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No matter how average his cooking skills were, it was better than a baked potato that would burn. An hour later, when everyone was holding a bowl of hot tomato and potato soup, even Azul's complexion improved a lot.

Yannick finished his share, and went to the small river not far away to wash up. The mages didn't worry about him escaping, because he was covered with tracking magic, and he could be found no matter how far he ran. His GPS signal was weak. When it's good, it can't be searched. This is simply more effective than GPS.

The river water is very cool, if possible, he would like to go down to take a bath, but the mages don't know when they will be on the road, and he has no habit of stripping naked in front of everyone, so he has to give up this tempting idea and just wash his face and hands One wash.

Someone appeared in the reflection at some point. She raised her head, and Aphra stood beside him, "I apologize to you for what Azul did just now, and I hope you don't mind."

"It's nothing." Yannick smiled, "His behavior finally made me understand how much the priests of the Holy See are disgusting to mages."

"Actually, he wasn't like this before," Aphra said. "His father was also a mage, but he died under the suppression of mages by the Holy See and was hanged on the gallows, so he hated priests deeply, not just Against you."

"Have you known him for a long time?" Yannick asked, with a natural attitude that made it impossible to detect that he was asking for information.

"Yes, our fathers are friends, and my father is also a mage." Aphra sat down, and her impression of Yannick was actually pretty good. After all, the performance of this priest since he started the road is completely different from that of other people in the Holy See, although Everyone is still wary of him, but there is no need to speak harshly like Azul.

"Are you also friends with the other three mages? That mage named Chris, I don't seem to have heard him chatting with others?" Yannick pulled out a blade of grass and handed it to Aphra, who didn't know why.

Yannick picked up the broad-leaved grass in his hand and put it to his lips, and blew a melodious ditty with a weird melody.

The evening wind gently brushed against everyone's cheeks. Listening to this ditty, Aphra suddenly remembered the time when her parents took her to play by the river when she was a child, and she was a little lost for a while.

The song ended, and she was still immersed in the past for a long time. There was a sound of rough footsteps, and Aphra turned her head subconsciously, and saw Azul approaching angrily, grabbing Yannick's collar, Viciously said: "You bastard, are you using some evil spell to confuse Aphra again, untie it!"

Yannick: "..."

Aphra: "..."

Aphra frowned and wanted to separate them, but found that she was not strong enough, so she had to take up the staff to force Azul back, and then set up a barrier in front of the priest to prevent him from suffering another unreasonable disaster.

"Azul, Yannick didn't do anything to me. It's because he played nice tunes. I can't help but think of some past events. Calm down!"

Asur looked at her in disbelief: "You cast spells on me for this evil bastard? You actually cast spells on me for this evil bastard!"

The first sentence is a rhetorical question, and the latter sentence is an affirmation, which fully expresses the pain of being abandoned.

Aphra was having a headache: "I just hope you won't be too impulsive!"

Azul turned his head abruptly, and there were three other mages sitting under the tree not far away. They watched the scene and had no intention of coming forward to help. He even saw Lily's sympathy for the priest from her expression.

"I knew you were all crazy. You've all been brainwashed by this bastard. It's only been a few days! Can you cook? Ha! He bribed you with such a small favor?!" A young mage who has not yet graduated from the second stage Deeply hurt by his companion's reaction, he gave Yannick a resentful look, turned and ran away.

Yannick: "..."

Aphra stroked her forehead: "I'm sorry, he's not a bad person, but his impression of priests is too deep-rooted, so he's a little... well, emotional."

"It's okay." Yannick thought to himself, because I couldn't complain anymore. "But don't you have to go after him?"

Aphra: "Oh, it's okay, he will come back by himself later, we are all used to it."

Yannick: "..."

"Okay, where did we talk just now?" Aphra spread her hands.

"Master Chris." Yannick reminded.

"Oh yes, we are not familiar with each other, but we just happen to have a common destination. Lily and Dantonio are more easy-going. As for the Master Chris, we don't know anything except his name."

Yannick could tell that Aphra was unwilling to reveal too much. After all, although their relationship had eased now, they were still on opposite sides, and they might become enemies one day.

However, except for Azul, the attitude of the others in the team is relatively normal, which makes him most gratified.

"What about the Magic Guild, you said before that you would bring me there for trial, what will happen to the priests who have passed the trial, will they be executed?"

Aphra's complexion was a bit subtle, and she finally said: "...Yes, most of them will be executed, but since you have never killed a mage, you will be punished lightly. After all, the Magic Guild is not a Holy See that kills innocent people indiscriminately. "

She originally thought that Yannick would take the opportunity to ask herself to let him go, but he just nodded without saying anything, and then turned his gaze to the sparkling river, even Aphra had to admit that this The silver-haired priest is the most beautiful person she has ever seen. Facing such a person, you can hardly say anything harsh.

Yannick didn't speak because he had been thinking about how to ask about magic.

As we all know, priests cannot freely use the four elements of feng shui, fire and earth spells like mages, and there is only one "brightness" that can cause damage to the enemy.

Given that Yannick is still unable to use "Bright Shining", he has always wanted to find a way for priests to protect themselves, otherwise he can only heal people but not kill people in this troubled world with the light magic. No sense of security at all.

The better situation is like now, if you meet a team of reasonable mages, if you are unlucky, all the mages you meet will be like Asur...

Yannick's mouth twitched.

My life is in danger.

As for whether Aphra and the others will send him to the Magic Guild, to be honest, he is not too worried now. After all, the distance is so long and there will be many accidents on the road. He has a lot of opportunities to change their minds. After all, Lily and Dandong Neo doesn't hate the priest, and seems to be more talkative.

Accidents always come as soon as they are said, and there is never time for people to prepare.

Before Yannick had time to fully plan his future, an earth-shattering roar suddenly rose from the valley, like a lion like a tiger, and there was a hint of night owl's cry at the end of the tune. When they were mixed together, they were far more powerful than those It's all weird, the terrain of the valley made the roar echo around the ears, and it lasted for a long time.

Everyone woke up from their lazy rest, and Aphra's face changed even more: "Azul, he hasn't come back yet!"

Everyone stood up without bothering to pack their things, and looked in the direction of the roar with vigilant eyes.

The weird and terrifying roar did not stop, but became louder and louder. Everyone's ears were buzzing, and Aphra's face became paler and paler. Just when she was hesitating whether to go to Asu When I was there, I saw a figure running towards me in the distance as far as I could see, followed by...

"God!" D'Antonio opened his mouth wide, "What is that?!"

"Human-faced Harpy." It was Chris who answered them, and his voice was calm.

Yannick took a moment to glance at him. The latter was still hidden under a long cloak, only showing a hand holding a staff. Yannick noticed that there was a ring on the ring finger of his slender hand, engraved with A badge that symbolizes a certain meaning.

As if feeling his gaze, Chris turned his head slightly and looked towards Yannick. His cold and dangerous eyes made the latter look away immediately.

This person is not simple.Intuition told Yannick so.

The Harpy is a monster between a monster and a beast. It is said to be a variant of a low-level monster mating with a beast. It first appeared thousands of years ago when the monster plane invaded the Olin Continent.

But the reason why it was not included in the "Olin Continental Monster Illustrated Handbook" is because the Harpy does not possess the magical power of a monster, not even a trace. All it can rely on is a pair of huge wings and sharp claws. and teeth.Because of its huge size, quick movements, and fierceness, it takes a lot of effort even for magicians to deal with it.

It is said to be a hawk with a human face, but in fact its head is more like a carrion. Although it has human-like facial features, its eyes are bulging like a frog, and its face is uneven as if it has been splashed with a corrosive liquid. A disgusting aura, incompatible with normal human beings, and can't speak human words.

While running, Azul turned around and threw a wind blade from time to time, but they were all avoided by the Harpy. Moreover, for birds, wind magic sometimes not only can't harm them, but will encourage them to attack. Prestige.

So the Harpy was successfully enraged, and then became even faster. Its huge head leaned forward and almost bit Azul's shoulder. Thick saliva dripped on his shoulder, almost making Azul faint.

He had to run desperately in the direction of his companions.

D'Antonio reacted the fastest, and threw out a water mist spell. A misty cloud of water mist condensed from all around, and soon surrounded the Harpy, in order to confuse its sight, and gave Azul Fight for a chance to escape.

Seeing this, Lily cooperatively summoned a few water arrows and shot them towards the water mist.

Aphra is good at earth magic, so she took advantage of this gap to erect a simple earth wall between them and the Harpy to prevent the Harpy from attacking them again after breaking through the water mist.

The three of them are all low-level mages, so the spells are of course very weak. According to Yannick's visual inspection, the earthen wall is shabby and crumbling, similar to a dilapidated house facing demolition.

During this process, Yannick was only responsible for escaping. Who made the priest not good at attacking? He ran without feeling guilty, but...

He turned his head and glanced at Chris. The other party also did not make a move from the beginning to the end, but occasionally followed the footsteps of the crowd to dodge, and kept holding his sleeves together, not knowing what he was watching.

At this moment, the dangerous wall with poor quality was easily smashed through by the Harpy. With a roar, it raised its head high, flapping its huge fleshy wings, its two eyeballs gleamed with anger, and its face looked ferociously. He rushed straight towards Yannick.

Yannick: "..."

Wait, why me!Did I not do anything well!Is it popular these days to get shot while lying down? !

Suddenly there were ten thousand beasts roaring and rushing past in his heart. Out of the corner of his eye, someone was standing there leisurely, watching the berserk harpy fly towards Yannick, without any intention of helping him.

At that moment, anger rose from his heart, and evil came to his guts. Without thinking, he rushed towards Chris. The latter didn't know whether he didn't want to dodge or had no time to dodge, so he let him grab the cloak.

The distance between the two is extremely close at this moment, and Yannick can even feel Chris's breath, and there seems to be a strange, almost inaudible fragrance floating on the other party's body, which is a bit familiar, but he can't remember it for a while because they are too far away. Recently, the appearance confused by the spell is also looming.

A pair of light brown eyes, flawless, a little more radiant than the most beautiful gems he has ever seen...

"Be careful!" Lily screamed, and the harpy flew to the top of the two of them in a blink of an eye. Its salivating mouth opened wide, revealing its thick fangs, which were about to bite off.

Just when Yannick was considering whether to give up this "meat shield" and find another place to hide, the top of Chris's staff suddenly shone brightly, and as he uttered a series of spells that Yannick could not understand, the human face The harpy was quickly covered with a layer of hoarfrost at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the fast-vibrating fleshy wings slowed down instantly until they couldn't understand it at all. Layers of hoarfrost froze, and the entire human-faced harpy was completely frozen, becoming It turned into a complete ice sculpture, fell from the sky in an instant, burst and splashed, and shattered into countless pieces, even the whole body could not be found.

Lily exclaimed: "Is this a high-level sealing technique, a variant of water spells, Chris, you are actually a high-level magician?!"

A high-level magician is a great magician.

In a smaller principality, great magicians are to be honored as guests by the royal family, but even high-ranking wizards are the targets of mercenary groups. One of his companions is a high-level mage.

Because of Chris' one move to defeat the enemy, no one in the team was injured. Even the most embarrassed Azul was only torn off his clothes and dripped with the saliva of the Harpy.

"Can you let me go?"

When everyone was still shocked by his hand, a seemingly calm voice sounded in Yannick's ear.

Yannick loosened his robe nonchalantly, showing a harmless smile that could deceive men, women and children: "Master Chris, you are such a kind person, and you did not hesitate to stand in front of a weak priest at a critical moment. How great is the spirit, on behalf of the Goddess of Light, I would like to express my thanks for saving her believers!"

Chris: "Oh, so what are you going to thank me for?"

Yannick didn't change his face: "There is an oriental proverb, when others show you too much kindness, even the words of thanks seem frivolous. It's better to keep it in your heart. When I was thanking you just now, I already felt It's too thin!"

"..." Rao even Chris seemed to be shocked by this shameless argument, and was instantly speechless.

"East?" Lily interjected, "The Principality of Ceylon doesn't seem to have this proverb?"

"It's not on the continent of Olin." Yannick said with a smile.

Fortunately, except for Lily, no one seems to care about whether there is any land other than Olin Continent. Dantonio suddenly shouted: "What is that?"

Everyone followed the prestige, and saw something shiny on the paws of the harpy that had been torn apart. When they approached and checked carefully, Lily was surprised: "It's a magic mine! Could it be that there is a magic mine here? "

The mages' eyes lit up instantly, and their faces were full of eagerness.

Magic crystal, as the name suggests, is a spar with magic power. There are two sources, one is natural ore, and the other is extracted from the body of Warcraft.

Although they look like gems in appearance, they are much more useful than gems.

Mages often inlaid magic crystals on staffs to increase mana, and some also added spells to make various defensive or offensive accessories.

The better the quality of the spar, the greater the magic power and the more magic power it can store, but this is a consumable. No matter how good a spar is, the magic power cannot be consumed forever, especially the magic crystal produced by the magic mine. It is a non-renewable resource, so the price is getting more and more expensive.

Now a piece of fine magic crystal is made into jewelry and sold at the auction in the capital of the Charlemagne Empire. The price is equivalent to the entire net worth of a small nobleman.

Although the magic system is different, the magic crystal has the same use for priests. A small-scale war between the Holy See and magicians 500 years ago was triggered by a rich magic mine.

So although this place is no longer the world that Yannick is familiar with, but there is no benefit, this sentence can be applied anywhere.

Azul ignored his embarrassment: "Let's go and have a look!"

D'Antonio was the first to agree, and Lily and Afra were also eager to try.

Only Chris said: "The quality of this magic mine seems to be average. If there is more than one Harpy over there, we will lose more than we gain."

Dantonio patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Okay, Chris, don't be so nervous, we know you are very careful, but you are still a high-level mage, aren't you, we believe in your ability!"

Because of the shot just now, everyone felt a lot closer to him, and they were not as alienated as before.

Azul said: "Even if the quality of ordinary magic ore is fine, there is no magic crystal on my staff yet!"

Although Lily and Afra did not speak, their expressions expressed similar meanings.

Chris didn't answer, which made everyone start to feel a little awkward.

Yannick came out to smooth things over: "We can go and see first, and we can retreat in time if it's too dangerous."

Azul sneered: "A prisoner's duty is to shut up!"

Unexpectedly, Chris seemed to have really listened to the words of the priest, and nodded: "Let's go, but I hope you all value teamwork and don't be a lone hero."

In view of the trick he just showed, no one has a problem with his words.

Azul glanced at Yannick, with an unknown strange look in his eyes, turned around and walked in the direction where the Harpy was haunted just now. He was the one who led the other party out just now, so he naturally had to lead the way.

Seeing that everyone was leaving, Yannick followed behind, but he was suddenly grabbed by his wrist and pulled back, almost being pulled into each other's arms.

I only heard the most mysterious Mage Chris say: "If you don't want to die, follow behind."

The magnetic whispers brushed past his ears, causing the priest to tremble inexplicably.