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The road they are walking now seems to have been walked by many people before, and it has been stepped on a trail for a long time.On the left side of the path, large rocks of different heights lie horizontally in a large area of ​​low jungle. The stones are covered with moss, and weeds emerge from the gaps. Behind, clouds and mist hang around.

I don't know if it's because of the vegetation or the clouds, but these trees have a strange gray-blue color—as early as a month after Yannick came to this world, he no longer feels anything that is completely inconsistent with his previous worldview. Surprised.

Everyone seemed to be surprised by the news of the discovery of the magic mine, and even forgot about the danger of encountering the Harpy again. Among them, Azul walked the fastest, and he even forgot about his body. Still stained with the stinky saliva of the Harpy, he walked faster than anyone else.

As they got closer and closer to the depths of the valley, everyone's footsteps also slowed down involuntarily.

That's where Asur found the Harpy before.

"Asur, be careful!" Aphra said.

Azul hummed casually, and clenched the staff in his hand.

It's very quiet here, not even the sound of birds flapping their wings or singing, the only sound is the footsteps and breathing of everyone, the silence is a bit unusual.

Yannick walked at the end, which is a matter of course. Could it be that a priest with no fighting power rushed forward as cannon fodder, but he felt that something was wrong, and his footsteps became slower and slower, so that Chris turned his head glanced at him.

It's eerily quiet here.

Everyone raised their hearts to their throats, and the palms holding the staff were sweating. Except for Chris, no one had time to see the priest.

A lot of dead leaves fell on the ground, and the boots made a rustling sound when they stepped on them. In the empty and quiet forest, such a small movement seemed to have an echo, disturbing everyone's heartstrings.

Just at this time!

With a sound of swishing, the rocks not far away seemed to be split by something, followed by a rough cry that resounded through the valley, carrying a cold and corrupt atmosphere, almost stunned everyone.

At this time, Asul, who was walking the fastest, had already reached the entrance of the valley. From the entrance, the terrain gradually descended, and he could just overlook it clearly from his angle, but his face turned pale instantly!

"how……"

D'Antonio ran a few steps to him, but half of what he said got stuck in his throat, and his face became the same as Azul's.

At the end of the forest is an open space filled with huge boulders. The stream flowing from the upper reaches flows here, winding in the gaps under the stones, and on top of those boulders, there is a large group of human-faced eagles. body beast!

Just imagine, ugly monsters with carrion heads copulating in front of you, their wings are closed, which makes those heads more conspicuous, stacked one after another, densely packed, the effect is absolutely disgusting enough!

But what is even more frightening is that the sound of their footsteps has awakened these monsters, and huge bloodshot eyeballs followed the reputation. Live like you!

"...Do you think the obstacle technique works?" D'Antonio swallowed and took a half step back involuntarily.

"I don't know if it will work or not, but I know Aphra's low-level spells won't be able to trap so many harpy beasts!" Lily replied in a low voice, for fear of disturbing those things.

However, it was too late!Anyone who is interrupted will not be in a good mood, not to mention the ferocious Harpy, with its huge fleshy wings spread out, hundreds of black giants are instantly in their direction like covering the sky. Jump over.

"Run!" D'Antonio shouted in despair. He did not forget to erect a water wall, but the momentum of so many harpy beasts was so strong that the water wall collapsed almost instantly when they were hit by them, shattering the surrounding area. Splash into water droplets.

And those human-faced harpy beasts are coming unabated, their ferocious heads stretched out long, and everyone can almost smell the rancid smell coming out of their mouths.

The wings of the monsters flying in front slapped directly on the backs of Aphra and Lily. The two of them had no time to build a defensive spell, and both wailed, staggered and almost fell, but was caught by the sharp-sighted Dantoni. One in each hand, half-lifting and half-dragging, he ran forward.

Yannick was originally at the end, logically speaking, he should be the safest, but when everyone turned around and ran away, he fell at the end when he was still injured.

Priest is not a profession to charge into battle. Thanks to fleeing thousands of miles, Yannick's physical response is a little quicker than that of ordinary priests, but that's all. At least those mages can run much faster than him.

Pulling his cloak and following behind the crowd, a black corner of his clothes flashed in front of his eyes. Before he could react, he was suddenly pushed hard from the left side of his shoulder, and Yannick was knocked to the ground unprepared.

Before Yannick got up, the black shadow had already flown over his head.

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No wonder!

Just when those rotten heads opened their mouths wide to kiss him, within Yannick's line of sight, between him and those harpy beasts, an ice wall was quickly separated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Those monsters flew so fast that they slammed into the ice wall one after another, making deafening noises.

Then a strong force pulled Yannick up and pulled him back quickly.

Yannick only felt that he was caught in the middle of a hurricane in an instant, and the foreground quickly blurred, and even his whole body was top-heavy. Fortunately, that hand kept holding him tightly.

Then the sounds suddenly disappeared, whether it was the noise of the Harpy or the whistling wind.

The ear suddenly became quiet, and after the dizziness subsided, he stood up, looked around, and was surprised to find that they were no longer in the original place.

There was a soft bang, a bit like something bursting in the air, and a small fireball slowly floated in mid-air, illuminating the surrounding space.

"Chris, you used a space scroll?!" Lily exclaimed.

When she shouted, everyone looked at Chris.

Although priests and mages have magic, they cannot fly in the sky out of thin air. The scenes of wizards riding brooms that Yannick saw before could not appear at this time, so if everyone wants to transfer from one space to another Space, or use teleportation spells, or use space scrolls or magic circles.

As long as you reach a high-level magician, you can use teleportation spells, but no matter how clever the spell is, it is limited to yourself. If you want to transfer collectively, you can only use space scrolls and magic circles. Among them, space scrolls are the most practical. .

Just imagine, if at the moment of life and death, the teleportation spell would take the time to chant a spell, but the scroll would not be subject to this restriction, and it would save one's life by throwing it out directly.

But also because of this, the price of space scrolls is also high. In short, only rich people can afford space scrolls!

Because of the space scroll, everyone once again refreshed their understanding of Chris, and looked at him with all kinds of envy and admiration.

Chris let go of Yannick's arm, ignored everyone's feelings, just stared at Azul, and said in a deep voice, "I don't want what happened just now to happen again."

Azul's eyes drifted away, and the dim environment prevented others from seeing the guilt on his face, "I don't understand what you're talking about."

"I saved him twice, his life is mine now, no one can hurt him without my permission." Chris's tone was low, but extremely deterrent.

Apart from seeing his high-level sealing technique and space scroll, any normal mage would not want to provoke him, but Azul was still a little unconvinced: "Why?! He is going to be sent to the Magic Guild On trial! Don't forget, he is an evil priest! You are also confused by his face, right?!"

Chris didn't answer, as if he was too lazy to talk to Azul.

Yannick didn't speak all the time, because he was thinking about how to open his mouth would be in his best interest.

Now, he had to speak out.

"I am a priest and I was born in the Holy See. There is nothing wrong with it. The Holy See may have killed many mages. I don't want to argue that this has nothing to do with me, but the fact is that since I followed you on the road, I thought that although I was a prisoner, I was also a prisoner of you. one of his companions.”

"I didn't hold back, and I tried my best to treat you, even though I knew you were going to send me to trial. But now maybe my thinking is wrong. I am a prisoner from the beginning to the end, or a person who can be killed at any time after healing you. Abandoned captive."

"Master Asur, why did you push me to the ground just now? If Master Chris hadn't pulled me, I would have been buried under the claws of those monsters now. It doesn't matter if you hate me, can you guarantee that you will You don’t need the assistance of any priests along the way? Could it be that you even disregarded your companion’s life for your own personal grievances?”

In all fairness, it is understandable for Yannick that Azul hates him so much. After all, his father was killed by a cult organization, right? , which is quite normal.

But understanding is understanding, he is not the holy father, Azul has tried to kill him time and time again, and of course he hates him very much.

But in terms of force, he has no chance of winning against five mages and one priest. Even though Chris saved him, he is a mage anyway, and it is definitely impossible to fight against other mages for him.

It's even more futile to make a fuss. Fortunately, except for Azul, the other mages in the team don't have such a high hatred value for priests. There are also two female mages who are more sympathetic. He can definitely win sympathy and then By the way, differentiate the internal organization of the enemy.

After the priest finished speaking in a peaceful and beautiful tone, everyone was silent for a while, but Azul jumped up first: "You..."

Before he could swear, Lily groaned and drew everyone's attention. Just like Aphra, she was slapped on the back by the Harpy's wings.

With the light of the fireball, Dantonio inspected Lily's injuries, and couldn't help but gasped. A long gash was cut on her back, and the flesh covered under the black robe was opened to the sides, bleeding continuously. , and even a little white bone can be seen.

Looking at Afra's miserable state, she leaned against the stone wall and closed her eyes weakly.

"Yannick, please..." D'Antonio hurriedly asked for help, his words made him blush, just now his companion wanted to kill the priest, but the next moment he asked for help.

This time the priest was very happy, without saying a word, he walked to the side of the two and began to treat their injuries.

Looking at the slowly healing wound under the continuous white light, Dantonio finally breathed a sigh of relief.

On the contrary, it was Yannick himself. With the prolongation of the treatment time, he gradually felt a little dark in front of his eyes, and his strength seemed to be draining from his body bit by bit.

After Aphra's wound was completely healed, Yannick stood up while supporting the stone wall, his head was dizzy and his limbs were completely useless.

It must be because I have consumed too much mana, and now I need to spend more time recuperating...

Ever since he came to this world, he seemed to have been unlucky.

The body swayed, and Yannick fell forward involuntarily.

Unexpectedly, his head did not hit the hard rock wall, but was grabbed by something.

Immediately afterwards, thoughts completely sank into darkness.