The open leather boots stepped heavily on the piled dead leaves, stopped, and then hesitantly took them back, making a soft rustling sound. There seemed to be a silent monster lurking in the darkness. The tattered robe was pulled out from the shadows, like a gray flag wrapped around the boy's body. He adjusted his broken glasses and turned around cautiously.
Heavy footsteps were getting closer and closer, interspersed with curses and barking, iron chains jingling, and the light of the torch seemed to have faintly penetrated the layers of shrubs.
He subconsciously hugged the sword in his hand and held it tightly in his arms, as if it was his only hope.
Indeed, that is the only hope.
Tears couldn't stop rolling down and flowed over the bruised cheek. He opened his mouth wide and gasped for air, but he didn't dare to make a sound.
It’s already very close, just a little bit away——
A hand, pale and thin, stretched out in front of him.
The young man raised his head blankly, as if he was hallucinating.
"Xi, Shizu...?"
The girl stretched out her hand and stood in front of him, with a faint smile in her eyes.
The young man's body went limp and he almost fell to the ground. The girl seemed to have expected this and took a step forward to support him.
The young man's tears were still wet, and he stared at this illusory and real person with his mouth wide open. For a moment, he seemed to have forgotten that his glasses had slipped from the bridge of his nose and landed among the soft dead leaves.
The girl grabbed his hand and said to him: "This way, follow me."
"But, you..."
"Shh, don't ask."
She grabbed his wrist and walked toward the bushes.
The two of them traveled further and further apart.
In the darkness, there was only a black cat wagging its tail, its scorched yellow pupils staring at the back in the forest. Then it lowered its head and gently rubbed its cheek against the glasses among the fallen leaves——
…
The scratched leather boots stepped heavily on the piles of dead leaves, and when he stopped, Fang Plover picked up the torn glasses from the fallen leaves with some doubts, and lifted them up. The fire in the sky penetrated the dark forest, and through the light, he took a closer look for a moment.
It's Hu Di's glasses.
"Miss Spoon!" Tianlan suddenly called out in a low voice.
Everyone turned around and saw only a dark shadow in the bushes. Tian Lan turned around and grabbed the hands of Jita and Fang Plover with some eagerness: "Did you see it? It's a cat."
"Of course I saw it, but it was a male cat with such a long beard - ahhhh!" The Papalar man's short hair was grabbed by Tianlan. "Parker, you're talking nonsense and I'm going to get angry!"
"But has it been following us?" Jita slowly blinked her eyes, looked at Atila in Fang Plover's arms, and asked.
Fang Plover slowly shook his head.
He suddenly took a step back and stood in front of Jita.
Jita was stunned for a moment, then raised her young face: "Brother Ed?"
"Wait, do you think anything is wrong?" Hongye suddenly asked in a low voice.
Others stopped too.
Recalling that he was the first to take off the longbow from behind his cloak, he frowned slightly, with a doubtful look on his face. He looked around, but he looked a little unsure.
"What's wrong?"
"The forest is too quiet?" Tianlan let go of Parker's hair and asked with some fear.
"That's not it..." Hongye raised his head cautiously.
Fang Plover also raised his head at the same moment.
Between the treetops of pines and cypresses, the night sky was slightly burgundy, with some sparks floating in the sky, and black smoke billowed in the lower city, but other than that, there seemed to be no difference.
But, what seems to be missing?
"...What about the barrier?" Hong Ye's voice suddenly trembled and she asked softly.
Fang Yu only felt his heartstrings twitching, and he turned around.
The memory suddenly shouted: "Be careful!" He rushed forward suddenly, pushing Hongye away, and a long shadow rushed towards him in the darkness, just in time to collide with him.
The strange figure let out a scream, flew out dozens of feet with memories, and crashed into an ancient pine and cypress not far away. The trunks cracked and shook violently, and needles fell down.
"Captain!" When Hongye got up from the ground, he happened to see this scene and his eyes were about to split. "Annihilator——!" She pressed the square-edged crystal on her chest with both hands and shouted angrily, drawing a long blue line in the darkness.
The blue line slowly extended and opened to both sides.
A spinning cube emerges from the virtual space.
Hongye pointed forward, and a golden thread shot towards the woman beside him.
Nicol Bolas, or the incarnation of the Golden Dragon, turned back indifferently, and with a casual wave of his claws, he swept the golden thread into pieces and turned it into specks of light dust.
The knights all raised their weapons and pointed at this terrible woman.
"Run -" Memories was pressed against the tree trunk by Nicol Bolas with one hand. Blood was gushing from his chest and his breath was weak. He lowered his head and said to the others in a breathless voice.
"team leader!"
"I let you—" Memory raised his head, his face covered with blood, looking extremely ferocious. He opened his mouth wide, showing his canine teeth, and shouted with all his strength: "Get out of here!"
The knights all took a step back, looked at their captain, hesitated for a moment, then gritted their teeth and turned away.
"Want to run?" The incarnation of Dragon Golden Dragon sneered, let go of his hand and turned around, spreading his wings and preparing to catch up.
But a bloody hand grabbed her shoulder. The incarnation of Dragon Zhijin was stunned for a moment, turned around, and saw the swaying man, raising his head and smiling at himself.
"I'm not dead yet, Miss Nicol Bolas," Memory coughed.
The incarnation of Dragon Golden Dragon's pupils shrank slightly, and he twisted the memory's neck as if he was irritated, lifted him up and said: "Don't mention that name to me——"
"Captain!" Hongye gritted his teeth, put his fingers together and wanted to attack again, but Fang Yu immediately turned back and shouted: "Stop her!"
Siesta grabbed her wrist. "Let me go!" Hongye yelled at the latter with red eyes and gritted teeth.
But the maid looked at her without moving.
Fang Yu stopped Jita and Tianlan with one hand, and said to the others: "Run, everyone run separately!" As he said that, he glanced at the memory of being pressed against the tree by the incarnation of Dragon Golden Dragon, who seemed to be the heart. Feel something.
A message popped up from the team channel: 'Listen to Ed——'
Fang Plover turned around and ran toward the forest with Jita and Tianlan.
"Ed!?" Hongye turned around and looked at the latter angrily.
"Shesta, take her away." Sylvide held the suitcase in one hand and her skirt in the other, shouting to the back as she ran.
"Wait!" Hongye panicked and subconsciously tried to withdraw his hand. But the maid stepped forward and lifted her up onto her shoulders. "Put me down!" Hongye pushed Shesta's shoulder hard, but to no avail. The latter just ignored her and chased after her.
The moment Fang Yu escaped, the incarnation of Dragon Golden Dragon frowned and once again let go of his memories and let him fall to the ground. She turned around and chased after her, but when she stumbled over her foot, the damn human grabbed her ankle again.
But how could he stop her with this little strength.
She flicked her tail behind her, preparing to sweep the insect away, but she didn't expect that just as the dragon's tail moved, a creepy omen of uneasiness suddenly rose from behind.
The incarnation of Dragon Golden Dragon screamed sharply: "How dare you——!"
Her vertical pupils suddenly narrowed to a thin line, and she turned around in an instant and folded her wings to block herself. She saw Memories crawling on the ground, holding her ankle tightly with one hand, while the other hand was placed behind her - on the core crystal of the magic furnace.
A dazzling white light rose from the forest.
Then there was a deafening roar, as if even the ground shook.
Fang Yu subconsciously stopped and looked back in that direction. He seemed to realize something and couldn't help but clenched his fists slightly.
Not far away, the two little girls Tianlan and Jita also stopped - the strong light in the forest quickly dimmed, and the surroundings returned to silence.
It even seemed quieter than before, even the chirping of insects was lost, leaving only a faint, special buzz.
Fang Plover turned in that direction.
In the dark woodland, Parker, Dict and Sylvide seemed not far away from the three of them. He could even hear the chattering voices of the Papalars coming from a certain direction.
"My treasure map is still with Ed!"
"Then let you stay?"
"Well, forget it then."
But the conversation between the two became more and more distant, and it seemed that they were gradually moving away from their direction.
Fang Yu didn't make a sound to remind him, but took two steps back - Jita and Tianlan looked at him in confusion. The former only looked around with vigilance, while turning around and carefully handing over the white paper elf lady in his arms to Tianlan.
"Tianlan, Jita, take Miss Attila away from this place."
"Brother Ed, what about you?" The two little girls looked up at him.
"Hush, someone is coming," Fang Plover replied softly, patting Tian Lan on the shoulder: "The three of us can't run far. I can still be resurrected, but you can't. I'll stay here to break up the queen."
"Is it the incarnation of the Golden Dragon?" Jita asked in a low voice.
Fang Plover shook his head.
"Are they Dragon Cultists?"
Fang Yu nodded and pushed the two of them: "Let's go quickly."
In the forest, there were already chaotic footsteps. The two of them knew that staying would only become a burden to Fang Plover. Sky Blue's eyes turned red, and Jita bit her lip and tried her best to nod to him. Then the two of them helped Aitila up and disappeared into the bushes with three steps. After the clump.
Fang Plover saw them walking away, then turned around and raised his hands at the same time. A golden light flew from the darkness and fell into his hand with a click.
The tiny buzzing sound suddenly stopped——
Within a moment, a few sneaky guys in black robes ran out of the darkness, and the person at the front couldn't help but froze when he saw Fang Plover, and stopped at the same time.
"Have you discovered us a long time ago?" The leader asked angrily after he stopped.
"Before the incarnation of the Golden Dragon Dragon appears." Fang Pliong looked at the five mysterious people in front of him and replied quietly.
The leader was slightly startled: "I didn't expect you to guess that it was the Dragon's Golden Dragon——"
"I guessed more things," Fang Plover replied: "Fox Howard, is this your name, or is it a pseudonym?"
The leader looked obviously very surprised.
He stayed there for a while, and then he lifted up the hood, revealing a face that Fang Plover had seen before - a face that was somewhat young, but couldn't be more ordinary.
The young man's face was full of surprise: "How do you know me?"
Fang Yu looked at the other party calmly and said: "I checked the representative players of the Elpaxin Craftsmen Association who participated in the competition at Travelers Rest that day. You should know that we are also investigating your whereabouts, and you will not Do you think your identity as a Dragon Worshiper was not revealed afterwards?"
That young man was a contestant from the Elpaxin Artisan Association who participated in the competition at Traveller's Rest that day.
Fox was startled: "I mean, how did you know it was me here?" He asked while looking around suspiciously, as if he suspected that the other party's informant was ambushing around him.
Fang Plover sighed. "I just guessed."
"Guess?"
"Among the people who participated in the competition, you were not the only one who was a Dragon Worshiper, right?" Fang Yu asked, "Is Hu Di also one of yours?"
Fox immediately closed his mouth and looked at Fang Plover warily.
"So Hu Di is here, then you must be here too," Fang Yu looked at his expression and knew that he was right: "I probably guessed your plan. You originally wanted to use Hu Di to get me. This thing, but unfortunately it fell short, Mazak is much smarter than you think."
Fang Yu took out the package from his chest and shook it at them.
"And more importantly, you don't know what Hu Di really wants to do..."
"Do you know where that bastard is!?" Fox glanced at the thing in his hand greedily, and asked in shock and anger at the same time.
But Fang Yu looked at him with some pity: "I also know that you are about to die."
"What!?"
Before he finished speaking, a green dagger stabbed out from his chest.
Fox's eyes bulged and he looked at this scene in disbelief. He made a gurgling sound in his throat and turned around with some difficulty, but he saw nothing - until the Papalar man's somewhat annoyed voice came from below. It rang:
"I'm below you, don't be too bullying!"
However, the poison in the dagger had already taken effect at this moment. Fox just rolled his eyes and died.
Parker then withdrew the dagger piece by piece, pushed forward, and pushed Fox's body to the ground like a bag of garbage. He then raised his head and waved to Fang Plover vigorously: "King of Nightingales of Sanxiak, remember to owe me a meal, Mr. Alchemist?"
Then he looked at the dagger in his hand with a pity and shook his head: "It's a pity that such a good thing is one-time use and is now useless." Then he threw the dagger away and spread his hands: "But anyway It’s not my—”
The dagger drew an arc and fell among the dead leaves, emitting a faint cold light under the moon.
At this time, the remaining four Dragon Worshipers seemed to have reacted. They looked at Fox who fell on the ground in stunned silence, and then looked at the Papalar people who suddenly appeared - they looked at each other in confusion for a moment, not at all. Know how the other person appears.
They had clearly heard these people walking away before.
"The Chosen One System," Fang Plover then said to these people, "Let's learn about it."
"You abominable intruders!" The Dragon Worshipers suddenly realized this and cursed angrily, drawing out their weapons and rushing toward Fang Plover.
The light and shadow of the sword reflected on Fang Yu's face, but he remained motionless. He only looked at these people coldly and replied softly: "However, I still want to thank you for filling in the last piece of the puzzle for me -"
And then the next moment.
A huge iron gauntlet stretched out from the side, clanging four times to block the sword of the Dragon Worshiper.
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