Chapter 213: Trying to be sneaky. (2/2)

One of thecultists here were not of high level even a sih to et didn’t move None of theets to shoot down After the second cultist went to the ground there was an uproar which was followed by the eets

“Brothers and sisters, we are being attacked!”

While soround so and screah to reach the ears of the people inside of the teht before a certain parasite e muscular woman’s eye socket

“Who dares interrupt the secret baptis? Is it soolden order?”

Thebombarded with mana bolts The other acolyte's that were there abandoned the sleeping bodies and turned to their leader Even while the shouting was happening outside they didn’t seem to react as they just waited

“We do not know…”

“Fools, go outside the baptism can not be interrupted!”

While the few priests on the platfor out There they sao hard-to-spot shi+ny spider golems The two medium-sized constructs were hard to spot due to the various enchantht Yet due to the constant nized even by these priests

But as soon as everyone rushed out the golems halted with their assault and quickly retreated behind the evil spire The dark acolytes quickly followed after, in their hands they were ht weapons While not ical staves that were able to protect their allies with some quick mana shi+elds

The spider drones weren’t as fast on foot as the people chasing them They were soon discovered on the other side by the e before the eneical assault However, the first cultist had a rude awakening froe, as the ole shook the area as thewith the patch of earth under it This ht have been the first casualty of the trap but he was not the only one The ole them Now they found theh the first explosion was followed by a second one

“ARGh…”

“Uoghh…”

It was a strange sight to see, part of the cultists didn’t seem to care for their health at all They continued to rush towards the escaping spider golems and stepped into the placed runic her-ranked ones quickly stopped as they saw the carnage unfold before thee caused a lot of casualties but as soon as one of the few dark priests shouted the others instantly halted It was as if these lower leveled acolytes followed through with their orders blindly even if their lives would be ended in the process

“Use your bows!”

The ical staff in their hand The oleain But the leader was quick in reacting, while chanting he produced a barrier between hi projectiles

Even when the se oing their way Spears, arrows, and even soh they were down on the ground Even then they continued with their assault, the mana bolts only stopped after the last bloas delivered

The victory was assured, the mechanical contraptions had been defeated Yet as the dark priest was looking at the destroyed auto This was quickly followed by a revelation as he looked towards the dark te place

All of the if some of the mines took out another batch of acolytes When they arrived on the scene they were greeted by a largeThisobwas spinning around and constantly releasing y

The dark baptis the task were chanting out loudly while protecting theical shi+elds Everyone was in disarray as the constant bursts of light werefrom there! Quickly my brothers and sisters, protect the te up there and casting this spell It looked like aonto it Thus after a few shouts, everyone took ai down this intruder

Dark orbs of energy formed around the dark priests that took the shape of skulls With their eneical projectiles quickly et The skulls pro with theht above them quickly diminished in size and vanished

But instead of the body of an ene else It was clearly a ee apparatus attached to it The shape was rectangular and when it fell down to the ground the inside produced some cylindrical-shaped objects that did not explode

“Wait… where is the Head Priest?”

Everyone looked around but to their surprise, their leader was down on the ground There was a wound in his back which indicated that he had been stabbed through it

…

‘Well, that seemed to have worked but I probably don't have much ti within one of the abandoned buildings In his hand was the runic medallion that he had taken from the body of the head priest The plan was siolems distracted the cultist he would take the item in question

This was easier said than done as even after they had started the distraction a lot of people remained inside the dark temple While he could have jumped down and battled it out he would not have any time to work on this medallion Thus he had used a second diversion that utilizes his previousall of the reical staff into the wall In his backpack, he had a spare battery pack to which he could connect this staff While it continued to churn out spells he quicklyon the other side Then during the chaos that ensued, he sneaked up on the priest to take hiet stabbed froot their attention now…’

Roland could hear various maddened shouts outside His deception had been discovered and they were now looking for him It was time to quickly decipher this contraption, if he was unable he would need to go against a sry cultists

With how they were able to protect theets for soed spells to clear out the large number of meat shi+elds, he found it unwise to confront them just yet But he did not panic, the runicdeciphered and soon enough he would wake his companions…