The roads in the mountains are extremely steep, but the demons are all natural warriors, and the flame demon is no exception.

Although among the demon clan, the flame demon is a relatively inferior population. However, in the harsh environment of the abyss, they have gradually evolved into strong bodies and agile skills, so they can still keep moving forward in this environment.

This fifty-man team consists of pure flame demons, including forty-six flame demon warriors and four flame demon wizards, leading the leader of the flame demons - the second-level wizard Erwin.

The flame demon warrior is born with extremely powerful hand-to-hand combat ability and witchcraft resistance, and is immune to flames at the same time; while the flame demon wizard is born with mastery of flame witchcraft. Although it is a bit monotonous in attack and is not enough to face the complex combat situations of various terrains, it can still exert great power on the front battlefield.

And their leader Erwin was a very cunning guy - he not only had high attainments in witchcraft, but also had a deep scheming, unlike his reckless compatriots.

Under his command, the Fire Demon Clan has been growing and growing since joining Lord Morgan.

To this day, the Fire Demon Clan has become an indispensable force under the Demon Lord Morgan. So after accidentally observing the disappearance of the fog in the eastern mountainous area of ​​the Flame Canyon, Elvin was the first to report to Lord Morgan and gained the power to lead the predecessor to check.

In addition to flame witchcraft, Erwin was also proficient in divination. After the fog dissipated, he immediately tried to detect the situation in the eastern mountainous areas using divination witchcraft.

The result made him overjoyed. Because Master William's arrangement had failed, this group of areas could no longer fight against the detection witchcraft of intermediate spellcasters, so Erwin quickly discovered a trace of magic stone ore.

He did not tell Morgan about this news, because if he told Morgan, then the advance team might not have been his turn this time.

"If I complete the exploration of the eastern mountainous areas for my Lord and 'accidentally' discovery of a brand new magic stone mine, then Lord Morgan will definitely be overjoyed. The newly discovered magic stone mines must have a share of our flame demon!"

The little abacus in the heart of the Fire Demon Leader was jingling. Only in this way can he obtain the maximum benefits.

But the premise of all this is that they can successfully detect the entire mountainous area.

Although he did not find any other creatures in this mountain area during the detection magic, the mysterious legends about this mountain area have been in the eastern extension of the Marce Line for many years. Although Erwin may not be willing to believe those seemingly absurd legends, the previous fog is always seen.

"The disappearance of the fog must be a reason. If you can find the source, you can truly relax your vigilance."

He thought so in his mind.

It was noon, and half a week had passed since dawn three days before they set off. However, because the mountain road was too rugged, the speed of the flame demons was seriously affected. And even at such a speed of progress, they also lost a flame demon warrior - it was a bottomless abyss. Because they did not have a map of this mountain area at hand, they were completely walking in an unfamiliar area and could only rely on simple detection methods to detect, and the effect was very poor.

Especially in the previous two days, when the fog was still relatively thick.

However, as he gradually deepened, Elvin's concerns gradually became much lighter. Because as his divination witchcraft expected, the fog covering this mountainous area that had unknown origins was constantly declining and disappearing.

At most, there will be no more fog here in another day, and then he will be able to speed up with confidence.

After crossing a narrow natural chasm, the road ahead became even more rugged. Suddenly, a flaming demon warrior in front of him shouted.

Elvin, who was walking one-third of the team, immediately reacted. He suddenly dropped a purple stone and suddenly became light.

His right foot exerted a light force and suddenly jumped directly to the front from one third of the team.

"What's wrong?" Erwin looked forward and saw a rugged area between the rocks, and his vision was greatly hindered.

The soldier immediately reported respectfully: "I seem to smell humans."

"There are traces of human activities nearby? Did the enemy take the lead?" Elvin frowned.

The soldier shook his head blankly: "There is a human smell here, but it is not thick. Of course, it may be that they used some tricks to deliberately erase it. The only thing that is certain is that we are not the first visitors for this mountainous area."

The wrinkles on Erwin's forehead became deeper. He murmured a few words in his mouth, trying to use divination and witchcraft to restore some images, but unexpectedly failed.

But he didn't care too much. Divination and witchcraft are inherently very accidental and often fail.

He thought for a moment and asked, "Marcus, can you track this smell?"

The Flame Demon Warrior named Marcus is the captain of a team. He is strong and has a natural talent for smell. He is the most powerful hunter in the team.

He shook his head and said, "It's too light. Maybe I can find it even thicker, but I can't."

Elvin hesitated even more.

He didn't expect that his movements were already so fast that those damn humans were faster than him.

Both sides entered the mountainous area from north to south. According to Erwin's calculations, he had barely explored one-fifth of the northern part of the mountainous area in the past three days, but the other party searched here from the south, and the progress was too fast.

“Did the fog dissipate from south to north?”

Such an idea suddenly popped up in Elvin's mind.

In this way, everything will make sense. One side of human beings should discover the abnormalities in the mountainous areas earlier than itself and take decisive actions to create this situation.

"If this is true, I'm afraid that the magic stone mine has already entered the hands of humans."

Elvin thought carefully: "I wonder how many troops this group of humans have? Should we return to our territory and report to Lord Morgan?"

At this moment, Marcus's voice came from the front again: "Sir, a human body was found here."

When Elvin heard this, he immediately came over.

...

"Sir, a demon's corpse is found here!" a young voice shouted loudly.

"How many times have you said, Kara, don't shout loudly in unknown areas. This bad habit will kill you - and it's several times."

An elderly witch with long brown haired hair walked over gracefully with a slender staff in her hand.

Kara smiled embarrassedly and said, "I'm not afraid of having you in the team."

The witch smiled with satisfaction and looked down at the demon's corpse.

"It looks like I fell to death by accident," Kara added.

"I believe in your expertise." The witch nodded and said, "It seems that our previous guess is fine. The thick fog does dissipate from north to south."

"That is to say, when we found that the thick fog was dissipating, the demons had already searched in depth this area!"

"Maybe the legendary magic stone mine has been occupied by the demons, but we may not have no chance. The flame demon is a natural attacking race. They never know what defense is. As long as we kill these flame demons, we can take down the magic stone mine again. When the second batch of reinforcements from the Eastern Council arrive, the demons will not have the ability to turn the tables."

The wizard finally thought for a while, selected a clever and capable wizard and two warriors from the followers behind him, and ordered the three of them to return to the Marce line to report information.

The rest of the people received the new order:

“Go ahead at full speed!”

...

"Go ahead at full speed!" Elvin scolded: "If you want to live a good life, don't think about being lazy. Humans are already one step ahead of us. We must seize the magic stone mine before Lord Morgan's troops arrive, otherwise it will be meaningless for us as advance teams."

The leader of the Flame Demon's concerns are not unreasonable. The factional struggle between the demons is also very complicated. This time, Erwin took the lead and he also underwent a certain amount of pressure. If this matter is not done well and the reinforcements are robbed of credit, it will be a big trouble.

As early as the moment he discovered the human corpse, he immediately sent two powerful flame demon warriors back to Lord Morgan's territory for information. This time it took at least more than a week.

He still has the opportunity to get the initiative back, and what he lacks the most is time.

...

"No matter where you are, information is one of the major factors that dominate the direction of war. Using information asymmetry to solve the enemy is the easiest and most effective way."

Lance stood on a rock, and the chameleon disappeared his figure. The demons didn't pay any attention to the strange rocks, and there was a human with ulterior motives hidden among them.

There were two bodies lying beside him, the two soldiers sent by Erwin a day ago.

Neither the cunning Erwin nor the human side expected that a brand new master appeared in this mountainous area - at least that's what Lance thought.

He had all the maps provided by Mark Forty-Seven in his hand, and was extremely familiar with the terrain of this mountainous area.

This is Lance's biggest bargaining chip.

"No matter whether it is human or demon, they will not see their reinforcements."

Lance buried the corpses of the two demons, and then flew down the mountain rocks lightly.

At the same time, the constructed pudding continued to track the demon troops in flight mode. In this way, Lance could control the demons' every move even in the greystone tower.

As for the human side, the task of tracking and reconnaissance was handed over to Mark Forty-Seven. As the housekeeper of the Graystone Tower, his authority was higher than that of Lance, and he could mobilize eight reconnaissance components, which was completely enough to meet Lance's needs.

From the beginning, Lance had no intention of fighting against these enemies head-on.

Rather than do it yourself, let both sides fight first.
Chapter completed!