The intense spell factor was condensed in an instant, and under Lance's low spell, bright firelight flashed from his fingertips!

Scorching Ray!

The hot, icy ray, with a devastating force, pierced through Zack's forehead from a distance of nearly fifty paces!

With a sound of "Bang", the fire spell factor irritated the blood mage's head, except for a tiny hole on his forehead, the back of Zack's head was completely blown up with a blood flower.

He couldn't help but stare at his eyes and fall to his knees.

In the next second, countless spiders greedily pounced on them, completely drowning Zac in it.

......

"You actually killed him!"

The hot air balloon flew higher and higher, and in a short time, the sinister manor became a tiny speck under their feet.

Ellie took a deep breath and came to her senses for a while.

Her eyes were full of wariness. If Lance can kill Zac without hesitation, then at some point in the future, if necessary, he will also kill himself without thinking!

Do you want to do it first? The female mage was a little shaken in her heart.

Martha timidly hid to the side, Lance's actions obviously startled her, and Elle hadn't given her a good look since she entered the puppet city, so she could only huddle in a corner alone.

"He's crazy. Lance said calmly.

Ellie was a little embarrassed to accept it, she frowned and said, "He just wants to run away with us." ”

Lance whispered, "Miss Ellie, I think there may be something wrong with your understanding. In my eyes, he wanted to drag us to the funeral. You can see with your own eyes, he's attacking hot air balloons. And that's the only way we can get out of that damn place. ”

Ellie was a little speechless.

"With Isaac's magic, once he breaks free from the puppeteer's control, he can completely kill another path on his own. The spiders were just a little tricky for him at best. But he didn't. His sanity had gone out of his way since he was manipulated by the puppeteer, and he preempted us. Lance stood quietly and continued, "I'm not arguing about my actions. It's just that he struck first. ”

"So I can only fight back," he repeatedly stressed. I'm sorry, as a thralry, I have very few spells, otherwise perhaps I would have resorted to some other milder spells to stop his irrational behavior. ”

"Well, then we can take him with us. Those undead puppeteers are afraid of your bow and arrows. Ellie said dissatisfiedly, "You clearly didn't mean to take him away." We're companions. ”

"Hey!" Lance suddenly accentuated, "Ellie, could you please figure it out? There are many times when I don't mind being a good person, and at other times, I don't averse to doing something bad." I'm just a normal elementary apprentice, and I just want to get out of this damn place alive. ”

"As for the companions...... Hmph, if Sark wasn't a high-level apprentice, would you really care so much about his life and death?" Lance looked directly into Ellie's eyes, and although his tone was soft, it was skeptical: "I know that a high-level apprentice means a powerful help at some point. But I didn't have a choice. On this issue, I think we can stop. ”

"This is the Puppet City. Lance said seriously: "I came in at the risk of my life for only one purpose, and that is to earn enough magic stones. Of course, the premise of making money is to be able to go back alive. We had only been in the hours since four people died...... So, don't you think we should stop arguing and regain our magic now?"

Ellie gave Lance a deep look, and finally nodded a little dejectedly.

"It's not always safe to go on a hot air balloon, so we need to be alone. Lance looked at Martha and immediately excluded her. He said to Ellie, "The two of us, take turns recovering our magic." How much time do we have?"

Ellie looked at the panel in her hand and replied, "About two hours." ”

"Good. I'm here for the first shift. Lance held the sidebar of the hot air balloon and looked around. The sky was still gray after the rain, and the mountains in the distance thundered.

The hot air balloon slowly floated along the established flight path towards the city that shimmered with colorful lights. From time to time, there were a few miserable cries from the manors and fields beneath his feet. Elliejie and Martha couldn't see clearly, but Lance, with the help of Hawkeye, was able to see the wizard apprentices who had been swallowed by the monster.

A bunch of greedy unlucky ghosts.

An hour passed, and the hot air balloon flew quietly in the sky, without anyone disturbing them. Lance settled down a little, and his luck was not bad. As soon as he floated all the way, he saw at least twenty wizard apprentices, killed by all kinds of terrifying monsters.

On the way to the puppet city alone, there were corpses all over the field and bones were piled up.

"Of the eight hundred wizard apprentices, no more than one-third of them can reach the puppet city alive. Lance felt a little sad in his heart, "Is this the fate of the weak?"

......

"Ellie, how are you recovering?" asked Lance in a low voice.

Ellie awoke from her meditation, the look of exhaustion on her face slightly relieved. She smiled reluctantly at Lance: "The magic has recovered eighty or ninety percent." It's your turn, Lance. ”

She stood up and took Lance's place.

"You're right. Lance, it's me who is irrational. Ellie said apologetically, "Zac is not only strong in magic, but also very powerful in spells. Among the high-level apprentices in Crimson Castle, it can be regarded as at least in the top ten. If it weren't for this extreme situation, I'm afraid your scorching rays wouldn't have been able to hurt him at all. He is indeed insane, otherwise he would at least remember to open a [Blood Curtain Immortal]. ”

"I thought that with Sark's help, this trip to Puppet City would go a little smoother. A gloomy look flashed on Ellie's face: "I didn't expect it...... The guru is right, this ghost place is not from people at all. It's me who overestimated my strength. ”

"You don't have to blame yourself. Lance sat in the corner and replied, "We all have a reason why we had to enter the Puppet City. Instead of regretting it, it's better to give it a go. ”

A hint of discoloration flashed in Ellie's eyes. She asked softly, "Mr. Lance, may I ask you a question?"

"Yes. "Lance didn't use much mana in the first place, and he recovered quickly, so it wouldn't be a waste of time to talk to Ellie.

"How do you know there's a private hot air balloon in this manor?" said Ellie, throwing out the question that had been buried in her heart for a long time.

Lance smiled silently. He took the gramophone album out of his bosom and handed it over.

Ellijie opened the photo album, and the baby's shrill cry was immediately heard, startling her and Martha. The two girls got together and flipped through the past page by page, until the last page, when they found the photo of a family of three standing in front of a hot air balloon.

"I see...... Mr. Lance is really attentive. Ellie looked up and said. But to her surprise, while she and Martha were looking at the photos, Lance had already entered the meditation realm.

Alyse looked at Lance's clean and emaciated chin under the hood, and had a faint urge in her heart—

However, at this time, Martha suddenly stood between the two. She held the slender staff in her hand, plucked up her courage, and looked directly at Elliejie: "Senior Sister Elliejie......"

Ellie's delicate brows furrowed slightly, and a hint of murder suddenly flashed between her eyebrows, but her tone was extremely gentle: "Martha, get out of the way." I promise you that I will keep you out of the puppet city safely. Now, please get out of the way. ”

Martha trembled slightly, but remained determined. The girl shook her head, a smile worse than crying, "Mr. Lance saved me twice. I know what you want to do, I'm not a fool. ”

"He's going to kill you. Ellie slowly pulled out her staff, her mind determined.

"Then let him kill me. To Ellie's surprise, Martha replied, "Durin is dead, Lola is dead, and even a powerful wizard like Lord Sark is dead." If it weren't for Mr. Lance, I'd be the first to give a damn blow. If he's going to kill me, let him kill me. ”

"Are you really trying to stop me?"

Ellie Jie approached step by step. She felt more and more that Lance was an uncontrollable time bomb, even though he was an ordinary junior apprentice, he had such a powerful and lethal attack power. His archery and spells are fierce, and every time he strikes, he can take the lives of his enemies.

Martha silently raised her staff. Her eyes were full of fear, but she didn't take a step back.

"Thank you, Martha. A gentle voice rang out.

Lance patted the girl on the shoulder and motioned for her to get out of the way.

Martha was stunned.

"You didn't meditate?" said Ellie, who looked at Lance who suddenly woke up in surprise, and realized that Lance was just pretending.

"I took a nap. Lance said calmly, "It's not good for you to kill me. Miss Ellie. Not to mention that this is on a hot air balloon, and your spell will poke a big hole in the hot air balloon, and then we will all have to fall to our deaths. ”

Ellie bit her lip, and Lance said that the reason why she didn't make a move was because she was afraid that the berserk spell factor would destroy the hot air balloon itself.

"I'm not going to shoot. Eventually, she said slowly, "But I won't be your companion again." ”

"Yes. After getting off the hot air balloon, we went our separate ways. Lance leaned his back against the railing of the hot air balloon.

At this moment, a sharp light suddenly flashed in his afterglow.

The puppet city that radiates colorful brilliance is getting closer and closer.

"Huh?"

On the city wall, a puppeteer pulled out a longbow and aimed it at their hot air balloon!