Chapter 12: Weakness is sin
"I'm about to get out of the woods, hurry up! Charles, if you don't have the strength to hold a shield, then..."
"No! The shield is the life of a warrior! I must not leave it behind! "Okay!"
With Jarrow's help, the four of them finally escaped from the woods. They didn't pay close attention to the previous escape. Now that they saw a lake not far away, they realized: it turned out that they had arrived at the slime's lair, and the crisis had not been resolved!
There was no way forward, and there were pursuers behind, and if it weren't for the lack of slimes in front of him, Jarrow would have felt that his previous efforts were a waste of time. If you can get rid of the annoying slimes in one go, you probably won't be like this.
In the final analysis, it is a matter of strength. Not only him, but the other three had this idea.
As he was too tired to do so, he had just run out of the woods, and Xiu and Charles stopped to rest. Jarrow noticed the situation and stopped. Gently putting Alice down, he began to pay attention to the movement of the lake.
To be honest, I was carried by Jarrow all the way, and the experience was very poor. If it weren't for Alice's willpower, she would have vomited her lunch in a bump.
Now that she was finally put down, her whole person was suddenly resurrected. But when she thought that Red Lotus was not there, she was a little worried: "Red Lotus, she.."
"Don't worry, even if she can't defeat those monsters, she should be able to get out safely. But the longer the time is off, the worse it will be for her, and you have to join her as soon as possible! That one.. Xiu, we've all killed so many slimes, we should have already met the mission requirements, right? ”
At this time, he didn't forget to pay attention to the task, Jarrow was indeed quite idle, Xiu, who stretched his arms, took a few deep breaths, and said extremely seriously: "Don't worry, the task only requires killing 10 slimes, and we have already completed it." We must go back alive, or we will lose more than we gain! ”
"Alas, it's all because I'm not the captain well. If you had done a little more preparation beforehand, it might not have been like this! Alice, if we can go back without any problems, I'll buy you a good sword. Of course, Charles, too, I'll have to buy you a nice shield! You.."
This made Jarrow unable to listen: "I'll talk about these words later, it's not very safe here." If we have rested, we will leave immediately. Rest assured, I remember the map here, I'll bring .."
As soon as he finished speaking, the originally calm water in the lake suddenly surged violently. Seeing this, all the staff hurriedly raised their vigilance. Jia Luo was at the front, and Xiu with a bow was behind him, and both of them were paying attention to the movement of the lake. And because he didn't know when the pursuers would arrive, Charles was in charge of the palace.
A roar came from the depths of the lake, and Charles was shaken and dizzy. Seeing this, Alice hurriedly motioned for him to lower her shield. It's a pity that Charles didn't listen to the persuasion, and seeing his struggling expression, she took away Charles's long sword without saying a word.
"Charles, you can rest for a while, just let me come."
This is not recklessness, and knights and warriors have a lot in common, just as knights fight with shields. Just because Alice doesn't like to use shields doesn't mean she doesn't know how to use them.
The magic that she had finally recovered was only able to perform the Holy Light Spell once, and this magic could not restore the magic power and relieve fatigue, except for her injury, the others were only slightly bruised at most, so she cast the Holy Light Technique very decisively.
As soon as her injuries healed, she forcibly snatched the shield from Charles's hand. Charles was slumped on the ground and couldn't say anything, he really couldn't help. If you give the weapon to Alice, maybe it will turn a difference.
Regarding Jarrow's teammate, Alice can't see through it. He had shown signs of overusing his mana before, and it stands to reason that he couldn't have lasted that long.
Even if he had any magic-type talent, he should have been tired a long time ago, but after he burst out with amazing strength, not only was he not tired, but he was even more energetic.
Then the question arises, he is really the same as us... Are all newcomers? How strong is he? How do you feel like he can't use up his magic power? Had he been pretending to be before?
As she guessed, Jarrow was pretending, but it wasn't the same thing as she thought, in fact, he was already tired, but he didn't dare to show it, he didn't want to worry others. If even he is going to fail, what should everyone do?
Seeing that Alice wanted to fight side by side, he had no reason to object: "Xiu, are you okay?" ”
"I'm fine, it's just.. Jarrow, can we really get out of under the nose of this big guy? ”
They can't blame Xiu for having this question, it's really that the big guy in front of them is too big. It was a giant slime more than 10 meters high, with more than a dozen tentacles, hideous faces, standing smoothly on the surface of the lake, and it looked like a ruthless character.
If Jarrow is at his best, he may be able to beat it, but Xiu knows Jarrow very well what Jarrow is in now. Fortunately, the other party did not act for a long time, and stared at them viciously like that.
However, just being stared at by it, Xiu felt a chill in his back. Not only that, but so are Charles and Alice. Jarrow noticed this situation and smiled stingily: "Don't worry, with me, you will be fine!" Alice, just leave this big guy to me, and remember to protect the others! ”
This was the first time Jarrow had laughed, and Alice didn't say anything when she saw him behave so unusually. The shield was in her hands, and failing to protect Hao Xiu and Charles would be a betrayal of Jarrow's trust in her.
Seeing that the three of them had dodged far away, it should be out of the attack range of the giant slime tentacles, and Jarrow was relieved. However, in the next moment, he became nervous again, as the slimes who had been thrown off earlier caught up with him. In less than three minutes, the back road will be blocked.
"Hey, big man, if you want to bask in the sun, then keep basking and we won't bother you.."
The intruder who killed hundreds of his companions was just around the corner, and the giant slime could not let it go. The reason why it didn't do it before was because it faintly sensed that the aura on Jarrow was very strange.
Now seeing that the other party wanted to escape, it no longer hesitated, and directly threw out its tentacles to try to slap the intruder to death!
It's a pity that it still underestimated Jia Luo, not only borrowed the Black Flame Barrier to block the attacking tentacles, but also freed up his hands to cast the Black Flame Technique repeatedly, and the tentacles that attacked the three of Xia Er were directly broken: "Xiu, you guys hurry up, here..!" ”
The giant slime has a certain amount of intelligence, and the means are something that Jarrow can guess. At the moment when the tentacles were blown off, one of the tentacles activated the skill: [Water Blade Slash]
There were three whirling water blades, and Alice was the first to react, but it was still slow, and the water blades bypassed her and attacked directly at Charles, who was applying powder to the broken sword. Three water blades hit Charles in the back, one of which broke through the armor, and Charr suffered a heavy blow to his right shoulder.
"Charles, don't move, I'll heal you!"
However, as soon as Alice wanted to use magic, the water blade attacked, and at the same time, an extremely dangerous dark purple venom attacked.
Jarrow had already reacted, how could he see his teammates injured again, so he cast the Black Flame Barrier again: "Hey, don't always bully my people!" What's the matter, come at me! Xiu, you guys.."
The Black Flame Barrier was able to resist the Water Blade and Venom, but they still got hit. If it weren't for the black flame that dispelled most of the poisonous mist, the poison among the three would have been even deeper.
Alice's poisoning was shallow, and seeing that Xiu and Charles were both unconscious, she hurriedly cast the Holy Light Technique. After confirming that the two of them were not in danger of life, she passed out after overusing her magical powers.
Looking at the smug look of the giant slime, Jarrow was very angry: "Damn, it's all because of your fault!" No, it's my fault, it's my failure to protect them! Alice, you've worked hard. Rest assured, I will never let you be hurt again! Ugly monsters, suffer death! ”
(TO BE CONTINUED)