"What!"

The expression on the high priest's face was distorted with surprise. The sudden appearance of Aran and Miraya was completely unexpected.

Although several other bone mages sat next to the High Priest, none of them expected that the Living Sacrifice would be mixed with the people of the Snowy Country. By the time they turned their attention to the two intruders, Aram had swung his bladeless hilt in the direction of the High Priest.

A shrill whistling sound sounded in the air.

The slash of the phantom sky was invisible, and the High Priest could not tell where Aram's attack was coming from. By the time he noticed something unusual, a two-centimeter-wide wound had been cut on his chest by an invisible wind blade.

“...... Uhhhh

The High Priest let out a groan of pain, and blood spilled from the wound, instantly staining half of his body red.

"Lord Priest!" all the bone mages immediately surrounded the High Priest, and did not hesitate to use their bodies to form a shield to guard against Aram's next attack. The safety of the High Priest can be said to affect the nerves of every White Bone Mage, he is not only the leader of the Evil Bone Tribe, but also the core figure who maintains the entire White Bone Array. Once the High Priest is killed, the Bone Jungle that blocks the Valley of the Wind Helmet loses its source of magic.

"Evacuate...... This kid...... Weapons...... There is a strange ......," said the high priest with great difficulty, blood foaming at the corners of his mouth. Although the Wind Blade's attacks are strange, its power decreases with distance. Aram's wind slash only cut through the superficial layers of skin and muscle, leaving no fatal wound on the high priest. However, due to the abrupt suspension of the sacrificial ceremony, which brought a rather serious magical backlash to the caster, the high priest felt as if there were thousands of insects all over his body, and it was really worse than death.

"Hurry up and take the priests away, all of you. These two boys are left to us to deal with!" a large bone mage volunteered to stay behind and take on the task of covering. The rest of the bone mages supported the wounded High Priest to retreat towards a hidden tunnel.

"Miraya, don't let the High Priest escape. "Araam was annoyed that he hadn't been able to kill the Bone Priest with a single blow. The Wind God Blade is a difficult weapon to control, and it can only be used to its fullest if you have a very precise grasp of timing and distance. And it didn't take long to get this artifact, and it was put into actual combat without much practice, and it is reasonable that the effect was not ideal.

"Understood, Young Master Alan!"

Miraya had fully unfolded the folding bow on her back, and a telescopic metal arrow rested on the bowstring. Although the penetration and range of folding bows and telescopic arrows are much weaker than those of normal hard bows and feathered arrows, they are easy to carry and have a fast rate of fire. At this time, Miraya was less than a few dozen meters away from the high priest, and as long as she shot at this distance, she could also take people's lives.

Aiming at the throat of the High Priest, Miraya did not hesitate to pull the machine spring. At the moment when the arrow was fired, Aran also used the characteristics of the phantom sky to add a forward force to the flying arrow. This power was not as powerful as the Enchanted Arrow, but it was enough to pass through the wall of people who stood in its way and kill the mortally wounded High Priest himself. The arrows wrapped in the wind made a buzzing sound.

"I won't let you get away with it. "The white bone mage who was covering the high priest had a fierce light in his eyes. He had seen that Miraya's arrows were so powerful that if they were not stopped, the priest would be killed. At the critical moment, he clasped his palms together and quickly recited an evil bone secret spell.

A huge white bone palm suddenly emerged from under the altar, and the spread giant palm directly blocked the silver arrows that flew by.

"Damn!" Seeing that the High Priest was about to escape from his range of attack, Aran desperately chased after him, completely ignoring the huge palm summoned by the Bone Mage.

"No, Master Alan. ”

Just as Miraya shouted, the white bone palm that had blocked the silver arrow suddenly clenched into a fist and smashed towards Aran fiercely. Arran, who only cared about rushing forward, saw that he couldn't dodge, and raised the Wind God Blade in his hand in a hurry.

"Unleash, Wind Barrier!"

The spiral-shaped hilt glowed with a dazzling cyan glow. Then a loud bang erupted in the air, and the white bone punch stayed thirty centimeters directly above Aran's head and could no longer move. The dense airflow formed an invisible barrier, blocking the tendency of the white bone to press down.

"Such a powerful wind elemental power. The White Bone Mage couldn't help but mutter. The high priest said it well, the weapon in the other party's hand is really a little strange, it should be a good artifact.

The Bone Mage used all his mana, and he couldn't make the Bone Punch move half a minute. At the moment when the two were at a stalemate, Miraya quickly fired a second arrow. Sharp arrows pierced into the eyebrows of the foe, mingled with muffled cursing as the bone mage fell to the ground in a posture of looking up at the sky, and the summoned giant bone palm collapsed.

Alan, who narrowly escaped from the predicament, gasped for breath, although the Wind God Blade could manipulate the wind element in the air and instantly gather into a wind wall, but the energy was not unlimited. If the Bone Mage could continue to hold on for a few seconds, the Wind Barrier protecting Aram could collapse at any time. It takes several seconds to recollect the wind element in the air.

"Young Master Alan, don't be so reckless next time. Miraya pursed her mouth angrily, and her pretty face was full of reproach.

"I'm sorry, I'll pay attention to it later. Aran scratched his head with a smile on his face. He couldn't remember how many times Miraya had lifted the siege for him, and if it weren't for this competent bodyguard, he would have reported to Hades a long time ago.

However, Miraya still put on a completely unbelieving expression at Alan's apology.

Sure enough, after apologizing, Aram returned to his original appearance.

“...... Well, let's not waste time on this issue, hurry up, this old fellow of the High Priest must be injured a lot now, as long as we catch up, it should be easy to kill him. After saying these irresponsible words, Aran was about to raise his feet and walk, but he was blocked by Miraya.

"Young Master Alan, please let me go ahead this time. "Alan's personality is familiar to Miraya. Even if there are hidden risks that cannot be seen in the road ahead, he will still move forward bravely, knowing this, Miraya no longer nagged those instructions that upset Young Master Alan, but took out the consciousness of taking all risks for Alan.

Looking at Miraya's extremely serious expression, Aran knew that it was not easy to refuse, so he nodded and replied:

"Alright then, I'll cover you in the back, you have to be careful!"

Despite being supported by a bone mage on the left and right, High Priest Actor walked slowly. With each step, the pain in my chest intensified a few points. The short distance of a few tens of meters was simply a long torture for the high priest.

"Priest, we need to hurry, as if someone is catching up. One of the White Bone Mages urged anxiously. Aran and Miraya did not hide their whereabouts in the slightest, and the sound of murderous footsteps was very clear in the quiet cave.

"Don't run away...... Take me there...... The Chamber ......," said the High Priest breathlessly. As the leader of the Evil Bone Tribe, he is so powerful that he can almost match the king of the north. I never dreamed that one day I would be cornered by two stinky boys.

"But, Lord Priest, where is your chamber ......" The Bone Mage was about to remind him of something, but was rudely interrupted by the High Priest.

"Go and ......," the high priest spat out these two words with difficulty, followed by a large mouthful of blood.

The four White Bone Mages who accompanied them were all frightened, and no one dared to question anything more, so they hurriedly helped the high priest to a stone chamber not far away. This relatively spacious cave served as the high priest's private chamber. In normal times, no one is allowed to step in without the permission of the high priest.

"You two are at the door, and the rest will come in with me. With the help of two bone mages, the High Priest slowly walked towards a coffin placed in the center of the stone chamber. It is a sarcophagus made entirely of granite. The heavy lid of the coffin is engraved with intricate spell patterns.

The high priest pressed his palm against a pyramid-shaped relief on the surface of the sarcophagus, and the sharp edges pierced his palm. Blood flowed down the grooves around the edges into the coffin. The coffin, which had absorbed the blood, made a shaking sound, as if something was about to come out of it.

"Lord Priestess, what is this!" the faces of the two bone mages invariably showed expressions of fear. Although they had been following the high priest for some time, the secrets hidden in the sarcophagus were unknown to the two retinues. The sound in the coffin became more and more intense, and the violent vibration slammed into the lid from within, and it was like thunder.

Under the horrified gaze of the two attendants, the heavy lid of the coffin was finally lifted. A pale palm stretched out from it, and after the spasmodic and convulsing palm grabbed in the air several times, a fierce gaze suddenly appeared in the high priest's eyes. He shoved one of his attendants forward, and the poor bone mage was choked by the throat before he could figure out what was going on. Pale as the palm of a dead man's hand, it ripped through the attendant's trachea like iron pincers, and a large amount of blood gushed from the wound.

There was a gurgling sound from inside the sarcophagus, and the contents seemed to be drinking blood from it. The other attendant standing beside the High Priest was wide-eyed and petrified.

But a sinister sneer appeared on the high priest's face. "What are you afraid of, only by letting it suck up blood can this guy have the strength to fight. ”

As he spoke, a snow-white humanoid monster slowly walked out of the sarcophagus. It appears to be taller than a normal barbarian, but it lacks any muscle or fat on its body. The crumpled blue-white skin is tightly wrapped around the huge skeleton. At first glance, it looks like a poorly made human skin puppet. When the white humanoid monster turned its face in the direction of the High Priest, the face of the Bone Mage on the side became even paler.