Rewind time a little.

With her knowledge of her own "labyrinth" and the tracing of the magical residues left behind by the demons, Luo Jielinti finally succeeded in finding the traces of the birds and demons.

Obviously, the other party has not fully understood the operation of the "Hypocritical Courtyard" enchantment, so that the demon will stop somewhere every time he travels, and it seems that he will wait for his master's side to make a judgment before taking off again.

Thanks to this, Luo Jielinti had extra time to analyze the demon's modus operandi and make a brief judgment on the identity of the intruder.

Speaking of the results of the analysis, Luo Jielinti first ruled out the possibility that the other party was a clergyman directly belonging to the "Holy See".

Most of the magic used by the "Holy See" is in the form of imitation of miracles caused by the Holy See, that is, the so-called conceptual magic. Although this kind of magic is extraordinary, its requirements for heaven, earth and man (including but not limited to the weather, the movement of the stars, the surrounding buildings, the soil environment, and the practitioners) are quite demanding. Since the other party obviously does not recognize the principle of the "labyrinth" now, it is difficult to meet the requirements of the local item.

Although there are also strong people who can forcibly use magic in spite of some substandard requirements, but why do such people need to send magic scouts and just swagger in. Hence the exclusion.

Secondly, Luo Jielinti ruled out the possibility that the other party was a magician from the orthodox family of the Magic Association.

As we all know, even the Magic Association, which has shown strong cohesion on the outside, is not monolithic internally. Founded in Eastern Europe, the influence of history gradually shifted, and eventually came to the British Isles, where the Magic Society, which met with local associations and merged, absorbed a variety of families in the past.

This approach to integration has naturally been accompanied by many frictions, some of which have become historical issues that have been put on hold to this day. Therefore, considering the superior achievements of the Huo Sen family in some technologies, even if other families get the news, it is not surprising that they want to take advantage of the situation.

But then again, the magicians of the Magic Association family today would go to the academy in London to study before they officially became independent, so they will have a little bit of the shadow of that academy in the way they exercise their magic. However, the method of the bird in front of him to make a demon felt completely unfamiliar to Luo Jielinti. So this situation is basically impossible.

If this is ruled out, then the third group is most likely - foreign magicians who have been hired by someone or an organization.

As a country where magic flourishes, there is no shortage of foreign magicians, and this group of people often likes to walk alone and have their own goals. If it were their own, they wouldn't have chosen to attack the "Hypocritical Courtyard", but it would be a different matter if someone offered a rewarding reward for their actions to bring them together.

While her brain couldn't stop thinking, Luo Jielinti also noticed that the demon's movements suddenly became slightly lighter and more flexible than before. She hurriedly slowed her pace, suppressing the paralysis on the inside of her body, and used the magic of presence obscuring and hearing enhancement on herself.

In fact, just as she had expected, after another mile, the sound of someone talking came to her ears.

"Hey, I said brother, why hasn't your demon moved at all after so long?"

The first person spoke standard British English and seemed to be between twenty and thirty years old.

"Don't worry, I'm an expert in this area, and I can't miss it. ”

The person who answered was also in English, with an American accent, and was at least forty years old.

"Ahh ”

"Why don't you go find something for yourself? like wandering around, helping test the enchantment's defenses or something. ”

"Spare me, brother, if we could walk around this labyrinth, would we still stop here? ”

"Since you understand this, be patient and wait a little longer. I already feel that the demon is coming back. ”

"That's really good news...... Ah, already seen. ”

A slight fluctuation in mana was heard not far away, and it seemed that the demon had returned to its owner and had been subjected to some sort of treatment. Although it is best to be able to witness the enemy's posture to fully determine their identity, Luo Jielinti also understands that it is too aggressive, so she has no choice but to press what she thinks and continue to listen in the same place.

"What, is there any result?"

Judging from the tone of his voice, the younger man was in a rather anxious mood, and it seemed that he was indeed impatient.

"Well, I still can't see through the principle of 'enchantment'......"

"Oh yes, wasn't that a useless thing just now?"

"Listen to me patiently, although the principle is still unknown, but I have found the location of a few peculiar points. By using these anomalies as signposts, at least we can avoid going around in circles all the time. ”

"Ah, what are you waiting for, little ghost, it's your turn!"

“…… I know. ”

A new voice interjected into the conversation between the two. It was not good news that the number of enemies had risen to at least three, and Luo Jielinti, who had been thinking that she might be able to get some information from the enemy by tracking, had to make a decision to retreat temporarily.

It's a pity that her actions are still a step slower. She hadn't gone far when some kind of probing magic clearly swept over her body, and she knew that her hidden magic had been broken by a more sophisticated magic.

"There are enemies. ”

The voice of the third person sounded again, and at the same time, Luo Jielinti immediately retreated in the direction of the maze structure in the opposite direction of the sound source, trying to prepare for battle before the other party could catch up.

"-caught you!"

As a result, I didn't expect that in just two breaths, someone whistled in my ears with the wind.

Due to the magic enhancement of the body senses in advance, the moment Luo Jielinti subconsciously changed her position and jumped to the side, and at the same time quickly took out the magic medium from the pocket of her pajamas, turned the magic power into substantial malice, and launched it towards her original position.

Seeing that the magic bullet containing the curse was about to hit the body of the sneak attacker, a stone wrapped in magic power flew from the side and crashed into the magic projectile, causing it to stop by disturbing the magic power, and finally hit the wall of the "labyrinth".

This clever approach undoubtedly reveals the fact that the caster is sequence-superior to Rogerinti.

Without time to worry about the disparity in strength, Luo Jielinti confirmed the situation of the intruder while firing the magic bullet and retreating.

Of the three, only the person who attacked her was exposed.

Not much different from the impression she got through her voice, he was a handsome blonde young man in his twenties. The hair that originally seemed to be combed back was now slightly upturned under the magic power, of course, not only his head, but his whole body was shrouded in the same vicious magic, which even made the white suit that should have been close to the body give people a sense of bulge.

When Luo Jielinti glanced at him, he also glared back with his slender eyes that flashed with a strange green light, and let out a long roar again, and pounced. Luo Jielinti didn't dare to slack off, three magic bullets in a row, because the paralysis inside the body had not subsided, worried that her aim might be abnormal, her chosen attack point was from the opponent's chest to the abdomen.

originally hoped to use this to distance the two a little, but he didn't expect the other party to rush over in such a daze. When the cursed magic bullet came into contact with the magic on the opponent's body, it made a "z-la" sound like a red-hot soldering iron being put into water. However, he himself does not appear to have been affected in any way.

The unexpected situation made Luo Jielin stunned for a moment, but the next moment she immediately came back to her senses and crushed another medium in her hand that was different from casting the magic bullet. At this time, the "claw-shaped arm" extended by the other party under the magic wrap had already touched her clothes and cut a gap in it, and the next step was to cause damage to Luo Jielinti herself. At the last moment, the protective magic she cast applied to her skin with a "resistance" effect, briefly blocking the attack, giving her a chance to escape from the opponent's attack range unscathed.

Of course, this protective magic is not a panacea, not to mention that there is a fixed upper limit on its resistance effect, and the magic medium required for its casting is not always available. For Luo Jielinti, including the one just now, the total number of times she can use it at the moment is only three times.

Considering that unlike in the beginning, when the intruder's location had not yet been identified, there were now magicians on the opposing team who were good at detection, and it was obvious that it was impossible to escape, delaying the time was the best way.

It is only at this time that "dialogue" becomes the most effective "magic".

While confirming the situation of the "labyrinth" to ensure that it would not end up in a dead end, Luo Jielinti delivered the first blow.

“…… Is it beast magic that imitates beasts to strengthen their bodies?"

The other party's magic became unstable for a moment, and then smiled silently, and Luo Jielinti took the opportunity to distance himself a little more.

"Oh~ I'm quite knowledgeable, it seems that you are an orthodox academic. ”

The so-called orthodox academic school is naturally the name of the magician who came out of that academy in the magic circle here, but for Luo Jielinti, this is not the point, but the situation that the other party seems to know her at all in his words makes Luo Jielinti secretly say "sure enough" in her heart.

It's not that she boasts, as one of the orthodox heirs of the Huo Sen family, who once had a place at the top of the magic world in Yingguo, she believes that the local magicians know more or less about her. Coupled with the "Heroic Soul Summoning" incident that happened a few hours ago, it would be strange if someone in the association didn't know her.

If you really don't know her, there are only two kinds of people: magicians who don't care about "Heroic Summoning" at all, and foreign magicians who don't belong to her. At the moment, the other party has come to the door at such a coincidental time, and if it is the former, then Luo Jielinti will not believe it anyway.

"Don't talk nonsense, the other party is just stalling for time. ”

This is the voice of the second person who spoke just now. Luo Jielinti suddenly became nervous, although I don't know why he and the third person didn't make a move, but now if they join the battle again, it will really be over.

"Don't worry, don't worry. Brother, if you didn't make the first move just now, isn't it tantamount to acquiescing, let me play with this little girl first, why rush at this time. You think so, don't you, little ghost?"

The third person, who was also still hiding in the dark, seemed to have no intention of throwing the question at him, and was silent for a few seconds before giving an answer.

“…… That's right. ”

Then he paused again before adding.

"Intelligence is needed. ”

"Hey, it's not good for young people to be so silent, how will they find a girlfriend when they grow up in the future?, but it seems that you can rely on your face like me, hahaha~"

While talking, the exchange between the two did not stop. But it seems that because he has shown that he will not do his best right away, the blonde youth's movements have become much more casual, and Luo Jielinti does not have to rely on firing magic bullets every time to cover up. And even when it is necessary to use magic bullets, it is often changed from attacking the person to destroying the ground in his path.

"Two to one, the minority obeys the majority. It's my time now, don't meddle, brother-"

"In that case, I'll remove the protection for you. ”

"Wow, brother, don't do it! Without that, I would have been blown into slag by the little girl over there!"

Suppressing the urge to complain in her heart, just after a little thought, Luo Jielinti understood that this was probably a way for the second person to show dissatisfaction with the blonde youth.

But if the second man wasn't lying, the cooperation between him and the blonde young man should be described as almost perfect.

"Well, looking at you like this, you should understand our methods. Now that we've given it away, little girl, you can also generously tell us the information about this 'enchantment'. ”

"But I refused. ”

"Wow, I haven't been rejected at such a rate since I was born-"

Luo Jielinti retreated while fighting, and at this time she had led everyone to a wider passage in the "maze", which also meant that she performed a larger magic trick.

This time, she took advantage of the distraction stage while the other party was still talking, and after injecting the magic power into the plural medium again, she projected it in the direction of the target in turn. As she expected, in the first few minutes of the encounter, her continued insistence on using magic bullets to disrupt the attack method made the opponent briefly form a preconceived impression - this little girl probably only has this attack method.

Anyone who knows her well would not make such a mistake. Due to the coincidence that the other party did not know her identity and the information revealed by the second person, Luo Jielin boldly planned this feint tactic.

"It's useless, it's useless, it's useless!"

Of course, the first three mediums that flew out turned into magic bullets, and the blonde young man whose words were interrupted still had a nonchalant expression after seeing the way of attack, and did not change the course of his progress, and rushed straight towards her.

But this time, Luo Jielinti, who had strengthened her vision in advance, confirmed her conjecture by observing the situation when the first two magic bullets came into contact with the magic power around the opponent's body - although she didn't know the principle, the blonde youth undoubtedly tore a hole in the beast magic that wrapped herself in the short time before being hit, and filled it with the protective magic that the second person had imposed on him.

Such an unbelievable, in a sense, can even be said to be self-revealing (after all, no matter how much you cooperate, there will be gaps in the actions of the same person), I am afraid that only two people who absolutely trust each other can do it. Of course, this is also a manifestation of the other party's contempt for her, otherwise under normal circumstances, the blonde youth should use the superior physical performance brought by the beast magic to avoid her attack in the face of her attack.

It was useless to think too much, and as the third magic bullet was about to hit the youth, the medium she had previously handled suddenly accelerated and fell in the air, and finally circled a circular area on the ground as a base point.

"Bondage. ”

At the same time that the magic bullet hit the target, a pale light emerged from the ground, and the magic that was Luo Jielinti's true intention crossed the gap left by the defense and hit the young man directly. The young man who was recruited suddenly fell to the ground as if his whole body was paralyzed, and made a sound that made people feel pain just by listening to it.

After casting this magic spell, Luo Jielinti almost fell to the ground due to the sharp pain on the inside of her body. It was more difficult to escape, and she could only grit her teeth and maintain a standing position to face the remaining two enemies.

"Well, this judgment, determination, and magic trick – wonderful. ”

Seeing that it was no longer possible to hide, with no false exclamations, a strong man with a huge feather crown on his head, some kind of symbol painted on his face, dressed in a rather ethnic style, and exposed a large area of brown skin, came out of the darkness. He was followed by a young boy who looked not very old, but had white hair and was holding a slate.

"The little girl should not be an unknown person...... Oh, little ghost, what did the old man say the association here was called?"

"Hypocritical courtyard. ”

"I see, you're a closed disciple of the leader of the neutral faction of the Magic Association, right?"

The other party finally guessed her identity, which Luo Jielinti was not surprised, it is better to say that it is too bad to not be able to detect it until now.

"Don't lie on the ground and pretend to be dead, get me up. ”

After finishing speaking, without giving Luo Jielinti a chance to reply, the brown-skinned man found a few stones from nowhere and threw them straight at the motionless young man on the ground. The young man, who was supposed to have been restrained, suddenly dodged the stones with a nimble roll, and then stood up casually patting the suit on his body.

"Brother, don't expose me so quickly, I still want to experience the spectator mode. ”

"Don't be long-winded, you also heard me say just now, this little girl is the key to our cracking the 'labyrinth'. If you still want to make money from that old man, get to work. ”

"Hey, good, good. It's hard to be a person who respects the old and loves the young—"

Before he could finish speaking, the magic that outlined the outline of the beast appeared again around the young man. On the other hand, when Luo Jielinti was mentally prepared to continue to deal with the other party, she found that the magic in her body could not flow normally like a mire.

No, the damage to the mana circuit has increased.

The thought first came to her mind, and then she couldn't help but think of Antoun's figure.

O Heroic Spirit, please come to my side—

I don't know if it's a coincidence or something else, Luo Jielinti did feel that someone appeared behind her at this moment. She subconsciously looked back, and there was a feeling of surprise.

"You're—"