Chapter 230: Wandering in the Dark, Hiring Cavalry

"Master...where should we go?"

The little maid hugged him and urged nervously with a trembling voice.

A wave of memories came to his mind, and Chu Ming's thoughts surged. He pointed in the direction behind the hotel and said, "Let's leave from the stables behind the hotel. There may still be horses trapped in the stables there."

Irina sniffed and nodded. She hugged Chu Ming and carefully stretched out her head to look into the corridor of the room.

Faint screams sounded from the room, and the entire corridor was covered with dragging bloodstains. It was Chu Ming's two escorts and attendants who had left behind. There were many items and tattered clothes left by travelers on the wooden boards, and even some wooden doors were directly damaged. It was smashed, leaving only bloody bedding and some body parts inside.

The little maid walked nervously along the wooden corridor, her steps gentle, for fear of making a big noise and attracting dark creatures.

She looked around the surrounding rooms, and when she saw the pieces of meat left in the broken rooms, her face turned pale.

"Young...Master, I'm scared."

Chu Ming withdrew his gaze from the room and comforted: "Irina is not afraid, they are just some wild beasts."

"Attention, there is movement in the front room. Throw the gold coin necklace at your feet over and have a look."

Irina opened her mouth and was stunned for a moment. Although she didn't hear what Chu Ming said, she believed Chu Ming.

The little maid stopped, squatted down a little, put down the hammer, and threw the bloody gold necklace left in the corridor onto the wooden board in the front corridor.

Boom...gurgling... The gold necklace made a sound when it hit the floor, but its quality didn't seem to be very good. With just one hit, the gold coin with holes on it fell out and rolled towards the stair guardrail at the end of the corridor.

Irina's forehead was covered with sweat. She stared at the room in front of her in panic for a while. After seeing no movement inside, she breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed her tense body a little, "Master, it's not dangerous..."

Before the little girl finished speaking, there was a bang, and the wooden wall in front suddenly shattered, and a hound spitting out black flames jumped out. It stared at Chu Ming and Chu Ming with its bloody fierce eyes, as if it wanted to eat them alive. .

In an instant, Irina turned pale with fright and was about to scream.

"Shh!"

Chu Ming covered her mouth with his left hand, and at the risk of being burned by the black flames, he stretched out his right hand and strangled the Black Fire Hound by the neck.

"Roar...howl..."

The black fire hound struggled desperately in Chu Ming's hands. A huge force came from Chu Ming's palm. The black flames on the hound's body became hotter and hotter, burning his palm into a charred black blur.

"You're the one I've been waiting for!"

Chu Ming's expression did not change due to the pain. He stared closely at the Black Fire Hound, and his mental power quickly connected to form a spell model in his mind.

Lightning flashes!

This spell is the only thunder spell that Chu Ming knows. He has been practicing it for five years. Even if the lightning flash is mainly used to confuse the enemy with flash and secondary damage, it can still shine with a different brilliance in his hands.

Sizzle! !

Purple thunder light flashed, intertwined with the pitch-black flames, and instantly spread throughout the body of the Black Fire Hound. It howled a few times, and its body temperature rose rapidly. The smell of burning and meat was emitted, and its hair was burned by the thunder fire. ash.

When Chu Ming put down the hound in his hand, the dark creature was lying on the ground twisted, and the dark flames on its body were extinguishing.

The black fire hound could not be destroyed by the long-range damage of lightning flash alone, so he could only take the risk of letting Irina lure it out and kill it with lightning flash at close range.

Although the Black Fire Hound died in the thunder and lightning, Chu Ming also felt uncomfortable. At this time, his palms were charred black, and red flesh was faintly exposed on the charred skin.

"Master, I shouldn't have said anything."

Irina looked at the injury on Chu Ming's hand, her nose that had stopped sobbing began to twitch again, and her eyes were filled with crystal tears.

"Ahem, you did a good job."

Of course, Chu Ming would not reveal the fact that he used the two of them as bait, otherwise he would definitely scare the little maid.

He looked at the charred palm and frowned slightly. He could feel the burning pain from the wound and the crawling itching of the flesh.

Chu Ming's mind moved, and a simple spell model was constructed in his mind. A flash of green light appeared on his palm, and the granules on it squirmed, the charred skin fell off, and the wound temporarily scabbed.

He still didn't know what dark creatures were waiting for him under the hotel. Chu Ming didn't dare to spend too much mental energy to avoid being in an embarrassing situation where he had no ability to resist the dark creatures, so he simply treated the wound.

Putting down his palm, Chu Ming looked at Irina, "Let's keep walking. Let's go out through the back door. There shouldn't be that many dark creatures there."

Irina sniffed, nodded, picked up the hammer, and walked carefully downstairs to the hotel with Chu Ming in her arms.

Along the way, the hotel rooms were empty, with only messy clothes left inside, as if some travelers had escaped in advance.

After Chu and Ming went downstairs, they carefully hid their figures next to the guardrail of the stairs. While several dark creatures downstairs were still eating the bloody corpses, Irina quietly moved to the back door of the hotel.

She put Chu Ming down on the floor, carefully opened the back door of the hotel, and cautiously stuck her little head out.

"Master, it seems there are no monsters here."

"Let's go check out the stables."

"Um."

Irina carefully walked out of the back door with Chu Ming in her arms, and slowly walked toward the stables in the backyard.

But before they could get close to the stable, a sound of biting came from behind the stable door, and the smell of blood wafted out.

Chu and Ming huddled in the corner and looked over quietly. They saw that most of the horses in the stables had disappeared. They seemed to have been taken away by the fleeing travelers. The only two horses left in the stables did not escape the darkness. The creature's claws gradually turned into a corpse amidst the tragic screams.

Irina looked at Chu Ming with confused eyes, "Master, what should we do?"

Chu Ming thought for a while and looked at the attic of the wooden building behind the hotel. "Let's go up and take a look. Maybe going out of the city at this time is not a good choice."

Irina swallowed, overcame her inner fear, and walked toward the wooden building with Chu Ming in her arms.

Fortunately, the place was not visited by dark creatures yet. The two of them entered the attic smoothly and climbed up to the tiled roof of the wooden building through the skylight after a lot of effort.

Thump thump thump…

Irina walked carefully on the tile roof covered with dust and wild plants, and Chu Ming's vision circled around.

According to his observation, there seemed to be many dark creatures coming in the direction of the city gate. If the two of them fled towards the city gate, they would be surrounded by a tide of beasts, and the situation they would face would be even more desperate than being trapped in a hotel. .

If you don't escape to the city gate, where else can you go... The whole town has become a bloody purgatory. You can see many human corpses on the streets, as well as the corpses of some other races. On the corners of the streets, other houses Screams could be heard from time to time in the shop.

After thinking for a while, Chu Ming turned his attention to the city.

If he remembered correctly, there was a mercenary guild near Erken Street, and they had their own mercenary group.

This town is named Bakr, named after a mage. However, after the death of this mage, the town of Bakr also declined a lot. It is estimated that the largest force in the town now is the mercenary guild stationed there. mercenary group.

If the location of the mercenary group could be found, they might be able to escape from Beker Town with the help of mercenary cavalry.

But if he guesses wrong, and if the mercenary group has escaped from Beker Town long ago, then his next actions will be in vain, and will also put himself in a certain death situation.

Chu Ming hesitated for a moment, then felt relieved when he thought that he still had four writings that he had not used yet.

Even if the writing fails due to this action, he can still make a new choice again. It only takes a month to recover the number of writings at a time, and the price is not unbearable.

But... Chu Ming moved his eyes and focused on Irina.

I'm afraid he will take this timid little maid with him on an adventure this time.

"Young...Master, what's wrong?"

Seeing Chu Ming staring at her, the little girl's blood-stained face showed a look of fear. She thought she had offended something she shouldn't have.

Chu Ming came back to his senses and shook his head, "It's okay. There are more and more dark creatures in the town. It is estimated that this hotel will be surrounded by dark creatures in a while. Let's leave here first. You follow my command. We Be careful and go to the alley opposite first.”

He pointed toward a dark alley in the street behind the hotel.

Although the chance of encountering dark creatures there is not small, as long as they can deal with the dark creatures inside, they can walk down the relatively safe alley to Erken Street.

"Okay, Master, let me help you go down."

The little maid nodded trustingly, hugged Chu Ming and walked down the wooden building, then secretly ran out through the back door.

"Roar……"

The bodies of several dark creatures that were munching on corpses suddenly froze, and turned their heads to look at Chu Ming and the two men who were sneaking around.

Irina was startled, her calves flew quickly, she panted and hugged Chu Ming and ran quickly into the alley. They walked around in a few big circles. The crazy beast barking behind them gradually disappeared. The little maid stopped and said tiredly. Panting.

"Irina, let's take a rest first."

"Okay, Master."

The little maid put Chu Ming down and squatted in the alley to rest.

After a while, when her breath gradually stabilized, she picked up Chu Ming and walked through the alley according to the instructions.

In fact, Chu Ming was not familiar with the streets of Beker. The reason why he was able to find his way to the mercenary guild now was entirely because Renn had been to the mercenary guild before. At that time, he went to the mercenary guild just to announce the search for the Thorn Flower. As a result, as soon as they returned, the town of Beker was attacked by dark creatures.

This time the wave of dark beasts came in force and were able to enter the town of Beker, which is located in the hinterland of Thorn Flower County. It must be that some changes happened in the Violet Principality that he didn't know about.

However, accidents and other incidents are not something he should consider now. At least, he has to wait until he escapes from Beker Town.

Secretly hiding his worries in his heart, Chu Ming was alert to the corners around the alley where dark creatures might appear, ready to fight back at any time.

Irina walked around the alley for half an hour. During this period, they also encountered many dark creatures. They could even see monsters such as ogres mixed into the beast tide and destroying the streets.

The strength of the ogres is at least at the blue level. Chu Ming and the two of them cannot afford to offend them. Chu Ming will only take action when encountering those dark creatures that are really unavoidable.

Just by solving five dark creatures in the alley, Chu Ming's mental power was consumed by more than half. Faced with this bad situation, he became more and more cautious.

However, with Irina on his behalf, his strong body with the physique of a knight has also recovered a lot, and he can barely walk on the ground.

After walking for a few minutes, the two of them squatted under a tall tower in the alley.

Suddenly, Irina's eyes lit up and pointed to the alley not far away, "Master, look, there seems to be someone there!"

Chu Ming was stunned, and his eyes followed the direction of the girl's finger. At the end of the alley, there was a hired knight wearing dark brown leather armor and a steel arm armor on his right arm, who was stubbornly resisting the attack of the dark creatures.

Irina helped Chu Ming stand up and gradually approached the alley. The sound of swords slashing, metal collisions, and flesh tearing... countless noisy sounds gradually came, and the scene of the knights fighting against the beast tide appeared in front of them.

On the street, the chevaux de frise was wrapped with barbed wire on both sides of the street, and at the door of the mercenary guild in the middle, the hired cavalry raised their spears and stabbed at the surging beast tide.

Chu Ming's eyes moved and looked at the mercenary guild behind the iron fence. A faint wailing sounded in the noisy sound. He saw more than a dozen knights lying on the ground receiving treatment inside.

In the mercenary guild, a knight holding a long sword and covered with dark armor looked solemn, looking at the surging beast tide for a long time without saying a word.

This knight was called Miguel Cominghes. He was originally a blue magic knight serving a wizard in the Violet King City. However, the wizard never returned to the King City after going out once.

Without the protection of the wizard, he could only return to his hometown, Baikel Town, to do the mercenary business. As a result, his mercenary group became bigger and bigger. A few years ago, he even opened a mercenary guild on the prosperous Erken Street, where every inch of land is worth a lot of money. While doing the mercenary work, their guild provided job opportunities for other wandering mercenary knights.

Originally, he thought that this development would continue, and one day he would be able to make the mercenary guild flourish everywhere in the Violet Principality.

However, reality soon dealt a heavy blow to this man. The dark beast tide attacked Baikel Town without warning. They not only destroyed the place, but also kicked Miguel Cominghes' ideals to the ground and crushed them.

Facing the terrifying dark beast tide, not to mention the preservation of the mercenary guild, even the survival of him and these mercenary knights has become a problem.

Miguel's eyes turned from the surging beast tide to the servants who were cleaning up at the gate of the guild. He asked the butler who was directing the servants with a serious face: "How long will it take to clean up everything?"

The white-haired old butler wiped the sweat from his forehead due to anxiety, and he hurriedly said: "Sir, give me a few more minutes."

Miguel shook his head and said arbitrarily: "Don't take the remaining supplies, quickly gather the carriage team, and we will leave now."

"Sir, wait!!"

The old butler's eyes suddenly shrank and pointed in the direction of the beast tide, "There seems to be something there?!"

Miguel quickly turned his head to look at the beast tide. When he saw a black light gushing out from it, his face suddenly changed, and he shouted anxiously: "All knights leave the barricade immediately!"

As the man finished speaking, the knights quickly retreated, and only a few knights were still stunned and did not react.

The next second, boom! ! A violent explosion sounded, the wooden stakes were blown into pieces, and the iron wires flew everywhere. The dark creatures and knights at the center of the explosion were unable to react. Their flesh and blood flew all over their bodies, and they hit the wall or the sharp guardrails at the entrance of the mercenary guild.

Miguel stared at the black shadow in the deep pit and squeezed out a few words, "Blue-level dark creature."

Miguel was not naive enough to think that he could keep the dark beast tide out forever by relying on the chevaux de frise.

These chevaux de frise are useful for some ordinary horses or humans, but for dark creatures, they are just stones that hinder the road.

The reason why they were able to resist the dark beast tide just now was all due to the mercenary cavalry who kept attacking on the side. If it weren't for them, these chevaux de frise would not be able to hold on at all, and would be crushed into debris by the surging beast tide in just a few seconds.

Once they encounter a powerful blue-level dark creature, this weak line of defense will soon be broken, and they will face the dark beast tide directly.

Miguel waved his hand and shouted angrily: "Quick, get on the horse first, go first if you can!"

After saying this, in order to buy time for the carriage team to leave, the man and the mercenary group blocked the door of the mercenary guild and fought with the dark creatures in close combat.

Miguel's eyes kept searching in the beast tide, and he soon found the figure that caused the magic explosion-it was an ogre polluted by darkness, but the strange thing was that this ogre was different from the tall and strong ogres in general. It was very thin, and only its right hand was swollen and emitted a mysterious and deadly purple light.

The man's eyes were solemn, and the long sword in his hand swept hard, and the dark creature's head fell to the ground and was smashed away. He stepped on the corpse and jumped towards the dark ogre.

As if cutting tofu with a knife, Miguel easily cut off the ogre's swollen giant hand.

Unexpectedly, things would be so easy. The man was stunned for a moment, and the next second he saw the giant hand that fell to the ground wriggling with flesh and blood, and it actually condensed another breath that did not fall into the original body of the dark ogre!

"What?!"

Miguel's face changed drastically. He finally figured out why the ogre was so thin and frantically retreated.

But it was obviously too late. The two ogres roared, muttered strange syllables, and their fists actually showed traces of magic patterns and blasted towards Miguel.

If it was just one blue ogre, Miguel could still handle it. He even had the confidence to kill the ogre within dozens of rounds.

But he was facing two now, which was beyond his strength!

Boom! !

Two pairs of magic pattern punches hit the long sword, Miguel groaned, spitting blood and foaming as he retreated.

But the ogre was relentless and punched the man continuously.

"Is God going to kill me?!"

The man looked desperate and swung his long sword to fight back.

As soon as Miguel made a move, the long sword was hit by the magic pattern punch. His face changed. He thought he would be repelled.

But strangely, he actually resisted the heavy punch attack, and a faint red light appeared on his body.