"Crack!"
With a sound, Annie closed the box containing the ore, looked at Richard and asked tentatively: "Is this ore important to you?"
Richard replied: "Actually, for now, it doesn't matter, because I found a place with such ore, which is enough for me to use for a short time. However, considering what may happen in the future, the more this kind of ore, the more The better, so there is a deal between us.”
"Then..." Annie hesitated, nodded, "I can promise you."
"Very good." Richard said, "Then the cooperation between us has been temporarily reached. The specific situation will depend on future performance.
You just said that when we get here, the battle in St. Louis City should not be affected, and we can separate. So, goodbye, I'm going to take care of some of my business, and I'll be looking forward to you sending me messages through the crystal ball. "
After speaking, Richard nodded slightly to Anne as a farewell, and then a layer of gray energy was cast on the surface of his body, rising into the sky.
In the blink of an eye, Richard had reached an altitude of 100 meters.
Annie, who was standing on the ground, looked at the box containing the ore in her hand, and then at Richard who was flying up. Her eyes flickered with a bit of reluctance.
For her, it would be great to be able to cooperate with Richard. But what she wants most is to become Richard's student.
Is it really impossible
Anne gritted her silver teeth and stomped her feet fiercely. The magic power in her body surged out rapidly, and a ball of white light enveloped her body, driving her upward after Richard, flying to a height of 100 meters.
But at this time, Richard had already risen to a height of three hundred meters - so high up that he was almost submerged in the darkness.
Annie tightened her face and continued to control the outflow of mana. She increased her full strength and chased after Richard.
Then two hundred meters, three hundred meters, four hundred meters, five hundred meters...
After a lot of hard work, Annie rose to a position of 500 meters above the ground with difficulty - a height she had never been to before. The wind was howling here, and she could hardly maintain her figure. She was falling uncontrollably, using all her strength. Just barely maintained.
Looking up, she saw that Richard continued to rise, becoming smaller and darker in her field of vision at a slow and steady speed, and finally disappeared completely into the darkness.
At this moment, Anne felt a little bitter and desperate. She was fully aware of how big the gap was between her and Richard. It was so big that she couldn't catch up with him even if she wanted to.
"Huhu—"
The night wind was howling all around.
The reluctance in Anne's eyes was like a candle in the wind, flickering for a few times before finally going out.
"brush-"
Annie controlled her body to fall towards the ground.
"Crack."
After a while, his body landed and his feet touched the ground. He reached out and opened the box containing the ore, took a few glances, pursed his lips vigorously, and walked into the night.
…
the other side.
In the center of St. Louis, on a wide avenue.
On both sides of the avenue, there are many stone buildings of different heights and styles, which look very prosperous. However, at this time, many buildings were more or less damaged. The lightest ones had their doors and windows destroyed, the heavier walls were riddled with holes and almost collapsed, and the most serious ones were directly bombarded into piles of ruins - this was the battle just now. the consequences.
One of the three-story stone buildings seemed to have been hit by a fireball. A large hole appeared in the front wall, and there were burnt marks all around. The entire building was affected and tilted toward the street, and the tip of the spire had exceeded the position of the foundation.
A blurry black shadow descended silently from a high altitude, landing on the spire as if it was weightless, blending into the surrounding environment and almost undetectable - it was Richard.
Richard looked around and turned his attention to a place a hundred meters away in the street, where a battle was already coming to an end.
The two sides in the battle are Alan Pangbo and many magic knights.
Allen Pangbo was seriously injured. Even if he was standing where he was, his body was shaking and he looked like he would fall down at any time.
The magic knights paid a lot of casualties. One corpse after another was lying in various locations on the street. Some were scorched all over, some were frozen into ice sculptures, and some had most of their bodies dissolved by acid. Created by the magic of Alan Pangbo.
In comparison, the magic knights have an advantage, and the uninjured magic knights are regrouping. A group of ten magic knights rode on horses, adjusting their status and preparing to launch a new round of charge towards Alan Pangbo.
"kill!"
The squad leader of the magic knight riding on the horse shouted an order.
"Wow!"
A whole team of magic knights lit up with emerald green light, holding long knight spears, and rushed towards Alan Pangbo.
"Da da da… "
The rapid sound of horse hooves echoed throughout the street. The speed of the magic knights was getting faster and faster, and they were getting closer and closer to each other, almost becoming one. A bright red light spurted out from the end of the knight's spear, pointing straight at Alan Pangbo.
Aaron Pangbo felt the momentum of the charge and didn't want to resist. He bowed his legs and bounced up, preparing to jump into the air to dodge.
But just as he jumped up, there were sharp whistling sounds all around, and black lights flashed across the top of his head - those were the javelins thrown by the surrounding magic knights and ordinary soldiers, forcing him back to the ground.
"boom!"
Allen Pangbo landed in a somewhat embarrassed state. At this time, the charging magic knight was already in front of him, and the tip of the knight's gun pierced his heart.
Allen Pangbo raised his eyebrows, looked at the gun head, and shouted a voice from his mouth that made people's ears hurt: "Go to hell!"
"boom!"
A ray of earth-yellow light enveloped Alan Pangbo's body. Alan Pangbo stepped forward and forcibly blocked the knight's many spears.
Then he expanded his hands, and the earthy yellow light left the body and turned into two giant energy shields, splitting a small group of magic knights in two. Then the giant energy shield, like two flying earth walls, knocked all the magic knights away, including men and horses.
"Bang bang bang!"
The magic-suited knight landed heavily, screaming in pain and groaning for a while.
"snort!"
Alan Pangbo made a nasal sound, then his expression sank, and he looked straight ahead, where a new group of magic knights were ready and trying to launch a charge.
Alan Pangbo could see that the magic knights in this team were very strong. The weakest ones were the five-marked elite magic knights. The leader of the team was the seven-marked great magic knight, which posed a great threat to him. Even if he is not injured, he does not dare to underestimate him. Now that he is injured, it will be difficult to resist.
As soon as he thought of this, Alan Pangbo felt a sense of emptiness surge out of his body quickly, filling his whole body. His legs softened and he almost collapsed. He gritted his teeth and squeezed out the remaining strength to stay standing.