In the turbid and dark black sea of ​​white fog, two figures suddenly appeared in the air.

The girl had black horns, blonde hair and blue eyes, and looked panicked, riding a black-haired young man holding two swords. The latter was covered in blood and scars, his tailor-made clothes were torn, there was a bloody hole in his shoulder, and blood was dripping from his clear and beautiful collarbone.

But the black-haired young man's expression was still calm, as if he had just finished running and was relaxed. He turned his head and looked at the girl with a questioning look. The blonde girl shook her head to indicate that she was fine, and the girl's irritable emotions were also calmed down.

These two people are naturally Ash and Fili.

The quietly flowing black sea suddenly became violent, and the ripples ignited blue flames. The sea of ​​fire literally rolled and surged, and the waves bloomed like fire lotuses everywhere. The dark purple fox dragon jumped out of the sea, blowing out floating and tracking blue flame bubbles, exploding like fireworks chasing Ash and Fili!

A flash of sword light streaked across the sky, bursting all the bubbles. But at this time, the Blue Flame Fox Lantern Dragon had already aimed at them and smashed down. Its huge tail came down like a hammer, judging this shameless man and woman!

call.

Ash exhaled a breath of foul air, and the sword-colored magic power was drastically consumed. The magic spirits calmly constructed the magic formula and followed Ash to face the stormy waves.

Miracle Sword Servant!

He took the initiative to meet the falling Fox Dragon, like a bird meeting a meteor. When they came into contact with the Fox Dragon, Ash and Fili suddenly disappeared and reappeared, and the two swords cut through the Fox Dragon's flesh like cutting butter!

He entered spectator mode and immediately returned to reality, not only avoiding a direct kinetic collision with the Fox Lantern Dragon, but also allowing the two swords to appear directly from "inside" the Fox Lantern Dragon, just like when two balls of color collide on drawing paper, Ash directly used a pen to poke the Fox Lantern Dragon's paper area!

As Ash passed by Fox Dragon, he cut two shocking bloody marks on the dragon's body. The huge burning monster fell onto the Black Sea with a wailing sound. A bloody rain fell in the white fog, making the ocean even more turbid.

roar!

Suddenly, two dark blue mud fish dragons appeared from above and below Ash at the same time, rushing towards Ash like cannonballs.

As Fili screamed, Ash narrowly avoided the charge of the Mud Dragon, and the two monsters were about to collide with each other, but they disappeared at the same time without a trace.

This is why Ash doesn't dare to hide in the spectator mode directly - these two deep blue mud fish dragons can also enter the high-dimensional world with only lines!

The virtual creatures in the white fog have been evolving and learning. Igula's psychic scream, Harvey's flames, and Ash's swordsmanship have all been mastered by these monsters over time. But Ash didn't expect that the magic power "Observer Mode" he obtained from the demon Fili would also be imitated by the virtual creatures!

Although compared to Ash who can enter and exit spectator mode at any time, the Deep Blue Mud Fish Dragon needs to wait 15 seconds to come out of the Line World, but the fact that they can hide in the Line World means that Ash no longer has a safe retreat, and the Line World is even more dangerous than reality.

Because in the world of lines, Ash cannot use any magic spirits, and cannot even condense the sanctuary!

The reason is very simple, just like paint can only be applied on drawing paper, tables, walls and other real worlds, and the world of lines is equivalent to the air. Although Ash is not contaminated by any paint when hiding in it, he cannot hang the paint in the air!

Without magic spirits and sanctuaries, magicians are no different from mortals. However, in front of Ash is a deep blue mudfish dragon that has been strengthened to the level of Ruby Mountain!

What’s the difference between this and a level one soldier fighting a hero with six equipment items?

Therefore, Ash could only take advantage of the time difference of the Deep Blue Mud Dragon's CD to escape, but when he appeared in reality, he would be chased and intercepted by other virtual creatures, and even provoke a second Deep Blue Mud Dragon.

The wound on Ash's shoulder was caused by being besieged by two mud dragons in the line world. He was unable to dodge and was bitten. If he had not returned to reality immediately, his entire shoulder would have been torn off.

Compared to reality, going to the world of lines is like meeting a creditor in a bathhouse, where troubles are not even concealed.

As he dodged and fled, although Ash was getting closer and closer to the center of the white fog, the space he had to breathe became smaller and smaller.

There were whistling sounds coming from the white fog. Ash knew that the Ichthyosaur, Watertooth Dragon, and Sharkosaur were catching up. There were also some roars that he had never heard of before, which meant that Ash's fan club had added a few more illegitimate fans who were drooling over him.

Now he couldn't even retreat. These virtual creatures would keep chasing and biting him. His only chance was to keep moving forward and look for a way out.

However……

Seeing the shadow of a two-headed fish-slaying dragon appear in the white mist ahead, Ash crossed his swords into a cross. He could no longer maintain his calm demeanor as a master and sighed, "Sorry."

Feili didn't say anything, and didn't try to be brave. After all, she was just an ordinary female college student under 20 years old. The scariest thing she had encountered before was being harassed by gangsters. Facing the great terror between life and death, she didn't urinate, which was a sign of her strong psychological quality.

The blond demon trembled and hugged Ash tightly, buried his head in the back of his neck, and asked, "Does it hurt?"

"As much as I want to comfort you," Ash said, "it would be painful to be chewed up and eaten by a monster, just like when a potato chip is crushed by you."

The little sheep shuddered when he heard this: "Will you die too?"

"I'm not Vichy. I only have one life to waste. Of course I will die."

"You won't go back to the parallel world?"

"Won't."

"That's really, really..." The little sheep murmured, "That's great."

The two-headed slashing fish dragon didn't rush over immediately, but kept swimming not far from Ash. It seemed to know the deep blue mud fish dragon and planned to wait for the deep blue mud fish dragon's CD to end before launching a siege together. The virtual creatures behind were similar, keeping a distance from Ash and the others, ready to attack at any time.

Even in this highly tense state, Ash couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Hahaha, we have led you astray!"

Seeing that she was about to die without a burial place, Fili became less shy and more courageous: "Can't I just be so bad? I'm a demon!"

"Yes, yes, the devil in our house is the big bad guy riding on me."

"Don't try to coax me with that tone." Fili muttered, "Aren't you afraid?"

"How is that possible? Of course I am afraid too. I still have many regrets and things that I haven't done. I don't want to die so soon." Ash said softly, "I just won't expose it in front of you."

The blonde girl suddenly became a little depressed, "Is it because I am not worthy of your reliance? If Sword Princess was there, you would be able to..."

"No, I will not be exposed." Ash said: "You are all the people I want to protect. I should be your support and soothe your anxiety instead of letting you see my weakness."

Fili: "So you can only hold it in yourself?"

"No, I usually share my joys and sorrows with Igula, and let a professional psychologist give me psychological counseling." Ash blinked: "I will show him my weaknesses, and he will become my armor."

Fili felt something was wrong: "Who knows you better, Sword Princess or Igula?"

"Emotionally, she is Sword Princess, and in life, she is Igula."

"Who will you live with in the future?"

"Of course it's Sword Lady and Witch. How could I live with Igula?" Ash said, "But Igula and Harvey should be my neighbors. I don't trust these two guys. I feel like I'm disturbing public order when I take them out without a leash."

The little sheep had a strange look on her face. She didn't know whether she should be jealous of the Sword Witch or Igula... It seemed that only Harvey's status was something she could challenge.

Hiss.

The roar of the virtual creatures was getting closer and closer. The little lamb subconsciously clamped his legs together, almost wrapping around Ash's waist. "Ash, why are you so calm?"

"Maybe it's because I'm a magician."

"What is a magician?"

Ash was stunned. Asking such an important metaphysical question at such a critical moment?

If you think about it carefully, it seems that no one has ever said what a magician is. Apart from the literal meaning of "master of magic", there is no more definition of a magician.

Unlike professors, nobles, farmers, and psychologists who require professional ethics and qualities, magicians have never had any moral requirements (the gods are using the Six Kingdoms to conduct social experiments) and no quality standards (anyone from digging graves to gazing at the stars can become a magician).

Ash has seen many magicians and read many magician manuals, some pursuing power, some pursuing emotions, some fishing, some exploring, some loving gourmet food, some greedy, some lustful... almost everything is there. The biodiversity is fully reflected in the magician world.

If we must give a definition to a magician...

Ash looked at the two-headed fish-slaying dragon that was ready to make a move next to him, and suddenly realized the real reason why he could remain calm - he had experienced too much.

From the Sea of ​​Knowledge to the Ruby Mountain, from the Blood Moon to the Stars, he has experienced so many life-and-death adventures that he cannot count them on one hand, and the thrilling death battles he has experienced are countless. Even if other magicians do not have such a turbulent life, as long as they set foot in the virtual world, they will inevitably take risks in the unknown, fight with virtual creatures, and fight with magician projections.

No one will define a magician because it is a self-evident consensus.

"A magician is an adventurer who is always on the road."

Ash gripped the hilt of his sword tightly and calmed down: "Although we are afraid of death, we have already prepared for death and have also done death drills in normal times."

"This isn't actually my first time experiencing death," he laughed, "Is this your first time? It's normal to not be used to it."

"Yes." Fili paused, and couldn't help but speak the truth: "But when I heard that you and I would die together, I wasn't so scared anymore, and I was even a little happy."

"Ha, Igula and Vichy must have led you astray."

clang!

Following two loud tail-slashing explosions, the virtual world creatures launched an attack at the same time!

The Ichthyosaurs, Watertooth Dragons, and Sharkosaurs leapt out of the water, blocking all of Ash's escape space. Two deep blue mudfish dragons suddenly emerged from above and below. If Ash dared to hide in the world of lines, they would definitely switch channels immediately and eat Ash and the other two up!

A strange thought suddenly occurred to Ash: Perhaps this is the daily life of a magician, enemies are everywhere he looks, and the only thing he can rely on is the sword in his hand.

Can't kill, just a magician.

Killing them, that is...

legend!

In an instant, Ash hid in the world of lines and tricked the Deep Blue Mud Fish Dragon back, then returned to reality. The Sword Servant Miracle was launched with all his strength, and killed the most seriously injured Fox Lantern Dragon like a surprise!

Switch, switch, switch, switch!

Ash kept switching between the world of lines and the real world, his two swords dancing in spirals, and the scales and flesh of the Fox Dragon melted in front of his sword like butter encountering a hot knife, and he cut a big hole in its chest and abdomen!

When a fountain of blood spurted out from the back of the Fox Lantern Dragon, Ash and the other man rushed out of the encirclement!

But what greeted them ahead was not white fog, but a huge shadow emerging from the black sea.

clang!

The two-headed ichthyosaur's tail was like a pair of scissors and a clamp, and it was as fast as thunder, and it would crush Ash and the other man in the next moment.

Switch!

Ash had to hide in the world of lines, but as soon as he came in, he heard the hungry sigh of the mudfish dragon from the depths of its throat behind him.

"Ash!"

As Fili screamed, Ash dodged forward and turned around to swing his sword, allowing the blonde girl to narrowly avoid the mud dragon's kiss, but also sent her arm into the mud dragon's mouth.

hiss!

Ash could hardly hold the sword steady, and the mudfish dragon's lips had 'bitten off' more than half of his forearm, including flesh and bones, leaving only a strip of flesh connecting his palm and arm. Just like melting ice cream with lips, the mudfish dragon's terrifying power instantly turned Ash's flesh and bones into minced meat.

Before Fili started crying, Ash switched back to reality, but the situation did not improve at all. Instead, it got worse - they were surrounded by a group of virtual creatures.

The two-headed ichthyosaur, the fox dragon, the shark dragon...especially the fox dragon, its yellow eyes are almost red now, and Ash suspects that it may want to hold itself in its mouth and slowly dissolve it.

Even if Ash could hold up the sanctuary, his magic power would soon be exhausted in the face of the violent siege. In the world of lines, there were deep blue mud fish dragons ready to steal at any time, so they no longer had any chance.

This is where they end.

Despite this, Ash still held up the Sanctuary and whispered, "Hold me tight and don't look up."

"Um."

The next moment, the raging waves and screaming roars drowned out their voices, and the fastest two-headed ichthyosaur had already opened its bloody mouth -

Boom!

The huge dragon head was smashed into the Black Sea by the flaming spear, and the sanctuary of Ash and his companion was rolled up by the flaming whip to avoid being bitten by other monsters.

As Ash and Fili looked at her in amazement, the pink-haired maid bathed in flames smiled:

"Master, your most loyal Vichy is here."