Chapter 210 - Moving Deeper (2/2)

Alas, despite its fearsome appearance, its defense was still just as abysmal as before

Rhode’s eyelid twitched when he saw the size of this hound Based on the ous body, its self-detonation ability should rival a medium-sized missile by now If he had a better choice, he would never su tiers and the black hound iorously At the same time, a circle of flames erupted and enveloped everyone in it Other than the well-prepared Rhode, and Anne, Marlene and Lize who had a defensive shi+eld up, the rest of the e on their skin Instinctively, the attempted to avoid the flames, but they quickly realized that they were in a different world

Their surroundings didn’t change e red tint to it Just below their feet, a circular for a uess ainst now,” Rhode said

The mercenaries raised their weapons and nodded Some of them were still evidently hesitant, but at least they didn’t have the intention to retreat

That’s the way

Rhode nodded his head in satisfaction before turning to the front once more

“Let’s press on then”

The attack froer than what roup entered the deeper areas, they discovered gruesos they had never seen before

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A pals, shooting towards the sound However, the air in front of it erupted for no apparent reason They twisted and turned their bodies to defend themselves, and at thismoves When their sharp blades contacted with the soft, fleshy skin, they were faintly surprised how delicate their bodies were They half expected some sort of solid resistance from the monster, but instead, they split it into half easily like a hot knife through butter But its death was as disgusting as its appearance When it died, it vanished into a puddle of ent san to display their enhanced skills After the rigorous training in theof their jobs Marlene and Lize weren’t weak either They were looking forward to an actual battle to showcase their newfound abilities However, those thoughts immediately vanished when Rhode placed a carcass in front of them

“Look carefully”

Rhode lifted the burnt corpse of the fiend without any hesitation It had six claws, quite si off the skin In the middle of the ‘palm,’ there was a slit which opened and closed by itself, and if one looked closer into the hole, they would discover countless of tentacles crawling within

“If you reencounter them, remember that they will attack your face and try to stick these things in your orifices, suck out your brain s into your eain, your body will be a host to these fiends and fall under their co the paling faces of Marlene and Lize “So I advice you to stay in a relatively safe location and only attack when I need you to”

After Rhode’s detailed analysis of the fiend, the tunnel fell into silence From now on, no hts unnecessarily

After subsequent battles with fiends, the an to adapt to their attack pattern That was the power of adaptability in hu anxious was a natural reaction But when accusto anyed his dual daggers into a fiend that fleards him Then in a fluid motion, he pulled back one of theof fire Behind them, the black hound stood quietly in the center of the circle Kavos and his men knew that it was due to this hound that they were able to fight with ease Although he didn’t knoas done, it was clear that it protected his men Whenever the fiends touched the flauard If not for the hound, Kavos wasn’t sure if he and his men could surely defeat these monsters

Noith the help of the black hound, all he had to do was to co and slay the monsters when they entered

Slowly, the tearew better and better They covered each other and worked together toward a co from one point to another wasn’t because they had never faced such monsters before, but it was Rhode who constantly kept them on the , Rhode would suddenly order theroup to welco from another direction

“darumbled as he needed to shi+ft to another battlefield He slanced secretly at Rhode Although he was unhappy about the order, he had no choice but to acknowledge that Rhode did well as a roup at the vanguard, slaughtering the monsters with his sword Compared to the mercenaries, Rhode was roup of round

While Rhode’s commands weren’t the most pleasant to hear, to theand swearing, histone only pricked their pride

Still, they could hardly tolerate Rhode’s ‘reckless’ commands Mostly it was the newbie mercenaries ere dissatisfied, but they still followed his orders without showing any external form of resistance No matter what, the payoff was still worth it, and while his orders ht be unreasonable, at least he didn’t send the well” Rhode nodded to hilances at Rhode, Rhode eyeballed the theirthis mission, he could clearly notice the improvement in teamwork as compared to before However, it wasn’t an ideal situation for him It was human nature to prefer faroup would inevitably split into two groups That was the reason why Rhode always kept the them with each other so that they can learn how to support different people during fights Once the mercenaries realize that they can trust each other wholeheartedly, that would be a step in the right direction

And that was exactly what Rhode was doing He separated the ood relations with one another and forced the the newbies and the seniors Fortunately, Kavos was able to understand Rhode’s intention, so he lectured his mercenaries on Rhode’s behalf

Meanwhile, Marlene and Lize took cover behind Anne’s shi+eld and Celia was, as usual, taking charge of one side of the battle by herself Each swing froht a wave of intense silver flames which roasted the fiends in front of her into ashes Her pure, white wings didn’t see its radiant shi+ne

After a while, Rhode realized that the ly erratic and their screeches were getting louder as though they were upset

Everything was progressing as expected

Suddenly, he raised his sword high and hacked doards

Light e an arc in the air At that very e tentacle shot out froht sliced the tentacle into two Black-colored blood spewed out, releasing a horrid stench which filled the entire tunnel Then a deep,the rest of the fiends to retreat into the darkness

The mercenaries didn’t panic On the contrary, they quickly assumed their defensive positions in a rather calm manner They all knew that the main dish had arrived Celia ran towards Rhode’s side with both of her hands on the hilt of her sword

Suddenly Rhode called out to Marlene

The young e immediately made her way to Rhode when she heard her nanal Then, release the ice swords Remember, you must freeze it”

And at that ed from the darkness