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The origin of the monster is unknown. It is said that it came from another plane outside of Olin Continent. Thousands of years ago, the gods fought and fell, resulting in a crack between the two planes, and the monster took the opportunity to invade Olin Continent.

Even though the goddess of light repaired the crack at the cost of her own fall, most of the monsters were driven back to their planes, but a small number of them remained, most of which were low-level monsters, like the harpy that Yannick and the others encountered before. Face beasts are hybrids born after mating low-level monsters with ordinary beasts.

As for high-level monsters, it is said that they have wisdom not inferior to that of humans, and their personalities have concentrated all the dark sides of humans, cunning, insidious, indifferent, selfish, coupled with powerful strength, they have caused humans to suffer a lot. Goddess of Light, the current Olin Continent has long since changed hands.

After the complete defeat of the monster plane, people rarely saw traces of high-level monsters, and it was generally believed that they had all been wiped out.

But it turns out that this cognition is wrong.

Right now, the unlucky priest met one.

"Why aren't you scared and screaming?" "Asur" said, "The emotion of fear will make you more delicious."

Yannick didn't seem to hear his words, but asked, "Where are my other companions?"

Before "Azul" answered, he analyzed again: "Chris is a high-level mage, you shouldn't be able to kill him, let alone kill everyone else without making a sound. So I still In a dream? Or in the illusion you created?"

"Asur" laughed: "Well, smart priest, maybe you can see that I am not in a hurry to eat you. The more delicious the food, the more I like to taste it slowly. Seeing that you are about to become my For the sake of the first meal after waking up, I will answer your questions."

The priest pushed forward and said: "Oh, thank you for your kindness, then I think you should be happy to help me answer a few more questions. May I ask what do high-level monsters feed on? Soul? Or magic power?"

Behind the priest, "Asur" showed a slightly surprised look, then licked his tongue, and laughed a few times: "It seems that I encountered a very curious food. Well, you are indeed in the In a very wonderful place, not a dream, nor an illusion, as for our food, maybe because we have been away from the sight of human beings for a long time, so long that you have forgotten."

"We like everything about human beings, body, soul. Of course, ordinary human beings are definitely not as delicious as you. Magic power is like rum sprinkled on a cake. I just smell your body..." He grabbed The priest's strand of silver hair was passed under his nose and sniffed, as if he was smelling a freshly cooked, delicious delicacy. "I can't help but get drunk."

No matter how calm Yannick was, he couldn't help the chills on his back. He even smelled a sticky sweet fragrance coming from this monster.

"In terms of magic power, I'm not the strongest in this team."

"You are indeed not the most magical, but I like your taste the most. Priests are the favorite food of high-level monsters, followed by mages. Don't struggle, let me eat obediently!" came from behind With a sinister smile, the hands wrapped around him began to tighten gradually. "Azul" slowly lowered his head and approached the priest's neck, but he was not in a hurry to speak, but stuck out his tongue first, touching the fair skin. Lick back.

It's not that Yannick doesn't want to struggle, but he can't move at all. The opponent's strength is far greater than that of ordinary humans. His arms are like the tentacles of an octopus, entangled his prey tightly, as if he has already regarded him as a meal on the plate.

As the arms tightened more and more, Yannick even began to feel tightness in his chest and difficulty breathing—even if he was chased and ran around before, he had never felt so close to death like this moment.

The magic power circulation in his body is running crazily. Thanks to Chris' teaching, he has gradually figured out the principle and law of magic power operation. Now he can even use intermediate healing techniques, but it is not enough to use "brightness".Due to the relatively poor foundation of this body, it is estimated that he has never learned magic well before, and it is impossible for the protagonist to explode his potential at a dangerous moment to happen to him!

Could it be that he worked so hard to come to this world, escaped and was captured, but he didn't even have a good day, and then he was cannon fodder in a blink of an eye? This is unscientific!

Strangely, Yannick was not too nervous, but full of helplessness.

Dear teacher, if you don't come again, your students will die!

Maybe God finally heard his prayer. Just when Yannick was about to be bitten to death or strangled to death, or a certain part of his body was sucked dry, the force binding him suddenly loosened, and a large amount of air was sucked into his lungs suddenly. He couldn't help coughing violently, bent over so much that he subconsciously grabbed to the side, trying to hold something.

A hand grabbed his outstretched arm at the right time, helping him stabilize his figure.

The priest, who was coughing with tears in his eyes, raised his head and felt relieved.

Not only Chris, but even Lily, Dantonio, Fizer and others surrounded him, seemingly unharmed.

"I thought, ahem, I'll never see you again!"

Coughing almost out of his lungs, he felt a little more comfortable. The priest took the handkerchief handed over by the mage in black, wiped the corners of his mouth and eyes, and finally restored his usual appearance.

Aphra thoughtfully reached out her hand to help him, but the priest was grabbed by the black mage's arm and pulled it unintentionally. The priest staggered two steps forward and looked at him inexplicably.

"Here." Chris pointed to his neck.

Yannick stretched out his hand to touch it, and it was a little swollen. He suddenly remembered that his neck was licked and bitten by that monster just now, and he couldn't help but feel sick. He quickly used healing techniques to remove the marks, and then wiped it again with a handkerchief, but he still felt uncomfortable. If it weren't for being in the wild, the priest who was a bit of a clean freak would even want to take a bath right away.

"Where did you go just now?"

"We didn't go anywhere. Instead, Chris found that you and Azul were missing, so he woke us up." Aphra's face was serious. In fact, not only her, but everyone else realized the seriousness of the matter. "Where's Asur?"

"I do not know."

Yannick wiped his face wearily, briefly explained what happened just now, and then said: "As early as when we were in Tomei Town, I felt that Asur was a bit weird, but there was no definite evidence , Thinking about it now, maybe as early as that time, the real Asur had already encountered misfortune."

His expression showed sincere regret and regret, coupled with the fact that he was still pale after being strangled by a high-level monster just now, it made people feel stunned. Lily comforted him in turn: "It's not your fault, his usual His words and deeds are very strange, and he doesn't listen to other people's advice, none of us noticed."

Although Aphra was saddened by her friend's death, she didn't complain about the priest. After all, everyone knew that it wasn't Yannick's fault at all. On the contrary, since the priest joined them, she was provoked by Asur everywhere. Now The kind-hearted priest even felt sorry for this, and there was simply no fault in it.

Chris said, "He's not dead."

Everyone looked at him in unison.

"Pretending to be another person will reveal a lot of flaws no matter what, but Azul hasn't shown much abnormality since he went on the road, so you didn't notice it." The black-clothed mage said, "The high-level monsters have The abilities are different, there is a kind of monster that can enter other people's bodies in the form of souls, and share a body with the original owner."

Feizel was shocked: "Then is this person dead?"

Chris: "If you mean the body, in theory, it's not dead yet."

Aphra: "What about the soul?!"

Chris: "Maybe he still has his own consciousness, but when the parasite is stronger than the host itself, it doesn't matter whether the host's consciousness exists or not. The monster can control his appearance so that the body can better adapt to the human world .”

His words successfully made everyone's hair stand on end, and the drowsiness has long since disappeared.

High-level monster, this is a word that is far away from everyone. Maybe everyone has heard it, but it is only in the legend. No one has thought that this powerful monster that was once wiped out by the gods has disappeared in the human world. Enemies, will reappear in their field of vision.

The question is, is the high-level monster possessed by Asur before, is it the remnant of a lucky escape thousands of years ago, or is there another gap between the two planes?

If it's the latter, everyone can't imagine how humans can fight against powerful monsters in Olin Continent without the blessing of gods?

Asur disappeared, and everyone searched a small area around the camp for a while, but they didn't find his whereabouts. Seeing that the stratus clouds in the distance had changed from deep sapphire blue to clear light blue, and the sky was gradually dyed red by the morning sun, in order to Without delaying the next trip, they had no choice but to pack their things first and continue on the road.

The disappearance of Asur and the existence of high-level monsters made everyone feel heavy. Feizel and others were more worried about the Sofia they wanted to find. Fatell and the others simply don't know how to explain to Earl Marin.

Aphra followed Feizel and the others at the front of the team, and the former used earth magic to help them search.

In addition to being able to use various earth attribute attack spells, earth magic also has unexpected effects in tracking. As long as they are creatures running on the ground, their footprints must touch the ground. Taking advantage of this, earth mages can Some clues can be traced.

Lily and Dantonio are walking in the middle. The lovers who have just confirmed their hearts are worried. They came here in pursuit of a higher level of magic, but they are deeply worried after a series of accidents. It is very clear that if they rely on their own strength, it is impossible to survive in this dangerous forest, which makes them feel that their strength is weak.

D'Antonio glanced at Lily, didn't speak, but held her hand tightly, vowing in his heart that he must become stronger in order to protect the one he cherished.

As if sensing his intentions, Lily raised her head, and the two looked at each other, smiling knowingly at each other.

At the end of the line were the priest and the black-clothed mage.

They are talking about what happened last night.

"At that time, what was the scene you saw? The monster said that I was neither in a dream nor in an illusion, but if it was real, why didn't I see you? Is he lying?" Yanick asked.

"Maybe he was talking about the mirror space." Chris thought for a while and gave an answer.