This was the thirteenth day that Russell and Lucia had fallen into the rift in the abyss, and the only supplies left in their backpacks were half a bag of water and a loaf of bread, and according to the original plan, they should have returned to the nearby gold rush town four days ago, regardless of whether they had investigated or not, so the supplies they had on them were only carried according to the standard of ten days.

Looking at Lucia's chapped lips, Russell couldn't bear it, handed her the half bag of water, and said softly, "Drink some." ”

The environment of the Markan Desert invaded by the abyss has become more harsh and harsh, the surface temperature continues to rise, and the water consumption of the two has also increased significantly, and the water they brought before has long been drunk, and the remaining half bag is made by Russell with magic.

It's a pity that the water element nearby is too scarce, just the simplest first-order water magic water arrow consumes one-third of Russell's mana, and the recovery of mana here is extremely slow compared to the outside world, and the dean of academic affairs has to use it sparingly.

Lucia shook her head, refused the half bag of water that was handed to her, and looked gloomy, "I...... I can't do it, Archmage Russell, you don't care about me, I have calculated your magic consumption, if it's just one person, you can hold on for at least another ten more days, there's no need to carry me with this burden. ”

Russell was amused by the female magician, he had long heard that the Grand Magician of Lucia of the Laurel Magic Academy was an out-and-out academic magician, and he had never done anything other than lecturing and doing research on weekdays, and he was obviously in his thirties but simpler than a blank piece of paper, when was she still in the mood to calculate his mana consumption.

The dean snorted coldly, "You don't want to finish your paper?"

"Huh?" Lucia whispered, stunned, "is it time to focus on the paper?"

"Now that you know it's not the right time to talk about such a thing, drink the water honestly. ”

"Oh. "The greatest advantage of the sorceress is that she is obedient, and when she heard this, she obediently pulled out the cork, but only slightly moistened her tarnished lips and returned the water bag to Russell.

However, the latter did not stretch out his hand, and Lucia was apprehensive, and recalled in her mind what had just happened, wondering if she had done something wrong again, she was no stranger to such situations, and similar things always happened from childhood to adulthood, because she did not know when she would do something wrong or say something wrong.

Although she didn't find the reason, Lucia was still wondering if she wanted to admit her mistake first, but the next moment she saw Russell suddenly raise her staff, and six cone of earth flew towards her without warning, the sorceress was completely stupid, Lucia usually had almost no experience with people, and suddenly changed, and the whole person just stood stupidly in place, but fortunately, the six cone flew over her face and got into the yellow sand behind her.

Before the sorceress could congratulate herself on her escape, she saw a cloud of blood burst out from the place where the cone had been shot.

An ugly monster with the head of an antelope and a crocodile screamed from below, and it had three bloody wounds on its body, but from inside it flowed a black liquid like ink.

The thing looked at Russell with a look of resentment in its eyes, obviously knowing that the person who had injured itself just now was the man not far away, but unfortunately it was destined to have no chance of revenge, and the next magic flashed, and its head and body were separated.

"This ...... What is this?" Lucia was shocked.

"The sheep's head crocodile, a creature from the abyss, has about the fourth order, but this is their home field, and it can probably be improved by half a rank. Russell frowned.

The reason why the natural environment of the Malgan Desert will continue to degrade is because it is polluted by the abyss, and the appearance of the crack will not only bring endless monsters, but also gradually change the geographical environment at the junction of the borders, so after discovering the abyss crack, it must be dealt with as soon as possible, otherwise the difficulty will continue to increase, and the price that needs to be paid to seal it after the transformation is completely completed is very terrifying.

But fortunately, this crack has not appeared for too long, only a little more than a year, of course, provided that they can leave here and report the news to the Wizards' Association and the Church in time.

"I'm really afraid of something. A wry smile tugged at the corners of Russell's mouth.

The next moment, even Lucia on the side felt the tremor of the ground under her feet, and the sorceress said nervously, "Is it an earthquake?"

"No, it's hunting. ”

"Hunting, hunting, isn't there no living creatures here?"

"There wasn't one before, but now there is. The Dean of Academic Affairs said softly.

"Where......" Lucia realized something halfway through her words, and couldn't help but gasp, "They're coming at us?"

"Get ready for battle. "Russell didn't talk nonsense, he added a shield in front of each of them, and the magic elements within the scope of action of the abyss will be more or less affected, but in comparison, the water magic elements are the most affected, and the earth system is much better, and Russell now uses most of the earth magic in battle.

Lucia's hand holding the staff trembled involuntarily, and she could already see the dust and sand rising in the distance approaching them at a rapid pace, as if thousands of horses were galloping.

The sorceress cried, "But...... But I won't fight, or you might as well leave me and run away, this desert is huge, and you can move with these monsters with phase movement. ”

Russell didn't pay attention to Lucia's proposal at all, and said directly, "Wait a minute, I'll be responsible for resisting the monsters in the three directions in the front, and the least pressure on the back will be handed over to you, don't be afraid, these things are just long and fierce, they are not as high as your rank, as long as you don't mess up first, you will be fine." ”

Lucia didn't have time to question the battle began, the sorceress was in a state of confusion in the next half of the magic, she didn't know how she spent her time at all, she only felt that there were monsters in all directions, she was still afraid at first, but after hurriedly releasing the first magic, she had lost the ability to think, and she waved the staff in her hand desperately under the instinct of survival, until her mana was exhausted and she didn't know it.

I don't know how long it took, and when she came back to her senses, there was no monster around, and Lucia suddenly woke up and shouted excitedly, "We succeeded, we succeeded!!"

Russell on the side covered his lower abdomen and snorted.

Lucia then noticed the blood in the former's fingers.

The battle just now was far from being as easy as Russell described, although the strength of these monsters was not strong, but there were many of them, and it was not easy for Russell to deal with them, and he also had to protect Lucia behind him, the female magician poured out her mana in less than five minutes after the battle, but considering that this was likely to be her first battle, this kind of novice mistake was not unforgivable, in fact, Russell didn't count on her at all, the so-called protection of her back was just an excuse to let her stand behind her honestly.