Chapter 411: Encounter
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The small convoy hustled through the desolate land as the two ordinary demon guards and a higher succubus leading in the way. Following behind were the demonspawns which looked like mutated dwafs, and a few humans. They just looked like a demonic convoy with humans prisoners.
At least that was how it appeared to be.
Lanina were walking with the two demon guards as she tried to fish intel from them. Hao Ren's eyes were darting around as walking with the enemy under disguise was a new experience. If everything went smoothly, they would be able to reach Osidian Plain under the cover of the lower demons.
Walking beside him were a few sad-looking strangers whom the demons said were spies of the allied army. Hao Ren didn't think these so-called spies were high-value personnel, they looked more like scout troops. Otherwise they wouldn't have been captured by just a few lower demons.
One of the spies was a bearded, lightly-armoured, middle-aged man who looked like a vanguard—that was what was written on his chest after all.
He glanced at Hao Ren and his friends curiously, wondering if these people who draped in old coarse robes (they changed a while ago as a disguise) were already brainwashed by the succubus; they didn't look frustrated nor angry despite being taken prisoner by the demons, and might have forgotten that they were once humans. So he didn't bother to talk to them.
But Hao Ren stirred up a conversation. "You're from the allied army?"
The beardy man's brows knit together and replied with just a word, "Meh." To him, these human minions who were controlled by the succubus were little different from demons; he didn't want to talk to him.
"What is the allied army looking for in Osidian Plain?" Hao Ren asked curiously.
"Stop talking!" One of the leading demon guards shouted at them. But Linana quickly smiled in a seductive manner. "Let them talk. Let these useless humans make up their false sense of hope. It would be more interesting later when we begin to shatter their hope bit by bit..."
The demon guards immediately thought it was a great idea. "Ma'am Succubus is really experienced!"
The other demon guards nodded frantically. "You're right."
"Is the allied army looking for someone? Or treasure?" Lily immediately chimed in after Lanina. "What were you guys doing? How did you get captured?"
The beardy man's brows knit together again. He vaguely felt that these brainwashed minions were different—they were too cheerful. But he still didn't want to talk to them. "I have nothing to tell you. I know it's the succubus to let you extract intel from me, isn't it? Don't waste your time. You're just a bunch of pathetic people who couldn't remember who you are."
Hao Ren looked at the demonspawns around him. He discovered that these dwarf-like lower demons had low intelligence like what Lanina said. They stuck to the last order as long as there was no fresh one coming. So he wasn't worried too much. He came near to the beardy man and said quietly, "I'm a warlock."
The beardy guy was wide-eyed, his expression changed quickly as if he had suddenly had many thoughts in his mind. The beardy guy said cautiously, "Prove it."
Hao Ren raised his hand and pointed at Lanina and muttered quietly, "She is stupid."
Lanina sneezed immediately. She looked around as if she knew someone was cursing her behind her back.
The beardy guy began to trust what Hao Ren said. The reason was simple; the seduction ability of succubi was crude and simple, intelligent beings which were charmed would sing praises of the succubi and would do so even if the succubus ordered them to the contrary...
"So she is our servant?" the beardy guy glanced at Hao Ren, appearing surprised. He began to realise that these people weren't under the influence of the succubus. So he asked, "You come to our rescue?"
"We're independent merceneries. Just wanna help." Hao Ren made it up based on what the intel Lanina had provided about the allied army. "We have just arrived. Not much we know. What are you guys looking for?"
The beardy guy lowered his head and said quietly, "Well, it's not a secret—we're searching for treasure."
Y'zaks instantly halted in his step. "What?"
"It's said that it's the secret where the mad demonic king had garnered his power." The beardy man continued. "The mad demonic king had turned from an ordinary warlord to become the strongest demonic king ever. He conquered the demonic world and half of the human world within a few hundred years. What's more, he could also foresee where the hidden dimensional door and new planes were. All these ability came from the special treasure. I don't know where the intel comes from. But it's said that the bigwigs of the allied army has found the last words of the mad demonic king before he disappeared. The last words are about the secrets of his great strength which have been buried in the royal city in Osidian Plain."
Y'zaks was all the more confused. He couldn't remember when he had his 'last words'. Of course he was more enraged by the fact that the allied army's stay in Osidian Plain all this time wasn't about his daugther but an illusory treasure! His facial expression changed for the worse. Hao Ren noticed that and quickly patted on his shoulder. "Hey, Wang, keep calm. The thing is, the situation is still unclear. We need to investigate further."
Y'zaks calmed down very quickly—true to his past great stature. He nodded quietly.
The convoy moved forward for almost half a day before the black plain began to appear in the horizon. Silhouettes of countless structure, possibly of the barracks of Serathon or the defense positions of the allied army could be seen over the horizon. As they drew closer, they began to bump into more and more demonic guards and sometimes even small forces of Serathon.
But things went without incident—Lanina told them that the humans were her prisoners with the two demonic guards had sworn to back up her claim. Almost invariably, those demons they had met on the way were all awed by Lanina's promiscuous appetite for man and woman a like.
It wasn't know how the succubus mainden took the comments, especially when she was actually more like sexually apathetic.
So just like that, the convoy was arriving at the border of Osidian Plain. Hao Ren saw weird rocks sticking out like spikes on the terrain. He thought these must be the so-called osidians.
Just when Hao Ren had thought of taking out the demons and figured out a way to infiltrate the the allied army, a loud explosion suddenly came off on both side of the road.
At the same time a BOOM—a ball of fire burst in the air right ahead of the convoy. The demons fell into a state of confusion and chaos. Armoured human soldiers began to rush out from behind the osidian spikes!
Apparently the soldiers had been waiting for them. The convoy was surrounded and outnumbered by one to three.
The two leading demonic guards immediately raised their weapons and roared at the enemies. But they didn't lunged out when they saw the numbers of enemy before them. One of the demonic guards glanced at Lanina. "Ma'am Succubus..."
The allied army was surprised to find a succubus in the convoy. The male soldiers ook several steps back instinctively. The leading officer clenched his weapon and shouted. "Be careful of the succubus..."
In a split second, Lanina yanked out a pair of black rapiers from her waist. She wielded her weapons and leapt up like a bird, and took out the two demonic guards before they knew it.
Then Lanina looked up at the human officer. "What?"
Human officer said back, "What?"
"What my foot!" Hao Ren suddenly yanked out his silver alloy spear and flung a demonspawn away. "Let's finish them!"