Demon King: Hero, don't run away!-Chapter 422 Pincer Attack from Front and Rear

Along the forest path, Lotcar swiftly made his way, drawing ever closer to the eastern gate of the city.

Suddenly, Iya sensed something and stood up on the carriage, bow in hand.

Looking up at the standing Iya, Bai Jin, with eyes barely visible beneath her disheveled hair, looked puzzled,

"Iya, what’s happened?"

Swallowing hard to confirm her senses weren’t misleading her, Iya’s gaze shifted towards the rear of the carriage,

"It’s darkness. There’s a darkness following us."

"Darkness? The darkness you’re talking about is..."

"The bat we encountered in the Goblin Maze that day, the Dark Knight from the maze we first strategized to conquer, and the ruins beneath the All Things Library... they all feel very similar to what I’m sensing right now."

Drawing her bow, a Light Arrow formed between the strings in Iya’s hands, and the launching of the arrow pierced through the shadow that was tracking them.

But this was just the beginning.

As Lotcar moved quickly, more and more darknesses Iya could sense appeared within her range.

Those darknesses looked like black crows perched silently in the tree canopy, quietly waiting for their arrival.

Oddly enough, these black crows did not follow up like the first shadow Iya had crushed, allowing them to pass by unchallenged.

The more these black shadows remained motionless, the stronger the sense of unease grew inside Iya,

"Bai Jin, can you contact Captain Gordon? I want to check on Yang Yu’s situation. I have an ominous premonition."

"I’ll try."

Picking up the Crystal Ball, Bai Jin located Gordon’s magic power imprint within it. Then, she focused her spirit to channel her magic power, attempting to call Gordon.

Soon, on the other side of the Crystal Ball, Gordon’s face appeared, his hair tousled by the strong wind, and before Bai Jin could ask about his situation, Gordon spoke first,

"There’s a difficult enemy heading your way, Yang Yu asked me to protect you. Get as far away as you can, I will catch that guy soon.

I’m focused on tracking right now, temporarily..."

Mid-sentence, Bai Jin saw Gordon frown, and then he disconnected the Crystal Ball.

Gordon’s appearance, seeming as if he had lost track of something, immediately unnerved both Bai Jin and Iya who had come over to look at the Crystal Ball.

Iya’s brow furrowed in concern, "Are they coming for me? Am I really that valuable? The darkness I sensed must also be his doing..."

"We need to change paths."

Before leaving, Yang Yu had temporarily handed command over to Bai Jin, who immediately made a decision based on the knowledge she had learned from Yang Yu before,

"Lotcar, for now, only Iya can sense our surroundings. Follow her instructions for the time being and move towards areas free of that darkness.

If Gordon catches that person, he will surely contact us again. Before that, we must ensure our own safety.

Iya, I’m counting on you."

"Yes! Leave it to me,"

Regaining Bai Jin’s trust, Iyas felt an indescribable touch of emotion in her heart, but at the moment she needed to concentrate, sensing the darkness that surrounded them to pick out the safest route.

Lotcar said no more, listening to Iyas’s instructions and timely adjusting the route.

To be honest, Lotcar sensed something too, though he lacked Iyas’s sensing ability; his perception was wholly instinctual.

For some reason, that feeling of being watched, familiar to Lotcar, was just like when that guy invited him out for a drink, the sensation of something watching him was exactly the same.

That guy certainly couldn’t produce such a curse, behind him there must be someone else, who had given him that thing.

Lotcar didn’t know who stood behind his cousin, but only by helping Yang Yu and the others to complete what they wanted to do, could he return to his community and expose his cousin’s conspiracy.

Concentrating her mind to sense the darkness around them, Iyas picked one path after another, and with her directions, Lotcar, dragging the carriage, bumped and wound through the dense forest.

The carriage rolled over a pebble, causing a jolt, and Bai Jin and Iyas sat in the carriage, holding onto the edges to keep from being jarred out.

But they were unable to shake off the shadowy figures trailing them, and even in Iyas’s perception, those lingering shadows seemed to gather like lone wolves into a pack upon realizing their change in route, and started to track them.

What’s more terrifying was that those shadows had gradually formed into a single entity while pursuing them.

In Bai Jin’s field of vision, the darkness became clearly visible, and numerous spiritual bodies turned into a giant dark hound without hindquarters, wildly chasing after their carriage.

Chanting spells, sharp Ice Spears formed in front of Bai Jin’s wand, but because of the jolting journey and the hound’s agility, not one of Bai Jin’s three Ice Spears hit their mark.

With no other choice, Bai Jin had to resort to the less powerful but extremely wide-ranging "Frost Nova."

White Magic Arrays accumulated magic power in front of the wand, and pure white snowflakes poured out from Bai Jin’s wand, covering the bushes in the forest with a layer of pristine white.

Affected by the "Frost Nova," the dark hound’s speed instantly slowed, allowing their carriage to swiftly gain distance from the dark hound.

But before they could relax for long, Iyas sensed another strong presence of darkness ahead of them, right in their path.

"Bai Jin! There are enemies ahead too."

"Ah?"

Bai Jin was slightly surprised, awkwardly adjusting her position on the bumpy carriage, when a dark figure, no, countless shadows carrying a burly man in a mask appeared right in front of them. freewēbnoveℓ.com

Seeing that figure, Bai Jin felt at a loss; she didn’t know the strength of the man before her, unable to make the best judgment in an instant like Yang Yu would.

While Bai Jin was undecided about whether to charge in another direction or stop to fight, Lotcar suddenly spoke up:

"You guys try to climb onto me later. The carriage is too inconvenient. Prepare to fight now!"

With succinct words, Lotcar felt an ominous and strong aura emanating from the person in front of them. With their path blocked ahead and behind, turning back would only expose numerous weaknesses; the best option at the moment was to engage in battle and look for a chance to find a way out later.

Gordon and Yang Yu should both be making their way here; all they needed to do was to delay this man until they arrived.

Extending his arm, three sharp, crimson claws sprouted from the back of Lotcar’s hand, and he lunged toward Kenro.

Countless black spiritual bodies gathered in front of Kenro, forming a shield. Lotcar’s claws scraped against it as if they had hit a sheet of iron, and the extended red claws snapped off.

Yet Kenro’s arm passed directly through the shield composed of spiritual bodies, coating his fist with the black entities, and punched Lotcar squarely in the right face.

Because of this punch, Lotcar lost control of the carriage, which crashed with a clanging sound against the trunk of a large tree and came to a halt.

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