I think you can't even imagine the happiness of a warlock.

Two days after the halfling scout Card joined the fateful adventure team, Tengu Puxi has been thinking about a very important question - should the name of the adventure team be changed?

When there were three of us, we had hundreds of thousands of little disputes over the order of sea, land and air. When there were four of us, we might have a better team name.

However, after two days of thinking and the end of the mission preparation period, he could not come up with any meaningful name.

The other three people only felt confused about this.

Chen Zhou, who was about to run away after this mission was over, said indifferently: "Just let nature take its course."

"good."

"Hehe, I just joined temporarily as a scout, and I might even help with undercover work or similar work later."

Seeing that none of the three people understood the importance and value of team names to adventurers, Pu Xi's eyes were full of hatred, but he couldn't think of a reliable name.

So, after meeting up in the early morning of the third day, the four people who led the guild mission went into the mountains together to the goblin tribe shown on the map.

The Silberquail Mountains span the three regions of the Desert Continent and contain several large and small countries and forces. The mountains and plains are filled with all kinds of creatures, and all forces are a mixed bag.

Not long after entering the mountain, their group encountered a group of spell-devouring monsters - Iorian Siphon Beasts.

This four-legged monster is huge and looks like a cat or dog at first glance. Only when you look closely do you realize that they are twisted man-made monsters.

These are hunters created by the mages of the flying city of Eol during the Arcane Era, specifically used to deal with angels, demons, devils, elves and even the gods themselves.

They are man-made monsters, immortal and crazy hunters, perfect soldiers who never attack each other and have eternal memories. They are resistant to magic and can cause great trauma to various supernatural energies or existences such as magic and divine power.

Of course, this has nothing to do with the magic special attack ability and the apparently resigned adventure team of four people, all of whom are illiterate.

However, when everyone discovered these monsters under the setting sun in the evening, they were already trapped in their encirclement.

Where did these monsters that hunt supernatural beings come from?

Everyone had no time to think before they were attacked by three energy-draining beasts.

"careful!"

On the mountain road, Pu Xi frowned slightly, jumped up on the spot and fluttered his wings into the sky.

The Tengu's wings were not enough to carry them to normal flight, but his hard fluttering could barely achieve an effect similar to a "slow fall".

"..."

Toga didn't say anything, he just shrunk his shell at lightning speed, greatly increasing his defense.

Seeing this, Card secretly thought that he was unlucky. These energy-siphoning beasts turned out to be the nemesis of the spell caster, and many of his tricks were useless.

Then he decisively triggered the wandering step effect of the Little Jumping Shoes, and the charging circle of the energy-draining beasts flashed out.

Flying and shrinking, the three teammates all had special skills. As an ice sculpture, Chen Zhou was helpless and couldn't cast spells. He subconsciously glanced at the Crescent Tomahawk that was already in his hand.

On the mountain road, dodging left and right is not practical.

It seems that today his weapons are finally no longer just decorations.

There was no one around, so he simply spun in place and used the centrifugal force of the weapon to recreate the frost giant's windmill.

Unfortunately, the impact brought by the strength and weight of the Sienna beasts could not be resisted by an on-the-spot attack. As soon as the flesh and blood of several Sienna beasts were cut open, Chen Zhou was knocked away not far away by one of them.

The weight and durability of ice and snow structures are also not low, and it is difficult to cause damage with non-magical weapons alone.

However, the anti-magic field attached to the Siener's minions still caused slight damage to it.

If it continues to be attacked, the ice beast itself may not be destroyed, but the magic that makes it effective may soon dissipate.

Pu Xi, who saw Chen Zhou under siege from the air, suddenly fell down. The sword that fell from the sky sank into one of the brains like cutting tofu!

However, even brain trauma could not stop the madness of the Iorian hunters. The siphon beasts swayed left and right trying to throw off their weapons.

In order to avoid being trampled after being left behind, Pu Xi hurriedly rode on the opponent, trying to use pain to drive the siphon beast in the direction it went - under the cliff.

Chen Zhou, who felt no pain, did not lose consciousness due to the collision. Instead, he sprayed out breath formed by cold energy and went straight towards the chasing monster.

For some unknown reason, he found that he was being targeted by six siphon beasts at the same time as if they were ridiculing him.

Because of this, when the energy-draining beasts turned around and charged towards it again, the oncoming white turbidity covered their eyes, and their vision was greatly disrupted for a while.

Coupled with Pu Xi's deliberate guidance, after a while, the energy-siphoning beasts rushed down the cliff and fell down the mountain under the influence of gravity.

It was only then that Toga, who had shrunk into his shell, just poked his head out.

"Ah... fight!"

It's a pity that the enemy was gone after just one encounter.

"Are those the legendary energy-draining beasts just now?"

The halfling looked down the mountain with lingering fear: "Although they are said to be killing machines, they don't look very smart."

"But their strength is indeed not small. My cold breath has almost no effect when it hits them. It just blocks their sight."

Hearing this, the Tengu on the side knew that now was the time for him to explain!

"Ahem, if we want to talk about this Oorian energy-siphoning beast, we have to start from the founding era..."

"Don't come here, do you really think we don't know?" Chen Zhou interrupted, "These monsters were only studied by the Aior mages at the end of the Arcane Era."

Seeing that Cen from the Dragon Kingdom was indeed well-informed, Pu Xi smiled sheepishly: "Well, what I want to talk about is the story of Master Aiol and the Flying City, so I will start from the Founding Era."

all in all.

The original design intention of this group of hunters was to hunt down those beings from the outer world. Although the destruction of Ior caused the vast majority of Iorian hunters to die in the crash of the floating city, there were still a large number of survivors who were immortal due to their characteristics are still alive today.

But the creator's demise, without constant maintenance, caused them to lose their minds and attack all enemies in front of them.

"Does this kind of monster really not age?" The halfling was greatly surprised. He thought it was just a rumor.

Tengu affirmed: "According to the legend of our Tengu, they are indeed immortal, inexhaustible, do not need to eat to draw water, and rely on magic power as the driving force."

"That's right."

Chen Zhou subconsciously overrecognized: "For high-level spellcasters or highly civilized magic societies, immortality is very simple, and you only need to pay a certain price."

The cheapest means of immortality is a scroll of "Transportation" (1 rings).

Card couldn't believe it, but discovered another blind spot.

"But why were we attacked by the energy-siphoning beasts? Is it possible that there are ancient Iol ruins on Mount Silboquil?"