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Chapter 39 Encirclement and Reinforcements (Please continue reading)

With Stephania's death, the strange sorcery suddenly ceased, and the giant human-faced spider phantom began to gradually return to its original body, which the mysterious white egg was clearly unwilling to accept!

Whether out of anger or some other reason, a shriek that seemed to come from the soul resounded from the mysterious white egg, almost tangible, and the invisible force field emanating from it could be seen in ripples!

Instantly, the giant human-faced spider demon phantom stopped returning to its original form. Instead, it was sucked back into the white egg by an immense suction force. Meanwhile, Stephania's corpse was also pulled out into a transparent form, which instantly merged into the white egg!

Perhaps due to excessive energy consumption, the white egg suddenly went silent. Its surface, which originally radiated a warm luster like jade, now dimmed and became ordinary!

Richard hadn't seen what had just happened. He was pressed tightly against a hollow in the rock wall, panting heavily. The shock of that arrow to him was far greater than that to an ordinary person!

Because he himself is a master archer, he understands the concept of an arrow that is close to the speed of sound better than most people!

It should be noted that even he cannot do this yet. This has nothing to do with skill; it is pure power. A person with such power is at least a knight-level being.

The opponent's arrows were powerful and heavy. Although they were not as skillful as Richard's, they had a different style, similar to an army!

Richard's eyes lit up. That's right, it was an army. At first glance, it seemed ordinary, but upon closer inspection, he realized that the enemy's arrows had firmly grasped the essence of archery skills—fast, ruthless, and accurate, capable of killing with a single shot and never firing a second arrow.

This can be seen from the fact that the opponent just shot an arrow straight into the neck, instantly killing Stephena!

"ah!!!"

That's Kelvin's voice! Richard's heart sank!

"Help me, help me!" Kelvin's screams revealed his fear, helplessness, and despair!

Richard carefully lowered the bundle behind him and gently took out the bones one by one, placing them on the ground.

He then took out a small mirror from his pocket, slowly peered it out, and shone it into the hall. Using the refraction of light, Richard finally saw Kelvin's situation clearly in the small mirror.

It turned out that Kelvin had just reached the edge of the hall and was about to hide behind the boulder.

However, he was still a step too slow, and a long steel arrow pierced through his left thigh. Due to the great force of the steel arrow, he was pinned to the ground and unable to move!

But the enemy did not continue firing to finish Kelvin off with an arrow; instead, they left him to wail in agony.

Is this what you want?

Richard's mind raced, and he immediately understood the other party's intention: to besiege the point and attack reinforcements!

To be precise, they needed to use Kelvin to determine the exact location of the remaining three.

Even if the three of them don't go to rescue the person, just shouting or throwing something will reveal their location, leading to a fatal blow. What a clever plan!

"Richard, save me! Havel, save me!" Kelvin cried out, his face contorted with rage.

A moment later, fully armed Havel, shield in hand, swiftly ran to Kelvin's side, pulling the steel arrow from Kelvin's leg with the other, and dragged him towards the rock wall.

"Whoosh!"

A powerful steel arrow struck Havel squarely in the knee!

"Ding!"

Javier was overjoyed. His greaves were made of pure steel; even a steel arrow couldn't easily pierce them!

But what he didn't expect was that his knees went numb the next moment, and he lost his balance. In that instant, he instinctively braced himself with his hands on the ground.

Havel's heart sank suddenly!

Another steel arrow, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound, pierced through Javier's weakest point, the back of his neck. Javier immediately collapsed to the ground, bleeding profusely!

The second arrow killed the strongest member of the squad, veteran Javier, which shows that the opponent was very experienced in combat.

As a formal knight-level warrior, Javier had keen senses. Along the way, Richard also witnessed Javier's strength. However, this experienced veteran was killed instantly when an arrow pierced through his slightly weak neck.

Was Havel not quick enough to react?

Do not!

The other party timed it perfectly!

However, this time, Richard was able to determine the enemy's location from the two shots fired at him. The enemy was on a protruding rock face several dozen meters away to his right.

Knowing the location makes things much easier!

Unfortunately, he couldn't use Shadow Grip, because regardless of whether he hit his opponent or not, Richard's mental energy would be completely depleted, turning him into a lamb to the slaughter.

The best solution now is...

Richard immediately began to silently recite the incantation to control the skeleton.

[Host detected performing magic to manipulate skeletons. Do/Do you consume energy to gain inspiration for manipulating skeletons?]

This time, looking at the numbers 1 and 12614 at either end of the slider, Richard thought for a moment and then selected "No!"

Now is not the time to comprehend witchcraft. His opponent could discover his hiding place at any moment. Richard did not know what the consequences would be if his comprehension was interrupted, but he obviously did not want to try it.

After controlling the skeleton to put on the mask and robe, I had the skeleton hold a half-sword and hide in the shadow of the rock wall next to me, without moving!

Lena, who was hiding in a corner of the hall and trembling with fear, dared not go to Kelvin's aid, but wanted to do something, so she called out, "Kelvin, hang in there!"

"Oh no!" These two words immediately popped into Richard's mind. He immediately took out the Elegance of the Wind potion and gulped it down, a feeling of lightness filling his body.

Sure enough, less than a second later, a powerful steel arrow pierced through the rock wall where Lena was hiding. Fragments of rock splattered everywhere, instantly cutting multiple wounds on Lena's body. Lena screamed in fright and immediately tried to run towards the exit of the passage!

But as soon as she left the rock face and took her first step, Lena was shot away by another steel arrow. "Thud!" The steel arrow pierced through the hardest part of the human skull. The power of the arrow made Richard's heart skip a beat!

Richard, meanwhile, kept a close eye on where the other party was hiding!

When a dark figure suddenly flashed out from the opposite rock wall and shot the arrow that killed Lena, Richard immediately stood up and fired a multi-shot arrow. The opponent seemed to be startled and quickly dodged back to the recess in the rock wall. This was the first time the opponent's offensive rhythm had been interrupted!

Richard continued to bombard the enemy's hiding place with multiple arrows. The sound of arrows hitting the rock wall could be heard incessantly. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Richard ran towards the entrance of a passage and flashed into the passage he had come from.

Richard bet that the other side definitely wanted to wipe out his entire team and would absolutely not let him escape, so they would inevitably chase after him.

Sure enough, a tall but slightly thin figure leaped out from the rock wall where he had been hiding with extraordinary agility. On his back was an exaggeratedly large bow. With a light tap of his toes, he shot out several meters, but without making a sound!

Richard's skeleton waited quietly at its original hiding place.

Sure enough, they arrived.

Just as the enemy was about to arrive, Richard suddenly dodged and fired a multi-arrow shot!

The other person curled their lips into a slight sneer, then lightly touched the ground with their toes, and like a feather, instantly flashed into the rock wall recess where the skeleton was located.

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