You are all my wings!

"Hurry! Don't bring anything you don't need. Jump off the cliff immediately. Don't linger in this wide-open, unprotected area!"

Lyon urged her on as he pulled Iris toward the cliff face, then without hesitation, he picked her up and leaped over it.

Before leaping down, Leon glanced back and saw an eight-meter-tall, level-five monstrous bear running out from a distance.

Why are there so many bears in this place?

Is it because the owner of the 40th floor is the Earth Bear?

Before landing, Leon stretched out his palm and pushed, activating a whirlwind magic to cushion the impact twice, and landed lightly with Iris in his arms.

Iris looked up at Leon: "Why are you hugging me? I can use magic to cushion the impact."

Her tone carried a hint of resentment, indicating that she was displeased with Leon's overly intimate behavior with Maggie, including their lack of physical contact through clothing.

“My dearest Iris, you are the most important person in my heart. There is one thing I must emphasize again: Maquill is just an enemy. I made her a slave for convenience. Don’t think that I would be merciful to my enemy.”

Lyon stared at Iris, his tone solemn.

Of course, if possible, Leon hopes to win over Machiru completely, both physically and mentally, and make her one of his own.

This guy's research abilities will be even more terrifying than Andreio's in the future; he'll be extremely useful.

As for Leon picking up Iris, his first thought wasn't as complicated as mentioned above; it was purely to conserve Iris's magic.

On this dangerous 41st floor, every bit of magic in the team is extremely important, and can even be life-saving in critical moments.

Having already mastered basic magic and now possessing Machiru's fourth-tier wand, he naturally wanted to make the most of it.

Among all the people, Leon's most trusted person was undoubtedly Iris.

Upon hearing Leon's serious tone, Iris couldn't help but feel ashamed.

"I'm sorry, Lyon, I don't know what's wrong with me, I just don't like seeing you and Miss Machiru being so intimate."

“I can understand. After all, she was an enemy before, and she even seriously injured me.”

Iris seemed to hesitate for a moment, then said:

"Yes, Leon, you have to promise me that no matter what, I will always be the most important person in your heart, okay? Because you are the most important person in my heart too."

Leon paused, then asked, "I'm the most important one, but what about your mother, Hamra?"

"She...is important too! But your importance is not the same thing."

Iris blushed, her ear tips turning red.

She quickly waved her hand to explain.

Lyon smiled and said, "Of course, you are the most important person in my heart. That has always been the case, and it will never change in the future."

"That's good."

"Satisfied?"

"Well……"

Iris's voice was soft.

"Don't worry, Lyon, I'll keep a close eye on Maggie for you and make sure she doesn't cause any trouble."

Leon was speechless. He thought he had appeased Iris, but he didn't expect her to still be hostile towards Machiru.

There was no other way; Iris's instincts were very sharp, so let her do what she wanted. Perhaps she could keep Maggie in check and prevent her from causing so much trouble.

"Hey, you two, don't think you can just start being all lovey-dovey now that you're safe."

Leon turned to look to the side, where Maggie was clicking her tongue in disdain and displeasure.

"Don't worry, before I jumped down, I cast a Shadow Shield spell in front of the cliff to conceal our movements. The bear has poor eyesight and won't see us."

"Fine, since you're my dear and respectable master, whatever you say goes. Sigh, you were just telling someone how comfortable you were, and then you turned around and started whispering sweet nothings to another woman. Sigh, being a slave means you can never get your master's love."

Maggie is acting again.

This time, Iris didn't refute it.

It seems she was struck by those sweet words, and her already shy mood became even more so, causing her fighting spirit to plummet.

Maggie Lu was surprised that Iris was so easily defeated, and seeing Iris's happy face made her even more annoyed.

Leon was happy to relax, put Iris down, and gestured for everyone to move forward.

According to his memory, Britta and the others also fell in this direction.

Karl caught up: "Sir, I've been wanting to ask you this for a while now, who exactly is this pretty little girl? Did we just bump into each other here?"

Mark: "You idiot Carl, that's that fourth-tier witch from before, Andrio's subordinate, Machiru, who used divine magic!"

Carl was shocked:

"No, how did she end up with us? And why is she calling you 'master'?"

The look in his eyes as he looked at Lyon was filled with shock, fear, apprehension, tension, and a desire to keep his distance.

Lyon noticed the strange emotion in Karl's eyes: "No, what exactly have you misunderstood?"

"He thinks you're a terrifying character who could even discipline a child."

Mark, true to his reputation as Karl's most loyal lover, said:

"That idiot Karl probably can't understand just how terrifying it is that Your Excellency forcibly subdued such a powerful spellcaster among the fourth tier. Instead, his stupid brain is thinking about Your Excellency's astonishing sexual fetishes. As Her Excellency's advisor, this is really damaging to your reputation."

Carl glared at Mark: "I'm an idiot, and you're a piece of trash!"

Mark ignored Carl and apologized to Lyon:

"Please forgive Karl's rudeness, Your Excellency."

"Alright, just keep it down and have fun."

Leon shook his head speechlessly and gestured to everyone, indicating that even if they were to speak, they should keep their voices down so as not to attract monsters.

In the blink of an eye, the group had walked seven or eight kilometers.

During this time, he encountered several fifth-tier monsters passing by, but Leon detected them all with his ever-ready wind detection magic and then used his ever-ready shadow shield magic to conceal himself and barely managed to dodge them.

Fortunately, the fifth-tier monsters that passed by were not good at reconnaissance, otherwise their situation would have been even more difficult.

Given their combat strength, fifth-tier ordinary monsters might not be without a fighting chance.

However, the magic consumption is too high, and it is easy to attract other monsters, so it is best to avoid them.

As for the other teammates, they didn't notice it even once.

"Logically speaking, even with such strong winds, Britta shouldn't have drifted this far away from us, right?"

Halfway there, Iris expressed her doubts.

"They may have encountered a powerful monster and had to leave their original location. Let's head in this direction first. With the help of the wand, the overall energy consumption of using Shadow Shield magic to conceal myself is still acceptable."

Lyon felt a little regretful; if Utaman, whom they had captured earlier, were here, he could have asked him to help find the person.

As they were talking, Iris suddenly said:

"I heard it! It's the sound of humans fighting!"

Chapter 109 The False Tree of Wisdom and the Sacred Mural

"Let's go take a look."

The group exchanged glances and, following the direction Iris had heard, quickly turned onto the fork in the road ahead.

"Judging from the commotion, the battle is mostly between the saintess and other adventurers. We can go over and ambush their opponents. Moreover, based on what I detected with wind magic, the opponents are likely plant-type monsters. This is their territory, and getting close will be easily detected. We must try our best to remain silent."

As they approached the source of the sound, Leon reached out to stop the group.

Karl: "Let me go first, sir. If the enemy notices someone approaching, my strongest meat shield can come in handy."

"Row."

Lyon nodded.

Karl drew his sword, carefully leaned against the cliff face, and peered out.

BOOM!!!

A thick vine suddenly lashed out, and Karl dodged to the side, only to have it grazed by his ear and cut in two.

After the vine passed through Karl's earlobe, it suddenly jerked back, seemingly about to whip Karl's back again.

laugh! ! !

A slender, two-finger-wide magic sword sliced ​​through the air, cutting down on the vine. But it only penetrated three centimeters before stopping. Instead, the vine coiled around it several times and quickly wrapped around it, reaching towards Mark, who was swinging his sword to help Karl.

"Damn, these vines are incredibly resilient!"

Just as Mark's hand was about to be entangled, Leon infused his magic into the magic sword, activating its sharpening enchantment, and swung it down fiercely.

laugh! !

With Leon's strength comparable to that of a fourth-tier cultivator, coupled with the sharpened magic sword, he felt an unusually sticky sensation when he cut down the vines.

Fortunately, the moment he noticed the stickiness, he exerted force with his wrist again, using a small part of the Shadow Sword Slash technique, and the sticky feeling of the demonic sword was cleared, allowing him to swing it down smoothly and cut the vine.

After the severed vine fell to the ground, it was still jumping around on the ground like a fish or shrimp that had fallen to the ground, which looked very strange.

On the other side, Karl covered his bleeding ear and pulled his head back.

Because he saw other vines coming at him.

Bang!Bang!Bang!

The cliff face Carl was leaning against crackled and popped as the vines struck it, splitting it into large chunks of rock that flew everywhere, many of which hit Carl.

Carl, the strongest tank, could only continue to retreat.

"What a ferocious plant-type monster!"

The expressions on their faces changed slightly.

The 41st floor is truly terrifying; even a random plant-type monster can sense someone approaching and quickly attack.

If it weren't for this cliff, Karl would have been killed right there.

"Now that we've alerted them, let's fight with all our might! Karl, you charge out and hold off the first wave."

"it is good!"

Karl gathered the severed half of his ear into a bundle, tossed it aside, gripped the door-shaped sword with both hands, held it against his shoulders, gritted his teeth, and charged forward quickly.

Lyon and Mark followed behind.

“March, I’ll use the wand for now. You use your plant magic to protect Iris. I’ll give it back to you when you need to use your curse magic.”

"Okay, okay."

Maggie rolled her eyes, but didn't refuse.

At this moment, Iris reached out and grabbed Maggie, warning her:

"Don't cause trouble during battle, Miss Machiru."

"Don't worry, I also want to leave the 41st floor alive. I'm smart enough not to make the wrong choice."

"Then charge with me, use your plant magic to cover me."

The two women immediately rushed out from one side of the cliff and came to a wide valley in front of the cliff.

Whoosh! Thud! Thud! Crash!

The sounds of violent collisions and magical explosions were incessant.

Ahead of us was a fairly large-scale team battle.

The first thing I saw when Iris looked around was a giant tree, twenty meters tall, standing in the very center of the valley.

The giant tree trunk is straight without a single bend, and its leaves are like pine needles. Each emerald green needle forms a beautiful cluster of needles that extends from the top of the giant tree, forming a huge green canopy of pine needles that covers at least twenty or thirty meters in diameter.

Behind the canopy of pine needles was a huge mural, at least thirty meters long, that looked very old but whose colors had not faded much.

The murals depict countless magnificent scenes, including, from left to right, flowing clouds reaching the sky, ancient giant beasts, gods in the clouds, heroes underground, and countless living beings.

At first glance, one can sense the countless mysteries contained in the murals; they are beautiful and magnificent, making the giant pine tree appear exceptionally sacred.