I always confessed to saving the protagonist [Quick Transmigration]

Xie Yunxi was a little embarrassed.

After a long pause, he found that Carlos really didn't intend to accept the glass of ale.

But the eyes dodging around did not retreat because of this.

The magician's mental power is very strong, even if he doesn't look back, he can subtly feel... There are definitely many people watching him.

But compared to this, what made him more uncomfortable was Carlos' refusal.

The boy wrapped himself in a cloak, except for his white chin, all the exposed parts were tightly wrapped with bandages, coupled with his cold aura, all these isolated the crowd at a considerable distance from him.

However, considering his previous experience, this rejection is also reasonable.

Xie Yunxi had no choice but to take a sip of ale in silence.

After a while, the deputy captain of the mercenary team came over and sat down at the same table.The green-eyed female was chatty and quickly broke the stagnant atmosphere at the table, except for Carlos, of course.

……

The town of Vega is not too far from the imperial capital, but in fact, it is already located on the edge of the empire.Because with it as the boundary, the other side of the continental plain is covered by vast and endless forests, and it is really a thankless task to build human cities there.

The Stoneclaw Forest is only a small part of this vast forest. It is named after a large number of small monsters called Stoneclaw Beasts appear in it. Farther away, these low-level warriors dare not venture to explore. Only well-equipped elite soldiers will explore inside.

The stone claw beast is a small and medium-sized low-level monster.Its sharp claws can easily leave claw marks on hard rocks, and can also scratch through the chest and abdomen of warriors in an instant.When they multiply, they will pose a threat to the residents of nearby villages and towns. Therefore, there will be regular announcements in Vega Town to recruit warriors to eliminate these monsters.

It is said that after the magic core in the high-level stone claw beast is refined in a certain way, it can increase the agility of the warrior to a certain extent.The value of the Stoneclaw Beast is not only the magic core, but also its claws. The sharp claws of the monster are bought by merchants and used to process armor and weapons.In addition, other parts of its body can be used to make some low-level magic potions.

The mercenary team traveled very fast, Xie Yunxi quietly cast a spell on both feet to keep up with them.

The magician's attack power is very strong, but at the same time, due to years of burying his head in ancient volumes and lack of necessary exercise, the physical strength of this body is not very good.

After casting the spell, an invisible air current dragged him forward, which made his body much lighter. There were no footprints left behind him, and the dark gray robe was completely clean.

Polly, who noticed this detail, was envious.

It rained a few days ago, and the soil in this area is soft and wet. Although, as a member of the mercenary team, she is used to operating in this kind of road conditions, the mud stained on her leather boots and the soft touch of her feet, occasionally It still made her a little uncomfortable.

Some fiery teammates behind him frowned impatiently, but none of them cursed.

It is a good habit to keep quiet in an unfamiliar forest.

At the front of the line, an experienced little man was identifying the traces left by the Stoneclaw Beast, and in the middle of the line, a burly swordsman was carrying a product emitting a strange fragrance on his back to lure the target.

The Stoneclaw's movements are quite agile, and it may come out from any angle inadvertently, and then deal a potentially fatal blow to the fragile human body.In order to resist this kind of surprise attack, the members of the mercenary team were all wearing hard enough armor.

In the silent forest, the slight sound of footsteps was covered by the faint sound of insects. Everyone was alert to the movement around them. Only Xie Yunxi was distracted from time to time, and his eyes were fixed on the protagonist in front of him.

Carlos stepped on the mud with one foot deep and one shallow foot, holding a short sword vigilantly in his hand, and his body remained ready to attack at any time.

But unlike others in the team, due to financial constraints, Carlos has not yet purchased enough armor.

If it wasn't for worrying that his behavior was too abrupt, when he was in the town just now, Xie Yunxi would have dragged the person in front of him into the armor shop.

If you don't drink his ale, then it's okay to add a protective spell to him, right?

Xie Yunxi walked a few steps faster and caught up with him.

Realizing that the gray figure just now appeared beside him, Carlos paused briefly, but he quickly covered up the daze in his heart.After the plague, the experience of struggling alone made him naturally wary of everything.

Xie Yunxi walked slowly beside Carlos, and called out in a low voice, "Carlos?"

There was no response, and Carlos rejected his approach with indifference.

Xie Yunxi was not discouraged, he repeated it gently with the same volume and tone: "Carlos, can you hear me?"

Under the black hood, the boy's face was tense, and his thin lips were still pursed coldly.He actually has a handsome face, but if the hood is lifted, people will find that the gauze is tightly wrapped around his forehead and the sides of the eyes, and there are hideous scars and wounds underneath.

Xie Yunxi thought for a while, and added: "If you can't hear me, I will speak louder."

After a while, Carlos finally gave a deadpan "hmm".

Xie Yunxi bent her lips in satisfaction when she got the response.He continued on his own: "Carlos, next, I'm going to give you a protective spell, which will reduce the damage you receive in battle. You may feel hot for a short time, but don't worry, May I?"

Due to the noble status of the magician, in the empire, generally only the generals of those high-level teams are likely to receive the blessing of protection.But unexpectedly, Carlos was silent for a while, and firmly refused: "No."

Do not?

There was a "buzz" in Xie Yunxi's mind, he was hit by this "no", and he couldn't speak for three seconds.

In the previous worlds, he has not been rejected so firmly by the protagonist.

The boots stepped into the mud, making a slight sticky sound, and Carlos took two steps forward.He keenly felt that the gray-robed mage beside him—he said his name was Ian—slowed down a bit.

Suddenly, a subtle sense of guilt welled up in his heart. This feeling was very strange. At least for others, he didn't seem to have similar emotions.

Maybe it's because the magician's attitude towards him is too gentle—unlike anyone he has come into contact with in normal times.

Carlos bit the bullet and explained with a condensed expression: "I don't have the money to pay for...your protection."

He is telling the truth.

"..." Xie Yunxi realized in an instant.

In the environment that Carlos has been in contact with before, everyone is usually shrewd to maximize the value of their efforts, and there are very few good intentions that fall on him for no reason.

Maybe his behavior seems to him to be a forced transaction...

Xie Yunxi changed to an explanation that the other party could understand: "There is no need to pay. You don't have any armor on your body. If you get injured in battle, it will be very troublesome. This is a gift from a magician. It is out of date."

He could imagine that when Carlos heard these words, they would probably be translated into: "If you get injured in the battle, it will drag the team back, I just don't want that to happen, don't you kid Thank you."

But the effect is the same.

After saying this, Xie Yunxi simply recited the mantra without waiting for the other party's response.

A beam of light blue halo flew out from the tip of the wand, wrapping around Carlos like silk mist. At the same time, Xie Yunxi felt that a very small strand of his mental power was pulled out, just like being scooped out of a vast sea. Small bowl of water.

But even such a low-level protection technique for him is enough to resist the attack from the stone claw beast.

The young man beside him seemed surprised by the magician's behavior, and his steps froze for a moment.Under the cloak, Carlos felt a warm heat pouring into his limbs, and a trace of bewilderment flashed in his dark eyes.

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After entering the Stonetalon Forest for a certain distance, the mercenary team finally walked out of the muddy area. There was a strange herbaceous plant growing here. Their rhizomes crawled on the ground, forming a dense net that covered the entire ground.

The mud faded away, and Polly was relieved that her boots were no longer touching the wet dirt.

And the muddy environment is not a good thing for the mercenary team.

Suddenly, the little man in front of the team raised his hand.Following his movements, everyone in the mercenary team relaxed their steps.

The herd is very close.

Usually, stoneclaw beasts don't appear alone, they usually form a small group of twenty or thirty, and if there are more than fifty, it can be called a large group.Also because of their habit, warriors seldom dare to enter the Stonetalon Forest alone. They will form a team in Vega Town, or have their own team before coming in to take risks.

There was a slight fluttering sound from the leaves above her head, Polly raised her head sharply, and in the shade not far away, a pair of cold amber eyes were staring at her.

"Coming!" she called calmly.Almost at the same time, the bow and arrow in his hand had been shot.

With a sound of "chi", the bow and arrow pierced through several leaves and plunged into the void.

A greyish-yellow shadow sprang out from the green shade, and then disappeared behind the tree.

In a blink of an eye, Xie Yunxi had already seen the monster clearly. It was an animal that looked a bit like a lynx, but it had a canine-like snout. It was covered with grayish-yellow fur, and its claws were big and powerful. Grab the bark.

It walks between the branches and leaves like walking on flat ground, with flexible and quick movements.

Polly's attack was in vain, but the bow and arrow was like a signal that started the battle.

The sound of trembling branches and leaves in all directions suddenly increased, and small gray-yellow heads drilled out of the gaps in the trees. The stone claw beast grinned that canine-like kiss, its crimson tongue drooped down, and stared ferociously at it. The warrior in the middle of the team carrying the bait.

The captain of the mercenary team shouted orders, and soon, the warriors were fighting with these monsters.Xie Yunxi quickly dealt with the two stoneclaw beasts that were rushing towards him, and then looked for Carlos in the chaos in front of him.

With his ability, he could help the team clear the obstacles in an instant, but if he did so, the excuse he mentioned to the mercenary team captain about "working together" would no longer exist.

The warrior carrying the bait wielded a double axe, resisting the magical beast that was rushing towards him.The martial artist is wearing heavy armor, but even so, it is still frightening to see.Xie Yunxi took the time to throw him a protective technique as well.

The warrior who noticed this gave him a grateful smile.

Not far from him, Xie Yunxi found Carlos holding a short sword. The short cloak was flying behind the boy. The hood had slipped off during the battle, revealing short black hair and the white bandages wrapped around it.

Carlos is blocking a stoneclaw that is jumping at the "bait".

The Stoneclaw looked at the person standing in front of it, and let out a threatening grunt from its throat.It stretched out its sharp claws, and after a powerful bounce, it rushed towards Carlos fiercely!

Before the Stoneclaw Pounced on him, Carlos quickly dodged it sideways, then swung his short sword and stabbed it in the chest.The stoneclawed beast immediately twisted in the air, and the short sword slashed across the fur on its side, bringing out a small trail of blood, and several blood beads bent the blades of grass beside it.

This time, a fierce "hiss" came from the Stoneclaw's throat.It fell lightly to the ground.Then pounced on Carlos again.

Xie Yunxi's heart almost jumped out.

In this world line, Carlos did not dare to be exposed to others due to the early outbreak of demonic energy, and he was not accepted by the martial arts. His basic fighting skills were learned from watching low-level warriors, and he was able to deal with monsters At this point, it is purely by instinct.

The Stoneclaw Pounced on Carlos at a tricky angle. Its claws grabbed the boy's arm, but did not leave any scars. The next moment, a dagger hidden in the dark ended its life .

Carlos exhaled.

Behind him, Xie Yunxi's eyes twitched - another monster had quietly approached the boy.

Even though he knew that he had given the other party a protective technique, Xie Yunxi subconsciously threw out a spell.

A ball of flame cut through the air fiercely, and quickly hit the stoneclaw beast. When the flame touched the gray-yellow fur, it made a slight burning sound.

The sneak attacking Stoneclaw didn't even make a whine, it flew straight back, crashed into the weeds, and then completely lost its movement.

The sudden change made Carlos pause for a moment. He stared at the corpse of the monster that suddenly appeared in front of him, and quickly realized what had happened.

The boy turned his head briefly and looked at the source of the spell. The gray-robed magician was standing not far away.

In the messy bushes, amidst the noisy background sound, the magician stood there quietly, the wide sleeves that had just been flying up due to the waving of the wand had not completely fallen down, and the picture of this moment was reflected in Carlos' eyes.

This was the first time he met each other's eyes.

A strange and strange feeling surged in his heart, but almost at the same moment, he subconsciously turned back to his body.

Carlos quickly met another Stoneclaw Beast. Xie Yunxi kept an eye on him, and at the same time knocked out a few monsters at intervals, so as not to make himself appear to be paddling too hard.

Soon after, the battle came to an end, and the mercenaries scattered to collect the spoils of the battle and assist wounded teammates.

Originally, the mercenary team's plan was to spend four to five days to complete the operation, because the stone claw beasts were not easy to find, and they could not predict the exact time.But this time, they completed most of the plan in the afternoon of the first day, and no players were seriously injured, which is really rare good luck.

Poli blinked her green eyes, and looked gratefully at the magician beside her. The other party dealt with at least one-third of the monster group alone, and added protection to the "bait" team members. If it weren't for his existence, The team can't go this smoothly.

It is estimated that after staying in the dense forest for another two or three days, she will be able to return to Vega Town and take a good hot bath.

The mercenaries around were busy. Xie Yunxi told the captain of the mercenary team that, as a magician, he needed a few fresh enough stoneclaw beast demon cores, and asked the team to lead him the way. At the same time, he could assist The actions of the team.

At this time, he took a few magic cores symbolically, threw them into the storage ring, and then stood on the side doing nothing.

Carlos is collecting the corpses of monsters and putting them into the boxes prepared by the team.

He had just experienced the battle, and his body was full of blood, showing a sharp edge.Although he was just a rookie in the team, according to the usual practice, he was the one who was bullied by other veterans, but for some reason, the coldness around Carlos made those veterans retreat for no reason.

When he approached, the mercenaries who had been talking by the box subconsciously stopped talking.

The stone claw beast has a small body, and two mercenaries are responsible for carrying it.They are attached to the middle and rear of the team, and the team continues to move forward.

That day, everyone did not encounter the second group of monsters. After nightfall, the little man in charge of exploring the road found a clearing in the forest, and the team rested.In the middle of the clearing a campfire burned merrily, giving off warmth, and crackling dead branches.

Carlos found a secluded place to sit down, with "refuse to approach" vaguely written all over his body.

Xie Yunxi glanced at him, hesitated for a while, but still didn't go over.

The protagonist in this world is very vigilant, and he intends to slowly let him get acquainted with himself at a distance that the other party can accept.

He walked to another place and used magic to clear an open space for cleaning.The mercenaries occasionally looked curiously at the magician in the gray robe, but none of them dared to disturb him.

Xie Yunxi leaned quietly against a thick tree trunk.Although the whole day's action didn't consume much mana, he was already physically exhausted.Originally, as a pampered noble son, he probably never walked so many roads in his life.

Her legs were sore and swollen, and after a while, Xie Yunxi closed her eyes drowsily.

After an unknown amount of time, when his consciousness was blurred, the sound of dead branches breaking suddenly came from beside him, as if some living thing had fallen towards him.The sound was very close, almost exploding right next to him, and at the same time, there was a slight breeze on his cheek.

Xie Yunxi was dozing off, and was suddenly taken aback by this movement.Before the consciousness was fully recovered, a spell was instinctively cast out.

The spell hits a target.The other party snorted, fell into the grass, and made a rustling sound.

The voice sounded quite painful, but it was mixed with a bit of familiarity.

Then Xie Yunxi woke up completely.

He suddenly opened his eyes wide, and after seeing the situation in front of him clearly, cold sweat broke out on his back.

In the dense night, a pair of dark eyes stared straight at him.Carlos fell down in the grass with a stiff face. The hunting fire did not give him a warm atmosphere, but reflected his condensed expression.

The young man bit his lips tightly, there was a blood hole pierced by a spell on his shoulder, and blood gushed out, soaking the pitch-black cloak.

Before he had time to figure out what happened, Xie Yunxi quickly cast a healing spell.

The attacking technique belonging to the great magician is very strong. The power of magic will make the opponent's wound unable to stop bleeding and heal itself. Even a small wound can bring heart-pounding pain.

After a burst of light, the wound on Carlos' shoulder and the torn cloak were restored to their original state, leaving only a little residual blood.

Xie Yunxi breathed a sigh of relief, he walked over and asked in a low voice, "Carlos, what's wrong?"

He can be sure that the other party must have something to approach him at this time.

But Carlos pursed his lips, said nothing, just covered his shoulders, avoiding the eyes of the magician.He put the hood back on his head that had fallen due to the movement, then turned and returned to his original position.

Xie Yunxi looked at his back in confusion.

Was it his behavior just now that angered him?

He walked back under the tree a little depressed, but just as he took a step, a system prompt sounded in his mind.

"Host, watch your step." The electronic voice of the system paused, "Although that thing is harmless, I don't think you really want to see it."

Xie Yunxi lowered his head in a daze, and by the faint light of the fire, he saw two strips covered with scales spread out near the place where he just sat.

At first sight of them, his mind went blank—

It was a small dark golden snake with coquettish ring-shaped patterns coiled around its body.The snake's head had already been cut off by Carlos, and the black eyes were open blankly, reflecting a cold light.

"..." Xie Yunxi calmed down for a moment, and then quickly cast a spell to remove the little snake's body from sight.

Not far away, a dark figure sat indifferently away from the crowd, and the jumping flames shone on him flickeringly.

Xie Yunxi was stunned for a moment, but couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth.

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