On the endless plain, a team of rune knights rode the magic horses and ran like lightning.
In the sky, an eagle flew past holding a human figure.
Behind, the earth continued to tremble, terrifying cracks continued to spread, and vines broke out of the soil and extended toward the front.
"Ah! Help!"
Everyone in the Rune Knight team was running as fast as they could. A knight who was lagging behind had a vine shoot out from under his body, entangling him and the iron-clawed pony at his crotch.
Amidst the desperate wailing, the knight was dragged away by vines. His whole body was covered with plant roots. The sharp tree branches pierced his skin and his blood was sucked dry. In a moment, he became a mummy.
On the plain, the galloping Rune Knights felt their scalps go numb when they heard the shrill wails of their companions, and a surge of anger surged in their hearts.
On the ground, the soil bulged, and a blood-sucking vine quickly sprang out, attacking like a poisonous snake. Knight Carter decisively drew out his cross sword and slashed it down.
brush!
The cross sword cut through the air, and the blood-sucking vine was cut off instantly, but it did not die immediately. The broken vine struggled on the ground like a headless snake, and then twisted and burrowed into the soil.
Rumble!
Amidst the deafening dull sound, the twisted tree demon from behind has already caught up. After integrating with the entire twisted jungle, it seems to have become the most terrifying giant beast, with the vines waving around it covering the sky and the sun.
"Chip, scan!"
In mid-air, the Gale Eagle flew at extremely fast speeds. Enzo grabbed Swain's talons and turned to look at the twisted tree demon behind him.
"Target: Twisted Dryad Power: 18 Physique: 21 Spirit: 11.5 Level: Second-order Life Form Information Introduction: A deformed mutant in the twisted tree, which becomes an intelligent creature after merging with the wizard's brain. It acquires wisdom by plundering the brain of the creature as a mother body
Can breed and control bionic crocodile monsters.”
"Has your physique reached 21 points?"
The luster in Enzo's eyes flashed, and the value exceeded 20 points, which is the basic condition for a second-level life form. It is precisely because of the twisted tree demon's super physique and strength that he can enter the category of a second-level life form.
Rub rub rub rub!
On the ground, vines sprouted out of the ground, forming a vague green cage, surrounding Knight Carter. He immediately swung his cross sword and cut off the vines one by one, but it was still to no avail.
All around, barriers of trees and vines are gradually taking shape!
Knight Carter was trapped in it, waving his cross sword desperately, but more and more vines sprouted from the ground, eating away at the space he could move bit by bit.
"Leave me alone and leave quickly!"
Several rune knights running ahead saw Carter trapped and immediately wanted to come back for help, but when they heard the opponent's roar, they could only grit their teeth and give up.
"Dark extinguishing fireball!"
In the sky, Enzo saw that Knight Carter was trapped. He condensed a fireball with his bare hands and blasted a gap in the barrier formed by the vines. In the burning black flames, Knight Carter drove the magic horse to tear through the thick smoke and rushed out.
"Everyone, come and escape!"
In the sky, Enzo shouted an order. The current situation did not allow everyone to successfully avoid the pursuit of the twisted tree demon, so dispersing was the best option.
Below, the Rune Knights dispersed.
Enzo didn't need to explain, everyone knew that they were running in different directions, and the final meeting point was naturally the high tower in the Lital area.
Rumble!
The Twisted Dryad let out waves of roars. The target suddenly dispersed, which made it hesitate. However, it reacted in the next moment and urged the vines to extend in all directions.
…
Lital area, high tower.
There was silence all around, and the air was filled with the smell of tree sap and blood. On the high walls, squads of extraordinary knights were silently cleaning the battlefield.
Half an hour ago, the Green Demon army just launched an attack.
It was a little different from the previous situation. In this attack, in addition to tens of thousands of Green Demons, the Children of the Forest also appeared.
And, there are three in total!
As the ruler of [Ai Qila World], every adult body of the Children of the Forest has the combat power of a second-level life form, and the ability to control the growth of plants is particularly terrifying under the blessing of world rules.
The Green Goblin army commanded by the three sons of the forest attacked the tower wall for five hours. The battle was so fierce that the Green Goblin army once climbed onto the wall.
Although the green demons who climbed up the city wall were eventually strangled and expelled, the extraordinary knights also suffered heavy losses, with at least thirty people killed.
And below the wall, a gap also appeared under the attack of the Sons of the Forest!
The Green Demon army saw the opportunity and drove straight into the wall. The team of extraordinary knights immediately counterattacked, but they were unable to withstand the countless Green Demons.
In the end, the wizards were forced to take action, and using the tower's blessing of magic power, they finally blocked the gap in the wall and eliminated the invading green demons.
Then, the three sons of the forest gave the signal to retreat.
"These aliens will attack again!"
On the wall, looking at the mess below, a wizard in white robes, with a gloomy expression on his face, murmured: "The Green Demon army is nothing to worry about, the extraordinary knights can handle it, those three sons of the forest are us
The real enemy!"
"You're right!"
On the side, another white-robed wizard also had a gloomy face and whispered, "The ordinary green demons who just rushed into the wall, no matter how many there are, it's not a big deal."
"But if the Children of the Forest also break into the wall, even with the blessing of the tower, we may not be able to deal with those second-level life forms!"
"However, fortunately, with the previous lessons, those children of the forest dare not enter the tower rashly!"
A dozen days ago, a child of the forest entered the tower, but was captured by Wizard Herbert and became his experimental subject. He is still locked up in the laboratory on the 100th floor of the tower.
The children of the forest have a special way of contacting each other, so they know the whereabouts of their companions very well, and are now wary of the tower.
"Forget it, don't think so much." Next to him, the white-robed wizard shook his head and said, "There are still wizards Herbert and Gustav anyway. If the children of the forest dare to enter the tower, they will naturally take action."
"Huh? What is that?"
The two white-robed wizards suddenly looked down. On the ground outside the wall, several rune knights were running in confusion from a distance.
"We are members of the 13th Pioneer Team. Please open the wall door and let us in!" Below, Knight Carter said in a loud voice with a pale face.
"Pioneering Team 13? Open the door."
The white-robed wizard raised his hand. On the wall, a team of extraordinary knights immediately pulled the iron chain and opened a metal door under the wall.
Knight Carter and others immediately entered the wall.
Except for Enzo, all the survivors of the pioneering team have been reunited. After the destruction of the twisted tree demon, there are now only 12 people left.
Another half hour passed.
In the sky, an eagle shadow passed by, Enzo let go of Swain's talon, and landed on the wall of [Lital Area].
"I am the leader of the 13th Development Team."
With the sound of hurried footsteps, a team of extraordinary knights gathered around. Enzo took out the Phantom Raven Medal from his arms, and Swain, who was hovering in the sky, turned into a crow and landed on his shoulder.
"Meet the adults!"
Looking at the medal in Enzo's hand, the extraordinary knight captain confirmed his identity and quickly and respectfully made way for him.
"Are the rest of the 13th pioneer team back?" Enzo put away the medal and asked.
"A team of knights returned just now. There are twelve people in total. They have now returned to the tower to recuperate." The knight captain replied.
"Are there only twelve people left?"
Enzo frowned slightly, then shook his head and walked straight towards the tower after leaving the wall.
The mission of the pioneering team has ended. Enzo only needs to write a mission report about everything that happened in the Twisted Jungle and submit it to Gustave.
"Chip, compile a report on the Twisted Jungle and Dryads."
Not long after, Enzo entered the tower.
In the elevator, he ordered the chip to compile the task process into a report, and then went directly to Gustav's laboratory on the 99th floor of the tower.
"Mentor!" Enzo stroked his chest and saluted.
In the spacious laboratory, there was a desk in front of him, and on the chair behind him, Gustave was working on some documents. When he heard Enzo's voice, he seemed a little surprised.
"You're back so soon? How was the mission?"
"Please take a look at it, mentor." Enzo stepped forward and handed over the mission report on the Twisted Jungle.
Gustav took the mission report and scanned the parchment with his eyes. In just a few seconds, he scanned the contents of the report and frowned slightly.
"Gram actually gave up his identity as a human wizard!?" Gustav frowned.
"Does the mentor know Wizard Gram?" Enzo asked tentatively.
Gustav nodded and sighed, "When I first embarked on my journey as a wizard, Gram was already an official wizard. However, due to talent limitations, Gram was unable to advance to the second level. He is also considered the current member of the academy.
One of the oldest first-level wizards."
"I can't believe that he actually gave up his human body and became a second-level life form in this way!"
The expression on Gustav's face was complicated. The reason for the disappearance of the 12th Development Team had been found out, but when he learned that it was Gram who voluntarily merged with the giant twisted tree, he couldn't help but feel a trace of emotion in his heart.
"The matter in the Twisted Jungle has been found out. I wonder what the mentor is going to do next?"
After Enzo hesitated for a moment, he asked.
The Twisted Jungle incident has been investigated clearly, but Gram has merged with the giant twisted tree and became an intelligent creature, the twisted tree demon. It has the ability to plunder the brains of living creatures to obtain wisdom. If left unchecked, it is likely to have a high impact on the [Lital Area]
The tower poses a certain threat!
"There is no need to think about this matter for now."
Gustav shook his head and said solemnly: "In the next period of time, the most important task of the tower is to resist the alien attack. All development tasks are suspended, waiting for the academy to put more power into [Ai Qila World]
Then, let’s start again!”
"The development mission is suspended? Why?" Enzo was a little surprised.
The most important task of the expedition is to continuously explore other worlds. Only in this way can the wizarding civilization understand the different worlds, sow the glorious fire of the wizarding civilization, and expand the power and influence of the wizarding civilization.
"It has been about a year since we launched the expedition to [Elkila World]."
"In order to launch this expedition, the academy paid a heavy price, and all resources were consumed very quickly. The Sigel family, which is responsible for financial power, was almost completely hollowed out, but its expansion in [Ekila World] was delayed.
It has been delayed and no real benefits can be seen.”
"Even for this expedition, the college applied for loans from the [Northern Council] many times and owed a large sum of magic stones. Now the top management of the college is under great pressure and is unable to make ends meet financially, so it can only suspend the development.
Plan." Gustav sighed.
After listening to Gustave's story, Enzo felt a sudden realization in his heart.
To put it simply, the college has no money!
The wizard civilization launches an expedition to another world. Although it represents plunder and domination, it also means a large consumption of resources in the process. Especially in the early stage of the expedition, every time a tower is built in another world, the magic stones spent are astronomical.
number.
What's more, the academy has not yet opened up in [Ekila World], so there is almost no source of income, and the finances are naturally unable to make ends meet.
"But...if we don't open up to the outside world, wouldn't we be very passive?" Enzo thought for a moment and said.
The suspension of the development mission means that the exploration of other worlds has stopped. The tower can only passively resist the attacks of the alien army. If this happens for a long time, it will definitely be extremely detrimental to the college.
"This is also something that can't be helped."
Gustav shook his head and said in a deep voice, "The news just came that another high tower was breached by the alien army. Even the second-level wizard stationed there almost died!"
"What? Another tower fell?" Enzo was surprised.
At the beginning of the expedition, the academy built twenty-four towers in [Elkila World], but the first round of alien attacks destroyed eighteen towers, leaving only six towers surviving.
However, now another tower has fallen!
For the college, this is definitely a danger signal. The fall of the tower means that the college's early investment in that area is invalid. If all the towers are destroyed by the alien army, then the expedition to [Ai Qila World] will also be
Ended with failure.
The college has finally opened up a little bit of the situation, so it can only start again!
"The battle for the fall of Tower No. 16 lasted for a full month. More than five million Green Demons were thrown into the battlefield as cannon fodder, and eleven children of the forest at the second-order life form level appeared.
One!" Gustave said in a low tone.
"Eleven children of the forest?" Enzo gasped.
It’s no wonder that Tower No. 16 fell. Five million Green Demon soldiers formed an army, plus eleven children of the forest. Even if Tower No. 7 in the [Lital Area] wanted to resist, it would be almost impossible.
things to come.
"Okay, you go back and rest first."
Afterwards, Gustav shook his head and said, "Stay in good condition and be ready to fight at any time. Three children of the forest appeared outside the wall today. After the fall of Tower No. 16, the next target of the aliens is likely to be us."
