Jude didn't know why Rowan was so afraid of the flames, but there was no time for him to take care of the contingencies.

"Jude?" Alyssa's call became more anxious, even a hint of helplessness, "think of a way." ”

Jude couldn't think calmly, so he decided to change his plan temporarily: "I'll help Cathy deal with the male lizard first, and then we'll join forces to besiege the broodmother later." ”

Without waiting for the girl to respond, the boy immediately ran to the other side of the battlefield and shouted at Cathy, who was struggling with the male lizard, "Let's fight on both sides!"

With that, Jude unsheathed his sword and sped forward, casting lightning spells to temporarily halt the monitor lizard's movements, and slashing at its back.

Cathy, meanwhile, wields a rapier and launches precise thrusts from the front, creating a back-and-belly combo that has nowhere to dodge.

However, the monitor lizard leaped sideways with incredible speed, easily avoiding the two of them from both sides.

The male lizard's transcendent swiftness caught the boy by surprise, but fortunately remembering Nosa's teaching of "seven points out and three points for three points", he barely restrained his movements, but the long sword in his hand almost injured the girl by mistake.

Lucius's side obviously couldn't hold out for much longer, and he had to break through the current predicament immediately. In a hurry, Jude had no time to think about it, and once again cast a lightning spell to hit the male lizard, swinging his sword almost at the same time, but he was still nimble in dodging.

"It's moving too fast. Just as the teenager was about to try again, Cathy stopped the reckless and futile act, "Do you have any spells that can restrict movement?"

The girl's prompting was like a spring of fresh water, calming Jude's dry and impatient mind.

He had always thought about hurting spells before, but now he suddenly remembered the spell he used most often when catching prey, and immediately began to chant the mantra of the slowdown technique: "Ins_satron_devos!"

A beam of phantom light fell on the male lizard, and the beast's speed slowed down.

"Evo_strine_fulm-Nir!" Jude snapped and cast lightning again, causing the male lizard to pause for a moment, before attacking with Cathy.

The male lizard quickly recovered from its brief paralysis, still trying to dodge as before, but was slowed down by the invisible restraint of the mysterious power. The blades of their swords pierced its body from both sides, and a large amount of blood gushed out, and the male lizard fell to the ground weakly, still struggling but on the verge of death.

After dealing with the male lizard, Jude and Cathy immediately return to the monitor lizard's broodmother.

Rowan stood in the distance, pale, and shook his head as if he were battling some horrible memory.

Lucius was still attracting his mother's attention, but he was visibly exhausted, his movements slowing down, and he was on the verge of becoming unsustainable.

Alyssa cautiously approaches her mother-in-law, trying to draw her attention and take the pressure off her brother, but her actions don't seem to work.

The beast must be dealt with immediately, and Jude was about to cast the spell again, but suddenly felt a pang of weakness. Only then did he realize that the frequent spell casting he had just done had depleted his already scarce mana reserves, so that he could no longer cast more spells now.

"Jude!" Alyssa looked at the boy with a look in her eyes full of anticipation, helplessness and even pleading.

"I ......" the young man was stunned for a moment, as if he was talking to himself, "I have no mana......"

"Jude!" the girl clearly did not hear his answer, and she was still anxiously calling the boy's name, hoping for a miracle.

"I'm running out of mana!" Jude yelled uncontrollably, "I don't have the mana to cast any more spells!, you know? and my spells can't hurt it, as I said, I'm just an apprentice!"

Witnessing the boy's yelling, Alyssa froze in place, her eyes full of despair and disbelief.

Damn it. Jude experienced his helplessness after running out of mana in battle for the first time, and he clenched the black sword in his hand and rushed towards his broodmother from behind at full speed. Since there is no magic available, let's cast miracles with courage and faith.

However, before he could get close to his mother, the boy suddenly noticed that the monitor lizard had seen through his sneak attack, and it swept towards him with its thick tail.

Jude then remembered Lucius's pre-battle advice to "beware of their tail sweep attacks", but now he was running at full speed, unable to stop his momentum, and there was no possibility of retreating to dodge.

The monitor lizard is really not easy to deal with, and he is still too weak, which is the only thought of the young man at this time.

Just as Jude was about to face the attack calmly, he suddenly heard a familiar voice: "Danger!"

At the same time, he was pushed away by a tremendous force, but it was not the tail of a monitor lizard.

Falling out sideways and sitting on the ground, Jude saw Lucius standing in his original position, and was swept head-on by his mother's tail, and the whole person was directly knocked out.

The young man fell heavily to the ground, his chest sunken in a large chunk, and he was coughing and spitting blood.

The broodmother of the monitor lizard turned, seemingly satisfied with her blow, and let out a menacing growl, ready to take advantage of the situation.

Seeing this, Cathy immediately stepped forward with her rapier and began to wrestle with her broodmother, blocking her attack and buying time for the team.

Alyssa stumbled to Lucius's side, knelt on the ground and helped him up, looking at her brother's bloody chest, the girl couldn't help but start crying.

"Monitor lizard...... Really...... Sure enough...... "The rib fracture pierced into the lung, causing Lucius to breathe hard, almost unable to speak, and he barely grabbed his sister's hand, "It's still too ...... I...... We ......"

"Don't ...... Don't ......" Alyssa couldn't stop crying, and she shook her head desperately, hoping that what she was seeing was not real.

"I'm ...... Sorry ......" was Lucius' last sentence, and he grabbed Alyssa's hand and fell limply.

"Brother?" the girl didn't want to believe what she saw, she cried out against reality, "No...... Tell me, that's not true!"

Jude barely got up and looked around at the shattered "Flower Blade" team:

The previous battle with the male lizard had drained Cathy's stamina, and she had to retreat for the time being before she could survive with her mother.

In the distance, Rowan was still pale and terrified, almost unable to control himself, and he seemed to want to escape, but he froze in place.

Alyssa was holding her brother's corpse and weeping, and the girl's desperate and helpless cries made the teenager feel guilty.

Furious fury filled Jude's eyes, his vision obscured by war. The boy clenched the black sword Cyrens with all his strength, intending to rush forward from the front to fight the monitor lizard's bromother to the death.

However, a slender hand gripped his sword-holding arm, and Cathy stood beside the boy at some point, and she shook her head calmly, "Don't go to death." ”

"Calm down, we have to retreat. Cathy's tone was calm and resolute, "Otherwise we're all going to die here." ”

Jude suddenly realized that their team could not defeat the beast, and any available attacks were ineffective against it.

All they could do now was to retreat, and while retreating would render their casualties meaningless, they must retreat immediately to avoid further casualties.