This was the first time Xiuge witnessed the true power of magic with his own eyes.
The hot air flowed into the basement with great violence. The wooden door he closed easily could not isolate the terrible heat. The narrow world he lived in seemed to be stuffed into a huge furnace in an instant.
Even the gravel and stone bricks piled in the basement seemed to be breathing out heat.
"A flash of fire."
Wei Lin, who was walking beside Xiuge, said lightly.
"Stream level, a somewhat redundant spell."
Xiuge felt a little suffocated: "You said it's redundant?"
"Well, it's just redundant."
Wei Lin raised her hand and gently wiped the sweat from her forehead. Two of her hairs were already stuck to her forehead: "Generally speaking, it can only be used to create fire sources and light. It can be used to light a bonfire in the wild...
…The current fire is caused by excessive magic power injection and repeated casting of spells. Don’t think too much about it.”
While talking, the two of them had already arrived at the exit at the other end of the basement. Shuge, who walked out of the basement, couldn't help but look back and saw that the ancient mansion belonging to the Ernst family had been completely enveloped in flames.
Under the light of the fire, Xiuge saw that the lips of the female mage Wei Lin were a little pale. Perhaps as she said, she had consumed too much magic power to create this terrifying fire in an instant.
Neither of them had any intention of staying here. After confirming the direction, Xiuge led Weilin and ran towards the bushes. As long as they passed through this deserted small forest area, they could start from the "North of Salem City".
Ladies Street" detours to "Water Flower Street" where men love to visit.
It was only then that Xiuge found time. He stretched out his hand to help Wei Lin remove a thorny branch hanging from the hem of her robe, and then asked: "Miss Wei Lin, who are you chasing?"
Xiuge murmured to himself. He was about to ask Wei Lin for confirmation, but there was a strange movement from the running rat that had been hiding in the distance - someone was walking quickly near it, and there were quite a few of them.
He almost bit off his tongue.
…
At this moment, the running rat finally showed the terrifying speed that matched its name. Even Shuge, the summoner, could barely react. It accurately avoided the splashing soil and grass blades.
With each fatal bombardment, the dark light on the sharp incisors became more obvious. In the midst of the chaos, it actually jumped directly onto the back of the second short-nosed dog, and its three tails quickly pierced the flesh of its prey.
Inside the body, sharp claws scratched frantically.
"So, we're going to get rid of these hounds?"
Amidst the anxiety and uneasiness, Shuge looked back at the way he came. Through the gaps between the sparse trees, he saw that the Ernst family's old mansion had been completely enveloped in flames. At this time, Salem
The city's fire brigade had also arrived nearby. Even through the trees, Xiuge could see the huge modified vehicles hauling heavy water tanks.
"It means that this city has been completely sealed. People from outside may be able to come in, but people inside will definitely not be able to get out! If you forcefully try to destroy or pass the ceremony, you will most likely be killed on the spot by the tampered ceremony venue.
.”
Wei Lin chuckled: "Is it possible that Mr. Shuge plans to invite them to your next hiding place?"
"Someone is chasing you."
Shuge is very familiar with this group of silent veterans. According to the world view he led in creating, these elite guards belonging to the Royal Family of Delan still enjoy great fame in the "Black Sun Era" two hundred years later. Although they are not magicians,
But they have all undergone the most rigorous, even perverted "anti-magic" training, and with weapons specifically designed to fight against magic, they are definitely good at hunting down spellcasters.
Xiuge immediately told Wei Lin what he had discovered. Upon hearing this, the female mage stopped and took a breath. Then she took off an exquisite pocket bag from her waist and poured the contents into
into the palm of his own hand.
Even this sentence was typed into the document by Xiuge himself.
The next moment, the running rat known as the "Earth Mother Goddess Chariot" made an action that was beyond Shuge's expectation. It jumped off the hound, and its three tails suddenly rolled up, like three stabbing swords.
It stabbed forward, accurately penetrated into the wound on the poor hound, and stabbed its neck through.
Those plains short-nosed dogs with excellent bloodlines have always been known as the "disaster of fugitives". This kind of magic hound with thin magic flowing in its body can remember the target's breath for a long time, and they are naturally very smart, and can even use
Use your own instinct to decipher some simple illusion tricks and traps.
"It seems that someone is afraid that this room is not clean enough..."
"Tampering? What do you mean?"
A huge raven with blue feathers swooped down from the canopy. Wei Lin's goal was different from Shuge's. She needed to find a way to interfere with or even get rid of the dog trainer. As long as the dog trainer was not around, even the short-nosed dog
Still alive, the remaining trackers couldn't fully understand what the hounds meant.
This cry was extremely harsh and unpleasant. The gunmen and dog trainers who were disturbed by the sound involuntarily raised their palms to cover their ears. However, the Iris guards on the periphery just frowned and their bodies were light.
Shaked slightly.
As soon as he stepped into this uninhabited forest area, Shuge summoned the running rat. This completely tamed magical creature immediately jumped into the bushes. It would serve as a living sentry and follow Shuge closely.
, just in case someone follows you.
"Their sword blades are the everlasting iris of the Kingdom of Deland."
Shuge knew very well that he and the female mage beside him who also had the surname of the Ernst family did not have any solid foundation of trust. Although the two had hastily reached a relationship similar to that of a collaborator, the current
All of this is caused by the rapid changes in the situation. Such a cooperative relationship is not reliable at all, and may even collapse at certain critical moments.
In fact, when Shuge and Wei Lin left Ernst's old house through the basement passage, these malicious pursuers had already arrived at the rear of the old house. If Wei Lin hadn't acted on the principle of caution,
, a simple confusion spell was set up when they entered Ernst's old house. I am afraid that the two of them had already encountered this team when they got out of the basement.
"Damn it, Iris Guards?"
There were several loud noises in succession, and the gunmen standing in the team had already raised their crystal guns. These exquisite magic guns, which are about the length of an adult's forearm, have silver patterns on the surface, and are inlaid with bright crystals, emitted their own sounds.
The roar, accompanied by the flash of magic crystals, the engraved bullets driven by magic bombarded out, creating a series of potholes on the grass of the forest.
The joyful emotion was transmitted from the running rat. It withdrew its long tail from the body of the short-nosed dog in front of it, and then rushed towards the next target.
"Mr. Sugar, I respect your thoughts, but you'd better not think of me as a fool who rushes into a decisive battle with the enemy."
He now doubts that he has perfectly inherited the tragic and unlucky character of "Baron Ernst". Maybe today's experience is just the beginning of his misfortune?
The call of a raven from the forest interrupted Shuge's random thoughts. It was the signal sent by Wei Lin, so he immediately cheered up and gave the order to launch a sneak attack towards the running rat who had been waiting for a long time.
"certainly."
Xiuge lowered his voice and relayed the message through the running rat that the pursuers were approaching in the direction of the two of them. He has always been a self-aware person, so he did not think that there would be a "decisive battle" with these people in the woods.
” is a good choice.
Faced with this sudden attack, the tracking team that entered the forest seemed unusually silent. No one shouted out the enemy attack, and no one stepped forward to give instructions. The swordsmen with iris-decorated weapons quickly
The people gathered together to protect the dog handler and the five gunmen in the middle. The two stealth experts walking on the edge of the team took out their long hunting bows. The bowstrings buzzed, and two arrows flew out immediately.
.
The blue-winged raven summoned by Wei Lin was extremely agile. It gently deflected its body and dodged the two arrows, and then let out a scream in the air.
"Shouldn't we keep walking?"
This team consists of two stalkers carrying long hunting bows, fifteen swordsmen and five gunners carrying crystal muskets. In addition, they are also equipped with a professional dog handler.
At this time, Xiuge had begun to share the sight of the running rat. Through the eyes of this magical creature, he discovered that each of the swordsmen wearing long and short swords were silent and capable. Their clothes did not look much different from ordinary soldiers.
, however, on their sword hilts, there is a rather bright iris pendant.
This is a very standard tracking team among the Delan army.
However, this momentary interference also bought an extremely precious opportunity. While everyone's attention was on the blue-winged raven, the running rat controlled by Shuge finally jumped out of the shadows, and it lit up.
He took out his extremely sharp and terrifyingly poisonous claws and pounced towards a short-nosed dog that was also frightened by the raven's scream.
"squeak!!!"
So Weilin picked up the skull from the palm of her hand and gently threw it into the air. The next moment, with the flash of magic light, a huge cross with blue feathers on the end of its wings appeared.
The crow appeared in the sky, and it quickly circled above Weilin's head, and then got into the canopy of the tree nearby.
The short-nosed dogs had captured the target's scent. These ferocious hounds let out low barks, and then led the dog handlers and the remaining trackers into the depths of the forest.
In this case, even a new spell caster like Xiuge can see the anomaly.
Shuge remembered that among the several batches of peripheral souvenirs released before the game was launched in the past, there were iris keychains symbolizing the guards of the Delan royal family.
After saying this, both Xiuge and Xiuge fell into a state of silence.
"The claws, teeth, and bird skulls... all look like animal bones."
Although it is not appropriate to lead a woman of the same age into a place like this, this is the most suitable escape route at the moment.
"The situation is worse than I thought before. Problems have arisen in the independent government of Salem City. The General Defense Department has most likely completely surrendered to the Kingdom of Deland, and there are at least three branches in the southern city gate alone.
Guards carrying crystal muskets and mixed with spell casters entered the city. Not only that, the current magic sealing ceremony of all city walls and gates in Salem City has also been tampered with."
Due to the consumption of magic power, Wei Lin's breathing was obviously a little rapid. She wrinkled her nose, and then quickly recounted her previous experience in concise words.
As a result, the magic mouse, shrouded in dark green light and shadow, immediately began to move, and its three long tails continued to sweep back and forth among the trees as it moved forward, like three insidious snakes walking through the vegetation.
Xiuge recognized these things at a glance, and then he saw the light blue magic light flowing and beating among these bones. After about two breaths, the light finally fell on the skull of the bird.
Relying on his intuitive understanding of his summoned object, Xiuge did not continue to forcibly control it, but let go of control and allowed it to make its own judgment.
"I don't know. I only know that there are a lot of mages among these people. They may be members of the Legal Committee, but they are more likely to be the Royal Family of Delan."
"Bang bang!"
But I don’t know why, but the momentum of the flames has not subsided at all. The spraying water column can barely suppress the spread of the fire. In the already crumbling mansion, there seems to be another force that is constantly giving rise to new ones.
of flame.
There are three short-nosed dogs, which can completely reveal all traces of the escapee.
Under the operation of the firefighters, several metal water pipes inlaid with crystal minerals and engraved with many patterns were lifted from the top of the huge water tanks, and then began to spray water jets towards the burning old house.
Wei Lin seemed to roll her eyes. She glanced in the direction where the raven was flying. A trace of magical light flashed in the pupils behind the lenses. After a brief pause, Xiuge heard her say: "Well
…They didn’t use tracking magic, but the short-nosed dogs from the Goddess Plains, so that’s an easy solution.”
Although this kind of weird rat is already relatively large among rats, it is still much smaller than a hound. However, at this moment, the power it unleashed was extremely amazing. The strong hound was killed on the spot.
He was thrown to the ground, and the sharp incisors and claws fell one after another. Together with the weird corrosive magic power, a crack was torn out on the side of the hound's neck almost instantly.
Amid the desperate howls of the hounds, fur and flesh flew everywhere.
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