"Don't move." Elena's voice came from beside her.
Then it was brushed twice, and a stone needle was cut off. The numbness gradually subsided, replaced by excruciating pain deep into the bone marrow.
Andrea gritted her teeth, so she didn't let herself cry out. She raised her head and saw that the place where everyone stood before was filled with the long needles of the spider demon. If it wasn't for the God's Punishment Witch to save her, she would have been crucified on the spot.
However, even with a skill comparable to that of an extraordinary person, it would be extremely difficult to completely avoid such a wide-ranging blow. At the same time that Elena was caught and jumped out, a stone needle pierced diagonally from her outer thigh. , running through her legs and knees. After the stone needle was cut off, the rolled flesh and bones were faintly visible, the trousers were soaked with blood, and the wound looked bloody.
Elena didn't get much better either. Her abdomen was pierced by stone needles, which were blocked by half of the needles, so that her internal organs did not flow out. Fortunately, the body of the God's Punishment Army could not feel pain, which allowed her to maintain a high degree of concentration.
In just a few seconds, Andrea felt that her forehead was covered with cold sweat. She struggled to take out the special pain reliever pills made by leaves from her arms and stuffed it into her mouth. The bitter and astringent taste made her a little distracted. Consciousness draws back.
Ashes has already fought Demon Slayer over there.
Others temporarily escaped this catastrophe by relying on the protection of the God's Punishment Witch. But everyone was quite embarrassed, adding a lot of new injuries all over their bodies.
There were new footsteps in the woods.
Obviously, the trap that Ersruk had prepared for a long time could not have only two spider demons.
The Witch of God's Punishment was restrained by the wounded and could not let go.
The situation was extremely unfavorable for them.
Andrea grabbed Elena's hand and said hoarsely, "Let everyone gather and retreat westward, it will be too late!"
"To the west?" Elena was stunned, "The first army's forward support point is in the south..."
"That road is dead, and the way back will only be surrounded by demons. The hidden forest in the west is the only way out." In the underground passage, in addition to the ambush, there are also plenty of red fog cans. Surrounded by enemies who have no worries, the fate can be imagined. Although going west will get farther and farther from the point of contact, but it will also lengthen the enemy's attack distance, provided they can last until that time.
Now that I think about it, the Demon Slayer's previous wait was not entirely because their reinforcements had not arrived, but because the manpower it arranged also needed time to converge. The many passages dug by the other side should cover all areas in the rear. Only in this way, the enemy can approach silently no matter where they ambushing.
And the signal of the devil's action was probably the moment when the "substitute" flew out of Taquila.
"I see." Elena nodded and began to recruit her companions to focus on her.
Under the bombardment of the shotgun, Ersruk always roamed the outer area, and used the gust of magic power to consume everyone's stamina. Although the blue light of the barrier appeared on it many times, there was no sign of injury at all. It was obviously difficult for the scattered stray bullets to cause it to be fatally injured.
When everyone got closer together, the figure of the madman also appeared in the woods.
"Watch out for throwing spears!" Ashes shouted, raising his great sword and splitting the bone spear that was shot head-on.
God's Punishment Witch raised individual grenades to fight back, and the scene was chaotic for a while.
Andrea, however, knew they had an even deadlier crisis to solve.
She asked for the Sigil of Listening from Ashes and shouted at Lightning, "Go find those two spider demons and kill them!"
"But"
"Only you and Maisie can do this. Go, that's the greatest help to us!"
The gap between the Spider Demon's launch is about half an hour, and now three minutes have passed. If they can't eliminate the opponent before the next projection, the possibility that they can escape the rain of stone needles with their broken bodies is very small.
"By the way, tell Tilly to get out of here!" Ashes roared without looking back.
"I..." Lightning hesitated for a few seconds before gritted his teeth and replied, "I know you must hold on!"
"Of course." Andrea forced a smile, "Now is not the time to give up..." She shouted to the God's Punishment Witch, "Give me a weapon!"
"Are you okay?" Elena, who was carrying her back, frowned, "If you don't hold me tight, you will be thrown off."
"Don't worry, one hand is enough."
She took the bolt-action rifle handed by the God's Punishment Witch, bit the bolt with her teeth, yanked the bolt back, pushed the bullet into the barrel, and put one hand on Elena's shoulder, even if she lost her. Legs, depleted mana, stinging wounds and exhausted dizziness tormented her, and she was still a shooter that made the enemy's heart palpitate.
The barbarian Ashes are still fighting in blood.
How could she give up first
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"Lightning... What should we do?" Maisie asked anxiously.
"Don't panic, calm down first," Lightning looked at the dozens of mad demons running in the jungle and the explosions of smoke rising from time to time in the distance, forcing himself to concentrate. She knew that Andrea was right, her only advantage was speed, and once the ability was broken by Demon Slayer, it would be difficult to fly again.
The more this is the case, the more you need to calm down! Judging the situation and taking the most correct response measures is what an explorer should do! In the case where it is impossible to escape with them, eliminating the spider demon is undoubtedly more helpful. And if you want to kill that kind of monster covered in stones, you must have a grenade launcher newly developed by His Majesty.
"You go to find the location of the spider demon, I will contact the Seagull first, His Highness Tilly has the weapons we need!" Lightning quickly clarified his thoughts.
"Understood!" Maisie turned into a gray-tailed goshawk and flew high into the sky.
She increased her speed to the limit, and in the blink of an eye came to the glider hovering around the sniper spot.
"Where are they? What's the situation now?" Wendy asked worriedly after opening the hatch.
"I don't have time to explain, I need a spare weapon!"
Lightning drilled into the cabin, carrying the launcher and grenade belt behind him. At this moment, Tilly said, "The situation is very bad, right?"
The little girl hesitated, and finally nodded, "Well, Ashes asks you to leave this place as soon as possible."
"I know, I'll go now."
Both Lightning and Wendy were taken aback.
"Because I'm here, it will only burden her and won't help her..." Tilly's tone trembled slightly, as if she was trying to suppress something, "reason tells me that it is most reasonable to return to the camp immediately. choose."
"Your Highness..."
"But you remember to tell her that I will definitely be back! It won't be long before the Seagull will come with new reinforcements, so that they must hold on until then!"
At this moment, the chirping of a goshawk came from the horizon.
"I'll tell Ashes." Lightning gave Tilly one last look and jumped out of the cabin.
The weight on her body made it impossible for her to maintain her current height. When she almost fell to a height of more than ten meters like a stone, she was able to stabilize her figure. If the Demon Slayer comes to arrest her at this time, I am afraid that even escaping is an extravagant hope.
Trust your partners and the courage they bring to you!
Lightning took a deep breath and flew straight in the direction that Maisie suggested.
Thirty seconds later, she caught the target with her naked eyes, which was a spider demon lying on the ground and spitting out black spar bit by bit. The ground beside it was sunken into a large pit, and several holes could be vaguely seen at the bottom of the pit, which seemed to be connected to other places.
There were two mad demons guarding around the spider demon, and Lightning ignored them directly. It flew to the top of the target's head against the canopy of the tree, and without hesitation, it aimed at the deformed monster with its open carapace and undefended, and pulled the trigger.
With a soft sound of "touch", the grenade slanted into the spider demon's body, and the scorching energy ejected by the focused warhead instantly penetrated its abdominal cavity, smashing the body and blood vessels wrapped in obsidian!
The spider demon, who was severely injured by this, collapsed with a howl.