"Are we just going to keep running in a straight line?"

"So far...... We don't seem to have any other way. ”

"Left, left, left! Stop the...... Uh, what's that horned beast called? ”

"It's all said, don't ask me! How could I possibly know that! ”

With another dull crash of earth and rock, the eight feet of the four men quickly stepped through the defense line of another gate, and then, under the cover of the magic of a certain magician who called himself "Rashomon", rushed through the resistance of various wonderful creatures again and again. These wonderful creatures included not only beasts from other areas of the Marrom Stone Forest, but also various forms such as stone forest insect swarms, stone forest rat groups, stone forest vines, and stone forest itself, which smelled the sound in their own unique ways, and then used a variety of jaw-dropping attacks to try to leave the four living people in front of them in this purple place.

Judging by the smashed stone walls that had been thrown behind by the team, they had entered a state bordering on madness.

"I say genius magician...... How much stamina do you have left? ”

"Don't ask me such pointless questions, can you know what can I help you solve?"

"I mean...... You can choose a more effortless way to cast your magic, just put earthen walls on either side of us, and you don't have to push it away with wind magic......"

"You know Mao, can this have attack power? What is the difference between an earthen wall with no attack power and a salted fish......"

"We need it as soon as possible."

Doutou slashed over a monster that rushed through the crack in the door wall, chopping melons and vegetables and rushing to the front in two steps, and at the same time opened the system menu, reminding the two players who were arguing without looking back: "Our HP is still decreasing, and now only 68% is left......"

"What?" Feng Mai Lang, who had been barely catching up, exclaimed, "How is it possible? It's only been half a minute, hasn't it? ”

"With this pungent smell, you should also guess the toxicity of these purple gases." Turning his head to look at the pursuers from all walks of life who were chasing after them because they were left behind, Duan Qing sighed helplessly: "Not immediately decomposing us into fertilizer in this place is already a manifestation of nature's benevolence." ”

"Are you sure it's just nature's benevolence, not the designer's malice?" The magician named Falling Dream suddenly raised his hands, and then waved it in all directions in front of him: "As soon as I stepped into this place, I received such a grand welcome......

"No matter how you look at it, it's not right!"

Several rock spikes drilled out of the ground appeared on the left and right of the stone forest, accurately piercing some snake-like black shadows that roamed on the ground into the air, but the dream of this kind of battle in an instant did not have the slightest smugness, because more black shadows from the depths of the darkness had already emerged from the cracks in the ground one after another. The same scene as when they first came to this place was played out in front of their eyes again, only this time the actors turned into snake creatures, and the entire dim stone forest surface seemed to be shaking with their appearance in the heart-numbing spitting sound, as if it had become a living thing: "Although I can't fool my grandfather's eyes, there are so many snake ......"

"Could it be the legendary Five Poison Array?" Chopping melons and vegetables, who has always been fearless, also stopped hesitantly: "There won't be scorpions and centipedes or anything like that......"

"Ahh The wind blowing wheat waves who were rubbing their arms vigorously spun in place: "This kind of death is too miserable!" ”

"It's a good thing I didn't bring those women here, otherwise I'd have fainted by now." Duan Qing, who pressed his forehead, sighed helplessly, and then handed back a clear look to the dream who looked over: "Since there is no way ......"

"Let's make our own way out!"

The sound of the ground rising suddenly rose with his shout, and was transmitted in all directions as the other magician lifted his staff, and stone walls appeared with the appearance of these tremors, lined up in front of the eyes of the four men. The enlightened man who was chopping melons and vegetables looked up, only to see that Duan Qing, who was carrying a stone hammer, had already jumped to the top of the first stone wall, and then exhaled deeply and struck out with a hammer in the air in front of him: "Hurry up!" ”

"They're not stupid!"

Hiss –

Several curved slender figures flew into the distance with Duan Qing's hammer blow, fell into the depths of the purple mist, gritted their teeth and turned around to chop melons and vegetables, but the subsequent action was stopped by the meteoric dream beside him: "Leave me alone, go and pick up that useless guide." ”

"Then you ......"

"The work after this break...... I'm going to do it myself. ”

The rumbling sound of the earth shook everyone's ears again, only this time it sounded on the road they had just passed, and the cracks that had appeared due to the shaking of the ground also extended towards a more circular area with the spread of some magical power. More and more beasts and creeping creatures fell to the ground due to the gradual strengthening of the shock wave, and at the same time, more pursuers in the rear tripped to the ground, but the sweaty dream did not stop in the slightest, and the staff in his hand suddenly turned and pointed towards the sky farther away: "Dragon scroll!" ”

The whirlwind with a rotating trajectory rushed into the sky with his shout, scattering the black clouds of the insect swarm that had been chasing after them, but the big knife chopping melons and vegetables sighed slightly, and then grabbed the arm of the stunned wind blowing the wheat waves: "Look at what, run!" ”

"But, but ......"

"Nothing!"

The sudden flash of knife light flashed from the corner of the wind-blown wheat wave's eyes, bringing up a few twisted snake shadows that had been cut off, and the wind-blown wheat wave who was already standing at the top of the stone wall shivered, and his eyes finally fell on the narrow aerial road that Duan Qing had cleared: "Wow! They ......"

"Stone walls only last a few seconds, and they climb upwards...... We don't have many chances to escape this way. ”

The voice belonging to Duan Qing immediately rose in front of him, and at the same time there was the sound of him smashing the earthen wall in the front: "So ...... say"

"Brother Fallen Dream, can you not put down so many earthen walls at once?" He pointed to the swarms of snakes that had fallen with the shattering of the earthen wall, "Don't give them time to follow suit." ”

"Whatever, whatever you want......"

Two invisible wind blades flew past the edge of the earthen wall, once again bringing up countless black shadows with snake heads cut in half, and a certain panting magician also climbed up against the stone wall behind the wind blowing wheat waves, and stopped at the back of the line with his staff: "Grandpa, I'll rest for a while......

"Huh? How is it possible to rest here......"

What does he mean...... It's for us to walk on our feet. ”

The knife slash thrown out was like a shadowless attack, and the melon and vegetable cutter once again sent away a few crawling creatures on both sides as his name suggested, and then looked at the unstoppable sound of shaking the ground behind him, and squatted helplessly in front of Falling Dream: "There is really no delay now, while we are still alive, let's buy more time for this weak magician." ”

"I, I'm fine......"

"Be silent."

Blowing the wind and raising his body left and right, chopping melons and vegetables, and said expressionlessly: "Hurry up and recover your strength, we are still counting on you to come on the road ahead......"

Rumble!

An earthen wall that was slightly inferior to the stone wall suddenly rose in the place where Duan Qing had just smashed, continuing the road that had disappeared a few points forward, and Duan Qing, who did not look back, also took on the role of a pioneer, and swept the glowing stone hammer in his hand forward: "Although the quality is not as good as yours, the purpose is still similar...... What are you still doing? Hurry up! ”

"Originally, I was afraid that you wouldn't put it high enough......" Behind the surprised swordsman, Falling Dream's voice with a smile slowly sounded: "Now I'm relieved." ”

"Height is not a measure of the quality of an earthen wall, after all, that's not what it's used for." Duan Qing, who was walking in front, stretched out his hand and lifted it, releasing another identical earthen wall again: "Now this is the case...... It's still very easy for me, a half-mage. ”

"No matter how good a mage you are, as long as you are a mage...... "Falling Dream, whose body was carried forward, looked up at the sky and let out a sigh like a murmur: "This proverb of the Mage Council sounds very reasonable now." ”

"Magic is the only thing that is not scientific in the free world, and there are many things it can do." Duan Qing, who continued to move forward, waved the stone hammer in his hand and slapped the several poisonous snakes crawling in front into meat sauce: "If you use it properly, ......"

"Simple results have the potential to solve many problems."

"You, how can you do magic?" Chopping melons and vegetables, who had not had much contact with Duan Qing, finally exclaimed: "It's still ...... Can it be released so quickly? ”

"Actually, it's not that fast, it's just prepared in advance." Duan Qing glanced back at the other party: "Compress the pre-action required for casting spells in advance...... It was taught to me by a friend of mine. ”

"That's, that's not right!" Chopping melons and vegetables, he looked back at Falling Dream's face, as if hoping that the professional could answer this doubt: "What about the second earthen wall?" The release interval between the two earthen walls is so close, it can't be that compression magic can also do it, right? ”

"Well...... That's the special effect on this stone hammer. ”

Looking at the weapon in his hand, Duan Qing let out a low laugh, and then turned around and knocked out in the direction behind the team while reaching out to lift the new path. Strange power appeared in the space below the team, shattering several venomous snakes that were about to attack into blood-red powder, before smashing the stone wall behind them to pieces with a piercing whistling sound. The knife hand who looked at this scene opened his mouth completely, as if he couldn't understand what happened just now, Duan Qing, who had withdrawn the light in his eyes, shook his head slightly, and ran on the new road again: "Don't ask, what is there to worry about the earthen wall given away for nothing, instead of worrying about whether we can hold on......"

"It's better to study how to break the game."

"Breaking the game?"

"yes, break the game."

Feeling the increasingly pungent smell, Duan Qing also looked up at the dark purple sky above his head: "This kind of situation is like all the people going out......"

"But it's not natural at all."

As new walls appeared and old ones disappeared, shards of earth and stone appeared around the party again and again, keeping the attacks of the serpents out of the range of the stone walls and pushing their positions forward little by little. The noise from all directions also became louder and louder, as if they had angry feelings for the fact that these few uninvited guests were still alive, and then sent more strange creatures to Duan Qing and the four of them. The two players in charge of protecting Falling Dream also had to bite the bullet and start to deal with the creatures around them, and even the attacks flying from the sky, and the speed of the team had to slow down a few times as the battle dragged on, and there were even a few near-annihilations. Due to the physical limitations, Duan Qing's speed of casting the earthen wall became slower and slower, and if it weren't for the effect of the stone hammer in his hand, the journey of several people might have been stopped earlier, and then drowned in the endless army of poisons.

"So...... Why are we surrounded? ”

In the team, which was completely surrounded by the slowdown in speed, the voice belonging to the Fallen Dream suddenly sounded softly: "From the very beginning of entering this place, we were targeted by all the creatures in the stone forest, their hatred is so high, and their actions are so unhesitating......

"What do you perceive?" Duan Qing, who was guarding the front, let out a relieved chuckle: "Magician? ”

"It's like...... We suddenly broke into a castle. Meteorite, who had been looking at the sky since just now, subconsciously replied: "The owner of the castle is very unwelcoming to us, and he has an all-round surveillance system, so wherever we go, they will keep the hunt endless......"

"It's not so much surveillance as madness." Duan Qing, wielding a stone hammer, replied in a low tone, "Judging from my more than thirty years of gaming experience...... This feeling of being hostile to everyone is like fighting against the will of this world. ”

"The will to fight against the world...... Yes, that's how it feels. Falling Dream's eyes lit up: "The reason why this stone forest is listed as a forbidden place is probably because it has its own will, so it ......"

"Ahh The eyebrows raised raised cut melons and vegetables and cut off a few flying insects that looked like wasps, and he couldn't wait to turn around and slap his teammates twice: "Don't make another middle two diseases!" Hurry up and get down to business! ”

"yes, to get to the point." Duan Qing's voice followed suit: "According to your magician's eyes...... What do you think is the Eye of Surveillance here? ”

"Well...... Hum! ”

Opened his eyes slightly, the corners of his mouth curled up after a long time, and his hands that were clenching the staff struggled, and he broke away from the resting state: "It seems that ...... It's time to do my true thing, grandpa. ”

He took out a scroll from his arms, then swung out a large bright flame, and then suddenly raised his hands in the smell of the surrounding flying insects being burned: "Wind and Fire Technique-"

"Firestorm!"