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Chapter 278 Surprise Attack!

"It's so cold!"

October arrived, and the cool autumn wind swept across the wastelands of the Duchy of Tanak, carrying bits of grass that landed on Frilian's robes.

"How come the weather has gotten so cold after just one night?" The elf, who was sensitive to the cold, seemed to have lost all her strength and clung limply to Philon.

Fortunately, Philon was already used to weight training at a young age. While dragging Frilian along, he still had time to admire the surrounding scenery: "Lord Ian, look at that cloud in the sky. It's so close to us, and its shape... doesn't it look like the demon wolf we encountered a few days ago?"

After a month of traveling together, exploring three of the seven traces of the demons, and fighting side by side three times, she completely let go of her restraint towards Guan Yi and showed the innocent and naive side of a little girl.

Guan Yi looked up and said, "It does look somewhat like it, and this cloud has been hovering above us for a while now, as if it's trying to chase and bite us."

"Mmm." Philon nodded happily. Lady Frillian was such a boring person with no imagination, finally someone could respond to her.

Sure enough, Frilian half-raised her head and said, "The fur of the demon wolf is much fluffier than that cloud. Philon, your imagination is still so lacking."

"Lord Frilian!!"

Philon puffed out her cheeks angrily and shoved Frilian aside, saying, "Please walk by yourself!"

"No, it's so cold~" Frilian grabbed Philon's arm to touch it, and this warm and beautiful scene was frozen in time in the next moment.

As if under a spell that had frozen him in place, Philon's body stiffened, his eyes widened, and beads of sweat, a sign of tension, even appeared on his forehead.

"Lady Frilian, this, this is..."

Frillie also shed her languid demeanor, releasing Philon's arm and gazing solemnly into the distance. Magic, incredibly powerful magic, even stronger than her own hidden magic, surged unrestrainedly five kilometers away!

"Demons, Great Demons."

She reached out and grasped at the air, conjuring the staff in her hand, and instructed, "Philan, Ian, stay here and don't move. I'll go check it out."

"Lord Fulilian..."

Guan Yi gently grasped the worried-looking Philon's arm and shook his head. Frilian gave him a "I'm leaving it to you" look and set off towards the source of the enormous demonic power.

"They're here." Guan Yi thought to himself, he didn't think it was because he had encountered some strange demon after changing Frilian's journey route; it must have been a trick used by the demons.

In other words, after luring Frilian away, this place will likely be attacked as well, and the demons have probably already lurked nearby! He lowered his consciousness, using not only his magic to sense things, but also his warrior's instincts to detect the slightest movement around him.

Tread-tap-

The next moment, a faint tremor came from several hundred meters away to the west, and Guan Yi turned his head to look.

'No magical fluctuations, all warriors? That many? There must be at least a dozen.'

Wait, there's more! In the sky?!

The next instant, a chilling cold tightened in Guan Yi's mind. Without the slightest hesitation, he grabbed Philon and pounced out!

boom--

The instant the two left their spot, a beam of murderous magic light, like a laser, blasted down from the sky, creating a deep crater in the ground!
The source of that magic was none other than the clouds that Philon had previously described as resembling demon wolves.

Protected by Guan Yi, she rolled several times on the ground. After a brief moment of confusion, her excellent magical skills made her grip her staff tightly and set up a defensive spell around herself and Guan Yi.

Before she could even assess the enemy's location, a discovery made her face turn pale: "Lord Ian! You...you're injured?!"

Guan Yi's right forearm appeared to have been grazed by the edge of the magic when he grabbed Philon, leaving a chunk of flesh missing and bleeding profusely. His right arm hung limply at his side, unable to move.

"I'm fine. This injury is nothing serious to a doctor."

Guan Yi's face didn't show any pain; she merely glanced at the sky and then at the direction from which the footsteps came. The Divine Pattern Demon Clan was indeed difficult to guard against, transforming into clouds in the sky? That's a bit unreasonable.

Meanwhile, in the west, a dozen figures appeared in sight. They were all human warriors, men, women, young and old, wielding a variety of weapons, their eyes vacant yet brimming with killing intent, charging towards Guan Yi and Philon.

"Control-type capabilities? Troublesome."

Upon turning around at the sound, Philon was indeed surprised by the faces of the people around him. These people were human, weren't they? Why...?

“Ignore them, Philon.” Guan Yi sat up. “Stay by my side and keep watch.”

"Yes." Although Philon didn't understand why Guan Yi could ignore those people, he still obediently stood beside Guan Yi, holding his staff.

Because Guan Yi wasn't fighting alone. From the southwest, a figure swiftly emerged. Not towards Guan Yi, but diagonally towards the dozen or so restrained warriors!
It was a white-haired woman, who appeared to be in her early twenties. Her waist-length white hair danced wildly in the wind as she ran, giving her a wild and beautiful appearance. The weapons she carried were even more unique: two thin-bladed daggers that resembled long needles.

Xia Ying, a warrior with four tattoos.

Guan Yi had a deep impression of her because during the gathering before entering the world of Frilian, he learned in casual conversation that Xia Ying had entered a world he was very familiar with—a spy-themed playhouse.

That's right, those weapons of hers were what she learned from Joel as an assassin!
"This is terrible! Not only do you expect me to fight a dozen people by myself, but you also expect me not to harm them? Senior Fu, you make it sound so easy. Aren't you trying to kill me?"

She muttered to herself as she charged into the midst of a dozen soldiers and began to dance wildly.

At the same time, another figure soared into the sky, heading straight towards the wolf-like clouds!

It was a payment.

That wasn't flying, it was bouncing.

Not a trace of magical energy emanated from Fu's body, yet he was propelled hundreds of meters into the sky in an instant!

"Calvin, it's you! No wonder I haven't found any trace of you guys lately!"

Fu's expression was cold as he swung his fist at a specific point in the demon wolf cloud: "Come out here!"

bang——

A dull thud resounded as the fist pierced through the clouds. The clouds, now riddled with a crater, churned and gradually coalesced into Calvin's form.

Using magic to fly through the sky, Calvin looked down at Fu, who was falling downwards, and chuckled, "Extreme Martial Artist, Fu, it's been a hundred years."

Your divine rune talent, 'Extreme Martial Arts,' integrates all skills into the physical body. In exchange for the inability to cultivate any magical or other external powers, it grants you the fastest physical growth rate, the strongest melee combat ability, and a martial artist's intuition akin to precognition. However, your greatest weakness is the inability to fly and the inability to engage in ranged combat until your physical body reaches a certain level.

I can't beat you, but you can't either...

Ok?
The next moment, he saw Fu Shuang's feet seem to have stepped on some kind of air barrier, his figure stopped, and he leaped towards him again!
'Ha, that human rune-wielding warrior who dared to appear beside Frilian and Philen is indeed no ordinary person. Not only did he manage to dodge my sneak attack, but even while severely injured, he could react so quickly?!'

With a quick glance, Calvin saw Guan Yi, who was being bandaged by Philon on the ground, remove his wand from his left hand and point it in this direction.

A shadow fell over his dark red eyes. He waved his staff, instantly setting up several layers of defensive magic in front of him, but they were shattered and pierced through like ordinary glass by Fu's fist!
call--

Amidst the echoing roar of airplane engines in the sky, Calvin's figure instantly transformed into a shooting star, crashing straight into the ground!
Boom—

The earth trembled and shattered, but Xia Ying's balance remained unaffected on the shaking ground.

Her slender dagger deftly severed the Achilles tendons of each controlled warrior, sending them sprawling to the ground, whereupon she knocked them unconscious.

Philon stared blankly at the scene.

"Who...are they?"

(End of this chapter)