Chapter Fifty-Six: The Blue Lake
As the trees thinned, Fern's eyes suddenly widened, and in front of him was a lake hundreds of yards in diameter, the water of which was turquoise, and the surface of the lake was unusually calm, with tiny waves in the breeze. Fern rode to the lake in surprise, he was surprised that he hadn't found the lake when he was on the slope, it was supposed that he would not have missed such a large lake, but now there was no time for him to think about it, and Jasmine finally caught up, wiping the sweat from her forehead, and leaning forward slightly to relieve some pressure on her hips.
Fern looked in both directions, and they were right in the middle, and whatever direction they chose to go from would have to travel about a long distance to get around the lake. Fern jumped off his horse, and Jarena looked at him in bewilderment. "Do you want to fight your back? Don't be stupid, our odds are too small. ”
Fern glanced at the woods behind him, and the dark tide had not yet appeared. "Remember the flying spell you cast on the Princess Merry, can you let us fly straight across the lake?"
Jalena narrowed her eyes and surveyed the size of the lake. "It should be possible, but I can't cast a shield while channeling flight, and we'll be very vulnerable to a demonic attack at that time. ”
"Don't worry, with me, I will use the sword in the stone to resist for a while, and when I can't resist anymore, we are almost on the other side of the lake. Fern looked confident, and Jarena still watched noncommittally as the lake lapped against the shore.
The trees behind him grew noisy, stumbling footsteps and terrifying roars grew louder and louder, and Fern drew his sword to stand in front of Morena's mount. "Quick, there's no time!"
Morena sighed softly and flipped off her horse, Archmage Ping raised her hands, palms up, lips quickly opening and closing. Fern felt his body suddenly lighten, as if he could fly into the sky with a slight leap, the ground getting farther and farther away from his feet, and then the surface of the lake turned into a clear blue lake under his feet, and they were flying towards the middle of the lake.
The wind on the lake was stronger than the lake's, and the water under her feet kept rolling the waves, and Morena couldn't swim, so she looked as flat as she could at the back as much as she could, not daring to glance down, she couldn't imagine what would happen if she fell into the lake. This is not the small puddles of the Black Swamp, the depth of this lake is unfathomable, and if you fall into it, you will definitely sink to the bottom. Thinking of this, Jaminena's body trembled, and the two men and the mount fell sharply for some distance, Fern looked at her nervously, and the archmage closed his lips tightly, with a bitter expression, at least to stop the downward trend.
The dark tide had already chased to the lake, and was only a hundred yards away from the two who continued to float to the middle of the lake, and several demons were pointing fingers at the lake, but they did not immediately start chasing along the lake, and Fern looked at them rather proudly. "I guess they don't know what to do, and we're just flying all the way to the other side, and it's almost impossible for them to catch up with us again. ”
Morena tensed her whole body to guide the spell, flying was just a simple spell for her, but because of the fear of the lake, coupled with the experience of falling into the water in the black swamp, she now had a roar in her brain, and she didn't have the heart to listen to Fern's boasting.
Fern's pride didn't last long, the demons seemed to have discussed a solution, and the two demon mages stood by the lake and began to guide the magic, and for a while, the wind speed on the lake became faster and faster, and the surface of the lake, which was only a few small waves just now, seemed to be boiling at the moment, and rolled violently. "Hell, what is this?" Fern felt nervous as well.
Suddenly, several jets of water gushed out of the lake and shot towards Fern and Morena, Fern raised his sword to block in front of Ferna, but unlike the fireball, the water jet could not be split with a sword at all, and several jets of water collided with the mercenary at the same time, and the violent impact sent Fern into the air, flying out of the range of Ferna's magic, and quickly falling into the lake. Jasmine swung her left hand in the direction where the mercenary fell, a white light flashed in her hand, and a force pulled Fern back to the archmage, and Jarena quickly withdrew her hand and focused on the flying technique.
Before Fern could fully figure out the situation, the sight in front of him made his eyes widen, more icicles than the water column flew from all directions, and for a moment, Fern's mind flashed the image of Jarena and himself turning into ice cubes, he knew that he could not block the attack, turned around and pounced on Morena and hugged her. Startled by Ferne's unexpected move, Jasmine's guided flight skills are interrupted, and the two fall towards the lake. "What are you doing!"
"Hold your breath!" was the last thing Morena heard before the two fell into the water, and she did so, and with a thud, the two fell into the lake together, and finally the sound of the two mounts falling into the lake. Countless icicles flew over where the two had been before, all the way over the lake, deep into the woods on the other side of the lake.
Morena's world was instantly surrounded by a dark blue, the chaotic sound of water filled her eardrums, fear occupied her heart, she raised her hands, grabbed in the water, and suddenly a face appeared in front of her, it was Fern, Morena opened her mouth, wanted to shout for help, but she couldn't make any sound except for the water poured into her mouth.
Fern held her waist with one hand, paddled through the water with the other, and pedaled with all his feet, until finally, their heads were exposed. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the two greedily breathed in the fresh air, and Jasmine hugged Fern's neck tightly, fear made her much stronger than usual, and the mercenaries were about to break up, and Fern wanted to tear her hand away, but was surprised to find that she couldn't move at all. "Let go of it, Molina, don't be afraid, don't worry, we're all going to die if you do this!"
But at this time, Jasmine couldn't listen to anything at all, and her whole body was attached to Fern, trembling all over. Fern swam towards the clouds, trying to put Jarena's hand on the clouds' neck, but a chill hit him from behind. Fern looked back, only to see several more ice arrows flying towards them. "Hold your breath!" Fern hugged Morena and dived into the water again, the ice arrow flying over the two of their heads, burrowing into the water in the distance, and disappearing into the deep blue bottom of the lake.
Jasmine was suddenly pulled into the water by Fern and drank several sips of water, her entire face distorted with intense fear. Fern swam forward with her in the water for a short time, ready to attach to the surface again, when he noticed that beneath them, in the depths of the lake, a large dark shadow was gradually approaching them. Hell, what is that!? Under the cover of the deep blue water, Fern couldn't see what it was, he didn't think much about it, and Jasmina looked like she was holding her breath to the limit, and Fern stepped on her feet and sprang onto the water.
Jamina hugged the mercenary's neck and coughed incessantly, leaking unswallowed water from the corner of her mouth. Fern looked ahead, and they weren't even halfway to the surface of the lake, and the other side of the river was out of reach. "Listen to me, Jarena, I'll put you on the clouds, and you can just grab its neck!
A chill approached from behind her again, and Jasmine was still coughing, not responding to Fern's words. "Hear me! Jasmine!" an ice arrow flew past Ferne's slapping hand, a cold that penetrated deep into his marrow. Damn,Fern cursed, and plunged into the water again, despite the cold. In the water, he saw the dark figure move closer to them, and gradually revealed the outline of a huge body, and it suddenly felt that this silhouette seemed to be seen somewhere before, but it was much smaller than this, and a familiar feeling came over him.
This time the dive was much shorter than the last time, and Fern felt that his hands and feet were about to freeze, which meant that he would not be able to float on the surface of the water soon, and not only would he have to send Morena to the back of the clouds, but he also had to swim quickly and grab the horse, otherwise his frozen body would soon sink to the bottom.
Fern found his way, using the last of his strength to approach the dark clouds, his cold red cheeks and fingers barely feeling anything, and the hand holding Jarena only maintained a bent position, but could no longer hold her tightly. Jasmine also seemed to be aware of Fern's predicament, and she held the mercenary's flushed face and tried to cast a spell to keep him warm, but her trembling body and lips could not pronounce any incantations, and tears slid down the mage's cheeks.
The sound of ice arrows grazing quickly across the surface of the lake sounded, and in a trance, Fern heard the sound of death, the dark clouds only a dozen yards away from them, but as far away as from Wolfsburg to Deville. Hell, no? Fern heard the echo of despair, and in front of him, it was the crying face of Ferna, and the girl hugged Fern tightly, and the two faces pressed together.