Versatile Mage: Thunderstorm

Chapter 23 The Demon's Intrusion

half a month later.

A valley somewhere outside of Anjie.

A group of people gathered in a camouflaged temporary camp. The leadership team of the joint team was holding a meeting, while Li Yu sat aside, playing with the jumping electric arc in his hand out of boredom.

The nearly half-month field investigation has basically come to an end. What makes everyone frustrated but slightly relieved is that their investigation has yielded no results.

The results are mixed.

To put it negatively, their actions, which involved long hours of hard work and the risk of being surrounded by demons, were meaningless.

But from a positive perspective, no result is the best result. At least it proves to be a false alarm and the surrounding environment of Bo City is still safe.

"We have gone deep enough this time. I suggest that we take a break today and return early tomorrow morning."

Li Ming, the hunter representative, suggested.

They are now quite close to the territory of a commander-level demon. If they go any deeper, the risk of being exposed will be greatly increased. If they are targeted by a commander-level demon, every member of the joint team will die!
Not only the hunters, but also the commander-in-chief, Jun Qianshan of the military, began to waver in his attitude. Over the past half month, the joint team's actions have been quite intensive, and they have almost checked the area within several kilometers around the route. However, the results they obtained were the same as the routine exploration at the beginning of the year. The distribution of the monsters was quite consistent with their experience and cognition, and there was nothing abnormal.

In addition, the estimated duration of the mission is twenty days. Now that they are deep in the heart of the demons, it will take at least four days to retreat to a relatively safe area without alerting the large group of demons. It is time to return.

After thinking for a while, Jun Qianshan was about to nod his head to agree with Li Ming's suggestion, when the sentry outside rushed in with a hurried tone.

"Ten kilometers away, there is a Bone Spike Wolf and more than thirty One-eyed Demon Wolves heading towards the valley where we are. They will be here in half an hour at most."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's faces changed. The power of the Bone Spike Wolf and the One-Eyed Demon Wolf alone was not enough to scare them. There were six mid-level mages present, and they were not just "newbies" who had just broken through and could not even cast mid-level magic. Among them was a great god who could challenge the general alone.

When they thought of this, several of them couldn't help but cast hidden and respectful glances at Li Yu, who was already ready for battle, the Thunder Spirit Mage!
Lightning magic that can easily break through the defense of a general-level demon and cause damage, does it make you feel safe? !
If they really deployed their full strength, this group of demon wolves could be wiped out in less than half an hour.

But what is this place?
On the edge of the commander-level demon territory!
Once you use powerful mid-level magic and alarm the local overlord, forget about going back and just choose a piece of land with good feng shui to bury yourself.

"Notify everyone to clean up the traces immediately and leave in ten minutes."

"besides……"

Jun Qianshan frowned. He needed to keep an eye on the movements of this pack of demon wolves. However, it was impossible for a beginner mage to follow the wolves all the time. His strength was too weak. If his whereabouts were exposed, he would have no chance of escaping.

and so……

"Please help me find a wind mage. The two of us will go over and monitor the movements of the demon wolves."

Just as Jun Qianshan was about to speak, Li Yu took the initiative to take on this dangerous tracking mission. Among all the people present, he had the greatest potential to break out of the encirclement of the magic wolves.

"it is good!"

"Thank you very much."

In fact, Li Yu was indeed the most suitable candidate. As a soldier, Jun Qianshan would naturally not waste his time and energy on military matters. He immediately nodded and agreed to Li Yu's initiative.

Soon, a thin and short young man was assigned to be Li Yu's teammate. Li Yu also knew the former one. Everyone called him "Madman". He was one of the three beginner-level individual hunter mages sent by the Hunter Alliance this time. He was proficient in Wind Track.

His style of doing things also proves the saying, "There are only wrong names, but no wrong nicknames." The madman looks taciturn and a little silly, but he is actually bold and careful, and extremely crazy. He once took four one-eyed demon wolves for a walk in front of everyone. The feeling of dancing on the tip of the knife made the onlookers' adrenaline surge. This is a proof of strength and a carnival for pleasure seekers.

"Senior Yuchen, do we need to cause some trouble for those demon wolves this time?"

The madman is worthy of being a madman. What he says is extraordinary. He wants to take the initiative to face the pack of demon wolves that others are avoiding.

Li Yu shook his head and pointed out the mistakes in the madman's words.

"First of all, I am a senior hunter just like you, so there is no need to call me senior."

Hunters obtain hunter points by completing bounties and missions from the Hunter Alliance. When the hunter points meet certain conditions, the hunter level will be promoted.

A newly registered junior hunter has zero points. When the points reach 100, he will be promoted to an intermediate hunter. When the points reach 1,000, he will become a senior hunter. When the points reach 10,000, he will become an elite hunter.

There is a clear distinction between seniors and juniors among hunters, and the Hunter Union explicitly requires low-level hunters to respect high-level hunters. Violating this principle may even result in punishment from the Hunter Union.

But Li Yu had only been a hunter for less than a year, and had only completed four missions. Although the higher difficulty level of the missions caused his hunter points to increase faster, he still only had more than 2,000 hunter points, which was still a long way from the elite hunter threshold of 10,000 points.

The madman has been in the hunting magician circle for more than ten years. He has completed various tasks with ease and has a very high task success rate. Even though his hunter points for each task are not high due to his strength, the accumulated points are still a considerable number, and he has stepped into the threshold of advanced hunter early.

Therefore, even though Li Yu's strength is far superior to that of the madman who is just a beginner mage, there is no level difference between the two as they are both high-level hunters.

"Second, our mission is only to monitor. We must not take action unless it is absolutely necessary."

Li Yu is now confident that he can deal with this large group of demons at the same time, but he is not arrogant enough to confront the commander and overlord here.

"clear."

The madman chuckled, agreeing with Li Yu's statement.

The two soon arrived at a hilltop about three kilometers away from the camp. The wide view gave them a clear view of the scene below. Not far away, a pack of wolves led by the three-eyed demon wolf were moving leisurely towards them.

"This group of demon wolves is quite interesting. They move so slowly. Are they out on patrol?"

The madman lay beside Li Yu, muttering in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"Not sure, get ready to catch up."

After Li Yu gave a brief explanation, he jumped down from a slightly flat place next to the cliff, stepped on the protruding rocks, and quickly landed on the ground after a few jumps, following the traces of the wolf pack.

The madman's movements were not as thrilling as Li Yu's. He walked leisurely, but followed Li Yu closely.

When the pack of magic wolves passed through the valley, the leading three-eyed magic wolf paused and sniffed hard, as if trying to confirm the human scent lingering in the air.

However, before the camp was evacuated, all items with traces of humans were taken away. In addition, potions were used to remove the smell, so the demon wolf naturally gained nothing.

Li Yu and the other man in the far corner watched the pack of magic wolves stop for about five minutes and then continue moving forward, and were about to follow them.

Suddenly, something changes!
(End of this chapter)