Since they had decided to take a little risk, Wayne and Triss took a short rest and then temporarily left their mounts with Allen.

This place is not far from the place marked by Triss, and bringing two horses would be a bit distracting.

Soon, seeing that the villagers' injuries had been temporarily treated and were no longer in danger of death, the two men walked towards the center of the forest.

Although Triss had graduated from the academy nearly ten years ago, as sorceresses, they spent most of their time in the city and rarely had the opportunity to enter such an uninhabited wilderness, and rarely had to deal with such a difficult choice.

As soon as the two of them left the villagers' location, she couldn't help but ask:

"Wayne, what should we do if the Deer-Headed Demon threatens us with the children?"

Wayne was silent for a moment, then swung his sword to cut off a poisonous snake that was about to pounce on him from a branch, and said, "We can only try our best to save the child, but this deer-headed spirit must be eradicated, otherwise, it will only cause more tragedy."

Hearing this, Triss was silent for a few seconds, as if thinking about something, then raised her head and said:

"Okay, we can only try our best to rescue those children, but Wayne, please try to buy me some time. I will cast a spell with the purpose of rescuing the children first."

Wayne nodded and said nothing more.

The two walked through the dense forest for about ten minutes, until they were less than a few hundred meters away from the location where Triss marked Link. Suddenly, the trees in front of them disappeared, and a rocky area appeared.

From afar, a huge totem stood in the middle of a pile of rocks.

Before the two of them could take a closer look at the totem, Wayne heard the sound of something approaching.

"There are enemies approaching. They should be wild wolves and trolls."

"Let's step back first. The terrain here is not suitable for us to fight."

Sure enough, the demon hunter's keen hearing allowed Wayne to always anticipate the enemy's moves. When the two retreated to an open terrain suitable for fighting, a dozen wild wolves and two trolls appeared in front of them.

Without any hesitation, Wayne took out three honeycomb bombs from his waist bag and threw them towards the monster, followed by the Dragon Dream.

The monsters that had just emerged from the rocky area were hit head-on before they could launch their attack. The Dragon Dream combined with the honeycomb bomb directly ignited the area in front of Wayne into a sea of ​​fire.

Although the flames did not last long, they still caused a lot of fire damage to the wild wolves, and almost half of the wolf pack lost their combat effectiveness.

Only two trolls with stones covered their bodies rushed out of the flames fearlessly. Looking at their red eyes, Wayne knew that any communication would be meaningless.

He drew the Statik Electric Blade from his waist and rushed forward to fight them, mainly dodging to prevent them from getting close to Triss.

The fighting power of the demon hunter and the sorceress was amazing. Wayne had only stepped forward to obstruct the actions of the trolls for less than two minutes, and Triss had already used a kind of fire magic with particularly strong penetrating power, similar to the fire spear spell, which directly burned two bloody holes in the chests of the two trolls.

The remaining wolves were quickly chopped into pieces on the ground by Wayne's sharp electric blade.

It took less than five minutes from the time of the attack to the time of completely annihilating the enemies. This was obviously beyond the expectations of the Deer-Headed Spirit. Wayne could even faintly hear a dull roar coming from the direction of the totem.

Wayne wiped the blood off the electric blade, counted the alchemical bombs in his waist bag, put on a layer of Quinn shield again, and said to Triss:

"It seems that this deer-headed spirit has been cornered by us."

"Hurry, we have to speed up too. We can't give this monster time to react."

Triss nodded when she heard that, and she also took out a bottle of purple potion from her waist bag and drank it in one gulp with a frown on her face.

Although Wayne was a little curious about the functions of the potions used by the warlocks, he planned to wait until after the battle to ask.

Soon, with the demon hunter leading the way and the sorceress following behind, the two of them walked through the rocky area for another ten minutes, killing two waves of monsters that wanted to sneak attack them, and soon approached the location of the giant totem.

As soon as he stepped into the range of the giant totem, Wayne immediately felt his body becoming weak. There was an invisible force that seemed to be pulling at his soul, making his senses a little blurred.

Triss was clearly more proficient in magic than Wayne. As soon as she felt this, the sorceress said:

"It's dark magic, Wayne. It should be a dark magic area created by a totem. We'd better destroy that totem quickly, otherwise our condition will get worse and worse."

Wayne nodded and looked towards the place where the huge totem was, but the scene there made him feel tricky.

At the bottom of the totem, which was made up of a huge tree, various animal bones, dried corpses and strange things, five children with their eyes closed, seemingly in a coma, were tied tightly to the totem by some green vines.

It seems that if the totem is destroyed, there is a high probability that the children will be crushed to death by the collapsed totem, or be burned by the burning totem.

Wayne looked around the totem warily, but saw no other monsters, nor the Deer-Headed Spirit, which should be very large, so he whispered to the sorceress:

"Be careful, Triss. The leopard-headed spirit must have hidden himself. He may be planning to attack us by surprise."

Triss nodded, holding the fluorescent red orb in her hand, and began to observe the surrounding situation vigilantly, guarding against possible sneak attacks.

After waiting for more than ten seconds and seeing that there was nothing unusual around, the two knew that they could not delay any longer and could only approach the totem cautiously to see if they could rescue the child first and then destroy the totem.

Under the influence of dark magic, Wayne felt that his physical strength was rapidly disappearing. Although his physical fitness was among the best among demon hunters, this amount of physical strength was nothing to him.

But Triss beside her was only slightly stronger than an ordinary woman in terms of physical fitness and obviously could not withstand more losses.

When they got close to the totem, the disheveled young man holding a sharp knife suddenly stood in front of them and said in a hoarse voice, "Don't get any closer, witcher and sorceress, you shouldn't be here, and you shouldn't be involved in this matter."

Wayne quietly reached out and took a short-handled throwing axe from his belt, and asked without any expression on his face: "Are you Link?"

"You have already avenged your parents, why do you want to hurt these children?"

Link had a crazy expression on his face. He raised his head and laughed. Just when he was about to say something, Wayne had already thrown the flying axe in his hand with force, and it hit him right on the forehead.

Bones were broken and blood was gushing out. The young man had an incredible look in his eyes. He didn't understand why the demon hunter opposite him attacked him without even listening to what he said. It was simply unsportsmanlike.

However, he was just a flesh and blood body. No matter what he thought, he lost his life in less than a few seconds after being hit in the head by an axe.

Wayne looked at Triss, who was also somewhat stunned, and did not explain. Anyway, no matter whether this Link was a human marked by the Deer-Headed Spirit or not, considering his crimes, killing him was the best option at the moment.

As for what he wants to say, it doesn’t matter. Even if he comes to his senses and wants to repent, so what? Should I still forgive him?

The black magic is still going on, and we must hurry up. Wayne said to Triss:

"Be careful, I'll go rescue those kids."

Then, with a vigilant mentality, he rushed to the bottom of the huge totem and began to use the sharp blade in his hand to cut the vines that tied the child.

Just when he had cut off most of the vines, Triss, who was on guard not far away, suddenly let out a cry of surprise.

Suddenly, a huge monster jumped out from the ground just a few meters away from her. Before the two could see its appearance clearly, a whip made of vines hit Triss and sent her flying.

Wayne didn't have time to think, and immediately gave up the children around him, rushed to Triss, formed seals with his hands, and formed a two-handed Quinn shield towards the vines that continued to pull towards him, blocking the subsequent attacks.

Bang! Bang! Bang! The vines were so powerful that they shook Wayne's Quinn shield to the point of collapse. Fortunately, his magic power was amazing, and it was more than enough to maintain such a shield.

At this moment, he also saw clearly the figure of the monster that emerged from the ground.

It is nearly four meters tall, with long arms and legs and a slender figure. The skin of its limbs and body are made of tissue similar to dead tree bark. On its head is a huge beast skull with two huge antlers at both ends of the skull. It is indeed a giant deer-headed spirit.

It seemed quite cautious and did not dare to approach Wayne. It just kept controlling the vines around its body and whipped the shield in Wayne's hand like a whip.

Moreover, it was quite cunning. It hid in the mud so close to the totem, and it hid so naturally that no one noticed it.

Wayne still maintained the Quen shields on both hands, constantly changing positions to block all the attacks of the Deer-Headed Spirit. Although he had no time to look back, he couldn't help but ask with concern: "Are you okay, Triss?"

After more than ten seconds, the sorceress's painful voice finally reached his ears.

"Don't worry, Wayne. I have a little chest injury, but I can still hold on."

Wayne heaved a sigh of relief, and immediately said, "Hold on, Triss. Go rescue those children and take them away. I'll hold back the Deer-Headed Spirit."

"Don't argue. You're injured now. Staying here will only distract me."

After a few more seconds, Triss said, "Okay, Wayne, you have to be careful too."

"I will come to you after I get the child out of the control of the Deer-Headed Spirit."

(End of this chapter)