The opponent's mage was stunned when he saw Katarina's actions. He did not expect that such a young girl could be so resolute. He stopped several knights who were about to rush forward, fearing that their impulse would ruin this perfect capture.
He bribed the people from the Wild Bear Gang, kept an eye on the channels for purchasing healing potions, stayed with those gangsters all day, and finally caught this clue. If he could find Gabriel's whereabouts through this girl, it would definitely be a stepping stone for him to advance in the Ice Tower, and he would never allow anyone to destroy it.
Therefore, when Catalina raised the dagger, he decided not to be impatient and to take it slow.
He said in a pitying tone: "Children of your age don't know how precious life is. Do you think that if you die like this, the people you want to protect will care about your sacrifice? How naive! Not only will they not be grateful, but they will think you are stupid."
"Mercenaries also have their own honor. This is my choice and has nothing to do with others!" Katarina's hands were shaking slightly. The sharp edge of the dagger's tip accidentally cut her forehead. Blood slid down her nose, making her face look hideous.
"Guys who only know how to use knives and guns are so stupid." The wizard frowned and secretly increased the speed of his spellcasting, hoping to take down Katarina before she could make any move.
"Miss Bailing! You are not serious, are you? They will not agree to let us go. It will be useless even if you poke a hole in their forehead." Shudun looked at her face covered with blood and her whole face wrinkled.
Katarina said in a very gentle voice: "Listen, we will rush towards the wizard in a moment. When I say go, you throw the dagger at the wizard with all your strength. If there is an explosion on the ground, don't panic, just go straight forward through the flames of the explosion."
"You have a secret weapon?" Tree Stump asked in surprise, "But I think if I run away, I'll probably be hacked to death by them."
"Do you think you can survive if they catch you after you've been involved with me? Instead of being tortured, why don't you give it a try? Even if you have to die, you'd better die quickly!"
Tree Stump's expression froze, and he nodded slowly.
"Little girl, I'll give you one last chance to think about it again." The wizard advised again.
Just as he finished speaking, Catalina shouted, "Go!"
At the same time, she mobilized all her strength and threw the dagger in her hand at the mage. Hearing her command, Shudun did the same thing, and a fighting spirit aura emanated from him. This unemployed vagrant in the market turned out to be a low-level warrior.
The two daggers flew towards the mage in the sky with a whistling sound. An ice armor suddenly appeared on his body, blocking the attack of the two daggers, but he had no support in the air, and under the impact of the impact, he flew backwards involuntarily.
After throwing the dagger, Katarina quickly took out two crystal grenades from the basket and threw them directly at the two warriors below the mage. The grenades exploded, blowing away the two warriors who were about to charge. Although it was not fatal, it temporarily made them unable to move.
"Follow me!" Katerina swiftly passed through the gap between the two knights, followed closely by Tree Stump, who followed her through the blockade. The two rushed out of the alley, and Tree Stump shouted, "I know this place, follow me."
He pulled Katerina up and went between the stalls in the market.
The wizard finally righted himself in mid-air and saw the two men had already run into the market. He quickly urged the knights to chase after them.
As expected of the local boss, Shudun rushed into the alleys of the slums with Catalina. The roads here were chaotic, the population was large, and there were almost no city guards. Therefore, the pursuers behind them could not catch up, but the two of them could not get rid of them completely.
Katrina crossed an alley, stepped on a stinking puddle, ran through two bends, followed a tree stump and climbed over a wall. She said, "I feel like someone is lurking around us."
Stump looked back and saw a few knights still chasing at the alley in the distance, "I don't see anyone else."
Catalina said, "No! It seems like there are people following us from both sides. Are they trying to outflank us?"
"Oh no! The wizard is gone!"
Catalina looked up and found a floating figure above and in front of her. The wizard had arrived in front of them and stopped them at some point.
The wizard raised his hand slightly, and a magic that had been prepared for a long time was cast. A swirling air current suddenly appeared on the ground under Catalina's feet, which lifted her up from the ground and suspended her in mid-air. The air current centered on her body, making her spin.
When Shudun saw that she was restrained, he wanted to escape, but after taking a step, he fell back and reached out to grab Katarina.
The wizard smiled coldly and performed the wind magic again as he had done before. Tree Stump felt the wind rising under his feet and he and Katarina flew into the sky together.
Just as the wizard was about to cast ice magic to injure the two, he suddenly heard a voice in his ear: "Stop!"
The two people in the air slowed down, stopped, and were lowered to the ground swayingly.
The mage turned around in shock, and saw a young man with a stern look floating behind him. The young man had a pair of black eyes, and the moment the mage looked at him, the young man's pupils suddenly dilated, like a monster opening its big black mouth and swallowing him in one gulp.
His mind fell into darkness, as if he was locked in a windowless secret room. There was no sound, no image, no perception, and he even lost the concept of time. Chaotic thoughts surged into his head one by one, and then receded like the tide, leaving only extreme anxiety and panic.
For a while, he even felt that he was dead, his soul was extracted and thrown into the endless space. Just like that, after what felt like many, many years, he finally found a little light in his dark world, and then the whole world became bright again.
He found himself lying on the ground, with a person's shoes in front of him. Looking up along the shoes and trouser legs, he saw that the person standing in front of him was the young man.
Looking out, he saw the six knights who followed him, all of whom had fallen to the ground, blood staining the long street. Two warriors, a man and a woman, were wiping their weapons and sheathing their swords. The man looked familiar, as if he was the personal guard of some important person.
The mage looked back at the man in front of him in panic, and found that apart from the yellow hair, the man's face shape and eyes also overlapped with the impression of someone in his memory: "You are, you are Xiao Chen!"