Although utilitarian belief is undesirable, there must be a reason for believing in God, a certain belief, or something else.

For example, you agree with the doctrine and think that this is the goal that you should follow throughout your life. Another example is that you have received favors from the church and then naturally joined the faith. Another example is that you want to gain some benefits from faith.

Whether you are a devout believer or a general believer, most of your beliefs are related to the above reasons.

Of course, the same goes for cultists who worship demons and evil gods.

Since cultists are severely suppressed in most areas, those who are not firm in their beliefs have long since fled. This makes cultists basically all fanatical and devout believers, not to mention that most of the devil worshipers have contracts with the Abyss.

, after death, the soul falls directly into the abyss and becomes a demon. Although this transformation will cause people to lose 99% of their memory, they think this is rebirth.

Therefore, it is not easy to extract some information from their mouths. They are all brave and not afraid of death.

But if you can't find anything through torture, it doesn't mean you can't follow them and take a look.

So Pei Renli told the others that my mystical eyes found a few people who seemed to be cultists in the southwest. Should we follow them?

In fact, those few people are five or six kilometers away from Pei Renli and the others. Let’s not talk about whether the secret eye has such a clear sight range. Even if we can see that far in an environment full of woods, I’m afraid there is nothing

None can be seen.

On the surface, it was Perenli who was leading the way, but it was Ravna who reported through the spiritual connection who was really guiding the way. Whenever someone asked how far away it was, Perenli could only say that the other party was also moving fast and could not catch up for the time being.

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Anyway, with the Secret Eye, only the caster can see the screen. The three teammates didn't know that Pei Renli was talking nonsense.

After carrying a heavy load for at least six kilometers, Pei Renli was almost exhausted to death...

Although his basic physical strength is much better than on earth, he still has to carry all the supplies and necessities on his back in complex terrain such as the jungle. What's more terrible is that the opponent is really moving, and he will definitely not be able to catch up on foot.

, at worst, you have to jog all the way.

Halfway through the run, Pei Renli couldn't run anymore, so Azuhan solved the problem by asking a saber-toothed tiger to carry him. However, without a saddle, the demands on his buttocks were a bit high.

After chasing for more than half an hour, I finally caught up to a nearby location.

This place is very close to the Supreme Mountains, and the terrain is very undulating, but the vegetation is still very lush.

Everyone stood on a higher hill. Pei Renli moved his butt off the saber-toothed tiger's back. He always had the illusion that his tail vertebra was about to be broken.

Korra squatted down and lowered her body, and climbed to the top of the hill step by step. She took out a monocular and scanned the vast woods below. She soon said:

"I found it. It does look like a cultist."

Pei Renli also covered one eye, and through his mystical eyes he could see three people wearing red and black robes walking through the forest. This look was very similar to the guy who was pressed against the tree by the staff-turned-guard not long ago.

It was right that everyone did not get too close. These three people were very alert and were paying attention to any slight movement around them at all times. They may be afraid that they would be tracked. A dim magical light kept shining on the hand of one of them, not only

Detection spells were used, and even the faint footprints left after they passed by were smoothed and disappeared under the spell.

Cora handed the binoculars to Michelle who followed next to her. She looked at it, frowned and said:

"Those three people carry the evil emblem of the Lord of the Dead."

Identifying holy emblems and evil emblems is regarded as the basic skills in religious knowledge that priests must learn when they are still in the acolyte stage.

Michelle handed the binoculars to Azuhan again, and the latter said:

"Where do these guys plan to go? Going in their direction, they should reach the mountains of the Supreme Mountains. Are they planning to go up the mountain?"

From here, as long as you climb over the towering mountains, you can immediately enter the depths of the sea of ​​trees, and it is not too far from the Demon King's City.

It's just that the straight-line distance is meaningless. After all, the Supreme Mountain Range is not that easy to climb. There are many monsters on the mountain, and it is said that dragons are also seen.

Pei Renli turned the perspective of his secret eye. He thought that the three cultists were heading to the devil's hidden stronghold, but he didn't find anything that looked like a stronghold nearby, not even a cave.

In addition to being able to see through invisibility, the arcane eye also has arcane vision capabilities. It is similar to applying detection magic to the eyes. If there is magic within the field of vision, it can be discovered at a glance.

Perhaps the hidden stronghold was covered by magic, and a spell to block the aura was used to prevent detection.

Anyway, let’s take a look first and then talk.

So the four of them stayed on the hillside without moving at all, closely monitoring the three cultists to see what they wanted to do.

Nearly ten minutes later, the three people walked to a bare mountainous area under the Supreme Mountain Range. One of them took out a wooden stick that looked like a hammer from his backpack and knocked a few times on the huge rock nearly three meters high in front of him.

Down.

Through the zoom function of the Mystical Eye, you can clearly see the rock shaking slightly, and then moving away from the back, revealing two tauren.

Pei Renli thought it was covered up with magic, but he didn't expect such a simple and crude concealment method.

But this also proves that the cave blocked by stones is probably the devil's stronghold. This information alone should be worth a lot of money.

However, the three cultists did not go in. They seemed to be talking to the tauren. Then one of the tauren turned around and returned to the cave. After a while, Perenli saw demons walking in a row out of the cave entrance.

"Lower your head!"

Korra hurriedly pushed down Michelle who stood up rashly, and everyone quickly fell to the ground when they saw this.

A large number of demons poured out of the cave entrance and approached in their direction, but it looked more like a march than someone peeping nearby.

As the distance got closer and closer, the vibrations caused by the footsteps made the stones on the ground beat slightly. The demon queue passed through the path in front of the hillside. The closest distance to Pei Renli and the others was less than 50 meters. If it were not for the terrain,

The advantage is that everyone is hiding on the reverse slope, and I am afraid that they will be noticed at a glance.

No one dared to show their heads again, even the saber-toothed tiger lay on the ground like an orange cat, for fear of being discovered by the demons in marching state.

Although they came to hunt demons, the number was too many.

It might be hundreds, it might be thousands. It doesn't sound like much, but this number of demons is enough to completely conquer a small city or a large village.

After all, the strength of demons is much higher than that of mortals, and it takes at least one pair of two mortal soldiers to have a chance of winning, and this takes into account the bonus of fortifications.

The more specific figures are not clear. It is difficult for inexperienced people to estimate a rough figure at a glance. Pei Renli did not dare to continue observing with his secret eyes. Demons are very sensitive to energy, and some types of demons can easily see through invisibility.

, the secret eye may also be discovered.

It was like a train passing by not far away, startling a large flock of birds in the forest. The demon's unabashed malice frightened the creatures living nearby.

With this murderous look, it doesn't look like he was just going for an outing.

When the footsteps gradually faded away, everyone slowly stood up. At this time, the demon queue had almost disappeared into the thick vegetation.

The tauren responsible for 'opening the door' turned back to the cave and blocked the big stone again.

Korra patted the dust on her body, picked up the telescope, looked at the demon team going away, and said to Pei Renli next to her:

"Where do you think such a large group of demons will go when they go out?"

"Eighty percent of it is a fortress."

As mentioned before, demons always operate in small groups, and there are very few cases of large groups like this.

They suddenly changed their action mode, presumably to gnaw on a hard nut. The only hard nut nearby was the temporary fortress that was transformed from an old beacon tower by the adventurers as a stronghold.

"Send a signal to the fortress and report the location of this place."

Cora took out a birdcage from her backpack, which contained a homing pigeon. She quickly wrote down the information in a few strokes, tied it to the pigeon's feet and let it fly.

The original function of this homing pigeon is that when adventurers encounter a situation where they cannot move, they can send a message back and wait for someone to come to rescue them.

Azuhan watched the carrier pigeon fly away, hoping that the demon would not detect it and shoot it down, and asked casually:

"What should we do now? Should we rush back too?"

Pei Renli spread his hands:

"I think it's too late. If we really attack the fortress, even if we go back, we will probably be trapped outside the fortress. I don't want to fight with so many demons in an open place."

The physical strength and endurance of demons are far superior to those of mortals. They can rush there without resting all the way, but Pei Renli and the others cannot.

Well, Pei Renli couldn't do it, and he didn't want to ride a saber-toothed tiger anymore.

Michelle suggested at this time:

"Would you like to go into the devil's stronghold and have a look?"

She said:

"Now that a large number of demons have left there, maybe we can find some evidence of who is cooperating with the demons."

The fortress should not be easily breached. The devil made no secret of his actions. Even if Pei Renli and the others did not report the news, they would definitely find out in advance and prepare for battle.

As long as they can hold on for a while, reinforcements should arrive at the fortress from Brevoir City soon.

So although Michelle wanted to rush back to the fortress to help, but thinking about it carefully, even if the four of them went back, they might not be of much use. They might as well take this opportunity to explore the devil's stronghold.

Pei Renli did have this intention, but he spread his hands:

"The problem is how to get in."

It seems that the cultists just knocked the rocks with wooden sticks, but they were definitely not knocking randomly. There should be a rhythm similar to the command to open the door.

As for this part, because the cultists' clothes were very loose, Pei Renli's mystical eye could not see it clearly.

At this time, Korra, who had been holding the telescope, said:

"I have an idea."

She pointed above the cave blocked by rocks, to the bare rolling hills next to the High Mountains.
Chapter completed!