The Heartbeat of the Cruel Elves

The mighty river water hit the rock walls on both sides, creating a wave of spray. A dark elf warrior who was running was poured down by the "wave".

He screamed in horror and continued running forward desperately, his speed suddenly increasing to a higher level.

At this moment, Li Yin suddenly discovered something unusual.

The blood that splashed on the dark elf warrior should have flowed down under the action of gravity, but in fact it did not - only a few drops of blood fell as he ran, while more of them were firmly attached to his body, and some of them even completely violated the law of gravity and were climbing up along his lapels, neck, and face!

Li Yin frowned and looked intently. As the dark elf ran away, the distance between them quickly closed, and he could gradually see more details of him.

Those blood lines that were climbing up his body—that was not blood!

After a closer look, Li Yin was shocked to find that they were tiny bugs. The so-called blood was just an illusion formed by countless red bugs densely packed together.

These insects—Li Yin opened his eyes as wide as he could, trying to see the details of them clearly in the dark environment, from a long distance—they had eight slender limbs, a huge, round abdomen, a relatively small head, and two other short and thick chelicerae growing out of the head...

"Spider." These distinctive physical features allowed Li Yin to immediately identify their race.

"Scarlet Spider!" At the same time, a dark elf shouted loudly.

The information that once belonged to Turner in his mind suddenly surged out, and a great sense of crisis suddenly swept over Li Yin. Scarlet spiders are very small and red spiders. A single scarlet spider is not a threat, but it is almost impossible to encounter any single scarlet spider, because they live in groups, act collectively, prey, and hunt, just like... in front of me.

Li Yin raised his head and looked behind the fleeing soldiers, at the "blood river" that seemed to cover the sky. "Blood river" was just a figurative metaphor, its true identity was the scarlet tide formed by countless scarlet spiders coming together!

Although these bloodthirsty, crazy little spiders are not worth mentioning individually, they can devour any creature in an instant by gathering a scarlet tide with their unparalleled advantage in numbers. After the storm, only piles of bones are left...

Many dark elf soldiers also recognized the true face of this "blood river". As the spider tide and the soldiers driven by the spider tide approached, they began to retreat. Their hands holding the weapons trembled constantly. Although those were fine weapons made of fine gold with the outstanding craftsmanship of the dark elves, they all clearly realized that in the face of such a disaster, no matter what kind of magic weapon or sharp blade it was, it would be of no use at all.

"Don't," at this moment, a sharp voice suddenly sounded in the main force, beside Li Yin. Li Yin turned his head and saw Cassia's fair and beautiful face full of joy and enthusiasm. Li Yin was slightly stunned. He had never seen such a rich expression appear on her face as cold as an iceberg. "Don't hurt them!"

Li Yin reacted suddenly.

As a priestess of the Spider Goddess, she appears to be communicating with the goddess' followers, stopping them from harming their own kind.

But, is such a call really effective?

Li Yin looked forward again with a mixture of doubt and hope.

At the same time, the dark elf soldier who had the scarlet spider clinging to his body raised his hand and slapped his cheek in panic.

"Snap!" With a crisp sound, his hand fell heavily on his cheek, and the scarlet spiders clinging to his face immediately exploded, splashing blood.

His expression relaxed for a moment, but only for a moment - the next moment, his facial muscles suddenly began to twitch violently, his whole body kept spasming, and a shrill wail burst out from his throat!

Li Yin's sharp eyesight allowed him to notice that at this moment, the dark elf soldier had more than one spot of scarlet blood all over his body. The spot on his face was the scarlet blood of the scarlet spider, but the other spots... those tiny spiders were clinging to him tightly, their claws flapping, biting his body frantically, and the scarlet blood that spread was his own blood!

"I said, don't hurt her." Seeing this, Cassia shouted anxiously and angrily.

Li Yin had never seen her lose her composure like this. He was surprised that his mistress was so loving to her soldiers - although this didn't seem to be a bad thing, but -

Wait - the family crest on that guy's neck shows that he is from the Dinitia family?

And—"she"?

He is a male!

"Don't hurt them!" Cassia shouted angrily again.

they--

The dark elf ran frantically, howling in pain. His hands kept scratching all over his body, slapping the scarlet spiders on his body, and stamping his feet from time to time to prevent the scarlet spiders that had fallen to the ground from climbing back onto his body... But after a while, his running pace gradually slowed down, his waving hands gradually became weaker, and his painful wails became more shrill...

At the same time, behind him, the scarlet tide formed by countless spiders was getting closer and closer, and more shrill screams came one after another. Those were the dying screams of those soldiers who had been completely caught up by the scarlet tide of spiders!

They ran towards the main force at the top of their lungs, their skin torn and blood splattered in full view of everyone, and finally their bodies were emaciated, as if the embodiment of death was rushing towards everyone.

Li Yin shuddered, and without having time to think about what Cassia meant by "they", he instinctively took a step back.

Many dark elves were also trembling with fear and retreated backwards.

There might be one or two curses from the dark elf officers, but those curses themselves seemed very weak and lacked confidence in the silence of fear and the clamor of death. The dark elf troops were barely detectable, retreating little by little. Compared with the previous slave troops, the only difference was that they retreated more restrainedly due to their own pride and self-esteem, and did not immediately turn into a rout.

Chapter 149 Escape

However, this also depended on the fact that the surging scarlet tide was still some distance away from them - and this distance was shortening at a heart-pounding speed amid the clamor of death, forcing the dark elves to retreat faster and faster unconsciously.

"Run!" Suddenly, someone in the main force screamed. Instantly, the morale that had been suppressed to the limit completely collapsed. All the dark elf soldiers immediately turned around and ran away, just like the slave troops they had despised before.

"Your Highness!" Li Yin did not turn around and run immediately. He subconsciously turned his head and looked at Cassia.

Cassia did not answer him. Not only that, her face was still facing forward, as if she was deaf to his call.

The situation was extremely urgent, and Li Yin didn't care about the master-servant distinction in public. He hastily stretched out a hand, trying to grab Cassia and drag her to run away. But unexpectedly, when he pulled, Cassia's tall and straight body did not move at all, standing there like an iron statue.

Li Yin looked up in surprise, but saw that her scarlet eyes were still staring straight ahead. There was a strange expression on her pretty face, solemn and dignified, just like a sacred statue.

Li Yin used his strength to try to wake her up by dragging her again, but suddenly, the dark elf soldiers who retreated from the front hit Li Yin hard, causing him to lose balance and dragging him backwards. Li Yin stretched out his hand for the last time, trying to grab Cassia, but the dark elf soldiers who surged like a tide dragged him further and further away, leaving his outstretched hand empty.

"Your Highness!" Li Yin shouted again. But as the distance between them increased, his shouting was drowned out by the fearful noise of the crowd.

Not only that, Li Yin stumbled several times, and then he realized that his own situation was also not good. Under the fierce attack of those dark elves, he was caught off guard and lost his balance. Now he was being pushed around in the rushing crowd, drifting with the waves, like a thin leaf in the raging sea, at risk of being overturned and drowned at any time. He staggered and tried to stabilize his body several times, but it was completely futile under the endless attack again and again. He was about to be knocked to the ground and trampled by countless feet and turned into a wronged soul.

At this moment, a hand suddenly reached out from behind and grabbed his collar, allowing him to barely maintain his balance after nearly falling.

"What are you doing?" Du Feiya scolded angrily behind him.

A look of shame appeared on Li Yin's face.

"Run away!" Du Feiya roared at him, and without saying anything else, she grabbed his hand and ran backwards.

Li Yin was stunned. He was ashamed of being a deserter in front of his good friend, and thought his friend was angry with him for that. He didn't expect that the other party was simply worried about his safety.

An inexplicable feeling of emotion welled up in his heart. In the crowded and chaotic crowd, he took a step forward, put his arm around Du Feiya's waist, and then jumped up with all his strength.

"Hey——" Du Feiya's scream immediately rang in his ears, "What are you doing?"

The sudden rise in altitude made her tone sound a little flustered.

"Escape." Li Yin answered without thinking.

At this time, their upward momentum had run out, and their bodies began to fall. Li Yin looked down and saw a bunch of silvery white heads. He picked up the one that looked the most pleasing to the eye near his landing point, and before he landed, he stretched out his toes and pushed hard at it.

A scream was heard from under their feet, and with this scream of shock and anger, the two men rose from the ground again.

The ground was already crowded with deserters. It was impossible to retreat at full speed. At this moment, the only way for him to escape was to give full play to his speciality - his jumping ability far beyond that of ordinary people!

So, he rose and fell in midair, constantly stepping on the heads of many dark elves. The dark elves had never endured such humiliation before, and they all cursed. However, every time such a curse came out, Li Yin leaped forward, leaving the curse behind him, and his relaxed toes slid across the sky, and he began to leisurely look for the next "right" place to land...

"This, this..." Du Feiya also rose and fell in the air with him, her lips trembling, and she was obviously speechless about his strange way of escape.

"Isn't this...not good?" After holding it in for a long time, she finally uttered these words.

"It would be worse to be eaten by those spiders." Li Yin turned his head and gave a little smile to the rather polite dark elf princess.

He had to escape with all his might, if not for himself, but for this good friend who was trying to save him, his only friend in the dark underground.

As for Cassia…all he could say was that he wished her the best.

He had done his best. After all, he couldn't stay there and become food for spiders with a stupid fanatic for her evil goddess.

Perhaps according to some pious theories, after dying like this, Cassia, as a devout believer, can gloriously ascend to the kingdom of her goddess, fulfilling the ultimate dream of every believer in the gods. But as an unbeliever, Rein can get nothing - the only thing he can get is pure death.

Therefore, with blessings for Cassia in his heart, Li Yin quietly quickened his pace...

Suddenly, Cassia's clear voice called out from behind.

"Don't be afraid." She seemed to have finally woken up from her dazed state, realized the changes in the troops, and tried to save the situation.

But it was too late.

Even Li Yin, who knew nothing about military affairs, understood that the best time to stop an army from collapsing was before it collapsed. Once the entire army actually collapsed, even the best general would be powerless.

Therefore, although Cassia's voice was clear, loud and powerful, it was destined to have little effect.

Li Yin hurriedly turned around and took a look. In the crowd, he could no longer tell Cassia's exact location at the first sight. There was only one thing that was certain - all the soldiers were still running backwards in panic.

"Stop, don't be afraid!"

Cassia's loud appeal was heard again.

At this moment, Li Yin suddenly came to his senses and realized that the female elf might not be really awake yet.

"Don't be afraid"? Are you kidding me, how can you not be afraid in this situation?

"Stop"? That's even more outrageous. How could he stop? This fanatical Spider Goddess priest, wouldn't he really want to feed everyone to the spiders? !

Chapter 1 Miracles ()

"It's almost there..." Mircella moved her legs desperately, running as fast as she could, panting.

She was about to reach the main force.

These damn slaves are not reliable at all. Only the dark elves are trustworthy and can be called real soldiers.

Myrcella opened her eyes wide, ran breathlessly, and looked at the regular troops ahead with hope in her dizzy eyes. As long as she got there, she should be safe, right?

But wait - suddenly, she was stunned, because she watched with her own eyes as the regular army more than ten meters away, on which she had placed all her hopes, completely collapsed in an instant.

Damn it, where's Cassia? Where's Dufia? She cursed in her heart, aren't they mages? Aren't they priests? Two spellcasters, facing this situation, don't they have any solution?

These two trash!

She kept running forward despite the curses, because behind her was the blood tide made up of scarlet spiders, which frightened the elves, and in front of her was the only way to survive, or at least, to delay death.

"do not be afraid!"

Just then, a familiar, sonorous voice was heard.

"Your Highness?" A glimmer of hope and joy crept into Myrcella's heart again.

Although the phrase "Don't be afraid" itself is nonsense - no one in fear will regain their courage simply because of this empty slogan, but through this empty slogan, Mircella keenly sensed that Cassia's voice was calm and firm.

It didn't sound like she was running away like the other elves, nor did she sound like she was in a panic.

Could it be that she has already thought of a solution?

That's right, Myrcella's confidence suddenly increased. Her mistress was very powerful, there must be a way to save her. Everything should be this way.

"Your Highness!" Thinking of this, Mircella immediately raised her head and gave a loud shout to the regular troops in front.

"Calm down, don't be afraid--" As if Cassia heard her cry, her clear and firm voice once again came out from the panicked and noisy crowd.

This definite response strengthened Mircella's confidence a little more, and her panicked mood gradually calmed down.

"—Don't run away."

Cassia's clear and melodious cry echoed in her ears again.

Okay... Myrcella responded in her heart almost subconsciously, but - wait, she could understand being calm and not being afraid.

Don't run away?

What nonsense is this?

Those spiders that eat elves without spitting out bones are chasing her relentlessly!

This made her not run away? Is this crazy?

Mircella's confidence in her princess began to waver and she began to have some doubts.

But soon, a hint of expectation emerged amid the doubts.

The princess wouldn't let her stop for no reason and let her die for no reason, right?

Could it be that, as Mircella suddenly realized, the terrible threat behind her had been resolved by the princess' magical spell?

No way?

Although she found it unbelievable that a disaster of that level could be resolved so easily, her desire for life still prompted Mircella to involuntarily slow down a little and turn her head.

She saw a wave of scarlet spiders rolling towards her. A wave even broke away from the main body and rushed towards her in the air, only a foot away from her head.

She screamed and retreated violently. The blood-red "waves" formed by countless spiders brushed past the tip of her nose, scaring her so much that she lost her soul and her face turned pale.

She immediately turned around, spread her legs, and started running for her life again.

"calm!"

"do not be afraid!"

“Don’t run away!”

Up ahead, amid the surging crowd, the clear call of that bitch Princess Cassia continued to be heard.

But the last shred of trust Myrcella had in her heart was gone.