More than a year passed quickly.
In the north of Silvermoon City, in the huge dark forest.
The tall and thick trees covered the moonlight in the mid-air, and the surroundings were dark and quiet, filled with an ominous feeling.
A small group of mixed elves and humans wearing the uniforms of the Silvermoon City Guards was walking through the dark forest.
"It's here!"
Team leader Oran pushed aside a thick bush and looked at the dark brown blood on the ground with serious eyes.
"Leylin!" It turned around and looked at the accompanying mage behind it.
[Evil Detection]!
Leylin was wearing a mage uniform at this time, and he looked majestic and solemn, with a hint of maturity.
The light of the spell was quickly cast on his hand, and then reached the bloody beach on the ground.
Hiss! ! Hiss! !
Straits of black air flow rose into the air, circled around here, and then pointed to another place.
"All alert!" Oran's voice was low, and while it was shouting, the others had already clenched their weapons.
Even Leylin's expression was very solemn at this time.
Because this is the Forest of Darkness! The dangerous place is full of lycanthropes who believe in Mara, the god of hunting. They form a powerful tribe, named Black Blood, and hate the civilized life of Silvermoon City.
The friction, even the battle, between the city guards and the lycanthropes is the most dangerous thing other than the invasion of the orc empire in the Sunrise Mountains.
"It's up to you!" The other members of Oran followed the guidance of the spell to a dark cave, and Oran immediately signaled to Leylin.
The tacit understanding cultivated for a long time made Leylin nod his head, and the other members around couldn't help but take a deep breath, and then, Leylin pointed towards the middle of the cave!
[Lighting technique!]
A white light shines through instantly, and several crossbows carrying [Magic Breaking Arrow] have aimed at this place, ready to launch at any time.
Under the light of the lighting technique, everything in the cave can be seen at a glance, but there is no one inside, except for the broken clothes and skeletons on the ground.
The clothes were heavily damaged, but the style of the City Guards could still be vaguely recognized. There were still mottled bloodstains all over the fragments, which had turned dark brown at this time.
"Kyle Rosa! Confirm that the other party is the ranger who disappeared before!"
Alan picked up a badge with his name from among the pieces of clothes. Although it looked more like a dog tag in Leylin, he muttered solemnly: "Is this arrangement a ritual of the hunting god?" ? Those damn lycanthropes!!"
Mara, the god of hunting, is a god who can change people's faces.
Although they are only weak divine powers, the other party is particularly fond of killing, and most of the believers are a group of ferocious lycanthropes.
Different from orcs, lycanthropes only retained part of the characteristics of beasts, and they also had indeterminate genetic diseases, which looked very similar to symptoms of genetic instability in Leylin.
According to the legend, these lycanthropes came from the laboratories of mages, and Leylin expressed his support for this.
It is precisely because of their own pain that those lycanthropes are paranoid, full of hatred for all other life, and like to kill, which just coincides with the idea of the hunting god.
After the orcs are captured, there is still the possibility of being transformed into slaves, but for lycanthropes, this is a dream!
The Forest of Darkness is where these lycanthropes gathered, and they also formed a very large tribe—Black Blood! Occupying the entire northern part of the Forest of Darkness, it is even enough to threaten Silvermoon City.
The Lord of Silvermoon, Ms. Hope, once actively sent rangers out of some kindness or other considerations, hoping to improve the living environment of other species in the Dark Forest, but there were many attacks.
This Kyle is obviously one of the unfortunate ones.
"Kyle Rosa! You are a loyal and brave ranger. The suffering in the world cannot pollute your soul. May you rest in peace in the kingdom of God..."
Oran prayed, it is not only a powerful [Ranger], but also a priest.
When Oran was praying, Leylin and the other team members all bowed their heads in respect.
And at this moment, Leylin's eyes suddenly moved.
"Someone!"
The thieves in the team were the second to discover it, and a throwing knife had already been shot directly into the darkness next to it.
"Woo..."
There was a muffled hum in the darkness, like the low growl of a wild animal, and then the leaves next to it trembled.
"It's a lycanthropy!"
A warrior in armor went over to push aside the barrier, only seeing a bloodstain, but the animal hair next to it was very conspicuous.
Although those lycanthropes have congenital genetic diseases, they also have strong vitality and other strange abilities, which are rumored to be given by the [Legendary Mage] who created them.
"Our mission is to search, not to destroy! The other party will definitely find other companions, so we will leave for now!"
Oran held the elven rapier at his waist in his hand, but finally let go of it helplessly.
Playing hide-and-seek with lycanthropes in the dark forest, it will only do this if it is crazy. Those lycanthropes are the best hunters. Under the home court advantage, unless the entire army is brought over, and then high-level mages and legends are used to open the way, Only then has the possibility of flattening the Forest of Darkness.
Although Oran and the others retreated quickly, they were still overtaken by the later lycanthropes.
The snarling and howling of wild beasts were constantly heard around, and the shade of the trees was whirling, and it seemed that they were all those damn lycanthropes, which made everyone in the team look ugly.
"Damn it! Leylin!"
Oran took off the longbow on his back, and put the arrow with gray eagle feathers on it.
"Hmm! [Magic weapon]!"
Leylin and the other party had cooperated many times before, and they cooperated quite tacitly. A circle of magic light extended from the arrow.
Oran's eyes were like falcons, and the bowstring in his hand suddenly loosened!
call out!
The elf's archery skills are always very good, not to mention that Oran is still a [Ranger]. Almost at the moment it let go, there was a muffled groan in the darkness, and then a huge black shadow fell down— Of course, ordinary arrows can't break through the lycanthropy's defense, but there is no problem with demonized arrows.
[Magic weapon!][Force field offset!][The power of the cow!]
Leylin kept moving, and many boosted rays of light had already spread on the other team members.
"Well done!" Oran exclaimed. In fact, it had always been afraid that this new colleague would be arrogant and disobedient because of his magic talent, but the other party's performance was obviously beyond its expectation.
Not only is he very obedient to orders, but he also cooperates very well with his teammates-it doesn't look like a mage!
"Perhaps, after returning, Leylin's title should be changed... With Leylin's qualifications and achievements, I'm afraid the promotion will only happen this month..."
Oran thought in his heart, but then he put this matter behind him. No matter what the future holds, he must survive to be able to enjoy it!
"Kill them!" A piercing sound that sounded like metal rubbing came out of the darkness, and then the surrounding lycanthropes seemed to go crazy, and charged at Leylin.
"Follow me! Let's break through!!!"
Oran gritted his teeth, and shot arrows from the bow and arrow in his hand, then threw the wooden bow and drew the rapier on his waist.
As an accompanying mage, Leylin was protected in the middle and did not suffer any harm.
"During a battle, a mage's spell slot must serve his companions, but a mage's spell slot is limited, so his own safety must be handed over to other teammates for protection. In this case, unless it is a life-and-death friend, otherwise It's almost impossible to get along well…”
At this time, Leylin also put on an eager look, and the lightning and flames from his hands shot out, turning the several lycanthropes who rushed over into corpses.
"I'm running out of spell slots!"
He yelled solemnly. This is actually a lie. Whether it is the first few levels of spells that can be cast directly by relying on mental power, or the [Mage Ring], Leylin has left a lot of strength, but after all Secret isn't it
"How many spell slots do you have left?"
Oran didn't even bother to wipe off the blood on his face at this time, completely lacking the elegance and demeanor of an elf, and looked at Leylin nervously.
Without the support of magic, it is impossible for them to break through the blockade of these lycanthropes.
"The level 5 spell slot also has [Dead Cloud Spell], and the rest are only level 1 and level 0 tricks..."
Leylin replied with a 'serious' face: "In the forest, I have no way to notice and recover..."
"Damn it! Everyone break out immediately, as many as you can run, Leylin, follow me, and release the spell immediately after most people leave!"
Oran and Jin Qian, another full-time priest in the team, also had the light of divine spells on their hands. Although Oran's priest level is very low, priests' divine spells do not require spiritual power or mana. They only need to pray every day. It is extremely convenient to obtain a magic spell position.
After a few healing spells, the other fighters recovered their vitality one after another, and even the slight injuries on their bodies were healed.
With this power, Oran and the others finally broke through the siege with difficulty.
"Now!" Oran roared.
[Death cloud technique]! Leylin pointed his back, and the terrifying cloud of death spread, enveloping all the lycanthropes.
"let's go!"
Under the hope of life, the other survivors mustered up their courage and followed behind Oran.
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"It's finally out!"
Oran looked at the scattered team members behind him with hatred on his face.
"Those damned lycanthropes have been acting more and more frequently recently... Also, Leylin, thanks to you this time, the timing of casting a few spells is also very good. I will explain it in the work report later..."
"Next, let's go home!"
Oran looked at the outline of the dark forest in the distance, his eyes were heavy, but when he turned around, he had already changed his expression.