Chapter 224: Druid
Translator: AtlasStudios Editor: AtlasStudios
A scream broke the silent night. Lapis’s body couldn’t help but tremble. When she stood up, Gillian had already made her move.
Burning fla suddenly broke out from her body. It spread around them and the surging fla ford into a shield, blocking in front of them.
Followed by a cracking sound, a dozen arrows flew across the night sky, but completely disappeared before the fla shield.
This ti, the other rcenaries also reacted. They quickly took out their crossbows and arrows while hiding in the shadows of the surrounding buildings. They stayed vigilant while looking at Gillian, who didn’t seem to panic even the slightest. She was still leisurely standing in the center of the camp and the surging fla around her destroyed any threats that stood before her.
Although she had lost her original power, as a Fire Elental Lord, she was still able to manipulate the fla elent. She was unable to display large-scale destruction spells, but she had no problem using a simple elental spell.
“Holy spirit above...”
Seeing the girl who was covered in fla, the rcenaries couldn’t help but be shocked. Fortunately, all of them had gone through the battle in Blackrock Depth, so they were already immune toward any strange and mysterious things like this. In addition, Gillian’s appearance was different from ordinary people, so when people saw her do sothing like this, they were not too frightened and surprised.
However, right now wasn’t the best ti for them to discuss her.
Gillian frowned while looking at the surrounding forest and waved her right hand. Followed by her motion, a fla appeared out of thin air and burned the trees. Soon, the fire spread wider. Under the firelight, the rcenaries could see a few shadows jump out from the trees, trying to escape.
“Attack!!”
After seeing the enemy, the rcenaries no longer hesitated. They quickly attacked the shadows that tried to escape the fire with their bow and arrows. Soon, a few arrows hit those shadows, but they were surprised to see that those shadows didn’t fall. Instead, although they looked pitiful, they were still able to escape into the forest.
“Stop, don’t chase after them!”
Seeing those fellows were trying to escape, so of the rcenaries couldn’t hold the urge to chase them. However, they were quickly stopped by Shauna and Kavos. As their leaders, they understood that they shouldn’t chase after them because they were not familiar with the area around here. Rushing to attack would only lead to disaster. When they intended to make further orders, howls from the beasts suddenly echoed from the depths of the forest.
“!!!”
This sudden howl made the rcenaries surprised. When Lapis heard it, her body couldn’t help but tremble.
Had they caught up with them? Holy spirit above!! How are they this fast!?
“Gaah————!”
As Lapis dozed off, a chirp echoed from the sky. Followed by the sound, dozens of birds appeared from the sky and attacked the rcenaries. They didn’t expect that they would be attacked by so many wild beasts, so they lost their focus for a mont. They swung their swords around, trying to expel those birds. The rcenaries kept moving closer and closer to each other, using their comrades help to gain an advantage. Of course, they didn’t forget about those scholars. So of the rcenaries already protected them. They swung around the burning tree branches, trying to drive away birds and force them to leave. However, it was strange; those birds didn’t seem to plan on leaving. They continued to move forward even though they were already injured by the fla.
“What’s wrong with these damned things?”
Kavos waved around his burning long sword and cut a small falcon. It seed that it hadn’t yet matured. But it kept struggling to flap its wings to attack as if Kavos had killed its father or sothing.
“Be careful, it seems like they are being controlled.”
Beside them, Shauna wiped the sweat on her forehead while commanding the rcenaries to defend. She looked at the surroundings uneasily, and after that, her expression darkened.
Where did Rhode go?
After observing carefully, it seed that Rhode hadn’t been here since the enemy attacked. Where did he go? Why wasn’t he in the camp base? Did sothing happen to him? But where’s he now? Shauna had been pondering these questions for a while, but she quickly threw aside those thoughts because they finally got rid of those birds. However, they didn’t yet get the chance to breathe when a deep vibration sounded.
Buzz.
“No way!”
Hearing this sound, Shauna and Kavos’s expressions imdiately changed.
It was just as they guessed. Soon, they saw a layer of gray-black “fog” coming from the forest. But none of them actually thought of it as mist because they quickly saw through their true appearance. It was a large group of wasps!!
Holy spirit, please protect us...
Seeing the group of wasps, the rcenaries subconsciously held their breath. They were holding the burning tree branches while clenching their teeth, desperately trying to drive away the wasps that were getting near them. However, they knew deep down that their actions were aningless.
If their enemy was a beast, then their thod might sohow work, but now they were facing a group of small insects. What to do?
Soon, the rcenaries no longer had to think about that question anymore.
“A bunch of fools.”
Seeing the rcenaries who were trying to block the wasps’ attack, Gillian frowned. She and Lapis were also surrounded by the wasps. However, the wasps weren’t able to break through Gillian’s fire shield. Seeing those wasps clearly under the firelight was definitely not a fascinating scene.
“Then, let’s end it here. I’m sorry, I’m not going to play with you guys anymore.”
Having said that, Gillian clapped her hands.
The fire burned even more violently.
A fire dragon suddenly appeared from the fire shield and roared toward the rcenaries who were surrounded. The mighty fire dragon moved like a surging wave and quickly filled the entire camp. Soon, those wasps disappeared under the boiling air and high temperatures.
“Haa...”
The rcenaries finally felt relieved. But when they looked around, they finally noticed sothing.
Where was Rhode?
The attack failed.
Hidden in the depths of the forest, a man wearing a camo cloak looked at the bright camp. He frowned as he saw the rcenaries who seed harmless. He thought that the rcenaries would be easy to deal with. But now it seed that he was wrong. Especially the girl with fox ears and tail—her power to manipulate fire even made him tremble. He was sure that she was not using any spell. Judging from her appearance, it seed that the fire was a part of her, blending with her in harmony.
Why did such an existence exist in that corrupted and contaminated world?
He frowned and didn’t know what to do. He originally thought that he had the upper hands, but now the situation didn’t go as planned. Thinking until here he couldn’t help but bite his lips. It seed this ti, he was too anxious. After seeing the Oriole, he beca a little bit nervous. After this attack, the rcenaries would definitely be more prepared. It would be difficult to attack them again.
He had no other choice; now, the only thing he could do was retreat.
Thinking until here, he turned around, planning to leave. But he imdiately stopped after taking a step.
At this mont, Rhode was already leisurely standing before him, watching him.
“Is your business finally done, sir? So now, can you answer my questions? Seeing your passionate hospitality toward us, I think I must also do sothing in return.”
Rhode said expressionlessly, while gently swinging the sword in his hand.
The bright red sword’s light imdiately pierced the darkness.
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