"Smack!"

With a bang, Anne closed the box containing the ore, looked at Richard and asked tentatively, "This ore is important to you?"

Richard replied, "Actually, for now, it doesn't matter, because I found a place where there is such ore that I can use for a short time." However, for the sake of what might happen in the future, the more ore the better, so there is a deal between us. ”

"Then ......," Anne hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "I can promise you." ”

"Good. Richard said, "Then the cooperation between us can be regarded as a temporary agreement, and the specific situation depends on the future performance."

As you said earlier, when we get here, the battle in St. Louis shouldn't be affected, and we can be separated. So, goodbye, I'm going to take care of some of my things, and I'll be looking forward to you sending me a message through the crystal ball. ”

After speaking, Richard nodded slightly at Anne, which was regarded as a farewell, and then the surface of his body was covered with a layer of gray energy, and he rose to the sky.

In the blink of an eye, Richard was already at an altitude of 100 meters.

Anne, who was standing on the ground, looked at the box containing the ore in her hand, and then at Richard who was flying, her eyes flickered, and her eyes were a little unwilling.

For her, it is naturally good to be able to cooperate with Richard. But what she wanted most was to become a student of Richard.

Is it really impossible?

As soon as Anne gritted her silver teeth, she stomped her foot a little fiercely, and the mana in the magic source in her body surged out rapidly, and a cloud of white light wrapped her body, driving her to chase Richard and fly to a height of 100 meters.

By this time, however, Richard had risen to a height of three hundred meters—high above him, barely in the dark.

Anne tensed her face and continued to control the mana gushing out, raising her full strength and chasing after Richard.

Then two hundred meters, three hundred meters, four hundred meters, five hundred meters......

With some effort, Anne struggled to rise to a position of 500 meters above the ground, a height she had never been at before, where the wind was howling, and she could barely keep her shape, and she had to fall uncontrollably, barely holding on with all her might.

Looking up, she saw that Richard continued to rise, slowly but steadily as her vision grew smaller and darker, and finally disappeared into the darkness altogether.

At this moment, Anne felt a little bitter and desperate in her heart. She was completely aware of how big the gap between her and Richard was, so big that she couldn't catch up with each other if she wanted to.

"Whew-"

The night wind was howling all around.

The unwillingness in Anne's eyes was like a candle in the wind, flickering a few times, and finally extinguished.

"Brush—"

Anne controlled her body and fell towards the ground.

"Smack. ”

After a while, his body hit the ground and his feet touched the ground. Stretched out his hand to open the box containing the ore and looked at it a few times, pursed his lips vigorously, and walked into the night.

......

The other side.

Downtown St. Louis, on a wide boulevard.

On both sides of the avenue, there are many stone buildings of different heights and styles, which look very prosperous. However, at this time, many buildings were more or less damaged, the lightest ones were also destroyed doors and windows, the heavier walls were riddled with holes and almost collapsed, and the most serious ones were directly bombed into a pile of rubble—the result of the battle just now.

One of the three-story stone buildings seemed to have been hit by a fireball, and a large hole appeared in the front wall, and there were scorched marks all around. The entire building was affected, sloping towards the street, with the end of the spire extending beyond its foundation.

A vague black shadow descended silently from the sky, falling on the spire as if it had no weight, blending in with its surroundings and almost imperceptibly - it was Richard.

Richard looked around and cast his gaze a hundred meters away from the street, where a battle had come to an end.

The battle was fought between Aaron Pompo and numerous knights in costumes.

Alan Pompo was so badly injured that even as he stood still, his body was shaking, and he looked like he was going to collapse at any moment.

The Knights in Costume paid a great deal of casualties, with corpses lying in various parts of the street, some scorched, some frozen into ice sculptures, and most of their bodies dissolved by acid, created by Alan Pompo's spells.

In contrast, the Magic Knights are dominant, and the uninjured Magic Knights are regrouping. A group of ten knights in costume mounted on horseback, adjusting their state and preparing to launch a new charge towards Aaron Pompo.

"Kill!"

The squad leader of the knight in costume on his horse shouted the order.

"Wow!"

An entire squad of knights in costume glowed emerald green, holding long knight spears, and rushed towards Aaron Pompo.

"Da Da Da ......"

The sound of horses' hooves echoed throughout the streets, and the knights in costume grew faster and closer to each other, almost as one. A red glow erupted from the end of the knight's spear, pointing straight at Alan Pompo.

Alan Pombo felt the momentum of the charge, and did not want to resist hard, so he bowed his legs and bounced his body, ready to jump into the air to dodge.

But as soon as he leaped up, a sharp whistling sound sounded all around, and black rays streaked across his head—javelins thrown by the surrounding knights and ordinary soldiers, forcing him back to the ground.

"Bang!"

Alan Pombo landed a little embarrassed, and by this time the charging knight in costume had already arrived in front of him, and the head of the knight's spear pierced his heart.

Alun Pombo furrowed his eyebrows, looked at the head of the gun, and his voice came out of his mouth, which shook people's ears: "Die!"

"Boom!"

An earthy yellow light enveloped Aaron Pompo's body, and Aaron Pombo stepped forward and forcibly disengaged the knight's many spears.

After that, his hands expanded, and the earthy yellow light separated from his body, turning into two giant shields of energy, splitting a small team of demonic knights in two. Then the energy giant shield, like two flying earth walls, knocked all the knights in magic armor out of the way, both men and horses.

"Bang bang bang!"

The knight in costume fell to the ground heavily, screaming and snorting in pain for a while.

"Humph!"

Aaron Pombo snorted, then his expression sank, and he looked straight ahead, where a new group of Knights in Suit was ready and trying to charge.

Aaron Pombo could see that the strength of this team of magic knights was very strong, the weakest were all five-pattern elite magic knights, and the leader of the team was the seven-pattern big magic knights, which was a great threat to him. Even if he wasn't injured, he didn't dare to underestimate it, and now that he was injured, he was afraid that it would be difficult to resist.

As soon as he thought of this, Aaron Pombo felt a sense of emptiness in his body quickly gush out, filling his whole body. His legs were weak and he almost collapsed, and he gritted his teeth and squeezed out what little strength he had left, so he could maintain his standing.