"Hmm, are you alright?"

"No... It's okay..."Stern survived, his shirt was already soaked in cold sweat, and he almost collapsed.

The remaining two demon wolves seemed to be enraged by the wolfless behavior of the two humans in front of them, leaned down and let out a low voice, and the black-haired young man held his sword horizontally in front of him and took a stance.

Speaking from the heart, even if these two demon wolves are still in the stage of ordinary beasts in the strict sense, and only have some demonic characteristics, they are not something that a 17-year-old boy can face, and the excessive gap in physique is almost impossible to win unless it is made up by extraordinary strength. The first demon wolf that died was killed by a sneak attack during the attack stage, and if there was a seasoned hunter here, he would undoubtedly be amazed by the timing of the boy's surprise attack and his own decisiveness.

A demon wolf took the lead in attacking, but the black-haired boy was prepared, his dexterous body dodged to the side to dodge the opponent's pounce, and slashed at the demon wolf with the blade of his sword, the sharp blade pierced the fur, making the opponent's blood flow. But the other demon wolf took advantage of this opportunity and pounced, and the huge wolf head went straight towards the young man's neck, revealing sharp teeth that glowed with cold light. If you are pounced on this time, you will not die, but once you are entangled by the demon wolf in close quarters, the huge physique gap can easily bite off the neck of the black-haired boy in the grappling.

Stern was anxious, but because his hands and feet were weak, he couldn't support the other party at all, so he could only yell: "Watch the back!" ”

Suddenly, a crossbow arrow flew from the side and shot directly into the eye of the demon wolf.

The demon wolf was in pain, and his movements were already deformed.

The black-haired boy first rolled sideways, dodging the opponent's huge body, and then directly sank into the opponent's neck with a sword. The remaining demon wolf, seeing that something was wrong, whimpered and retreated to the bushes behind him, and fled.

A small figure walked out of the bushes next to him, with neat short ear-length hair, and big round eyes looking at Stern with obvious disgust, it was the supporter who had just shot the arrow.

The black-haired boy also walked up, pulled Stern up, and said as he walked, "Let's get out of here first." “

The moment he walked out of the Dark Forest, Stern felt extremely happy. If it weren't for Lady Luck continuing to favor him, he might have become the excrement of the demon wolf by this time.

As for the rest of the convoy, Stern didn't want to think about it, and all he could do was pray that more people would be as lucky as he was to escape.

After a brief conversation, Stern learns that the dark-haired boy's name is Ivan, and that his companion, Miss Supporter, is called Hill.

"You're also freshmen at the Academy of Magic?" Stern's eyes widened, but the way you fight is not magical at all!

"Stern, are you too?"

In the face of Ivan's question, Stern puffed up his chest as much as he could, pretending not to care at all: "Special enrollment for Magic Construction at the Royal Academy of Magic of Odin. ”

"It seems that the Royal Academy of Magic is not as powerful as it is rumored."

For Ciel's ridicule, Stern, who had just experienced the demon wolf incident, was powerless to refute, and there was really no way to see that embarrassing look.

When it was getting dark, the three of them arrived in the royal city, and the bustling imperial capital was very different from the small town in the countryside.

The ubiquitous pedestrians, the glittering buildings, and the dazzling array of goods all dazzled Stern.

Stern had to control his curiosity so that he didn't seem so uninformed. But Hill on the side had already seen it, and muttered "country boy" in the back.

Stern had to pretend he didn't hear.

"The entrance ceremony to the Academy of Magic doesn't start until tomorrow, and if you don't have a place to stay, you can ask Ciel to take you to a better hotel."

Stern listened absentmindedly to Ivan's words.

Because he found that from the moment he entered the royal city, there were many people on the road pointing at them and looking at them. What's more, most people have scrutiny and disgust in their eyes.

Are the people in the city so unfriendly? I didn't expect the countrymen to be so ostracized...

Stern couldn't help but feel inferior, and lowered his head a little lower.

Bypassing the bustling corner, the scene in front of you is simply very different from the outside.

This dark alley is shabby and dilapidated, and there is a stench everywhere, and you can't see a trace of life here.

The slums of the imperial capital are home to countless poor people, hooligans and drunkards, and people disappear here almost every day. The druggiver on the road had mentioned it and told him not to trust anyone in the slums, where scammers abounded.

Ivan lives here.

The three of them walked in the foul-smelling alley, the environment here was much worse than Stern had imagined, and even the backward and poor hometown was many times better than this. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have imagined that such a place would exist in the seemingly beautiful and prosperous royal city.

While others are enjoying happiness and warmth, the people here are only suffering, and only despair is left in their dull eyes.

Stern felt a feeling of suffocation envelop him, and what he didn't expect happened after the three of them turned the corner.

"Click", a stone flew unexpectedly and smashed Ivan's head, and blood soon flowed from Ivan's forehead.

"Get out! You devil! You are not welcome in the human world! At the end of the alley stood several teenagers, all in their teens, who quickly fled from the other side. Ivan kept his head down, and it was difficult for others to see his expression.

He sighed softly and said, "Hill, you take him to a better hotel, and I'll go home and make the medicine first." ”

With that, a man left from Stern's sight.

Stern was about to say something, but found that he couldn't open his mouth at all.

He heard Ciel's cold voice coming from behind: "Don't be surprised, you'll soon understand when you enter the royal city anyway." Ivan is a half-breed, a child of humans and demons. ”

Stern looked at Hill in disbelief, and he immediately understood what the teenagers meant.

Demons were born to destroy.

They are the ultimate enemies of the human race, and even the orcs who have been at war with humans for many years are not as threatening as them. But the demon race was defeated by the human alliance at the end of the Fourth Age, and even more than ten years have passed, and until now, no one has seen the shadow of the demon race.

"Ivan's matter is very complicated, I don't know why the church and the kingdom would let him wander in human society, I advise you not to explore, and it is better not to have anything to do with us, do you feel the eyes of those people?"

yes, hatred, contempt, and fear...