The large and stable light balls in the field of vision are the warriors participating in the battle, and some small and unstable light balls are likely to be monsters hiding in the village. These guys are often the cause of the biggest casualties of the guards recently. Although the tall tree people are powerful, they are obvious targets and cannot hide. And these guys in the shadows are often difficult to find, and will launch a surprise attack when the warriors enter the village. In the initial battle, many warriors were caught off guard by these enemies that suddenly appeared from the shadows. Therefore, after losing a lot of warriors on the first day, each team now has to be equipped with at least one mage who masters the detection spell to do detection.
However, in addition to these two types of light balls, Li Zhu also discovered a faintly visible ball of light flashing underground.
Ji Yijun heard Li Zhu's exclamation and asked, "What happened? Did you find anything?"
"There is a man in the collapsed ruins ahead. Judging from the strength of his mental power, he should not be an ordinary person, but judging from the degree of his mental power flickering, he seems very weak." Li Zhu looked in the direction of the light source and said, "Maybe he hid there to avoid monsters. This town has been attacked by these monsters for two days, and I didn't expect that someone still persisted."
"Let's go and take a look." Ji Yijun drew out his sword and reached in that direction.
"Be careful, there are still some mutant animals active in the ruins." Li Zhu shouted.
"I know! You point and I hit." A thin layer of fighting spirit evenly covered Ji Yijun's sword.
Li Zhu opened his hands with five fingers pointing upwards. Light balls gathered from his palms. He waved his hands gently and the light balls shot out.
"Half a meter behind the wall!" A ball of light landed on a broken wall. Ji Yijun shook the sword in his hand in the air, and a sword beam flashed out, spanning a distance of more than ten meters and hitting the wall. A sharp cut cut the rock and the dog-shaped monster hiding behind it. The monster was cut in half from the abdomen, and the upper half of the body slid to the ground, and blood spurted several meters high.
"Under the tiles!" Another ball of light fell on the collapsed roof. Ji Yijun thrust his sword forward, and a sharp spear of light pierced the tiles, making a fist-sized hole in them. A cat-shaped monster stumbled out from behind the tiles, holding the bowl-sized hole in its chest, and walked three or four meters towards them, then fell to the ground and died.
This cat monster actually had a bell on its neck. It looked like a pet kept by someone who was not short of money. Ji Yijun raised his eyebrows and said, "After this incident, I'm afraid no one will want to keep a pet anymore."
"Have you forgotten how forgetful people are?" Li Zhu said, "Behind the stone pillar!"
"But this disaster is unforgettable for everyone on the continent. It is not an exaggeration to say that it changed the lives of many people." This time, Ji Yijun did not directly chop the towering stone pillar, but chopped it twice with his sword. A sword energy slashed along the left side of the stone pillar, and a dog-like monster behind the stone pillar suddenly rushed out from the right side of the stone pillar, just hitting the sword energy emitted by him, and half of its body was chopped off. "Although it is cruel to say this, in the matter of fighting against the God of Nature, people's hearts are really ready. How many people on this continent don't want the God of Nature to die?"
"I'm afraid that some people will be so frightened that they won't even have the will to resist," said Li Zhu.
"That will only happen when hope is wiped out. Generally speaking, humans are very rebellious, cruel and unrepentant creatures. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, they will think about turning the tables and taking revenge. And now, hope is here." Ji Yijun pointed at himself and then at the other person.
“Ha.” Li Zhu wanted to mock Ji Yijun, but for some reason, he seemed to think that what he said made sense. He had seen many things in the eyes of the rescued people these days, ecstasy, relief, fear, and… hatred that penetrated deep into their bones. “So you think the God of Nature made a wrong move? Half a meter underground!”
The sword flashed, and Ji Yijun said: "Maybe he is not awake yet, maybe he doesn't care at all, but if someone treats humans as ants that can be crushed at will, then he is not far from being bitten to death by the ants."
"We're here. It's right under the ruins of this palace." In front of the two men was a stone palace of unknown purpose. Most of the palace had collapsed, and several monsters were trapped under the collapsed rubble. These monsters looked like they had been dead for some time, their blood had long dried up, and attracted a lot of flies and other flying insects.
Ji Yijun looked at the wounds on the monsters and said, "It seems that the man was being chased by monsters in this town. After escaping here, in order to hinder the monsters' attack, he chopped down the last stone pillar supporting the temple, burying some of the monsters and himself underneath."
"Not only are there warriors, but there is also a magician. There are remnants of magic power on that pillar and on these monsters," Li Zhu said, "But I'm afraid that magician is dead."
"Let's dig the people out first." Ji Yijun said. He put the sword back into the scabbard, poured fighting spirit into his hands, staggered to grab the stones and threw them to the empty space beside him. Suddenly he felt dazed. The last time he did such a thing, he had just come to this world. In the blink of an eye, more than five years have passed. Some people left during that time travel, and the rest of the people slowly walked out a path in confusion and fear, but many people also disappeared while walking on the road.
After killing the monsters hiding nearby, several soldiers joined in the removal. With their participation, the cleanup was much faster. Halfway through the excavation, they found a corpse wearing a robe. He had been smashed beyond recognition by rocks, but he was lying on his back. There was a cat-shaped monster under him, and the monster's claws had pierced his body, with sharp nails sticking out from his back.
"He should have been protecting the people inside, but he must have been fatally injured before the collapse," said Li Zhu.
"Let's see who he is protecting!" Ji Yijun moved the mage's body aside and removed the largest stones behind him. Another large cave was revealed. It was a triangular space formed by two collapsed pillars and a stone platform. A woman wrapped in a cloak was lying in this corner, with a broken sword beside her. Perhaps in the last moment, after the man who protected her died, she used this sword to chop down the already shaky pillar.