However, Kant did not give the order to retreat. Instead, he turned his head to look at the rangers and sergeants behind him, as well as the Rhodok trained spearmen. He said firmly, “Let’s continue forward.”
“Yes.”, everyone answered in a low voice, but the sound reverberated within the cave.
“Yes.”
“Yes.”
“Yes.”
“Yes…”
The echoes continued, as if countless people were responding in unison.
Kant’s expression became even more unsightly.
But he didn’t care. When he led his team into the cave, he reckoned that they had already been discovered by the enemy. With those cunning and vicious demonized wolves, if they had the chance, they would have rushed out to bite and kill them.
But they hadn’t appeared yet.
This meant that these pseudo-demonized wolves were still waiting for them somewhere.
There was no need to hide it.
However, Kant and the accompanying soldiers walked with extreme caution.
Every meter forward, they would carefully check the cave to prevent any hidden cracks or traps from appearing at the crevices of the cave walls. They ensured the safety of troops for advancing and retreating.
At the end of the troop, Rhodok trained spearmen carried the rattan baskets. They used charcoal to draw on the walls.
Every five meters, they left arrowheads for tracing. This was to ensure their direction and avoid getting lost in this cave that was deep into the mountain.
It was Kant’s arrangement.
After all, he watched various movies and videos in his previous life. This kind of deep cave or natural karst cave were like a maze for hide and seek. If they lost their direction, they would be end up quite tragically.
Trapped in a dark and sunless deep cave.
After eating their food, they could only watch as the last flame was extinguished.
Cold, hunger, fear.
All attacked at the same time.
In the end, they were trapped and died in this place, becoming a pile of useless bones.
Therefore, Kant was very cautious in exploring this Evil Cave. Not only did he bring out all 13 Swadian sergeants, but he also brought along seven Ravenstern rangers. It was a sign of prudence.
Although rangers were long-range archers, their close-combat abilities were not weak either.
Both were the main forces in battle.
As for Rhodok trained spearmen, they were only the coolies in charge of logistics. Perhaps at a critical moment, 20 people could form a sharp and deadly spear formation, firmly guarding the rear and blocking the enemy’s sudden attack.
“Continue to move forward.”
Kant’s voice sounded in the cave.
The sound of everyone’s footsteps echoed, and from time to time, the crisp sound of bones being crushed could be heard.
But in front of the depths, the faint howl of a wolf had already reached their ears.
Although the sound was suppressed, the faint growl of the wolves, the violent emotion that wanting to charge forward, was magnified through the reverberation of the cave. Along with Kant and the others’ footsteps, it also became more and more manic.
The two Swadian sergeants at the front were on alert.
They raised the torch in their hands.
The flickering light shone in the depths of the cave four to five meters ahead, but their chain-armored boots slowly stood still.
Something was wrong.
Even on Kant’s two sides, the soldiers who acted as bodyguards slowly stood still. They raised the thick heater shield to block in front of Kant and looked coldly at the darkness in front of them. A haunting aura with killing intent was slowly spreading out, they could clearly sense that the enemy was slowly walking out from the depths of the cave.
Kant held the knight sword tightly in his hand. He had also sensed the something. At the bottom of the slope of the cave, the feel of being spied was becoming more and more intense.
“Rangers, move forward and shoot freely.”
Kant ordered.
“Yes.”, the seven Ravenstern rangers behind him immediately stepped forward. The heavy bows in their hands were pulled slightly and the awl arrows were placed on them. Their cold eyes were aimed at the darkness in front of them. If there was anything unusual in front of them, they would respond with the armor-piercing arrows that flew in a flash like lightning and could instantly pierce through the skull!
The darkness was gathering in the depths of the cave.
Nothing unusual happened.
Even the low growl disappeared. It was like what they had heard and sensed just now was just an illusion.
“Get ready.”
However, Kant’s voice was grave.
Everyone subconsciously tightened their grip on the weapons in their hands.
The rangers immediately drew out their heavy bows.
Just as they were getting ready, mournful wolf howls instantly emerged from the depths of the cave. It was like endless howls were magnified through the cave, and the flapping sounds of countless claws hitting the ground were also getting louder and louder. Beyond the depths of the cave at the very front, numerous scarlet eyes had already appeared there!
Like a tidal wave, the low howls that was able to tear one’s soul surged up. It was obvious that hundreds of demonized wolves were charging at them!
Kant did not need to give any orders. He could not give any orders even with these low howls.
The evil cave was amplifying the sound.
The low howls of the countless demonized wolves had completely covered any sound that came out of their mouths. Even their eardrums were faintly aching. It was obvious that the sound was too loud and noisy!
However, no one was afraid, and no one retreated at the last moment.
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh –”
The Seven Ravenstern rangers instantly released their heavy bows that had been drawn into a full moon. They shot out the arrows in their hands one by one like a continuous storm. They kept shooting at the wolves, causing some unusual miserable howls within the shrill howls, and it also extinguished the scarlet wolf eyes.
The rain of arrows continued, and the seven heavy bows shot out arrows almost every second. For these Ravenstern rangers who had trained their superb archery skills in the Misty Mountains, shooting out as many arrows as possible in a short period of time was their specialty!
If they did not use the rain of arrows to exhaust the enemy’s numbers, then it would not be easy to engage in close combat.
In their world, the barbarian tribes that lived in the Misty Mountains were also good at attacking with a sea of people!
In the long passage of the evil cave, one could clearly see the groups of demonized wolves pouncing over one after another, but it was as if they had encountered a strange phenomenon.
The demonized wolves in the front row fell one by one.
The demonized wolves in the back row continued to advance, and then fell one by one.
Finally, in front of the Swadian sergeants, dozens of demonized wolves fell. Although their momentum was still brutal and fierce, compared to the terrifying atmosphere at the beginning, which seemed to be able to break everything, tear everything, and devour everything, the wolves were obviously started to fear, especially the demonized wolves at the front row. Even their speed had slowed down a little.
However, the Swadian sergeants were already prepared and would not let them go.
Thirteen soldiers wearing double layers of heavy chain armor passed by the Ravenstern ranger. The shields in their hands were placed in front of them, while the sharp swords in their hands stabbed forward fiercely.
They faced the hundreds of demonized wolves head-on.
The sharp swords pierced through the mouths of the demonized wolves in the front row, and the sharp blades instantly pierced the spines and the heads.
The shields slapped the corpses of the wolves fiercely, pulling out the heavy bastard sword made by the best blacksmith of the Kingdom of Swadia. Then, they continued to slash, slashing the demonized wolves until their blood splattered everywhere, turning them into piles of corpses that reeked of blood.
There was no need for fancy killing techniques. The numerous demonized wolves in front of them were the best targets.
The fangs and claws of the wolves tore apart the linen robes of the Swadian sergeant.
However, it did not have any effect on the tightly-knit chain armor. The wolves only left some scratches on their armor chain, let alone breaking through the defense. At most, it only left a few dents on the thick heater shield that was wrapped in iron sheet!
Wild beasts would never be the enemy of the human heavy-armored troops.
These pseudo-demonized creatures were also no match for Kant and the other top-tier footmen. Even if they were real demonized creatures.
As a level-5 troop class, the Swadian Sergeant also had the strength to resist and kill those ordinary demonized wolves appeared here. The combat strength of both sides was still not in direct proportion!
The only thing that could make Kant worry was only a savage demonized creature!
It had completely changed its own form and could no longer be called a beast.
It was a true demonized creature!
Strength, stamina, agility, cunning and ferocity, in addition to a certain level of intelligence. It had completely broken away from the concept of a beast with a contemptuous title. It could even be compared to the giant dragons that only existed in myths and legends!
However, these pseudo-demonized wolves could not even be considered as real demonized creatures.
How could they be considered terrifying and savage demonized creatures?
Now, there was only slaughter!
Swadian sergeants waved their bastard sword, and one by one, the pseudo-demonized wolves were chopped into pieces. They even held the heater shield in their hands as they pushed forward, step by step, chopping more and more demonized wolves to death and fell under their feet. Even if the sergeants in the front row were tired, the sergeants in the back row would squeeze through and continue to fight. Within the three-meter wide cave, the three of them could completely block the passage and let the demonized wolves pile up until the last one died.
The thick smell of blood was extremely pungent, and Kant and the others could not help but frown slightly.
But in the end, they had dealt with these demonized wolves.
“Continue moving forward!”, Kant ordered in a deep voice.
The team continued to move forward.
The blood-covered Swadian sergeants did not clean up the filth on their bodies, and time did not wait for anyone. Rather than cleaning up now, it would be better to go back alive and take a nice hot bath.
But their eyes suddenly became serious.
What they stepped on was no longer a slightly sloping slope, but a stone staircase.
The entire team went down and entered a tunnel that was nearly 1,000 meters deep. They actually came to a wide space that was made of stone. With the illumination of the torch, they could still find many ghastly white bones.
Kant lowered his head slightly.
Under those ghastly white bones, there were many pieces of metal made of iron and copper.
James, who was accompanying them, said from behind, “It’s armor, longsword, and battle axe.”. He was a battlefield doctor and had seen all kinds of weapons and equipment. At the same time, he reminded Kant, “Lord, there’s a stone door in front of us. From what I see, the situation doesn’t look right. Let’s get ready first.”
“Yes, that’s true.”, Kant nodded and raised his hand to indicate that he was on alert.
All the soldiers held their weapons tightly.
This 100 square meters space was more than four meters high. There was a door just in front of the tunnel they came from. It was desolate and unadorned, and the patterns on it were already indistinct. If look carefully, one could still vaguely found the patterns carried a sense of grandeur and majesty. It did not seem like a trace left behind by an ordinary civilization.
“Sacred sun pattern.”, Kant narrowed his eyes slightly.
He was not unfamiliar with these patterns.
As he took a step forward, Kant looked at the stone door that was already half a meter wide open. His heart beat faster and faster, because for some reason, that evil gaze seemed to be coming from within this stone door.
It was looking at him from behind the stone door.