"How is he doing now, Lord Torren?"

"It's not good, I'm still unconscious. Christine, who had just come out of the secret room, shook her head and apologized impologically: "The high fever has not gone away, and I can only sedative and sleep again." What's even more weird is that no matter how he says, at least he is a paladin with 'powerhouse' strength...... Even if it's a wound like that, it's not ......."

Hearing that the dwarf's health had not improved, Victoria's eyes narrowed slightly: "Anyway, look at him first." ”

"Maybe it would be better for us to send him to the Holy See and have the pastor of the church give him treatment?" the Master suggested.

Without thinking about it, Victoria immediately shook her head: "Although since the mention of that word ...... surrender", her emerald bright eyes have inevitably darkened. However, after only a slight pause, she continued to speak calmly: "Since the surrender, the Holy See has not pursued our identities again, as promised. However, my intention in cursing His Excellency Palatine was not to curry favor with the Holy See. ”

The mage's cheekbones, which protruded like a skeleton, stood taller, with a smile of appreciation on the corner of his mouth: "War is only war, and knights have an obligation to help those who are good in danger. ”

Victoria was noncommittal: "Let's stop talking about this, let's see, do you have any other suggestions?"

"I have studied it carefully, and I think that the cause of His Excellency Paladin's coma seems to be due to some strange drug. Otherwise, with his strong physique, it would be impossible for him to be in a coma for a day and a night and still have a high fever. Although he judged this, he himself was not quite sure of his thoughts: "Besides, I didn't detect the existence of those anomalous state magic on him, so I think so." ”

Hearing that uncertain tone, Victoria also knew that she could only continue to wait now. "Well, if you continue to hide here, will Your Excellency Paladin's life be in danger?"

The mage thought very seriously, and did not give an answer until three minutes later: "The wound on the back has begun to heal, and it is gradually showing a scarring trend. ”

"Suffice it to say, only that strange high fever coma tormented him. ”

Victoria nodded knowingly: "That is, there won't be any major problems for the time being?"

"I think that's how it should be. ”

"Well, Your Excellency Palatine, for the time being, I will ask you to continue to observe and take care of it, and if you find anything wrong with the situation, do not hesitate to send it to the Holy See at once. ”

"Okay. Seeing that the princess was about to say goodbye, the mage hurriedly added: "Those swordsmen, please order them to ......."

Victoria nodded, and interrupted the mage's next words with her eyes: "Don't worry, I know what to do." ”

Just when Victoria chose to leave Moon Bay on her own initiative and hurriedly moved to a safe place with her subordinates, Ronald, thousands of miles away, found himself deliberately led into a closed valley.

He stopped at the mouth of the valley.

As far as the eye could see, there was a desolate gravel desert, and the other three sides of the valley were red rocky mountains, except for the entrance where he was stationed.

The interior of the valley is wide, but strangely enough, the temperature here is apparently several degrees warmer than outside.

Ronald reached out and pressed it on the rock beside him to try it, and the hot touch made him wonder if such a high temperature could hard-boil an egg. He also found that there was no wind, and no signs of plant growth.

This is where the Temple of Fire is located?

With this in mind, he took a step.

The scorching light cast by the scorching sun was blocked by the towering red rocks, casting a large shadow in the gravel desert. But Ronald, who was walking in the shade, still felt that the air was so hot that the sweat glands could not secrete even a little sweat.

Fortunately, with his physique, he was able to cope with this deadly heat.

After walking for a long time, Ronald found that the temperature seemed to rise faintly - even through the thick soles of his boots, the temperature under his feet was already to the point where ordinary people felt unbearable.

In the face of this terrible situation, he did not retreat, but continued to maintain an unhurried pace, all the way to the depths of the valley.

"Mark my words. ”

He said something out of nowhere.

It was only after receiving an affirmative response in his spiritual consciousness that he took out the steel sword.

In front of him, the stones of various sizes in the gravel desert, which had been silent and motionless, suddenly began to move slowly as if they were alive, making a gurgling sound of stones clattering.

Ronald cautiously backed away, only to stop when he was about thirty meters away from the area.

He saw that in that area, which was about 1,000 square meters, all the large rocks were slowly rising. With that, the smaller pieces of rock began to unite in a compact way, as if they were joined together by an invisible wire net.

"Stone Man. ”

Hearing the leprechaun's reminder, Ronald did not respond. His attention was all on the rocks in front of him. Soon, the rock blocks condensed and formed, evolving into nearly twenty stone people, large and small.

Ronald had seen two stone men before, but had only avoided them at the time and had not looked closely at them. And this time, Ronald knew it wasn't the time to escape. He raised his head and squinted at the end of the gravel desert, where there was a faint trace of a carved doorpost.

It is clear that these stone men were the temple guards that Yfrit used to deal with the enemy. To get there, you have to deal with these big guys, which are four or five meters tall.

He pursed his somewhat dry lips, and pointed his sword to the ground, ready to attack.

In line of sight, the rock man has no eyes, only a few simple large rocks that make up the head, torso, and limbs of the body. In addition, there are countless small stones tightly wrapped around the torso. And these behemoths are rumbling all the way through the round stones on their lower bodies, making heavy marks on the gravel and sand.

This depth ...... There should be two thousand pounds......

Ronald's eyes narrowed slightly, and he tightened the hilt of the sword in his hand.

The Stone People were so large and heavy, but they moved fast through the sand, about the same speed as a normal human run. However, that kind of speed is no pressure for Ronald to dodge.

As we get closer to each other, the shadows in our field of view become larger and larger.

However, Ronald did not continue to give the enemy the opportunity to create such a sense of persecution. Before being surrounded, he took a preemptive offensive. With a small jump, he stepped on the knee of one of the stonemen, and with a single sword, pierced the heart of the stonemen's guards.

The blow hit, and the steel sword let out a piercing grinding of the steel sword.

Although it successfully pierced, the stone man did not care, and it waved its arms and smashed it into the black-haired young man with a whistling voice.

With a jump, Ronald landed steadily, and at the same time, the upward sword momentum accurately blocked the rigid rock where the stone man fell.

Syllable!

The steel sword shook and whimpered, and the force shook Ronald's wrist and the tiger's mouth was faintly numb.

Immediately after the tentative battle, he began to run, nimbly dodging the swift fists of the other three stone men who followed.

With an absolute advantage in speed, Ronald is naturally unhurried. With his skilful combat experience, he nimbly weaves his way through enemy groups and forgoes stabbing in favor of slashing and slashing swords.

Rock, which was harder than steel, was also slashed out by him and splashed sparks.

Smack!

The head of a rock-man was severed and slammed into the sand.

But an invisible ability reunited the broken body, leaving only a smooth sword mark in the air. Moreover, Ronald also discovered that the countless pieces of rubble, under the wrath of the rock people, began to fly all over the sky, occupying the entire area!

Soon, a rain of bursting rocks composed of rubble splashed down from a height of 50 meters.

Bang bang bang.

The sand was smashed into a splash of sand and dust, and a thick fog filled the air.

Seeing this, Ronald immediately gave up the attack, he turned around and ran away.

Fortunately, this kind of sand and gravel rain is very powerful, but due to the speed of the stone man's travel, he can only slowly expand and approach Ronald's side. But the situation is not encouraging. The terrain in the valley is already narrow, and the more than twenty stone people are scattered in a row. It's almost connected into a long line that blocks progress.

Bang bang bang.

With a single kick, the stone slammed into the ground with great speed, stirring up the sand. With a single kick, these fist-sized stones quickly rose from behind them with the slow movement of the stone man, reconverging more than fifty meters above their heads, and falling again with a rapid momentum.

Smack.

The bunker was smashed into a hole nearly five centimeters deep. This kind of momentum, even a knight wearing full body armor, can't resist the rapid falling force.

Seeing this situation, there was no emotional change on Ronald's resolute face. He continued to retreat, retreating for dozens of meters in a row.

The stone man rumbled over and tried to force him out of the valley.

Ronald closed his right eye.

In the next moment, the deep and dark eyes of the starry sky radiated from the open eyelids, and with a deadly sense of oppression, they burst out towards the enemies within the line of sight.

The Eye of Truth, a unique skill that consumes a lot of magic.

In the field of vision, those invisible networks of magic also appeared from the connection of the stone people. Through the Eyes of True Sight, he finally saw through the deadly cores of those stone men that were constantly flowing.

Small red pebbles, only the thickness of a little finger, were mixed with the huge body of the stone man. And countless stones of the same color are also circulating around the stone man, acting as something to confuse the sight.

Twenty-three stone men, but twenty-four red pebbles?

The number fed back to him by the True Eye made him a little strange.

However, now that he has activated this magical skill that continues to consume magical power, Ronald has no intention of pursuing any secrets. All he wanted was to make a quick decision and save his mana.

At this point, Ronald used a voice that he could only hear, and shouted: "Kill!" He suddenly lowered his body, stepped forward with his right foot, and assumed a sudden posture!

Irel, who had been watching the battle situation incognito, saw that Ronald below was lying lightly, keeping a small half-step distance between his legs, aiming at the target, raising his long sword, running wildly, and posing in a charging posture!

And this time, the goal is to go to the rock man closest to him!

The bronzed figure that had been burned by the flame quickly ran around, bringing his clothes to the sound of hunting, and also bringing out a swift phantom in the yellow sand in the sky.

Suddenly sensing the sound of breaking the sky, the locked stone man immediately smashed his fist like the skinny guy!

The ice mirror erupted and stared at the top of Ronald's head.

"Die!"

The monstrous killing intent suddenly burst out from those dark blue eyes!

On the battlefield filled with sand and dust, several beautiful sword path trajectories were brilliantly drawn! Swirl and slash, slash, rush, sweep, and appear one after another! The steel sword reflected a dazzling golden glow, cutting through the dim sand and dust, and bringing out a golden tail flame like a meteor!

Ding Ding Ding Ding!

The steel sword and the rigid rock resonated, shaking out fierce sparks.

The behemoth rock man waved his huge rock arm wildly, barely fending off the unsightly figure. It managed to block the first three combos, but the final blow of the Meteor Tail Flame swept through the protective trajectory of its right fist mercilessly, and broke through the rigid rock of its chest, sweeping a slender and narrow scar like slicing through fluffy butter.

Syllable.

The red magic core shattered, and the stone man suddenly lost the source of his magic energy, and fell to the ground with a bang! The sand rattled! Countless yellow sand burst out.

And twenty-three bucks!

He counted in his heart, in a cold tone.

After confirming that the pile of red rocks in front of him could no longer move, Ronald had a cold face, completely ignoring the ping-pong sound above his head, slowly raised his head, and looked around with an arrogant momentum. The inconspicuous weapon in his hand was also filled with a chill, lingering with the icy aura of death.

Syllable!

The steel sword accurately blocks the one-hit smash. It was shaken by the force that the stone man smashed, and it seemed to tremble with excitement from the desire to fight!

In order to watch all this, the sun opened his round eyes with great interest. Blinding golden light poured down his round eyes, watching the merciless slaughter below, as a way to pass the lazy nap. (To be continued.) )