The Demon Race Hidden in the Mountain Range

The two followed the mountain path closest to the village and entered the mountain range.

Because this place had been trampled by magical beasts recently, all the plants that blocked the path had already withered.

Under Mark's lead, Senforia followed the traces on the ground deeper into the mountains.

At this moment, in the center of the mountain ridge, a monster the size of a large eye was in a mine that contained dark attribute ores. It was constantly absorbing the dark attribute energy from these ores.

Soon, the two of them who rushed into the mountains were discovered by the magical beasts hiding in the dark.

Through mental control, the Giant Eye Demon learned the movement of the two humans in adventurer clothes. It immediately mobilized a large number of magical beasts to attack them.

As he continued deeper, Mark quickly sensed the sound of footsteps.

After obtaining the information, he immediately said to Senforia, "Enter combat mode!"

"There are dense footsteps of magical beasts ahead!"

"There's a high chance that we were discovered as soon as we entered this mountain range!"

"We're trapped now!"

After hearing this, Senforia added, "Shouldn't we escape first?"

"It's too late!" With that, Mark pulled out the sword at his waist and stabbed at the grass in front of him.

This sword accurately stabbed into the right eye of the demon beast in the grass, piercing through its brain.

Mark pulled out his sword and the magical beast fell to the ground.

"There are magical beasts all around. Now, fly into the air and guard the surroundings!"

"Be careful of the surrounding flesh-eating birds!"

Hearing the notification, Senforia immediately took out the wand on her back and cast several support spells on herself.

Then, she floated ten meters in the air and observed the entire battlefield with an unobstructed view.

"Three on the right, two on the left!"

After receiving the notification, Mark flew to the foot of a large tree. With the advantage of the terrain, he dealt with the first two four-horned magical beasts that arrived.

Then, he turned around and circled the tree, dodging the attacks of the surrounding magical beasts, and climbed up the tree.

Even so, the surrounding magical beasts did not plan to let him go easily. Soon, a few demon spirits rushed over from afar.

They immediately climbed up from the side tree and prepared to attack Mark.

As the two demon spirits jumped, Mark, who had been waiting for a long time, jumped and used Triple Strike on the two enemies in front of him.

After three sword shadows, the two demon spirits were split into two.

Without any threat, Mark grabbed the branch that hung from the tree and climbed to the other.

Looking down, he saw that the bottom of the tree was already surrounded by monsters. He shouted at Senforia in the sky, "Use magic on the area under the tree!"

Seeing that Mark was still on the tree, Senforia was a little hesitant. At this moment, Mark continued to shout at her, "Use large-scale magic. I will think of a way to avoid it!"

Hearing this, she raised the magic staff in her hand, and two magic circles appeared in the sky.

Soon, a fiery lotus appeared in each of the two magic circles.

Under the control of her magic staff, the two lotuses flew under the tree. They only landed for a few seconds.

"Red Lotus Blossom!" The ground exploded.

The shock wave directly uprooted the tree from the ground. Using the moment the tree tilted, Mark jumped onto another tree.

After repeatedly casting the spell, there were only a few magical beasts left on the ground.

At this moment, Mark jumped down from the tree and released some support magic.

He activated the Magic Warrior's combat skill, "Frenzied Acceleration", and increased his movement speed.

Black and white light condensed under Mark's feet. After taking a step, he disappeared from the vision of the magical beasts.

With a flash of sword light, the seven magical beasts were cut into two before they could reach the enemy.

Seeing that the battle had ended, Senforia descended from the sky.

"Wow! That move of yours was so powerful. I couldn't even see your figure!"

"You disappeared from view instantly and the magical beasts were all chopped into two."

However, at this moment, Mark did not let down his guard. He had already sensed that there were still magical beasts hiding in the shadows with his perception!

"We'll talk about this later!"

"The enemy does not seem to intend to let us go!"

At this moment, even Senforia, who had not been an adventurer for a few days, sensed that something was wrong!

These magical beasts were not of the same species, but they could work together in battle!

Moreover, different types of magical beasts would be sent to attack them through different terrain!

"Is someone controlling these magical beasts in secret?"

"Human?" Hearing this, Mark immediately rejected her, "Human beast tamers will not choose these trash magical beasts in the wilderness!"

"This situation is most likely caused by the demons!"

Hearing this, Senforia was very surprised!

"The Demon Race?!"

"That's impossible!"

"More than ten years ago, the Demon King had already been killed by the Legendary Hero!"

"Just because the Demon King was killed, it doesn't mean that the entire Demon Race has been wiped out!"

"According to what I know, there are still 108 pillars of the Demon Race that have not been destroyed. It's only a matter of time before they make a comeback!" According to information from his father, Mark stated his deduction.

If such a strange thing was told to an ordinary person, Senforia would not believe it.

But Mark was different from ordinary people. To this day, he was Senforia's first friend!

Therefore, she did not doubt his words.

"What should we do?"

"Or should I go back and inform the surrounding city lords?"

"There's no need! Normally, only low-level demons will control such low-level magical beasts. There's no need to make such a big fuss." With his experience, Mark made his deduction.

The demon heard the news through the birds in the distance.

After hearing Mark's words, it was furious and immediately stopped absorbing the dark attribute ores.

It floated into the air!

This was a Giant Eye Demon floating in the air. It had the ability to control the mind and attack with its tentacles.

After reaching a certain level, its large eye could even cast the Destruction Ray.

In the mountains, Mark continued to lead Senforia towards the center of the area.

"Let's continue forward!"

"As long as we reach a place where there are many magical beasts, we can definitely find this demon hiding in the dark!"

Hearing that Mark was so good at dealing with them, Senforia could not help but ask him curiously, "Why do you know so much about the demons?"

"Did your father participate in the Demon Race's crusade?"

Hearing this, Mark could only nod but not tell her his father's identity.