In the silent woods, the sound of insects chirping could be heard from time to time. The tall trees had lush branches and leaves, which completely blocked the sun in the sky, and a little bit of it leaked from time to time, like a beam of light.
"Quack croak!!!" A familiar cry sounded from the front.
Crewell, who was walking in the front, frowned: "Why are there so many red-eyed crows recently! This kind of creature is very aggressive to humans! If it is not cleaned up in time, it will attract many of its kind, which is very troublesome!"
"How is it? Do you want to take a detour?" Lan Nuo asked.
"I'm afraid not, it has already found us!" Leylin looked at the image of the chip and said without turning his head.
The sound of flapping wings was getting closer and closer, and Crewell laughed loudly: "Since it has been delivered to the door automatically, we will accept it without hesitation!"
Everyone looked relaxed. After a period of training, they all had a set of strategies for dealing with red-eyed crows.
"Not good! There are two!" Leylin looked at the light curtain, and suddenly his expression changed.
Crewell was startled, and under Leylin's reminder, he saw another black figure behind the flying red-eyed crow, and his figure was a bit bigger than the same kind.
"It's troublesome!" Crewell frowned, "Leylin, Ni Lan, you deal with the one in front! Leave the remaining one to the three of us!"
"Get ready!" Leylin said to Ni Lan who was behind him, and took off the crossbow behind him.
"Wind and humidity calculations! Orbit adjustments..."
"Hoo!!!" A black line cut through the sky, passed through the red-eyed crow in front, and picked up a few feathers.
"Croak!" The red-eyed crow rushing forward let out an angry cry, rushing towards Leylin.
He didn't seem to be injured at all.
"Let's lead it away!" Leylin's expression remained unchanged, and he put down the crossbow in his hand.
Through the chip, he knew very well that the previous crossbow had hit the red-eyed crow, but the red-eyed crow's physique was too high, almost equivalent to a human knight, and his feathers were extremely tough, so he didn't suffer any damage.
For creatures in the wizarding world, ordinary human weapons and ordnance are no longer a threat.
Seeing Leylin and Ni Lan lead a red-eyed crow away, Crewell felt certain and shouted loudly: "Lanuo, Lilith, stop the red-eyed crow behind you and prepare for me to cast the spell!"
Lan Nuo and Lilith looked at each other, and rushed up to the red-eyed crow behind.
While running, Lan Nuo took off the bow and arrow on his back, and shot into the sky, accompanied by several throwing knives.
"Crack!" The huge red-eyed crow flapped its black wings and shot down the arrows and throwing knives.
"You actually opened the bow and arrow with just your wings!" Lan Nuo's face turned pale, and his footsteps stopped.
But the red-eyed crow, which was a circle bigger than its kind, had already swooped down in the air, and its huge claws slashed across Lan Nuo's shoulder, leaving a bloodstain on his body.
Lan Nuo was crushed to the ground by the red-eyed crow.
"Help... help me!" Lan Nuo cried out for help.
boom! ! When the red-eyed crow was about to peck it, a bright white light flashed, and Lilith held up a huge sword bigger than her, and slapped the crow away.
"Peng!" A large net made of wire was thrown in front of Lan Nuo.
"I'm going to contain it, you take the opportunity to cast a net!" Lilith, who was usually quiet and even a little shy, looked like a completely different person at this moment.
"Okay!" Lan Nuo glanced at Crewell, who was still preparing spells not far away, and picked up the barbed wire.
Lilith obviously practiced swordsmanship, the huge steel sword danced in her hand into a silver light curtain, keeping the red-eyed crow aside.
"Drink!" Lilith pushed the red-eyed crow down beautifully, splashing a lot of dust and dirt.
"Good opportunity!" Lan Nuo's eyes lit up. The severe pain from his shoulder made his eyes a little red. He opened the barbed wire fence and covered the red-eyed crow inside.
"Quack!" The red-eyed crow kept rolling, and was about to break free from the barbed wire.
"Claywell, hurry up!!! The red-eyed crow's feathers are too thick, my attack can't do much damage to it!"
Lilith hurriedly yelled loudly.
"Thank you!" Crewell finally completed the spell at this time, and in his hand, a dark red fireball was burning in the air.
"Get out of the way!" Crewell yelled, and Lilith and Lan Nuo quickly avoided it.
"Go! Negative energy fireball!" With a wave of Crewell's hand, the dark red fireball pierced the sky, brought a wave of heat, and landed on the red-eyed crow inside the barbed wire.
boom! ! ! The loud noise was accompanied by a strong heat wave, constantly emitting surging power in all directions.
The strong wind of the explosion blasted a large blackened pit on the ground, and even the surrounding bushes were not spared.
"Good job!" Lan Nuo ran a little slower, and was swept to the ground by the wind and waves behind him. The mountain of clothes was covered with mud, but there was an indescribable joy in the eyes of the red-eyed crow.
"Huh..." Crewell also took a deep breath: "This negative energy fireball takes too long to cast, and someone needs to help contain it, but it is very powerful!"
Lilith straightened the messy hair on her forehead, looked at the direction where Leylin and Ni Lan ran away, her eyes were clearly concerned, "I don't know what happened to them?"
"Don't worry! Leylin and Ni Lan are both very strong, and we will keep the biggest one..." Crewell said comfortingly, this is his first mission this year, and he also wants to get one perfect ending.
"We're fine!" Just as Crewell was speaking, a clump of grass next to him parted, and Leylin and Ni Lan stepped out of it.
They all had some black feathers on their bodies, but they didn't seem to be hurt.
"What about the other one?"
"Here!" Leylin raised the black bird's claw in his hand, and looked at the huge pit on the ground, "Good guy, it's estimated to have a power of 6 degrees. It seems that Crewell's spell is only aimed at killing. type of force."
"Since everyone is fine, let's go back quickly. I don't feel very good!" Crewell said with a gloomy face, "There seem to be too many monsters near the academy!"
"I also feel the same way. Were the academy's missions so dangerous before?" Leylin asked.
"That's not true! Even if you accept a patrol mission like ours, it will take at least a month to find ten red-eyed crows. We actually exceeded the quota in ten days!" Ni Lan explained on the side.
"I'll report the situation when I go back. I feel like there's something wrong!" Lilith said suddenly.
"If there is any problem, it is the official wizard's business! Let's leave here as soon as possible, I don't think it's safe here!" Lan Nuo added.
"That's right! Let's go quickly!" Crewell threw the broken barbed wire aside, found a black iron claw, and raised his head.
Everyone had no objections, and the team quickly continued on the road.
"Why did these two red-eyed crows just block our way back to the academy? Could it be just a coincidence?" Leylin suddenly felt uneasy in his heart and quickened his pace.
Others seemed to have a premonition, and the whole team was in a hurry.
"Tell me! Those two red-eyed crows are here, aren't they trying to protect some treasure? You know, some crows have the habit of collecting shiny things!"
The team is at the back, maybe because the atmosphere is a bit dull, Ni Lan said half-jokingly.
"That's a crow in the world. Although the red-eyed crow also bears the word crow, its bloodline is closer to that of a thorny bird. They don't have the habit of hunting for treasures, but they have a keen sense of some special plants. In fact, wizards They also often raise some thorn birds to find some special plants!" Leylin said without turning his head.
"How do you know!" Lan Nuo was obviously dissatisfied.
""The Origin and Breeding of Thorny Birds", on the bookshelf on the third floor of the library, I happened to see it recently." Leylin replied lightly.
"Oh! Leylin, you are amazing!" Ni Lan's eyes sparkled again.
Lano turned his head away.
"Huh?" Leylin moved his nose, and suddenly smelled a very sweet smell.
"Stop! Did you smell anything?" Leylin quickly stopped.
The team stopped suddenly, "What do you smell?" Crewell's face tightened, his hand was already on the handle of the knife.
"I seem to have smelled a very fragrant smell!" Leylin explained slowly.
"Aroma? There is only a disgusting stench in this wood! It's even worse now!" Lan Nuo interrupted.
"I actually smell a mixture of jasmine and black oil rose!" Lilith sniffled.
"Everyone, be careful! It smells like wild animals!" Crewell said with a clang, and drew out his knife. There was obviously something wrong with this situation, Leylin also put his hand into his waist pocket.
call! ! ! There was a strong wind, followed by an extremely pungent fishy smell.
Roar! ! ! ! The roar of the violent beast sounded.
The surrounding black woods were also bent over by the roar of the beast.
Crewell's face changed drastically: "Be careful, a big guy is coming!"
Boom! ! ! Dull footsteps sounded, and Leylin and the others finally saw the prototype of the monster.
A huge black bear, the bones on the top of its head were split, and something like a brain was directly exposed, and there was a "V"-shaped white pattern on its chest, like a lightning mark.
"Be careful! It's a mountain bear, each one is comparable to a third-class apprentice! We met this guy last time!"
Crewell's eyes shrank to the size of a pinprick, "Be careful of its roaring attack, Hank was killed by this attack last time!"
"Damn it! Let's run separately!" Lan Nuo turned pale and suddenly turned and ran.
"This coward!!!" Ni Lan blushed with anger, because Lan Nuo left suddenly, and the mountain bear on the opposite side suddenly accelerated.
"I can't help it! This is really beyond our ability, let's run separately, hope to meet in the academy!"
Crewell gave a wry smile and made a decision.