Nina and her group finally passed through the area where the enemy was. She saw the appearance of those warriors in the Mage's Eye. These warriors from the temple were quiet, strong and capable. None of them revealed too many emotions, but they felt as hard as a piece of cold steel.
Nina didn't know much about military affairs, but she felt that there was a huge gap between these fighters and the soldiers under Serinda's command.
After they avoided the army of the God of Nature, they began to move forward at full speed and soon arrived at a river.
There was no ferry here, and naturally no boats. Fortunately, the river was not too wide, and Nina and Sokka discussed it. In order to save time and avoid being discovered by the people of the Temple of Nature, they planned to cast levitation on the others, two of them would cast flying, and then each of them would lead two people, and bring all six people across the river in one go.
After the two finished the spell, Nina took Loreto and Li Jia, and Sokka took Milo and Holmes, and they each started to cross the river.
However, Nina did not expect that the wind blowing over the river at night was quite strong. Her magic foundation was not as solid as Sokka's, and her strength was not as great as his. When she was hovering on the river bank, she felt very comfortable, but when she was on the river, she felt powerless.
Soka flew to the opposite bank of the river, put the two people down and looked back. He found that Nina was dragging the two people and was shaky only ten meters away from the shore. He quickly flew over to help her hold Li Jia, but he didn't expect that his hands slipped away when he handed them over, and Li Jia fell down and fell into the water.
Milo, who had already reached the shore, saw Li Jia fall into the water and rushed into the river. He struggled in the water for a long time and finally pulled Li Jia ashore.
Li Jia was wearing a traditional wizard robe, which was completely soaked after falling into the river. It looked wet and heavy on his body.
"If I carry him on my back in this condition, he might get seriously ill," said Nina.
"Help him dry quickly." Soka ignited a thin layer of flame on his hand, preparing to dry Li Jia's clothes.
But as soon as his hand touched Li Jia's chest, it was blocked by a layer of light film that suddenly rose. Then the light film expanded outwards to form an egg-shaped protective shield, wrapping Li Jia inside.
Sokka was startled and pulled his hand back, while Li Jia opened his eyes.
Nina asked, "You, you're awake?"
Sokka said, "It should be because he fell into the water that he woke up from the effects of the sleeping spell."
Li Jia sat up and looked at them angrily. He first observed the surrounding environment and shouted, "Where is this?"
Sokka and Nina looked at each other, and Nina said, "This is the jungle west of Lagos City. We have crossed the Roma River."
Li Jia looked at Nina and shook her head, "I never thought that even you would betray your young lady. When did Xiao Chen, that despicable guy, bribe you?"
Nina said: "How can you use such words to describe Mr. Xiao Chen? He arranged this rescue entirely for your own good."
"You call knocking me out and forcibly taking me away a rescue? This is ridiculous." Li Jia said angrily, "As for Xiao Chen... He placed spies around me without my knowledge from the beginning and did not respect my wishes at all. And now he has ignored my determination to protect my wife's troops and forcibly took me away. Is it wrong to describe such an act as despicable?"
Nina defended herself, "If it weren't for Lord Xiao Chen's order, we would have been surrounded by the enemy. You know what? We ran into the enemy's attack when we came out. If it weren't for Farot sacrificing himself to divert the enemy's attention, we would have been directly hit by the enemy's army."
"What?" Li Jia looked up in the direction of Lagos City. He could vaguely see the light from the branches of the woods. He listened carefully and heard a rumbling sound. "They've already started a fight?"
Nina said in a low voice: "The Temple of Nature has sent at least four or five different armies to attack us, and there are also the Kingdom's army with them. Although I don't know exactly how many soldiers they have, from what I can see from the Mage's Eye, there are definitely many more than us. Those are the elite of the Temple of Nature!"
Li Jia stood up, ran a few steps towards the river, and then cast a flying spell to fly into the air. He looked east from the air and saw various magics constantly exploding on the walls of Lagos City. It was the enemy's magicians attacking the city. He knew from the light that there were at least thirty or forty enemy magicians participating in the attack, which had an overwhelming advantage over the defenders in the city.
Nina also flew up and followed him and said, "Mr. Xiao Chen's judgment is correct. If Miss Serinda had decided to retreat immediately, we would have had hope of escaping their encirclement before the enemy's army closed in. But now it's too late. You are a high-level mage, so it should be easy for you to see that we have no chance of winning, right?"
"But if I'm here..." Li Jia clenched his fists, "The situation will be better, right? And if we need to evacuate the city, I can protect more people."
Nina grabbed Li Jia's arm and pleaded, "Master Li Jia! It's too late to say this now. We have to go! We are not far enough away from them now, and it is not safe enough. The people from the Temple of Nature may find us and catch up with us at any time."
Li Jia shook off Nina's hand, flew to the other side of the river, and stood facing the wind towards the city of Lagos. "I can't just stand there and watch. I have to do something. Serinda handed me a city and an army. I can't just run away like a coward without doing anything!"
Nina and Sokka blocked him together. Nina said, "You will only get yourself killed if you go over like this. What's the point of you rushing into the army of the Temple of Nature alone? Wouldn't Farot's death be in vain? I won't let you go."
Li Jia said: "I won't appreciate what Farot did. I never asked him to do anything for me! Get out of my way!"
"No!" Nina said firmly.
Li Jia stretched out a hand and said, "Since you have already attacked me just now, I have no reason to be polite now."
After he finished speaking, a ball of light burst out from his hand, and a mental blast magic exploded directly next to Nina and Sokka. The two could not withstand such a blow from the high-level wizard and fell into the water.
When they came to their senses in the water, Li Jia had disappeared into the night sky.
"Ms. Nina, what should we do? Should we retreat on our own first?" Sokka asked.
"No! I can't explain to Mr. Xiao Chen, we... we chase him!" (To be continued)