Section 23 Escape

With Lance's firm steps, the spiders scattered along the way.

"Undead puppeteers can't go too far from their control, this is their death hole. Lance's heart gradually settled down.

If the Undead Puppeteers can hide and still easily manipulate these spiders to attack them, then they have no chance of winning.

Fortunately, this did not happen, and there was still hope for them to escape.

......

Passing over the nest of the fourth small building, I saw an ancient hot air balloon quietly tethered to the clearing.

"It's ......," Martha looked at the balloon with some curiosity.

"It's a hot air balloon. Lance said.

Martha was a little speechless. She put away her staff, her face looking particularly pale as she had collapsed from the previous overuse of the paralyzing light.

"I know it's a hot air balloon, Mr. Lance. Martha asked weakly, "But do you want to get out of here in this hot air balloon?"

Ellie looked at her inquiringly.

Lance shrugged his shoulders and asked, "Why not?"

"Tell me you're kidding. Ellie said seriously: "The high altitude of the puppet city is a no-fly zone, and you have also seen the fate of that birdman." ”

"That's true. Lance came to the balloon and wiped the dust off it. To his satisfaction, the hot air balloon was preserved intact.

He lowered his bow and arrows slightly, still wary of the puppeteers and spider armies who did not dare to approach in the distance, and said in a deep voice, "But that's because the vulture Panzas doesn't have permission to fly...... This hot air balloon is different. This is the legal means of transportation used by puppeteers in the normal days of Puppet City. ”

"How do you know that?" asked Ellie, seemingly casually.

Lance smiled, "It doesn't matter, what matters is that we have to get this hot air balloon into the sky." ”

......

As early as in the deal with Regis, Lance got a lot of information about the puppet city from the old man. Although Master Regis has never entered the puppet city in person, as a master of apothecary, it is too easy to obtain some information.

From this information, Lance learned many stories about the past of Puppet City.

The former puppet city is a bustling city. There are a large number of high-level mages gathered here, and it is a place where the wizard civilization is highly developed. At that time, the puppet city was not called the puppet city, it had a nice name, called [Wanlun]. Bandung is a land ruled by the King of Wizards, where the lights are lit day and night, and the magic balloon is just one of the magic balloons that wizards apply to their daily lives.

"If I'm not mistaken, we can take a hot air balloon ride and go straight inside the Puppet City. Lance calmly analyzed: "Before the puppet city broke out in the puppet city, wizards who lived in the field wanted to enter the puppet city, and they generally took a public hot air balloon - only a few powerful people were eligible to open a private hot air balloon parking place in their own estate, and at the same time report a special flight path and flight permission to the inside of the puppet city. ”

"And the manor we are on now should have been owned by a well-known wizard. The quality of the magic balloon is outstanding, I checked it and found that most of the place is in perfect condition. ”

"After the fall of Wanlun, most of the wizards fled the area, and many more died here. But that doesn't mean the magical facilities here are completely unusable, and the information I've gotten is that at least the balloons are still functioning. ”

After hearing this, Ellie was silent for a moment, and immediately asked, "Even if you are right, these hot air balloons can indeed take us into the puppet city." But how much is the risk? Can you estimate it concretely? Why don't you go through the gate?"

"Because I guess if I go back the way I came, I'm going to encounter more monsters. Lance pointed to the black crow on the top of the first spider's nest and sneered, "The white parrot symbolizes protection, and the black crow symbolizes ominous." According to ancient legends, if you fall into an ominous place, if you try to return the way you came, you will most likely encounter more misfortune. ”

Ellie looked at Lance suspiciously.

Lance looked at him calmly, these words were not his own nonsense. Rather, the fox had extracted from the scanned database, and indeed there were some related ancient books that had written some experiences about crows and ominousness, and he had only read the fox's words to Ellie and Martha.

"Without further ado, let's hurry up. Seeing that Ellijie did not refute again, Lance gave the order without hesitation: "I'll come and see these guys, you can see if you can light the flames on the hot air balloon." ”

......

The undead puppeteers are still very restless. But there's nothing they can do with Lance. Due to the need to control the puppets, they cannot hide, but can only fly in mid-air.

The Ghost flies at an extremely limited altitude and cannot escape Lance's range at all. Shocked by their dead companions, they could only stare dryly.

The spider tide slowly froze in place. They fluttered their limbs restlessly. Sack stood there with his head bowed, his body trembling slightly, but he was also under the control of the puppeteer, and did not attack again.

"Poof!" the orange flame struggled for a moment, and finally lit up.

The top of the balloon suddenly expanded, the thin canvas became round under the action of the hot air, and an image of a grinning parrot appeared above the hot air balloon. The smiling parrot flashes white light from time to time.

The light hot air balloon suddenly wanted to rise off the ground, and if it hadn't been pulled by the rope tied to the ground, it would have flown up with the wind.

"That's it. Ellijie said with some joy, "I also found a magic console that can control the flight path. ”

"It's fantastic. Lance took a half step back and motioned, "Martha, come in." ”

Hearing this, Martha immediately climbed into the hot air balloon. Lance was nimble and followed up with a jump into the basket of the hot air balloon.

Holding his bow and arrows all the time, his hands were faintly numb. However, he knew that now was not the time to slack off.

"Ellie, can you make sure the balloon is flying in the right direction?" he asked in a low voice.

Ellie was holding a wooden panel in her hand and was immersed in research. She quickly said, "No problem. It's truly a magical invention. Completely automated, magic transport. I only need to follow the instructions on the panel to adjust the flight altitude, speed and route. ”

"Alright, let's go. Lance quickly pulled out his dagger and slashed the rope beside him.

The hot air balloon suddenly rises off the ground!

The undead puppeteers let out an unwilling roar, and they tried to pounce, but they were hindered by the bow and arrow in Lance's hand, so they could only stand far away.

Martha burst into tears and couldn't help crying.

"We—we've finally escaped......"

Ellie's face also showed joy for the rest of her life.

However, at this moment, Zac, who had been standing there, suddenly let out a roar!

Lance's eyes narrowed, he saw it clearly, the puppet line behind Sark, broke in response!

"How could he break out of the puppeteer's control?" said Ellie, a little surprised.

Immediately, her face became ugly. In an instant, countless waves of spiders surrounded Sack. The undead puppeteers screamed.

"Lord Sark......" Martha watched the scene with palpitations.

The hot air balloon rises slowly.

"You can't leave me behind!" Sark roared, "Drop me down!"

He frantically uses spells to make his way out of the spider swarm. At this time, the hot air balloon was already thirty or forty paces above the ground, and it could not land at all.

"Get me down!" shouted Sack hysterically. His gaze was filled with hatred.

Lance's face tightened, and he was just about to open his mouth to shout, but who knew that the angry Saxe immediately made an even more surprising move!

He held his staff high and cast a spell on the hot air balloon!

"Don't let anyone go without taking me away!" he glared madly at Lance and the others in the hot air balloon.

"Not good!" Lance's heart jumped, if this spell hit the hot air balloon, I'm afraid it would fall straight down!

Fortunately, at this time, Ellie, who had been holding the control panel, reacted immediately, and she was familiar with the blood mage's spells, and she immediately used a reverse spell to cancel it out.

The fluctuation of the spell factor narrowly and dangerously passed by the hot air balloon. All three people in the hot air balloon were sweating.

"We can't let him continue to attack us!" said Ellie, anxiously.

"I agree. Lance put down his bow and arrows, raised his right hand, and pointed at Zac underground.

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