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Chapter 165 Bloodstained Clay Troll

As the clay troll's two enormous hands squeezed, the male apprentice let out a series of screams.

"Stop! I...I'll go with you!" the pretty female apprentice said helplessly.

Seeing the other party's humiliated appearance, Robert couldn't help but lick his lips excitedly. As one of the few apprentices of the Ignis School who had reached the pinnacle of strength, he was often away on missions and was very familiar with women.

However, most of them were ordinary women, such as noblewomen.

Robert hadn't been with an apprentice-level woman in a long time.

The Norman Secret Realm is now practically a lawless place; whatever you do, you can blame it on the Night Elves.

This made him overjoyed; he could do whatever he wanted.

Fifteen minutes later

Robert left the pretty female apprentice weeping in the bushes, while he left contentedly.

Before leaving, he kept his promise and put the female apprentice's boyfriend down.

The two immediately embraced and burst into tears!

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Initially, due to the effectiveness of the tracking technique, Richard and Stephanie traveled through the dense forest in a special two-person team, with Richard in front and Stephanie behind.

The two maintained a distance of several tens of meters, concealed by dense vegetation. This distance was carefully calculated by Richard, making it difficult for the enemy to detect them and also just within Richard's perception limit.

However, due to the failure of the tracking spell and the fact that Stephanie knew the direction the two had traveled, Richard, after a moment's thought, decided that the two should switch places.

Change it to Stephanie first, Richard second.

Because if the enemy encountered is a night elf, then Stephania will do what she did last time: exchange a few pleasantries with the enemy, and then Richard will suddenly launch an attack to attract the enemy's attention.

Then, Stephania would launch a fatal backstab from behind the Night Elves, and the entire battle would proceed in the same rhythm as the previous one, allowing the two of them to easily take down the Night Elf trio.

If the person she encounters is a wizard apprentice, Stephania's current body, which originates from the Spider Woman, is extremely graceful and charming, and is also very alluring to male apprentices.

Basically, with just a few words, she could get the other party to reveal all the information they knew to Stephanie, like beans spilling from a bamboo tube.

However, if Richard is present, Stephania's charm effect is actually less effective.

Single women are obviously more alluring!

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Robert, feeling refreshed, took out the orb again and reassessed his position. This time, he still had multiple directions to choose from, but after a moment's thought, he decided to head towards his left rear.

Robert has a habit of following his intuition when faced with situations or choices that make him hesitate.

This time, he felt that the left rear would bring him good luck!

Sure enough, half an hour later, he encountered a graceful young woman coming towards him.

The girl had a curvaceous figure and a beautiful face. Her clothes were like thin gauze, exuding a strong allure.

However, the girl in front of him gave him a very different feeling. He felt that her body was particularly sweet and tempting, and he wanted to hold her in his arms.

Normally, he should be in a state of post-coital calm now, having just finished one.

But now, his heart is stirring again!

When Stephania saw the hooded man approaching from the opposite direction, she was startled. She keenly sensed that this wizard apprentice was not an ordinary level three wizard apprentice.

The other person's sinister gaze revealed a naked desire for her.

Moreover, judging from the fluctuations in mental energy, it seems to have reached a level close to that of his master, Richard. You must know that his master is the limit of a level three wizard apprentice!

This means that the wizard apprentice in front of us is at least a top-tier wizard apprentice, and may even be a top-level apprentice like Richard.

"Beautiful lady, I am from the rescue team of the three academies of the stronghold. I am now forcibly conscripting you to assist me in rescuing the wizarding apprentices of the three academies," Robert said politely, looking every bit like a gentleman.

"This forced conscription is an order from Archmage Graf, the highest-ranking official of the stronghold." Robert quickly pulled a parchment from his pocket, but without even unfolding it for Stephanie to examine, he put it back.

Although he wished he could pin the other person down right now, he would obviously feel more accomplished if he could make the other person obey him.

"Huh! You're a member of the rescue team from the outpost? Then you must be a powerful third-level wizard apprentice!" Stephania was startled, but she remained calm on the surface and praised the other party in a sweet voice.

"Heh, a level three wizard apprentice? If it were an ordinary level three wizard apprentice, it probably wouldn't last ten seconds against me."

"Beautiful lady, which school are you from? I am from the Ignis School, and my name is Robert Soto."

Robert stepped forward, ready to take Stephanie's delicate white hand and kiss it.

This is actually quite impolite.

Even among the more chaotic circles of the nobility, it is absolutely inappropriate for a man to take a woman's hand and kiss her hand on their first meeting unless she extends her hand first.

Richard had already heard the commotion ahead and was now tiptoeing behind a hidden tree to observe Robert.

Judging from the aura he sensed, the opponent's strength had reached the limit of a third-level wizard apprentice, and Richard's expression became serious.

This makes his claim that he came from the outpost rescue team essentially true.

But this does not mean that Richard is willing for Stephena and himself to follow the other's orders.

Richard knew better than anyone else in the secret realm the current strength of the Night Elves.

If this guy in front of him forces him and Stephanie to fight the night elves to the death, then his purpose in entering the Norman Secret Realm—to rescue his senior, Melo—will be completely impossible to achieve.

Stephena twisted slightly, dodging the other person's pull.

Richard knew something was wrong!

Because no first-level wizard apprentice can easily dodge the actions of a third-level wizard apprentice.

Although Stephana possessed the body of the high-ranking spider woman Shadra, the mental energy fluctuations she displayed were only those of a first-level wizard.

Sure enough, the other person's expression changed, and they immediately became alert, asking, "You're not a first-level wizard apprentice! Who are you?"

After saying that, Robert immediately cast a dark element shield on himself and quickly retreated, beginning to chant a spell to summon a clay troll.

Stephania realized that her dodge had inadvertently revealed her true strength, and she was quite annoyed.

At the time, she was just thinking that she didn't want the other party to take advantage of her.

But now that I think about it, this high-level spider woman's body is probably already unclean. I shouldn't have been so worried. I should have prioritized getting information out of her.

Suddenly, a huge green magic circle appeared on the ground directly in front of Stephana, and a giant clay troll, two and a half meters tall, emerged from the ground as the soil rippled violently.

Seeing this, Richard sighed deeply, conjured a skull mask from the mimicry bracers, and covered his face. At the same time, he began to rapidly summon abominations.

Richard wore a mask because he didn't want others to see him kill the wizard apprentice in the secret realm. After all, appearances still had to be maintained. The three major necromancer schools were like family in the Norman Secret Realm, fighting together against the underground races.

Moreover, his opponent Robert has a special identity; he is a member of the three academies who were officially dispatched by the base to enter the Norman Secret Realm to carry out a rescue mission.

Just as Robert was about to order the clay troll to capture Stephanie, he sensed a strong magical fluctuation coming from the dense forest on his right and immediately moved the clay troll to defend his right.

As the Abomination, which was half a head taller than the Clay Troll, burst through the dense vegetation and charged straight at Robert, Robert's expression changed drastically!

He blurted out, "Hatred! How could it be hatred!"

Robert had been at the third-level wizard apprenticeship stage for seven or eight years and was quite familiar with the methods of the three major necromancer academies and even many white wizard academies.

He knew very well that the Summoning Abomination, a very famous spell of the North Ring, required the strength of a first-level wizard to cast.

When the clay troll saw a monster even larger than itself charging towards it, it roared and charged straight at the abomination without dodging or yielding.

"boom!"

The two enormous creatures collided heavily, and under normal circumstances, due to the reaction force, they should both lose their balance.

However, the clay troll's arms transformed into two earth-elemental pythons, which coiled around the abomination's arms, and the two enormous creatures immediately began to wrestle together.

In the short term, it seems that the two sides are evenly matched!

This puzzled Robert greatly. He knew very well the combat power of his clay troll. Under normal circumstances, when he encountered an abomination, he should have been overwhelmed by it. But now it seemed that although he was slightly at a disadvantage, he was basically evenly matched!

this.

"Chirp chirp chirp!!"

Suddenly, three sharp whooshing sounds rang out!

When the sound of arrows cutting through the air reached Robert's ears, three pale blue arrows, arranged in a triangle, arrived almost simultaneously a few meters in front of him.

too fast!

Robert is on the verge of death!

A pale yellow light flashed from the short staff in his hand, and several mysterious earthen-yellow runes flickered on Robert's body. Instantly, a thick suit of armor made of mud covered Robert's body.

This is Robert's most important means of survival, derived from the instant-cast level 0 earth magic spell in his cane—Stone Armor!

"Duo! Duo! Duo!"

Three extremely dull sounds came from behind.

The tails of the three pale blue eagle-tailed arrows were still trembling incessantly, and most of the arrow shafts, enhanced by the two wind-elemental magic arrays of the griffin wings, had already deeply pierced Robert's stone armor.

Even with the double protection of the Stone Armor and the shield, Robert couldn't help but let a trickle of blood spill from the corner of his mouth!

That's right, three arrows had pierced through two of his defensive level zero spells, and the arrowheads had pierced Robert's skin, albeit only slightly, but it was still an injury!

Most importantly, Robert's internal organs were injured by the powerful impact of the three eagle-tailed arrows.

However, Richard, who was not far away, was not satisfied with the result. He thought to himself, "What a pity. I didn't expect the other party to have earth magic that has an excellent defensive effect against arrow attacks."

If it were just a regular dark elemental shield, my multi-shot attack, which I just unleashed with all my might, plus the bonuses from Griffin Wings and Griffin Tail Arrow, should have shattered the shield in one hit, leaving the opponent either dead or severely injured!

When Stephania saw her master Richard start to act without any scruples, she immediately stopped hesitating.

The next second, her fair arms transformed into dark, shiny blades radiating a chilling light. The ground beneath her feet instantly shattered, and she charged towards Robert at breakneck speed!

This set off alarm bells in Robert's mind!

"A spider woman! And a two-armed spider woman at that!"

What's going on with this Norman Secret Realm?! The monsters that have appeared are all incredibly terrifying!

Robert had already lost his fighting spirit and wanted to run away.

Especially after he cast two level-zero spells, Slow and Weakness, on Stephana, they had almost no effect due to Stephana's extremely high dark element resistance.

This became the final straw that broke the camel's back!

Clearly, Robert's confidence had collapsed. He quickly retreated, no longer wanting to fight, and even abandoned the clay trolls he had summoned!

However, escaping now was not so easy. A cloud of black mist suddenly appeared above his head and disappeared instantly.

Robert's speed immediately decreased significantly, and the next second, he was entangled by Stephanie and could no longer move!

Robert's face turned ashen, and a fierce look immediately appeared on his face. He pulled out a dagger, cut off his left little finger, and then uttered a very short incantation.

A large amount of blood, including the severed finger, gushed from the cut on his left little finger, shooting straight at the clay troll!

The blood split into seven streams in mid-air, flowing into the clay troll's ears, nose, mouth, and eyes, while the severed finger was swallowed directly by the clay troll.

The next second, the clay troll was covered in strange blood-red patterns, its size increased to about 2.8 meters, and its combat power also increased dramatically.

From being outmatched and dominated by the Abomination, the tables have turned almost completely. With just a few punches, the Abomination is pushed back, and the Abomination is quickly closing in on Robert.

Richard immediately realized that Robert intended to join forces with the summoned clay trolls and hold out for reinforcements.

Robert believed that if he could hold on a little longer, his teammates who also possessed the orbs would eventually head in his direction.

This seems to be his only way out!

A smile appeared on Richard's lips as he thought to himself, "Not only do you have secret techniques, but I do too. It'll be a good opportunity to test them out in actual combat."

He pulled out a piece of blood amber from his pocket and quickly unleashed its power!

[Blood Amber Power], Level 0 sorcery. Using the power of blood within blood amber, this spell induces a bloodthirsty frenzy in the contracted creature for three minutes. Each spell consumes one piece of blood amber; higher quality blood amber yields better results.

This is one of the spoils Richard acquired from Joachim, and this is the first time it has been used in actual combat!

As Richard's urgent incantation rang out, the crimson liquid within the blood amber was instantly extracted, splitting into three streams that shot directly towards the abomination!

As the crimson liquid merged into the Abomination's body, in an instant, the Abomination, who was originally only 2.7 meters tall, became like a roasted lobster, its size increased further, and its height jumped directly to 3 meters!

(End of this chapter)