Hicks gave Lance a clear mission: to eliminate a horde of petrified jackals that roamed the nearby jungle. This group is made up of about thirty petrified jackals, and the average elementary apprentice must deal with them carefully when they encounter them.

"I've been so busy lately that Ferendor hasn't sent any other wizards to help me! The last time I received a reply from the Tree Worshippers' Hut that someone would be coming soon, half a year has passed, and there is not even a figure. The strength of these petrified jackals is not a threat to me, and if they fight head-on, they will probably be wiped out by me in no time - but the most cunning thing about them is that they never take me head-to-head because they know how strong I am. My several night raids have only weakened their race, not completely wiped them out. Hicks said quickly, "So, I need you to do this task for me." ”

"When it's done, I'll send you to Ferendor. When the time comes, I may need you to help me deliver a message. ”

Naturally, Lance had no conditions to refuse. What's more, in the past month, he has not only mastered new spells, but also practiced the Spirit Fox Sword Technique very solidly, and his personal combat ability can be said to have improved in a straight line.

In this case, he also wanted to verify whether the combat concept he had envisioned before could be successful through actual combat.

"Well, I still have to go to the north, that hundred-eyed python is almost molting season, and without my appeasement, I'm afraid the other creatures in this forest will suffer. Hicks was so busy that this time, instead of heading north alone, he took his animal companion, the celestial deer, Tilansius, with him.

At the same time, he advises Lance: "You can ask Eakins to accompany you." He's a good spot at scouting, and of course, he's got some simple wind spells, and he's a nemesis for ordinary demons. It's just that if you want to ask him to accompany you, you have to pay some price. ”

The woodpecker immediately offered himself, "I can do a lot for you." If you're willing to give me half of the petrified wolf's petrified heart. ”

Lance nodded, he had seen the ability of Woodpecker Ekins, and with the help of such a good scout and land snake, the task must be completed faster.

As for half of the petrified heart, Lance was a little difficult to give up. After living in the tree worshippers' hut for a long time, he also learned to bargain:

"Half of it. I'm willing to give a quarter. Lance said.

The woodpecker puffed up and said, "You're underestimating my worth!"

Lance replied with a smile, "I remember that among the low-level spells of the wind system, there are very few that can deal effective damage to petrified jackals, right?"

Jacknston was a little speechless. His wind spells were hard to do to the thick-skinned petrified jackals, otherwise Hicks wouldn't have had to ask Torance to do the job.

At the moment, he could only agree with his head down.

......

The Petrified Jackal is a demonic creature whose bloodline contains a small amount of alchemy, said to have been the product of a famous alchemist in Ferrendor who forcibly reconciled the artificial bloodline many years ago. It's just that the alchemist wanted to concoct a demonic creature that could petrify enemies, but it turned out to be very frustrating for him - petrified jackals could only make their skin as hard as rough rocks, not turn enemies into stones.

In other words, compared to ordinary jackals, the demonized creature created by that alchemist was only one more level 1 spell [Rock Skin] ability. And this spell is still a weakened version, with strong instability.

Such a creature naturally had no witchcraft value, and was quickly abandoned by the alchemist. But to people's surprise, this petrified jackal is very strong in survivability and reproduction, and soon these guys spread in the forest outside Ferendor, turning into stubborn tumors in the forest.

Later, every Boundary Keeper had to regularly clean up the petrified jackals in his area to prevent the group from growing and harming other rare creatures or wasting more resources.

According to information obtained from Ekins, Lance knew that petrified jackals were not always under the protection of rock skin.

There is a limit to the number of times these monsters can activate rock skins per day, and even if they do, there are a few places that cannot be covered.

"No matter what kind of creature the caster is, it is impossible for them to turn their eyes into rocks in the process of using the spell of rock skin, otherwise, they will not turn themselves blind?"

In the middle of the forest, Eakins rested peacefully on Lance's shoulder, pointing in the direction of his journey.

"In other words, after they enter the combat state, they still have flaws?" Lance asked casually, "Their eyes are weakness, right?" ”

Ikins nodded, then shook his head again and said, "Although everyone knows this, these guys are still very difficult. Because these disgusting creatures have very small eyes, even smaller than ordinary jackals, it is very difficult to attack this vital point. It's the same even with spells. ”

Lance nodded thoughtfully, and did not continue to ask.

"Are your eyes small?" A smile flashed in Lance's heart, he was not afraid of how small the other party's vital point was, as long as there was a vital point, there was no place where Eagle Eye couldn't lock it!

Although he hadn't met the other party yet, Lance already had a hunch in his heart that this group of petrified jackals was already in his pocket.

......

In the turquoise grass, Lance gently parted a wave of weeds, and some scattered animal droppings appeared in his eyes.

Ekins flew down, gathered his wings and walked around the dung, and concluded, "The dung that was left over this morning should be some adult petrified jackal." It's not far yet. ”

Lance nodded, finding the feces of petrified jackals here meant that this place had entered the activity place of these demonized creatures.

These cunning creatures are very good at detecting the strength of their enemies through their sense of smell, such as Hicks, a powerful second-level wizard, even if he is a tree worshipper who is good at restraining his breath, can easily reveal his identity from a distance, allowing these petrified jackals to escape quickly. So he can only make a surprise at night when he makes a sudden move, but then things get very troublesome.

But Lance was different, in the eyes of the petrified jackal, he didn't exude a strong aura of magic - in fact, it was, compared to Hicks, Lance was only a junior apprentice, and his magic power was very low. Inferior intelligent creatures like petrified jackals usually follow the simple rule of judging strength by magic, and they certainly don't fear Lance......

"Perhaps, not only will I not be afraid, but I will secretly ambush and attack me. Lance thought to himself.

"Fox, in this wood, if I don't turn on Eagle Eye, what is your detection range?"

The fox replied: "Very low, the terrain of this forest is very complicated, and according to your current physical fitness, even if I obtain most of the permissions, it will be difficult to observe potential enemies in time." ”

Lance pondered for a moment, and a plan began to take shape in his mind. He asked Ekins, "Are there any other powerful demonic creatures around here besides petrified jackals?"

The woodpecker shook his head, "No." Petrified jackals are very territorial creatures, and if they live nearby, there will definitely be no other demonized creatures. At best, they were some ferocious beasts, but they were certainly no match for the petrified jackals. ”

Lance nodded, "Okay." I need you to fly higher, use your vision, and report for me. ”

Eakins asked curiously, "Are you going to stand here and wait stupidly for those petrified jackals to come?"

Lance shook his head, he stretched out his left hand, and then used the magic guide to gather the spell factor on his fingertips.

He took out the knife in his right hand and gently slashed it on the tip of his finger.

Two drops of magical blood dripped down.

Lance hurriedly took out a small vial and smeared the liquid mixture on the wound. To the surprise of Ekins, the wound that had just been cut by the knife had healed in the blink of an eye.

"It's ...... What is this?" asked the woodpecker curiously.

Lance smiled: "When Tilansius treated me that day, I thought it was a pity that so many magical healing liquids were used up, so I secretly collected a small bottle from myself for later use. ”

Ikins was silent.

Lance spread his hands a little helplessly: "However, the sequelae are still obvious." It wasn't until two days ago that the wound on my left elbow was completely healed. The rest of the places that had been bran with liquid bran had long since healed. ”

"These two drops of blood containing the magic factor are enough to attract all the nearby petrified jackals. No matter what kind of demonic creature you are, the chase for the spell factor is always fanatical. Lance affirmed, "Plus they can sense that I'm just a junior apprentice, so I don't theoretically pose much of a threat to them...... So they're definitely going to come up. ”

Eakins nodded, quickly flipped his wings, flew high in the woods, and began to scout the surrounding situation.

Lance didn't stay where he was, although he mastered the Bileg Rotation Field, but in the face of a group of petrified jackals, there was still a lot of hard pressure.

He plucked the blood-stained grass, climbed up the branches, and put the grass in his hand, where he sat quietly, waiting for the monsters to appear.

"Those two drops of blood just now contain 2 points of magic power. I only have 34 points in total, and now I have 32 points left, and the number of petrified jackals is significantly higher, so it seems that I can't just count on spells to wipe out these monsters. Lance thought for a moment, and still took out the quiver and the shortbow.

The lack of magic power has always been a pain in Lance's heart.

He sat there, breathing calmly. After about five minutes, the woodpecker, which had been observing the situation from a high altitude, suddenly descended and said hurriedly:

"Lance, I see the grass in the east shaking, and I guess three to five petrified jackals are approaching!"

Lance stood up, took the bow in his hand, wound it with his arrow, and said calmly:

"Well done. ”

The strange doji in his eyes flashed, and the eagle eye was instantly opened.