Fuchsia mist was everywhere, filling every gap, making it difficult to see the direction. The silence of the whole world was terrible, except for the occasional sound of the wind blowing in my ears, drifting backwards with the fog in front of me, and at the same time a new mist filled the front.

Fern was extremely familiar with the path from the cheerful whistle to the Mage's Tower, a path he had traveled so many times that he could walk through the fog without fear of getting lost just from memory. Quiai followed closely behind the mercenary, his wand already in his hand, and the bag of spellcasting materials fluttered with the girl's waist with her footsteps. She didn't bring a bow and arrows, because in this thick fog they didn't take advantage of the distance at all, but only slowed her movements.

Getting closer and closer to the Mage Tower, although the surrounding scene did not change in the same way, experience told Fern that they had already covered most of the distance, and it would only take a few minutes to reach the front of the Mage Tower. At this moment, there was a messy grinding sound from both sides of the two, like the sound of an animal's paws quickly cutting across the ground, which made people feel frightened in this deserted street.

"What's that sound?" asked Quiai nervously, gasping for air.

Fern's footsteps didn't stop, and he listened carefully for a few more seconds, and the strange sound seemed familiar. "I think I've heard it somewhere, but I can't remember it. ”

As soon as the words fell, a black shadow suddenly burst out from the front left, almost subconsciously, Fern's sword was already unsheathed, and an arc was cut in front of the left, and the blade showed a purple-red aura. Fern felt the resistance in his hand while also smelling a disgusting stench as an object was cut in half.

"It's ...... Flesh Beast!" Quiai shouted before Fern could remember what this thing on the ground was.

"It's like it's called this, we were attacked by this thing when we were in the Westwood Forest. Fern felt palpitations, and his stomach churned.

Two more dark shadows swooped down from the other side, and with a wave of his wand, two flames shot out to the right front, hitting the two flesh beasts accurately. Two flaming fireballs fell from the sky, and in a few moments they burned black.

"We've got to find a way to get rid of this stuff. Fern looked at Queay. "They must have a very sensitive sense of smell and can smell us before they can see us, so they can track us here, is there any way you can hide our smell?"

Quiai nodded, and quickly poured out a small ball of powder from the silk pouch around her waist, only to see her turn lightly in a circle, skillfully spilling the powder around the two of them, while chanting a spell in her mouth. The pale blue powder did not fall, but floated around the two of them, slowly circling in one direction. The girl's spell was so graceful that it seemed to be dancing, and Fern froze in place for a moment.

Quiai looked at his results with satisfaction. "That way our scents won't escape, and the flesh beasts won't be able to track us anymore, unless you're guessing wrong, they don't rely on their sense of smell. ”

Fern came to his senses and blinked. "Alright, let's go, more flesh beasts are coming soon. ”

The two of them took a step forward and continued to run towards the mage tower, only to run a few dozen steps, and the place where they were standing just now had been occupied by several flesh beasts. In the distance behind him, a faint howl began to sound, and Fern listened as he ran. "It's supposed to be the dark tide, they're finally here. ”

Quiai glanced behind him worriedly, and there was only a thick purple-red mist as far as the eye could see. "Perhaps the Flesh Beasts are the best option to withstand the Dark Tide, but how can the people who remain in Lott escape this fate? Both the Dark Tide and the Flesh Beasts will be fatal to them. ”

Fern quickened the pace. "We are not saviors, Quay, we can only do what we can. ”

The girl shook her head helplessly, Fern was running so fast that she could barely keep up, so she simply activated the flying spell and returned to the mercenary.

The two of them didn't say anything more, and went straight to the gate of the mage tower, and in front of the thick fog, the entire top of the mage tower was submerged in purple red. A huge flesh beast blocked the door, sealing the entire gate tightly, and there was no way to enter the mage tower from here.

Fern looked up and saw a dense patch of flesh and blood beasts covering the cylindrical façade of the Mage Tower, crawling aimlessly.

Quiai looked at the big flesh beast blocking the door in disgust, the lower body of the monster sucker kept wriggling, and the two tentacles of the upper body waved forward. "I'll try smashing it with a fireball, and it should make a gap. ”

"Wait!" Fern stopped her. "It can help us burn off some of the dark tides, and we'll go in from above. As he spoke, he pointed to the air.

"Windows?" Quiai looked at the walls of flesh beasts. "Well, at least those flesh beasts are much smaller. ”

Fern wrapped his left hand around Quiai's back and wrapped his arm around her other shoulder, and the two of them were so close together that the breath exhaled from each other was clearly audible. Quiai lowered his head to hide his crimson cheeks, and with the muffled sound of a spell, their feet lifted off the ground and slowly drifted into the air.

Fern pinpointed a relatively sparse window for the flesh beast and instructed Quiai to go there, and the girl changed direction, getting closer and closer to the window.

A few yards away from the outer wall, several fireballs flew out of Quiai's hands, knocking down the few flesh beasts closest to the windows, and the flaming monsters tumbled and fell. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Quiai cast a spell and flew to the window, but the flesh beast at a distance quickly approached the two like sharks that had tasted blood, and after a while, the window was surrounded again, and Quiai had to retreat again.

"Rush over, don't be afraid, leave it to me!" Seeing that they would never be able to get close to the window if this continued, and that time would surely drain Quiai's mental strength, he decided to take a risk.

Queai clearly felt the determination in Ferne's heart, which was the most powerful encouragement for her, and she no longer hesitated, concentrating on guiding the spell towards the window.

Approaching the window again, Fern drew his sword and waited, and a flesh beast pounced on the two of them, instantly slicing them in half. Another flesh beast pounced, and before Fern could swing his sword, he turned sideways to dodge the attack, and a fishy smell flew over his shoulder and flew to the ground. Fern swung his sword and slashed the few flesh beasts that pounced on him again, but more monsters kept coming, and he couldn't resist them.

The two of them were just one step away from the window, "Rush!" the word came to Quiai's mind, and the girl closed her eyes and rushed towards the window with all her might. Just as he was about to touch the window, Fern kicked it open, then held Queai tightly in his arms, and the two of them fell into the room together.

As soon as he fell to the ground, Fern didn't care about the pain, and immediately got up and drew his sword and turned back to deal with the flesh beast that followed, but there was not a shadow of a flesh beast behind him, and all the stinking monsters were left on the outer wall of the mage tower.

Fern suddenly relaxed with relief, only then did he feel a sharp pain in his back, and he reached behind his back, and his palm felt wet.

Queai hurriedly ran behind Fern to check, only to see that a palm-length cut had been cut on the mercenary's back, and blood was flowing from the wound, staining the clothes behind his back red.

"You're injured!" Quiai didn't say a word, and immediately activated the healing technique, a pale yellow light enveloping the mercenary's back.

As the effect of the healing technique gradually took effect, Fern was no longer in pain as before, and his tangled brow was relaxed. "It must have been scratched by the flesh beast's teeth when he fell in. ”

Quiai had tears in his eyes. "You're too messy, but luckily its teeth aren't long enough, otherwise your entire back will be bitten through, and if your internal organs are damaged, it will be difficult for me to heal. ”

Fern could hear something wrong with the girl's voice, and turned back to find her red eyes. "I'm sorry, Quiai, for worrying you. ”

When the treatment was over, Quiai exhaled hard, walked up to Fern, looked at him seriously, opened and closed his mouth, and stopped talking.

Although it was certain that the flesh beast would not enter the mage tower, Fern closed the window again, then walked to the door, carefully opening a slit and looking out.

"It's strange, there's no one, I thought it was a mess here. Fern gave up his spot at the door, so that Queai could observe it as well.

Quiai looked at it carefully for a few moments before retracting his head and closing the door again. "It's true that no one can see it, it stands to reason that although the main force of the Mage Tower was almost lost when he was in Serendra, after all, there are still some mages who returned safely, and not all the mages went to Threndra at that time, there are still some who stayed in the Mage Tower, no matter how you say it, there should be some people right. ”

"Did they all run away yesterday?" Fern speculated, touching his chin.

Quiai frowned and shook his head. "Impossible, I still believe if the apprentices all escaped, but mages are not ordinary people after all, and this is their last line of defense, so they will never leave so easily. ”

Fern wiped the stone sword stained with the blood of the flesh beast on the sheets, which had turned gray and white because no one had taken care of them for a long time. "Then let's go out and have a look, where are we going?"

"Go up, to the twenty-first floor, where Etiyesh should be. Quiai took a deep breath and prepared to head to this mysterious level.