Chapter 1088: Encountering Demon Clan Soldiers on the Road

"Enough, stop talking. Let's continue on our way."

The Death Lord spoke.

Hearing the Death Lord's order, everyone quickly fell silent.

The group quickly left this place and continued moving forward.

Along the way, they encountered no further intercepts and easily left the Demon Clan's controlled territory.

At this very moment, the sky had begun to lighten slightly.

Seeing that the Demon Clan was no longer in sight, the Death Lord and others finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Phew, we've finally escaped."

"Yes, luckily the Demon Clan's main army didn't notice our movements; otherwise, it would have been disastrous."

"I wonder how Lord Chenxi is doing? I truly hope he is safe and sound."

A soldier of Lord Chenxi's domain said.

Hearing this soldier's words, all the other soldiers wore expressions of worry.

"Nothing will happen; at least, I trust Lord Chenxi."

The Death Lord spoke.

Hearing the Death Lord's words, everyone fell silent.

"Alright, let's continue on our way. The sooner we complete our mission, the sooner we can help Lord Chenxi escape this predicament."

The Death Lord's voice rang out again.

As his words fell, the people present said nothing more and strode forward with determination toward the location of the Western Region.

As time passed, the group drew closer and closer to the location of the Western Region.

When the sun was high in the sky,

the group's steps halted; they had arrived at the borders of the Western Region.

After the Death Lord and others walked into the territory of Lord Chenxi's domain, they stopped.

"Ahead lies the area governed by the Demon Clan. Although they do not know we would boldly come to the Western Region, to avoid unnecessary trouble, we must proceed with caution. Do you understand?"

The Death Lord's voice slowly addressed everyone present.

"Yes."

The group replied.

"Send a few people ahead to scout the path. The rest follow at a leisurely pace."

Next, the Death Lord and others dared not delay any longer; they quickened their pace and continued rushing toward the Western Region.

"My lord, there is a shortcut here leading to a city in the Western Region. It is merely a Demon Clan outpost. If we take a detour, it will likely cost more time. But if we don't detour, we will be easily detected by the Demon Clan, given our large numbers."

Just then, a knight pointed forward and reported to the Death Lord.

The Death Lord followed the direction of his finger and saw a small town not far ahead. The town was not large in scale, roughly ten households in size. On the city walls, some Demon Clan soldiers were patrolling, appearing to guard the town.

Seeing this, the Death Lord's brows knitted tightly together; clearly, he had not expected the first problem to present itself right before him.

At this moment, everyone's gaze converged on the Death Lord.

Seeing this, the Death Lord could only speak: "Since we are already here, trying to detour will only create more trouble. Let's attack directly. As long as we quickly eliminate the Demons in the city, I believe there won't be any situation where they send a warning."

"Yes!"

Hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

At this moment, the Death Lord raised his hand and pointed at several people beside him.

"You, and you, and you—you few, creep up carefully and eliminate the enemy as quickly as possible."

The Death Lord's voice commanded the six knights beside him.

Hearing the Death Lord's order, the six knights nodded in agreement.

"Yes!"

The six knights replied with one voice, then carefully and stealthily approached the city gate.

Seeing the six knights prepare to strike, the Death Lord and others did not idle either; they all drew out longbows and nocked arrows onto the bowstrings.

Acting as ranged support.

One of them, in fact, had already reached the foot of the city gate tower and carefully glanced up at the Demons on the tower.

Taking advantage of the moment when the Demons' gazes were focused in other directions,

he immediately bent down, gestured, and positioned himself as a human ladder to let his companion climb up.

Seeing their companion's action, the other five knights did not hesitate and immediately did the same.

Soon, a squad of five cavalrymen had climbed onto the city tower.

The moment the five men stepped onto the city tower, they discovered that the Demons on the tower had noticed them; a roar of anger echoed throughout the entire town.

Hearing this roar, the knights' faces instantly changed.

"Not good, we've been discovered!"

"Act quickly!"

Almost instantly, several knights realized the danger and rushed toward the Demons' position.

And the group of Demon soldiers on the city gate tower, after a brief moment of daze, reacted and began to attack wildly.