Alaya, Shiloh, and Doris walked eastward carefully all the way, and when they got halfway, they encountered many demon troops who had withdrawn from the front line. From their conversation, we can know that the demons have decided to retreat, and Yuxi City is currently relatively safe.
The three of them planned to continue marching according to the original plan, but because there were a large number of demons and Alaiya's realm was not high enough, she still exposed her whereabouts and was hunted down by the demons all the way.
There are only two kinds of people in this world who are not easy to be perceived, one is the absolute powerhouse, like the demon king of the demon race, as long as he does not want others to perceive himself, others will not perceive him at all; An absolute waste like Si doesn't have a single level of cultivation, so he doesn't have to worry about his breath leaking out.
Alaiya happened to belong to the category of not being strong enough. Although the six major perfections are enough, many generals of the Demon Army can also reach this level. In addition, the sword energy on Alaiya's body is extremely special, and it is easy to attract the siege of the demons. The three of them walked harder and harder, and they were still several days away from Yuxi City, and it was already difficult to move an inch.
Hilo held a straw in his mouth, chewing silently, looking for a hint of sweetness in the sourness. In the past few days, she has killed seven or eight generals of the Demon Army, and the tallest one is in the middle of the eighth level of realm. But neither Alaya nor Hilo has the powerful AOE ability like Felita. It is easy to kill a few demon generals, but it is difficult to deal with the continuous demon army. We can only hide and hide, choose a place with a small number of demons to temporarily settle down, and walk eastward as soon as possible.
This morning, Alayya took a sword and forked some strange-looking fish from the river, cooked them, and shared them with Hilo and Dairis. Shiloh said nothing, and Doris made complaints about her cooking skills. When eating the food baked by Lide before, although Doris felt that this kind of vulgar food did not match her identity at all, but one thing to say, it was still delicious. Now eating Alayya's grilled fish always feels like chewing wax. Doris took two random bites and ate the meaty back and tail of the fish, then put the fish aside and never touched it again. Hilo finished eating slowly, stuck the stick in the ground, said "I'll take a look around", got up and walked towards the woods, suddenly frowned, flicked his cuffs, and a cold dagger was already in his hand. palm.
A man with silver hair and white clothes stood leaning against a tree, looking at Hilo with a smile on his face.
He carried a huge staff on his back. After seeing Hilo, he clapped his hands and said:
"Don't be so vigilant..."
Before he finished speaking, Hilo's dagger had already stabbed him in the head.
The sharp tip was only a few centimeters away from his eyes, and suddenly hit the silver magic circle that appeared out of thin air. In an instant, flames splattered everywhere, and the tip of the dagger sank about two millimeters into the magic circle, but it couldn't penetrate even a little bit.
Shiloh let go of the dagger and quickly retreated. At the same time, he drew another dagger from the outside of his thigh and looked at him vigilantly.
Alayya also drew out her two swords, and took a posture of attacking.
The man in white smiled and waved his hands, saying:
"I've said it all, don't be so vigilant... Forget it, I know it's hard for you to believe me. Let me introduce myself. My name is Merlin, a not very well-known magician. You should be from Yuxi City? Oh, yes, You must be Alaiya, the young swordsman genius who took half of Qingyun's inheritance."
Alayya didn't relax at all, and asked coldly:
"you know me?"
With a flick of Merlin's fingers, the dagger stuck in the magic circle flew back and landed at Hilo's feet. Merlin replied:
"I don't know. But I recognize the sword energy on your body, and I also know the person who taught you this kind of sword art. After Qingyun's death, I sent a phantom of myself to the capital to find out the news of Qingyun's death, and I also found out. What the king did back then. I wanted to kill the king to avenge Qingyun, but I didn’t expect that the commander of Jinyiwei was a bit capable. Although my illusion entered the palace, I couldn’t succeed in the end. The commander probably won’t How long will it take to go to the top ten, it seems that the king's life is not worth dying, and I don't intend to make trouble for him anymore."
He said this as if he was saying something very ordinary, then looked at Doris who was hiding behind Alaya, and said:
"I don't have any malicious intentions. I just promised to send you back to Yuxi City safely, so knowing that my strength is limited, I still have to try hard. But now it seems that the situation is more complicated than I imagined... Alayah, you should recognize this."
Merlin raised his hand, and the silver butterfly flapped its wings and flew past, landed on his fingertips, flapped its wings again, flew up, and flew to Alayah's shoulder. Seeing this butterfly, the guard in Alaya's eyes suddenly became much less wary. Yindie was left after Qingyun and Wangfei left, and has the consciousness of both of them. Since Yindie recognized Merlin, it meant that he was indeed Qingyun's friend during his lifetime.
This is the most powerful proof from Qingyun himself.
"I see."
Alaya put away her sword, exchanged opinions with Hilo, and then the two told Merlin about what happened in the Demon Race. Merlin frowned while listening, finally sighed, and said:
"I made a mistake... I thought you wouldn't have anything to do with East King Shetong, but I didn't expect to be involved in such a plan. If your city lord comes back with you, I can still escort you to go far away, Anyway, Dai Lisi is on your side, even Shetong can't do anything to you. It's a pity that he insists on looking for Shetong, and I have nothing to do."
Alaya silently clenched her fists.
Merlin glanced at Alaya, smiled and said:
"But don't worry too much. Your city lord is obviously not a fool. Since he is willing to go there, it means that there is no hope at all. I can't help you there, so I will do him a small favor and send you back safely. Yuxi City."
After speaking, Merlin took out the staff from behind and tapped it on the ground.
This time, no magic circle appeared, but the surrounding area suddenly became foggy. Merlin's figure in the fog became hazy, and his sense of presence was instantly reduced to an unimaginable level. If he didn't know that he was not moving there, Alaya and Shiloh would hardly be able to detect his presence face to face.
The mist spread, enveloping Alaya and the others.
When they walked to Yuxi City, there was not a single demon that troubled them along the way.
Even when passing by the demon generals of the seventh and eighth layers, those demon generals would not even look at them. The four of them seemed to have completely evaporated from the world, and the fog separated the inside and outside into two completely different worlds. The space domain in the fog is self-contained, and the breath flow is normal, but it will not leak out of the fog.
When approaching Yuxi City, Alaya couldn't help but ask Merlin alone:
"What is your relationship with Master Qingyun?"
Merlin smiled and replied casually:
"I fought once, so I can be considered a friend. Among the three top swordsmen in the human race, only he broke my illusion from the front. The remaining two, one helpless, one violent solution, are not my favorite. Type... In fact, I also like swords, but practicing swords is too hard, and learning magic is much easier. Reading books at home, I will reach the tenth level before I know it."