Livia stared closely at the gray demon at the entrance of the cave and slowly approached it.

Looking at the gray monster, a question suddenly emerged in his mind. If it was really curious, then what was it curious about?

Could it be that there was something about Natalia that attracted it?

He could clearly hear what Natalia and Honasan said behind him, and he couldn't help but think in this direction, but he quickly denied this guess in his heart.

No, its gaze seemed...

Most of it is on myself.

Livia finally discovered that although the gray demon's gaze seemed to be constantly moving on all of them, it stayed on him the longest.

Could it be that he was attracted by me?

What is there about me that makes it so curious?

Livia thought doubtfully, and his eyes met the gray monster's. He clearly saw that the gray monster's eyes became more curious when he looked at him.

Is it really me?

Livia was stunned and stopped. If it was really him, then he couldn't get closer.

Um?

Natalia and the others quickly turned their attention to Livia, who suddenly stopped.

Livia ignored the many eyes looking at him from behind, and frowned, alert to the gray monster that was still motionless at the cave entrance.

What is there about you that can attract it and make it curious?

This was the thing he could not understand the most, but through the gaze of the gray monster in front of him he was able to confirm that its target seemed to be indeed him.

Silver sword?

Gloves?

ring?

Livia quickly thought about the magic items she had.

But this idea was quickly ruled out, because the gray demon did not look at the three magical items on him except for occasionally moving his eyes to glance at the silver sword he held in front of him.

At this moment, the gray demon moved, stretched out its arms towards Livia again, pointed its sharp claws in front of its body, and a gray light shot onto his forehead at a speed that Livia could not react to at all.

Although Livia noticed the gray monster's movements at the first moment, it was too fast. He only saw a flash of gray light at the tip of the gray monster's claws, and then it was already in front of him.

"Uh..." He groaned, his mind a little dazed. The Quinn Seal had no effect at all. The gray light ignored the dark gold shield and went straight into Livia's mind.

"Get started!"

Natalia reacted quickly, and with a wave of her sword, she ignited flames. She raised the sword and quickly rushed towards the gray monster. Honasan was a beat slower to react, and he grasped the knight's sword in both hands and followed Natalia to rush towards the gray monster.

The curiosity in the gray demon's eyes disappeared. He looked at Natalia and Honasan who were rushing towards him, and raised his arm in the air and swiped it towards them.

Just after Natalia passed Livia, who was in a strange state, a gray mist suddenly appeared above her head and fell on her. She suddenly felt her vision darken, her body sank, and then she felt weak all over, just like the weak side effect brought about by the disappearance of the secret technique before.

Honasan behind him was in an even more miserable state. When the gray mist enveloped him, his body tilted and he fell directly to the ground. No matter how hard he tried to stand up, he was too weak to do so.

Both the gray light before and the current gray light appeared without any warning. There was no step required for a sorcerer to gather strength before casting a spell. It was faster and more bizarre than an instant spell.

Damn, what on earth is this?

Natalia gritted her teeth and held on, quickly mobilizing her strength to dispel the gray mist that enveloped her.

It was difficult for Natalia to even take a step, let alone rush to the gray monster and swing her flaming sword. In this situation, she had to give up attacking the gray monster and stood in front of Livia with her sword raised, ready to meet the gray monster's attack.

At the same time, she also paid some attention to Livia, not out of worry but out of vigilance, because she was worried that Livia might have just been hit by a spell that could control people.

Although this kind of mental and soul magic is rare, and most of them were listed as forbidden by the former Wizard Council, and then disappeared with the destruction of the Wizard Council, the method used by the gray monster in front of us is too weird, so we have to be on guard against it.

What on earth is this? There is no way to dispel it.

After Natalia used her strength to attack the gray mist covering her body to no avail, her pupils shrank and her face turned ugly. Enshrouded by this layer of mist, she had less than 30% of her strength. Although she only had about 65% before, the weakness brought by this layer of gray mist was too strong and too weird.

She had never heard of such a strange magic that was like a thorn in the bone, no!

This is not magic at all. The mist does not have any elemental power, and there is no elemental fluctuation at all on the gray monster in front of him.

She thought of the rumors about the gray demon, who believed in the gods of his own race and gained strength.

Could it be that...

Are there really gods in this world?

The thought was wiped out as soon as it appeared in my mind.

wrong!

Even if he believed in something, it must be an evil god!

Under the long-term rule of imperial power and wizards, the people of Longwa Continent no longer believed that there were such gods in this world. After cults began to emerge in the middle of the Twilight Age, people only had evil gods in their minds.

Although she was a new knight, she was very determined and recovered quickly. She stared at the gray monster as if she were facing a formidable enemy. At the same time, she paid some attention to Honasan who was lying on the ground and struggling to get up. She was relieved to see that he was just as weak as she was due to the gray fog.

After the gray demon used its strange power to stop Natalia and Honasan with a scratch of its claws, it stopped moving. It looked at Livia, who had closed her eyes behind Natalia, with a curious look on its face again.

All this happened within just a few seconds. Ordinary people like Caius just reacted. Except for Dennis who rushed to Honasan's side, no one else moved. They held their weapons tightly with serious expressions and looked at the gray monster at the entrance of the cave.

They were not stupid. Even the strongest Natalia was "dealt with" by the gray monster, so it would be useless for them to rush forward. The gray monster did not move after that, so they certainly would not be stupid enough to die.

"Lord Honasan, are you alright?"

Dennis half-crouched beside the fallen Honasan and asked anxiously.

"Dennis, take him back."

Before Honasan could speak, Natalia in front of him gave orders to the people behind him, her voice sounding weak.

"Na, Ta, Liya, my lady..." Honasan gritted his teeth and supported himself on the ground with his fists, looking at Natalia in front of him. After being shrouded in the gray fog, he was so weak that he couldn't even utter a complete sentence. Being able to say these few words had already exhausted his remaining strength and power.

Dennis endured the pain from his injuries and gritted his teeth, trying to pull Honasan up, but he was completely powerless. Honasan's own weight plus the armor on his body weighed nearly 260 kilograms. Even before he was injured, it would have been difficult for him to be pulled up by himself, let alone now that he was seriously injured and completely unable to use any strength.

Seeing this, Paros and Jeffrey watched carefully as the gray demon at the entrance of the cave walked towards Honasan. One of them stretched out a hand to help Dennis pull up Honasan, and then slowly retreated with Honasan.

Caius, who had taken a step forward, stopped when Paros and Jeffrey walked out.