Chapter 702: Chapter 292: The Secret of the Demon’s Body (6k)
"Miss Fan Mao, thank goodness you’re here; otherwise, we would have suffered heavy losses this time."
Still in the same room, with Torri’s grateful tone, the difference was that this time it wasn’t just Ryan lying there, nor just one person.
After the battle, as many as five were severely injured and near death. If Bai Yi hadn’t arrived, they might have considered it hopeless and continued slaughtering demons right where they were, fighting until they’d made up for the losses.
But if there was no choice, who would willingly give up their allies’ lives?
And now they happened to have a level 9 healer, so of course, they weren’t going to stay and wait.
Guided by Bai Yi, the human level 9 quickly returned using Ryan’s spell.
After all, it was for Bai Yi’s plan and to allow Bai Yi to quickly return to complete the transformation.
Ryan directly demonstrated an ability even more powerful than during the battle, using the spell originally meant for an ambush to hurry back, and was sent to this room in no time.
Due to his intense concern for his comrades, the other level 9s didn’t notice this anomaly.
"Alright, as you can see, they are out of danger now; what they need is rest."
"Yes, I’ll head back first then."
Torri felt a bit embarrassed, ashamed of his doubts about Miss Fan Mao.
The battle this time was very strange; on one hand, Miss Fan Mao, who had always been considered a medical support unit, unexpectedly showed formidable combat power, even described as having controlled the dark energy extracted last time.
While they didn’t reject using demonic power, as even these level 9s had advanced relying on the remnants of demons, using the remnants of dead demons was one thing, but directly using the power of living demons was another.
The former is for enhancing human strength, but the latter would be betrayal!
Moreover, there were some doubts in the subsequent battle; why didn’t that powerful demon break out during the fight, choosing to appear only after other greater demons perished?
Even its departure was hasty, retreating immediately after a round of counterattack.
No less than five were critically wounded, which was the greatest injury since the beginning of the war with the demons; if it hadn’t been for Miss Fan Mao’s healing ability, it would almost have equated to five deaths.
The previously assured victory of slaying 12 demons nearly had a shadow of sacrifice, and those level 9 who survived the battle were added to his list of suspects.
But now, at least Miss Fan Mao need not be suspected.
If not for Miss Fan Mao, they would have suffered heavy losses this time, and when Miss Fan Mao arrived, she had already saved his old friend who was doomed, proving her trustworthiness.
Of course, there’s more to it due to historical reasons.
According to his acquired records, the Forest Elves are an ancient tribe on this land, and according to their Emperor, Maga Great Mage, they had already contributed in resistance during even the earliest demon invasions.
In other words, they are a group with roots loyal to the world, and in a sense, even if he betrayed them, the Forest Elves wouldn’t.
So this time, Torri was just going through the motions, in case of any contingency in his role as overall commander.
Bidding a warm farewell to Bai Yi, Torri no longer lingered and returned straight to his old lair.
This battle saw a major victory for humans, with 12 great demons falling, while the cost was merely the severe injury of five human experts.
With Miss Fan Mao’s abilities rounding up, it was as if they gained 12 great demons at no cost!
Humans had the advantage!
Despite previously being at a disadvantage in high-level combat power, he managed a draw, and now he had to plan well, exploiting his advantage as much as possible!
Watching Torri leave happily, Bai Yi’s mood was also very good.
This was an instant gain of five pseudo-level 9s!
And that didn’t count the abnormal objects obtained from the corpses of those great demons!
If she could have these kinds of battles, she would prefer to fight every day!
Feeling joyful, she glanced over her five prizes, quickly calming herself to start recapping.
"Luckily, this plan was prepared thoroughly with some margin in mind, or we might have really been exposed this time.
I didn’t expect level 9’s life force to be so tenacious; each had withstood a simultaneous ten-cannon barrage, and they all held on.
Besides, their recovery ability was stronger than anticipated; if not for the quick return, they might have regained consciousness prematurely...
However, there is also the current problem of the cannon attacks being too straightforward, it’s just pure damage, nothing fancy.
Even if the brick is big, big enough to crush a level 9, achieving precise severe damage for my Healing is still a bit tricky.
Looks like I need to make improvements next time, try integrating some of Little Hui’s power to hinder self-healing, otherwise, if the wounded recover too much by the time they return here, it wouldn’t be good..."
With the panel at her disposal, she clearly controlled the recent attack, knowing there was no debuff like the one Ryan suffered last time. To ensure the plan’s success, each was severely wounded, left with barely a sliver of health.
Initially, she worried they might not make it back alive, even modifying the Aura Effect for these five level 9s to add a Life recovery effect to the original Magic Power recovery.
But she quickly realized, those level 9s didn’t even need her Aura; without interference, they recovered well on their own, almost out of critical condition by the time they returned.