The steps seemed light and slow, passing between different windows divided by light and shadow. Luo Yu occasionally stopped, holding a staff, standing by the window and listening to the long orders coming from outside. The stern and straight tone, hoarse in the cold weather, almost seemed to have changed its tone.
"Raise your bow——!"
The commander raised his right hand, and the long crow feather cloak gently slid off the silver-gray shoulder armor. He raised his hand straight and pointed in the direction of the hotel. The dark eyes under his helmet were like two sharp swords. The knights behind them were chanting in unison: "Praise Aidanlian, praise the Lord of Storms!"
The mercenaries followed behind and shouted a few words reluctantly. However, they actually didn't care about this severe winter, and they didn't care about anything else. They only cared about the blood-stained money that fell into their pockets.
The crossbows in their hands were raised in unison, and the capstans were pulled open, making a uniform sound. The white air spurting from the mouths of the mercenaries was lingering and rising, forming a white mist. Behind that, there are rows of crossbow arrows flashing with cold light, with a crystal inlaid on them, flowing with flaming light.
When the adventurers in the hall saw this scene, they all stood up and took a step back. The Crowclaw Knights formed a line. They were retreating in an orderly manner and helping up their companions who fell on the ground. Mei Yi, holding a sword in one hand, looked at these people silently and did not stop them. She would not attack these people who had lost their ability to resist.
"Just wait, you can't escape..." The knight commander, who was holding on to the bar and retreating step by step, coughed, raised his head and looked in this direction sadly and said: "...Don't forget, the Resurrection Altar We have people there too.”
But Mei just looked at the other person, unmoved, and there wasn't even a trace of unnecessary confusion in her clean and clear eyes.
It was as if she had never believed it, or even considered the possibility that evil would win and justice would fail.
She only stood in this place, insisted on what she insisted on, believed in everything she believed in, and the belief in her heart never wavered.
So much so that even the adventurers were heartbroken by Miss Knight's determined look. Some of them looked in this direction and couldn't help shouting: "Miss Mei, rush out, they are going to set fire to us. Fight out with you!" Some people turned around after hearing this and drew their weapons, looking eager to try.
But Mei looked in that direction as if she hadn't heard anything. Then she lowered her head again and gently pressed the communication crystal on her chest with her little hand, and the dark crystal there shone slightly. Miss Knight listened carefully for a moment, then nodded slightly as if no one else was watching.
Everyone couldn't help but be slightly startled.
"Fire the arrow—!"
Outside the hotel, the commander raised his hand downwards and shouted the order in a long voice. The sharp tone was like a crow's whistling. At that moment, it was like a strong wind passing through the strong grass, and a whimpering sound was heard in the air - almost instinctively, the mercenaries leaned their heads on the crossbow rest, half-closed their eyes, and pulled the trigger.
The black arrow shadow suddenly rose into the air and rushed towards the hotel——
But in the dark corridor, the young man was watching all this calmly. He raised the staff in his hand and struck the ground lightly - with that strike as the center, invisible ripples spread across the space - the long street Above, a hexagonal wall of light was instantly generated.
After the wall of light flashed past, a thick curtain of wind hung down from mid-air. The violent airflow was expanding in all directions, even making the knights in the front row unsteady, so what about the crossbow bolts behind them? The crystals exploded one after another on the air waves, and turned into dazzling sparks, which were blown away by the changing and disorderly air currents.
Everyone in the hotel seemed to be possessed by a magic called time. They all became strangely quiet for a moment, looking at the exaggerated scene in front of them, with pieces of fire rain falling like butterflies flying. "Wind, wind wall?" someone asked.
"Is there an elementalist around here...?"
That perfectly placed wind wall obviously left a deep impression on everyone.
Using the right spell at the right time sounds simple, but it's not easy. So much so that the mercenaries also turned around for a while, looking a little suspiciously at the buildings on the left and right streets.
"Where is the other party...?"
"It's Luo Yu!"
On the second floor, Ai Xiaoxiao was making happy sounds.
Alyssa looked at the enemy's crossbowmen whose morale was shaken below, and suddenly her eyes flickered slightly, as if she sensed an opportunity. She turned her head and said softly to Fang Nini on her shoulder: "Little guy, I'll leave you here alone. Watch this window sill and don't let anyone come up, okay?"
Nini raised her head, looked at her with round golden eyes, blinked slightly, and then nodded her head vigorously as if she understood the meaning: "Well, okay."
As if to prove herself, the little girl jumped off Alyssa's shoulders. A ball of flame bloomed from her heart in mid-air, and then turned into a pair of unfolded flame wings. The fire feathers overlapped and formed in an instant. Cocoon-like. The next moment, pieces of the fire cocoon scattered, and a graceful girl was born from it.
She curled up, and the flames hung down from the fire cocoon, turning into strands of clothing and wrapping her around.
Nini raised her head and blinked, her long flame-like hair swaying gently on her snow-white back, but the curious and innocent look in her golden pupils was still exactly the same as before. "Hmm." She pointed at herself, wagging her tail, and puffing out her chest cutely.
Although he was still young, his figure and curves already resembled that of Nicol Bolas.
Over there, Luo Hao turned around and took one more look, when Ai Xiaoxiao crossed his fingers and poked his eyes, "Ouch——!" He was caught off guard and was hit immediately, screaming in agony. "Nini is still a child," Ai Xiaoxiao exclaimed, "Look back, look back!"
Luo Hao covered his eyes and looked up to the sky with tears streaming down his face. He shouted aggrievedly, "Holy shit, I just turned around subconsciously. You don't have to be so cruel."
Ai Xiaoxiao panicked when he saw it, and said quickly: "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm just in a hurry... Luo Hao, are you okay?"
"...Do you think I'm fine?"
"Ah, I'm sorry! Fatty, fatty!"
"What are you doing again!"
"Someone is coming up!" Ai Xiaoxiao shouted in fright.
"Holy shit," Luo Hao was speechless for a while, "Tell me where he is!?"
"On the left...no, no, on the right."
"Can you explain it clearly?"
But with the sound of a gunshot, a ball of sparks suddenly burst out from the breastplate of the knight who climbed up, and he fell from the window on his back.
Ai Xiaoxiao stared at this scene with her mouth wide open.
Sylvester put away the gun, ejected the smoking shell, and let it clink onto the floor. She then turned around and looked at Alyssa to one side with her light blue eyes, while Miss Nightingale was inserting her two knives on the magic furnace behind her back and said, "Just let Jita and Parker restrain them. Those people are not safe, maybe I can cooperate with Luo Yu to attract the attention of those crossbowmen."
"Is it okay?" Sylvide asked softly.
Alyssa looked outside, her black and white eyes slightly narrowed, like a hunting cat: "How will you know if you don't give it a try? Doesn't the leader often say that nothing is impossible in this world?"
Sylvide was startled when she heard this, and then smiled.
Alyssa had jumped out of the window. The Crowclaw knights below noticed this scene and shouted. Several crossbow bolts were fired in this direction, but before they could reach her body, the latter turned into a shadow. The smoke and dust, the crossbow arrows passed through the smoke and dust, like shooting into an phantom.
The smoke turned in mid-air and fell to the ground. The knights gathered around, but before they could stand still, the smoke spread out again, as if blending into the shadows behind each of them. The knights turned around in a hurry, but the shadows were already passing under their feet like running water.
"It's a high-level shadow dancer, get out of here!"
Someone shouted, and everyone tried to find the location of the shadow - but to no avail. The knights retreated one by one, but they still couldn't catch up with Alyssa's speed.
Inside the hotel, the wind wall that appeared before had attracted everyone's attention, but the shadow that appeared now surprised everyone even more. They only saw the shadow sweeping across the feet of every knight, as if given life, and quickly approached the commander in the crowd.
Everyone's mouths opened wide at that moment, realizing what the 'assassin' was planning to do.
"No way?"
They had only heard of such things in legends—taking the heads of enemy generals among thousands of troops.
The commander also felt a creepy feeling covering his whole body. He almost relied on intuition to pull out his sword, and slashed forward with one sword. A flash of fire flashed in the shadow - the commander only felt his arm numb, and the sword in his hand He almost flew out of his hand.
Is this the power that an ordinary adventurer should have? The opponent is just a shadow dancer, not a berserker?
Although he is not a crow knight, he is still a mid-level knight. The opponent's level is actually above him, and much higher? The commander ignored the numbness in his arms and raised his head. He only saw the shadow striking him and immediately retreating. But before he could see the other party's appearance clearly, a warning sign suddenly appeared.
He subconsciously stepped aside, and a black light had already passed through and hit his left shoulder. The commander groaned, and the next moment he heard a soft shout: "Recall!" The lightning flashed, and the black dagger inserted there flew back to the opponent's hand. The commander only screamed and suddenly fell to his knees on the ground.
But the assassination was ultimately unsuccessful——
"Failed?"
The adventurers looked at this scene with some confusion.
At this moment, the knights were in Ru Meng's direction, and then they gathered around. However, the commander realized something and raised his head with a cold sweat on his face. He saw Alyssa turn into smoke and dust again, and then floated to the rear in mid-air.
He had a bad premonition in his heart, and regardless of the pain, he shouted in a cold sweat: "Be careful, protect the crossbowman!"
But it was too late, the smoke turned into a human form again, Alyssa raised her hand in mid-air, and a piece of dust fell from the mid-air. The mercenaries didn't know what was going on, so they aimed their crossbows in this direction, but as soon as the dust fell, they immediately screamed and closed their eyes, and the crossbow bolts in their hands fell to the ground.
"It's glitter dust."
On the roof, Parker looked in that direction and said. He was also born as a nightingale, so he naturally knew the tricks of his peers.
"The glitter dust won't last long, Miss Alyssa is helping us buy time." Jita took a gentle breath and replied.
Parker snorted softly, "You don't need her help." He tied the claw hook on himself, then pulled it to test the strength of the other side, then turned around and said to Miss Naturalist: "Hold on tighter. Don’t fall in later. We’ll be discovered as soon as we get out, so you’d better hurry up.”
Jita nodded and replied softly: "I understand."
Parker grabbed the pulley, carried Miss Naturalist on his back, and jumped forward with force.
At that moment, almost everyone saw the two people appear from the roof and then leap to the building on the other side. "There's someone over there!" Although the mercenaries were in chaos, the Crowclaw Knight breathed a sigh of relief after seeing clearly that it was just glitter dust. As Jita said, the glitter dust wouldn't last long. The other party was just delaying time. As for the reason for delaying time, they obviously also discovered the 'flying man' appearing on the roof.
"They went to the building over there," the commander shouted in that direction, covering his bloody wounds, "Go and catch them!"
In the corridor, Luo Yu watched Parker and Jita disappear behind the roof in another direction before turning around.
But as soon as he turned around, he saw the two people appearing behind him, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment - they were none other than his parents.
"Dad, Mom..." Luo Yu called out dryly.
His mother looked at him with a stern look: "Xiaoyu, do you want to go down?"
Luo Yu looked out the window and nodded silently.
He opened his mouth again, facing his mother's seriousness and he didn't know how to explain it for a moment. After all, he had just agreed to them and wanted to find a way to obtain the qualifications to go to the second world.
But the things they are doing now clearly don't seem like they are working in this direction. Their opposition to the Crow's Claw Temple will inevitably give the Alliance further leverage, and the Alliance will only further tighten restrictions on the Seven Seas Brigade.
But this does not mean that he thinks what everyone is doing is incorrect.
Is the qualification to go to the second world that important?
Even more important than distinguishing right from wrong?
He felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, even though he understood from the beginning the expectations his parents had for him when they sent him into this world.
He has always hoped that he could live up to this expectation.
But do you really need to give up everything for this expectation?
He looked up at his mother.
Since she was very young, her mother has always been strict with herself. She always stubbornly sticks to her own opinions and rarely makes mistakes.
He was actually a little afraid of the other party in his heart, but at this moment, Luo Yu couldn't help but clenched his fist. His teammates are fighting below. No matter what, he will not stay here alone. He is even ready, even at the risk of contradicting the opponent.
But what surprised Luo Yu was that the serious look on his mother's face gradually faded, and she only looked at him in silence.
He was in a daze when his father beside him reached out and pressed his shoulder, "Go, after all, your teammates are there -"
Luo Yu was slightly stunned and looked at the two of them in surprise.
His father winked at him, signaling him to make a decision quickly before the other person had time to regret it.
Luo Yu's heart trembled, he took a deep breath and nodded quickly. Then he didn't dare to look at his mother's expression anymore, passed the two of them with his head lowered, walked through the dark corridor, and disappeared at the end of that side.
Watching him leave, Luo Yu's father turned back to look at his wife, "I thought you would stop him."
"I'm not such an unreasonable person," Luo Yu's mother replied, "As for the time I gave them, it's their own business what to do."
"But you know, the Alliance..."
"Who do you think I am?" Luo Yu's mother showed a dissatisfied look, "We are also from Tapolis, and the alliance is dispensable in our hearts -"
"and you?"
She sighed and suddenly asked: "Did you notice how Xiaoyu cast spells before?"
"What's wrong?"
"Do you remember that I am also an elementalist?"
The moment Alyssa landed, Luo Yu was also pushing out the door.
Alyssa turned back and smiled at him: "I thought you wouldn't come down."
"How could it be?" Luo Yu shook his head.
"That's hard to say," Alyssa looked forward: "Parker took Jita to the back to prepare spells. I want to find a way to stop these people, so you have to cast a spell to cover me."
"How to cover?" Luo Yu asked.
"Simple," Alyssa pointed not far away: "Have you seen those priests? Just don't let them cast spells."
Luo Yu was silent for a moment, then nodded.
"no problem."
"So confident?" Alyssa looked at him a little surprised. This was not the person she remembered.
But Luo Yu gently held his staff, and he understood the reason why he was standing here. No matter what, he would at least try to fight for it.
"Someone said something to me..." he said softly.
"What words?"
Alyssa asked while taking the dagger from behind.
Luo Yu didn't answer. That person didn't just say that to him, but also Jita.
"Magic is not simple—"
When Luo Yu appeared, the knights recognized his identity just by looking at his attire. "It's that elementalist!" The priests of the Storm Lord immediately gathered around. The skill Luo Yu showed earlier made people dare not look down upon him. In Aitaria, the best person to deal with spellcasters is obviously spellcasters.
"He shouldn't have shown up!"
The adventurer also saw this scene and couldn't help but let out a few exclamations.
The most direct way to fight between spellcasters is to dismantle spells or counterspells. But no matter what kind of confrontation it is, the side with more people will always have the advantage. In this field, a few levels higher does not mean much - it is difficult for two fists to defeat four hands, and it is difficult for high-level spellcasters to fight in a pack of wolves. Under siege, spells can be easily cast.
But what shocked everyone was that when Alyssa stood up and walked out, Luo Yu also gently raised the staff in his hand, as if the priests around him did not exist. Every time he pointed at a priest in front of him with his staff, the spell in that priest's hand immediately disappeared. He pointed at each one one by one, and everyone had a look of astonishment on their face, until the last person, the one wearing embroidered A high-ranking priest in a gold-rimmed black and white robe——
I saw that the spell in the opponent's hand had already taken shape, and in an instant, when Luo Yu looked in his direction - the silver halo in his hand suddenly collapsed, and countless spell verses were in his mind. It is scattered in all directions and turned into nothingness.
The high-ranking priest raised his head and looked at Luo Yu with an expression of incredible shock. He even opened his mouth as if to ask: "...How did you do it?"
But Luo Yu didn't intend to answer his question.
He just gently put the staff in his hand on the ground.
The ether came back from the disintegrating spell, and the priests from far and near screamed and took a step back and sat on the ground. The high-ranking priest who had prepared the most complete spells turned pale, spit out a mouthful of blood, and then fell to his knees.
The street was extremely quiet at that moment.
Everyone seems to be asking this question:
How did he do that?
So much so that people even forgot about Alisa’s actions.
In the building on the other side of the street, Parker was hurriedly setting up a giant magical ballista, trying to stop the Crow Claw Knight rushing up from the stairs. "Parker, help me buy some time." Jita opened the magic book and shouted to him not far away without looking back.
But it was too late, the other party had already rushed to the door of the house, and his crossbow was only half set. Parker looked at Miss Naturalist behind him, and then at the enemy below, and had no choice but to push down the half-erected ballista with grief and anger - and then looked at the sight of himself worth ten thousand in his heartbroken eyes. Dorisel's crossbow fell down along with the three knights.
But this could only save a temporary situation. He had already seen more knights rushing out of the gate.
"It's over, it's over," the Papalar man jumped anxiously: "I knew there was nothing good going on, and I shouldn't have listened to the rumors of those uneasy and kind-hearted guys!"
"Mr. Parker, it still needs a little time."
"There is no time left," Parker shouted with a look of despair: "They are already coming up, what can I do to stop them? With myself?"
He screamed, but his foot suddenly slipped and he screamed and rolled down. Amidst the sound of ping-ping-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pang-pang-pang-pang-pang-pang-pang-pang-pang-pang-pang-pang-pang-pang-pang-pang-pong, the Papalars rolled down together with the second group of knights who rushed up.
At this time, Jita gently placed her hand on the title page of the magic book, her heart felt slightly quiet, and she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. "Mr. Parker, I'm ready." She raised her head, looked around, and couldn't help showing a confused look: "Mr. Parker, where are you?"
In the hall on the first floor, Alyssa, who turned into a plume of smoke and fell to the ground, was pulling the Papalar man up from the ground with a smile, patted the dust on his body and said, "You're too impatient, Mr. Parker."
"Come on," Parker said angrily, "If you come a little later, I'm going to see God."
"That's not necessarily the case," Alyssa looked outside and smiled: "There are still our people outside."
But the two of them suddenly became quiet, raised their heads, and looked in the direction of Miss Naturalist.
At that moment, the Crow Claw Knights outside only felt the ground shake slightly.
On the other side of the street, Luo Yu's parents were walking down the stairs, looking at their son not far away——
Luo Yu's mother thought for a moment before replying:
"During the Battle of Bain, I met a man."
"who?"
"Yanfeng-Ainol, do you know this name?"
"President of the former Stars?"
"He is also the number one elementalist in the country and one of the top ten kings," Luo Yu's mother turned around and said, "Did you know, there are rumors that he is that person's student."
"who?"
"Roban."
She paused: "Xiaoyu's way of casting spells...is a bit like him, but not the same..."
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