The blue sky is covered with white clouds, and there is no end in sight at a glance.
Beside a straight avenue, there is a winding and clear creek flowing slowly. Under the almost transparent stream, white pebbles and small blue fish are clearly visible.
"This is the Liguo Corridor. As long as we pass through here, we will reach our destination—the entrance to a mysterious Ganges River in the Mala Canyon. And, it only takes one day, enough for us to pass slowly! Do you want to stop? take a break?"
George looked at the yellow parchment map in his hand, and took out a compass-like thing to point him in the right direction. Then he turned around and said to Leylin and the others.
"Why stop? Since it's only a short distance from the destination, wouldn't it be better for us to just go there and rest?"
Sirius gave George a sharp look.
Regarding this situation, it has happened many times in the team before. Every time George makes a suggestion, Siri will vehemently refute it, and George will take the initiative to soften it most of the time.
Looking at it this way, even Leylin got used to it.
Perhaps, only such a woman can subdue a playboy like George? Anyway, Leylin felt that George was enjoying it.
As for the woman Besta, she was very silent along the way, and she basically didn't express any opinions. If she wasn't the only third-class apprentice in the Wetland Garden team, she might really be forgotten.
"Alright! Alright! Then let's continue on our way!" Sure enough, after hearing Siri's voice, George immediately raised his hands in surrender, causing Leylin to roll his eyes fiercely.
Immediately, Leylin looked in the direction of another fork in some doubts.
With Leylin's current mental strength, he could clearly feel that not far away, there was a team of wizard apprentices rushing over here, and it seemed that they were also going to Mara Canyon.
And, according to this speed, they should meet Leylin's team soon.
And the strength of these apprentices was obviously a level or two higher than that of George's team. Even, Leylin could feel the fluctuation of the magic items on the leader.
Although it is only a low-level enchanted item, it is also very valuable.
At the apprentice level, only those truly talented apprentices and the heirs of big families will have magical items, and the combat effectiveness of these apprentices is definitely the top among the third class. They are not afraid of anyone except formal wizards !
After about three minutes, Xi Rui's expression also changed.
"Be careful! Banban has spotted an apprentice wizard approaching!"
As the long-range attacker in the team, Xirui is also responsible for the task of vigilance, and Banban is a strange owl she raises, which can share a certain vision with her within a certain range.
"Wizard Apprentice?!"
George's face darkened, and he cursed fiercely: "Damn! I hope my luck is not so bad! Be careful!!!"
Meeting a strange wizard apprentice in the wild is not a joke, something is very likely to happen, and the weak one is often the victim.
Hearing George's order, Besta and the others clearly understood the danger.
Several apprentices immediately gathered the horses together, and they arranged a simple witchcraft defense circle. Judging from the level of proficiency, it should be specially trained before.
While several apprentices waited nervously, a place of smoke in the distance finally got closer and closer.
Tread! ! !
Following the sound of horseshoes, a team of five appeared in Leylin's sight.
The leader was an apprentice wearing a white robe and carrying a broad sword on his back. The wave of magic items that Leylin found came from the giant sword on the apprentice's back.
"Such a huge magical item is really interesting!" Leylin rubbed his chin.
Generally speaking, because the materials required for magic items are relatively precious, they are relatively small in size. Although such huge magic items are only low-level, this is the first time Leylin has seen them.
After seeing the eye-catching sign of the giant sword, the three wetland garden apprentices headed by Besta had some doubts on their faces, and then shouted:
"It's James! Senior James!!!"
"Oh! Is it an apprentice from the Wetland Garden?" Leylin glanced at the three apprentices who had left the defensive circle without permission and came to welcome them.
And Besta had a charming smile on his face.
With the addition of her astonishing beauty, this smile made several apprentices behind James lose their minds for a moment.
"Crack!"
Amidst the sound of reining in the horse, the leader of the knight waved his hand, and the five apprentices got off their horses. Their movements were very uniform, like an army.
"You? Are you apprentices from the academy?"
The leader, James, was a tall white male, a head taller than George, with blue hair, and a bright red blood mole between his eyebrows.
"Yes! Senior James, we met once at the reception of Clairetino's mentor..."
Alexander and Lana, after seeing the man of the academy, couldn't even speak, and could only stand behind Besta with their heads down.
On the other hand, Besta seemed very enthusiastic, chatting with James, pointing to Leylin and George from time to time.
Ten minutes later, James came in front of George and Leylin.
"George! Is there another Siri?"
James raised his chin slightly, his eyes filled with indescribable arrogance: "Besta has already told me about you, and in return for saving them, I will allow you to follow us and arrive at Mala together." Canyon…”
James' expression was very condescending, as if he was giving alms.
"Senior James is a strong apprentice in the top ten of our academy's combat power list! If he is with you, you don't have to worry about your safety along the way!"
Besta also chimed in and said that the whole person was almost attached to James.
"You..." George still had his own arrogance after all, and immediately wanted to say something, but Siri grabbed his arm severely.
"He's right! Liguo Corridor has always been a high-incidence area for bandits. After the loss of Besta and the others, we are not sure that we can pass through safely..." Siri whispered in George's ear.
After hearing his lover's words, George's face was cloudy and uncertain, and finally he forced a smile: "Then, thank you, Senior James!"
"Yeah!" James nodded reservedly, then looked at Leylin's position.
"As for you, the former black wizard apprentice! At this sensitive time, you are not welcome in my team!"
"You can't do this! Leylin is also an apprentice of the Four Seasons Garden! Besides, he has already broken away from the Black Bone Forest Academy!" George hurriedly defended himself.
"A wizard who grew up in that kind of environment, what reputation can he have? Maybe even the logo of the Four Seasons Garden on his body was obtained by illegal means!"
James sneered.
"Also, I think he is very likely to be a spy sent by a dark wizard, and his package needs to be searched thoroughly!"
Behind James, a freckled, triangular-eyed apprentice immediately yelled.
"Besta! What do you say?"
Leylin stared at this woman with great interest.
"I'm sorry! Leylin! Although we used to travel together, but now, my partner's safety is more important..."
Besta looked very pitiful, with a struggling expression on his face.
"Is there anything else you can quibble about?" James crossed his hands.
Although Alexander and Lana felt that Leylin might not be an enemy, they didn't even dare to say a word in front of James.
As for George, he was firmly held back by Siri.
"Revenge for nothingness?" Leylin stared at Besta, "It's really...boring!"
"However, it seems that I don't need to deal with you!"
"What did you say?" James was a little confused by Leylin's two words, but Leylin's attitude obviously angered him. The magical aura on James' body lit up, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became serious.
boom! ! !
An acid missile shot out, hitting the arrogant freckled apprentice before.
"Zizi!!!"
Amidst the creepy corrosion sound, the apprentice melted into a pile of red-green liquid directly under the gazes of the surrounding apprentices.
In the middle of a pool of rotten meat, there are still a few broken bones standing quietly.
"Enemy attack!!!" Besta's panicked voice sounded, the voice was a bit hoarse because it was too sharp.
Swish Swish Swish! ! !
Before they knew it, James, Leylin and the others were already surrounded by more than 20 bandits in black robes.
"Akai!" "Damn it!" "I'm going to kill you!"
The three apprentices behind James immediately blushed when they saw their companion's tragic death, and with a few spells, they directly hit the black-robed bandit.
"snort!"
At this time, the leading bandit leader stood a step ahead, and a circle of black light spread around his body.
Snapped! Snapped!
The spells issued by these apprentices hit the black circle of light and burst like soap bubbles.
"Magic item! Defensive magical item!!!"
James shrank his pupils and stood in front of the three apprentices.
"He is not something you can deal with, step back first!"
"My name is James! Your name?"
Click! ! ! The sound of metal machines colliding sounded, and the back buckle of the giant sword behind James was opened. Holding the giant sword in one hand, he pointed at the black-robed bandit leader and asked a question.
"hey-hey… "
Amidst the strange laughter, the black-robed bandit leader directly attacked.
Boom! The soil layer on the ground left, and the earth and rocks floated in the air, condensing into the shape of a beast head in mid-air, opened its mouth, and bit James hard.
"drink!"
James waved with one hand! A silver-white light flashed in the air!
An arc of light streaked towards the beast's head!
Countless vegetation around it shattered and spread out to both sides.