From the outset, the foursome's battle plan was to retreat as soon as they succeeded, without any stops. Angis didn't cast another spell on her companion to kill the Blood Shadow Worm while getting the Blood Shadow Worm, but immediately ran towards the cave.

The absolute trust in her companions made Angis understand that her companions would definitely protect themselves who were incapable of fighting at this time, and at the same time, their companions would be able to protect themselves.

"Lil!" Pallas and Gies followed in Angel's footsteps, shouting at Lil, who had been separated from the crowd for some distance, as they kept her safe.

"After I break off, go quickly." After disposing of the Blood Shadow Worm that was disturbing her, Liel ran to the exit of the cave at great speed.

But soon the Blood Shadow Worm appeared in front of him to block his path. Seeing that the poison needle was easily dodged by the trio, the Blood Shadow Worm swarm shifted the target to Lil.

"Don't stand in my way!" Liel frowned, and with the inertia of running forward, her feet leaped up, spun in a circle in the air, and swung a blade of qi to split the Blood Shadow Worm that was blocking her progress in half.

With no obstacles ahead, Lil left the cave and returned to the narrow passage.

But considering that the Blood Shadow Worm was likely to catch up, Liel turned and smashed the rock above her head, allowing the rubble to seal the mouth.

However, although the entrance to the cavern was sealed, a Blood Shadow Worm pounced on Lil before the rubble fell.

The size of an adult male blood shadow insect is about one-third of the body length of an average male, which is also relatively large for Lil, who is less than 1.6 meters tall.

Liel struggled to block the Blood Shadow Worm's spike from scratching herself.

After a few seconds of stalemate, an arrow flew and shot through the head of the Blood Shadow Worm that had pounced on Lil. All of a sudden, the Blood Shadow Worm fell to the ground and lost its life.

"It's okay." Pallas asked.

『…… It's all right.' Lil looked down at the corpse of the Blood Shadow Worm beneath her feet, wondering what she was thinking. She silently replied to Pallas, stunned for a moment, but then turned to follow in the footsteps of her companion.

The female Blood Shadow Worm who was captured alive was wrapped in a water balloon by Angis and held in her arms. When Angis launches the water ball, she deliberately uses magic to make the water flow tough, making the water ball look like a bouncy cage. The Blood Shadow Worm inside could not pierce the water ball, and the water ball could not be destroyed from the outside.

But for the sake of safety, Gith still put the blood shadow worm he got into the black box he brought to avoid unnecessary trouble.

The four of them returned along the way they had entered, and as they reached the entrance of the cave, Lil glanced back at the cave.

"What's wrong?" Sensing that Lil seemed to have something on her mind, Agnis asked with concern.

(Still...... Don't bother them. ）

"It's okay, I just thought it was a little thrilling." Lil immediately turned around and smiled at Angel, indicating that she was fine.

"We're companions, so we have to say something." Angel didn't seem to be very relieved yet, but since Lil said so, she couldn't continue to ask.

"It's really fine, let's go." Liel put on a relaxed look and caught up with Guise and Pallas, who had already walked more than a dozen meters away.

Seeing this, Angis smiled dotingly and followed.

However, only Liel knew that when the Blood Shadow Worm pounced on her, its sharp feet cut a wound in Lil's right arm. Since she has been taken care of by her companions for a long time, in order not to worry her companions, Lil has hidden this matter.

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After some thrilling action, the sun is starting to touch the horizon, and the sun always sets earlier in winter. Soon, the earth will be deprived of the sun, and the cold will come again.

Not wanting to wait until tomorrow morning to find a place to trade, the boys decided to find what the mysterious men called the village on the border between central and western Sepion, before the sun went down.

After killing many male Blood Shadow Worms, and getting some juice on the four of them, they took some and smeared them on the white paper attached to the scrolled map. The employer only asked for a live Blood Shadow Worm and the specific location of the Blood Shadow Worm's nest, and did not say that the number of Blood Shadow Worms could not be reduced. Besides, the insect-type monsters were already reproducing fast, and the foursome didn't care how many Blood Shadow Worms they killed.

The white paper, as soon as it was smeared with the sap of the Blood Shadow Worm, revealed a more elaborate map, with the exact location of the delivery marked.

Following the map, the four found the village where the delivery was made before dark.

It's a small, peaceful-looking village, and there's nothing wrong with it from the outside. The villagers, like ordinary farmers, return to their homes at sunset to rest and welcome the new day.

"This is the place shown on the map, but no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a trading place." Guise looked around the village with a map and confirmed that this was the place of delivery.

But this village always seems to give people a very subtle feeling.

"Aren't those people?" Pallas pointed ahead of him.

In the direction Pallas was pointing, there were about seven people walking towards the group of foursomes, dressed in stark contrast to the villagers.

"Costume ...... of the Wizard's Church" Before becoming an underground mercenary, Angis also thought about joining the Wizard's Church, but she couldn't become a member of the Church because of her lack of strength. However, Angis remembers the costumes of the members of the Church of Mages very well.

Agnis plays an auxiliary role in the foursome, and it is not surprising that she was not successfully selected for the Wizard Church, which requires more strength.

"Be vigilant." Gith's face became serious, and he took the black box with the Blood Shadow Worm in his hand and walked up to the members of the Wizard's Church.

The two sides stopped at a distance of about five meters, and the first element of the transaction, for the sake of safety, the two sides of the transaction could not be too close, and both sides complied well. After all, the relationship between people in Sepion, except for the relatively simple west, is not harmonious, especially when trading, it is easy to have all kinds of accidents. Over time, the unwritten "rules of trade" have become a common standard.

"Are you those underground mercenary workers? I am John, one of the Church of Magicians and one of the 'Five Elders.'" The members of the Wizard Church took a step forward and introduced themselves.

The "Five Elders", that is, the five elders of the Wizard Church, that is, the head of the Wizard Church, which is in charge of the five magical element departments of light, wind, earth, fire, and water, each of them is in charge of one element. Since humans of pure bloodlines cannot learn dark magic, there is no dark elemental division.

"I'm the captain of our squad, Gis. I've brought the Blood Shadow Worms you want, and I've marked the exact location of their nests on this map." Guise said, taking a few steps forward, putting down the black box along with the scroll.

"You guys, go and see." John cast a color to the two men beside him.

Two unrecognizable men stepped forward, one took out his magic weapon and pointed it at the black box, not knowing what he was doing, and the other spread out the scroll and carefully observed.

After a few moments, the two men turned and nodded to John.

"Very well, thank you for your hard work. Bring their reward.'" John looked at his man with the box next to him and ordered him to carry it up.

The box was placed next to the black box, and out of an abundance of caution, Gist took out his spear and picked open the lid of the box.

However, the moment the lid was opened, Guise saw not a box of gold, but a person hiding in a box. The man immediately stood up and scattered a piece of powder at Gith.

"In danger! Hurry up ......' Gith was taken aback by the sudden scene, and before he could react, he inhaled some powder. Just as he wanted to send a signal of danger to his companions, but in the middle of his words, he suddenly felt weak in his limbs and fainted.

"Guise!" Seeing this, Pallas shouted, and at the same time looked at the members of the Church of Mages, whose eyes were already full of murderous intent. Lil and Angis, who were standing behind them, also entered the battle mode.

"Thank you so much for being able to do this test for me, I'm sorry I didn't tell you everything. The Blood Shadow Worm is not just an ordinary monster, it is the key to transforming humanity!" John couldn't help but smile sinisterly when he saw Guise lying to the ground.

"Do it!" At the sound of an order, the members of John's Wizard Church attacked the remaining three members of the foursome, and the "villagers" also took off their disguises.

The whole village, in fact, has become John's territory, and the original villagers are gone.

For a moment, the three of them were surrounded, and if they were to escape, they did have a way to escape separately, but then Keith would fall into the hands of the other party. The feelings between the four are so strong that it is absolutely impossible for them to abandon their companions and run away on their own.

But in this way, the three of them fell into a near desperate situation.

In Ostia, mages have a natural advantage in fighting incapable warriors, and the effects of magic are varied.

In the face of so many mages' attacks, Aegis and Pallas could only passively resist, and only Liel killed several members of the Mage's Church with her superb combat skills and flexible body.

However, this still does not reverse the passive situation.

Lil had only left the two companions for less than a minute before she saw that they had been subdued.

"Lil, leave us alone, let's go!" Pallas yells at Liel at the last moment, before being knocked unconscious by the magic powder.

On the side, Angis was still struggling, but soon lost her ability to resist.

(I'm giving you trouble again.) ）

Lil saw the three companions who had been subdued, but there was nothing she could do to help, and a sense of helplessness spread throughout her body. But at the same time, just as she was about to turn and run away, her eyes swept over the corpses of the church members she had killed on the ground. And just then, she suddenly developed cramping pain in her right arm and chest.

(Isn't it?...... Do you say!? ）

Lil found that when she saw the blood shed by the members of the Church of Magicians she had killed, she actually produced **, and she seemed to crave the blood.

However, because of the sudden physical abnormality, Lil's movements came to a standstill, and a member of the magician took the opportunity to rush up and knock Liel to the ground with the staff in his hand.

Faced with the siege of many members of the Church of Mages, the quartet had little to no power to fight back.

(What the hell am I ...... What's wrong? ）

Lil seemed to remember something, but to no avail, and then another blow hit her head, knocking her straight out......

(End of chapter)