Hearing the whistle, both of them were stunned, they subconsciously turned around, only to see that at this time, on the hillside not far from the village, a bright fire suddenly broke out.

"There's an enemy attack!"

Seeing this fire, the two of them immediately stood up, they knew very well what it was, in fact, after the battle was over, Rhodes quickly asked Joey and a few other thief rangers to set up some magic signals and traps around the area, after all, the barbarians who attacked Shenxi Village this time were all annihilated, and the rest of the barbarians could not get any news because of this. According to Rod's estimate, it is very likely that they will send men out to find their companions, and in order to prevent these guys from sneaking up at night, Rhodes has let his subordinates set up traps and sentry posts in the surrounding places where the barbarians are likely to appear, and now it seems that this is quite useful.

Seeing the firelight and whistles, the villagers and mercenaries who were still celebrating the banquet immediately took action, they left the food and wine that had not been eaten and drunk, took up arms, and the old people, children, and women also hid in the nearby houses for the first time.

Looking at this scene in front of her, Marlene couldn't help but feel in her heart, she finally understood the meaning of Lijie's words, in such a place, danger is very likely to come at any time, if you don't hurry up and enjoy peace and joy in time, then it is very likely that you will never have time to enjoy all this again.

And at this moment, suddenly, in the mountains and forests not far in front of him, a light flashed, and then a huge fireball actually roared towards the village.

Mage?

Seeing this scene in front of her, everyone was stunned, and Marlene did not let her guard down, instead, she stared intently at the huge fireball. Then he raised the staff in his hand.

“sudys！”

With the girl's light drink, the prosperous magic circle appeared at the top of the ruby staff in the blink of an eye, and then dozens of ice-condensed long swords emerged from the void and rushed towards the fireball.

"Boom!"

At the same time as the ice sword and the fireball collided, a violent explosion sounded, and the red light enveloped the entire sky for a moment, and then it was fleeting.

"There is a mage?"

And at this time, Rhodes and the others had already arrived at the square. Marlene glanced at Rhodes with a somewhat complicated expression. Then he nodded slightly.

"That's right, it should be the Outer Ring Mage, I can handle it."

With that, Marlene raised her staff again, and she slammed it to the ground.

“tresan！”

The ground began to roar, and the crowd was amazed to see the wooden walls that had been used to hold back the attack suddenly begin to grow like trees. In less than a moment, a heavy wall of trees appeared around the village, protecting them firmly, and the mercenaries and militiamen were now ready for battle. It was already late at night, and although there was a dragon soul of light in the sky, and the bright moonlight could see most of the scenery clearly, it was late at night. In addition, Shenxi Village was surrounded by dense forests, and darkness had already become the only color in the dim forest at this moment, so even if everyone wanted to take a closer look, they couldn't see whether there were people in those dark shadows, how many people, and they didn't know what to do.

"Salad."

A dark shadow suddenly appeared at the top of the wall, which made everyone who was already a little nervous immediately aim their weapons at that side, but after seeing the comer, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Joey? How's it going? ”

"Wow. Something seems to be wrong. Top dog. ”

Joey rolled over and fell silently from the wall, and then quickly walked up to Rod. Wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead. …,

"There are a lot of barbarians here, my mother, that's really enough, our brothers have dealt with some of them in the front, but they really can't handle it in the back! There are too many of those guys! ”

"How many are there?"

Hearing Joey's report, Rod frowned, and then asked. Joey, on the other hand, thought for a moment, then replied with a bitter face.

"I'm afraid it's about the same as those people during the day, there must be a hundred or so people. And these guys are really hard to deal with, they are scattered in the forest, we only got our hands on them four times before we were discovered, and now the rest of the brothers have gone around to investigate, at least I think we can figure out how many of them are near us. And ........."

Saying this, Joey glanced at Marlene with trepidation.

"There are mages among those guys."

"I know it."

Hearing Joey's words, Marlene nodded slightly.

"But he's at a very low level and not my opponent."

"No, no, Miss Marlene, that's not the case."

But unexpectedly, when he heard Marlene's words, Joey waved his hand with a look of fear.

"There are so many mages, so many, more than one! I've seen at least five of them. ”

"What?"

Hearing this, Rhodes and Marlene were stunned, at least five mages? How is this possible? Mages are a scarce resource that can be reused everywhere. Even if you can't survive in the Outer World, as long as you serve those thieves, killer guilds, or some secret evil groups in the Outer World, it's not impossible. And because the mage itself is very rare, even in those groups, it can be regarded as the type that can call for wind and rain, ask for women and women, ask for money and money, and want power and power. There is nothing better to do than to run beyond the borders of this remote civilization and mingle with the barbarians.

If it's just two mages, then it can be said that everyone has their own good, maybe they like this one bite and have this kind of quirk. But now it seems, things don't seem to be like that at all. Able to send up to five mages at the same time......... Where did these barbarians come from such a powerful force?

But before Rod could figure it out, soon the second wave of attacks arrived, this time still fireballs, but unlike before, as if to confirm Joey's report, this time four fireballs flew in from three directions at the same time.

"Humph!!"

Looking at the scene in front of her, Marlene couldn't help but snort coldly, and at this time, she finally moved the real fire. Soon, as Marlene chanted again, dozens more ice swords appeared in the air, colliding with those fireballs. A series of explosions appeared over the village, bursts of bright red lighting up the otherwise dimly lit night sky.

"Where did the barbarians get so many mages?"

Rhodes looked at the afterglow of the explosion in the sky in amazement, and he now felt that something was really unusual. Originally, Rhodes thought that this could be something that the Council of Light was doing behind the scenes. But it doesn't look like it, after all, Shenxi Village is a border village far away from civilization, and it is an exaggeration to say that even if those barbarians destroy all of them, I am afraid it will not have any impact on the outside world. And in a place like this, there is no treasure. There are also no targets worth attacking. No matter how idiotic the Council of Light is, it would not be able to do that.

But who but the Land of Light would be idle and bored to send some mages to mix with the barbarians? Or is it that some of these barbarians have awakened their magical talents? This is too exaggerated, magic is a science, not everyone can learn it. And not to mention mass production. You said that if one or two barbarians suddenly awakened their magical talents, and then comprehended and comprehended them on their own, it would be okay to say. Is it possible that so many people have all comprehended and understood it by themselves? …,

There is still a limit to the number of people in the protagonist's aura.

"Boom!!"

The loud explosion woke Rhodes from his thoughts, and when he looked up, he saw that the red flames were fading away above his head not far away. Marlene, on the other hand, put down the staff in her hand and gasped softly. Although the level of these spells was not high, it was indeed a little difficult for her to deal with three or five at a time, but Marlene's expression at the moment was a little complicated. There are even some doubts.

"How do I feel............ These people don't look like mages? ”

"Huh?"

Hearing Marlene's words, Rod was stunned for a moment, and then he looked at Marlene.

"What do you mean?"

"It's simple, Mr. Rhodes, the requirements of a mage are to be improvised, and for us, how to organize different spells and deal with a variety of combat environments is a must. No mage can rely on a spell to eat the whole world, but these people ........."

Said here. Marlene glanced around with a complicated expression.

"How I feel like they're nothing but fireballs. Nothing will be used. It's like the attack just now, if one of them mages doesn't choose fireballs. If it's the Fire Arrow, it's not as powerful as the Fireball Technique, but because there are a lot of Fire Arrows, it's not impossible to break through my defenses. And the houses and fences here are all wooden, and if they are burned by the flames, we will be in trouble——— I am even ready to put out the fire at any time with water elemental spells. But these guys ......... They made no difference except for the fireball or the fireball, except for the destination of the fireball they released, and there was no such stupid person among the mages. ”

At this moment, as if echoing Marlene's words, seven or eight more fireballs roared out from the surrounding mountains and forests, flying towards the town.

Just a fireball?

Now Rhodes also felt a little strange, generally speaking, no mage would choose such a simple way of fighting, because although the fireball is powerful, it is very slow, and for those who have been prepared, it has little meaning. Among the players, it is generally after limiting the speed and action of the opponent that they take out the fireball to kill, and I have never seen an idiot throw fireballs at the beginning of the battle, and then keep throwing them——— could it be that this group of goods is a fanatical believer in the Five Fireball God Cult that was once popular at that time?

Moreover, Rhodes is not completely out of the cracks.

"Alright, Marlene."

Rhodes stopped Marlene, who was angrily trying to block the fireballs again - she was quite angry, although she didn't know who these guys were, but these performances alone were enough to make all the mages feel ashamed, no tactics, no literacy, not even intelligence, were they a bunch of damn salamanders who only instinctively spit fireballs? This kind of person is also embarrassed to be a teacher? For the sake of the mage's reputation and reputation, they must die! No, you have to die! This kind of idiot living in the world is completely blasphemous to the mage!

Although Marlene didn't know why this group of idiots loved fireballs so much, Rhodes had a vague foundation in his heart, since the other party would only use fireballs and nothing else, then he didn't need to waste Marlene's strength, and there was a more suitable existence to deal with them.

"Seven Loves."

Stopping Marlene, Rhodes raised his hand and snapped his fingers, quickly. The fox-eared girl walked out of the crowd leisurely.

"Is it finally my turn? Master, really, people haven't had a chance to show it before, it's really boring........."

In the previous battle, Rhodes didn't let Seven Love make a move, because the original purpose of the battle was to run in and train newcomers, and a perverted existence like Seven Love didn't need to be exercised and run in at all, so it was just a waste of time to let her participate in the battle. So Rod kept her behind. Now that these guys can only use fireballs, they are simply the best targets for Qilian. After all, in terms of command over the fire element, there is basically no higher level than this young lady. …,

At this moment, those fireballs had already roared to the center of the village, and they were falling towards the town like burning bombs. This made the militia panic, but the mercenaries were very calm——— in the half-dimensional space created by the Orb of Mysteries, they had seen much more exaggerated things than that.

In the face of these fireballs, Qilian did not have the slightest nervousness, on the contrary, she raised her head with a smile, and then, the girl reached out and slapped her face gently.

The storm has changed dramatically.

With this crisp sound. The fireballs suddenly exploded in the air at the same time, but they didn't disappear as quickly as Marlene had dealt with them before. On the contrary, these exploding flames began to merge with each other in the air, gradually expanding, like a sea of flames gradually spreading over Shenxi Village, and then, bright red and dazzling flames flowed down, soon covering the entire village.

This scene caused many militia members to scream in surprise, and some of them even threw themselves on the ground without regard for their faces. Hold your head in your hands. It was as if the next moment these streams of flames would turn into a torrential rain from the sky and fall on him, but after waiting for a moment. The militiamen looked up tremblingly when they didn't feel some scorching river of flames wash over their bodies, as they thought, and then their eyes widened in surprise.

I saw that the river of flames that had spread around just now had completely condensed, turning into a bright red polyhedral crystal barrier and clasping above the village, and fireballs shot out from the nearby forest again, but after they hit this barrier, they disappeared silently like water droplets falling into a lake.

"Good job."

Looking at the fire elemental barrier in front of him, Rhodes nodded, and then he asked.

"Do you have a way to capture these people alive?"

"Of course there's no problem, master."

Hearing Rod's inquiry, Seven Love chuckled and stretched out a finger, put it to his lips, and winked at Rod.

"But before I do that, I still have a little bit to do."

As she spoke, the fox-eared girl stretched out her hands, and then flipped her palms upward, as if by magic, a huge, fiery red round gem appeared between the girl's hands, it exuded a scorching light, and when you looked at it, you could even see the flames burning under the smooth and transparent shell of this gem.

"It's ............ The Stone of Fire. ”

Looking at the gem in Qilian's hand, Lijie and Marlene couldn't help but widen their eyes in surprise and screamed. Of course, they knew the origin of this gem very well——— it was this gem that Lydia had bleed the most at the Midsummer Sacrifice before, as a treasure from the fire elemental plane, the Fire Source Stone could be said to be invaluable. Although it is not said that you can buy a country, it is more than enough to buy a city or two.

But no one knows what the seven loves will ask Lydia to ask for this thing, but Rod once asked, but the other party in addition to the righteous sentence "This is originally my thing, and it is only natural that I want to come back" pushed Rod back, and as a result, Rod didn't know what the seven loves wanted this gem to do.

And now watching Qilian take out this gem, many people also mentioned their curiosity, even those mercenaries looked at the beautiful gem suspended in Qilian's palm with a trace of envy and surprise, and they didn't know what this young lady was going to do next. And after taking out this gem, Seven Love winked at Rod proudly.

"Master, don't you want to know the usefulness of this gem? Now, let me show you......... This is the gem where my strength is stored, and now it's time to give it back to me. ”…,

Speaking of this, Qilian closed her eyes, and she slowly raised her hands.

"Something darker than dusk, something redder than blood, buried in the torrent of time, in the name of Thy greatness........."

Hearing the whispered chanting of the Seven Loves, Marlene and Lijie couldn't help but hold their breath, they had never heard such a chanting incantation, and the content of it was even more unheard of, but they didn't know what it was about, but this incantation sounded so mysterious, ancient, and terrifying.

Is this an ancient incantation?

Compared with the surprise and solemnity of Marlene and the others, Rod's face became more and more ugly, and finally he couldn't help but speak, interrupting Qilian's self-talk.

"Wait, what is this?"

"Oh, master, don't disturb me, this way there is an atmosphere, isn't it?"

Seven Loves, who had been interrupted from the "chanting", pursed her lips in dissatisfaction, but she quickly glanced around again, revealing a mischievous smile.

"Wake up, then, in the name of the Lord of Flames......... Return to the world, the flame of the Red Lotus. ”

"Click."

With the words of Qilian, the beautiful and huge gem in her palm suddenly made a crisp sound, and then, everyone clearly saw that the broken lines appeared on the smooth shell, and then, shattered.

The flames that rose into the sky enveloped everything, and the rapidly spreading heat wave even made everyone around them involuntarily take a few steps back, and the tumbling waves of flames seemed to be absorbed by something at this time, and then, a bright red card slowly appeared between the hands of Qilian.

Looking at the card, Seven Love smiled smugly, and then, she winked playfully at Rod.

"The law of the Red Lotus, obey my orders......... Recreate my glory. ”

Saying this, Qilian folded her hands violently, and with her movements, the bright red card between her hands also shattered.

"The law of the red lotus, the flame talisman ——— the river of sulfur."

ps: I've written three hundred chapters into two hundred chapters again............ OTL: I suspect I'm not going to write chapters at all............