Lords go left, Emperors go right

The mysterious men in black who were in the team with Grace were exploring carefully under the command of the mysterious lady. They seemed to be more professional and were very cautious with every step, unlike the Osta team on this side.

The members of the Osta team were just like they were out shopping, without any precautions. They looked defenseless, almost like they were full of flaws. The destination of this operation was a place deep in the center of the Netherfire Forest where precious medicinal herbs grew. It was the only green area in the forest.

The joint team had just advanced a distance when they were attacked by dark monsters. The previous intelligence said that this was the territory of the Dark Spiders. However, when the actual battle began, Osta found that the problem was serious.

The dark monsters that Osta and his companions were facing, the Underworld Demon Spiders, seemed to have known the relevant information in advance. They were lying in ambush here, waiting for their prey to come to them. Hundreds of huge black spiders came from all directions and surrounded Osta and his joint adventure group in an instant.

The appearance of the Underworld Demon Spider is similar to that of ordinary giant spiders, but the difference is also obvious. These behemoths are between five and ten meters long, with a semi-human upper body and a spider body in the lower body. They look like a hybrid monster grafted from the human race and the demon spider race.

The half-body humanoids on the Underworld Demon Spiders were very strange, almost all of them were faceless people without faces. Osta felt that they simply cut the victim in half and placed the severed upper body on themselves. The head of the upper body of the humanoid had no facial features, and it looked bloody and creepy. It might be that they really attached the upper body of the victim to themselves.

"The Dark Spiders, a solitary dark monster, actually acted in groups!"

After the joint adventure team was surrounded, they had no time to fight back. Hundreds of netherworld spiders sprayed poisonous smoke at the joint adventure team at the same time. The green poisonous smoke was obviously poisonous. Even the bones on the ground were dissolved by the poison. The corrosion effect could not be measured by the standard of concentrated sulfuric acid. It was at least at the same level as aqua regia.

"Miss, I'm sorry, don't mind it!"

"Sir, you..."

After Osta found himself under concentrated fire from the opposite side, this gentleman prince subconsciously reached out and grabbed the mysterious young lady who was not far from him. At the critical moment, this gentleman lord would still choose the important lady without hesitation.

The mysterious lady's team, except for the lady herself, this lady, all other team members are that. Osta adheres to the principle of "women rescue, men strengthen themselves", and only helped the mysterious lady. The other mysterious men in black depend on their luck. Anyway, Osta will not sit idly by when the beautiful girl around him is in danger.

The mysterious lady was stunned on the spot. She had agreed with Osta before entering the Hellfire Forest. At the critical moment, when it was a matter of life and death, both sides could choose to sell out their teammates without hesitation.

Osta's choice made the mysterious lady feel mixed emotions for a while, and she didn't know what to say. Osta was still calm and didn't lose sight of the big picture. At the same time, she hugged her sister, "Jade Princess" Audrey, and pulled her into her arms. Only these two girls needed protection at the scene, and the other accompanying beautiful girls had no problem protecting themselves.

Those unlucky men in black were completely wiped out and swallowed up by the poisonous fog of the Underworld Spider on the spot. They disappeared one by one after the green poisonous fog passed by. Except for a pool of corpse water on the ground, not even a small piece of bone was seen.

After the poisonous fog dissipated, the Hades Demon Spiders only saw the empty ground. They did not see Osta and the others. There were only a few pools of corpse water on the empty ground. It was impossible to tell whose was whose. When they were attacked, the other side did not even have time to scream.

"Mavis was defeated too? No way! She was defeated by us so easily. It seems that the Lord of the Underworld was worrying too much."

"I didn't find the Grim Reaper's scythe. Look carefully to see if it's missing anywhere. It will be hard to explain to Her Majesty the Queen if we go back like this."

The Hades Demon Spiders can speak the human language because their human upper bodies were grafted on and they were originally human. After they could no longer see anyone else at the scene, the Hades Demon Spiders thought they had won, but they didn't expect to easily defeat the little death goddess Mephis, who even the King of the Underworld was wary of.

This batch of dark monsters was only the first batch to carry out the encirclement and ambush operations, and there were several more batches of monsters to follow. The victory of the first batch was far beyond the expectations of the abyss monsters. The joy of victory came too suddenly, and the netherworld spiders were not used to it for a while, and felt that the victory was too easy.

Except for not finding the lost artifact "Death Cutter" used by the loli death god Mavis, all other combat objectives were perfectly achieved. The Hades Spiders searched the scene for a long time, almost digging three feet into the ground, but apart from the corpse water, they still could not find direct evidence of the annihilation of the Osta team.

After searching in vain, they could only return to their nest to report the results of this special raid to the Queen of the Underworld Spiders. It was up to the Queen of the Underworld to decide whether to report to the King of the Underworld and inform him of the good news of the successful completion of the mission.

The Osta team was fine, they were just faking their death. When they were attacked by the poisonous fog, the Death God Loli Mavis waved the lost artifact "Death Cutter" in her hand, and used the Death God's sickle to cut the void in front of them, opening up an independent space area.

The team members hid in this independent space and were not attacked by the poisonous fog. The concentrated fire attack of the netherworld spiders was also slowed down by the special effect of the lost artifact "Golden Eyes" used by "Black Rose" Avril, and there was a short delay before the attack on the members of the Aosta team. It was this delay that made the netherworld spiders fail to see the closed space gate in the end, and mistakenly thought that the target was all dissolved by the poisonous fog.

Chris and the others did not make a move. The three accompanying head maids just watched the show for the time being. With Avril and Mavis taking action in the front, they were happy to be idle and save their real trump cards until the last moment.

When the team came out of the independent space, the netherworld spiders that surrounded the place had dispersed, and only a few pools of corpse water remained on the ground, as if silently accusing the evil scene that had just happened. In the blink of an eye, dozens of living people were gone, perfectly explaining what fleeting means.

"Thank...thank you, sir. Can you tell me the reason?"

"Miss, forget about this reason. I'll tell you the truth! I don't want to see the ladies around me get hurt. As for the men, it's up to fate."

"Sir, your reason is too straightforward."

"Miss, I am a very honest person and I won't say anything against my will."

"Sir, you can't make money by being honest. This is not suitable for you..."

"Miss, I'm not a businessman. Those things don't matter."

After escaping danger, the mysterious lady was still in shock. She was grateful to Osta, but she was also a little uncomfortable with the directness of this gentleman. Osta said very frankly that he only lent a hand because the other party was a girl, without any pretense. Osta did not find any noble reasons, and almost admitted directly to her face that he acted because he was tempted by the beauty of the other party.

Although they were out of danger for the time being, the mysterious lady spoke with a somewhat frustrated tone, unable to hide her disappointment. This time, it could be said that they had a bad start. The joint adventure group was attacked by dark monsters as soon as they set out, and they were almost wiped out after a round of concentrated fire. The men she brought with her were directly killed, and they were wiped out by the dark monsters on the opposite side in one encounter, and they had almost no means to fight back.

The mysterious lady originally thought that the Osta team was just cannon fodder. Now, the mysterious lady found that her team members were cannon fodder. If she stopped here, she would be very unwilling. In order to complete this special medicinal material collection activity, the mysterious lady prepared for more than a year. How could she give up so easily?

It was no use continuing the fight, as he had no subordinates. In other words, he was no longer worth cooperating with. This mysterious lady came from the northern continent of the human race, and her mindset was still that of a businessman. She did not realize that for a certain gentleman prince, even if the other party was penniless, as long as she was a beautiful girl, everything would be negotiable.

"Miss, I'll arrange for someone to take you back to the Nameless Pier! If the ferry arrives tomorrow, you can go back to Anubis City (Styx Town) and wait for me to return."

"Wait, sir, can you let me join your team? I must participate in this collection operation. The reward will be recalculated. As long as it succeeds, I will give you a big gift."

"That won't do, Miss. I don't know much about your situation, and I don't really care whether I can pay the promised reward or not."

"Sir, you can ask for any reward you want. I have no shortage of gold coins."

"Miss, the exploration ahead will be even more dangerous. It's hard to feel at ease bringing someone whose background you don't know into your team. You're a smart girl, you should understand what I mean."

"Well...Okay! Sir, I will reveal to you everything that can be told to outsiders. I hope you can accept this cooperation proposal."

The mysterious young lady really had no choice but to reveal some details that could be told to Osta after a brief thought. Osta took the opportunity to find out the origin and purpose of this mysterious young lady.

Although she did not reveal her real name, Osta still understood the basic situation of the mysterious lady. This mysterious lady was one of the granddaughters of the president of a famous chamber of commerce in the northern continent of the human race. Osta speculated that the scale of her chamber of commerce was at the same level as the Euphenix Chamber of Commerce controlled by the family to which Lanis belonged.

The old president who controlled the super chamber of commerce, the grandfather of the mysterious lady, had contracted a mysterious disease a few years ago and fell into a long-term coma, with symptoms similar to those of a vegetative state. Because the old president did not give a successor before he became mysteriously paralyzed, the chamber of commerce was in a state of chaos and was in danger of splitting at any time.

Many children were eyeing the succession to the position of president, and the Super Chamber of Commerce used the best treatment methods and methods, but failed to wake up the old president. The old president usually doted on this mysterious young lady and regarded her as his most beloved granddaughter.

The mysterious young lady came here out of desperation. She heard that deep in the Hellfire Forest, there were special herbs that could cure those difficult and complicated diseases. Out of caution, she did not reveal this news to her other brothers and sisters, as many of them had ulterior motives and did not want the old president to wake up.

"Sir, as long as you complete the collection, I will give you a generous reward after I return to the Super Chamber of Commerce."

"Miss, this is no problem. It's no problem to help you by the way."

Osta agreed to the other party's request without even thinking about it. He didn't know that the super chamber of commerce of this mysterious young lady was in competition with the super chamber of commerce to which his fiancée belonged. His accidental intervention indirectly affected the commercial war situation of the human race in the northern continent.

There are indeed many precious medicinal herbs in the depths of the Hellfire Forest, but it is hard to say whether they can cure all diseases. If it is affected by spiritual magic such as curse, no matter how precious the herbs are, they will not work. The relationship between the human race in the northern continent and the eastern continent is cold, and almost no one believes in the eastern religion. The Church of Light in the eastern continent has no way to expand its influence to the northern continent of the human race.

There is no branch of the Church of Light in the northern continent of the human race. If the grandfather of the mysterious lady was ambushed by a cursed spiritual magic, this operation would basically be in vain. Osta did not know the real situation and did not tell his speculation to the mysterious lady for the time being.

Chapter 151: The Unexpected True Betrayer

The dark monsters active in the Netherfire Forest are mainly the Netherfire Demon Spiders. The actual control area of ​​this type of dark monster accounts for half of the total area of ​​the Netherfire Forest. Other types of dark monsters generally do not easily cross the border. Running to other dark monster territories is a very rare exception.

Lord Osta's team used the tactic of faking their own death to successfully deceive the first group of underworld spiders that besieged them. The underworld spiders did not see the bodies and mistakenly thought that Osta and his men were swallowed by the poisonous fog. Not even their bodies were left, and they died in the first round of their concentrated fire attack.

After the besieging netherworld spiders dispersed one after another, the Osta team came out from their hiding place and reappeared in the netherfire forest. The next action was relatively simple.

The Black Rose Avril is in charge of leading the way. She can use the special ability of the lost artifact "Golden Eyes" to remotely track the departing Underworld Spider. The target being tracked has no way of realizing that he or she is being remotely monitored.

"Lord Osta, we have found the nest of those spiders. It is not far ahead. There are about a thousand of them. They should be all the netherworld spiders living in the entire netherworld forest."

"One thousand... This number is not a big problem. Avril, have you found the place to collect the herbs?"

"Wait a moment, Lord Osta, I saw that the collection site is near the Demon Spider's Nest."

"These... those herbs really know how to pick the best places to grow them! Avril, thank you for your hard work."

With her super long-range reconnaissance capabilities, Avril successfully located the target's exact location in the first place. She found the gathering place of the netherworld spiders, which was an underground cave. The entrance of the cave was located on the back of an unnamed hill, and it looked like the entrance to a tomb.

Thousands of giant netherworld spiders gathered on the plains surrounding the underground cave. They were so densely packed that it seemed as if they were waiting for the higher being in the cave to come out and summon them.

The place where Osta wanted to collect herbs was near the underground cave. The collection site was very conspicuous and could be identified from a distance. The Hellfire Forest was full of cursed trees, withered vegetation, and a desolate scene of cracked ground, except for a small piece of green grass in front.

This is out of tune with the surrounding environment. The various strange plants growing on the green grass are the precious medicinal materials that Osta and his team want to collect. These precious medicinal materials grow deep in the Hellfire Forest and absorb the life energy of the adventurers and mercenaries who died here. They grow indirectly after being bloodthirsty.

Those special herbs have no conditions for growth in the outside world. Therefore, they are all unique plants in the Nether Fire Forest. If you want to collect herbs, the more than a thousand Nether Earth Demon Spiders will be a big trouble. You may worry that they will set traps near the herbs.

"Yulia, I'd like to trouble you to deal with those netherworld spiders."

"No problem, Lord Osta. Do you need to keep him alive?"

"Yulia, there should be a commander-level higher-ranking being in the cave. It is enough to keep that one."

"Understood, Lord Osta. Please wait a moment. I will take care of it right away."

Osta gave the order to assign the task of dealing with the Underworld Spider to his personal battle maid Yulia. This beautiful girl with black hair and black eyes, her fighting style and actual ability obviously leaned towards assassination, and she was more suitable for this commission than Chris and Sophia on the other side. The two battle maid companions were not good at assassination and other combat methods.

Yuliya accepted Osta's request. She turned around gracefully and disappeared into the shadow under her feet. Yuliya hid in her own shadow and then moved forward. The netherworld spiders never thought that they would be surrounded by a person one day. The ground under their feet suddenly changed.

The netherworld spiders sank completely into the shadows beneath their feet, as if they were drowning. They didn't even have time to make any sound before they completely sank into their own shadows and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

The fate of the Hades Spider was even worse than those who died in its poisonous mist attack. The former at least left a pool of corpse water, proving that they had existed, while the latter disappeared completely, leaving no trace, as if they had never existed.

The mysterious lady who teamed up with Osta was in a state of doubt for a moment. Although there were masters among the human race who could defeat dark monsters, the scene in front of them was obviously beyond the normal range. Anyway, none of the human warriors she knew could achieve such a terrifying effect.

Yuliya made more than a thousand dark monsters disappear so completely with a simple move. The entire special operation lasted only a short time, just a blink of an eye. Yuliya quickly rose from the disappearing shadows, looking normal, as if what happened just now had nothing to do with her.

"Lord Osta, we have dealt with it. Except for the one in the underground cave, the other guys who are in the way are gone."

"Yulia, are all those netherworld spiders dead?"

"Lord Osta, it would be a waste to kill them. I just transformed their existence from monsters into pure energy and recovered them."

"Well done, Yulia."

Yulia did not kill any of the Dark Spiders, she just used the shadow to suck all the more than a thousand Dark Spiders into a special space. The dark monsters were directly transformed into dark energy and taken into her possession, which was actually the same as being killed.

Osta seriously doubted that even gods could not do this conversion. However, he still did not ask about Yulia's true identity. The few exclusive female combat maids around Osta were all special. If they did not take the initiative to say it, Osta would not ask or explore it. Some things did not need to be investigated for the time being.

The mysterious lady was petrified, and only came back to her senses after the "Jade Princess" Audrey reached out and shook her a few times. Yulia's method of converting dark monsters into energy was far beyond the cognition of normal people and was clearly a fantasy.

After all the netherworld spiders disappeared, the Osta team set out and came to the medicinal herbs growing area. "Black Rose" Avril had used her lost artifact "Golden Eye" to conduct several rounds of remote reconnaissance in advance, and personally confirmed that there were no traps set up around the medicinal herbs growing area. Only after it was safe to collect them did the Osta team members come over.

"Brother Osta, there are many medicinal herbs here that I have never seen before. I need to grind a small amount and test it to know what type it is."

"Sister Delis, only children make choices. Adults of course want everything. You are not a child anymore, so you should understand what I mean, right?"

"Brother Osta, you are so greedy!"

"Sister Delis, let's take away all the herbs growing here. As long as they can be used, whether they are poisonous or medicinal, you can take them away."

"Okay, Brother Osta. I'll listen to you this time. I'll collect them all and take them away."

After seeing so many strange-looking herbs, there was obvious excitement in the voice of "Emerald Princess" Audrey. This beautiful girl with emerald green hair and a pair of emerald eyes is mainly a pharmacist.

When Princess Audrey saw such rare and precious medicinal herbs, it was impossible for the little girl not to be excited due to professional habit. Osta himself was a layman and did not understand the preciousness of these medicinal herbs. He could only entrust his sister Audrey, a professional, to take full responsibility and coordinate the collection and use of the herbs.

Osta himself planned to go to the underground nest to confirm the upper demon who secretly controlled the entire group of netherworld spiders. Osta had already learned the general situation of the underground cave, the environment and terrain, and other intelligence clues from "Black Rose" Avril.

Avril used the lost artifact "Golden Eye" to investigate, and basically confirmed that there were no traps in the underground nest. There was only the upper monster that ruled the group of netherworld spiders, so it was no problem to find someone to fight alone.

Not all of the Osta team went to explore the underground nest. Only Osta and the few dedicated combat maids accompanying him went together. The others stayed in the medicinal herb growing area to help. Chris and the others were the ceiling of Osta's combat power, so they had to go with them.

Osta's sister, "Jade Princess" Audrey was responsible for collecting precious herbs, and the mysterious lady who cooperated with her was Audrey's assistant, assisting Princess Audrey in collecting herbs. Death loli Mavis and "Black Rose" Avril also stayed here. They did not need to collect herbs, but were responsible for protecting the two companions who were collecting herbs. It was enough to protect the safety of their teammates.

The strange attack method that Yuliya showed just now was too shocking. In an instant, she eliminated more than a thousand netherworld spiders and ended the battle on the spot. Shocked by this terrifying fighting power, the rest of the team members did not raise any objections to Osta taking several exclusive combat maids around him to explore the netherworld spider nest. The fighting power shown by Yuliya was enough for them to collect medicinal herbs here with peace of mind.

There was no treasure in the lair of the Underworld Spider. Except for the dragons, most monsters and demons did not have the habit of storing gold and silver treasures in the lair where they lived. After entering the lair, Yulia explored the way in front of the team, and Sophia was at the end of the team to guard against sneak attacks from behind.

Lord Osta was in the middle of the team, with protection in front and behind, and Chris accompanying him, as if he had taken out three insurance policies. Osta could observe everything without worrying about the possibility of being attacked.

The harsh and complex environment of this underground nest is not suitable for human beings to stay for a long time. There are dense spider webs everywhere, and it looks like it is covered with a layer of gray silk.

Osta could occasionally see human skeletons on the spider webs, which were obviously left by the victims. As for when the adventurers and mercenaries came from, it was hard to verify. Anyway, judging from the weapons and armor left behind, they were all rusty and had obviously been left here for a long time.

After the Osta team went deep into the nest for a long distance, they finally found the upper monster that secretly controlled the netherworld spider in the center of the nest. This was an extremely ugly monster, and like the netherworld spider outside, it had a human-shaped upper body and a spider-shaped lower body.

Osta could only roughly tell from the human-like outline of the upper body that this guy was a female. It should be the Demonic Spider Queen mentioned by the group of netherworld demon spiders that ambushed and surrounded them before.

When in the lair, due to the influence and constraints of the terrain and other conditions, the Demon Spider Queen deliberately reduced her body size to make it look not so huge, only about two meters tall, a little taller than the average normal human.

The Spider Queen has no aesthetic appeal at all. She looks like a BOSS from a horror movie. Her face is so rotten that her facial features are glued together. It might as well be faceless.

Osta was instantly disillusioned. A certain gentleman lord had previously imagined that he would be able to find a good monster girl by exploring the lair in depth. However, ideals are beautiful, but reality is not like this, and it is often the opposite of ideals.

The main reason is that the so-called King of the Underworld is not an orthodox one. He naturally does not have any monster girls under his command. According to professional terms, this Demon Spider Queen should be considered a subspecies, not a real Demon Spider Queen at all. The real Demon Spider Queen is indeed a monster girl, and her appearance and figure are not much inferior to those of humans.

"How dare you trespass into my territory."

"You are just a fake subspecies, using someone else's name. The real Demon Spider Queen won't be that ugly."

"How dare you..."

After her true identity was discovered by the opponent, the subspecies spider queen was furious. Just when she was about to launch an attack, the opponent preempted her. Chris took advantage of Yulia's verbal battle with the subspecies spider queen and taunted the opponent in front, and prepared the attack method in advance.

Before the subspecies Demon Spider Queen could make a move, she was cut in half by the silver wheel-shaped energy that Chris casually threw out. The silver wheel of light split the subspecies Demon Spider Queen in the middle, severing the connection between the upper and lower halves.

"Wait...wait, don't...don't kill me, we can talk it out. These are all orders from the King of the Underworld. I am just following orders. I have no intention of going against you."

"Following orders? How did the King of the Underworld know we were coming? Or did he arrange for you to attack specifically?"

"This... I don't either... Wait, let me say..."

After the subspecies Demon Spider Queen was cut in half by her opponent, she immediately surrendered. She originally wanted to pretend that she didn't know, but when Chris was about to launch another silver halo magic attack, the subspecies Demon Spider Queen instantly became scared and told Osta everything she knew.

In the face of absolute power suppression, the Demon Spider Queen did not dare to hide anything. The person she provoked this time was too terrifying, with unfathomable strength, and it felt like he was much stronger than her superior, the Underworld King. He was incredibly powerful, reaching an outrageous level.

Although he didn't know the name of the leaker, Osta still knew that the King of the Underworld had learned about the relevant action plan from a reliable source. After a little thought, he guessed that the biggest suspect was the Styx witch Melissa, the only outsider among the insiders.

Other insiders around Osta would not betray the information. Chris and the others accompanied Osta the whole time and never left the sight of the gentleman king for a long time. Osta felt a little unhappy. He did not expect that the Styx witch Melissa would secretly betray him and leak the action plan to the King of the Underworld in advance.

The actions of Osta were known to the King of the Underworld from the beginning. If it weren't for the super strength and super combat power of his side, they would have been defeated and died miserably. For Osta, this was the first time he was betrayed by a girl after traveling to another world. Fortunately, he discovered it in time and no serious consequences were caused.