Chapter 242: Infiltration
The journey was long…
Faced with the pursuit of a group of super creatures, Chen Ran and the others showed super strong escape abilities. Two fists are no match for four hands, which is an eternal truth anywhere.
They finally shook off the pursuit of the Hydra big brothers, but unfortunately encountered the super wild boar beasts again. The group of wild boar beasts that could run on two legs had incredible impact and endurance, chasing Chen Ran and his group for dozens of miles. Especially the super white wild boar that stood more than three meters high and weighed several tons. Not to mention the sharp teeth that grew out of its mouth after demonization, just the sharp steel bristles on its body were painful to touch.
The journey was bumpy. Chen Ran’s luxurious team was unable to achieve any degree of killing, just running away all the time, and even ran the wrong way in a hurry, slower than the expected travel time.
Here, Chen Ran could only pray that the great Templar Knight captain could hold on until they rescued him. However, in his eyes, it was not a problem for a man to sacrifice a little bit of his looks. The most important thing was that fortunately, it was not him who was accompanying that fat woman.
The distance of nearly four hundred miles was not easy to cover. Chen Ran and the others had tried their best to rush toward the direction of the Witch Clan, occasionally killing some ordinary creatures that they could deal with. The journey of several hundred miles had allowed him to complete the remaining blood essence for the next level, reaching level 56.
But an increase of one or two levels was useless. Except for being a little more durable, it didn’t mean much. What Chen Ran needed was a brand new skill. After reaching level 60, he would have a brand new main combat skill. But time was pressing. Chen Ran didn’t have so much time to complete the subsequent levels in the swamp.
Three days. A full three days later, Chen Ran finally arrived at an area not far from the Witch Clan. Here, they dared not advance head-on.
Normally speaking, those tribes with some history had their own reconnaissance methods, not to mention settling in such a dangerous Black Swamp. Chen Ran did not doubt that those people had some reconnaissance-type magical beasts or other means to pay attention to every move in the vicinity. If they were as omniscient as the Holy Maiden, there would be no need to fight this battle.
Casting a Light and Shadow Art on his own people to avoid being discovered, Chen Ran once again used the Light Bird spell to carefully patrol the high-risk creatures near the swamp.
Fortunately, in this area of the Witch Clan, no other creatures dared to come to this territory to cause trouble. Chen Ran only needed to pay attention to the living beings here to complete the concealment as much as possible.
The dark night had always been Chen Ran’s partner. As the saying goes, it’s easier to do things in the dark. A series of his previous strategies were carried out in the dark. He believed that the people of the Witch Clan would not have thought that a few of them would dare to break in.
Chen Ran was very patient. Taking advantage of the time when the night patrol guys hadn’t fallen asleep, he used the vision given by the Light Bird spell to fly around inside and observe the situation.
It was not suitable to go to Othello’s side yet. Chen Ran needed to find the other warriors first, and then consider how to save that guy. How could a person personally guarded by the Mistress of the Witch Clan be so easy to save? This one could only be saved last.
The top priority was to save the soy-sauce characters first.
Because it was not far from the Witch Clan, Chen Ran had enough energy to find the dungeon where everyone was imprisoned. According to Othello’s description last time, Chen Ran had a general direction, but the sense of direction was not very clear.
But this couldn’t stump him. After a series of careful searches, Chen Ran finally found the remote dungeon.
Perhaps, calling it a cave was more in line with its name.
A gloomy and remote small cave, which felt more like a woodshed, inconspicuous. The light bird carefully flew into the cave. Chen Ran suddenly discovered that in the shadow of the corner just inside the cave, there was actually a two-headed giant dog resting. That sudden feeling even startled Chen Ran. He secretly thought that the Witch Clan’s attention to detail was really meticulous. With such an eighth-tier demon dog guarding the door, it could save a lot of worry.
Flying into the dark cave entrance, there was a man as thin as a rib inside, probably the guard here. But with only one person, this guard was a bit too few. But looking at the row of small mechanisms nearby, it seemed that this person’s main task was to sound the alarm.
Inside, Chen Ran saw many iron cages.
Sure enough, he found the target of this mission, a group of imprisoned Templar Knights.
Counting the number, not a single one was missing, and not a single one was dead. It seemed that this group of people from the Witch Clan was not as inhumane as imagined. Although these guys had suffered more or less, looking sickly, obviously poisoned by some kind of virus, it was almost impossible to escape by relying on their own strength alone.
Knowing the location, Chen Ran had a rough idea in his heart, but now was not the time to act. With a little free time, Chen Ran controlled the light bird to fly deeper to see what was locked inside.
Chen Ran randomly picked a few iron cages, but found that there were some bound creatures inside. Among those creatures, there were ordinary mountain birds, such as wild boars, mountain deer, big toads, tentacle monsters…
Chen Ran had some doubts. Why were these creatures with trash combat power locked up so tightly? Each one was sealed with a strong anti-magic chain. Were the people of the Witch Clan bored?
Or were these some kind of sacrifices or spare food?
Chen Ran’s mind was full of question marks. Seeing that there were still some shamanistic barriers inside, he chose not to continue inside.
These confusing things were not within his jurisdiction. His mission was just to rescue all the Templar Knights. As long as the team was gathered, with his explosive support power, rushing along the safe route, they could definitely shake off most of the enemies. Finding the right time difference, maybe they could even launch a counterattack.
Controlling the invisible little light bird to leave the prison, Chen Ran continued to fly toward that familiar big house to see how that guy Othello was doing, hoping he hadn’t been executed by that damn fat woman.
As for that guy, Chen Ran definitely had to save him. As the adopted son of his immediate superior, as a natural “someone else’s child,” as a tough guy whose promise was greater than his life, if he helped him once, it would be a great help to himself. Once they started to flee, and the other party sent a large number of people to pursue, relying on that guy’s ability, which was even more talented than Nicole’s, he could definitely block a wave of manpower.
The light bird gradually approached the house where Othello was originally imprisoned. This time, he saw that guy again.
Compared to last time, Othello had not been doing well these days.
At this time, the big man was actually lying on the bed, his face looking a bit sickly, but his lying posture was still so proper…
Chen Ran was a little surprised. Didn’t that old fat woman want this guy to be a male slave or something? Logically, she shouldn’t have tortured this kid like this, although there were no scars.
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, Chen Ran’s light bird flew to Othello’s side. “Long time no see. How did you become like this?” The light bird he controlled turned into the image of a small light person by the bed and asked Othello softly.
Hearing Chen Ran’s voice, the weak Othello gradually woke up. Seeing the figure he had seen a few days ago, he simply explained, “Nothing. Although I agreed to that woman, I really couldn’t do that kind of thing that humiliates my dignity, so I pretended not to know and ate some unclean things, and then it became like this. In this way, at least I can delay for a few days.”
Chen Ran was a little speechless. This guy was really stubborn. He could even do such a thing that hurt others and didn’t benefit himself. It was just sleeping with a fat woman for a few nights. It wasn’t like he was a girl. Could a man’s chastity be eaten…
However, Chen Ran still admired this guy’s courage. He estimated that if he were given a knife and asked to exchange his life for the escape of a few brothers, he would do it without hesitation.
“Wait here. After this group of people fall asleep at midnight, we will take corresponding actions to rescue you and all the brothers as much as possible. As for your little problem, I can help you remove it later. Just rest for now, and cooperate with everyone to escape then.”
Othello nodded, indicating no objection, and warned at the same time, “There are many powerful foreign beasts here, and there are many traps. Be careful. My place is more dangerous. If it doesn’t work, don’t force it…”
“I know what I’m doing.”
Chen Ran didn’t waste any more words and removed the effect of the Light Bird spell.
Lying under the gloomy ancient trees, Chen Ran looked at the valley entrance not far away. There were a few Witch Clan men and women and a few guard dogs squatting outside to guard.
Chen Ran and the others were very patient. Until after midnight, the few figures guarding fell into a deep sleep in the small house at the valley entrance. With the protection of a few magical beasts, it was not so easy to slip in easily.
The little girl Dongfang, who was with them, snickered, “Hehe, big brother, watch me this time.”
Far away, Dongfang used the power of the fused phantom beast to complete the hidden fox armament, and then began to move forward in a stealthy posture.
The armament she possessed not only had the effect of visual stealth, but even had the ability to isolate aura and body temperature. Even if the other party had magical beasts that were good at reconnaissance, it would not be so easy to discover her. Moreover, the hidden fox had another ability, which was hypnotic waves…
The stealthy Dongfang gradually got closer and closer to the few giant dogs. Her body gradually emitted a strange fluctuation, spreading out like water ripples, so light that there was no sound, only a rustling sound from the leaves not far away.
Chen Ran, who was observing from a distance, only felt that the field of vision in that area gradually became blurred, and then the heads of the few guard dogs tilted directly, sleeping like dead dogs.
Dongfang over there made an OK gesture to Chen Ran in a state of breaking stealth, and then walked quietly inside alone.
“Alright, the little girl has done it,” Chen Ran was happy, and then said to the people behind him, “Too many people are easy to expose. You guys wait here. Dongfang and I will go in and rescue the people inside, and then everyone be ready to run at any time.”
Nicole and the others nodded, indicating that they understood Chen Ran’s meaning and told him to go with peace of mind.
After the preparations were complete, Chen Ran also quietly sneaked in using the effect of the Light and Shadow Art.
