Chapter 36: The Spirit of the Lake

Seeing that the fireball was about to crash into Elena, a giant bear, oh no, a giant bear-like body stood in front of Elena.

The fireball hit Simpson in an instant, and despite the protection of the thick leather armor, he was knocked back two steps, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth. The fireball didn't seem to be large, but the physical flames condensed by the magic burned a part of the thick leather armor into a somewhat deformed shape, emitting a foul smell.

"Simpson!" Elena raised her eyebrows, her teeth chattering, and drew her bow hard to aim at the fireball's originator, a skeleton mage in the distance. The "Buzz......" arrow was lightning fast, and almost at the same time, the skeleton mage had already shattered its skull and fell to the ground.

At this time, Vane was very anxious, and when the black mage himself came, a few of them would really be buried here, and there was not even a monument.

Simpson wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, reached out to Felder and said in a low voice, "Lend me your sword." Felder didn't know what Simpson was doing with it, but he still handed the sword to Simpson after cutting off the head of a zombie with great force.

The steel broadsword was just right in Simpson's hand, and it didn't feel wide. He gripped the hilt of his sword with both hands, the blade hanging horizontally in the air, the muscles in his arms bulging high. The swords of the surrounding skeletons were raised high and ready to be slashed, but Simpson moved, and he picked up the steel broadsword and spun it. He spun faster and faster, advancing like a tornado, leaving stumps and bones flying everywhere he went.

The Simpson carved a bloody path in the army of the undead, and the crowd slowly retreated with their backs against Simpson......

After leaving the hut, everyone stumbled and ran in the dark forest, and everyone was more or less injured in the battle just now, and they were already exhausted. Luckily, the dark mage didn't make a move on them.

"Stop...... Stop for a moment. Vane said breathlessly. He had just cast the Great Fireball Technique plus a few elementary spells, and he had already reached his limit, and now he could barely breathe because of his running.

"Take a break, I can't run anymore. Felder sat down on the floor as he spoke.

Several people sat on the ground, and all that was left was the sound of loud gasps and heavy breathing.

"I don't know when I'll be able to get out of this forest, right?" Felder slammed his sword into the ground in a bit of a rage, kicking the leaves indiscriminately.

"Simpson, where did you learn that trick?" asked Elena, curious.

"Ever since I was a kid, I've always liked to play with a wooden wheel, and this is the first time I've used a sword. Simpson scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.

"I said, Simpson, you better don't learn magic, you go and learn a weapon that is more suitable for you. Vane didn't sound so gasping anymore.

"But I still prefer my fists to weapons. Simpson smiled innocently.

"Didn't you notice that the fog was much lighter?" said Ace. Everyone looked around, and although it was still pitch black, the hazy feeling was much less, and the skin felt less wet.

Everyone was in good spirits, dragging their heavy bodies and continuing to walk forward.

Although Ace had cast a healing spell on everyone, Vane's body had reached its limit, and he was so dizzy that he couldn't think, he just wanted to lie down and get some sleep. Simpson had no choice but to help him move forward a little bit.

"There's water!" Felder was pleasantly surprised to find what appeared to be a body of water at the end of the woods ahead.

Everyone walked out of the woods, all shocked by what they saw. A huge lake appeared in the middle of the forest, and the sparkling surface of the lake was as far as the eye could see, and the entire lake was shrouded in pale blue moonlight. The lake occasionally ripples, causing the moon's reflection to sway slightly. Several people were already thirsty, squatting by the lake and drinking water.

"What's that......" Ise said in a trembling voice, pointing to the lake in the distance.

Everyone looked up and saw that there were waves of water on the originally calm lake. There seemed to be something beneath the surface of the lake in the distance, and bubbles kept coming up. Gradually, the bubbles gushed out faster and faster, and the water in the middle of the lake seemed to boil.

Vane subconsciously took a step back, only to see something slowly breaking out of the water where the lake was bubbling. As the thing continued to rise, Vane realized that it seemed to be a person, more like a woman. And the woman was still rising, and there was a black land under her feet, which was rising out of the water and getting bigger and bigger.

The woman stopped her ascent and stood quietly on the land. From Vane's point of view, she looked as if she was standing on the moon, and there was a shocking beauty of holiness.

Then the "land" began to move, and waves on both sides rushed towards them!

It wasn't long before the woman was almost on the shore, and the black land seemed to be the back of a behemoth! The woman jumped from it, but she didn't fall into the water, but was still suspended above the water. She walked slowly towards the shore, like a moon goddess in the moonlight.

Vane and the others were already stunned, forgetting to escape, forgetting to speak, and even forgetting to breathe.

"Traveler, it's been a long time since there's a traveler here, what are you doing here?" the woman asked, her voice soft and calm, reassuring the otherwise uncertain.

"We are...... A frog told us that we could find his friend here, called the Lake Fairy. Vane stammered a little.

The woman sneered and said, "I'm not a lake fairy, just an elf who has been exiled here, you can call me Lydia." Speaking of which, the frog seems to have not been here in a long time. ”

Vane then discovered that she was tall and slender, fair-skinned, and had pointed ears, and she was indeed an elf. Elves mostly prefer to live in the forest, which is rare in Obojar. The first time I got close to the elves, the shock of the natural beauty couldn't help but make everyone a little distracted.

The elves are one of the oldest races in the world, they have lived in various parts of the world long before the appearance of humans, they are peaceful by nature, worship the power of nature, and magic originated from the elves. In order to survive, the elves fought against the alien beasts for thousands of years, and eventually due to the rise of the dragon, the elves suffered heavy losses and had to retreat into the forest. Since then, the civilization of the elves has begun to decline.

At that time, a new kind of creature emerged on the road of Akanster, the humans, who did not have the talent of elves, the strength of dwarves, or the creativity of goblins, but they had a strong curiosity, and gradually they learned natural magic, metal smelting, and machine building. Among them, magic, which has been developing slowly for thousands of years, has been reborn, and light and dark magic have been created and developed rapidly, entering the magic era of three types of magic. Among them, natural magic is good at healing and protection, light magic is good at elemental attacks, and dark magic is good at mind control and support.

Humanity rose rapidly in the continent of Akanster, and cities were repeatedly destroyed by dragons, but humanity gradually grew stronger in the process of relentless battle with dragons. More than 800 years before the Age of Magic, humanity united with various other races and fought to the death against dragons. Eventually, the dragon vanished, and was never seen again.