The Punishment Forest, whether it is the poisonous mist swamp within, which is isolated by the walls of the Farran Fortress, or the swampy woodland outside, with only a few mutated creatures, is named after the religious Cross Punishment after the Farran Fortress is seated here.

Originally known as the Black Forest, it was the location of the ancient magical kingdom of Ulashlu, and beneath the inner walls of the fortress of Farran was once a place called the Sick Village, which has long since become a thing of the past, but the poisonous gas rising to the surface has shrouded most of the swamp in poisonous mist, so that the originally intact forest has become a forbidden area for ordinary creatures.

Fortunately, the isolation of the city walls has done a good job, at least the swamp outside is much safer.

Zhang Lin walked down the fairly dry ground to the left-hand side behind the swamp, where he could see an ancient ruin.

As it gets dark, some magicians and explorers choose to camp on the outskirts of the ruins, and a few bonfires give the ruins some popularity, but Zhang Lin refuses the invitations of some of the people who have seen him show off his skills against mutant crabs.

When Zhang Lin came to a dark corner, he suddenly heard a sound of broken footsteps, although the other party deliberately controlled the force, but in this quiet place in the ruins, such a sound was still captured by Zhang Lin.

This place is far away from the crowd, and the fire cannot shine at all, and in this case, some people deliberately approach, which is likely to have bad intentions.

He quickly made a judgment and quickly prepared for battle.

The air could still smell the smell of corruption wafting from the swamp, the insects and the rustling of leaves blown in the night wind were clearly audible, and finally the sound of the cautious but still touching the fallen leaves on the ground.

The dark environment will affect the line of sight, and the other party is likely to have been used to it for a while, so Zhang Lin pinched the holy light crystal, and the golden shield protected him while also dispelling the darkness in this corner.

Although such behavior will cause Zhang Lin to fall into a situation of being in the dark, it does not mean that he is passive.

The sudden appearance of golden light obviously caught the other party a little off guard, and he couldn't wait to launch an attack.

Seeing a white light appear in the darkness, Zhang Lin subconsciously dodged to the side, and the light blue magic arrow shot at the wall, leaving a pothole that exploded.

Then there was another sound of the crossbow machine being pulled, and a bolt slammed into the shield, stirring up a trace of spark.

The figure of the attacker emerged from the darkness, the most striking thing was the opponent's nearly half-meter-high cylindrical hat, the top of the hat protruded to the surroundings, looking like a strange big mushroom from a distance, and the opponent's body was a large piece of cloth wrapped around the upper body and left a cloak-like thing behind him, which looked much more ordinary, and he was carrying a pickaxe-like weapon and a crossbow in his hand.

Seeing that the crossbow was ineffective, the attacker simply gave up on using it, and instead brandished his pickaxe, and the spell flew like a repeater.

It was supposed to be a three-story building, but the top floor had shattered and collapsed, and the scattered stone bricks were somewhat restricting his footsteps, and although the spell's flight trajectory was fast, Zhang Lin still managed to dodge most of the attacks in an orderly manner.

Judging by the few hits of the spell, it was clear that this spell sacrificed power for speed.

This kind of attack does not immediately determine that the opponent is not good at close combat, and no one knows whether to cut the opponent down with a sword or to be killed with a backhand when he is caught in the gap, after all, many people in this world have mastered the unique skills of defensive counterattack, the shield of holy light does not mean invincible, there are any power systems in the world, and it would be bad if you accidentally encountered an attack that could ignore this defense.

So come and don't be rude, you play long-range with me, and I also play sparring with you.

Zhang Lin's counterattack suddenly made the opponent's spell no longer as coherent as before, but began to be busy dodging.

The attacker hesitated, as if he had found himself on the wrong target, and rolled backwards, ready to retreat.

But Zhang Lin is not the kind of person who will easily let you go if you beat me, so he chased after him decisively.

Of course, it is also necessary to be careful of the other party's plan to lure the enemy when chasing, so Zhang Lin did not rush to get close, but continued to harass the other party remotely.

The enemy, who had indeed intended to ambush a wave, threw away his crossbow, took out a shield from his back, and turned over from the broken wall on the side, instantly out of Zhang Lin's sight.

The enemy was obviously more familiar with the terrain than Zhang Lin, so that the initiative whether it was escape or sneak attack was in his hands.

However, the attackers were obviously not so skilled in the technical work of sneak attack, and the sound made before jumping off the broken platform on the upper floor was too obvious.

When Zhang Lin calmly dodged and swung his sword, the attacker could only hurriedly raise his shield to block, although there was a momentum brought by falling from a height, but the long sword swept onto the shield still made the attacker lose his balance in mid-air, and the whole person fell backwards. Zhang Lin was unforgiving, and the blade of his sword slashed at the enemy who had not had time to get up on the ground, and the latter hurriedly rolled flat on the ground, and got up, allowing Zhang Lin's attack to fall on the ground and splash a burst of sparks.

Immediately after that, Zhang Lin shot out another beam, and the attacker who had just gotten up flew backwards with his shield in his hand, knocking down part of the already crumbling wall.

"It was a misunderstanding!"

Zhang Lin was about to continue the pursuit, but saw a female voice coming from under the hat of the attacker who lifted the bricks, to be honest, it was really difficult to judge the gender of the other party in that outfit, so Zhang Lin stopped his movements and wanted to hear what the other party had to say.

"Why did you attack me?"

However, the other party did not answer his words, but turned around and walked out of Zhang Lin's sight again along the shield of the stone wall.

Zhang Lin waited for a while and found that the other party was not preparing to sneak attack again and then came to the collapsed stone wall, the figure of the attacker had long since disappeared, and there were only some rags that fell on the stones and a small pool of blood spit out after being injured.

He followed the direction of the stone wall and finally saw a path that sloped up the dirt slope, there were a series of new footprints on the path, as well as some less obvious blood stains, it was obvious that the attacker had left from here, and it was impossible to escape far from such a dangerous place with his injuries, and the other party would definitely need to stop and be treated.

The tone of the attacker just now did sound like it was really a misunderstanding, although it was a little uncomfortable to be attacked suddenly, but in the end, it was the other party who suffered, so Zhang Lin felt that he had to at least ask for an explanation.

Looking at the traces on the ground, Zhang Lin quickly followed.

The attacker obviously did not expect a misunderstanding to solve the problem, so the steps on the ground seemed to be very fast, and in the case of unequal strength, it was difficult for her to win the right to talk on an equal footing after being injured.

Soon, Zhang Lin followed the footsteps to another ruin above the dirt slope.