Chapter 521 - 279: No, How Could It Be You?

Raine gestured to the Kreit Brothers, then signaled to Laisa and Sulfur Vine with a look.

"I’ll stay! Father, you go with them first!" As Raine’s gaze swept over, Meredith spoke up first.

"I’ve entered the Extraordinary Level, and I’m familiar with the Underdark." Seeing Raine’s lips twitch as if wanting to say something, Meredith added another sentence.

Hearing Meredith’s words, Raine was briefly stunned, then quickly nodded and said to the others, "You must immediately return to the surface through the Moritan ancient tunnel!"

"Okay!" The group vaguely saw the looming, rapidly approaching shadows behind them, and immediately understood the seriousness of the situation, nodding in agreement.

According to the plan before the battle, if faced with a situation like the current one, they would first return to the surface through the Moritan ancient tunnel, then find an opportunity to meet again.

And Lunen, the master blacksmith, exchanged a glance with his newly Extraordinary-level daughter, and nodded slightly, showing support and understanding for her decision.

Even Laisa, who usually loves excitement the most, had become much more subdued after experiencing the pressure of a real Black Dragon, pulling Sulfur Vine’s hand and nodding like an obedient quail at Raine’s arrangement.

"You be careful!" The Kreit team of five nodded and said.

They knew very well that the two dragon roars just now had already attracted the full attention of nearby empire personnel, which had both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage was that soon they could pretend to be Urein Empire’s adventurer group and quickly pass through surface checkpoints guarded by ordinary soldiers to return to the Kingdom, without too much difficulty.

The disadvantage was that Raine and Meredith, who stayed behind to attract the enemy’s attention, might face considerable pressure.

"Be careful, Raine!" Laisa said.

"Mr. Raine, then we’ll leave first." Sulfur Vine immediately said.

"Mm!"

With a flash of blue light, Laisa, Ryu Teng, the Kreit team, and Meredith’s father Lunen, eight people in total, quickly disappeared from the scene.

Raine then exchanged a look with Meredith and immediately sped towards the path they had come.

As for why they chose to return on the original path?

Raine considered that if the Hernet Family hadn’t sent anyone to pursue them, then running forward would naturally be safer, as at a certain distance, the Urein Empire couldn’t continue chasing them with a large force.

And if there was only a small number of elites pursuing, he could reverse the situation and take them out.

If there happened to be pursuers from the Hernet Family, then he wouldn’t mind letting the Hernet Family and the Urein Empire develop a grudge.

After all, with the Shapeshifter Bloodline, it wasn’t difficult for him to achieve this.

Especially with Meredith, who had just reached the Extraordinary Level, by his side, whether pretending to be Hernet Family members attacking the Empire or vice versa, he and Meredith could achieve it.

Just as Raine and Meredith were rapidly retreating, the Drow and Empire forces behind them were sporadically engaging in combat while also reaching the position where they could clearly see the Black Dragon Soron.

The Drow High-tier Priestess Siriel looked at the massive, mountain-like, unmoving Black Dragon corpse lying in the distance, her pupils involuntarily constricting sharply!

Although she had anticipated when hearing the second dragon wail that Black Dragon Soron Naltus might have been seriously wounded or even dead by unknown individuals, actually seeing him unmoving and now a corpse was a significant psychological shock.

Just minutes ago, she had been conversing with this very dragon.

With Empire elites still nearby, Siriel forcibly suppressed her shock and quickly began to think.

At this moment, staying here with her and the guard captain Narrell to engage with the Urein Empire was no longer very meaningful.

Of course, it wasn’t entirely meaningless.

The corpse of an adult Black Dragon is undoubtedly a coveted treasure whether on the surface or in the Underdark.

But the problem is, if they stayed, with only their squad’s strength, they would be markedly disadvantaged in a fight against the Empire, which had just been proven.

Therefore, in that case...

Siriel’s slightly reddened eyes flashed with brilliance, as she quickly said to guard captain Narrell next to her:

"(Drow Elf language) Go! Let’s head to the secret path."

Hearing this plan, Narrell was initially stunned, but he quickly understood Priestess Siriel’s intentions.

This was to see if the Empire here would divide its forces to pursue them.

If so, they would lead the Empire into the underground secret path, without needing to directly clash with Empire pursuers, just subtly leading the Empire elites to the vicinity of the Beholder’s lair, and their subsequent outcome... could be imagined.

Similarly, upon seeing the Black Dragon’s corpse at this moment, the Empire’s General Kobataen, pursuing swiftly from behind, also saw the massive, familiar Black Dragon corpse lying on the ground.

His originally rapid movement couldn’t help but slow notably, though his facial expression didn’t change as dramatically as Siriel’s, his heart was similarly tumultuous.

He, too, faintly saw the two figures rapidly departing, which caused his curiosity and perplexity to surge intensely.