Chapter 13 Hand-to-hand combat

A creepy sneer came out of the demon's mouth, and his eyes were fixed on the prey in front of him, and he slowly raised his right hand. As soon as it was too late, Fern grabbed the empty flask in his hand and threw it at the demon, his feet moving almost at the same time.

The demon's raised right hand unleashed an invisible force field in front of him, shattering the jug, and when he refocused his attention on Quiai, he found that Fern had also been to the girl's side. Fern picked up Quiai with his left hand, threw out a flask from his right hand, and immediately ran to the back door.

This time, the demon didn't bother with the flask, but raised his hand and cast a fireball spell on Fern's back, allowing the flask to smash into his face, and the remaining ale in the jug spilled the demon on his face.

Fern had just taken a step towards the back door of the kitchen, but he felt a violent burning sensation behind him, and he did not hesitate at all, and with a kick of his left foot, the whole person jumped away to the right, dodging the flying fireball. The flaming fireball flew past the two of them, flew out the back door, and slammed into the stable, which ignited the haystack with a popping sound.

Without pause, Fern continued to rush forward, and seeing that the door was near, his heart suddenly tightened, and he had to slow down. At that moment, a bloodless head, with hair like withered grass, appeared behind the door, and the broadsword in his hand was facing the mercenary.

The back door has been occupied, and the demon mage at the front door is afraid that his spell will attack his companion, so he does not continue to cast spells, but slowly approaches the two, and the two are gradually surrounded.

Fern, who was holding Quiai in his left hand, couldn't exert his full strength, and didn't know how to rush out for a while, and after thinking about it quickly, he simply thought about it in his heart, holding the sword in his right hand, and was ready to break through. Almost at the same moment, a voice burst into his head without warning. "Attack backwards, attack that demon mage!"

Without any hesitation, Fern immediately reflexively turned into a sword, and the demon mage was already very close to him, and hurriedly took a few steps back. Fern's attacks sent the demon to a kneel, and he retreated again and again, just a mage, and his resistance to melee attacks was much weaker.

Footsteps sounded behind him, and Fern knew that another demon was on the move, and the familiar voice rang out again. "Rush out the back door, don't worry about anything, just rush!"

Even though Fern knew in his heart that this was a very risky move, and he wasn't sure that Quiai was back to the point where he could cast spells, he didn't hesitate to turn and rush. The demon rushing through the back door was only a few steps away from them, and his broadsword was facing Fern's face, killing him in an instant.

At this moment, Fern suddenly felt a heat on the left side of his body, and the demon's movements became hesitant. He didn't allow him to think about it, and then a fan-shaped flame erupted from his left hand, and the demon couldn't dodge, and was directly hit by the flames, screaming and retreating.

But the flames didn't go away, they continued to shoot forward from Fern's left hand, and as Fern's footsteps kept moving forward, they ignited everywhere he went. The demon retreated as fast as Fern's advance, and was sprayed with flames, and was finally cut off by Fern's sword at the back door.

As soon as the demon in front of him was resolved, the fireball behind him attacked again, but Fern seized the opportunity of this moment and ran into the stable, and the fireball smashed into the haystack again, adding fuel to the fire caused before, and the entire stables had fallen into a sea of fire and were crumbling.

Fern ran to the two mounts and lifted Quiai into the saddle. "You go first, I'll hold that demon back!"

"No, Fern, let's go together!" Quiai stopped Fern, raising his hand and slamming it in the direction of the back door. "Get on your horse!"

Fern jumped on horseback, and in a sea of fire he found the exit to the stable, but it was also almost consumed by flames. "The exit is blocked by fire, can you cast water magic?"

Queai stopped the indiscriminate bombardment in his hand and gasped violently. "No, Fern is too dry and desperately short of water, and even if I could cast water magic, it would be a drop in the bucket to extinguish such a fire. ”

"Hell!" said Fern in a hurry, but the barn was full of flames, and the roof was burning and collapsing.

"There's a way!" Quiai exclaimed excitedly, "Hold that demon while I'm casting it!" With that, he raised his wand and chanted the incantation in the direction of the exit.

The Demon Mage had recovered from Quiai's attack, and seeing that Quiai was casting a spell, he hurriedly began to cast a fireball spell on her. However, as soon as the spell was cast, a dagger flew from an unknown direction and slammed into his neck. The demon was caught off guard by the sudden attack, and fell to the ground howling in pain, and the fireball technique was interrupted.

Of course, Fern would not let go of this good opportunity, and jumped from his horse, rushed to the side of the fallen demon in a few steps, and cut off his head with a knife in his hand.

A flaming stake fell beside Fern, drawing his attention back to the flames of the room, as a sound of footsteps came from the direction of the kitchen. Fern cursed as he grabbed his sword in stone and rushed towards the kitchen.

"Alright, Fern, get on the horse!" Quiai's spell was over, and her shout pulled Fern back, sending several fireballs flying out of her hand and quickly burrowing into the kitchen, causing an explosion.

Fern turned back and jumped on his horse again, and in front of him was a wide clearing, and the wooden walls of the stable, which had been burning a moment ago, were staggered into the ground. "Great, follow me!"

The two rushed out of the stable, and Kuiai didn't forget to turn around and release a few more fireballs at the roof, completely breaking the roof, and the burning ruins of the stables completely blocked the back door of the kitchen, and the demons who came there could only watch the two flee and stare dryly.

With a few travelers and villagers still scattered in the streets, Fern found his way east and rode out of the village with Quiai. Along the way, Fern judged the location of the demon based on the direction in which the people were fleeing, and evaded the demon from the house and the street. Dune Village wasn't huge, but just escaping from the village left Fern feeling exhausted.

After finally riding to the entrance of the village, invisible pressure immediately came from all directions, and Fern realized that the demons had been watching from all directions outside the village, and had already been spotted as soon as they stepped out of the village. "The demon has surrounded the entire village, and we must fight our way through it to break through!"

But Quiai did not answer him, and Fern looked back, and saw Quiai swaying on horseback, as if he was about to faint, and he quickly slowed down and rode to the girl's side. "Are you alright, Quiai, hurt?"

Quiai looked up with difficulty. "The dragon breath technique and the earth trapping technique just now consumed too much spiritual power on me, I'm afraid I won't be able to escape, leave me alone, Fern, you run quickly." ”

"What a foolish thing to say!" Fern signed the reins from Queay's hand. "Hold on!"

"Leave me alone, Fern!" Quiai didn't let go, but she knew in her heart that her current situation would only be a burden to Fern.

Fern didn't look back, but looked firmly ahead. "You must get out. ”

"What?" Queai was unsure of what Fern meant by this, and was about to ask, but Fern jerked the reins and the two horses rushed forward.