Chapter 24: Procrastination

Electricity converged towards Casado from all directions, like countless small snakes, and they quickly locked on to Casado and rushed towards him. It's just that when they converged on Casado's side, they were separated by some kind of spherical shield half a meter outside of him.

This shield is similar to Bai Yu's shield, and it is estimated that they are all self-protection defensive skills. Although Casado was a little surprised by his attack, after seeing this weak attack, this surprise quickly turned to disdain. He raised a little thumbs up, looked at Ke Zhou playfully, and laughed: "I thought I had any ability, but I didn't expect it to be just a low-level magic scroll......"

He didn't finish his words, because the intermediate magic scroll in Ke Zhou's hand "Falling Thunder". At this moment, the scroll had been opened, and the magic spell released a dazzling light, and this light also made Casado panic slightly. He began to chant magic, and the originally transparent defense layer became visible to the naked eye at this moment, and even the lines on the defense layer could be seen clearly.

Almost as soon as the defense layer was firmly established, a bolt of lightning suddenly fell from the sky and slammed into the seemingly solid defense layer. Even if the sky was clear, this inexplicable thunder that had grown somewhere still easily shattered the protective layer. It's a pity that although the protective layer was destroyed, Casado under the protective layer didn't seem to be seriously injured, but his hair was raised by the electric current, and the clothes on his body were more or less weirdly wrinkled, and he looked a little embarrassed.

At this moment, the lightness and disdain on his face had long been replaced by surprise and seriousness, it was obvious that the other party was fully prepared for how to deal with the dragon clan, but he despised the small human next to the dragon clan. At this moment, when the intermediate magic scroll in Ke Zhou's hand lit up, it could be said that he was caught off guard.

"I didn't expect you kid to have ......," Casado said as he raised his head to look at Ke Zhou. But just like before, before he could finish the words in his mouth, he was already frightened by the things in Ke Zhou's hand.

The blue magic scroll was taken out by him, and Ke Zhou held the scroll in his hand, as if announcing the fate that Casado was about to face.

Chanting, incantations, containing torn scrolls, and Casado's screams. Casado's body was surrounded by layers of protective layers, and he looked around in horror as he kept using the props or scrolls he used to save his life.

This terrifying protective layer completely isolates Casado from the surrounding space, and among humans, magicians who can use high-level magic can be said to be rare. The vast majority of mages spend their lives at the low level, but even the low-level mages can cause quite terrifying damage and functionality, they can put a person to death at will, and they can easily travel long distances.

Therefore, the power of high-level magic is recognized by everyone, and it can easily destroy an army or even a city. And at this moment, this destructive power appeared in front of this man named Casado, and the fear in his heart was incomparable. He didn't think he had the ability to escape the area of influence of high-level magic before it took shape, so he could only defend with all his might, trying his best to protect himself, praying that this magic scroll was just a large-area killing magic, and it was not so strong against a single point of effect.

2 seconds, 4 seconds, 6 seconds...... Casado waited silently for the magic to come while praying incessantly. A sturdy and heavy wall of defense encircled him, making him unable to see what was outside. But at this moment, he didn't want to see the scene outside, maybe it was a storm, maybe it was thunder and flashing. It may also be that the area outside his area has already turned into a sea of fire, and his impression of high-level magic is stuck in textbooks, and he can't imagine what real high-level magic looks like.

One minute, two minutes, three minutes......

There was no movement.

You can't even hear a sound, it's as if it's calm outside, nothing is happening.

"Damn, I've been tricked!"

Casado quickly lifted the various layers of protection around him and looked around. Where there was still a figure, Ke Zhou had already taken the young dragon and didn't know where to run, and before they ran, they even used a magic scroll to isolate their hearing, so that Casado was completely unaware of the reality that the target of his pursuit had escaped.

The fear on his face instantly turned to rage, and he immediately began to summon his mount on the spot, wanting to catch up immediately. But before he could summon it, he suddenly felt as if the sky around him had darkened.

"Huh?"

I don't know when it became dark, so dark that I couldn't even see my own hands. Instinctively, Casado had created a simple light source with magic, but then a strange face appeared in front of him.

It is impossible to describe in words how horrible this strange face is, and it can even be said that barren words cannot express this penetrating and soul-piercing fear. Casado's mouth was open, beads of sweat dripping from his forehead on the ground—maybe it wasn't ground anymore, but what did it matter? For him, it was like the end of the world, his mind, his body, and his whole mind were overwhelmed by this fear. Darkness seeped into the light source, and the originally bright light became a spiritual lamp that heralded death.

Intrusion, corrosion, engulfing. Casado could not utter another word until the end, his life had already ended in despair, leaving not even a trace.

"Mountain ghost, stop playing, hurry up and help me, I'm going to die!"

Bai Yu's voice echoed in the sky, and in front of her were countless people who had already checked the three carriages and chased Casado's tracks. All kinds of magicians, archers, warriors, and even strange professions that Bai Yu had never seen before, rushed over all over the world.

There is no communication, there is just fighting. Bai Yu didn't even know who this group of mercenaries was working for, and at what price they accepted this commission, but he could feel that they were crazy and desperate. Although she has the magic power to rival the enemy's high-level magicians, she does not have any high-level magic, so she can only constantly defend and fight back with simple low-level magic.

Although the strength of the enemies is uneven, there are also intermediate magicians and terrifying archers hidden among them. Their attack managed to break through Bai Yu's protective layer, and although it wasn't fatal, the injuries piled up like this would soon leave her without even the ability to escape.

Fortunately, during this siege, she felt the breath of the mountain ghost. It was Xiao Liu's guardian beast set up in the house, or the "guardian ghost", and the strength of that creature was not comparable to that of a little spirit bird in her library. It was precisely because of this that she immediately called for help to the monster.

......

Ke Zhou carried Beibei on his back and ran quickly in the forest.

Beibei had already passed out in a coma, and he couldn't imagine how terrible the pain was to torture a young dragon like this, and a distressing feeling came over him, making him unconsciously turn his head to look at Beibei, who was still asleep. Immediately afterwards, he continued to run forward, albeit in the opposite direction.

"The other party should continue to lay a net in the direction of Ryugu, in which case, a detour will have to be made...... If memory serves, it's a little longer to the next town. That town can't stay...... It must be bypassed......"

Ke Zhou's idea was already obvious, he had given up on going straight to Dragon Valley, and was instead preparing to make a big circle by airship to reach his destination. After all, he couldn't imagine how many people the enemy hiding in the shadows had sent to encircle them. The life-saving items and scrolls in his hands were already stretched thin, and it was difficult to continue to support them, leaving only one high-level magic scroll to use.

The mountain ghost summoned by the stone should be able to delay the pursuers, so as long as they stay away from this area and escape from their encirclement, it is basically safe.

With such thoughts, Ke Zhou carried Beibei on his back, gritted his teeth, and continued to rush forward.