A huge rock blocked the way.

There are uneven rocky slopes on both sides of the road. It is difficult to travel even on foot, not to mention the Black Stone vehicle which has basically no off-road capabilities.

Of course the boulder can be moved.

But it will consume mana and time. This is a suburb and although there are some pedestrians, there are not many. It is a good place to set an ambush and kill people.

There is also a powerful demon watching them closely, so there is nowhere to escape.

That's why Aliena thought she had reached the end of her rope.

But when Rosen saw the huge rocks blocking the road, he just slowed down a little, then used a magician's hand to move the driver's body from the passenger seat to the back seat, and said to Alena, "Sit in the front, I need you to smash those rocks."

Of course he can do it himself, but his source of power has been cut off, so he should save as much mana as possible.

"I'm afraid they won't give us this opportunity."

Despite saying that, Alena still sat in the front seat as soon as possible.

Rosen added: "Add some black stone to the combustion chamber. The power is a bit insufficient."

Aliena did as she was told.

Just as she finished filling it up, she saw a large area of ​​black round cakes about ten centimeters in diameter scattered on the ground in front of the car, and she immediately shouted to warn.

"Be careful, that's an engineering explosive bomb!"

This thing is extremely powerful and is used to dig roads and mountains. If it explodes under the car, it can blow them up into the sky.

Rosen chuckled and said, "It's a dud that won't explode."

The next moment, the Black Stone Cart rolled over, and the incendiary bomb did not explode, and it became no different from ordinary stones piled on the road.

At the same time, Lai Fu sent a reminder.

'Fate interference is activated, consuming 2% mana.'

The consumption is not that great because there is no explosion.

If it has already exploded, if you try to interfere with fate by force, it would be like trying to block a flash flood head-on. The amount of mana consumed would be extremely huge and almost unacceptable.

Soon, the Black Stone Cart stopped in front of the pile of roadblocks.

Following the secret magical channel reserved in the car, Alena began to use disintegration magic on the huge rocks blocking the road.

She is a powerful magician with ten rings, so this is certainly not a problem for her.

One by one, the huge rocks were shattered into powder by magic.

But the ambushers in the dark would certainly not watch them remove the roadblocks.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang~~"

Many figures emerged from the rocky slopes on both sides and fired fiercely at the Black Stone Chariot with exorcist hand cannons.

But this black stone car is specially provided for the guardian mage, and its defensive power is amazing. Facing the attack of the exorcist hand cannon, the car body kept shaking but was not penetrated.

Seeing that the hand cannon was useless, someone immediately started throwing high-powered incendiary bombs at the Black Stone Cart.

"Pada~ding~dong~"

The incendiary bombs thrown at the Black Stone Cart made a sound like stones hitting each other, but none of them exploded.

They were all duds.

"Bang~~Bang~~"

It is a high-powered sniper weapon, there are two of them, and its power is much stronger than the Exorcist Hand Cannon.

'bia~~~bia~~'

The powerful bullet did hit the car body, but it grazed the car body and went out, leaving nothing but two long scratches on the car body.

It can be seen that the attackers on the hillside looked as if they had seen a ghost.

Not to mention them, Alena was also confused. While disintegrating the boulder, she couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with this demon? Why did he find such a bunch of trash?"

They just stood there and let them hit them, making them sitting ducks. The opponent had so many powerful weapons, yet they couldn't penetrate them.

Of course, Alena also vaguely felt some fluctuations in the power of destiny, but these fluctuations were very obscure and very fast, making people feel that they were not spells that could be used by mortals.

At this moment, the attacker in the distance took out a new weapon. Its shape was so exaggerated that it required two very strong people to move it.

Aliena caught a glimpse of it from the corner of her eye and was immediately shocked: "It's the light of destruction!"

It goes without saying that this must have been given by the two fallen guardian mages, and this is the latest super magic weapon developed by Nawat, with extremely amazing power.

The light it generates is 10 million times brighter than the sun and is so nearly perfectly focused that it can penetrate almost all defenses in the world.

Rosen took a look and immediately realized that this was a rune laser cannon. It must be very powerful and the Black Stone Cart might not be able to block it.

But he wasn't worried at all.

Because magical instruments like this one have a sophisticated and complex structure and contain enormous power, they are Lai Fu's favorites.

So he comforted her: "Don't worry, this is a defective product."

"Master Rosen, there can't be any defective Light of Destruction. This is the most advanced light magic weapon in the Republic!"

"Open the way!"

Alena had no choice but to continue disintegrating the stones.

Just as they were waiting in agony, a loud bang suddenly came from a distance.

The shaking was so violent that even the earth shook violently.

Alena turned her head and saw that the "Light of Destruction" had exploded on the spot.

The explosion was so powerful that it caused multiple incendiary bombs to detonate, blowing all the ambushers within a radius of thirty meters to pieces.

In one wave, half of the ambushers were wiped out.

Even though I was the attacker, the opponent just stopped and let me attack him.

The incendiary bomb will obviously explode, but it won't explode when thrown at the opponent.

They are obviously sharpshooters who never miss the target, but they keep missing the target when shooting at fixed targets.

Now, the target is still safe, but our side has lost half of its troops for unknown reasons.

This would stun anyone! The violent explosion caused the morale of the ambushers to plummet, and the attack on the Black Stone Cart almost completely stopped.

Rosen laughed: "See, I said it was a defective product."

“.”

Finally, the huge rock blocking the road was broken open to create a path, and the Black Stone Car successfully passed the roadblock and began to accelerate again.

They drove quickly towards Salin Province, east of Anweimar Province, leaving a group of confused ambushers far behind.

Rosen felt his mana reserves. The previous wave consumed 5 tubes of mana, and there were currently 25 tubes left.

This is just the beginning. If we are intercepted again, or encounter a more terrible blow, our strength will be exhausted in an instant.

Therefore, it is necessary to find power replenishment.

It was difficult for him to get a new source of power because he was being closely watched by the Lord of Shadows, but Alena beside him could.

"Mage Alena, as a guardian mage, you are shrouded in a great deal of power of guardian faith. I need you to find a way to lend me this power."

The reason why Rosen said this was because he was sure that Nawat possessed the knowledge of the technique to draw power from faith.

Mage Aliena naturally understood and was willing to help, but an embarrassment immediately appeared on her face.

"Although I am a candidate for the Guardian Archmage, I was selected not long ago and have not really come into contact with the power of legend."

"I am still getting familiar with the function of the Faith Conversion Instrument, so I am afraid I cannot help you."

As she spoke, she took out a magic weapon she had brought out from the back seat: "Look, this is my magic weapon for converting beliefs. We call it the 'Wheel of Protection'."

Rosen took a look and found that the thing was about the size of two palms, similar to an oval disk, and made of a fusion of crystal and metal.

One side is flat, while the other side has spiral patterns and is slightly raised. There are also a large number of runes carved on the surface, most of which Rosen can understand, but a small part of which he cannot.

But as long as you are willing to help, that's enough.

Rosen used his real name beacon to secretly contact Mother Nature in the capital city of Naidlin again and explained the current situation in detail.

After a while, he received a reply.

"Grand Mage Naya said that the function of the Wheel of Protection is very complex, and there are many designs to bind souls. The purpose is to prevent others from stealing the Republic's protection beliefs."

"So, the Wheel of Guardian can only be activated and used by the chosen Archmage of Guardian. But because the Wheel of Guardian is extremely complex, it usually takes one to three years to fully master it. So Mage Alena can't help you with the normal method."

As soon as Rosen heard it, he knew there was an unusual way.

Sure enough, Mother Nature's voice came again: "There is a workaround. You and Mage Alena have a deep soul connection, and then use your legendary control to extract the power of Guardian Faith on her behalf."

"Mage Alena knows the method of deep soul connection. Just contact her."

Rosen immediately told Alena beside him the news.

Mage Aliena didn't agree immediately after hearing this: "I can connect with you spiritually, but I need to make sure first, what do you plan to do with this power?"

"One is to fight against the hunt against us. The other is to strike back at this demon at a critical moment."

After a pause, he said, "You don't think we were able to escape just now because of luck, do you?"

Seeing Aliena's curious look, he explained, "It was my destiny spell. In less than five minutes, I consumed more than five times as much power as you."

Aliena looked shocked.

Things have come to this point, the fate of the two is one, and Rosen does not intend to hide his cards.

He pointed to the Crystal Torrent Staff beside him.

"This thing can store legendary mana, a lot of it. If it is fully stored and used properly, it can pose a huge threat to our enemies, and may even... "

Rosen made a gesture of wiping his neck, and then said, "Do you understand?"

Aliena nodded slowly, "I understand, but I have to tell you that a deep soul connection will not only share power, but also some of our memories."

Rosen's heart was moved: "Shared memory?"

"Yes, the reason is soul resonance. It is similar to mind resonance, but deeper than mind resonance. It cannot be controlled and has a lot of randomness."

Rosen understood and said simply, "If you have no problem with that, then let's connect."

He had studied soul resonance and had an in-depth understanding of this phenomenon, and was sure that it would not expose Lai Fu's existence hidden deep in the soul.

"Okay then. You focus on driving while I conduct a deep soul connection."

As she spoke, she began to act.

She raised her hands, made various hand seals with her right hand, and moved her left hand back and forth between her forehead and Rosen's forehead, chanting some magical incantations.

About five minutes later, Rosen clearly felt a huge force of faith near him and knew that this was the protective faith that enveloped Alena's soul.

He immediately tried to channel this power, and after a few tries, he successfully guided it into his soul.

The power is extremely powerful, hundreds of times stronger than the power of faith provided by the Church of Nature. It used to take several hours to fill up a tube of mana, but now it only takes less than 1 minute.

With the addition of this force, the power within the Crystal Torrent Staff began to rise rapidly.

Originally, that would have been fine, but as the power surged, Rosen suddenly felt his brain shake slightly, and then he gained a bit of knowledge.

After a careful inspection, he found that it was the knowledge of legendary mana focus. The focus intensity was very high, reaching a height of +3.8, and many of the techniques used in it were unknown to Rosen.

This focused knowledge also has another name, called the latest version of "Soul Oath Sword".

Rosen understood the reason after a moment's thought.

'The Soul Oath Sword of Nahuat is constantly evolving.'

'And I've been studying Legend Focus recently, and it just so happens that Alena has this knowledge, so soul resonance occurred.'

"It is very likely that Aliena also gained my focusing knowledge because of this."

Sure enough, he felt that there was something wrong with the way Alena looked at him. The next moment, he heard her say, "Master Rosen, it seems that you have a lot of unique insights on Legend Focus."

Rosen simply admitted, "But the effect is still not as good as Mage Aliena's knowledge."

Aliena nodded. "Originally, this knowledge was top secret of the Republic and would not be easily shared. However, the current situation is special, so let's just treat it as a high-level exchange of magic. But I hope Master Rosen will not easily pass it on to more people."

"certainly."

Because it was mature knowledge, Rosen immediately planned to use it.

After all, we are facing a strong enemy, so the stronger we can be, the better.

So, he left the two simple tasks of driving and guiding the power to Lai Fu, and focused on digesting the new knowledge of magic.

Perhaps because they moved too fast, exceeding the limit of the mortal power that the Lord of Shadows could mobilize in a short period of time, the next hour was very peaceful.

Just when the power in the Crystal Torrent Staff was almost full, the situation changed again.

Two small black spots appeared in the distant sky.

Rosen squinted and confirmed that they were two airships.

Judging from its flight trajectory, it is most likely coming to intercept us.

Aliena cast a perception spell and came to more conclusions: "Seglin and Dato are chasing us personally."

These two are fallen guardian mages. The fact that they came after him personally shows that this is the Shadow Lord’s last resort.

Then, Alena reported a new situation: "The Black Rock fuel is running low. We can only drive another 100 kilometers at most."

Rosen nodded to show that he understood.

He turned around and looked at the surrounding terrain, and combined with the map in the "Nawat Travel Guide", he roughly determined his current location.

There happened to be a fork in the road ahead, so he turned the rudder and headed south instead of east.

He turned very naturally, seemingly just to avoid being intercepted by the airship.

The airship in the sky immediately adjusted its direction.

Rosen looked at the airship that was chasing him relentlessly, and through the soul connection, he told Alena in detail about his future plans.

This was a plan he had discussed with the Guardian Archmage through the True Name Beacon.

Aliena listened carefully, her eyes becoming brighter and brighter.

(End of this chapter)