Hello, is this a letter addressed to Demon Fortress?

The wind whistled in my ears.

Lin Gui straddled the rapidly flying oak staff.

He held Elvia tightly in his arms as she coughed up blood.

The unconscious Rona was secured to his back with ropes.

He seemed to be riding a shadow.

They navigated and avoided danger with great difficulty.

Elvia unleashed a golden sword aura in a desperate slash.

And these ancient mechanisms that were suddenly fully activated and could not distinguish between friend and foe.

It became their only chance of survival at that moment.

"Ahem...didn't you say...the other side couldn't detect it? It seems...what you just told me...was all just bragging..."

Elvia, nestled in his arms, coughed up another mouthful of blood, her breath coming in a weak, muttered complaint.

The wound on his abdomen was gruesome and terrifying.

Even with simple bandages, bright red blood continued to seep out.

Lin Gui frowned, his mind highly focused.

Manipulate the staff to drift at an extreme speed between poison arrows and falling rocks.

There are indeed many ways to see through the "Night Veil".

But most of them are extremely rare.

Wide-range divination, top-tier legendary-level perception magic, and indiscriminate, all-encompassing physical attacks...

These are all related to Ghosn's professional characteristics.

This is incompatible with the previous action pattern.

Therefore, the possibility points to the last one.

His peripheral vision caught the specially made steel needles on Rona's back.

"Does that legendary archer possess any soul-based reconnaissance abilities?"

Lin Gui asked in a deep voice, his voice somewhat muffled by the wind.

Elvia shook her head weakly, her eyes beginning to glaze over.

"I don't know... I only know... that no one who has been targeted by Ghosn has ever... escaped his grasp..."

"Is that so?" Lin Gui's eyes were as cold as a blade.

"Were the prey he hunted all impaled with these steel needles?"

Elvia's unfocused gaze suddenly sharpened, and she understood Lin Gui's implication.

"You...you mean..."

"Get some rest," Lin Gui interrupted her, his voice carrying an undeniable calm. "You'll find out soon enough."

He fell silent.

Silently staring at the darkness and collapsing boulders rushing past ahead.

Finally, the view ahead opened up!

The staff carried the three of them as it suddenly burst out of the perilous tomb passage.

We returned to that vast and desolate underground space.

Almost the instant he left the tomb entrance, Lin Gui immediately deactivated the [Night Veil].

It only took a moment for it to become visible!

A silver figure, poised to pounce, darted out from the shadows on the flank.

He grabbed the floating oak staff and used it to steady himself.

It's Shia.

Her emerald green eyes swept sharply over the wounded men in Lin Gui's arms and on his back.

Without any further words, he simply secured Linno on his back even more firmly.

"Walk!"

Lin Gui let out a low shout and activated the [Levitation Technique] with all his might.

Bearing the weight of everyone, it climbed rapidly.

Back to the crevice in the stalactite.

The wooden box was still intact, and the catgirl Luo Youyou, who had been knocked unconscious, was still lying on it, fast asleep.

Place Linno and Lorna on the ground.

Lin Gui immediately went to Luo Na's side and pulled out the steel needles from her body one by one.

While unconscious, Rona's body convulsed slightly uncontrollably.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, as if his soul had been pulled out.

On the other side, Shia quickly helped Elvia lean against the rock wall.

He cast a mid-level spell with his right hand: Wood Healing.

However, the wood healing technique had no effect whatsoever, as if it were blocked.

It had absolutely no effect.

Shia's face stiffened. Could it be that Elvia's injuries had become so serious...?

Elvia spoke weakly to Shia.

"Feeding a half-demon... I might be dying. Before I die... can you grant me one wish?"

Seeing Elvia's appearance, Shia's eyes immediately welled up with tears.

She grabbed Elvia's hand and said sadly.

"You said that as long as it's within my power, I would do it for you, even if it meant death!"

Shia's eyes were full of disappointment. Elvia subconsciously tilted her head and said weakly.

"I don't want to die like this... burdened by the demon's curse, so..."

"Could...Lin Gui...give me the antidote?"

Shea nodded emphatically.

"Okay, I'll do it right away..."

Suddenly, he realized what was happening and stared at Elvia.

Elvia coughed up blood several times to prove that she was about to die.

At the same time, he turned to the side, revealing the gap in his equipment that had been "pierced" by the arrow.

Shea stared intently, then randomly pried open the fragments from the broken piece of equipment.

Then she saw it, the inner armor that was only slightly damaged inside...

Although the inner armor is mottled and dull from lack of energy nourishment, its quality is not low; it can at least be considered a Starry Armor.

He silently shifted his gaze and stared at Elvia.

Elvia gave an awkward smile.

"Well... at least, I was almost killed. Those were legendary arrows. If I hadn't found this inner armor in the pile of corpses, I would have been dead long ago."

Shia gave Elvia a cold look.

Elvia was so drenched in cold sweat from the stare.

It's strange. She clearly has no connection with this half-demon, so why does she feel so uncomfortable being looked at like this after she deceived him?

This was the first time in her life that Elvia had experienced this feeling.

Even at a noble ball where no one invites me to dance, I don't feel this uncomfortable.

"Ahem, actually, I was just making a... little joke."

"This is not funny, Elvia. Don't joke with your life."

After saying that, Shia ignored Elvia.

Elvia stared blankly at Shia's retreating figure.

Is she... concerned about herself?

When they arrived at Lin Gui's side, they found that he had already pulled out all the steel needles.

Bound together, they straddled the oak staff, ready to float down.

Beside him, Lorna and Linno were floating.

Shea quickly picked him up.

Feeling the softness behind him, Lin Gui raised an eyebrow.

"No need to follow me. I'm just going to verify why Youye's veil was exposed."

Now that she has broken through to the mid-level of the high-tier, her proficiency with the Night Veil is maxed out.

In theory, even if he were to linger right under the nose of this legendary archer.

The other party won't notice them.

But it was eventually discovered.

Lin Gui needed to understand that the other party was a knight from the capital.

You might encounter this again later.

"Let me go with you. If it really comes down to it, I can help you take a few arrows."

"Just like that...liar."

Shea said with a dark face that she hated it when someone she cherished played with her life.

Lin Gui did not refuse.

Manipulate the oak staff and float downwards.

The entrance to the tomb had collapsed when suddenly there was an explosion, and Ghosn rushed out in a rage.

Seeing this, the forest ghost above used its levitation technique to control bundles of steel needles, shooting them into the distance.

He also controlled Rona and Linno, who were floating beside him, to float away as far as the levitation spell could control.

In order not to reveal their location, Steel Needle and the two women were all covered by the Dark Night Veil.

After Lin Guiyouye Shayi's proficiency was maxed out.

Not only was he able to cast spells without chanting, but many more derivative effects that Lin Gui had anticipated were also unlocked.

After completing the special mission of delivering the letter to Rona, Lin Gui's personal information is as follows.

[Host: Lin Gui]

[Position: Mage]

[Rank: High-Rank Mid-Level Mage]

[Magic Reserves: (3270/4256) 1744 magic points away from the next breakthrough stage]

[The magic skills are as follows:]

[High-level spell: Night Veil LV10 (MAX) - [No casting/Stance release/Brief enchantment]]

[Intermediate-level spell: Sharp Wind Slash LV7...]

[Low-level magic: Levitation LV9...]

[Ding! Host rank upgrade detected!]

[Maximum mana increased by 100%! Mana regeneration speed increased by 50%!]

[Ding! The high-level spell [Night Veil] has reached its maximum proficiency level and has been upgraded to LV10!]

[Unlocked Effect: No casting time! Casting animations are now free!]

[You can perform large-scale physical movements without affecting the spell's duration!]

[New effect: Can temporarily attach the [Night Veil] to non-living objects or other people.]

The effects of the Night Veil can be applied to other items, including one's own attacks.

Elvia's sword aura was caught off guard because she had applied the effect of the Night Veil.

Shia, standing behind them, stared wide-eyed at Steel Needle and Rona before flying out of the Dark Night Veil's range and disappearing into thin air.

She asked Lin Gui, who didn't hold back at all towards this person he could entrust his back to.

After hearing about Lin Guiyouye Shayi's various breakthroughs, Xia took a deep breath.

Looking at the legendary Gorn in the distance, grinning maliciously, he drew his bow and unleashed a barrage of arrows at a corner.

A flash of red light appeared in her emerald eyes, revealing a hint of madness.

He was the one who injured Elvia, putting Lin Gui in a desperate situation.

No matter how well Lin Gui concealed it, she could still smell the blood on him.

The legendary arrow's strike rendered even Elvia, a high-ranking knight, unable to rise again.

Moreover, even if the arrow didn't hit Lin Gui directly.

However, the aftershocks of the energy still caused him considerable damage.

She almost lost everything...

We can't just let this guy go so easily.

She whispered in Lin Gui's ear.

"I have an idea."

No, you don't want to.

Lin Gui immediately refused.

Ghosn looked around blankly.

Lin Gui knew that he had achieved his goal.

The other party's soul perception could only sense the fluctuations of the steel needle.

Neither Lorna nor Linno were tricked by the other.

Controlling the two, Lin Gui prepared to make his escape.

Shea lay on his back and said to him.

"Lin Gui, 50 shots. Give me 50 chances, and I can kill this legend."

Lin Gui remained unmoved and instead spoke to Xia.

"You need to understand, you can kill him with 50 shots, while he can kill us with just one shot."

"I don't want this person who hurt you to live; I must kill him!"

Lin Gui frowned. Xia was usually calm, but judging from his words, she seemed to be losing control of her emotions.

A fierce killing intent surged forth uncontrollably.

The blood-red eyes shattered the disguise, and a black gas continuously seeped from the silver-haired elf's body.

It is... the power of the demon race, the most violent and uncontrollable of the five energies on the continent of Akara.

Lin Gui sighed, explaining why the half-demon was accepted by the City-State Alliance.

The main reason is that half-demons do not possess demonic power.

Shea can not only control demons, but also unleash demonic power.

It seems that the other relative who gave her half demon blood is definitely not simple.

Lin Gui didn't know if Xia had noticed that her eyes were filled with madness.

The hands gripped his shoulders, applying increasing pressure.

That suddenly awakened power was taking control of her mind, and she needed to vent.

"Five minutes... I'll give you five minutes, but we need to get Rona and the others back first."

"......good."