Under the different gazes of the three people, Leon walked over, stopped by the bonfire, and showed a slight smile: "Good evening."
Anna did not dare to go to Leon in the Mage Association because she was worried about Grace. Although there is still a demon here, the demon is more reasonable than Grace, so now she is more relaxed than in the Mage Association. She stood up and said: "Lion Master, what a coincidence."
"How could such a coincidence come about?" Rotgar sneered.
Leon nodded generously and admitted: "It is indeed not a coincidence. I heard Theresa said that you guys set out here this morning, so I chased you. The line between life and death has not been peaceful recently. I want to go with you to be safer."
Anna was a little surprised when she heard this. Having multiple experienced mages like Leon was definitely a good thing, but she guessed that the devil would not agree.
Sure enough, the devil sneered: "I don't agree."
Leon looked at Rotgar and said calmly: "What's the reason?"
"No reason." Rotgar stared at the bonfire casually, as if he was too lazy to look at Leon.
"In order to prevent what happened last time, I think you should abandon your immature personal preferences and cooperate with me." Leon was always calm. Although there was disgust in his eyes when he looked at Rotgar, he was very restrained, "Again You can't protect Anna and Natalie from a similar accident."
"You can take Natalie away, and I will naturally protect Anna." Rotgar said tit for tat.
Natalie: “…”
No, why was she taken away by Master Lyon? She wants to be with Anna!
"One person will inevitably make mistakes, but two people are more reliable." Leon seemed not to hear the hostility in Rotgar's tone, and kept reasoning.
Rotgar responded with a sarcastic smile.
Anna looked at Leon and then at the devil. Neither of them seemed to give in.
Why should she care more about the devil? Who said he is the most powerful here? He was in a bad mood, but she was the unlucky one.
"Mr. Lyon, since Raymond doesn't want to, let's forget it." Anna said to Lyon apologetically, and smiled again, "But the line between life and death is so big, we can't control which way you take."
Rotgar was a little happy to hear Anna's first words, but when her last words came out, he couldn't help but frown and glare at her.
Leon looked at Anna, with a hint of smile in his voice: "That's right."
He nodded slightly to Lotgar, turned and left.
Although Leon's face was calm, from Rotgar's point of view, there was a hint of a villain's triumph hidden in him.
Rotgar stared at Anna coldly: "Anna, what are you doing?"
Anna had already touched the edge of his bottom line when getting along with the devil. This was the result of her testing back and forth between the bottom line and the bottom line. She guessed that he would be angry, but not enough to actually do anything.
Look, she didn't accept Leon into the team without authorization, she just stated an obvious fact.
"I'm helping you persuade Master Lyon to leave." Anna said confidently, "Look, isn't he gone?"
Rotgar laughed angrily: "What do you mean you can't control which path he takes?"
"That's the literal meaning. If you don't want him to cooperate with us to form a team, doesn't he know that he can follow us from a distance? This is not your territory. He can go wherever he wants. I'm just stating a fact. I advise him to leave." Anna's tone became more determined.
There was no hint of guilt in Anna's response, and Rotgar almost truly believed that she was completely on his side and persuaded Leon to leave.
He was still sitting by the bonfire, while Anna was standing opposite the bonfire. He raised his head slightly, with a storm brewing between his brows and eyes, and sneered: "You don't think you can be with him after he breaks off the engagement, do you?" ?”
Anna deliberately sneered and asked him: "Is this how you see me?"
Even if there were no demons, Anna would not have thought about what to do with Leon right after he broke off the engagement. First, Leon's ex-fiancée was a bit difficult and she didn't want to cause trouble. Second and most importantly, she Now I have no feelings for Lyon between men and women.
She liked Leon, but it was like a friend, maybe with a little admiration for his knowledge and gratitude for his help in getting started with the system.
But now, with the devil watching, how could she dare to show interest in any man other than him? That's killing people.
She has been showing some interest in demons recently, and her usual attitude towards getting along with him has changed unconsciously. Now that he suddenly asked this, her normal reaction would be to be very angry, right? He was simply slandering her for being in two different places!
Anna's rhetorical question stunned Rotgar.
When he was in Blue Stone City, he always thought that Anna was a different person, vain, cunning, and greedy. Later, he understood that all her appearances were disguised. In fact, she was a woman who would do anything for magic.
During his time in Black Cloud City, he found that she seemed to enjoy studying at the Mage Association. She no longer wore the disguise she had to wear in Blue Stone City and became much more sincere. Anna looks much cuter and more interesting like this.
However, her attitude towards him always made him unpredictable. Sometimes he felt as if he could capture her heart and propose marriage right away, and sometimes she seemed very distant from him.
In fact, he didn't really think that Anna would want to marry Leon. He believed that Anna had a good relationship with Leon to get advice on magic from him.
Even he himself sometimes suspected that she was so close to him because he could teach her practical combat.
After all, magic is the most important thing in her heart.
Rotgar has always felt that Anna's thoughts are very difficult to guess, but he firmly believes that even if she is close to him and covets his practical experience, she still likes him more.
Otherwise, why haven't I seen Anna being so close to Leon? Doesn't she still use the honorific title for Leon
Rotgar figured it out, but still felt that the way Anna smiled at Leon just now was too annoying.
He said dissatisfiedly and said something that did not answer the question: "You don't need Leon, I can protect you."
His confidence naturally comes from his own strength.
If she really encounters a danger that Raymond is physically unable to resist, he will naturally show up in person, and there is no way he will let anything happen to her.
Anna didn't doubt the devil's words. That time the devil was forced into a desperate situation using Raymond's body. If Leon didn't show up in time, I'm afraid the devil would also reveal his true form.
Ana's tone also softened: "I know."
Rotgar's eyes met Anna's through the dancing firelight.
He suddenly had a strange feeling.
Anna meant what she said, and she believed he could protect her no matter what the situation.
… This feeling of being trusted wholeheartedly is really good.
Rotgar has been to the human world many times, and has possessed many people. However, his main purpose at those times was to find ancient books that might be related to the curse of the abyss, and he had never had too in-depth contact with others.
But in the demon world, he was the only one in his castle. Balaam is his friend, but Balaam has his own castle and is also one of the Grand Dukes of the Abyss. Balaam can face any invading enemy independently without the help of his friend.
What he usually brings to others is fear, trembling and despair. No one would ever trust him like this.
Rotgar suddenly didn't bother to investigate Leon for following them.
He was even a little smug.
Just let Leon follow. The person Anna trusts the most is still him, Rotgar.
Thinking of this, Rotgar couldn't help but frowned.
The person Anna saw was Raymond, not him, and it was actually Raymond she trusted.
If he leaves Raymond's body, will Anna find that the person she trusts is not the same person as Raymond
Rotgar had never considered this kind of issue before, but today, this issue entered his mind, and he suddenly became concerned about it.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the answer was no. In the past few times he had possessed different bodies and approached Anna, she didn't notice anything unusual.
But when he thought about it, he basically acted according to Parrish's character when he possessed Parrish, and it was similar when he possessed Ulysses. Anna had not had much contact with Victor before possessing Victor. Anna has already left Blue Stone City after leaving Victor's body, and she will not know the difference in Victor's personality.
As for Dibian, he has only been possessed for a short time, what difference can she see
The same goes for the current Raymond's body. It was already "Raymond" when she saw him. She didn't know what Raymond was like before, so of course it was impossible to know the difference.
If he left Raymond's body now, would Anna notice a difference? Will she alienate him because she realizes that the Raymond in front of her is not the one she knows? Or does she want to get familiar with Raymond again even if Raymond loses the memory of being with her and does not recognize her?
Rotgar was very curious about this question, but if he could not come back after leaving Raymond's body, seeing that the progress was very good, how could he give up halfway
It's better to wait until he proposes successfully and try it.
Rotgar stood up and walked to his carriage.
Seeing this, Anna knew that he didn't intend to pursue the matter any further, so she acquiesced in Leon's intention to follow him, and couldn't help but give herself a thumbs up in her heart.
She is getting better and better at touching the tiger's butt without being bitten.
Seeing Rotgar leave, Natalie suddenly hugged Anna's arm and whispered fearfully: "I thought I was really going to be thrown out by Master Raymond! I don't want to be separated from Anna."
Anna comforted him: "Don't worry, if he throws you out, I will go with you, and we will go to Master Lyon together."
"Anna, you are so kind, I like you so much!" Natalie said movedly.
Anna smiled modestly and said: "Who knows that I am such a girl that everyone loves!"
That night, Anna and Natalie slept peacefully in the carriage.
Before going to bed, Anna was a little worried about Aip at home. Before she left, she prepared drinking water and food for him for five days. She was afraid that the food would spoil. Except for the first day's food, which was hot food, the rest were dry cakes. , so the shelf life is long.
Although Aip scolded her with his eyes for leaving him for five days, Anna was ruthless and unmoved.
She will take the promotion exam in half a month. If she doesn't practice more, what will she do if she fails to pass? That was a waste of five gold coins!
She didn't feel bad spending five gold coins to take the assessment, but if she failed the assessment and wasted five gold coins, she would die of depression.
The next morning, when Anna got up, she saw Leon not far away. The devil had also got out of the carriage, but he didn't even look at Leon.
According to the plan, today she and Natalie would follow the devil into the line of life and death to see if they could find the kind of plant she was looking for that only grew within the line of life and death.
The coachmen stayed where they were as usual, with Rotgar in front, Anna and Natalie behind, and Leon following a little further away.
The plant Anna was looking for was called rabbit head grass. She had seen the picture album and found that it lived up to its name and looked quite like a rabbit head.
She knew that Leon often went to the line of life and death, and she wanted to ask him where to find rabbit-headed grass, but she didn't dare because she was worried about the devil who looked back at her from time to time as he walked in front of her, as if he was watching her.
After walking for about two hours, the group finally reached the boundary between life and death.
The boundary between life and death is a very blurry area. The plants here gradually begin to look different, and the animals and insects also have disappointing changes.
Those in the line of life and death are called monsters, and demons come from the devil world. Anna can't help but wonder if there is any relationship between the two. If so... Then why can demons be so handsome when those monsters are all weirdly shaped? A miracle.
"Anna, go and beat that thing to death." Rotgar pointed casually.
"What is it?" Anna looked at it for a long time but didn't see it.
Rotgar: "Did you see that piece of dead wood?"
Anna looked hard and finally saw the abrupt piece of dead wood that was half a person tall.
"Deadwood monster?" she said in surprise.
Rotgar glanced at her: "This is its mimicry."
"Oh... then what is its prototype?" Anna asked curiously.
Rotgar sneered: "Wouldn't you know it after you beat it to death?"
Anna didn't want to talk to the devil anymore. She was a little nervous to face the monster alone, but the devil was behind her and she knew that nothing would happen to her.
She slowly walked towards the "dead wood".
"It's called a woodland mimic insect. It can mimic different appearances. It's very weak. Even a mage apprentice can easily kill it. However, it carries paralyzing toxins. When an enemy approaches, it will suddenly stab out a poisonous needle from its tail. Injects poison into the enemy's body, paralyzing the enemy within three seconds, after which it can safely hunt the enemy for food."
Leon was not far away. After Anna and the others stopped, he followed him. When Anna leaned toward the monster, he introduced her.
Hearing Leon's introduction, Anna's uneasiness just now calmed down. Now that she knew the attack methods of this woodland mimic insect, she was no longer afraid at all.
Anna didn't need to prepare a staff yet, and of course her gold coins were not enough for her. After cautiously stopping ten meters away from the woodland mimic insect, she spread her right palm, and the thunder elements condensed in her palm, instantly transforming. The flat thunder and lightning struck at the insect under her control.
I saw purple thunder and lightning flashing, and with a snap, the woodland mimic insect that mimicked the appearance of a dead tree was exploded into a pool of juice without any resistance.
Anna: "..." This is too disgusting!
Anna was glad that she was hiding far away, and then she looked at her palm and shook it, as if she felt the power contained in it.
She is no longer a weakling who can only be slaughtered.
She is on her way to becoming a strong person.
"Anna, that's amazing!"
Natalie couldn't help but applaud. She had no idea how powerful the monsters were. Seeing Anna kill a monster in an instant, she couldn't help but admire her very much.
"It's just that it's too weak. You can do it too!" Anna encouraged Natalie with a smile.
Then she noticed that the devil's face was not very pretty.
Obviously, his hostility was directed at Lyon.
Anna hesitated for a moment, then smiled at Lyon and said, "Thank you for the reminder, Master Lyon." She paused, and she had already offended the devil anyway, so she simply continued to ask, "I came here to find rabbit head grass. , do you know where they all grow?"
Leon didn't care about Rotgar's hostility. He said somewhat unexpectedly: "You want to prepare 'Burn' and 'Intoxication'?"
"Yes!" Anna nodded quickly.
Leon asked again: "Have you mastered all other one-star potions?"
"Yes, these two are the only ones left now." Anna nodded.
Leon smiled slightly, with unabashed appreciation in his smile: "Your progress is enough to put any genius to shame. If other projects can keep up, you may be able to directly sign up for the two-star promotion assessment after completing the one-star promotion assessment. .”
Anna was startled. Although she knew that the two-star promotion assessment would be one month after the one-star assessment, she had never thought that she could continuously advance to the second level.
Although it is indeed easier to upgrade at a low level than at a high level, it would probably cause a sensation if she were promoted to level two to become a two-star mage within three months of becoming a mage apprentice, right
Could she even attract the attention of the five-star mage in the capital and accept her as a student? That way at least she could try to see if the devil dared to possess her under the nose of the five-star mage.
Anna's thoughts flashed through her mind, and she smiled happily: "Mr. Lyon, you are so complimentary, I will try it!"
Leon smiled, pointed in a certain direction and said, "There is a piece of rabbit head grass about a mile south from here. You can pick it before returning to the city."
"Okay, thank you, Master Lyon!" Anna quickly thanked her. She knew that the rabbit head grass must be processed as soon as possible after picking it, otherwise it will "deteriorate" and become unusable. The "as soon as possible" refers to the best time on the 24th. within hours. Therefore, it would be a good time for her to return to the city to pick.
Rotgar watched coldly as the two of them talked as if no one was watching, and his urge to kill Leon became stronger and stronger.
Then he saw Anna walking back to him quickly, looking up at him with a bright and beautiful smile: "Raymond, I killed a woodland mimic insect in one go, don't you even praise me? "
Rotgar: "..."
He then glanced at Lyon with a slightly proud look. Anna called him by his name, but she called him Mage Lyon, which showed how close she was to the two of them.
She just ran to talk to Leon, but she was just using the knowledge stored in Leon's mind, and she still turned to him in her heart.
"Not bad." Rotgar reluctantly gave a positive comment, with a cheerful smile on his face, and walked in first.
Anna quickly pulled Natalie to follow, then turned to Leon and smiled apologetically.
She didn't know how those warriors who kept spare tires managed to get the best of both worlds in front of more than two spare tires. Anyway, she thought it was too difficult, and she wasn't even a spare tire.
Leon didn't care about Rotgar's little pride. He observed the surroundings and used detection techniques from time to time while following the three of them.
Less than a hundred meters further in, Anna saw an insect larger than a python appearing in front of her. It looked like a centipede magnified dozens of times.
Rotgar had just suffered a loss, so this time he said to Anna before Leon could speak: "The giant centipede is very fast compared to you. The venom it sprays can kill ten of you. It is good at earth spells. If You can't inflict heavy damage on it with just one light. Once it burrows into the soil, with your current ability, you can only be swallowed by it. Its weak point is the fifth limb, if you can hit it."
Oh, in terms of knowledge and equipment, how can a human like Leon, who has lived for less than twenty years, compare to a demon who has lived for thousands of years
Anna: “…”
Why does the devil's introduction sound so uncomfortable? Can you speak
Anna didn't see Leon add anything, and understood that it was enough for her to know this, so she took Natalie's hand: "Natalie, let's go!"
Natalie was staggered by Anna and said in horror: "I, do I want to go too?"
"Of course. Don't you think it's a waste if you don't do actual combat with someone taking care of you?" Anna held Natalie's hand tightly to prevent Natalie from flinching. She could clearly feel that Natalie's hand was shaking. .
… So why isn’t she
Such a big centipede! It’s super scary, isn’t it
"Don't be afraid, Natalie, Raymond and Master Lyon will protect us." Anna continued to encourage Natalie, "Show courage, we are mages!"
Natalie held Anna's hand tightly, her face turned pale, and after taking two deep breaths, she managed to stand up straight and said: "I... I'll come with you, Anna!"
Anna smiled happily, but when she turned her head to look at the huge centipede, she couldn't help but swallow her saliva and her legs felt a little weak.
She can surpass herself and challenge her limits!
Anna also took a deep breath, distanced herself from Natalie, and the two of them touched the giant centipede from different directions.
They were not completely inexperienced in actual combat, but fighting against other people and fighting against monsters were two different experiences. First, they had to overcome their fear of the appearance of monsters.
Anna and Natalie succeeded at this step, but now they face the really difficult part.
The giant centipede had already discovered the four people here. It didn't have a high IQ, but it could sense that two people were not easy to mess with, so it didn't take the initiative to attack until it saw two weak-looking humans walking towards it.
It raised its head and was about to drill underground. Natalie, who had also been prepared after hearing Rotgar's introduction, immediately threw the water ball formed by the water element that had been charged for a long time in her hand, and hit the giant centipede just in time. The ground that was about to burrow in blocked its move.
At the same time, the thunderbolt in Anna's hand also rushed towards the giant centipede, targeting its fifth limb!
The giant centipede ducked its head just before Anna's lightning hit it, and its red head turned towards her, making Anna's hair stand on end.
It did not burrow into the ground, but several furry legs moved quickly and rushed towards Anna.
Such a terrifying behemoth rushed towards her. Anna's first reaction was to run away, but she controlled this impulse. She was a mage now. How could she just think about running away when she encountered a monster
She condensed the wind element in her left hand and the thunder element in her right hand. While using the wind gathering technique to send herself away from the centipede, two consecutive lightning bolts hit its fatal limbs!
The giant centipede turned its head to avoid the first lightning bolt, and the second lightning bolt hit it right on top of its head. Although it was not fatal, it shocked it.
It was angry, and its furry legs moved so fast that it almost created an afterimage, quickly closing the distance with Anna.
Behind it, Natalie was not proficient enough in the wind gathering technique, so she could only throw water arrows at it from a long distance. However, because it was far away and moving, the hit rate was extremely low. Even if it hit, it did not cause much damage. , it didn't even look back at her.
Ten meters... five meters... three meters... The giant centipede suddenly opened its mouth and sprayed out a stream of black venom.
Since Anna knew that this giant centipede was poisonous, why didn't she take precautions
In other words, she was waiting for the moment when the giant centipede approached.
At this moment, the wind created by the Wind Gathering Technique changed its direction, from pushing her forward parallelly to sending her vertically into the sky. While she happened to avoid the venom of the giant centipede, she was already in a condescending state towards the centipede.
Because it was spraying venom, the giant centipede's head was hanging down, and the fifth limb was clearly exposed to Anna's eyes. Of course she would not miss this opportunity, and a bolt of lightning struck the target.
"Anna!"
At this moment, Anna heard the exclamations of Leon and the devil calling her.
Is there something wrong with her tactics
Anna lowered her head and saw that on the ground below, the giant centipede she had hit had fallen to the ground. Its fifth limb was half burnt, and it was obviously dead.
When she looked away, she saw Leon and the devil running towards her not far away. The light flashed in their hands, obviously preparing to take action. She subconsciously looked to her side in the air.
A monster with three heads was suddenly in front of him.
Anna was so frightened that she tilted her head to prevent one of the heads from biting her. After all, she had little actual combat experience, so the frightening wind-gathering technique dissipated and she fell down.
But she only sank half a meter before one of her arms and shoulders was grabbed by the opponent's sharp and strong claws, and she was whisked away into the line of life and death.
The sharp claws pierced into the shoulder, and Anna's entire weight was still hanging on this side. The pain made her grimace and she almost lost her breath.
The flying speed of this monster was really fast. In just the blink of an eye, there was only a dense forest under her, and Leon and the devil were completely invisible to her.
She still remembered that before she first came to Black Cloud City, she was also caught in the air by this three-headed monster, but it was Balan's instigator at that time, and now it was definitely not the devil's instigation.
She is different now from before. She has gathered wind skills and is not afraid of falling from high altitudes. So she hurriedly gathered thunder and lightning in her hands and smashed it on the head of the monster, but it seemed to be immune to it and tilted its head. , the speed didn’t slow down at all.
After trying the gold element, fire element and other spells she knew, Anna's face turned pale, firstly because of the dull pain in her shoulders, and secondly because she realized that she was still too weak and was no match for such a powerful monster. .
It seems that I have no choice but to use my trump card!
Anna took a deep breath and shouted with all her strength: "Raymond, help-"