Viego moved through the war-torn battlefield. This time, there was no W or Ines to lead the way. But thanks to Viego having killed all four of the small squads that had come to hunt him down, for the moment, no one on the battlefield was paying attention to him. Everyone had their own opponent; every Sarkaz was busy killing the enemy before them. They had no time to notice Viego.
And the Caster squad hidden in the forest was even less likely to notice him.
Viego was hundreds of meters away from them. On a vast and complex battlefield, a single person moving alone was too small a target. It was very easy to hide oneself. The Casters' attention was more focused on the fully formed squads on the battlefield, or the larger groups of people. But the kind of high-powered spells that had previously attacked W and Ines had not appeared again. It seemed they were not so easy to cast.
At the same time, Viego also noticed that he was not the only one trying to find W and Ines. Everyone knew how important a leader who could command the battle, a "backbone," was in a fight like this. There was no shortage of mercenaries with excellent observation skills and combat prowess in the company. They had dealt with their enemies and knew to head towards the location where W and Ines had been before, the area that was hit by the spell attack.
But the enemy clearly also knew their importance, so as soon as someone approached that deliberately cleared area, one or several spells would be launched at them. The enemy's tactics were airtight, leaving no opportunities at all.
Viego turned his gaze to the forest on the west side of the battlefield. It seemed he would have to go and take care of the enemy mercenary's Caster squad first.
Viego changed his direction. Along the way, he conveniently saved a lone mercenary who was entangled with an enemy. But after killing the enemy, Viego discovered that this lone mercenary had a hideous gash on his chest that stretched from his chest cavity all the way to his abdomen. Blood had already stained more than half of his body. It was clear he would not survive.
"Kill… me," the lone mercenary said with difficulty, already choking on bloody foam. After his enemy died, the last bit of spirit in his heart also loosened, accelerating his death. But his eyes, as he looked at Viego, were only calm, with a hint of what could not be said to be relief or just numbness.
Viego sighed and looked down at the mercenary on the ground. "Your name?"
The mercenary could no longer speak. Viego pierced his heart with the sword in his hand. The Ruination in his body was replenished by a sliver of the absorbed life essence, but Viego felt not a hint of joy.
"Are all you Sarkaz like this… it's really strange." Viego sighed again, feeling that if he experienced a few more battles like this, he would probably become numb and cold-blooded himself. No wonder W was a lunatic. No wonder Ines seemed so cold and a bit tsundere. If one stayed in this environment for too long, without finding a way to vent the emotions and pressure in one's heart, who knew what kind of monster one would become.
Compared to that, just being a lunatic and a cold tsundere was really nothing.
Viego pulled out his sword and continued towards the western forest. He detoured along the edge of the battlefield, encountering no danger, and arrived near the forest without attracting anyone's attention. Now, he was only about a hundred and eighty meters away from the forest from which magic projectiles were constantly being fired.
But Viego made no further moves for the time being, just using a large rock to hide himself, preventing exposure to the vision of the Casters in the forest. There was at least a whole Caster squad hidden inside. W had once said that as long as the enemy had a normal brain, they would never let a Caster squad be exposed to the enemy's sight without protection. So, in the forest, there would be at least one or several squads specifically designated to protect the Caster squad inside.
The hundred-plus meters between Viego and the forest had no cover. To sneak over without attracting the enemy's attention was actually very, very difficult, almost impossible. And once he attracted the enemy's attention, he would surely be subjected to a barrage from the Casters. The group of Casters had already attacked Viego once before. Now that he had reappeared in their sight "unharmed," the Casters would only strike harder than last time.
The power of the Ruination was not as strong as it was before the battle began. Viego couldn't go through another attack of that intensity and guarantee he wouldn't die. He also couldn't rely on the Black Mist to cover his tracks and cross this hundred-plus-meter distance—if he did that, he would probably run out of "essence" and die halfway through.
He had to wait for an opportunity. Wait for an opportunity when the enemy's attention was diverted, allowing him to finish this journey and reach the forest.
BOOM—!
The sound of a nearby explosion startled Viego. He thought he had been discovered. But the next moment, he saw two mercenary squads charging towards the forest from the opposite side, from the other side of the forest.
Those two squads fearlessly launched a desperate charge across the coverless wilderness towards the forest two hundred meters away. As they advanced, they recklessly threw explosives forward, not caring about their effectiveness. People were constantly being hit by spells and crossbow bolts, falling along the way. But there were always people charging, always the sound of explosions ringing in his ears, and always clouds of dust spreading on the path forward.
"Kill those Casters, and we'll have a chance to win—!!" A roar, accompanied by the sound of a spell explosion, reached Viego's ears.
Viego didn't know if those two squads were aware of his existence and were deliberately creating an opportunity for him with their lives, or if they were simply making a desperate gamble in a desperate situation. He only knew that the opportunity he had been waiting for had arrived.
Viego shot out from behind the large rock, his body enveloped in the Black Mist, appearing more than ten meters away in the blink of an eye!
Most of the enemies in the forest were clearly distracted by the two squads that were constantly throwing explosives. It wasn't until Viego had rushed out from behind the rock for two or three seconds, having already covered thirty or forty meters, that some of the Casters and crossbowmen barely managed to shift their fire and aim at him.
The enemy clearly recognized Viego. They focused most of their firepower on him. A sky-covering barrage of crossbow bolts and magic constructs came襲來, aimed straight at Viego!
But… in the instant before the attack arrived, the Black Mist covered Viego's body.
In this vast, scorched, ruined earth, no one can stop me!
Viego's figure disappeared from its original spot. When he reappeared, he had already arrived in the forest, right in the middle of that Caster squad. He plunged his longsword into the body of a Caster who had his back to him. The ashen color on his face eased slightly as the nearly depleted Ruination was replenished.
At this moment, the enemy finally let out a shocked cry:
"Enemy attack—that man is already inside!!!"
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