Chapter 231 The Sealed Place 1 (2/2)

As Rhode was recalling his thoughts, the mercenaries finished taking all the gems from the lizards' foreheads. Rhode took a deep breath and issued another order. He pulled out his sword and continued to move forward.

Besides the torches hanging on the mercenaries' waists, the glowing plants that grew along the passage also emitted an icy light. Of course, Rhode did not forget to remind his subordinates to stay away from these glowing plants. According to the common sense of people on Earth, something that could shine without electricity was definitely not a good thing…

Save for the sound of the mercenaries' footsteps, everything was quiet.

But Rhode didn't miss the hissing sound hiding in the darkness.

”Kavos, get ready! To the left!”

Following Rhode's instruction, Kavos waved his hand. The mercenaries threw out several torches and retreated. With the help of the firelight, they could see the shadows of huge lizard men that had been hiding previously.

”Attack!”

The sudden light surprised the lizard men. They didn't expect that they would be found out by the enemy in this kind of situation. As a creature that had been living in the darkness, they, of course, couldn't stand such a strong light. They stretched out their hands to cover their eyes while hissing. Kavos took this opportunity to bring his men forward. In the beginning, Kavos used crossbows to entertain these monsters, but after receiving Rhode's instructions, he quickly realized that crossbows couldn't damage lizard scales. It was better for them to attack their weakness—their lower abdomen—at close range. After the lizards were plunged into turmoil, Kavos immediately took out a pair of knives and gave a signal to his men. Then, they rushed over towards the group of lizard lightning speed.

But Rhode was faster than them.

Kavos only felt a shadow flash from the corner of his eye. In the next moment, Rhode had already appeared at the lizards' feet. He raised his sword and thrust forward. The lizard failed to attack with its wooden stick and lost its life. Its body heavily fell to the ground.

This could be regarded as a very impressive scene for Kavos. Rhode's speed was so fast that even Kavos, who was a professional thief, was speechless. There was no way for him to keep up with Rhode's actions. He couldn't even accurately judge Rhode's position at that time. Whenever Kavos saw Rhodes, all he could find was the afterimage, not where Rhode was.

There were about thirty lizardmen lurking in the corner, waiting to ambush. However, in just an instant, Rhode had managed to exterminate the ten of them. The rest of the lizard men were still waving their wooden sticks to fight with the mercenaries. Their monstrous strength and slender tails were very dangerous weapons. Moreover, these cold-blooded reptiles were much smarter than the mercenaries had originally thought. They actually even know the basics of defense and offense, which made it hard for the mercenaries to easily succeed.

”Ha!!”

A mercenary shouted and swung his two-handed sword forward, but before it could pierce through a lizardman's lower abdomen, he was blocked by a wooden stick. His body shook as the strong impact of a sword made him unable to react. Suddenly, the sound of the wind passed through his ears. In the next moment, the lizard tail heavily hit him and sent him flying.

”Woah!!”

The defenseless mercenary heavily crushed the wall. The excruciating pain made him almost spurt out blood. As he forced himself to get up, the lizardman arrived before him, lifting the wooden stick in its hand.

Is this the end?

As he looked at the lizardman, his heart felt cold.

A shadow flashed.

Rhode leaped towards the lizardman's shoulder like a bird while waving the Crimson Tears sword in his hand. The translucent sword instantly cut through the lizardman's neck. The whole process did not even take two seconds, and Rhode had already turned around and assembled with the group.

The lizardman who had just been attacked threw his wooden stick towards the mercenary just before it fell to the ground. The wooden stick heavily hit the side of the mercenary and pulled him back to reality. Soon, after realizing what had happened, he immediately jumped up and rushed toward the lizardman that had attacked his comrades.

The battle was still far from over.