The sky was gloomy because of the gathering of tyrannical shadow elements, the "Shadow Guards" appeared in three batches, and the fourth and fifth groups appeared again after a few minutes, so many powerful summoned creatures made the battlefield completely one-sided, and the troops of the "Rosicrucifix" struggled desperately, but they could not break through the encirclement built by these strong guards, it seemed that it would not be long before they would completely collapse and suffer unprecedented slaughter...

In the rear, two kilometers away from the main battlefield, Cardinal Goethe, who was holding the "Kiss of the Viper", was not excited by the amplification effect of the summoning technique, but stopped stepping into the front line of the battlefield and bowed his head in contemplation.

"Why is this..."

According to Bishop Goethe's original strength, he could summon up to sixty "Shadow Guards" with the help of the "Shadow Heavy" skill, the "Shadow Amplification" talent, and the title "Crossbearer", and at this time, the powerful increase of the "Viper's Kiss" scepter had allowed him to multiply this number by five times - such an effect could be called "terrifying" anyway, and the scepter itself was worthy of the name "artifact".

But what puzzled Bishop Goethe at this time was... Although the scepter's strength increased far beyond imagination, after casting several spells in a row, he felt an unprecedented "repulsion".

It's like a magnet that is tightly clung to suddenly start to "repel each other", it stands to reason that the connection between the caster and the staff should be barrier-free, even the lowest-level staff will not have any "resistance" to the caster, let alone the artifact-level "pit viper's kiss"... But the facts are in front of us, when Goethe cast "Summon: Shadow Guard" for the fifth time, this scepter was somewhat uncontrollable and appeared "elemental disorder", and even "crackling" shadow turbulence appeared.

Goethe had a hunch that if he continued to use it to cast spells, it would be a question of whether the spell could be successfully cast, but he couldn't be sure of the cause of this...

So he stopped and rested for a few minutes, and when his mana had recovered a little, Goethe tried to communicate with the scepter with elemental power, and found that things seemed to be better than before.

"Is it because you don't have enough mana to meet the standard for using the scepter?"

The more Goethe thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible, he raised his eyes and looked at the battlefield in front of him, and waved his hand to the guards beside him: "Find a suitable place to rest for a while." ”

"Yes, Master Goethe."

Because he came from the distant Leonards Gorge, Goethe's side was not a lot of guards, adding up to twenty elite guards and five shadow priests were just symbolic "protection", and not far away were two reserve teams of more than 1,000 people, plus Goethe himself, who was superior in strength, his actions at this time did not have any risk at all.

As the order was given, the team, which represented the command center, slowly changed its direction and moved towards the inconspicuous village next to it...

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At the same time, Sally, who was blown away by the "Shadow Blast", slashed a distance of three or four meters in the air, directly smashed the window of the wooden house behind her, and fell to the ground...

The pain was so severe that Sally couldn't scream at all, and it was also thanks to her early release of the "Holy Shield", otherwise this blow might have killed her directly!

But even if she didn't lose her life at this time, Sally felt that she was not far from death - her whole body was still in pain, and she wanted to raise her hand, but she found that she couldn't even move her fingers, she breathed a few times, and all she heard in her ears were the shouts and battle sounds outside the house, mixed with the screams of the soldiers after being hit by the shadow spell.

With her eyes wide open, Sally found that instead of the stoves, cheese, bacon, or rusty sickles that an ordinary farmer would have, there were two huge bookshelves that occupied the walls...

In this era, I am afraid that even ordinary nobles can't see so many books in their homes, let alone in an inconspicuous house in a village? If it were a normal day, Sally would definitely take a closer look because she was suspicious, but at this time she didn't have such a mind at all... Because the shouting outside the window proves that her current situation is extremely dangerous:

"Go protect the captain!"

"Stop them—ah!"

"Phew..."

A body slammed into the wall next to the window, the shouting stopped abruptly, and even a little dust fell from the room because of the tremor, and Sally looked up with a pale face... She already understood that the enemy seemed to be coming at her!

Sally took a deep breath and tried to stand up, but found that her right arm was unable to move because of a dislocated shoulder, and her left hand drew a short sword from her waist.

The guy in the "Rosicrucian" priest's robe walked into the room with slightly squinted eyes, staring directly at Sally, who had not yet gotten up, first in surprise, and then with a playful face: "The white scythe... Tsk, it seems that it was worth it for me to wait so long. ”

"Meet the judgment of the pit viper god, heretic."

The shadow element between the other party's hands suddenly condensed, and after calmly saying this, he cast the "Shadow Arrow" on Sally, who had no power to resist-

Sally involuntarily closed her eyes...

"Hum..."

"Smack!"

There was a flicker of light in front of him, but the expected pain did not appear.

"What!?"

The enemy in front of her exclaimed, and Sally opened her eyes in a trance, and saw a hemispherical shield floating with runes floating in front of her...

What is this?

Sally froze in place, only to notice a beating red on one side of her vision.

Then, the blue light illuminated the dim room, and the violent elemental fluctuations suddenly swept a qiē, and the explosion of "boom" made the entire ground vibrate, and Sally involuntarily reached out to block her eyes, and it was not until three seconds later that this qiē seemed to gradually subside...

Lowering her arm, Sally gasped in shock at the sight of her face: the wall had disappeared with the wooden door, the window, and the roof above!

And the initiator on the side, who was behind a shield at this time, whispered blankly: "The scroll left by my mother is so terrible..."

Hearing that slightly immature voice, Sally turned her head and asked in a trembling voice, "Ka... Camilla? ”

Half a year ago, Sally had a relationship with Nephie on the way to the "Temple", but she never thought that she would meet here at this time, and was saved by the other party in this unbelievable way.

However, Nephie didn't react to her words at all: after the wall disappeared, the scene of blood splattering on the battlefield was completely unfolded in front of her, making Nefi stunned in place...

No matter how many spells and knowledge she usually learned, Nephie was essentially just a little girl who had never experienced the world, where had she ever seen such a tragic battle?

The flesh and bones, the screaming soldiers, and the shadow arrows that flew everywhere had completely shocked her, and she even lost the ability to think for a while.

Seeing this scene, Sally didn't know where the strength came from, so she gritted her teeth and stood up from the ground, rushed to Nefi in two steps, grabbed the cold little hand and pushed her into the corner next to her.

"Hide here and don't move!"

Sally gritted her teeth and toppled the wooden chair to block Nephie's body, but she didn't notice that the little girl's gaze in front of her had quickly regained its composure, and it was no longer as stiff as it was a few seconds ago.

"Smack!"

A shadow arrow pierced a hole in the wall, and Sally raised her hand to block the flying sawdust, and turned around to leave the room, but as soon as she took two steps, she heard Nephie's voice behind her: "Big sister, the potions on the third row of the bookshelf... You might be using it! ”

Turning her gaze, Sally immediately saw a dark blue Erlenmeyer flask, and from the color of the potion, she immediately judged that it was a mana potion!

Sally didn't know why Nephie knew she didn't have enough mana, and she didn't have time to tell the truth of this bottle of potion at this time... She turned her head and saw that the enemy outside was completely surrounding her team!

At this time, there was no longer any choice, Sally immediately picked up the potion "Gu Dong Gu Dong" and swallowed it, and the burning sensation that appeared in her body instantly made Sally confirm her judgment - after the potion worked, the mana value quickly began to recover, although it was not much, but it was enough for her to face the next battle.

Raising her hand to cast the "Restoration Technique" for herself, Sally took a deep breath and rushed out of the wooden house, immediately casting the "Holy Shield", "Intermediate Healing Technique" and three or four blessing spells on the surrounding team members.

Just an instantaneous reaction, it can be seen that Sally's title of "White Scythe" is by no means in vain, she just cast seven divine spells in a row, and the defense line around her that was about to collapse immediately stopped the decline!

"Defend with a shield!"

"Shield ready!"

Sally's command forcibly stabilized the morale of the fleeing team, because of her outstanding talent in "blessed spells", several of her powerful enhancement spells immediately doubled the strength of several of her subordinates holding swords and shields, and even cut down two approaching Shadow Priests on the spot...

With one person leading the rhythm of the entire team's counterattack, Sally's ability to grasp the battlefield is undoubtedly highlighted at this time, but there are too many enemies after all, in order to avoid the fate of being surrounded, Sally understands that she can only choose to fight and retreat.

She glanced behind her to make sure that no one noticed Nephie hiding in the corner, and immediately ordered loudly, "Shrink the front!" Head north! ”

"After the shield is broken! Sorcerer bless defense, pay attention to cover! ”

The team of nearly 100 people lost more than 20 people in just a few minutes, but when Sally organized a counterattack, the casualties were immediately reduced by half, and the team was able to start moving slowly under the protection of the formation... Even when the enemy's cavalry charged from the left and right, they never stopped under the cover of the village buildings.

This qiē seemed to be quite smooth, but as soon as Sally had walked thirty or forty meters with the group, she stopped again because of the oncoming team.

She had just regained a little confidence, squinting her eyes slightly, and involuntarily clenched her fists.

Less than 100 meters in front of him, Cardinal Goethe, holding the "Kiss of the Pit Viper", rode on his horse and looked over.