"Closer, I feel Nina should be less than a kilometer in front of us." Xiao Chen said. There were many mages or priests from the Temple of Nature in the sky, holding magic props to detect invisibility and looking for invisible enemies everywhere, so they had to give up flying in the air and start moving forward on the ground.
At this time, Xiao Chen's team had already surpassed many of the temple and kingdom soldiers who were searching for the remnants of the Lagos City in the forest. With the guidance of the bracelet, his direction was much clearer than those pursuers.
There were often sounds of hacking and killing in the woods, and bodies were often seen lying on the ground on the road, most of which belonged to Serinda's side. Serinda's soldiers were constantly caught up and killed by the pursuers, and occasionally Serinda's soldiers were able to kill the pursuers, but this was a rare situation.
"There are sounds of fighting ahead." After tracking for a while, Kalanda said. She walked in front of the team, acting as a scout.
Following the sound, she pushed aside a bunch of branches and saw a Temple Knight slashing at a wizard behind a shield. The wizard blocked the Temple Knight's sword attack and shouted, "Milo, run, chase Nina!"
When Kalanda heard Nina's name, she didn't bother to hide and hurriedly raised her sword to stab the knight in the back, but she was one step too late. The mage's shield had reached its limit. The temple knight's sword chopped down and the shield shattered. The mage had no time to react before half of his head was chopped off.
Kalanda's greatsword pierced the Temple Knight's back, but it was too late. Although she shattered the Knight's heart, there was no way to save the mage's life.
The people behind him pushed aside the bushes and came out. Chen Hansheng looked around and saw a body of a guard soldier lying on the ground in front of the mage. It was obviously the mage's companion. There were more bodies in the temple. Four soldiers and a priest were killed by these two people. Together with the temple knight killed by Kalanda, these two people almost wiped out a standard six-man team of the temple.
Xiao Chen walked quickly to the wizard and checked him, saying, "The soul was swept by Dou Qi and has been completely destroyed. But I have heard this person's voice. It should be Nina's partner Sokka. I wonder if they were with Li Jia when they came here."
Kalanda looked at the ground and said, "If it was Nina who escaped in front, then they should still be tracked by the Knights Templar. There are more footprints here than corpses. There should be someone chasing Nina. I guess she is in a dangerous situation now."
Xiao Chen said: "Then we have to speed up and continue chasing."
Kalanda said: "It should be very close."
The crowd ran forward for a while and saw a middle-aged knight being besieged by four temple knights in an open space in the woods. One of his companions had fallen to the ground and died. The middle-aged knight was already seriously injured and seemed unable to hold on alone under the siege of the enemy. He was hit by a sword from time to time, but he had a will that came from nowhere that supported him to complete the battle. Although his blood was almost drained, his body was still bursting with fighting spirit, as if he was burning his own life.
"That's Holmes, Nina's father. Attack!" Xiao Chen took the lead, and four spiritual arrows attacked the four knights of the other side. Kalanda and Ackley each raised their swords and rushed towards a knight, while Chen Hansheng raised his special rifle and aimed at the temple knight who looked the strongest. Luo Ling sprinkled a little frost in her hand and quickly wrapped it around several people. Lin Lichuan cast a soundproof barrier to isolate the sound of the battle.
The Temple Knights were first disturbed by Chen Hansheng's bullets and had to slow down their attacks on Holmes. Then they were shocked by Xiao Chen's spiritual arrows and their movements began to slow down significantly. Then Luo Ling's frost fell on their armor and froze their bodies. Then, Kalanda and Ackley quickly drew their swords and stabbed the Temple Knights' vital points.
Everyone present was much stronger than the other party, even the nominally mid-level mage Lin Lichuan was much stronger than the average mid-level or even high-level mage. Any one person attacking alone could easily suppress these mid-level Temple Knights, and when they attacked together, there was only one result, and that was an instant kill.
Holmes finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his enemies falling one after another, but once he relaxed, his energy and spirit were gone. The sword in his hand fell to the ground, and he fell backwards. Ackley quickly stepped forward and supported him from behind.
Holmes opened his eyes and panted to Xiao Chen, "Sir Xiao Chen, you are finally here. My daughter is still chasing Li Jia ahead, please go and save her. For him, they all died, all died."
Xiao Chen asked, "What happened? Li Jia didn't go with you?"
"He ran away. He didn't want to go with Nina and the others. He felt that you betrayed him. I didn't see what happened at the time, but I know what he was thinking. He felt that realizing his own value for Miss Serinda was the most important thing." Holmes said, "I... I didn't think it was worth it, but Nina said that this was your will and she had to do it for you, so we came after him."
"This Li Jia! What is he thinking about!" Xiao Chen gritted his teeth.
"All we know is that he later sneaked back into the city to participate in the battle against the Temple of Nature, and his magic seemed to have helped the defenders eliminate many enemies. In the end, it was he who led the remaining soldiers in the city to escape from the city. Although he caused us a lot of trouble and even put Nina in great danger, from a warrior's perspective, I still admire what he did.
If he hadn't been in the city, I'm afraid the Lagos defenders wouldn't have been able to hold out for so long, nor would they have been able to kill so many enemies."
"It seems we still have to continue chasing immediately." Luo Ling said.
Xiao Chen asked Holmes: "I'm afraid your current body can't hold on for too long. Now there is a chance for you to transform into a soul and survive in my meditation world. Are you willing?"
"I know about the meditation space and the spirit servants, but we can't afford to waste time now. Please go and save my daughter. As for me... my time is up. Please leave me here and give me the last bit of time to pray to the God of Nature. We are enemies of the Temple of Nature, but the God of Nature is still the destination of my soul."
Xiao Chen respected Holmes's opinion and let Ackley hold him against the roots of a tree, and continued to chase forward. (To be continued)