Chapter 707: Demon Scouts (1/2)

”I can't believe you didn't even spare the tiles, Leon! The tomb was basically dismantled by you!” Aria said with an unbelievable look as they exited the tomb.

Even if it was a demon's resting place, Leon had desecrated the Arch Demon's tomb to the point that even heavens might frown upon him.

Leon smiled wryly and said, ”Since we came for treasure, we should take everything of value, no? It would be a waste to leave them behind, considering we might not get another chance to come here.”

”But still...” Aria was concerned if his actions would accumulate bad karmic when she suddenly cried, ”Demons!”

”Hm?” Leon immediately shot his gaze in the distance.

At the same time, a small team of five Lesser Demons with horns noticed them while snooping around on the Nethergrass field ahead of them as if they were scouting.

”Kree!” one of the horned Lesser Demons quickly howled with alarm before they charged altogether.

”They're coming!” Leon's eyes flickered before he said, ”We can't let any of them get away!”

”Mm!” Aria nodded.

”Darlene, take care of yourself!” Leon instructed before taking out his bone spear and dashed forward to receive the demons' attacks with Aria.

Nevertheless, the Lesser Demons were no match for Leon and Aria.

Within ten exchanges, the entire demon party was decimated with their limbs and body parts scattered across the ground and their blood soaking the Nethergrass.

”These Lesser Demons were probably just scouts,” Leon stated as he gave his bloodied spear a strong swipe at the empty air, causing all the blood to fling off it.

”Or the demon army could have divided themselves into parties to search for their own lucky chances,” Aria added her opinion before saying, ”Either way, it means our location is not far from the official entrance to the secret realm.”

”Yeah,” Leon nodded and said, ”It's a good thing we did not take too long in the Arch Demon-level Tomb. Otherwise, we might not have known this until more demons show up and have us surrounded.”

”In other words, we can't stay here,” Aria stated before asking for Leon's opinion, ”Which direction should we take?”

”Since the demons came from the southern direction, that is most likely the direction of the secret realm's main entrance, I think,” Darlene spoke just as Leon was scavenging materials from the demon's corpses.

Leon paused for a moment before he nodded in agreement, ”Darlene is right. The other three directions would be safer than going south.”

”North would be the safest bet, but there are some merits to going west or east.”

”Wouldn't we run into more demons eventually if we head east or west?” Aria asked before adding, ”Since the entrance is in the south, going north would lead us towards the inner region.”

”No, we can't be sure of that,” Leon refuted Aria's assumption with a shake of his head and said, ”There's no telling which part of the secret realm the entrance is opened. As such, heading north could take us further away from the inner region instead.”

”But it's still better than getting swarmed by the demons, right? We are greatly outnumbered,” Aria raised her concern.

”That's all the more reason why we should either head east or west. That way, we have a chance of reaching other fellow humans first and regroup with them.”

”At the same time, we could warn them about the demons and whittle down the demon's numbers if we encounter more scout-sized parties like this.”

”What if we run into a strong party we cannot handle?” Aria inquired.