My Skill Bar is Full of Monster Skills

Chapter 484 - 262: Wings of the Seraph

At this moment, Meredith also frowned slightly and said, "The last time I came out from here, it wasn’t like this. There weren’t so many flags, nor were there so many soldiers here."

"It seems that the Urein Empire has already become aware of the recent turmoil on the kingdom’s side, so they occupied this neutral territory. This is also a kind of test for the kingdom." Keller Krit pondered slightly and roughly speculated the reason behind it.

"Raine, should we get involved in this?" Laisa couldn’t help but ask.

The scene before her reminded her of her own Sand Race’s situation. At that time, her tribe’s territory was also eaten away by the surrounding powerful kingdoms, ultimately unable to survive under the dual onslaught of the insect tribes.

For Laisa’s suggestion, Raine immediately shook his head: "The kingdom should have long known about the situation here. Let’s proceed according to plan and head to the Underdark first."

The small impatience can spoil great strategies.

Even if they could deal with the Empire’s soldiers in front of them, it wouldn’t be of much significance, as it would trigger a chain reaction, and the Urein Empire would surely retaliate against the kingdom afterward.

The current situation is that even if the entire Soladin Kingdom unites, they are completely without the power to go to war with the Urein Empire.

And if it was merely a protest, it wouldn’t mean anything.

At this moment, Raine suddenly thought of something and instructed Meredith beside him: "Meredith, cast the Disguise Spell. Also, if any special situation arises, you can act alone."

Soon, as the Griffin landed, the group thoroughly saw the situation below.

Sure enough, this place was already guarded by Urein Empire soldiers wearing chain armor with a three-dragon emblem on their chests. Many adventurers were obediently paying the passage fee.

"It used to be free; how come they’re charging now?"

"Damn it! Such a big empire, yet they want to earn this bit of money."

"Old Jack, are you tired of living? How dare you say such things so loudly! Shh..."

"Adventurers from the Urein Empire can pass directly! Adventurers from other kingdoms, the passage fee is two gold each!" A robust man dressed like a guards’ captain in chain armor shouted loudly beside them.

"Also, after going down, no adventurer is allowed to head to the Dusty Swamp area."

At this point, an adventurer stepped forward to inquire, "Why?"

"The Empire has operations! Just obey the order!" the robust man said irritably.

...

Seeing Raine’s group approaching, the robust man, who seemed to be the guard captain, noticeably tensed up.

He had just seen clearly that Raine’s group came down from the Griffin, and the equipment on Raine was obviously a Bronze Level power set, and the aura of the mages behind him was also very strong.

But when the robust man thought of the empire standing behind him, he regained some courage and planned to step forward to collect the fee.

At this moment, the robust man saw the young man in the lead glance at him. The bright, crystal-clear eyes of the other party resembled the vertical pupils of a giant dragon. Just this gaze alone made him instantly freeze, and large beads of sweat immediately appeared on his forehead.

In an instant, he didn’t dare to take a step forward.

Seeing that their captain didn’t move, the other soldiers didn’t move either, so the group just watched with eyes wide open as the nine people walked through the entrance smoothly.

"Captain, why didn’t you stop them? Are they friends?" a soldier quietly asked.

"Haha, yes, an old acquaintance," the robust man awkwardly wiped the sweat off his forehead and said.

After all, it would be embarrassing to admit he was intimidated by their presence.

Other soldiers looked at their captain with some doubt. After all, this didn’t seem like acquaintanceship, as acquaintances would at least greet each other, right? But the other party just glanced at their captain.

As Raine was about to enter the entrance, suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he seemed to notice something and turned his head slightly to look at the continuous military camps beside him.

"There are too many soldiers," Dylan Krit, standing nearby, also noticed something was wrong. "It seems like this is the regular army of the Urein Empire."

"Regular army?" Raine raised his eyebrows, his expression instantly dawning upon him.

Each of these soldiers was robust, and even though they weren’t Classes, it was obvious they were battle-hardened.

Moreover, there were too many soldiers, far exceeding the usual garrison.

Recalling what Jessica had mentioned to him earlier, that the Urein Empire was currently waging massive campaigns in the Underdark, it now seemed that their occupation here was likely a prelude to advancing through the Moritan Ancient Tunnel.

Hearing Raine and Dylan’s conversation, Meredith also realized this: "If that’s the case, they’ll have to pass through the Dusty Swamp. Not only is it filled with demons and swamp terrain, making it incredibly difficult to traverse, but they’ll also have to pass through the territory of a black dragon."

"A Black Dragon?"

"Yes, Black Dragon Soron Anryel Nairthus." Disguised as a human beauty by the Disguise Spell, Meredith nodded and recited.

Several hours later.

Unlike the previously presented scenery of the Underdark through the hidden passageway beneath the Azure Mine, this area called the Dusty Swamp didn’t have many mushroom forests with varying heights.

What unfolded before the group was a significantly larger number of fluorescent and fern plants.

Possibly due to the abundant moisture, the number of insects flying everywhere and colorful small avian creatures was also staggering.

Faced with the beautiful scenery before them, Laisa skillfully twirled with her dual darts and volunteered, "Raine, let me scout ahead! You stay behind."