Chapter 224 (1/2)

Chapter 224: Cat and Mouse

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“There’s someone approaching in front!”

Behind a thicket of bushes, the Occult Dark Elf popped his head out and twitched his nose in the air.

“There’s a strong smell of blood…” the Dark Elf reported. “There’s the smell of human blood…and the blood of our kind…There’s the stench of the evil God of Light as well.”

The bush behind him rustled, and out emerged another Occult Dark Elf.

“Our comrades must’ve been injured, Darco,” he urged. “We must go and help them.”

Right after speaking, the Occult Dark Elf swiftly rushed forward.

The one called Darco hesitated for a while. In the past, he would’ve followed behind his comrade without the slightest pause. But now, there was a thick smell of bloodthirst in the air that was so intense that it gave him an ominous sense. There was another rustling noise behind him. Another fellow Occult Dark Elf had emerged and quickly followed the first one. He was surprised to see Darco still standing there not moving.

“Darco, what are you waiting for?” he asked. “Let’s go!”

As he spoke, another Occult Dark Elf emerged. He said nothing, but he looked at Darco confusedly. His eyes seemed to be asking the same question as the previous Dark Elf.

Darco sighed and began to follow his comrades hesitantly.

The four Occult Dark Elves ran wild in the Black Forest. Their speed was lightning fast, and their footsteps were almost silent. Wherever they went, birds and beasts went silent while the bugs and snakes evaded them.

Half a minute later, their speed finally slowed down. The smell of blood in the air was very pronounced. A little further away, they saw several human corpses lying on the ground.

“We’re near the battlefield now,” one of them said. “I can only see human corpses. Can any of you see bodies of our soldiers?”

“No.”

“Me neither.”

Darco finally caught up to them, and he observed the corpses more carefully. He hid in the most secretive spot and observed for two minutes, then suddenly pointed to a certain direction.

“Look there!” he said.

The other three Dark Elves looked where Darco pointed and saw a pile of intestines among the branches. Judging by the scent, it belonged to their comrade.

Their faces turned stormily dark, as they realized what they saw.

No matter how strong they were, to have the intestines dragged out must mean that their comrade was suffering a serious injury. While he might not yet die, there was no way he could ever fight again.

“Those human scum must’ve dragged this soldier’s body away,” yelled one of them. “We must chase after them and crush them!”

“Wait, calm down,” whispered Darco. “I can sense something wrong here.”

“But we must not let our soldier’s body fall into the humans’ hands!” another Dark Elf spat out, turning to look at Darco with eyes full of disdain. “This is the great leader’s command!”

“Are you scared, Darco?” asked a Dark Elf suspiciously.

“No,” answered Darco, “but I feel that we should be more cautious…” The suspicion in his comrades’ eyes made it difficult for Darco to continue. But he couldn’t deny the strong, ominous sense he was feeling then, even though he couldn’t quite put his finger on what exactly was wrong.

His comrades had by then become impatient of his dilly-dallying.

“The facts are very clear here, Darco,” the Dark Elf beside him coldly said. “Our soldiers met the human scouts, and some of them got defeated because there were too many humans. What we must do now is seek revenge!”

The Dark Elf who’d just spoken was the strongest among the four. After he finished his sentence, he stood up and waved his hand at the others.

“Let’s go,” he said. “We must increase our speed and kill every last one of those humans!”

He was the first to rush forward. The other two then followed him without any hesitation. Darco had no other choice, so he finally followed them in the back. The four Dark Elves did not anticipate the ambush that was waiting for them in front, so they just followed the scent that was in the air and chased after the trails of the humans.

Three seconds later, the first Occult Dark Elf stepped onto a battlefield and found another human corpse. He immediately stomped on the corpse’s skull and crushed it to bits. A second later, the second and third Dark Elf arrived. Then, Darco was there as well. They were eager to catch up to the human scouts, so they ran even faster now, not suspecting at all that their might be a trap set up for them in front.

Just then, they could hear a buzzing noise in the air. The three Dark Elves charged onward when out of nowhere, transparent ripples in the air appeared. The ripples didn’t cover a big area, but they were big enough to envelop all four Dark Elves inside a bubble.

It all happened so suddenly that it was impossible for any of them to make an appropriate response.

In a flash, the four Occult Dark Elves felt as if they were being pushed forward by a mysterious force. Because they were moving at such a high speed, their bodies spent 75% of the time in mid-air. Just when the transparent force field appeared, it caught them when three of the Dark Elves were in mid-air.

As a result, these three were caught completely off-guard. Even though the pushing force wasn’t that strong, it was enough to make them lose their balance. Only Darco managed to avoid the trap. When the force field appeared, his feet were safely on the ground, so he had enough time to crouch down and stabilize himself. The force field wasn’t strong, and he possessed the strength of a Level-6 fighter, so naturally, he could dodge the attack easily.

“Careful, it’s a trap!” he immediately shouted.