Chapter 628: Chapter 436 Skeleton Forest
But at this point, even if he had other ideas, it was too late, so all he could do now was to bite the bullet and rendezvous with the other party.
However, when he approached the other party, guardedly, they quite naturally provided him with cover. After they met up, the other party didn’t take any unusual actions.
The other party’s behavior at this time made him feel that the smile they had shown earlier was simply one of genuine relief at being rescued, with no other implications, and that the earlier feeling he had that their smile was eerie could have been an illusion resulting from the intensity of the fight.
However, Dong Tianyu, observing the situation on the ground from the sky with his Divine Sense, noticed a detail.
That was that the Undead surrounding the Hunting Team never got too close to them, regardless of whether the fight was fierce or not; the distance between the Undead and the Hunting Team was always maintained.
Upon noticing this detail, Dong Tianyu understood that the signal flare sent up by the besieged Hunting Team was definitely not solely for help.
As expected, the ground battle unfolded just as Dong Tianyu had surmised. The members of the Hunting Team coming to the rescue, although they had lost their beloved motorcycles, dealt with the skeletons with ease and then met up effortlessly with their captain after venting their frustration.
Seeing his teammates arrive, the motorcycle team captain, who had been on guard the whole time, gradually relaxed his vigilance.
After a brief communication, the two teams decided that the motorcycle team members would serve as the vanguard, leading the besieged Hunting Team member to retreat from the battlefield.
Although their entire discussion took less than a minute, by the time they were ready to retreat, the bone spurs that had been growing on the ground by absorbing skeletons had now become a bone forest.
The once thin and short bone spurs had now transformed into thick and tall bone clubs, whose wildly growing mass trapped them in place.
While they were somewhat stunned, a bone spike burst through the ground and, before their eyes, started growing rapidly after absorbing the bones on the ground. It grew from the size of a pinky finger to thicker than an adult within less than a minute.
Those who witnessed the entire process had rather unsightly expressions on their faces.
Dong Tianyu, hovering in midair, watched as the besieged Hunting Team members and the rescuing Hunting Team members, already at this stage, began to argue over some trivial matter.
It should be noted that they were in a place of danger, and the threat was visibly approaching them. Under normal circumstances, unless one had a problem with their intelligence, they should not be quarreling at this time.
As the bone forest progressively shrank the circle, deepening the argument between the two teams, Dong Tianyu sensed something was amiss and turned his attention to the Necromancer Tower.
Sure enough, just as Dong Tianyu had predicted, the Wizard Wraiths inside the Necromancer Tower were holding staffs that glowed with a faint green light, which seemed to indicate that they were in the midst of casting a spell.
Watching the two teams, who were gradually shifting from arguing to physical confrontation, Dong Tianyu knew it was time to lend a hand.
Although he certainly wouldn’t reveal himself to them, letting them know it was he who had saved them, Dong Tianyu definitely couldn’t stand idly by and watch them perish.
Dong Tianyu’s compassionate heart, in fact, only prevailed in battles between survivors and monsters. In such scenarios, as long as it didn’t harm his own interests, Dong Tianyu would help as much as he could.
However, when it came to conflicts between survivors, regardless of who was in the right or wrong, Dong Tianyu would not get involved. If he discovered such a situation in advance, he would definitely keep his distance.
Thanks to the cover provided by the bone forest and with the attention of every member of both teams focused on their dispute, no one noticed Dong Tianyu quietly and silently approaching the Necromancer Tower.
Then, before the Wizard Wraith inside the Necromancer Tower could react, Dong Tianyu sent both the tower and the Wraith inside it into a portal leading to the Cave.
After losing the beguilement spell cast by the Wizard Wraith, the arguing parties did not stop immediately but paused when they noticed the bone forest closing in on them, and the atmosphere suddenly became silent.
Unlike a beguilement spell that requires continuous casting, the bone forest is a special type of Forbidden Curse. Theoretically, as long as there are bones nearby, the bone forest will never stop growing.
Both Hunting Teams had destroyed quite a few skeletons during the recent fight, which resulted in bones scattered all over the ground.
Watching the bone forest encroach closer, the leader of the motorcycle team fell silent for a moment before finally speaking, "We have a way to get you out of here, but during this process, you must not resist in any way. Otherwise, all will be for naught."
Upon hearing the motorcycle team captain’s words, the surrounded survivors’ minds were immediately tangled in conflict.
According to the other party, they had to not only let go of all their misgivings from the bottom of their hearts but also relinquish all defenses in action. If they truly did so, it would be like becoming fish on the chopping board, entirely at the other party’s mercy.
