The vast mountains and forests, the lush forests.
The singing of insects and cicadas just now was replaced by a strange sound of flapping wings.
Puff puff…
A dense swarm of bats swarmed out like a dark cloud, surrounding the team almost instantly.
Black and shiny short and thick fur, scarlet pupils, white fangs, and a washbasin-sized body... These are not wild bats that are common in the mountains and forests, but a group of vampire bats that have been transformed by evil witchcraft .
With their aptitude, they can't be called orthodox vampires, they are just some blood slaves and derivatives created by orthodox vampires.
Their combat power is undoubtedly vulnerable to the 2 brilliant knights and 3 law-breaking knights in front of them. However, after the five knights threw off their obstructive coarse cloaks, they all gathered back to back with nervous faces, as if they were afraid of something.
In the deepest part of the distant dense forest, a tall figure wrapped in a bright red dress was standing on a thick branch extending horizontally, peeping at the knight squad from a distance through the gaps in the mottled leaves. And beside her, on every branch of the tall and ancient tree, there were densely packed vampire bats hanging upside down.
Compared with the swarm of bats, the hundred or so vampire bats that covered the entire tree were the guards that Bloody Witch Mary really valued. Each of them has a huge body like a calf, gray fluff, a small furry face, and an anthropomorphic face.
They hang upside down on the branches, watching the surrounding forest vigilantly, and from time to time open their mouths full of sharp fine teeth to emit high-frequency sound waves that are difficult for human ears to catch, maintaining close contact with the peripheral 'sentinels'.
However, by Mary's side, there were still eight humanoid vampires dressed as knights but with bloody fangs. They are the trump card that Mary dared to unscrupulously hunt and kill the fugitive knights—the blood knights.
There are eight blood knights in total.
Among them, there are 3 Blood Knights with Tier 2 strength and 5 Blood Knights with Tier 1 strength.
And their predecessors were the shining knights and law-breaking knights who once ruled this plane.
However, after Mary's first vampire embrace and the dual control of witchcraft, they have long lost their nature and become the first generation of vampires who only follow Mary's lead. But in this way, their own intelligence will also be significantly weakened compared to before, and most of the fighting skills before reincarnation will be forgotten.
Therefore, the second-level blood knight has a strong physique and powerful blood-sucking regeneration ability, but can only display the combat power of the first-level elite wizard level. This was especially a pity to Mary!
As for those Tier 1 blood knights, they were just vampires with wizard-level strength.
The group of vampire bats that attacked first was like a pack of wolves coiled around the flock of sheep, whistling ear-piercingly while piercing left and right in the dense forest with foliage. More than 600 bats gathered in the dense forest of less than 100 meters, and they covered the place tightly with their bodies.
What's even more strange is that, with such a high density of creatures, they went through one by one without any collisions. This makes them more and more admirable for their flying skills!
After half a year of fleeing and hiding, this group of witcher knights had long since lost their former strength. Without the support of the Knight Kingdom, they no longer have magic horses to travel, no longer have magic power crystals to support them, they can't eat enough, they can't wear warm clothes, and they can't sleep well... This has caused a serious decline in their combat power.
Without the magic steed, they could only rely on their legs to walk across the mountains; without the magic crystal, their rune swords became fire sticks, which could no longer inspire the hot elemental flames. If you want to activate the half-range energy blade, you can only rely on your own energy reserves.
This obviously cannot last!
But even so, when the rune sword was held in their hands, the dazzling energy fluorescence began to roll in their bodies, and the combat power displayed by this group of high-ranking knights was still so violent and fierce, unrivaled!
A series of energy blades shot out, destroying everything, making it impossible to resist.
Whether it is a tall tree hugged by one person, a branch as thick as an arm, or the shiny black leather-like body of a vampire bat, they are all split into two under the swing of the berserk blade, and then exploded into a sky full of vegetation Debris and stinking purple blood.
The 5-member team was obviously experienced, and while using energy swords to open the way, they quickly shifted between the forests, looking like they were determined to break through.
And the numerous vampire bat groups obviously have nothing to do with them.
After they turned into bats, they belonged to unarmored or lightly armored targets after all. It was a dream to rely on their weak bodies to compete with energy blades with an attack strength of 30-50 degrees.
So they can only squeak and fly all over the sky, trying to use dense numbers to interfere with the enemy's movement.
As for the group of vampire bats that rushed into the defensive circle of the knight squad, their fate was even more miserable.
A rune long sword made of special magic steel was swung in the hands of the high-ranking knight like flying, and the sword light flashed like lightning. Five long swords formed a sword circle, and all the bats that broke into it were killed one by one before they could get close to them.
Mary, who was watching from a distance, didn't feel at all that her subordinates were slaughtered.
For her, only these blood knights and low-level vampires around her are worthy of attention. As for the peripheral blood slaves and derivatives, no matter how many deaths there are, it will not hurt. If the number is not enough, find a human city to hold a blood donation feast, and the amount of low-level servants will be replenished soon.
Therefore, these guys are victims in the first place, so why is it worth it or not!
However, in this wilderness and barren hills, it is still difficult to replenish blood slaves immediately, so Mary does not intend to let these cannon fodder wear out too much.
With a slight wave of Mary's hand, the hundred or so low-level vampires entrenched beside her instantly flew nearly halfway up, fluttering and flapping their wings, and mixed into the group of vampire bats.
"Be careful, there are vampires coming!" the knight leader in the team reminded in a low voice.
In the past half a year of chasing and escaping, countless partners have fallen miserably under the fangs and mouths of this group of vampires either because of lack of energy or because of carelessness.
These vampires may not be very good in attack and defense, but they are extremely good at fighting.
They mingled among ordinary vampire bats, and once they saw an opportunity, they would quickly pounce on them, transforming into human form the moment they rushed to the target's side. They didn't evade the knight's attack at all, just pounced on them like this, desperately scratching and biting the knight's flesh and blood that fell outside the armor.
Such a fearless attack is almost impossible to defend against!
If there are only one or two vampires fighting like this, the knights can still deal with it with their sharp swords and armor, but if a group of vampires surge up, even the lawbreaker knights will have difficulty resisting such an attack.
So with the addition of the vampire group, the battle of the 5-man knight team became more difficult.
The physical strength of the Radiant Knights is far superior to this group of vampires, so killing them is like chopping melons and vegetables. Therefore, the vampires desperately urged the vampire bats to rush up and entangle the two glorious knights, and they gathered quickly, constantly impacting the defensive circle around the three law-breaker knights.
During the violent and bloody battle, a law-breaker knight was only focused on slashing mutant bats flying past him with his long sword, without noticing the low bushes under his feet.
With a stagger, he took two steps back, actually 'away' from the defensive circle.
Such a change immediately made him break out in a cold sweat. Before he could stand still, he waved his long sword and wanted to rush back to his companion who was close at hand.
Unfortunately it was too late!
Fluttering...
For a moment, countless vampire bats poured into the knight battle circle from this gap, abruptly using the terrifying number to make all the knights panic.
And just when they had no time to take care of it, groups of vampires descended from the sky, madly attacking the sword array of the rogue knights with their bodies.
Blood splattered, limbs flew!
However, in this bloody wind, the figures of the outlying knights were pushed further and further away by them, gradually disappearing from everyone's sight.
Puff puff…
Several energy sword blades soared into the sky, instantly chopping up the group of vampire bats around them into pieces of flesh. The blood rained all over the sky, and everyone's body was dyed red.
This group of enemies had just been emptied, and before they could even out the violent energy agitation in their bodies, a new group of vampire bats swarmed in from all directions, suppressing them in place again.
And through the gap between the chaotic bat swarm, the knights could vaguely hear the sound of stray companions struggling to kill and shouting a dozen steps away. But soon after a shrill scream, the sound in the distance gradually subsided, leaving only the strange sucking sound that made teeth sore and legs weak.
"No, leader, we're going to rescue Stoffey!" The burly man Rocal wielding a huge ax was already panting from exhaustion, and the gnarled muscles on his body were covered with oily sweat stains.
"Save what? Can't you see that he is dead?" Sim roared angrily while hacking desperately.
The team is no longer complete. If they stay here again because of a mortal person, I am afraid it will be difficult for them to escape today. So he proposed to Locar, who only had muscles but no brains, and he hated it to the bone.
"I don't care, I won't leave any brother behind..." Luo Karl, whose eyes were bloodshot, roared angrily, turned around, opened the way with a huge axe, and fought hard alone into the distance.
dammit dammit dammit...
Sure enough, before Sim could curse, the knight leader had already made a quick decision.
"You take Sim to go first, and I will bring Lokar back. We will meet at the agreed place..."
After speaking quickly, the body of the knight leader was covered by dazzling fluorescence in a second. These rune energies emanated from his body and condensed into a light armor on the surface of his body, which also endowed him with more violent and ferocious fighting abilities.
When the dazzling blade of the sword shone brightly, corpses of bats fell down like raindrops.
"Go, go, I will catch up with you in a while..."
The leader of the knights roared loudly and rushed into the dense forest.