"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! The arrows flying from behind grazed the figure of the cat-man warrior monk and pierced the snow and tree trunks on the side. Behind Lalu was a group of creatures with brown and black fur, shaking their ears and chasing him.

The cat boy who raised his legs and stepped on the trunk of the tree borrowed his strength, and then let the bent body shoot out like a spring after accumulation. Unfortunately, it was a dense woods rather than an empty wasteland, and the dry trunks that appeared in front of Lalu in an instant seemed to be an obstacle to his progress. However, the cat boy relied on his dexterous body, twisted lightly when he was about to hit the trunk of the tree, and changed the direction of his leap with the help of his left arm.

Just when the cat boy was like a snake out of a hole, burrowing around in the woods. On the other side of the woods, the remaining players of the 'Bloodstained Gray Flower' have already exploded.

In fact, when the cat boy noticed that someone had left the fortress and ran to the grove where he was with a very strong purpose, he knew that he had been exposed. Realizing that the situation was not good, he immediately chose to retreat, and reported his situation to his comrades in the camp through a text message stick: "The operation is exposed, and there are pursuers later." ”

And Rielly, who received the information in the secret hall, grabbed her scroll bag and rushed out the door as soon as possible. Barrett, who was a step slower, jumped up and took off the communication stone hanging on the wall, while Clematis stepped forward and opened the drawer of his desk - tucking the 'Diarra Communication Suit' into his storage space. The rest of Claudia and Noodles were hurriedly helping Anvil change his clothes - wearing full-body armor was never easy.

"You guys should be quicker for me! Something has happened to Laru, and you're all still procrastinating here. Rielly, who had been waiting impatiently outside the door, immediately turned back and snarled at her companion in the room.

Barrett, who was holding the communication gem, was the first to walk out of the room: "Mage, don't worry!" Laru, that little one is clever! When he can't beat him, doesn't he know how to run? If you want to catch the warrior monk who takes the agile route in this forest, even if the other party arranges a large number of people, it is not an easy task. ”

"Yes! With Lulu's skills, it's so easy to be caught. Lily, you're concerned about it. "Klaimatis had already put on chain mail by this time.

"That's it!" Claudia, who helped the anvil tie the last leather button, reached out and pulled the cover off the helmet of the anvil: "Hurry up and get on the road." ”

It took a few minutes before and after all the members of the 'Bloodstained Gray Flower' finally left the Mage's Secret Pavilion. Ricelli then slapped the rocky building and took it into the palm of her hand. At the same time, the horses covered in blankets were exposed to the snow because they had lost the camouflage of illusion.

Players who have been walking back and forth in the woods in front of them several times these days have decisively given up riding horses - although some woods can still be used as a substitute for horses, but this one in front of them is different, and horses can't run away if they get in.

"Forget it! Let's just drop them here! Barrett, who glanced at these war horses, walked towards the woods without looking back, "I hope those Lucia brute bears don't send out aerial reconnaissance units in this hellish weather." ”

"It's not a lot of snow, but it's not a big obstruction to the view. Even if the Lucia sent out a falcon, it would have to fly low before it could spot these horses! I think it's still very safe. Clematis said as he followed Barrett with his shield in his hand.

Barrett, who quickened his pace, asked without looking back, "Reelly, do you remember the tactics we talked about earlier?" ”

"Don't worry! Cough! Cough! Cough! Rielly, who took a deep breath of cold air, was immediately choked by the snowflakes that were sucked into her throat by the way: "Ahem! I prepared the reels specifically for that tactic. ”

"Hurry up!" Claudia helped her friend by the hand, patting her on the back as she went.

On the other side of the woods, the chase between Laru and the trackers continued. The cat boy was in the woods, scurrying along the route of his previous retreat - he trusted his companions, and that they would follow the message to his aid. At the same time, with the advantage of the warrior monk in speed, he was occasionally able to take the time to look back at the pursuers behind him: "Is it Meow's illusion?" Always feel like there are more and more dogs in the back? ”

The creature that was now following him behind him was muscular and had the body of a man, but also the head and fur of a wolf - the werewolf of the beast branch mentioned in the previous warning. And the wolf is a creature, and after some time with sticks and fodder, it will naturally become a dog. So it's not a big mistake for cats to call them dogs.

It seems that because he was unable to surround Lalu in the first place, the werewolf who led the operation let out a howl of "Woo~~Woo-" before that. The voice told his companions who were still in the fortress that the situation was true and that reinforcements were needed. So after some chase, Lalu found that the number of enemies behind him seemed to be a lot more than at the beginning.

However, in order to be able to catch up with their companions, the werewolves who came out of the fortress later spent a lot of effort. And then I ran for so long with Lalu, who had the 'Snow Boots' and the warrior monk's strength, and it was even more exhausting enough. In fact, like lone wolves in the wild, these werewolves have good explosive running power, but their long-distance endurance is much worse.

If it weren't for the catboy this time, if you changed the rest of the team, you might risk being surrounded by them at the beginning. However, even if these guys were unlucky, they encountered high-speed light soldiers like Catboy, so that the initial round-up fell short.

However, werewolves with a 'keen sense of smell' are not as good as the best hounds. After being discovered, even the kind of plaster that Barrett gave to mask the smell could not completely deceive the big dogs in front of him at this time. Although the smell of the ointment itself dissipates quickly in the air, it can't stop you from following the enemy's hind feet as soon as you walk on your front feet!

Of course, the smell of this ointment is another kind of torture for the werewolves who are tracking Lalu in front of them. The protruding nose of these half-human, half-wolf creatures is now running mucus sideways. At the same time, because of the difficulty of breathing through the nose, their bloody mouths with two rows of fangs were gasping non-stop at this time. Even tears were squeezed out of these guys' minds - once they caught the cat man in front of them, no matter what kind of intelligence value it had, it would be immediately torn into rags.

In this way, the two teams face each other in the woods, and although they do not lead the way, the player's route has already been planned by themselves - this is indeed possible to be detected by the enemy, or even to be ambushed. However, in the current situation, it is also beneficial for players to reinforce each other. The choice depends on the combat style that the player chooses. At least in Barrett's view, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages at the moment.

Suddenly, among the scattered snowflakes, Lalu seemed to faintly see a dark shadow. Immediately after that, he didn't know much about it, and shouted directly while running: "Werewolf, behind me is a werewolf." ”

And Barrett, who was opposite him, heard the voice, and immediately removed the 'silver refining' potion from the belt. After pushing the cork off with his thumb, he poured it on top of the broken peak. And use the large free hand to spread it roughly evenly. Not only Barrett, but many players in the team began to use the potion that had been in the corner for an unknown amount of time after receiving a warning from Lalu.

The 'Silver Alchemy' flask is an item that gives the weapon the qualities of 'Silver' for a short period of time. In other words, it can effectively ignore the protection ability of those approaching werewolves. This thing was purchased by the people of the 'Bloodstained Gray Flower' when they were in Karada. However, after the plane settlement event was resolved, they did not encounter any more occasions where they were needed, and they became items that could only be pressed to the bottom of the box. But today, after two years, it has finally come in handy.

The werewolves who followed Lalu were not swayed by the reinforcements they were hunting, but they became more excited—in their eyes, these creatures would be their trophies. Become your own promotion and wealth, and bring all kinds of material money bags to the village.

On the other hand, after hearing Barrett's response, Lalu grabbed his weapon from his waist. In vain, he turned around, his figure flashed, and he stepped on the trunk of the tree in a relay - and swept away in the direction that the werewolf was chasing. Just about to make contact with the werewolf. The cat's waist jerked hard, and then the hand holding the 'scorpion sickle' swung towards the werewolf.

The speed of the catboy's movements is so fast that it has completed the smooth connection in the blink of an eye. The werewolf who rushed to the front couldn't react, and could only watch as the 'scorpion sickle' slashed towards it. The chosen werewolf was immediately stabbed in the chest.

During the previous escape, Laru had completed the strengthening of his opponent's weapons. The scorpion scythe, with its silver coating, easily sliced open the werewolf's chest. It severed the tendons in the werewolf's chest and pierced the lobes of the lungs—and as the lungs contracted, a mouthful of werewolf blood spurted out.

But these beasts were tenacious and ferocious warriors, and I saw him grinning and enduring the pain. Quickly waving his forelimbs, the claws with a longer index finger than the middle finger grabbed directly at the cat.

And the cat boy who wins the blow will not give the opponent such a chance to counterattack. At this time, his lower half of his body was curled up in a ball, and then while stretching violently, his legs kicked hard-"bang" the werewolf's chest, which had just been cut by the 'scorpion sickle', was immediately hit again.

With the reaction force formed by the kicking of his legs, the cat boy jumped and flipped over to avoid the werewolf's terrifying claws. And in mid-air, the size of the cat boy also began to change. Using the ability of the 'Guardian Cat', Lalu's body seems to be slightly elongated, but the horizontal change is more obvious. In the blink of an eye, he has changed from a cute cat with big star eyes to a predator.

This chain of changes is just too fast. So much so that the werewolves behind didn't even have time to shoot the target in mid-air with the bow and arrow in their hands. However, except for the werewolf who was knocked to the ground by Lalu's slashing and kicking, the rest of the few took advantage of this opportunity and pounced towards the location where the cat boy landed.

There was a loud "bang-" sound, like a solid iron ball being smashed to the ground by a trebuchet. Immediately afterwards, the stirred snowflakes shot out like a fountain - the anvil that fell from the sky, with its stocky weight, instantly looked like a cannonball that had just been discharged. Smash one of the werewolves who pounced on the cat to the ground.

At this time, Rieli, who was in the middle of the line, clapped her hands: "It seems that my aim this time is not bad." ”

And the anvil, which had just been thrown out like a baseball by Rielly, immediately retreated with small steps after hitting a werewolf with a shield with the force of the impact, and at the same time used the shield to protect half of his vital points, ready to guard against the counterattack of those werewolves.

'The telekinetic charge seems to be working well. It's true that I practiced so many times at the beginning. Barrett, who also launched the charge, did not forget to evaluate the tactical effect of this time.

The so-called 'Mind Charge' is a kind of plastic energy spell of the mage 4 rings. It allows the Mage to use telekinetic power to provide high-speed maneuvering to an ally anywhere within the spell's radius. When cast, unless the caster does not want to, his ally will levitate slightly above the ground.

This spell is not a teleportation and will trigger an opportunistic attack normally, but the caster can control his ally to bypass or stay out of the enemy's reach, provided that his ally is within range of the spell at all times. If the caster's ally happens to be adjacent to an opponent at the end of the move, he can immediately launch an attack on them with a +2 bonus to the attack decision - this effect is so similar to a charge that hence the name 'telekinetic charge'.

However, no matter what the name was chosen, it could not change the essence of the spell - Rielly threw the anvil like a throwing weapon. Although because of the effect of the spell, it is guaranteed that the person who is thrown will not be injured. But to make sure that the anvil can hit the target in a timely and effective manner, you have to practice well. So in the previous training, the dwarf had been disgraced by Rielly - but at this moment, Anvil would have felt that all the hardships he had endured before were worth it. (To be continued.) )