A temple knight was too slow to avoid the claws of the mutant worm, and his throat was torn. He fell down with his hands covering his throat. A temple priest failed to cast a curse and was unable to renew his shield. He was sprayed by the acid of the hydralisk and his entire face was melted away while he screamed.
The knight realized that if this continued, it would not take long for his team to be wiped out. The enemy mages did not even need to attack them directly. They could just rely on these bugs to wipe them out. Perhaps there were still warriors among the lower-ranking temple knights who were loyal to their faith and would never compromise, but as the leader of a branch temple, how could he not know when to compromise and negotiate? He hurriedly shouted, "Stop, maybe we can talk."
Xiao Chen stopped the spiritual arrow that was about to be cast in his hand, and Luo Ling and Lin Lichuan also stopped casting spells. Xiao Chen said, "Tell me clearly what happened and where is Li Jia."
Seeing that the monsters around him did not stop attacking, the knight asked anxiously, "You, can't you make these monsters stop?"
Xiao Chen shrugged and said, "They are not under my control. All I can do is stop casting buff magic on them. I think you are strong enough to handle the current situation, so let's fight while we talk. Otherwise, we will have to help these little bugs again."
"If I tell you, can you let us go? I will take my people out of this battle." asked the knight.
"Okay, as long as you tell the truth." Xiao Chen said, "First, tell me who you are."
The knight could only defend himself against the monsters' attacks while answering the questions: "I am Yvette, the commander of the temple guards of the Trident River branch of the Temple of Nature. We received an order from the temple to come here two days ago. The one who led us to fight was the chief priest, Lord Silver Leaf Priest Ferrario. Since last night, we have been cooperating with the Raging Knights and a Heavenly Punishment Legion to attack the city of Lagos."
"Then, you met the mage Li Jia when you were attacking the city?" Xiao Chen asked.
"Yes." Yvette chopped down a mutant insect with his sword, took a breath and said, "But we didn't know his name at first. He didn't show up when the siege just started. He joined the battle halfway through, after we opened a gap in the city wall. This man didn't seem to have the strength of a master at the time, but he still caused us a lot of trouble. His magic can make the berserkers more violent and exert greater power. Because of his appearance, at least dozens of people in the Raging Knights died.
However, we finally conquered the city, but the wizard was very cunning and we didn't have a chance to catch him. We learned from the captives that this man was the husband of Serinda, the leader of the army, and a wizard from the Tower of China.
In fact, we didn't care about the escaped troops. After all, the mission given to us by the temple was to capture the city of Lagos. But this man's identity was very special. After discussion, we decided to capture him back. "
"Because he is Serinda's husband, or because he comes from the Tower of China?" Xiao Chen asked.
"Both..." Yvette saw Xiao Chen's hair color and suddenly realized, "You are from the Tower of China! You have the same black hair as him!"
Xiao Chen did not deny this. He said, "Since you know this, you should explain it clearly. We are not afraid of the Temple of Nature. Since you arrested Li Jia because he is a wizard of the Tower of China, do you want to use him to threaten us?"
At this time, a temple priest who was struggling to hold on shouted: "Lord Yvette, are you going to betray the temple?"
"Shut up! I'm getting us out of trouble!" Yvette yelled.
"If you tell the Chinese what the adults discussed, do you think they will let you go? What's the point even if you escape in the end?" said the priest.
Yvette was disturbed by the priest's words and began to hesitate.
Xiao Chen shot the spiritual arrow in his hand at the priest's head without hesitation. The shield on the priest's body was used to resist the monsters' physical attacks, but it was useless in front of Xiao Chen's spiritual magic. He was knocked to the ground by the arrow and was quickly pounced on and torn into pieces by the surrounding mutated insects.
Xiao Chen said to Yvette, "Now that you are not interfering, you can continue talking."
Yvette saw another temple knight fall down beside him. This time, he only had two trusted followers. He said, "Actually, the upper echelons of the temple didn't give us this explanation, but you had a conflict with High Priest Margaret before and threw her into the river. We think the Golden Branch priests will be happy if we have the chance to capture one of your magicians."
"Is that all?" Xiao Chen asked.
"Yes, and then we tracked the last remnants of Li Jia here. I sent out more than a hundred people in total, including nearly 500 soldiers from the kingdom. We divided them into many small teams and went into the forest to search for them. The other teams are mainly used for searching, while our team will act with Lord Ferrario. We are the strongest team, responsible for capturing Li Jia." Yvette's strength was indeed extraordinary. After Xiao Chen and the others stopped casting magic, even though he kept talking, he had killed a lot of monsters, giving the remaining two people the opportunity to gather around him and re-form a simple defensive formation.
"Li Jia and those Berserkers were not easy to deal with. We chased them in the forest and fought two battles, but each time we were interrupted by some Berserkers who appeared out of nowhere. These people were not afraid of death when they were the last one to leave, which allowed Li Jia to escape.
However, when we met Li Jia for the third time, we blocked him in this forest. At that time, there were 17 or 18 people around him, and we had more than 50 people, including Master Ferrario and me. We thought we could take him down quickly, but we didn't expect that after killing half of his men, he suddenly became stronger in the battle and reached the level of a great magician. "
Yvette paused for a moment, with some fear on her face: "Then, this strange maze world appeared. I remember that dust came from all directions, and walls rose between us and them, dividing the entire battlefield into many small pieces. The ground and space also changed. It turned out that we were very close to Li Jia, but when the maze was completed, we didn't know where he went, and our people were scattered. At that time, it seemed that only Lord Ferrario used a short-distance teleportation spell to get close to Li Jia." (To be continued)