"Duran!" Kate exclaimed, but at that moment, Duran jerked the wizard's body forward, and by the time the branches fell, his figure had disappeared in place. The flickering skill moved him from the lake to the shore without any hint of relief.

"Whoa!" The water splashed in the sky, and the wizard's body narrowly and dangerously brushed against the attack of the branches, and the waves of the lake pushed her towards the shore. Duran, who had been waiting for a long time, grabbed her clothes, and couldn't avoid suspicion, and pulled them to the shore a few times.

Kate and his party immediately gathered around, and the silver-haired warlock turned pale with fright, only to breathe a sigh of relief when she was sure that Duran was safe.

"You are the next leader of the black-clothed people, Mr. Qiu's expectations are pinned on you, this kind of risky thing is not what a leader should do!" Kate said with a glare.

Duran was helpless to spread his hands, and it was indeed lucky that he could use the flicker at the last moment. His breathing was very rapid, and it took a while to straighten out: "You mean you want me to die and not save me?" This wizard has nothing to do with us, but since she fell to me, of course I have to give her a hand. ”

Kate shook her head, and with a gloomy face, dragged the unconscious witch to the dry sand.

Duran smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect her to be so heavy before saving her, I thought we would reach the shore smoothly." ”

"It's not funny at all." The silver-haired warlock replied coldly, and she lay the wizard's body flat on the ground, and began to check for the severity of the injuries - every trained blackman was a reliable field emergency doctor, and even a demonic warlock like Kate had been instructed in the blackman's training base, which was far from Duran himself.

"Hey, master, I mean, are we going to stay away?" The ogre said timidly: "It may be dangerous to stay by the lake, in case this guy suddenly attacks us......"

Who knew that before the words of the iron sheet were finished, they were truncated among the people:

"Coward! Just get to shore and you'll be fine. Stuka's branches are long, but they can only attack things in Lake Sora. ”

It was Lulu, the leprechaun, who spoke, and as she spoke, she made a big grimace at the dryad on the island in the middle of the lake. The ogre was so afraid of these two goblins that when he saw the little thing speak, he immediately shrank his neck in fright and remained silent.

Duran sat down on the soft sand and let out a long breath. A large amount of sweat mixed with the lake water ran down his back, and he felt his cells tremble. Thinking back to what he had just done, his scalp tingled - the danger of saving the wizard this time was no less dangerous than the few times he had experienced in the Evil Lands, he was not like the wizard in front of him who had the protection of life armor, and as a gray iron assassin, Duran himself was still very vulnerable. Once hit by Stuka's branch, I'm afraid I'll have to vomit blood if I don't die.

"What a nuisance." Duran glanced into the lake, and after that angry attack, Stuka's branch was caught at the bottom of the lake and disappeared. Kate's Infernal Fire is still very lethal, and coupled with the many minions it has been destroyed by the wizard's [Cutting Ray] before, the dryad Stuka must have been greatly injured today.

However, even so, it is very tricky to get to the island. The plague Dryads summoned by the Dryad had not disappeared, they were like a well-trained army, in groups of three or five on the island, guarding the Dryad in the center. Although these Dryads only have the strength of Gray Iron, they are superior to a large number, and if they want to attack the Dryad's body, then they must first get rid of these obstructive guys.

Fortunately, although the dryad is annoying, it is not an enemy that Duran must defeat, and he wonders where the mysterious hand pointing to the Valley of Shadows is? During the battle between the wizard and the dryad, he had many chances to get a clear view of the island. But there was no sign of the Mystic Hand in his sight, and the island was empty, empty except for Stuka the Dryad - and now, of course, there were more Plague Dryads.

Duran was a little preoccupied, and if he couldn't find the Tower of Shadows, his strength would not be able to improve quickly. The Evil Pact may help him increase his strength, but that way is too dangerous, especially since Duran's strength is still in a relatively low state. When he killed the half-evil spirit Beron before, he was already nine deaths, and if he was lucky enough to survive, Duran himself felt that he was blessed by Xiwei, so he would not take the initiative to enter the evil land for a while.

"Do you really want to let him go for the time being?" The thought flashed through Duran's mind, but he finally shook his head slowly.

There's no way he's going to let Andrew go.

Even temporarily, it can't.

The teacher's face when he died was still in front of his eyes, and the man who made the original owner feel the warmth of a father for the first time died in the hands of the dragon lord.

"Something must be wrong." Duran took a deep breath and retook the parchment roll from the little devil's tail.

The four proverbs were still clearly visible, and Duran had been watching them for five minutes, but his mind was still foggy, and he couldn't enter the door.

"Duran, she's awake!"

At this time, Kate, who was treating the witch on the side, suddenly let out a call.

Duran patted his ass and stood up and walked over.

The life armor on the sorceress's body is still shining with a bright green light, Kate has actually only carried out some basic treatment, pressing out the water she inadvertently drank into, and more of the effect is due to the treatment of the strong ** technique of life armor - this spell has a dual effect, one is to absorb physical and magical damage, and the other is to restore vitality.

Duran glanced at the crystal ball and immediately judged it to be a high-grade item, at least a high-level magic item suitable for a golden wizard. The newly awakened witch looked bad, and her overly frightened face was a little panicked, like a little rabbit that had just escaped.

She shuddered and subconsciously held the crystal ball in her arms. Kate gave her a gentle smile, and the latter nodded gratefully and asked, "You saved me?" ”

Kate shook her head and laughed, "Someone else saved you, that guy is a fool." ”

The sorceress was obviously a little confused, and she looked up at Duran, and her face immediately flushed.

"Huh? In this world, there are people who are so easy to be shy? Duran thought so, he pretended to cough, and said, "This wizard miss, the dryad is not so easy to deal with. Fighting alone is indeed commendable, but life is just as precious. ”

"Huh? Do you know I'm a wizard? The girl was immediately startled and showed a look of fear: "You, will you send me to the stake?" ”

Duran and Kate looked at each other, and they couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The girl became more and more frightened, she grabbed the corners of her robes tightly, bit her lip and said, "I heard that anyone who catches a wizard and delivers it to the dragon nobles will get a large bounty, that's why you saved me, isn't it?" ”

Duran shrugged helplessly: "Maybe I'm very interested in a high bounty, but it's even more regrettable, I'm afraid that in the dragon nobles' bounty warrant, your head will not be further than ours." ”

The girl seemed to understand a little: "Huh? Are you members of the Thieves? ”

Kate snorted: "The man in front of you is probably the next leader of the black-clothed people." ”

Duran smiled slightly and stretched out his right hand: "Hello, my name is Duran." ”

The girl timidly reached out her hand and retracted it after only a slight touch, as if Duran were a pervert. With such a move, her little face was red to her neck, and she didn't dare to look into Duran's eyes at all: "I, I, my name is Erica...... I've heard of the Blacks, they're a group of people who rebelled against the cruel rule of the Dragonmen, so you shouldn't have sent me into the hands of the Dragonmen nobles? ”

The young man whom the wizard of the White Tower attaches so much importance to this quality? Duran pouted in his heart, this girl's performance is too inferior, right? You can blush when you shake your hand.

"Miss Erica, I wonder why you, as a wizard of the White Tower, are here?" Duran had the heart to take her word.

Erigar looked like she had not been deeply involved in the world, and when she heard Duran's question, she immediately replied honestly, "I—I'm here to find the Shadow Diamond." ”

"Sure enough!" Eregal's words confirmed Duran's suspicions, and the girl apparently knew the secrets of the Valley of Shadows as well. "The old guys of the White Tower Wizard should have a lot of secrets in their hands, if they can have a good relationship with Eregal, they will be able to have more comrades-in-arms in the future in dealing with dragonmen."

The Shadow Diamond is a very magical treasure. This item is best suited for arcane masters, and legend has it that in the Second Age, a pure shadow diamond was enough to buy a marquis's domain. The rarity of this treasure is comparable to that of the Molten Heart in Duran's hand, and only extremely powerful creatures in the Shadow Plane can condense the Shadow Diamond. In order to obtain this kind of treasure, many powerful wizards and arcanists are willing to risk going deep into the shadow plane in the lower void plane to hunt shadow beasts, and it often takes many years to obtain them, which shows the preciousness of this treasure.

And Duran knew that as a ** master who was proficient in shadow spells, Rui Wenjin, his mage tower had at least three shadow diamonds. Since Duran knew it, there was no reason why the wizards of the White Tower who lived in the [Plateau of Despair] did not know. I'm afraid they sent young Eregar to the Mushroom Forest to retrieve the Shadow Diamond.

Seeing Duran's pensive look, Erigar timidly added, "I just want a shadow diamond, and in two months it will be the teacher's birth, and I want to surprise him." ”

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