Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons-Chapter 741 - 652: Prophecy and Counter-Prophecy

In a beast skin camp.

It was close to nightfall, and tents were set up all over the place.

Campfires and torches were placed between camps, the orange glow illuminating the entire camp, surrounded by wooden cheval de frise.

A closer look at the beast skins on these tents reveals strange marks, devoid of large pores and hair.

Instead, there are wrinkles and terrified faces, along with features like navels and chest and abdomen.

The cannibal ghosts dressed in simple armor and holding makeshift long spears patrolled the camp in small squads.

On the outskirts of the camp, there were also beast-shaped cannibal ghosts on guard.

From the largest tent at the center came a hoarse and angry shout.

"Why are my warriors always dying while I command the camp, oblivious? Are you all fools?

As the eyes nurtured by the Empire, how can you not see this?"

A humanoid cannibal ghost in light gold heavy armor, with two strange eyes, yelled angrily at those in front of him.

And these cannibal ghosts, clad in leather-crafted leather armor, could only lower their heads silently in response to his tirade.

After a long while of cursing, he finally calmed down, then sat back at his main seat, leaning back on his chair while staring at the few in front of him.

"Speak up, don't tell me you didn't see anything. I don't want to hear that news."

The few standing humanoid cannibal ghosts mumbled, without knowing how to respond.

They could only wait quietly in place.

From the intense heartbeat within their chests, it was clear their hearts were not calm, extremely nervous.

Finally, when this cannibal ghost leader grew impatient, a scout rushed in from outside.

Seeing the rushing scout, the few standing cannibal ghosts visibly relaxed.

The scout who rushed in directly half-knelt before the cannibal ghost general, bowing his head to report.

"General, we have identified the reason for so many soldier deaths."

The cannibal ghost general nodded and said, "Then what are you waiting for?"

Watching, he hurriedly replied, "It's those prior silver human cavalry. They form squads, then ambush not far from each of our formations.

When our team defeats the enemy and reaps the rewards, they take the opportunity to rush out, kill our soldiers, and then rescue all that food."

Upon hearing the scout's report, the cannibal ghost general's brow furrowed, his slender nails tapping on the hardwood table with a crisp sound.

It was clear he was pondering.

The scout further reported, "For some reason, this time they are extremely sensitive to the detection range around them, and many of our brothers were discovered."

The crisp tapping sound continued rhythmically.

The participation of Kane and his knight order made the general hesitate.

Because they had fought against these knight orders before, but each time they suffered a crushing defeat, their Empire's soldiers could hardly inflict significant casualties on these knights.

Even the most elite Empire soldiers were like mere chickens and dogs before these knights, easily defeated.

To eliminate the knight order, they would need several times, even dozens of times more soldiers to encircle them, only then might they completely annihilate them.

All these soldiers also have to be veterans or elites; no green soldiers can be mixed in.

But where could he gather so many soldiers now?

They were dealing with too many minor forces right now, taking advantage of this time to attack the surrounding little forces like mad, before they became familiar with the surroundings and could react.

If it were delayed further, these forces might band together for warmth, the pressure on other forces was too great.

They had to seize this opportunity to reap a severe harvest; otherwise, they might fall into a seesaw battle.

Food must be stored adequately during this period.

Almost half of the rear farms were destroyed, and the entire Empire was on the brink of a famine.

They couldn't slow their pace because of these knight orders.

Not to mention in all prior battles, the knight orders were led by golden-level strongmen of the same level as them.

This time is surely no exception, he alone is definitely not enough.

After pondering for a long time, the cannibal ghost general finally retracted his sharp claws, then ordered.

"Immediately write to the elder in the rear, stating the frontline needs high-level combat force support. Get those damned elders moving, or we'll all starve to death together."

"Yes! General!"

Then the few quickly left the tent.

The cannibal ghost general closed his eyes, leaning back in his chair, muttering to himself, "I hope this approach works."

He always had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Then he opened his eyes and thought for a moment, sat up again, and personally picked up the missive and started to write.

The ominous premonition forced him to make further preparations.

......

The next day.

Several hundred meters high in the wilderness sky.

You could see a broad white cloud, relatively lower than other clouds, gently drifting in the sky following the wind's direction.

On top of the cloud, Kane and others still sat there.

"It's strange, so many of their soldiers have died, so why haven't they moved yet?" Kane folded his arms across his chest, his tone full of confusion.

It had been two days since the plan began, today's the third day, yet even by afternoon, there was still no sign of enemy golden-level forces raiding them.

The enemy's attack momentum hadn't even slowed, instead becoming more aggressive, sending out more soldiers.

This shouldn't be.

According to Kainder's plan, there should have been golden-level enemies coming to support either yesterday or this morning.

After all, their soldiers wanting to fight the members of the Holy Grail Knight Order is simply a fantasy, and the enemy commanders themselves should be well aware of this point, as it's not the first confrontation.

The quickest and most efficient way to swiftly eliminate the Holy Grail Knight Order is to send golden-level members to massacre them.

Moreover, facing the sudden increase in enemy soldiers, Kane and his team had to merge their 10 knight squads into 5 to continue fighting.

The good news is that although the number of enemies increased, the attack forces have actually decreased.

Additionally, several of Raphael's teammates began accompanying the Knight Order in their actions.

Making each action more successful and rapid.

This will put greater pressure on the enemy, and the cannibal ghosts have to accept it.

This is an open challenge; if the enemy wants to annihilate them all, they must send even more golden-level forces.

As for Kane and his team, they remain as that one hidden troop, yet to reveal themselves.

The goal is a fatal attack.

At this point, Meizike, who was meditating on the cloud, suddenly opened his eyes.

Then quickly extended his four arms, with Magic Power surging from within, transforming into strange rules, spreading towards the sky.

As soon as Meizike's behavior was detected, everyone immediately entered a combat state, picking up their weapons and being vigilant of their surroundings.

Kane directly activated the Eye of the Gods, scanning the surroundings.

Watching Meizike's purification rules surge towards the sky.

In the sky, there was a large area of a very thin aura of rules falling down, countered by the purification rules.

The falling rules were obviously aimed at Kane and his team, with very clear targets.

Increasing the Magic Power supply to the Eye of the Gods, carefully discerning what kind of rules the faint aura in the sky was.

"Perception? Or prophecy?"

The aura of the rules was too thin and disappeared quickly, making it hard for Kane to tell which one it was.

But the arrival of such rules indicated that someone was spying on them, using rules to predict their movements.

However, the aura of the rules was too faint to be specifically targeting them.

Meizike, who had direct contact with these rules, purified the aura and said: "It's prophecy, someone is spying on us through prophecy, but not just us.

He must have performed a very broad, large-scale prophecy, and we just happened to be enveloped in it."

Upon hearing this information, Kane frowned: "Who could it be?"

At this time, Kane immediately thought of the cannibal ghosts as the ones making predictions about them.

Knowing that they have about 30 golden-level forces, it's hard not to imagine that among them, there would be someone with prophecy abilities.

"If it's the cannibal ghosts, what could they be predicting?" Kane said.

"Such a broad and large-scale prophecy might be about whether this action has any danger, where the danger comes from. Prophecies like that."

Kreya thought for a moment and shared his views.

Hearing this, Kane and the others nodded in agreement.

This could indeed be the direction of the prophecy, if the cannibal ghosts are predicting.

And it fits the current scenario.

"If that's the case, then our recent elimination actions have shielded and deceived their prophecy," Meizike said.

Such a broad, faint prophecy wasn't precise to the individual.

It was purified by Meizike before it fell, making Kane and the team who were supposed to be perceived hidden, becoming the true 'hidden troop.'

If they are wrong, they might face more enemies, regardless of which scenario, they have responses.

After understanding, Kane couldn't help but laugh: "It seems this time we must make them suffer a great loss."

...

Meanwhile, in the cannibal ghosts' camp.

"How did it go? Did you foresee it?"

The cannibal ghost general asked the three-eyed cannibal ghost in front of him, who wore a black robe and held a bone staff.

The blank three pupils returned to normal color, and then the cannibal ghost nodded.

"I've foreseen it, the information your scouts obtained is outdated.

The enemy has 5 squads, each with an elder-level enemy, relying on you, me, and the elder coming to support later isn't enough. It's safest to call on a few more elders."

He actually foresaw 5 teams and 5 golden-level enemies.

And there will be danger, the danger coming from the golden-level enemies.

He never thought there could be such a thing as prophecy elimination.

"There are 5 elder enemies, huh." Hearing the news, the cannibal ghost general's expression turned better.

He then immediately said to the black-robed cannibal ghost in front of him: "You should directly convey the message, this way it would be faster. Maybe they have already detected your prophecy and are preparing."

The black-robed cannibal ghost nodded and didn't say more, using Magic Power to wrap a message and send it to the Elder Council far away.

By calling for support himself, he indeed could call more people.

After all, he's quite an important figure in the Elder Council, not everyone can have foresight abilities.

Even for his protection, more people would be sent here.

If he didn't owe the cannibal ghost general personal favor, he wouldn't have come.