Chapter 104 – Patrol Squad (2/2)

“Have you not heard of it?” Wang Er glanced at Fatty. When he noticed the look of confusion, he continued on with his explanation. “The Phantasm Ghost King was one of the high ranking demon generals several thousand years ago. He lead an army of three million demons to our realm and nearly destroyed half the continent. It took the combination of Lin Yu the War God and Aura the Saint Magus to defeat him at the cost of becoming heavily wounded themselves during a great battle here. Even so, they could only seal him and were unable to kill him.

War God and Saint Magus were the strongest amongst warriors and mages respectively. I can’t believe that it took two of them just to seal and not kill him! What’s more, they even were heavily wounded?

“So that means the situation is very dire?” Fatty started to get more serious.

The deeper they ventured, the darker it was. The dark energy in their surroundings also seemed to seep away the heat from their bodies and turn their bodies stiffer.

“Here, hold this,” Wang Er handed Fatty a cobble-like item when he saw the latter’s discomfort.

The moment Fatty held the item in his hands, he felt a warmth spread through his body from the item.

“Holy Spirit Stone!?” Fatty practically screamed when he saw what he held.

“Little Brother, you know recognize this as well?” Wang Er smiled. “Holy Spirit Stones are adored by light mages, so few others know about them. I didn’t expect you to be so knowledgeable.”

“Brother Wang Er, how did you guys get them? Do you have any more on you?” Fatty asked urgently.

“This is given out to all squads for protection. Our squad of a hundred people only has one. Captain only passed it to me since I needed to run out and relay a message,” Wang Er looked at Fatty in surprise. “Is little brother interested in this?”

“There’s only one for a hundred people?” Fatty finally understood how rare it was. “I’m not interested in it, but it is necessary for me. Brother Wang Er, do you know where I can get some of these?”

“I really don’t know about that,” Wang Er thought long and hard, but still didn’t think of anything. “But the Captain might know. He told us when we were coming in that we would go and get a few Holy Spirit Stones after our rounds so that everybody’s safer.”

The two chatted as they advanced forward at a mediocre speed. The main reason for that was because it was too dark, and the place was filled with too many crossroads, so Wang Er needed to carefully observe their environments to lead the way.

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After around half an hour, they heard faint fighting sounds in front of them. Then, when they noticed a sliver of light up ahead, they understood that they were there.

When they turned around the corner, they saw all sorts of monster before them. Their target was a team of thirty something people with their backs to the wall as they fended off the attacks.

“Captain! Captain! I’m back!” Wang Er called out when he saw his wounded companions. He swung his short sword and joined the fray, while Fatty followed closely behind him.

“Wang Er? You bastard! I told you to go and deliver the message, but you actually came back here!? Do you want all your brothers to die for nothing!?” A heavily injured warrior NPC shouted. He’s probably the captain. Meanwhile, the other NPCs also glared at Wang Er in anger.

“Captain, I already found someone to deliver the message,” Wang Er quickly explained.

“Bastard, that’s even less of a reason for you to come back! You managed to get out, why come back to die?” The Captain seemed to calm down slightly, only to begin cursing moments later. “Wang Er, this is an order. F*ck off and as far away from this shit as possible!”

“Captain…” Wang Er choked. The middle-aged NPC was in tears!

“Don’t worry guys, I can get you guys out,” Fatty shouted behind Fatty. “Brother Wang Er, create an opening. I have a way for all our brothers to leave safely as long as we get over to them.”

“Really?”

“Hurry up,” Fatty smiled mysteriously like a true master.

“Captain, this little brother said he can get you guys out. Hold on!” Wang Er shouted, then threw himself at the monsters relentlessly.