Great Demon King

Chapter 85: Earning a profit without working for it

Ellis’ sudden death also completely revealed Han Shuo’s existence. As the weapon returned to his hand, Han Shuo also jumped down from the tree as well.

At this moment, there was also an arrow sticking out of the side of the thunder journeyman mage of the Battlefire mercenary band. It looked like he’d been hit by the archer from “Shadow Ghost” on the far roof at some point.

The other senior swordsman was also spitting out blood. His body seemed to have been injured by the windblades as fresh blood dripped out of his wounds onto the floor.

“Leave this place!” Han Shuo jumped down adroitly, took in the situation, and understood that even with Ellis dying in the ambush, they were still at a disadvantage. He immediately made the decision to retreat.

Only a few moments had actually elapsed since the arrival of these killers until those several rounds of attacks just now. Before the change of the city guard had completed, the killers from “Shadow Ghost” would have more than enough time to slowly kill his companions, particularly when the original demons that Han Shuo had set up further away sensed that the others, who had been setting up traps, were also rushing this way. He naturally understood that their arrival would mean their chances of living had further decreased.

Phoebe and Candice’s beautiful eyes were already sparkling when Han Shuo’s command to retreat sounded out, seemingly already considering how to retreat.

Before the two had decided, a thought struck Han Shuo as he suddenly remembered a place and a crafty smile spread across his face. He suddenly said, “Follow me!”

Han Shuo’s body suddenly dashed towards one of the fallen walls of the house, the Demonslayer Edge flying out of his palm like a poisonous dragon. A large hole suddenly opened, accompanied by violent explosions. Han Shuo caught the Demonslayer Edge as he arrived, charging out from the hole.

Phoebe and Candice were close already to Han Shuo and were also the closest to the opened hole. When Han Shuo’s body moved, the two beauties didn’t hesitate and also flew over, escaping through the hole in the blink of an eye.

The remaining two Battlefire mercenaries looked at each other after seeing Candice and Phoebe leave, and also started escaping in two different directions.

“Don’t chase after them? After the two girls!” The black robed archmage suddenly opened his mouth at this moment. His voice was exceedingly sharp and unpleasant to the ears.

Thus, all the killers gave up on the remaining two Battlefire members and quickly squirmed through the hole, under the archmage’s instructions, and started chasing Han Shuo and the others.

Having trained in magic, Han Shuo was extremely speedy as he furiously dashed. As warriors, the two beauties Phoebe and Candice didn’t lag behind either. The two of them paid attention to nothing else, setting their sights on Han Shuo, and chased after him.

One of the original demons was one step ahead and had concealed itself in Han Shuo’s path. With an additional set of eyes up ahead, Han Shuo would especially pick isolated areas to flee to as he threaded through various yards and alleyways. With the existence of the original demons, Han Shuo could map everything into his heart and wouldn’t take a single wrong path.

Gradually, Han Shuo’s band of three slowly widened the gap between them and their pursuers by leveraging the terrain. A fork in the road suddenly appeared, one led in one direction in a more twisting and turning fashion, whereas the other was wider and didn’t offer that many areas of concealment in the middle of the road.

Following behind Han Shuo, Phoebe and Candice were incredibly astounded by Han Shuo’s familiarity with this region. They watched as Han Shuo used his knowledge of the land to leave their pursuers far behind them.

When the fork in the road appeared, the two of them naturally thought that Han Shuo would dash into the more twisty and turning road and use that opportunity to completely shake off their pursuers. They hadn’t thought that Han Shuo would suddenly stop and take out a black mask and cover his face, throwing another two at Phoebe and Candice, hurriedly urging them, “Wear it!”

While Candice was still hesitating, Phoebe had already pulled the mask on without another word, covering her beautiful face entirely. Seeing that the pursuers had already appeared in the corner of the street, Phoebe rushed Candice, “Hurry!”