Chapter 40
Although Taylor's challenge to Haynes was answered, but because it was the freshman entrance test of the Lemlas Demon Martial Arts Academy at this time, there was no time to call the two, so naturally it could only be postponed until after admission.
Although Taylor was a little pity, after Jian Lu looked at it coldly, he had to give up, and then made an appointment with Hines with great interest to fight again after entering school, and Hines smiled very heartily this time...... It's time for battle.
Jian Lu secretly held his forehead and decided not to care, the orcs have thick skin and thick flesh, so they shouldn't be able to die for the time being, right?
――As for the question of whether Hines will lose or not, you don't have to worry about it, right?
Then he summoned Priest down from the tree to discuss the crossing of the Ogre Flower Swamp. If there were only two people, he and Hines, Jian Lu would still have to worry about whether he could cross the past safely, but now that there is a wood elf, there is no need to worry too much.
Sure enough, I heard Priestley say coldly: "It's not a big deal, although this ogre flower is fierce in nature, their calyx is a kind of magic potion material, I can communicate with them, use magic to appease them, so that they don't attack us for a while." ”
This is a good way, as long as it is a wood-based magician, before encountering the magic plant, they will try to communicate first, and even subdue them for use. However, Jian Lu had to ask one fact, "How long can your magic last?" ”
Then, he roughly said the approximate distance of the Ogre Flower Swamp, although the elves are the darlings of nature, and the magic power in their bodies is more than that of human magicians, but this kind of combat-type magic plant needs the elves to be appeased with more magic than usual, Priestley is only an adult, and the magic in his body is afraid that it is not enough.
Priestley was silent, and then admitted, somewhat reluctantly, that his magic might not be enough.
Jian Lu thought for a while and said, "It's better to do this, Priestley, you try to appease them first, and when you get to the second half, you will leave it to me and Amelia." ”
Amelia asked curiously, "Jane, what are you going to do?" ”
Although she and Jian Lu are magicians carefully cultivated by the Temple of Light, compared with their peers, both magic power and magic level are relatively high, but there is no way to face this large area of man-eating flowers, at most they can only support for a while, and when the magic power is exhausted, I am afraid that they will also be swept up by the tentacles of the cannibal flowers as food.
Jian Lu said gently: "Have you forgotten my scroll?" Plants are afraid of fire. ”
Amelia knew that the man was about to smash the scroll violently again, and immediately acted as if she had said nothing.
In the past, she always thought that Jian Lu was a gentle person, even if people seemed cold, but as long as she got along with him, she would find that he was actually a very gentle man, very good at taking care of people, and she would feel very comfortable with him, inexplicably with a kind of affinity that made people want to be close. But after fighting with him, I found out that this man has always liked to use violence to solve things in order to make a trick.
Simple and violent.
Hines may have been influenced by him to be so violent.
After the three of them got together and discussed, Jian Lu asked the orc Taylor and the dwarf Rupert what they meant, since they all had the same goal - to reach the Lemlas Demon Martial Academy, it would be good to be able to be together.
"We're fine, but can you two two-winged demon pigs give us a ride?" Taylor asked with interest, although the winged demon pigs were a little ugly, but seeing their obedient appearance under Jian Lu's eyes gave people a feeling of being ugly and cute.
Even the elegant elves used the demon pig as a mount, and they naturally didn't care.
"Can't!"
"Can't!"
Hines and Priestley spoke at the same time, the two looked at each other, and then each looked away, one looked at the dwarf with undisguised disgust, and didn't want to go with the dwarf at all, and the other looked at Taylor's unpredictable expression, and was already secretly planning how to toss him, so that he would not dare to appear in front of Jian Lu for the rest of his life.
The nerves of the orcs were very thick, and they did not feel Hines's hidden malice at all, while the dwarves were born at odds with the elves, and when they saw the elves refusing, they also shouted: "I would rather cross the swamp with my legs than with an elf...... Hey! An elf rides a pig together! ”
Then he pointed to the two ugly and cute pigs and laughed exaggeratedly.
"It's not funny at all!" Amelia grimaced, hating the dwarf a little.
Priestley's expression was cold, and a pair of silver eyes were covered with a layer of ice.
It was the malice of the gods to see the noble elves using a pig as a mount or something by the hated race, and Priestley was very irritable.
"Those who achieve great things are not informal." Jian Lu's voice was light, "Even if the appearance of the Winged Demon Pig is a little ugly, they have helped us a lot along the way, this is an undeniable fact, I quite like them." As he spoke, he reached out and patted the demon pig's head, and the demon pig subconsciously lowered his head to pat him, for fear that if he avoided a little, he would be beaten.
A handsome young man whose appearance is not inferior to that of an elf said that he likes the magic pig, which is very shocking, and Rupert muttered, but it is difficult to say anything.
Seeing that he looked sincere, and didn't seem to think that there was anything wrong with him riding such an ugly creature, Priestley was inexplicably calmed by him, and became upright again.
"Hines, let's go." Jian Lu called Hines over, then turned to Taylor and said, "I'm sorry, you don't have time to find a mount now, so I have to bother you to run after us." ”
Taylor has no problem, he just wanted to take a ride before, as a strong King Kong lion, after turning into a beast, his speed is not slow, otherwise he would not have arrived here faster than Jian Lu and them.
When he was ready, Priestley closed his eyes and began to cast his magic.
The elves' wood-based magic was so gentle that it was a far cry from their haughty and indifferent appearance, and it also quieted down the group of fangs and claws, and the two long tentacles rolled up and hid under the calyx. Soon, the tentacles of the demons dancing in the sky above the Ogre Flower Swamp gradually disappeared.
"Let's go!" Jian Lu snorted.
The two winged demon pigs screamed, spread their wings, and flew over the head of the ogre flower.
Taylor also turned into a beast, a strong King Kong lion with golden fur, holding a tentacle of a man-eating flower in his mouth, the other end of the tentacle was caught by the dwarf in his hand, when the strong King Kong lion ran away, the dwarf grabbed the tentacles and chased after him, but unfortunately the dwarf's legs were too short, and he was soon pulled up by the speed of the strong King Kong lion, and the whole person let out a scream.
Priestley in front of him finally lost his breath, he sat on the back of the winged demon pig, trying to appease the man-eating flower, and was still in the mood to look back and admire the tragic situation of the dwarf, and suddenly felt that it was nothing to ride a pig, and when he returned to the elven forest in the future, he would contract a unicorn when he was free.
The pure unicorn is the mount of their elves.
However, for some reason, the elf prince had never been able to contract a unicorn in his life, and after Jian Lu found out, he silently ordered a row of wax for him.
It's a sad story.
After three magic hours, Priestley's face began to turn pale, apparently the mana was almost exhausted.
Jian Lu and the others didn't expect that Priestley would be able to support it for so long without using magic potions, it seems that this elf's talent is very high, at least much higher than that of ordinary elves.
"Priestley, it's okay, leave it to us." Jian Lu spoke out, his voice calm, with a soothing softness.
Priest was inexplicably appeased, and even though it was clear that the people who fought with him were not trustworthy clansmen, he inexplicably gave him trust, and just stopped the output of magic power.
When the elves' wood magic stopped, the ogre flowers that had been pacified and became tame like normal plants suddenly changed their style, and the tentacles flew over like shadows, and the tentacles in the sky gathered to form a terrifying shadow.
Everyone had been prepared, and as soon as the tentacles attacked, they broke them with sharp weapons, except for the poor dwarves, who could not spare their hands because they were flying in mid-air, and were whipped and screamed by the tentacles.
Hines held two magic short swords in both hands, the golden fighting energy covered the sword, and the sword shadow in his hand was like a void, strangling those tentacles, densely protecting them on both sides, and not putting a single tentacle of the man-eating flower over. Amelia also chanted wind magic, the wind blades flew and strangled the attacking tentacles, taking the lead in protecting the elves who were recovering their magic behind her.
At this time, Jian Lu had also cast a fire-type magic scroll, and the scroll turned into a fire dragon and roared away, just like when he was in the territory of the spider ants before, violently blasting out a passage.
As they raced against the clock, a half-closed eye in the sky watched them.
"These little ghosts, it's so violent......"
A laughing voice sounded leisurely, and if Jian Lu and the others listened carefully, they would have heard that it was none other than Nicola, who had led them into the Central Forest earlier. It can be said that every qiē that happened in the forest was truly recorded and conveyed back to the academy by the Eye of the Air, and fell into the eyes of the instructors in the academy.
Half a day later, they finally left the Cannibal Swamp.
At this time, everyone had more or less some wolf bèi on their bodies, only Jian Lu was clean, he didn't even mess up his breath, and his magic power was also very abundant-because this person only used magic scrolls to open the way, and he didn't consume much magic power at all, Shi Shiran stood there, clean, tidy, and dusty, which made people naturally look up.
Priest looked at Hines and looked at Jian Lu with a little envy and jealousy, people who don't know must think that Jian Lu is an elegant and loving elf, and his appearance that rolls out of the mud is an impostor.
Although Hines was a little tainted by the human boy, there was no doubt that he maintained Jian Lu as a faith, and he didn't even allow a little dirt on him, which he could see clearly just now.
Could it be that this person named Hines is a follower of Jane Lu?
Except for Jian Lu, everyone was tired and collapsed on the ground, after Jian Lu saw it, chanted magic, and a burst of blessing holy light sprinkled, and soon most of the fatigue on their bodies dissipated, and they finally had the strength to do something else.
Priestley was the first to clean up the dirt on herself, and Amelia took out her parchment and wrote down the magic she had learned during the battle—she was a good girl to learn, while the orcs and dwarves clutched their empty stomachs and planned to get something to eat.
Hines sat beside Jian Lu, holding the magic sword in one hand, drank the physical energy recovery potion handed to him by Jian Lu, and glanced at Priestley and the orc Taylor, with some contempt and inexplicable joy.
After resting for half a spell, Jian Lu said, "Let's continue our journey before it gets dark." He looked at the system map and thought to himself, in another day, they should be at their destination.
"Let's take a little rest, we should eat something to replenish our body." Rupert said.
Priestley gave him a contemptuous look, an ugly creature that would only eat.
Rupert ignored it with a rough nerve and went to discuss with Taylor about going hunting, and the two of them met shortly after entering the forest, and they went together together, and they had some revolutionary friendship of fighting. But at this moment, Taylor had a goal - to challenge Hines, but he wanted to follow this group of people and go to the academy first.
So the poor dwarf continued to starve.
At this time, there were still two days left before the scheduled arrival time of the Lemlas Demon Martial Academy, and except for the dwarves with rough nerves and orcs with their heads full of battle, everyone else was a little worried that they would not be able to catch up within the stipulated time.
For this reason, at night, Priestleti yì rushed to the night road.
The forest is a paradise for the elves, and even at night, there is no obstacle for them, so Priestley did not pay attention to it at all, but the dwarves shouted again and fought against the elves.
Priestley said disdainfully: "It doesn't matter if you don't want to travel at night, you can stay." As he spoke, he looked at Jian Lu with his eyes, although he maintained an arrogant appearance, but if no one supported him, it would be very embarrassing.
Jian Lu really didn't live up to his expectations, so he heard him smile and said: "Priestley is right, if the conditions permit, you can try to rush to the night, I believe Priestley." "Elves, they are the darlings of the forest, and now that they have elves to help guide the way, Jian Lu is naturally happy.
Hearing Jian Lu's words, two people were unhappy.
Rupert muttered and sought Taylor's support, but the belligerent and rough-witted orc unceremoniously abandoned him and offered to go with Jane Lu and his party.
Hines stood there with the magic sword in his arms, his eyes deep, and the killing intent flashed away.
After everyone had no opinions, Jian Lu and his party continued on the road again.
The four of them were still sitting on the Winged Demon Pig, while Taylor had turned into a mighty King Kong lion, and poor Dwarf Rupert was still being pulled by a rope and floating in mid-air.
The forest at night is indeed full of unknown dangers, but with the presence of Priestley, a wood elf, he analyzed the hidden danger in advance according to the surrounding magic plants, and avoided it from a distance. The two winged demon pigs are also very powerful, they just need to rush forward.
While Jian Lu was in a hurry, he checked the system screen again, and found that they were infinitely close to the Lemlas Demon Martial Academy, and at this speed, they would be able to arrive tomorrow morning, more than a day earlier than the stipulated time.
It's just that his happy mood was quickly shattered.
When a rumbling sound sounded, the silent forest seemed to have been awakened by a fierce beast, and the surrounding demonic beasts ran one after another, giving people a sense of restlessness before the catastrophe came.
"Let's go!" Priestley informed them of the news he had received from the Demon Plant: "Someone has awakened Golem up ahead. ”
Although they didn't know what the stone giant was, they felt troublesome when they heard the name, Jian Lu and the others turned around without hesitation and ran away, and the two winged demon pigs also felt the danger, so they didn't need to be urged, so they rushed forward with their heads in a scream.
There was a rumbling sound behind him, the earth shook, and many startled birds and monsters could be seen rising into the sky in the night, and the forest became lively at night.
Taking advantage of the faint moonlight, they looked back, and naturally saw the stone giants chasing after them with steps higher than the towering trees in the forest, they looked like they were made of stone, the lines on their bodies were rough, revealing a kind of strength and savagery, symbolizing absolute force, where they passed, the trees in the forest were bulldozed and fell to the ground.
It's a little expert at destroying forests!
At this time, Jian Lu was still in the mood to fugue, this group of stone giants wouldn't be specially released by the Lemlas Academy of Magic to test them, right? In order to test the new students, it is really hard, and even the ecological environment is ignored, and after the test is over, I don't know how many wood magicians will be dispatched to restore the forest.
Just as he was in a wild fugue, a gust of wind blew, and Priest was heard exclaiming, "There is a cliff ahead." ”
There is a cliff in front and a stone giant in the back, what should I do?
At this point, they couldn't afford to think about it anymore, because the two winged demon pigs didn't notice the danger at all, and rushed towards the cliff.
When falling off the cliff, Hines grabbed Jian Lu for the first time, and the magic sword he held in his other hand was inserted. Into the mountain wall.
Priestley also grabbed Amelia's arm, and a seed in his hand quickly turned into an emerald green elven vine under the urging of magic, and the root system was deeply rooted in the earth, and the other end of the vine wrapped around the two people's bodies, making them hang in the mountain wall.
Taylor also hooked a small tree growing on the cliff for the first time, stabilized his body, and Rupert was hung underneath.
A group of people were just hung in the air, and a gust of wind blew from below the cliff, and their bodies shook, looking very pitiful.
Jian Lu took the time to take a look, and suddenly said, "Over there...... It should be the Lemlas School of Magic, right? ”
When everyone heard his voice, they subconsciously looked across the cliff, and sure enough, they saw a castle in the night.