"Maggie!" Ash shouted, shielding everyone behind her.

A series of painful coughs answered her.

Although the latter sounded to be in terrible condition, at least she was still alive.

"Your reaction is quick, Extraordinary." The devil revealed a look of regret unique to humans. "If it weren't for your sword, she should have died without pain. But what you've done is meaningless except to prolong her suffering."

Choosing Maggie as the first target might not be a coincidence—watching the other's eyes, Andrea suddenly realized that this was probably a well-thought-out move. In a one-on-one fight, Maggie's role was extremely limited, but as the only witch who could lead everyone to escape the predicament, once she was eliminated first, the others would be cut off from their retreat.

She bit her lip and glanced back secretly, only to see that the bone spear was stuck in Maggie's shoulder, and the blood that seeped out had stained her clothes red. Probably hurting her lungs, Maggie's breath seemed very weak, and blood foam coughed out from the corners of her mouth from time to time. If Ash hadn't deflected it, it would have pierced the witch's heart.

However, seriously injured to this degree, even if she wasn't dead, she wouldn't be able to control her ability and stably maintain the Magic Ark.

But how did the other party know about Maggie's ability?

"You are the humans' 'Eye', right? If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have been forced to this point by the fire rain." The Demon Slayer's next words shattered her last bit of luck—the other party first pointed at Sylvie, then turned to Andrea, "And you should be that sharpshooter. A formidable ability, it might have been nothing four hundred years ago, but now it might be even more troublesome than the Extraordinary, fortunately you are gathered together after all."

After speaking, it stretched out its right hand and pressed it against its chest, "Please allow me to introduce myself—my name is Ursrook, the commander of this expeditionary force, and also your burier."

There was no doubt that this was a premeditated trap.

Andrea's face became increasingly ugly.

Since when did the Demon Slayer become synonymous with surging magic power?

That's right... since the other party detoured to the north of the Hidden Forest and raided Leaf ten miles away, its striking characteristics had been firmly remembered in everyone's mind.

The facts can be traced back even further.

When Lightning first encountered the Demon Slayer, she described feeling a powerful magic power like a substance. Since it was so powerful, it was only natural that it could be captured by the Magic Eye outside the observation distance, wasn't it?

In the subsequent long battle, the other party constantly strengthened this impression, exposing its whereabouts to Sylvie's surveillance, and making everyone deeply believe in it.

But all of this was just a false image fabricated by the Demon Slayer.

It used itself as bait to attract everyone's attention to the front.

—Could it be that from the beginning, it was preparing for today?

But such a statement simply cannot be established! Even if the enemy noticed the existence of Sylvie and herself through the Battle of望北坡, and decided to get rid of them quickly, but in order to set up a trap, this high-level devil who called himself Ursrook really lost Taqila and buried thousands of devils in the Fertile Plains! If it is said that it is cruel and heartless and does not care about the lives of its subordinates, then what about the Holy City Ruins? Without the God Stone vein, they cannot build obelisks, which means that in the next four hundred years, the devils will completely lose the opportunity to set foot in the Fertile Plains. If this is regarded as the price, it would be too great!

Are they really worth the enemy doing this?

Andrea only felt a mess in her mind, unable to sort out her thoughts at all, but Sylvie asked this key question.

"...Why? Taqila should be more important than us, right!"

The Demon Slayer unexpectedly did not act immediately, but shook his head slightly, "I can't tell you."

"Can't we even know the answer before we die?"

"But you are not dead yet." Ursrook's tone carried a hint of sarcasm, "Even if

trapped in a cage, you still haven't given up, have you?"

What is it waiting for?

Is it waiting for the Magic Stone to fully recover...

But its arm does not show signs of withering.

In any case, this is an opportunity—Andrea swallowed and, judging from the results of the previous battle, Ash can only hold back the Demon Slayer temporarily at most, and her magic power is running out, adding them together will not increase the chances of winning to 50%. As for Sylvie, Camilla, and Maggie, don't even mention it, they will only make the odds even lower.

The only breakthrough lies with Lightning.

She hasn't shown her head yet, meaning she has noticed the anomaly. If she can guide Seagull to come to support, they have a chance to turn defeat into victory!

Instead of forcibly attacking now, it is better to ask more questions to delay time!

Originally, she had many doubts in her head that she wanted to ask.

Thinking of this, Andrea looked at the Demon Slayer and whispered, "I don't understand... even if we were attracted by the illusion, it is impossible to ignore an enemy wandering nearby. Before shooting, we clearly checked the surroundings—this place is 60 kilometers away from Taqila, and it is impossible to rush here in a short time, where exactly were you hiding?"

"In the past six months, we have dug many underground passages, but not on the front line, but behind Taqila." Ursrook replied unhurriedly, "The entrance to the passage is located in the God Stone mining area, which is difficult to discover in itself, and these branch passages are buried extremely deep, so it is normal for you to overlook them." It looked up at the sky, "Humans have been monitoring this area, right? Moreover, you have not relaxed your vigilance along the way, and every movement on the ground is in your sight. It is this safe appearance that makes you unknowingly step into the trap."

There are passages nearby? Andrea vaguely felt a sense of unease, "Even if you hide underground, you are only hiding yourself. It is by no means an easy task to find us in such a large area, and we have changed our positions many times these days, how did you see us?"

"It wasn't me who saw you, but you who saw me." The Demon Slayer suddenly revealed a hideous smile, "By the way, more than one person has seen me before... where is that little guy who can fly? If you have any backup plans, you should have arrived, right?"

Andrea instantly felt like falling into an ice cave.

"You see it, it sees you" – this is the characteristic of Beholder. Could it be that what she shot was a Thousand-Eyed Demon? But its body should be much larger than the Demon Slayer, or is it that Ursrook used other methods to give that flying devil part of the ability of Beholder?

But none of this matters anymore. She now fully understands where the previous unease came from.

Since there are hidden underground passages, how could there only be one Demon Slayer hiding in them?

The reason why the enemy didn't act was waiting for reinforcements to come – it wanted to eliminate them all in one fell swoop.

At this moment, several grenades whistled out of the forest, heading straight for Ursrook's side!

The latter flew straight up, easily dodging this round of attacks. The grenades continued unabated and plunged into the forest, setting off a burst of violent explosions.

Before the scorching air could subside, a burst of dense gunfire followed, covering the location of the Demon Slayer.

Ursrook was forced to increase its altitude again, while a burst of blue light appeared on its body.

"The God's Punishment Witches are here!" Sylvie said happily.

"Are you all right!" Zoe took the lead in rushing out of the shadows, blocking between the enemy and the ambush squad. The other seven God's Punishment Witches followed closely, protecting the group.

"Quick, we have to leave here—" However, Andrea's heart was already in her throat. She didn't bother to explain and shouted to the others.

At this moment, Ursrook also raised its fist.

Two muffled sounds of "whoosh" and "whoosh" came from afar.

Sylvie's face changed drastically. No one knew better than her what that sound meant. "Careful, it's the Spider Demon!"

Two dark stone pillars flew to the top of everyone's heads in a blink of an eye. With the muffled sound of explosions, dense long needles scattered towards the sniper spot.

Andrea condensed her last magic power, accelerated the air in front of her to the limit, and pushed it towards the sky—

However, nothing happened. A black light swept across, smashing the magic power that was about to emerge.

The Demon Slayer activated the Anti-Magic Field!

Elena, who was closest to her, jumped up and hugged her, rushing towards a big tree on the side.

Everything happened in an instant.

Andrea felt as if she was flying, and the whole world was spinning. When she landed, she realized that her legs had lost consciousness.