Chapter 30: The black witch who escaped death or the honest girl...
Shen Jiang was completely unaware that she and Ellis had been completely exposed. She only felt that her vision suddenly became much clearer. Just as she was vigilantly looking for the traces of those young magicians, she heard Ellis beside her groan.
Ellis was attacked from behind by a fireball. The magical flames licked a huge black circle on his back. But that was not enough. The flames spread along his brown fur and devoured everything around him. The severe pain forced him to roll on the ground.
Ellis felt a flash of regret: he shouldn't have trusted the witch to take him away. They would all die today at the hands of those high-ranking magicians.
Just after Ellis finally put out the fire behind him, the burning sensation on his back and the rapidly dropping body temperature made him feel waves of irresistible fatigue.
The exhausted orc boy pinched his thigh hard. He couldn't fall asleep at this moment! Before Ellis began to lose consciousness, he saw the black witch standing in front of him...
Ellis couldn't help but look at the sky that was gradually darkening, a complex smile appeared on his face, and that smile was filled with indescribable unwillingness and satisfaction.
Although the black witch is not very strong in combat, she has a kind heart, so he has not been completely defeated.
Shen Jiang gasped and looked down at Ellis, not knowing when he fainted.
Just when she was distracted, a magician suddenly appeared in front of her. The other party relaxed his vigilance and tried to snatch Godwin's dragon scale from her hand. Shen Jiang didn't dare to let go. She lay on the ground and attacked directly at close range. This time the other party couldn't dodge in time and was directly devoured by the dragon flame in her hand.
This scene shocked the three magicians including Fanny who were not far away.
Fanny's eyes were filled with anger: "How dare that damned black witch deceive us? She didn't die just now!"
Nemo, the earth magician and the commoner of the four-member team, watched his fallen companion vanish without so much as a scream, his heart tightening. "Fanny, let's just forget it. The black witch's methods are cunning and unpredictable, and we're no match for her. Use the magic scroll in your hand. There's still time to go back and call for help."
While they were talking, Shen Jiang used a massive fire dragon to attack indiscriminately in all directions like a fire extinguisher at the fastest speed. She actually hit a magician, which cheered her up. However, what followed was a counterattack from Fanny who was blinded by anger.
While Fanny used a potion to replenish her stamina to fight back against the black witch, she shouted coldly, "If you can't kill this shameless black witch today, I'll go back and tell the dean what a cowardly magician you are. Not only is you useless, you're also a hindrance. You'll face expulsion from the magic academy."
Nemo closed his mouth, his face stern, and launched another counterattack against the powerful attack from the opposite side.
Shen Jiang touched the dragon scale in his hand which was becoming lighter and lighter and secretly cried out in dismay. The dragon scale, which was originally heavy, had lost its presence over time, like a feather, as if it would disappear in the wind at any time.
This forced her to re-evaluate her attack method, trying to save energy in any way she could. She could have just walked away, but if she did, Ellis would surely die.
She had already thought of a way to escape, she just had to hold on until Ellis woke up.
"Ellis, wake up!"
Fanny had finally waited for this moment. Her eyes lit up: "Now is the time! Nemo, use your earth wall to seal her off for me!"
Seeing this, Nemo couldn't help but cheer up. Just as he was chanting the magic spell, the sky suddenly darkened.
A powerful roar followed overhead: "Let me see who bullied my poor believer into such a miserable state."
Nemo couldn't help but look up, and was shocked to find that it was a giant black dragon swooping down from the sky.
Wait a moment.
dragon!
This was the first time in the life of the apprentice magician Nemo that he encountered a legendary magical creature. The strong pressure from the other party made him subconsciously forget to chant the spell. It took him a long time to react to what the dragon seemed to have said.
Unfortunately, he couldn't understand the ancient and obscure dragon language at all, but Fanny beside him could vaguely hear some individual words such as "believer" and "bullying".
Before she could figure it out, the dragon's flames were as strong as a flood, and it swallowed her and her companions whole with its devastating magic power.
*
Shen Jiang didn't expect to meet an old acquaintance in such a place. Godwin was like a god descending from the sky. His huge figure was so majestic and tall for the first time, as if carrying holy light.
The wounded Shen Jiang held on for a breath, with a grateful look on her face, and expressed her most sincere gratitude to her old acquaintance in this world - Lord Black Dragon, who drew his sword to help when he saw injustice.
"Lord Godwin! Thank you for saving me."
"Humph, even using my dragon scales, I still can't defeat those useless little things. Are you stupid?"
If he had not seen his own dragon flame aura burning a forest into brilliant gold during the flight, I am afraid that his believers would have been tortured to pieces by these most basic human magicians.
Although she practiced strange black magic, in Godwin's eyes, that strange magic meant she could only bow her head and be beaten.
That's why he looked down on her escapist behavior.
Shen Jiang, known as a nerd since childhood, was stunned. She swallowed the compliments she had prepared, not wanting to speak to Godwin again. Her strength was exhausted, and she didn't have the energy to pretend to be a devout believer. She just wanted to fall asleep and replenish her energy.
Godwin thought of the key point and suddenly asked, "Why not use the silver dragon's dragon scales?"
Shen Jiang somehow understood his subtext. Didn't he think his dragon scales were precious? Why didn't he just use the silver dragon's scales to escape this place? Instead, he foolishly stayed here and fought with others.
Shen Jiang looked down at the unconscious half-orc Ellis lying on the ground and took a deep breath. "Lord Godwin, this is the first believer I have found for you."
Godwin glanced at the orc beside the believer, oh no, it was a half-acquaintance, who was emitting the aroma of barbecue. Except for the slightly rising and falling chest that showed that he was still breathing, in Godwin's eyes, he was basically equivalent to a dead man.
Shen Jiang continued, "He's a child with lofty aspirations. After hearing about your reputation, he also wanted to join the glorious action of weeding for you. I could have just left, but I didn't want him to think that the dragon's followers were cowards, so I..."
Godwin replied coldly, "That's why you stay here, getting killed over and over again like a ridiculous fool."
Shen Jiang suddenly didn't understand what he said and didn't know how to respond. Wasn't she standing here perfectly fine?
What does it mean to be killed again and again?
Godwin muttered "troublemaker" but did not leave immediately. Instead, he flapped his wings and the increasingly intense flames in the forest entered his body. The black scales became extremely red due to the sparks, and the raging fire in the misty forest was subsided.
Just as Shen Jiang was looking at this counterintuitive scene in surprise, Godwin casually carried them out of the misty forest.
It had taken Shen Jiang and the others half a day to walk, but the Fire Dragon Godwin had only flown for a few seconds. Shen Jiang wasn't used to the extreme thrill of weightlessness, and her feet were once again in close contact with the ground.
Shen Jiang was still in shock and murmured, "Lord Godwin, you are truly... amazing."
Among Godwin's skills, the one that Shen Jiang envied the most was his ability to fly.
Godwin glanced down at her and saw that her eyes were full of longing. "Well, I've wasted a lot of time. I have to go to Kailan's wedding."
Then, he spread his huge wings and flew into the sky in an extremely graceful posture, turning into a black dot in the air like lightning.
Shen Jiang realized belatedly that Kailan was the dragon that Silver Dragon mentioned last time who was going to marry the princess.
So the wedding is today?
Looking at Ellis who was still dying on the ground, Shen Jiang sighed. This poor and stubborn child, burns are not easy to cure.
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Ellis was finally awakened from his coma by the pain. His skin felt like it was being rubbed by steel wire, and he couldn't help but groan in pain.
He opened his eyes, expecting to see a scene from hell, but unexpectedly, the ceiling above his head was the one he was most familiar with.
He went home?
Did the black witch really take him home?
This made Ellis feel much better. Even though he knew that he didn't have much time left and might die next to his family and loved ones, this made him feel that he had fewer regrets.
"Brother! You're finally awake!" Beatrice placed the medicine she had just prepared beside the bed, and saw her brother, who was wrapped like a mummy, opened his eyes and stared blankly at the ceiling.
"Beadori." Ellis's throat was dry and sore. "Where's the witch?"
"Yesterday afternoon, the witch returned with you, badly injured and unconscious. Later, she took Catherine and me to find... materials for your treatment." Beatrice shuddered, her thoughts etched in her stomach, and she fled from her brother. "Don't worry, you'll be fine. The witch said your throat is damaged by the smoke, so you need to talk less. I'm going to go see Mom first."
If her brother knew what the medicine the witch applied to his body was made of, he might throw up on the spot. After all, the thing he feared most in his life was... Beatrice shook her head and decided to keep this secret.
Ellis thought he was going to die this time. Although he returned home, the pain all over his body told him that he would not live long.
But my sister said he would be fine.
What's going on?
Ellis suddenly remembered that during the time he was unconscious, he had a dream. In the dream, the witch seemed to be talking to a giant dragon, and he even flew into the air.
At this moment, he couldn't wait to see the mysterious witch again.
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