Chapter 412 Fishing in Troubled Waters
The lava river suddenly surged, and countless bubbles bubbled up from the bottom of the river. When Lily saw this situation, she immediately screamed and jumped ten meters out: "What did I poke out?!"
The others immediately looked at the rolling viscous liquid with full vigilance. Hao Ren held up a shield to block Nangong Wuyue: The siren girl is usually good at defense, but in this hot and arid place, she has become a protector among everyone. The one with the least ability. And after the lava river rolled violently for more than ten seconds, it suddenly made a strange snoring sound, and a huge monster suddenly stood upright from the hot magma!
This monster has a roughly human appearance, but its whole body is formed from hot magma. Its upright upper body is three to four meters high. It stands precariously on the river. Although it has no facial features, it shows in its movements There was a sense of confusion: it kept turning its head in various directions, as if searching for the breath in the air. Huge droplets of magma dripped from the monster's body into the river as it moved, splashing up bursts of white smoke.
Hao Ren felt his scalp tightening when he saw this "creature" that seriously challenged common sense: "What is this?"
"Don't be afraid, it's just a lava demon," La Nina asked everyone to step back a little, then frowned at the lava creature and asked uncertainly, "Poru?"
The giant lava demon "heard" these two syllables and reacted immediately. He slightly bent down in the direction of La Nina and made a series of unexplained grunts. La Nina took a few steps back to prevent the lava from dripping from this guy's body, and then started to communicate with him with that weird grunting sound.
"Do these two know each other?" Hao Ren touched Y'zaks' arm, "What were they talking about?"
"I don't know," Yzaks scratched his bald head, "Lava demons are low-level creatures with very poor intelligence. I used to train them as guards of magma lakes in various places, but among the demons, only La Nina can communicate with them using language like this. The principle is unclear.”
Hao Ren looked at La Nina in surprise as she was communicating with a ball of lava: "... As a succubus, why are her skill points set in such weird places?"
Yzaks shrugged: "Maybe there is something wrong with my education..."
At this time, La Nina finally finished communicating with the lava demon named "Poru", and the latter sank into the magma river again with a snoring sound. La Nina worriedly reported bad news: "Theraton has basically controlled this In this place, his legions are in a stalemate with the Holy See coalition forces near the Obsidian Plains. The two sides don’t know what they are fighting for, but in short, his soldiers are everywhere here.”
"This place used to be the territory of big men," Vivian frowned, "What happened to your previous troops?"
"Those who survived have basically fled to other dimensions, and those who stayed here have rebelled." La Nina said this with almost no emotion. "Most middle- and lower-level demons have no loyalty. Whoever has the bigger fist will be the one." Boss, when we meet now, we are all enemies. But there is good news: Theraton still doesn’t trust the demons who have just rebelled. He arranged them all in the Red Peak area, which is far away from the Obsidian Plain. Basically, we Won’t meet those guys.”
Hao Ren breathed a sigh of relief. Those rebellious demons are the biggest threat: they can recognize the appearance of La Nina, and may even sense the breath of Yzaks. Once they meet, those demons are more dangerous than the soldiers of Theraton Legion.
"Seraton and the Holy See Alliance are in a stalemate on the Obsidian Plain?" Yzaks rubbed his chin and thought, "The Holy See Allied Forces are very powerful. If Serraton is able to stalemate with them, he must have sent most of his main force there... No wonder the Demon Casting Mine has been temporarily put down."
"Just to capture your daughter, two groups of people would mobilize so much force?" Hao Ren suddenly felt that something was wrong. A demon king and a group of allied forces from all races had been in a stalemate on the ruins for more than half a year. Just to find someone. The naughty kid really can’t explain it.
The expression on Yzaks's face changed, and he clenched his fist: "No matter what they are doing, they must get over."
"Wait a minute," Vivian suddenly said, "Is the information about the 'Lava Demon' reliable?"
"Reliable," La Nina smiled, "The lava demons are not very intelligent and cannot lie, but they are connected through the magma network that spreads deep in the earth. They can know what is happening in most areas on this earth. I am the only one who has the control. The devil of their language, no one but me can exploit this intelligence network.”
Hao Ren nodded and had no more doubts. He led the group away from the scorching river of magma and continued towards the Obsidian Plain.
As expected, they began to encounter low-level demons wandering around along the way, and the closer they got to the Obsidian Plain, the more demons wandered around, and even Theraton skirmishers equipped with weapons began to appear. When they were in Theraton plane before, everyone directly used the cover of high-altitude thick clouds to land near the Demon Casting Mine, but here, Hao Ren didn't plan to hide too much - they were here to collect intelligence, and if they had to hide all the way, Zang might face a confused situation when he comes to Obsidian Plains.
So everyone began to cautiously contact those wandering low-level demons.
This requires taking a bit of risk, but everyone has discussed the method of disguise beforehand, and you can't understand the local situation without contacting the enemy, so this risk must be taken. Moreover, low-level demons are easy to deal with. With the skills of Hao Ren and his group, they can basically kill them instantly. Even if they are exposed, there is no need to worry too much.
On the desolate and scorched red land, two strong demon guards with horns on their heads were leading a small team on the way. They were wearing the armor of ordinary soldiers of the Theraton Legion. The rock-like skin outside the armor was directly exposed to the scorching hot air, but the two demons themselves enjoyed this weather. They looked back at the Chaos Demons behind them who were not even soldiers, as well as the few trembling humans following the Chaos Demons, and they talked carelessly: "It's a nice weather... and I'm also lucky today."
"Yeah yeah."
"On the way to changing shifts, I caught these guys by chance. It seems that the Holy See coalition forces don't have much ability."
"Yeah yeah."
"I heard that the Holy See Alliance has been searching for half a year on the Obsidian Plain. If those low-level creatures continue like this, they will be killed by the poison gas without waiting for us to advance. Do you think this is what Lord Theraton had in mind? ?”
"Yeah yeah."
"At that time, I will be considered a veteran who retired from the first series. Maybe I can become a captain and live a good life of eating people once a week from now on."
"Yeah yeah."
"Tsk, I just appreciate your honesty."
"Yeah yeah."
The two demon soldiers who had a good relationship were chatting and walking, which fully proved that even creatures like demons have thoughts and emotions. However, a small group of humans suddenly appeared in their sight, which made the two demons immediately stop talking and raised their weapons: "There are humans again!"
"Look clearly! You idiot!" La Nina walked towards the two demon guards aggressively, "There is also a high-level demon!"
The average height of the two demon soldiers was almost twice that of La Nina, but the petite succubus taught her a lesson with an air of aloofness in front of such a large soldier-level man. The two demon soldiers were not annoyed at all. It was a succubus leading a group of humans. They immediately put down their weapons: "Oh, it's Lord Succubus."
Succubi have low combat effectiveness, but their innate high intelligence and magic skills make them among the upper-middle class of demons - natural commanders and staff members, so any succubus is considered a "big shot" to this kind of grassroots soldier. ".
"Are you going to Obsidian Plains?" La Nina asked carelessly, as if she was the commander of the two demon soldiers in front of her, and her tone was very natural.
"Yes," the two demon soldiers looked a little dazed, "we caught a few spies from the Holy See Alliance on the way here and are preparing to send them to the commander on the front line."
"Oh, just in time, I'm going to Obsidian Plains too," La Nina pointed to Hao Ren and others behind her, "I have recently added a few new servants, but the brainwashing is not thorough enough and they are not very obedient. Treat them like your prisoners. Just put one away so I don’t have to look at them all the time.”
One of the demon soldiers nodded subconsciously, but the other suddenly glanced as if he was remembering something: "Of course - but can you let us see your legion emblem first?"
La Nina took out half a pack of chewing gum from her body (she got it from Hao Ren's house) and flashed it in front of the demon soldiers. Her eyes glowed with a faint blue light, and her voice was low and soft as if she was dreaming: "This is my legion emblem..."
La Nina has never seriously practiced her charm ability. It is certainly difficult to deal with the elite demons near the portal, but it is much easier to deal with such low-level soldiers who don't even seem to have good brains. Instinct alone is enough. The two demon soldiers nodded blankly: "Oh, okay..."
Hao Ren and the others just openly infiltrated into a demon team that was preparing to go to the Obsidian Plains to change the guard.
The two demon soldiers continued on their way and started chatting again:
"Do you think ordinary soldiers like us will never have the chance to marry a succubus wife in this life?"
"Yeah yeah."
"Go away, I can't stand your hypocrisy."
"Yeah yeah."
Hao Ren and the others were listening from behind: "..."