"Your Highness, there are demons patrolling ahead, and there is no way for me to avoid them."
In a dilapidated building in the southeast corner of the imperial city, a man hid in the room and stared ahead for a while, then whispered.
This seems to be just an ordinary investigation team.
The man is the investigator in the team.
When encountering a situation that cannot be handled, he naturally needs to report it to the captain and let the captain make the decision.
However, if any uninformed person saw this scene, they would definitely feel very strange, because there was nothing behind the man, and he was the only one in the whole room.
This person was none other than Su Tu's confidant, the bald man.
Although there seems to be no one else behind him, if you look closely, you can still find some clues.
For example, the whole room was extremely dark, and some vague black shadows could be seen vaguely on the walls.
However, under the cover of darkness, it is difficult to detect any abnormalities unless you look closely.
This is the special ability of the Shadow Cloak.
Shadow silkworms are void creatures, and the shadow cloak is made of silk threads spun out by shadow silkworms using a special technique, so it naturally has the characteristics of void creatures.
After using the secret method to activate, a place similar to a void space can be formed in the shadow cloak.
The people hiding inside will disappear from the original space and cannot be discovered by sight or spiritual detection.
As for how many people can be hidden, it depends on the ability of the shadow mage.
The bald man is a relatively special kind of shadow mage.
He cannot use curse spells at all, but he is good at the void and can even make a shadow cloak.
However, precisely because of his limited abilities, when using the shadow cloak, he cannot completely hide the person and will leave a faint shadow.
If used in broad daylight, it would still be easily discovered, so Sutu and his party chose to operate at night, using the darkness to make up for the shortcomings of the shadow cloak.
According to previous investigations, there are not many demons in the southeast area, and there are only a small number of patrol teams.
This is easy to understand, after all, all the surviving humans in the imperial city are imprisoned, and humans are no different from food in the eyes of demons.
In addition, most of the low-level demons have low intelligence and basically zero self-control.
If the demons are allowed to enter and exit this place casually, even if there is an order from the Demon King, the hungry demons may not be able to control themselves and start killing.
Once one demon takes action, other demons will definitely swarm in, and by then they will be unable to control themselves even if they want to.
Therefore, although important hostages are held in the southeast area, the number of demons is actually the smallest.
According to Su Tu's plan, after the summoning was successful, everyone except the bald man hid in the shadow cloak, and then the bald man sneaked in secretly with the shadow cloak, and released everyone after arriving at the destination.
Doing so is somewhat helpless.
Pica once relied on the ability of the Shadow Cloak to successfully sneak into the treasure room of the Holy See of Light, which shows that Pica himself can move in the void even in the Shadow Cloak, and he will not recognize the wrong path.
Although the bald man can also enter the Shadow Void, he will be plunged into darkness and cannot see anything.
He cannot even move, let alone rely on the Shadow Cloak to sneak in secretly.
As for why this happened, no one knew.
The bald man had tried countless times but could not change this situation.
In desperation, he could only stay outside alone.
For this plan, Su Tu even hired an assassin who was skilled in infiltration as a teacher and trained the bald man for a period of time so that he could avoid the eyes of patrolling demons.
The bald man did not live up to Su Tu's hopes.
He had successfully avoided several groups of demon patrols before this.
But after all, he is not a professional shadow assassin, and he really has no good way to deal with special situations.
"How many, can't you go around it?"
Su Tu's voice rang in the bald man's mind.
The void inside the Shadow Cloak is equivalent to another world.
No matter what you do inside, it will not affect the outside world.
Only the bald man, the spellcaster, can hear Sutu's words.
In other words, Su Tu has now completely put his life in the hands of the bald man.
If the bald man does not let them out, then Su Tu and others will never see the sun again.
"It's difficult."
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The bald man shook his head subconsciously and whispered: "The patrol teams encountered before were only composed of nightmare knights and nightmares, and my subordinates could handle it.
But now this patrol team also has Cerberus. , I’m not sure.
And according to what my subordinates have seen, this is not the only patrol team with hellhounds.”
"There are actually hellhounds, how is that possible?"
Su Tu looked a little surprised, and then fell into silence.
Among all kinds of demons, nightmares are a special category.
Demons are undoubtedly cruel and bloodthirsty, and the nightmare that looks like a unicorn is no exception.
Especially after evolving into a nightmare knight, it can kill even more crazily.
In an army melee, a smaller number of Nightmare Knights can often harvest the most lives.
This is possible not only because the Nightmare Knight is powerful, but also for a special reason, that is, the Nightmare Knight does not seem to be able to eat.
Other demons kill and eat at the same time.
After killing the opponent with one claw, they may stuff it into their mouth and chew it, which naturally affects their efficiency.
The Nightmare Knight is an exception.
After evolution, their entire bodies are covered in thick armor.
Their mouths cannot be seen, and they seem to have lost the ability to eat.
Probably because of this, the Nightmare Knight is crazier than other demons when killing, and will not stop until all targets are killed.
Among the dwarves, choose the general.
Although the Nightmare Knights are also very bloodthirsty, at least they will not attack humans because of hunger.
It is more appropriate to choose the Nightmare Knights to guard them.
However, the appearance of Cerberus here is somewhat unexpected.
Cerberus is the exact opposite of the Nightmare Knight, they are the most gluttonous demons and never seem to have enough.
Some people once suspected that Cerberus evolved into a two-headed Cerberus just to grow a mouth and increase its ability to snatch food.
Let hell dogs guard the hostages, and it is extremely difficult to ensure that they will not "steal".
Of course, Sutu never thought from the beginning that the demons would attack the imprisoned residents as they promised.
After all, there are hundreds of thousands of residents in the city, and even the Tianyang Empire itself cannot liquidate them.
As long as the demons don't kill on a large scale, this hostage card can continue to be played, and it's not surprising that Cerberus will appear here.
But the problem is that the Cerberus's ability makes Sutu and his party very difficult.
You must know that demons like Cerberus are not named because they look like dogs.
Even the most ferocious dogs are not one-tenth of their size.
They are called hellhounds because their sense of smell is very sensitive.
The bald man was alone, and after learning how to sneak for a while, it was not difficult to deceive the Nightmare Knight.
In addition, he is a shadow mage himself.
With the help of shadow spells, he is confident that he will not notice even if the devil sweeps his way with his spiritual consciousness.
But when it comes to smell, the bald man really has nothing to do.
The bald man waited quietly for Su Tu's instructions, while also observing the situation of the patrol team.
According to the current situation, unless the hellhound catches a cold, he will definitely be discovered as long as he continues to move forward.
This wasn't hide and seek, not only could he not be seen, but he couldn't let the demons know that someone was infiltrating.
The plan has progressed to this point, and a small mistake may ruin all the progress.
"Let us out."
After a while of silence, Su Tu's voice came again.
"Your Highness" the bald man was shocked.
It's not difficult to guess what Su Tu meant.
He really couldn't find a way not to be discovered by the Cerberus, so his stealth could only go so far.
Next, we may have to use all our strength to kill him as soon as possible.
But according to the bald man's understanding of Su Tu, His Royal Highness the Prince dislikes accidents very much.
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As long as there is a slight possibility that things will go according to plan, Su Tu will definitely not make any other choice.
"Don't ask any questions, act immediately."
Su Tu's tone was firm.
"Yes."
The bald man did not dare to hesitate.
He reached behind him and grabbed it.
A dark cloak instantly appeared in his hands, and the strange darkness behind him also disappeared.
The figures of Su Tu and others appeared out of thin air.
Probably because he was not used to being in the Shadow Void for a long time, Su Tu took a deep breath to restore himself to his best condition.
The people behind him were no exception, and they all adjusted their breaths.
After all, they couldn't feel any magic elements in the Shadow Void, which made the magicians very insecure.
After making simple adjustments, Su Tu carefully observed the situation in front of him.
He is a wind element user, and his sensing ability is the strongest among all elements.
The bald man did not exaggerate the facts.
He noticed the existence of dozens of two-headed hellhounds within Sutu's detection range.
It seems that the demons also considered that someone might sneak in to rescue the hostages, so they took precautions long ago.
It's too easy for demons to prevent a rescue, they just need to know someone is infiltrating.
At that time, all you need to do is threaten the hostage's life, and the infiltrator will naturally leave.
After all, there are hundreds of thousands of people, the target is too big, and it is also very concentrated.
If the demons are angered, several big demons joining forces to cast hellfire can take away hundreds of thousands of lives in an instant.
No one dares to take this risk.
"Your Highness, what should we do now?"
Seeing that Su Tu was silent for a long time, another man dressed as a warrior and carrying a long knife stepped forward and asked.
Although they are all confidants, there is also competition between them.
Their operation this time was mainly to rescue the residents of the city and avoid fighting as much as possible.
If everything goes well, the bald man and other magicians with special abilities will be the ones who deserve the most credit.
Warriors like them basically have nothing to do.
It's a shame that I don't have any share of such a big achievement, and I don't have any ideas in my mind.
Su Tu sighed in his heart.
He could no longer act according to the plan, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.
However, as the leader, Su Tu naturally cannot express his true thoughts on his face.
"Next, attack with all your strength.
Let's kill them directly.
Let's go as fast as possible."
As soon as Su Tu finished speaking, he immediately shouted and his whole body turned into a whirlwind and rushed directly towards the unsightly patrol
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