouted.

The mercenary stood on the stone wall, deliberately tilting his head to the side to see that the slightly wider crack above his head was covered with dozens of desert bone-eating spiders.

Each of them possesses enormous venom glands, and their pointed heads resemble the ferocious and ruthless appearance of a wicked woman. Their slender and soft claws can adhere perfectly to vertical stone walls, and they can move at high speeds without making a sound!

Most mages use ground waves to sense creatures on the ground, especially when demons are moving. Ground waves can effectively detect the sound of stomping. The more demons there are, the stronger the sound of stomping. Therefore, experienced earth-type hunters will not allow themselves to be surrounded by a group of demons. When demons are moving in groups, the sound of stomping is more obvious.

However, these desert bone-eating spiders...they didn't make a sound at all, approaching silently, spying silently, in a silence that was chilling.

Most importantly, their numbers were enormous. They only noticed such a large group of demons when they got this close. If they had come any closer, they might not have even had time to set up a defense before being overwhelmed by them!

"What do we do?" Jiang Yu asked.

"Let's go in with them first," Ai Jiangtu said.

The purpose of joining a group is to conserve your own mana.

Otherwise, as Cao Le said, these mercenary groups are really nothing special...

They're not even as strong as that small team.

However, the Myron Mercenary Group was not an incompetent group, so if discovered in time, these desert bone-eating spiders were not actually that scary.

Following Ai Jiangtu's instructions, they quickly joined the group.

The mercenary group was indeed well-trained. Not long ago, they were just setting up camp haphazardly, but now they had organized their formation. A group of rock mages and light mages stood on the outer perimeter, while destruction mages stood inside their protective circle. Some agile and nimble mages were on the outer perimeter attracting the attention of demons from other directions, while a few stronger mages were free to do as they pleased!

The rock and light elemental protective rings enveloped them, and what followed... was a battle between the mercenary group and the Desert Bone-Eating Spiders.

The mercenary group had a wealth of combat experience, but these desert bone-eating spiders were no pushovers either.

Moreover, they were incredibly patient, maintaining a distance that the mercenary group's magic couldn't destroy.

In fact, if you cast high-level or super-level magic, you can also cause large-scale damage to them.

However, it must be understood that this is a canyon. Before unleashing powerful destructive magic, one must first consider that the rocks above may collapse, lest one be buried beneath the rift.

"Their attacks can't hit these desert bone-eating spiders. Also, what are these weird things planning to do? Why aren't they attacking?" Zhao Manyan asked in confusion.

"Who knows? These weird things are kind of creepy!" Jiang Yu said with some disgust.

Obviously, no one likes this kind of web crawler.

“I have a feeling that these spiders are plotting something…” Mo Fan said.

If there's no other way, why keep dragging this out?

They clearly didn't intend to attack, but it would be strange to say these crawlers had no intentions at all...

Kuma also felt that there was something wrong with these desert bone-eating spiders, so he had his team move to a wider road.

As soon as the mercenary group moved, the Desert Bone-Eating Spiders immediately began to move, making very faint crawling sounds. As the entire mercenary group moved, they also moved their positions.

These things are always climbing and hanging above everyone's heads, watching and looking down, waiting for their chance to strike, which does give people an extremely irritating sense of pressure.

No one can accept the feeling of having so many spiders staring at you from above, and you have to keep looking up and watching to see if there's one lying quietly on the nearby rock wall, ready to pounce when they're not looking!

"Move towards the wider gorge. Once we get there, these things will only be able to climb onto the stone walls on either side of us. If they dare to follow us again, we'll wipe them all out," the man named Gavin, the head of the regiment, instructed.

After receiving his order, everyone immediately complied. About five or six hundred meters away was the wide gorge, a relatively direct and large crack about three hundred meters wide. Above them was the sky, and on both sides were rocky cliffs. The desert bone-eating spiders could no longer hide in those jagged and strange rock crevices.

However...

When they arrived here, everyone was completely stunned!

The desert bone-eating spiders behind us stopped following, but there were desert bone-eating spiders everywhere on both sides...

The quantity here is even greater!

The desert bone-eating spiders behind them did not pursue them, as if they had deliberately driven them into this encirclement!

What's most puzzling is that even after arriving here, these desert bone-eating spiders still showed no intention of attacking and maintained a safe distance.

"Should we go back..." a mercenary group leader asked.

Kuma was about to nod when suddenly a scream rang out...

"what!"

Then... a series of sounds rang out. This narrow, rugged place was teeming with desert bone-eating spiders, and people were constantly losing their lives. A sense of dread washed over many...

"Be careful of your surroundings," Cao Le said, looking at the group.

“These desert bone-eating spiders can attach themselves to the rocks here, forming a kind of camouflage. When they are not moving, it is really difficult to detect their presence,” Lingling added.

The materials that the little girl bought were not only expensive, but also contained a lot of useful information.

"rough..."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Manyan selectively moved to the middle.

Although he is a defensive mage, he is still difficult to defend against if the opponent launches a sudden attack.

Jiang Shaoxu then came to Cao Le's side; her combat ability was clearly somewhat lacking.

As for Lingling, she was accompanied by Mo Fan.

"Return the way you came!"

At this moment, the regimental leader in front shouted.

With no way forward and clearly no good solutions available, especially given the uncertainty of the other party's intentions... retreating is the best option!

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501. The Cunning Assassin

As the main force began to retreat, these desert bone-eating spiders, though still showing no sign of giving up, maintained a safe distance.

It's as if they're waiting for an opportunity to strike a fatal blow.

The retreat still resulted in some damage. After all, the light here was not very bright, and the desert bone-eating spiders had camouflage, clinging to the rocks, the ground, and even the walls... Even with sufficient caution, there were still some considerable losses.

So far, Cao Le and his group haven't encountered any attacks from desert bone-eating spiders.

"Speaking of which, these desert bone-eating spiders don't seem to have any intention of attacking us at all?" Zhao Manyan muttered to himself, feeling quite puzzled.

"Are you sick? Isn't it good that they didn't attack you?" Guan Yu said, looking at Zhao Manyan with an expression as if he were an idiot.

"rough..."

Zhao Manyan was quite annoyed!

“I also think it’s good that they don’t attack us, isn’t it?” Jiang Yu interjected.

"They didn't attack us because they could sense our strength and didn't want to leave any damage here," Cao Le interjected.

These desert bone-eating spiders always target the weaker members of mercenary groups when they make their move.

When faced with a powerful opponent, they simply don't make a move.

"Nan Jue, can you determine their distribution?"

Nan Jue is a sound-based mage. Only a sound-based mage could determine the situation of an opponent who is invisible.

However, Nan Jue shook his head regretfully.

There was no way around it; these desert bone-eating spiders moved too slowly and cautiously. Nan Jue's sonic hearing was of little use unless the desert bone-eating spider initiated an attack or couldn't resist starting to climb quickly.

After retreating back to their previous campsite, Kuma immediately dispatched a fairly strong squad to begin the inspection.

She's capable of being the vice-leader of a mercenary group, so she must have some brains.

We won't really stay here and waste time with them.

After all, no one knows what kind of conspiracy these cunning desert bone-eating spiders are plotting.

Those scouting mages were extremely cautious during their exploration, yet some still managed to get injured.

The desert bone-eating spider is like a cunning killer; if it cannot kill with a single blow, it will immediately hide.

Because of the camouflage, the query process is incredibly slow...

"Rumble rumble rumble~~~~"

"Rumble rumble rumble~~~~"

From afar, strange vibrations came from the ground. Nan Jue, with his powerful hearing, stood still and listened intently.

The sound-based mages detected the noise from a greater distance, so before anyone else could figure out what to do, Nan Jue suddenly heard a strange noise and muttered, "Could it be a beast tide?"