Chapter 295: It's really an inside job!
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Pete, who was next to Austin, suddenly lost his thickness and became like a paper man. He opened his arms and rushed towards Austin, as if to give Austin a bear hug.
Austin was too close to "Pete", and there was no time to draw his sword or dodge, not even enough time to drop the cumbersome books in his hand.
Just at this critical moment, a black blade shadow drew a beautiful arc on "Pete". Because the blade was drawn too fast, the sound of the blade could be heard throughout the tomb.
"Pete" was split in two, turning into two pieces of leather that looked like human skin and animal skin.
The one who drew the knife just now was of course Hobert.
He was originally ready to rush out of the tomb and leave this place, but he soon discovered that the animal skin hanging on the wall was gone. He immediately understood what was going on and drew his knife to save Austin.
"Human Skin Shadow." Hobert explained while putting away his knife, "Its characteristic is that it is the main material of Sequence 6 level."
At the same time, he sighed in his heart that Klein's pathway is really the spokesperson of "Mysticism". Just a Beyonder creature with a certain amount of wisdom can create such a bizarre event.
Austin had a feeling of surviving a disaster: "Storm above, thank you for letting me recruit Hobert into the team."
Hobert had saved him twice.
Boom~
Austin was about to thank Hobert when he heard a muffled gunshot from the direction of the entrance.
Everyone's attention was drawn to the direction of the tomb door. Austin dropped the book in his hand: "Quick! Return to the ground!"
He judged that this should be a warning from his teammates to the underground.
Pete, the real Pete, who was guarding the door, rushed out first, followed by Austin and another mercenary. Lena and Hobert walked at the back.
When passing the first corner, Hobert took the painting with him to see if it could be used later.
When they arrived at the entrance of the tomb passage and the ground, Austin and others stopped. They did not rush out, but chose to wait and see.
But there was no sound outside, which made Austin and the others worried about their companions outside.
Just as everyone was looking at the entrance, Lena had a dagger in her hand at some point, and stabbed it towards Austin's lower back.
Hobert noticed this and was about to kick Lena's wrist away, but Austin reacted one step faster and grabbed Lena's wrist: "Psychic Piercing!"
Lena tried to dodge in pain, but was firmly grabbed by Austin. She gritted her teeth and summoned a undead, throwing it towards Austin.
"Exile!" Austin exiled the undead, but still firmly grabbed Lena's wrist.
Hobert, who was about to take action just now, took a step back and sighed in his heart that the mercenaries in his team are generally veterans. Although Austin looks very simple and honest, it is estimated that he had long suspected that Lena had a problem and had been quietly paying attention to her every move.
And Austin made the wisest choice, to capture Lena alive when the situation outside was still unknown.
Lena endured the huge mental pressure, and the whites of her eyes turned black.
"Whip of Pain!" While being careful of the new undead offensive, Austin intensified his mental offensive against Lena, trying to make Lena's spirit collapse and faint as soon as possible.
Just when Lena was about to be unable to hold on, a giant sword composed of light suddenly pierced down from the tomb passage above Austin's head, so he had to let go of Lena and quickly dodge.
Lena's desire to survive stimulated all her potential. She jumped up suddenly, grabbed the top of the tomb passage at the entrance, and jumped out.
Boom~
Pete fired a shot and hit Lena in the back. Lena's body obviously paused, but she still jumped out of the tomb passage.
Hobert had already taken out the "Teleportation Statue". He immediately sensed that there were several Beyonders guarding the entrance, and according to his "feel", the one who stabbed the "Dawn Sword" just now should be a Sequence 5 "Guardian".
There are at least two Sequence 6s among the other people.
Although Hobert had the opportunity to move Lena back, he did not do so.
He still needed Lena to convey some wrong information and make the enemy unprepared for "Blink".
Then Hobert thought that Austin and the others had obviously been targeted long ago, and an internal agent had taken the opportunity to sneak in when they were recruiting people. After they entered the tomb passage, he did not know what method she used to notify her accomplices who were waiting not far away.
Since Lena, who had spiritual vision, did not remind that the dead mercenary team member committed suicide because of a curse, Hobert began to pay attention to her and guessed her purpose, so Hobert, who was mentally prepared, was not worried about the current situation.
"Let's rest for a while." Hobert said to Austin and others who were preparing to jump out of the entrance: "There are many enemies outside. It is best for us to go out after they relax a little."
Austin and the other three were slightly stunned, but still followed Hobert to the depths of the tomb.
Hobert put the painting against the wall and actually leaned against the wall and sat down on the tomb passage to rest: "We have consumed a lot of physical strength and energy just now, and it is difficult to maintain the best state if we rush out like this."
"That makes sense." Austin also sat down with Hobert.
Hobert added: "I have a magical item that can roughly determine that there are a total of seven or eight enemies outside, one of whom is Sequence 5."
Austin looked surprised, and then a little desperate. After wandering in the Beyonder world for so long, he of course knew the gap between Sequence 6 and Sequence 5.
Theoretically speaking, a Sequence 5 can deal with the four people in the tomb passage, and the three team members outside should have met with misfortune.
Of course, Hobert could use "Travel" to leave, but he wanted to try his new equipment through battle, so he decided to stay and fight, and it would not be too late to run if he really could not beat them.
"There are two options now." Hobert smiled: "My magical item can also send you to the ground, so I suggest that we divide the spoils that are easier to carry here, and after reaching the ground, escape in different directions.
"The second option is that I send you to the enemy's side to launch a surprise attack and try to complete a wave of counter-kills."
Austin pondered for a while before saying: "Let's divide these magical items and Beyonder characteristics. Those gold and silver utensils and jewelry are not easy to carry, so we don't need them."
In his concept, even two Sequence 6s would find it difficult to kill a Sequence 5, let alone the fact that the other party has other helpers.
Austin added: "According to the previous agreement, you choose first."
"This painting and that necklace belong to me." Hobert said.
"Okay." Austin almost ignored Hobert's request to choose two spoils, after all, this painting was also difficult for him to take away.
Austin took out the necklace and handed it to Hobert: "There are four of us in total, we will go in four directions later..."
Hobert smiled and said: "Don't get me wrong, after you escape, I will swagger out of the entrance and then start hunting!"
"You're crazy!" Austin looked surprised: "Lena will definitely tell the enemies outside all our situation. Even if we go up first, we can lure away some of the enemies, they will leave one or two masters to guard the entrance."
Hobert kept smiling on his face: "I just want to have a hearty fight!"
Austin opened his mouth wide, not knowing if Hobert was crazy? Or was he crazy?
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