Wizard: I brought the wrong system.

Chapter 594 Battle Against the Crimson Giant Bat
Yaro hid behind a tree, peering into the abandoned cemetery ahead.

Judging from the remaining traces in the surrounding area, there was once a human... or perhaps a humanoid village, but it was abandoned for some unknown reason.

There wasn't a single intact brick or stone in the cemetery ruins. Broken bones were scattered haphazardly among the rubble and weeds, some with signs of gnaws on them. Everything looked perfectly normal.

But this very normality is precisely the greatest abnormality.

"The shady side of the mountain is perpetually shrouded in darkness, and there's also an abandoned cemetery, which fits the undead nature of blood bats, especially since it's not far from the ordinary bats..."

Yaro was almost certain that if there were blood bats, and if it really was Viscountess Corey, she was definitely hiding nearby.

He carefully circled the mountain once, and finally a hidden entrance appeared beside the mountain. It was about two meters wide, and the stone walls at the edge had a lot of fresh scratches, indicating that it had not been opened recently.

Without further hesitation, Yaro put on the skull mask and drew the Fiery Greatsword.

The Magic Sea Pendant was activated directly, and a surge of fire magic power erupted, causing the strange eyes on the blade to begin to flicker slightly.

He took out two bags of lead powder and stuffed them into the slots of his metal boots.

—Being poor, he can no longer afford gold powder and can only use lead powder as a substitute for now.

Having prepared for battle, Yaro adjusted the color of the moss on his body again, crouched down, and cautiously approached the entrance.

Just then, a faint, sharp whistling sound echoed through the space, and several enormous, blood-red bats suddenly burst out from the shadows of the entrance.

"Was it discovered so quickly? Or is it just the bat guarding the gate?"

Yaro had no time to think; his heart pounded like a drum, his adrenaline surged, and his attention was intensely focused.
Yaro had no time to think. He focused intently, brandished his heavy sword, and a blazing fire blade slashed down.

Swish!
Blood splattered!
……

[Ding! Defeat the enemy, and the Fiery Sword Technique has gained 254 skill experience points]

[Ding! Defeat the enemy, and the Fiery Sword Technique has gained 241 skill experience points]

……

Two more!

Just as Yaro reached this conclusion, a sharp beak with a pair of fangs grew larger and larger in his eyes.

At the same time, through the perception of the Cat-like Fist, he also vaguely sensed something rapidly attacking his side.

The sword's momentum has run its course; a change of tactics is necessary!
Om-!
The greatsword roared, and scorching steam suddenly exploded.

Yaro's arm muscles bulged as he roared, "Kill!"

The fire magic power accumulated on the Fiery Greatsword was released with a bang, bursting out with a dazzling brownish-red flame. With the help of inertia and the strength of his arm, it quickly bloomed into a brownish-red crescent moon from bottom to top.

Crescent Moon Sword Technique - Dance of the Moon - Wailing Moon!
……

[Ding! Defeat the enemy, and the Fiery Sword Technique has gained 238 skill experience points]

[Ding! Defeat the enemy, and the Fiery Sword Technique has gained 296 skill experience points]

……

The flames ripped through the exploding flesh and blood.

After scanning his surroundings and confirming that there were no other enemies, Yaro breathed a slight sigh of relief.

To this day, he still doesn't understand how he was discovered.

Could it be the bats' sound wave detection?

But shouldn't bats sleep during the day?
Or is there a warning array outside? In any case, the infiltration plan has failed. Now, all we can do is hope that there are no other passages inside so that we can break in as soon as possible and capture the main culprit.

Even now, Yaro isn't entirely certain that this is Viscountess Corey's lodgings, but based on speculation, it's highly likely that it is.

Yaro vividly remembers how he managed to survive even with experience points depleted by Viscountess Corey.

If you don't kill the snake, you'll only get hurt by it.

If it really is her, we can't let her get away again!

Yaro immediately downed two bottles of purification potion.

"Demon Strike Technique, Second Level: Phoenix Spreads Its Feathers!"

Abyssal magic enveloped his body, and wing-like magical runes quickly connected, soon condensing into a faintly visible suit of armor.

The fire magic power that had accumulated in the Magic Sea Pendant for more than half a month quickly surged into the Fiery Greatsword, igniting the flames. With the blessing of the Lava Eye in the center of the Fiery Greatsword, the temperature of the flames was continuously amplified.

The bright firelight illuminated the entire tunnel as if it were daytime, and an unusual commotion immediately erupted inside.

Snap, snap, snap...

The dense flapping of wings echoed continuously in the tunnel, and pairs of scarlet eyes lit up in the darkness deep inside the tunnel, like stars, rapidly approaching with the stench of death and decay.

"hiss--!"

Yaro's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but swallow.

"You've really... given me a really tough problem!"

……

Claire was breathing heavily, gripping her homemade spear, her gaze fixed on two large, blood-red bats circling low above her through the swarming bats.

Among the blood-red bats hovering at low altitudes, these two are the strongest. Moreover, these two blood-red bats cooperate very well, almost moving in unison. One attacks while the other provides cover, or one provides cover while the other attacks.

Around them, some slightly weaker bats flew haphazardly, both to obstruct their vision and to provide cover when the two types of bats launched their attack. They also took the opportunity to attack some hard-to-defend positions, injuring and bleeding their prey, and reducing its strength and stamina.

Besides, behind Claire, several slender, blood-red bats circled around her. They were the fastest and flew erratically, seemingly without any order. But if Claire relaxed her guard even slightly, or if she got entangled by other bats, those blood-red bats would swoop down, whistling through the air, and use their momentum to tear through the gaps in her leather armor, leaving a deep wound on Claire's body.

Besides paying attention to the bats, Claire focused most of her attention on the largest bat in the sky, the strongest of all the blood-red bats, which had never launched an attack.

Although it never launched an attack, every flight path and change in posture it took was precisely aimed at Claire's most vulnerable spots.

Although they were just a pack of wild beasts, Claire felt they were more difficult to deal with than a group of experienced knights' squires.

After all—he's already out of life.

Without vitality, he naturally couldn't use his knightly techniques, and without them, it would be very difficult to break through this level of encirclement.

As for the issue of physical strength... well, although he has lost his vitality, he is 'gifted' with amazing endurance. Although he is panting heavily, his body can still hold on.

"Perhaps the only chance is to wear them down; endurance is the only weakness of these blood-red bats."

As Claire was thinking this, the chaotic yet orderly blood-red bats in the sky suddenly became disordered, with some even breaking away from the group and rushing back in the direction they had come from.

These returning blood-red bats directly disrupted the bat swarm's formation. Claire initially thought this was some new trick and was concentrating on her defense when she suddenly heard a series of rhythmic, muffled explosions.

Almost at the same time, he clearly felt the tremors coming from the ground.

"Huh? What happened there?"

Claire also looked in the direction from which the blood-red bat had come.