Mark looked at Kyle and Ruby with burning eyes:
"So, my plan is to have the Blood Vine Heart 'officially' taken away by you, the Thirteenth Holy Knights! You're here to purify the heretics, openly and aboveboard!
"It's perfectly reasonable for the Deadwood Tribe to be ambushed by the Holy Light Church Knights. The Rotten Ivy Alliance will only think it was an accidental collision and won't suspect us 'newcomers', much less think we're a thorn in the alliance's side!
"Our team's identity can continue to hide and explore more!"
"Ah!?" This time, even Ruby couldn't help but be stunned for a moment after hearing what Mark said.
Mark had laid the groundwork for so long, she thought that Mark wanted them to help him complete the mission and then prevent the twelve of them from being exposed.
But unexpectedly, Mark asked them to take the Blood Vine Heart away directly!
"Why? In this case, won't your mission fail as well?" Kyle asked in confusion.
Mark's words were filled with unquestionable certainty:
"Map permissions can be purchased with money, and upgrade qualifications can be obtained by hanging out in this buffer zone for a while! But if you miss this opportunity to find out the roots of the Rotten Ivy Alliance and uncover the traitor hidden in the legion's upper echelons, you don't know when the next time will come!
"Think about it, if this mission fails, will the Rotten Vine Alliance send members who know more about the situation to reclaim the Blood Vine Heart?"
Kyle and Ruby looked at each other and saw determination in each other's eyes.
Although Mark's proposal was bold and even sacrificed the immediate interests of their team, it did hit the core of the Holy Light Church's in-depth investigation, which was secrecy.
It is far better to let the Mark team, whose identity is "clean", continue to lurk within the Rotten Ivy Alliance than for this new team, which is under the banner of the Holy Light Church, to expose its intentions.
Moreover, it seems that catching more and bigger fish in this way is much more efficient than their own sneaky investigation.
"Deal!" Kyle responded in a deep voice, his hand already on the hilt of the sword at his waist, his eyes cast sharply in the direction of the Deadwood Tribe's defense line in the distance, where the shouts of killing, the sounds of vines being torn, and the angry roars of the Ash Claw members were intertwined.
"Reserves of the Thirteenth Holy Knights, listen! Target: the 'Heart of the Blood Vine' held by the Deadwood Tribe. In the name of the Holy Light, purge the heretics and seize the target! Action!"
"Yes, sir!" Oak and the others shouted in unison, their movements in unison, and holy light faintly flowed on the uniform light armor.
They instantly switched from cautious marching to combat formation, and like a sword drawn from its sheath, under the leadership of Kyle and Ruby, they rushed straight to the core of the battlefield.
Almost at the moment they set off, the four members of Mark's team exchanged glances instantly.
"Those six 'Ashe Claws' guys," Mark's voice echoed in Monica and the others' ears, tinged with a hint of cold murderous intent. "Their indestructible artificial bodies, their unpredictable magical properties, and the way they attacked Anna in the camp earlier... By the Holy Light, the more I look at them, the more I think they're the advanced creations of that lingering puppeteer from the Enlightenment Society."
After all, Monica could use identification skills to identify the previous dolls, but now that she has the Ring of Truth, Monica even needs to rely on experience to guess their identities.
Enzo's lava-like fists creaked as he growled, "Who cares if they're from the Enlightenment Society or the Rotten Ivy League? Anyone who dares to attack Anna deserves to be smashed to pieces!"
"Then let's take care of them all together!" Mark's mouth curled into a furious grin, the giant cross sword humming in his hand. "Leave the Deadwood Tribe to Kyle and the others for cleansing. We'll go and deal with these puppets! As planned, retain our strength and disguise, but be swift and ruthless!"
"Anna, prioritize suppressing the leader, Scarface! Enzo, you take the damage! Monica, find their weaknesses!"
The four members of Mark's team were like ghosts, following closely behind the holy light of Kyle's team, but they cleverly turned and aimed directly at the six members of the Ash Claws who were colliding fiercely with the defense line of the Witherwood Tribe orcs!
Kyle's team was like golden thunder, wrapped in the pure power of holy light, and crashed into the vine barrier of the Deadwood Tribe.
"Holy Flame! Judgment!"
Ruby's screams were accompanied by blazing fire magic as she swung the flail and fiercely slashed at the dark green defensive barrier.
It collided violently with the condensed wood magic of the Deadwood Shaman, erupting in dazzling light and violent energy ripples.
Oak and the others followed closely behind, their combat skills bombarding a single point on the barrier in unison.
The face of the Great Shaman Kurumu changed drastically. He could naturally sense the purity of this power, which was definitely not comparable to those scattered soldiers before!
This newly arrived group of people also used legion-level combat skills.
He roared and used all his strength to activate his staff, trying to stabilize the crumbling defense line, but the legion-level combat skills taught by the Church of Holy Light were not so easy to resist.
Even though the combined strength of Kyle and his men on paper did not seem to be stronger than that of the Deadwood Clan, this sudden impact still doubled the pressure on him.
At the same time, Mark's team had already stabbed into the flanks of the Ash Claw like four poisoned daggers.
"Looking for death!" Scarface was shocked and angry when he saw that Mark's team dared to rush towards him.
He had just ordered his men to fend off a few dancing poisonous vines when he saw an emerald green arrow silently shooting towards his wrist holding the poisoned dagger like a poisonous snake!
The angle is extremely tricky!
Scarface hastily retracted his hand, and the arrow grazed the leather armor. The magic power on the arrow rubbed against the protective magic circle on the leather armor, causing a streak of sparks.
Just as he was about to curse, a violent wave of lava heat hit him in the face!
"Break it for me!"
Enzo roared, and with violent brute force, he swung his massive lava hammer into the center of the defensive formation hastily erected by the Ember Claw members.
The power contained in this hammer far exceeded the previous one, and the air exploded with an unbearable sound!
boom!
The two gray-clad men in front were hit head-on as if by a battering ram.
Even with his inhuman physical strength, he was smashed to pieces, with bones and tendons broken. Liquid mixed with sticky artificial blood spurted out of his mouth and flew backwards, breaking several thick poison vines.
Monica's figure flashed in the chaos and smoke created by Enzo, and she raised her dagger and stabbed the back of the neck of a gray-clothed man who was trying to channel some magic.
Although this group of androids seemed to have no fatal weaknesses, Monica still found a position to curb their actions.
One strike hits the vital point!
Phew!
The dagger pierced through with a faint glow of dark silver magic. The gray-clothed man's body suddenly stiffened, and the magic he was guiding instantly dissipated. Red light flashed rapidly in his eyes several times, and his movements became extremely stiff.
Mark was like a ferocious beast in human form, swinging his giant cross sword wildly, with disguised holy light attached to the blade, and every swing was powerful and heavy.
This forced Scarface and the other man in gray to retreat again and again, making it impossible for them to form an effective encirclement.
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