"Ah!" Katarina screamed, but from Xiao Chen's perspective it sounded very soft.
"Katrina, it's me!" Xiao Chen shouted, he took off his hood and revealed his face.
Catalina finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the person who had been invited. "Brother Xiao, we ran so fast that we couldn't see anyone around us. I was staring at Tashia, but when I turned around and looked at you, I couldn't find her anymore."
"Don't worry, we should be not far away."
"Oh, but why do you speak so softly?"
"This thick fog may have the effect of isolating sound. If we are a little further away, the sound will be much weaker." Xiao Chen said, riding his horse to Katarina's side, "This must be a conspiracy of the Shadow Group. We must always be careful of what may come out of the fog."
The surrounding buildings were submerged in thick fog. They had nothing to refer to their position in the fog. They moved a few steps at random, but became even more lost.
"We can't just keep walking around like this. We have to keep going in one direction. Even if we can't run into them, we have to get out first." Xiao Chen said.
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When Tasya was riding a horse and following Xiao Chen in the charge, there was a hole on the ground in front of her. The horse naturally moved outward. By the time she passed the hole, she could no longer see other people around her.
She called out Belia and Xiao Chen's names, but there was no response.
The horse she was riding seemed to be afraid of the white mist and refused to move. She had to dismount and start looking for other people on foot.
In this white world, time seemed to be non-existent. She walked there, but she didn't know how long or how far she had walked.
She was filled with fear at this moment, because from childhood to adulthood, she had never been alone in an environment where she had no one to rely on.
She suddenly thought that maybe the fire magic she was good at could dispel the white fog, so she began to cast a fire wall spell on the spot. Casting spells in the white fog seemed particularly laborious, but she spent more mental energy and time, and finally made the fire wall burn.
The rising flames formed a criss-crossing fire network around her. Under the burning of the flames, the surrounding white mist seemed to dissipate. With the warmth they brought, Tasia felt much safer.
But she didn't know that right next to her, Sancho was holding a dagger and looking at her coldly.
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The fog was naturally brought by Sancho. To be exact, it came from a treasure of the Black Mountain branch of the Shadow Group, the Mist Set.
It consists of a smoke gun and a pair of tracking glasses. The smoke not only has the effect of isolating sound, but also weakens the energy of magic and fighting spirit. Sancho, wearing glasses, can see bright red figures in the white mist.
He had a premonition that there was something wrong with what Markola said, so he left the main force behind and set up this killing trap on the route that the Black Mountain Mage would take on his return.
Now, it turns out that his premonition was correct. Now that this group of people have returned, the members of the Shadow Group are probably in danger.
His strength alone was far inferior to that of the team, but with the white mist, he became the hunter, while the prey were still unaware.
Sancho was originally going to kill the troublemaker Xiao Chen first, but just as he was about to do it, another female mage cast a fire spell, which not only began to burn the white mist, making it thinner, but also filled the tracking glasses with red. It was impossible to distinguish between the Hokage and the human figure.
"Since you are seeking death, let's start with you." Sancho took out a dagger and held it in his hand. This dagger was called the Piercer, which had a strong penetrating effect on any shield. He prepared it specifically to deal with the Black Mountain Mage. He walked towards Tasya's position based on his memory.
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The flames burned for several minutes, and when Tasia looked up, she saw a faint blue color appearing where the sky should be. She believed that if she held on a little longer, she would be able to find the others.
However, she suddenly felt her heart pounding, and some danger was approaching rapidly, so she activated the protective bracelet without hesitation.
There was a bang behind her, and she turned around to see a middle-aged man holding a dagger, which pierced her shield. Cracks appeared on the shield from the insertion point of the dagger.
She raised her hand and threw a fireball, but the middle-aged man disappeared into the mist like a ghost. But a moment later, he appeared in his original position and inserted the dagger into the crack again.
She attacked twice again, switching between fire spears and rockets, but the opponent still easily avoided the fire spears. As for the rockets, they were smashed by his sword. The man continued to attack on the crack, and the shield finally couldn't withstand the opponent's attack and shattered like an eggshell.
The mage was already at a disadvantage against a close-range assassin, not to mention that Tashia's power was weakened by the white mist.
When the last rocket magic she sent out was chopped off by the opponent, the black dagger in the man's hand was already against her neck.
"You... are Sancho?" The surrounding firelight illuminated the faces of the two people, and Tasya suddenly remembered the characteristics of Sancho described by Xiao Chen.
"Yes, who are you, a female mage?"
The knife was against Tasya's throat, forcing her to tilt her head back slightly. But the more she did so, the more she looked unyielding. "I'm Tasya from the Alonso family. I think you should have heard of this name."
Her answer was met with a short silence, and Sancho asked, "It's you? As the eldest daughter of the Alonso family, how come you are with Xiao Chen?"
Tashia showed a naturally arrogant expression: "Hmph, what's the problem? Mr. Xiao Chen is an important ally of our family and a good friend of mine. I heard that someone is going to harm him tonight, so of course we friends have to help."
Sancho said flatly: "Impossible! I have been investigating these people for a long time. They came to Montenegro from nowhere less than half a year ago. They have no time to become allies of the Alonso family. Even you have only known him for a few weeks. How can you become a friend who can entrust your life? I don't believe it! Why did you get involved in this matter?"
"You actually use time to evaluate friendship? Then I really have nothing to say to you." Tasya did not hide the contempt on her face, and she was completely different from the way she looked in front of Xiao Chen.
Sancho angrily thrust the dagger against Tashia's neck. A trickle of blood flowed from her neck. He shouted, "Ignore Xiao Chen for now and dispel your fire wall magic! Otherwise, I will stab you with my next knife!"
"Whether in the name of Alonso or the name of the magician, I will not back down in front of you." When Tashia said this, her voice trembled a little. She swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and the movement of her throat enlarged her wound, causing more blood to flow out. Her lips trembled slightly, and she panted for a long time before speaking again. "You can kill me, but threats will only tarnish my honor, and we people value honor above life. Give up."