"What's ......?"

Looking at the black smoke slowly rising in the distance, Sean muttered to himself.

Early this morning, Laurien sent someone to tell Sean the news, and there seemed to be a fierce battle on the side of the road outside the village.

The place where he now stood was the highest point in the village, the roof of Lauryne's house.

It's the end of the scorching season, and a carpet of green fills the world, with scattered plants forming a complex vertical structure that is trying to compete for sunlight in every way.

But in the midst of the greenery, a flash of fire flashed through the jungle.

"This power...... Definitely apprentice-level. ”

Sean narrowed his eyes, wanting to take a closer look.

Mage's Eye, Wave Detection, Light Curtain......

None of these spells are reliable, either they don't have a long enough range to detect, or they are easy to spot.

After thinking about it carefully, I still have to use the most primitive method.

"Apprentice Spell - Vision Enhancement"

This is a change-based spell that can greatly enhance Sean's eyesight in a short period of time, and with this spell, people from a few kilometers away can see clearly even with a slight movement.

With the spell intensifying, Sean finally understood what was going on there.

Many soldiers in armor were holding weapons to encircle a large group of kobolds, and the figures of the battle appeared and disappeared in the woods, and the situation was very fierce.

In the middle of the battle circle, several professionals are dealing with a somewhat special kobold, and Sean guesses that it may be the rumored kobold warlock, it seems that these kobolds are in a hard fight, and the soldiers are also being dragged away.

Here's your chance.

After thinking for a moment, Sean suddenly realized this exciting fact.

Outside the village is surrounded by dense jungle on three sides, and only one side has a path that is easy to walk.

In fact, it is not impossible to walk in the jungle, but it is very likely to encounter danger, in addition to the kobold that Sean has been worried about before, there are often some dangerous animals in the wild of this world.

But now Sean doesn't have to think about it so much.

There is a small chance of dangerous beasts in the area near the path, and those people are rounding up kobolds in the deeper area on the left side of the road, so they only need to walk on the right side to get out safely.

Once the plan was finalized, Sean took one last look at the men.

Judging from the clothes and appearances, Sean can easily deduce the identities of these people, although I don't know why the two sides who were originally close to each other are now suddenly fighting each other, but this undoubtedly gives Sean a chance.

With a leap, Sean jumped off the roof, and after slowing down some of his speed with mana in the air, Sean landed successfully without much effort.

Don't think that a mage can't do anything without using spells, even if it's a simple use of mana, the combat power generated is not low.

Running back to get the supplies he had prepared, Sean left in a hurry without even saying hello.

As he was leaving, Sean took one last look back at the village, took a deep breath, and strode into the jungle.

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Walk alone in the jungle and use your long knife to pick up the branches and leaves that stand in your way.

In comparison, Sean's mentality is much calmer now.

Having a clear goal is secondary, the most important thing is that he is not worried about what danger he will encounter, compared to the time, now his combat power has increased by more than a star and a half.

The city of Lane is nearly ninety kilometers away from Sean's current location, and Sean will have to walk for at least four days to travel such a long way.

If it weren't for the fear of accidents, and the reluctance to spend money, Sean would have wanted to buy a mount in Theresa City and gallop all the way to Rhine City.

"What a sound!"

Sean's eyes froze, and he suddenly stopped, although he was thinking about things while hurrying, his vigilance never let go.

Keeping an eye on where the movement came from, Sean's mouth chanted a spell.

Now is not the time to save mana, the sound just now is certainly not an auditory hallucination, the vision in the jungle is narrow, as a mage, if he encounters an enemy, he will have a great disadvantage.

In this case, if it is not clear where the probable enemy will appear from, the first thing that should be done is to strengthen your own defenses.

"Apprentice Spell - Deflection Force Field"

Combined with the current situation, Sean put this defensive spell on himself.

When the skew field is successfully released, a force field is formed that envelops the caster.

This spell does not protect against explosions, heat, lasers, poison gas, etc., but it is especially useful against physical blows, especially projectiles, as it directs them to the side when an attack is about to arrive, thus protecting the caster from damage.

There was a sound of breaking wind behind his head, and three large rocks flew out from the side and smashed straight into the back of Sean's head.

But with the slight fluctuation of the invisible force field, the stones suddenly changed direction behind Sean, turned their heads and smashed into the big tree on the side.

Four small figures emerged from the dense foliage, their ugly heads and black-red skin boreking Sean.

Why are there still kobolds here? Can that group of nobles be reliable?

"Apprentice Spell - Catapult"

His eyes gradually became cold, Sean took the lead in attacking, and dared to take the initiative to expose it after the failure of the sneak attack, it seems that this battle cannot be avoided.

In that case, let's strike first!

The iron nail that he pulled out at some point was quickly tossed up by Sean, turning into an afterimage, flying towards the head of the kobold in front at an irresistible high speed.

"Bang!"

The first one fell without any suspense, and the brains in the shattered skull splattered, and the usually very timid kobold suddenly became brave for some reason.

"Roar!"

The other three roared and lunged at Sean, their hands empty, apparently trying to tear Sean's body apart with their hands.

Sean indifferently raised the long knife in his hand, yesterday he took a moment to remove the rust from it, and found a way to polish the edge of the blade extremely sharp, he didn't expect it to come in handy here.

With such a short distance, it was too late to chant a spell, and the direct use of mana would bring a lot of consumption, and there was still a long way to go to the next village or town, so he didn't want to do it just to be on the safe side.

Fortunately, the deflection force field was already shrouded in his body, and with the long knife in his hand, he suddenly had a bold idea.

The physical fitness of the mage is very weak, but it is only relative to other professions, in fact, the promotion of an apprentice-level mage will also strengthen a certain amount of physical fitness, especially in terms of reflexes and perception ability, even compared to the combat position.

With the protection of the spell, Sean rushed straight in front of the three kobolds.