Blade Dance

Vincent took out the medicine bottle and soaked his two daggers with poison.The nearby team members began to do the same, and even though there was no sign of any enemies ahead, Ilia had not yet ordered them to prepare for battle.But they could all smell the breath within reach.Even though they weren't demon hunters, they could still identify the pungent smell, which was too strong.

Devil's smell.

Most of the day has passed, and evening is approaching.The forests in the eastern zone are dense and dense with water vapor.They had gone far enough, and they wanted to return after investigating the situation in this area, but now, with such an obvious smell lingering around, they probably won't be able to go back for a while, Vincent thought.After all, it is not a journey for nothing, but it also means that the danger may be behind the tree in front.

He suddenly felt like a thorn in his back.

If the commander is still Harlan, he will never let the army be so slack.It took almost two weeks from the discovery of the anomaly to the time they came here—the southeastern part of the forest to find the source.Belittling, delaying, refusing to obey orders.What went wrong here, and what happened within two weeks, is simply impossible to know.If it was Harlan, he wouldn't let a local ruffian like Maureen Restalan be the deputy commander.The bastard was derelict and surreptitious, never being anywhere he was supposed to be.

If it was him, he definitely wouldn't just send a team of stalkers.Of the five people, none of them were priests, knights, or priests. None of them mastered spells such as resistance, protection, and healing, and none of them could save lives.

Harlan...

Vincent misses him terribly.

"Go into stealth."

Elijah finally gave the order.

Everyone entered the stealth state one after another.They stooped and took larger strides, but they didn't make a sound.Elijah was at the front and led the team.She was a tall woman in her late twenties, with long flaxen hair that was now tied in a bun on top of her head.She is also a blood elf. She was originally the captain of the ninth team, but now she is temporarily transferred to lead the team.As a stalker, she has rich experience in the industry. She once sold her life for astrologer as an assassin for several years, and she is also well-known in Shattrath City.She disappeared after the Scryers signed a peace treaty with Aldo, and perhaps took over a few odd deals, but she was rarely heard of as an assassin again.When the Legion invaded Outland, she was drafted into the army, and became the captain because of her outstanding leadership and professional skills.These are what Vincent heard from others, after all, he only stayed in this city for one year.

The smell of demons became stronger, and they entered a half-height fern bush.Then under the cover of dense fern fronds, the stalkers crouched lower.

"Stop." Elijah whispered.The sound is short and rapid.

They stared ahead motionless, and for a moment they could only hear each other's faint breathing.Vincent gently pushed aside the fern leaves blocking his view, trying to see the scene not far away.

He couldn't make out what it was at first, like a billowing black mist, or just like billowing smoke rising from a burning flame.Then, the starting point of the green light flickered in the black mist, and in an instant, a dark green portal emerged from it, as if a mass of fire burned through the mist.

Vincent had never seen the Legion's portal.According to Harlan's description, their edges are green and fiery, and their centers are pitch-black, unfathomable.This is exactly the same as what you see in front of you.What made him feel even more as if he had been hit in the abdomen violently, and his internal organs were suddenly stirred up was that at the same time, there were seven or eight such doors floating in the forest in front of him.Maybe more, but he couldn't see farther away through the thickets of forest.From the bottomless black mass in the middle of the door, ferocious demons would come out every so often.

It is not known how long these doors have been around.

The demons coming out of the portal continuously, they did not move towards Shattrath City, but towards the opposite direction - Shadowmoon Valley, as if there was their oasis there.Vincent knew that the portal had limitations, whether it was the teleportation distance, the number and size of the teleportation targets, or the ability of the caster.This is what Harlan told him.All the knowledge Harlan learned from the demon hunter was used in fighting against the Legion.So now these demons...

Vincent turned his head and looked around, the closest to him was Galen.He was still staring straight ahead, with an indescribable expression on his face, one that couldn't tell from the profile whether it was horror, confusion, or both.On the other side, Gerian was also looking around to observe the reactions of his teammates just like him.Then their eyes met.

Corian glanced in Ilia's direction with extreme impatience on his face.Vincent followed his gaze to look at the captain, and saw Ilia staring at the front without moving, holding the two daggers at her waist tightly with both hands, obviously observing the situation.By the time Vincent's eyes returned to Corian's face, he had already turned his head away.He couldn't help frowning, not knowing what Corian was hinting at.If Ilia is suspected of being unresponsive and indifferent, then since they have already touched the direct cause of the suspected change——

"All retreat."

——Then Ilya will give the order to retreat soon.

Vincent tiptoed and retreated slowly with the others, maintaining a stealth state, then turned and headed towards Shattrath City.

Just when everyone had turned to retreat, a brand new legion portal opened right in front of them.

Vincent didn't react for a moment.

Even if the stealth state is still maintained, such a distance is almost obvious to the devil's eyes.

"Run!"

The fern bushes on both sides retreated rapidly, and the flames of the legion burned over, followed by the demon soldiers.

Vincent immediately drew out the dagger, and the cold touch of the jade handle gave him a sense of security for an instant.But this sense of security seemed so vulnerable under the situation of being surrounded by demons.The sound of the white blade being unsheathed rang out one after another, and at the same time completely exposed the master's position.Everything is happening very fast.Garen moved nimbly behind one of the felguard and slit his throat with his dagger.Irene sideways dodged the demon warlock's spell, and at the same time ran wildly in the direction of Shattrath.Vincent managed to parry an eredar spear, but was pushed back, getting closer to where more demons were.At this moment, Elijah suddenly appeared behind Eredar.Just as the point of the demon's spear sliced ​​through Vincent's left rib, she stabbed him hard into the spine with a dagger.

The demon fell down silently, and Ilia panted, staring at Vincent nervously.The latter bent over and covered his ribs with his hands, cold sweat dripping from his forehead.

"I'm fine, you go and help others."

Elijah took a bag of blinding dust from his body and stuffed it into his other hand.

"Run away," she said.

Then turn and run away.

Demons poured out of the portal continuously, and reinforcements turned from several other doors.They roared in an incomprehensible language, like shouts to charge into battle, and like the most vicious spells, and they would soon surround the stalkers from all sides.

The situation began to take a sharp turn for the worst.

Irene couldn't escape a corrosion spell from the demon warlock. Her arms, legs, and face quickly covered with herpes and large black spots, and then began to rot.She fell down like a scarecrow blown down by the wind, lying on the ground and twitching like crazy, with a heart-piercing scream from her throat, which shocked everyone.Vincent saw Galen running toward her, but stopped halfway.He could no longer recognize that it was Irene.Her face was melting, and it turned into a dark red dirty slurry that flowed to the ground, revealing the pale skull under the flesh and blood.

Galen stared blankly at Irene's body, as if it was frozen.

"Galen!" Vincent yelled.

"Galen!" It was Ilya. "Be careful!"

But it's too late.The felguard's sword thrust out of his throat, then turned and sliced ​​off his head.Elijah broke out into a frenzied curse, but there was no time for them to mourn.Vincent dealt with the demon guard in front of him, and quickly scanned his surroundings.We must find a breakthrough quickly, before more demons surround us.

"Elia! This way!"

He threw a handful of blinding dust at the magic dogs that were about to pounce on them, and the magic dogs barked wildly like headless flies.Vincent immediately ran towards the bushes that had been blocked by them.Behind the bushes, if I remember correctly, was a swift river from which they could escape.There was a piercing tear in his ribs, he stopped to take a breath, and looked back.Elijah, battered and dodging yet another eredar, ran towards him.He didn't see Corian.

Suddenly, there was a sharp pain in the calf.All the sharp teeth of a magic dog pierced into his flesh.The beast's head was devoid of flesh and blood, just a pale skull, with a jaw full of jagged fangs with a surprisingly powerful bite.Vincent endured the pain that almost engulfed him, and pointed the dagger at the back of the beast's neck and stabbed it fiercely.The sudden attack made the magic dog tighten its jaw instantly, let out a whimper, and died soon.

Vincent sat down on the ground, gasping for breath in pain.The twitching calf was covered with puddles of blood. He took a deep breath, and frantically tore his clothes to bandage the wound.In a panic, his arm also slashed across the medlar bush beside him, and the sharp leaf teeth brought out a string of blood beads.

"Vincent!"

Elijah ran towards him.

"Hurry up! They're waking up!"

She also had Corian by her side.They looked at each other, then carefully and quickly avoided the blinded dog and ran towards Vincent.Just when they were about to break through the siege, two more eyes recovered.Elijah and Corian immediately started running recklessly, Vincent stood up tremblingly, and immediately felt a pain that went straight to the marrow in his calf.He had already prepared the last bit of blinding dust, holding it tightly in his palm.When they come running, as long as they run to him.He'd completely blind those brutes, and he'd be sure to hit the target from such a short distance.run.

Just then, Gorian stopped and turned, shoving Ilia back sharply.

"No!"

The astonishment froze on Elijah's face.She fell towards the dogs, hitting one of them.The other end dodged, and then accelerated to catch up with Gorian in an instant.

Gorian uttered a mournful wail.

Vincent didn't know how he managed to run, and the sharp pain in his calf seemed to disappear the moment the mutation occurred.He stumbled and ran to Corian.The stalker was dead, a chunk of muscle torn from his face, and the hound sucking blood from his neck.Vincent stabbed the venom-soaked dagger into its spine, it let out a mournful cry, twitched a few times, and then fell limply to the side.Gorian's blood poured from its half-open mouth, staining the grass below.

Vincent pulled out the dagger and found that his hands were shaking.

Elijah was lying on her back on the ground with her eyes closed tightly, her limbs twisted into strange postures, her scarred body had a few more bite marks, bleeding everywhere.But her chest was still rising and falling, and Vincent knelt down and reached out to her, and she was still breathing.There were two demon dogs lying beside her, one dying and the other dead, with her dagger still stuck in her body.

Vincent picked her up on his back, feeling as if his injured calf was about to be crushed by the weight of his body.He yelped, not wondering if it would attract more legionnaires, and not looking back to see if more daemons were coming after him.

The river is ahead.Beyond, beyond, is Shattrath City.

The warm liquid quickly soaked the clothes behind him, and the weight on his body became heavier and heavier, and he might slip off his back at any time.Sweat stung his eyes and blurred his vision. He ran desperately, only to feel the sky rumble and collapse behind him.