The journey from the town of Klins to the city of Buryny takes only one day...
"Wow……"
The scenery along the way was quite nice; although there weren't any particularly beautiful spots, it was still refreshing and delightful.
Lili Marta kept her eyes closed and didn't talk to me. I didn't dare to disturb her, as that would be very impolite.
As we entered a forest, the road began to bounce, and the carriage shook so badly that I felt nauseous and quickly leaned back in my seat to rest...
Lili Marta seemed to sense my unusual behavior, opened her eyes, and stared at me with her beautiful big eyes.
"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
She reached out her right hand and gently stroked my forehead, seemingly trying to help alleviate my motion sickness...
Just then, the carriage suddenly stopped.
I saw Lili Marta frown, but I didn't think much of it.
Immediately afterwards, the driver's shout came from ahead:
"Lady Martha! The road ahead is blocked by rocks!"
"Stay in the car and don't move!"
Lili Marta said something to me, then lifted the curtain and jumped down.
I peered out the window and saw Lili Marta and the coachman talking, but I couldn't hear what they were saying.
Looking further ahead, I saw many stones of different sizes piled up in the middle of the road.
"What's going on?"
Seeing this, I was a little confused.
The stones were clearly piled up deliberately in the middle of the road. Was someone trying to block the horse-drawn carriage?
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
Just then, a strange sound came from the woods, like the screeching sound of metal cutting through the air...
I saw dozens of arrows flying rapidly toward me! These arrows were incredibly fast; in the blink of an eye, they were already in front of me!
Swish swish swish...
At this critical moment, a purple light flashed, and all the arrows were deflected!
Bang……
I was a little bewildered, and I slumped into my seat, unable to recover from the shock for a long time...
A sighing sound came from the woods, as if someone had run out.
Yes, the target is right in the direction the car is heading...
"Hahaha! Philip, you go grab that kid in the car, I'll take care of this little girl!"
I thought I heard someone laughing wildly in my ear, followed by the sounds of battle.
Rumbling...
It wasn't the sound of weapons clashing, but the sound of magic exploding.
I immediately realized the seriousness of the situation, gripped the necklace tightly around my neck, and forced myself to calm down...
After jumping off the carriage, I looked towards the front of the carriage.
Lili Marta and a man in his forties are engaged in a fierce fight...
When I turned my gaze aside, I saw that the driver was lying in a pool of blood, and a middle-aged man was standing next to his body...
"Hey! These people aren't robbers, are they?!"
The middle-aged man seemed to notice me, shook the blood off his sword, and walked towards me!
Lili Marta tried several times to rush towards me, but was always blocked by the figure of that middle-aged man.
"Trying to leave...?"
Who are you?!
Lili Marta's face showed anxiety; it seemed she was gradually losing ground...
"It's because of me!"
I suddenly realized that I was the one who prevented Lili Marta from concentrating on her fight with the middle-aged man.
"We can't just sit here and wait to die!"
"Miss Lilimarta... don't worry about me! I can handle him!"
I shouted at the front of the car to make sure Lili Marta heard me before I focused my attention on another middle-aged man!
"Hey! Hey! Hey... It seems like this kid is looking down on me!"
He sped up and soon arrived in front of me.
"..."
Just as I intended, I unleashed a wind and fire spell, and a powerful shockwave exploded between us. This was my usual tactic against swordsmen, taking advantage of their carelessness towards mages.
I quickly retreated the moment the blast wave exploded.
The middle-aged man, however, was different. The shockwave slammed into him, sending him flying five or six meters away.
Damn it!
The man stood up cursing and glared at me.
"You brat! You've really angered me!"
A sinister smile curled at the corner of his mouth, and then he swung his longsword, unleashing a sharp burst of energy towards me.
"This is... the Helios style!"
Without thinking twice, I quickly unleashed four fireballs in quick succession to neutralize the energy.
"You can actually cast spells without chanting! Kid! I underestimated you!"
Almost in the blink of an eye, the man was right in front of me...
It's actually the Water God Style!
"I was careless!"
I never expected that a man would know two sword techniques. After all, apart from a half-baked one like my father, almost no one would learn multiple sword techniques.
"Sizzle..."
I quickly backed away, but my abdomen was still slashed open, with a gash about a finger's length long...
"What a hassle!"
I clutched my abdomen, blood dripping from the wound onto the ground. I looked up at the man and found him staring at me with a strange expression.
"You little rascal! Not bad! Looks like we'll have some fun today!"
I was only lucky to dodge his sword. I glanced at Lili Marta.
They had already managed to subdue the middle-aged man, but the battle remained undecided.
What an unfair battle it is for a swordsman to fight a mage.
"You actually have the nerve to care about others, kid! You seem to think you don't respect me at all!"
The man shouted and swung his long sword at me again.
"Rashomon..."
I shouted loudly, bent halfway down, and placed my right hand on the ground. Instantly, a huge circular array appeared beneath my feet, enveloping Leon within it.
The ground suddenly began to shake violently...
High walls made of mud rose from the ground, relentlessly approaching the other middle-aged man.
"What? What is this...?"
The middle-aged man looked surprised when he saw my posture.
He could only retreat, and with every two steps he retreated, a new high wall would rise up, until there were seven high walls.
Rashomon! It's an earth-attribute king-level magic. Although it's a defensive magic, Leon can't care about that at the moment. What he needs to do is separate the battlefield.
Seven high walls blocked the way, preventing the middle-aged man from getting close to Leon for the time being, giving him ample time to catch his breath.
"Damn brat...!"
Seeing that the high wall was no longer rising, another middle-aged man couldn't help but curse. He really hadn't expected that a little brat could actually use a king-level magic.
He tried to smash the high walls, but when his longsword struck them, it made a sound like it was hitting metal.
Leon understood that it was only a matter of time before the middle-aged man smashed down the high wall. After a short rest, the excruciating pain in his abdomen eased considerably.
"We must succeed!"
As Leon thought this, the magic circle beneath his feet began to spin strangely.
Boom boom boom...
The ground began to shake violently again, and the high walls, as if they were alive, actually started to move.
"Huh? What's going on!"
The middle-aged man stopped what he was doing and stared wide-eyed.
"Now!"
This is the flaw. I understand that if I miss this opportunity, I will really be killed by the middle-aged man.
Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!
The high wall quickly moved closer to the man, and with five loud crashes, it formed a cage that trapped him inside!
This was Leon's plan; he understood that a swordsman facing a mage one-on-one would only lead to certain death.
so……
His task was to trap the middle-aged man and then help Lili Marta defeat the other middle-aged man.
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