Nina led the small group deep into the forest.
She and Sokka used magic to block out sound and light, and used the Mage's Eye to observe the enemy's position, successfully finding the gap between the two enemy teams, but it was not easy to pass through this gap. The people around Nina all tried to keep their movements and sounds to a minimum to minimize the impact on the surrounding environment.
Because even with the protection of magic, they still couldn't avoid touching the surrounding grass and branches when they moved. If the enemy's scouts noticed these and asked the magician to search the area with detection magic, they could expose their position at any time. The enemy was very close, and the distance between their scattered scouts was less than 100 meters. When Nina and her group were closest to one of the scouts, they were less than 30 meters away. No one dared to speak, no one made any extra movements, and everyone's heart was in their throat, praying that no one would find them.
Loreto was carrying Li Jia on his back, so he accidentally let Li Jia's robe get caught on a twig while walking, making a crackling sound in the quiet woods. Although the sound was very light, it still alerted the other scouts, and the nearest scout turned his head to look over here. Nina hurriedly asked everyone to stop, but the other party still walked over here relentlessly. If he took another ten steps, he would bump into one of them.
At this moment, in the city of Lagos behind them, an alarm bell suddenly sounded, and someone shouted with fighting spirit: "Enemy attack! The enemies of the Temple of Nature are coming to attack the city! Enemies are approaching from the east, west, and south!"
Nina recognized that it was Farot's voice. His voice was loud, but Nina could hear a hint of despair in it.
There were bursts of whistles in the forest, which were obviously the enemy scouts' way of sending orders to each other. The scout who was close to them turned around and ran away immediately after hearing the whistle.
Nina wiped the cold sweat from her head and said, "Thanks to Farot for helping us divert attention. But he..."
"Ms. Nina, this is his own choice. I think he will be happy to have helped us," Sokka consoled him. "Besides, the outcome of this battle may not be what we expected."
"I hope so. Let's go." Nina said. Farot's voice continued. Other people in the city also shouted warnings and responded to his voice. Suddenly, Nina heard an explosion far behind her, and Farot's voice stopped abruptly. She turned around and saw that there was a raging fire burning at the place where Farot had just been on the wall. The enemy's attack had begun. Farot, who shouted warnings loudly, became their first target. Nina murmured: "Poor Farot, God of Nature..."
"I really don't know who the God of Nature will bless." Sokka said softly. He pulled Nina, and the group quickly disappeared into the forest.
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Two rays of brilliant light appeared in the teleportation room of Green Forest City.
Chen Hansheng, who was waiting nearby, saw the figure appearing in the teleportation array and widened his eyes. "You are kidding, Xiao Chen! You said you would support a great magician, but it turned out to be you? Hey? And Luo Ling, what are you guys talking about?"
"Haha, Lao Chen, we are old partners after all." Xiao Chen stepped off the teleportation platform. "How long have you been here?"
"Just teleported here from Alano Town ten minutes ago."
Luo Ling said unhappily, "This guy said that he could no longer gamble his life and knew what he should do, but then he sneaked out and replaced Master Gordon who was supposed to support you, and came to support Li Jia himself."
"Xiao Xiao is indeed a warm-hearted person. He can't change his temper even if he becomes the chairman." Chen Hansheng walked up and patted him on the shoulder. "But, that's why many people are convinced by him, right? If he wasn't that kind of person, would you be interested in him?"
Luo Ling sighed and said, "This is my fate. I have to follow him and serve him at his side. Otherwise, I really don't know how many troubles he will cause by himself. How will his life be like?"
Xiao Chen was amused when he heard this and was about to move closer to Luo Ling, but he was unexpectedly hugged by an ice shield that suddenly appeared. "Ouch, I'm freezing to death."
Chen Hansheng couldn't help laughing out loud: "Anyway, it's really worth it for Li Jia to have a friend like you."
Chen Hansheng led them outside, and Xiao Chen found that Kalanda, Green Forest City's military chief Li Tianrui, officer Ackley and mage Lin Lichuan were all waiting outside.
Li Tianrui said, "We are now the rear. This is the most capable lineup that Lao Chen and I have arranged after discussing it. I was a little worried at first, but now that I see you two coming, I feel relieved. Now everyone knows that mages like you who have inherited the Dream Tower are an army."
"That's different. After all, the spirit servant's fighting time is limited." Luo Ling said.
"That's right. We can't be careless. After receiving your request, we sorted out the intelligence we collected recently about the Temple of Nature in the past hour." Li Tianrui took out a page of paper and said, "There's not much useful information among them, but we can infer two important pieces of information. The first is that at least two Temple of Nature guards to our east started moving two days ago. Because the temple guards often conduct training exercises, we didn't pay much attention to it. Now it seems that they should be heading east, and their target may be Ariak City. Another piece of news is that many priests of the branch temples of the Temple of Nature have left their respective temples. I'm afraid they have been recruited into the army. There should be many masters among the enemies we have to deal with."
Xiao Chen said: "This is expected. Since the Temple of Nature has taken action, they must be planning to completely eliminate the Earl before we make any support actions.
They really saw the right opportunity. Even if we are a tiger, we are now a tiger that is full and lying on the ground. But there will always be a time to settle this account later. Now let's focus on saving people."
Kalanda said, "We have already contacted Groya City, and they have agreed to let us use their teleportation array. However, once we get there, we probably won't be able to find them in the wild. We can only wait in the city, right?"
Xiao Chen said: "No, Nina has a little thing I left behind. As long as we are close enough to her, I can sense their location. After arriving in Groya City, as long as I can sense Nina's direction, we can find them."
"Okay, let's set off immediately." said Chen Hansheng.
"We?" Xiao Chen asked, "Old Chen, you are the lord of a city, how can you just leave?"
Chen Hansheng said with a smile: "You, the chairman, are already here. What else can I, a small town mayor, say? Let's go!" (To be continued)