Chapter 551

Chapter 551: Rallying All Potential Allies

Jesse hid behind a stone wall and a stalagmite, but after a long time, there seemed to be no movement.

Could he have misunderstood Molofeel’s warning? But that’s impossible… the signal was clear and tense enough.

Jesse used Detect Demon to peek over there, in the darkness, a shadow stood not far ahead in the middle of the river.

This person couldn’t be seen with the naked eye in the darkness, is this also invisibility magic?

The shadow continued to advance step by step, its movements were very cautious, probably sensing the commotion here.

When he passed by a purple crystal, the light illuminated his goat-like hairy face, with a pair of devil horns raised high.

It was indeed a Satyr; if he took one more step forward, he would immediately see Greed hiding behind a low stone.

At that moment, Vereesa decisively drew her bow and arrow, even though her actions were so fast that Jesse believed no human could be that quick, but as the sound of the bowstring tightening rang out, the Satyr in front of her suddenly disappeared.

The arrow was very accurate, but still missed, hitting the opposite wall and breaking. Vereesa was startled, Satyr had suddenly appeared behind her!

Jesse decisively recited a spell, and the Satyr was momentarily stunned by Fear and looked over. Just as Vereesa realized the demon behind her, Molofeel had already appeared from behind the Satyr, a blade pierced through its chest. The Satyr coughed, took a few steps forward, fell into the river, and rapidly withered away.

The demon’s body rolled down the stream, its mane being washed back and forth by the rushing water. The power of darkness surged from the stab wound on its back, staining the river with a faint black-purple color.

Vereesa glanced at the succubus next to her wiping the demon blood off the black blade, then looked at the demon’s body disappearing into the depths of the water hole, and asked, "What kind of magic was that just now?"

"The demon’s shadow step, elf," Molofeel said with a crooked smirk, "these demons can use the power of shadow to move through darkness, be careful."

Vereesa nodded slowly, her expression somewhat unnatural, her throat twitched, unsure if she was scared by the sudden attack from behind or found it strange to be cared for by a demon.

"I’ve never really fought a Satyr before," she murmured.

"Damn it… what’s all this chaos, I haven’t even had time to react," Greed said standing in the water.

"So the demons here are different from the Dark Portal, Greed," Jesse said, looking at him, "We must be very careful next."

The dwarf nodded, the confidence he had just now had disappeared, and he asked, "Are there more of these demons inside, Satyr demons?"

"Did you feel anything ahead?" Jesse asked the succubus.

"The scent of Satyrs fills this cave, master," Molofeel said, "I sense at least ten, maybe even twenty Satyrs lying in wait inside, and their strength varies."

"Twenty of these Shadow Magic demons?" Greed sighed.

"Look for opportunities, pick them off one by one when they’re not together," Vereesa said, "Let’s keep moving forward, if they have few members, they might quickly realize one of them is missing and become vigilant. It could complicate things for us."

After speaking, a few people nodded and then continued forward following Molofeel’s lead.

They were very close to the exit of the water cavern here. Upon arriving at the surface, they entered another huge chamber. Molofeel checked the situation inside to make sure no demons or other creatures were lying in ambush. The rest of the group then left the water cavern one by one and entered this space.

Here, Jesse finally began to feel somewhat familiar.

This is another old temple, it doesn’t look like a place built by Centaurs, it looks more like an Elf temple.

The style of the doorways, walls, and stone pillars here reminds them of the ancient Kaldorei ruins they saw in Desolace. They enter a corridor, where the walls are covered with various runes…

However, these runes are not in Kaldorei or Quel’Thalas language, but in Demonic.

At the end of the corridor, there are two huge braziers, even taller than a person. There is no fire in the braziers, but they are filled with a strong smell of shadow, indicating they were likely burning Shadowflame here before.

The passage outside the corridor is bright with a bluish-purple light, probably lit by the Shadowflame burning in these braziers. The cave is already filled with the corrupted smell of shadow, Jesse can hardly tell where the Shadow Power is stronger or weaker.

Just as they were about to leave the corridor, strange noises came from the passage outside. These noises were not strange because they were unfamiliar, but because they seemed out of place in this underground cave. The sound was like branches rubbing against the ground, reminding Jesse of the sound of sweeping the floor.

The sound got closer and closer, a few people hid under the giant stone braziers watching the doorway, and soon, a shadow over two meters tall gradually came into view.

Surprisingly, it was a thick tree root that could walk, a small Tree Man.

The Tree Man had been corrupted by shadow, with many black scorch marks on its bark.

It walked swaying on several thick roots extending from the bottom, its golden eyes with a hint of purple messy energy darting back and forth.

It stopped at the entrance of the corridor, glanced inside, everyone held their breath, unsure if their voices or smells would be noticed by this Tree Man, but it was clear it had sensed something unusual here.

As Tree Man stepped in, Mosa transformed back into a Tauren, she walked out from behind the brazier to face Tree Man, Greed and Jesse widened their eyes, wondering what was happening.

However, Mosa said something to Tree Man, who patiently listened, surprisingly not launching an attack immediately, but turned back and left the corridor, continuing forward.

No one dared to speak, they looked at each other, only when Tree Man’s footsteps were almost inaudible did Mosa speak to Vereesa.

Vereesa said, "This is the ancient Guardian of this cave. The demons have manipulated them with Shadow Magic, deceiving them to guard the courtyard for the demons. However, at least they still remember who they are, Mosa will help us persuade these Guardians to stay out of trouble."

"If Mosa can convince them to help us, that would be great," Greed muttered.

Vereesa looked at the dwarf, then said something to Mosa, who paused before replying in the common language, "I will try."

"I told you so," imp whispered, "Demons are not welcome here! Those sneaky Burning Legion lackeys are in for trouble!"

"You seem so happy, as if you’re not a demon," Greed muttered.