Soul of Burning Steel

"We should retreat as soon as possible."

On the hillside of the Dragon Nest Ruins, the group of four finally came to such a result after discussing in low voices.

Ivan held his breath and secretly looked down the mountain. Huge, the dragon beast covered in steel was breathing heavily like a roar, as if it was about to launch an attack, and in front of it, the men in black had already arranged their formation, and the four spellcasters were protected Behind the fifteen melee professionals, the longbowman and other professionals have already hidden in other places.

In the center of the team, the black-clothed spellcaster who seemed to be a woman floated in the air, and the translucent magic power fluctuations on her body stirred up the atmosphere, proving that she was a golden novice mage.

The aftermath of the battle between the mid-level gold dragon beast and the team with the gold powerhouse is enough to affect thousands of meters away. Even if the four of them are located halfway up the mountain, it is impossible to completely avoid the chaotic magic fluctuations. Ivan and the others are mages of the Black Iron Order, and the violent elemental environment will have a great impact on their bodies.

But it was not because of these reasons that everyone decided to retreat as soon as possible.

"Those guys are cultists!"

Not long ago, the extremely nervous warning of the half-dwarf Nick still echoed in everyone's ears, and later, the obscure magic fluctuations transmitted from the black-clothed spellcasters also proved this point. Wen flew out from the black staffs in their hands, forming magic circles one after another, gathering on the body of the gold-level spellcaster.

What is a cultist? There is no need to answer, the Northland, even the entire Mycroft Continent, knows that those are lunatics who wholeheartedly create wars and killings, plagues and turmoil. Hundreds of years ago, when the cultists were at their most rampant, news of demon sacrifices and massacres came from all over the world almost every few days. The four of them grew up listening to the horror stories of the cultists. I understand how unusual it is for such a group of cultists with gold powerhouses to appear in the Northland.

No time to think about what these cultists came to the dragon's nest for, Ivan and Amira quickly decided to evacuate the elemental turbulent area as soon as possible while they were fighting the dragon beast, and then use the special communication method of the academy on their body Notify the academy instructors to come as soon as possible to kill or arrest these cultists. This is more important than the purpose of their trip.

Karin naturally had no objection, and so did Nick.

At the foot of the mountain, the battle has begun.

Iron Armored Mountain Dragon couldn't hold back his temper. This pangolin-like but extremely huge monster had no interest in the group of small bugs in front of him. Even if there was one whose breath was close to its own, it didn't care at all.

The giant limbs moved like the stone pillars supporting the temple, and stomped heavily on the ground. The giant beast decided to ignore the group of humans who tried to stop it. Its whole body seemed to be a moving fortress, and it rushed straight towards the ruins of the dragon's nest.

Countless snow and dust deposited on the ground were shaken up, and cracks spread. Facing the giant beasts that crashed like mountain peaks, even the elite, these cultists inevitably had a trace of fear in their hearts, but they had long since Having received corresponding combat training, at the same time that the Iron Armored Mountain Dragon began to charge, the formation of these cultists changed, skillfully avoiding the straight line of the giant beast's collision, and came to the opponent's side.

Each of these fighters with middle and high ranks of silver dexterously avoided the airflow generated by the opponent's charge, raised the enchanted long sword and chain hammer in their hands, raised their fighting spirit, broke the atmosphere, and smashed hard on the carapace of the opponent's limbs.

But it was useless, the Iron Armored Mountain Dragon was still charging. The sword blade and the carapace intersected, producing a violent creaking sound, and a strong shock force came, but all the blades were shaken away and shattered. Even if several soldiers were stabbed by the fragments of their own weapons, Temporarily unable to continue fighting.

The dragon beast whose whole body is covered by the [anti-shock stance] will not be dragged by the miscellaneous soldiers at all, and only the strong of the same level can stop it.

"Back off, sure enough, it is not a gold-level existence, and there is no way to block Shanlong's charge."

In the center of the team, the woman in black took off her hood and revealed her true face. Half of her face was a beautiful woman, and the other half was a skeleton filled with black mist. Her black eye sockets were burning. The steady fire of the soul released blue light, and the woman known as the priest looked at the dragon beast that was charging forward, and raised the staff in her hand.

The whole body of this staff is pale, and the top is a huge skull. Its whole body is made of human bones. The eyes of the skull are inlaid with two bright magic crystals. Through the magic circle prepared earlier, it brings together the power of the other three cult casters. The woman pointed the skull staff at the Iron Armored Mountain Dragon, and then quickly chanted a profane spell.

Invisible fluctuations and black shadows appeared one after another, and then rushed towards the dragon beast. As the magic power spread, Iron Armored Mountain Dragon immediately felt that the surrounding atmosphere seemed to turn into a solid body, making his body freeze, and the next moment, the shadow turned into A huge black arm wrapped around its limbs, trying to keep it in place.

[Atmospheric Stasis] and [Shadow Grasp], these two magics cast by gold-level mages are enough to freeze the air into an entity that is better than rocky walls, and the huge shadow tentacles can crush steel, but they can't stop it The huge power of the dragon beast, just a moment later, with the roar of the Iron Armored Mountain Dragon, it got rid of the spell cast by the black priest, and then rushed towards the opponent like a gust of wind and raging waves, and the priestess who won the time to cast the spell A faint gray light also began to glow on his staff.

At the foot of the mountain, there was a huge vibration, and the four people on the mountainside knew that the battle had begun. With the roar like thunder, Ivan was about to take his companions out of this dangerous area. They carefully left the hill where they hid before , and ran quickly down the mountain.

But the golden priest who was fighting keenly noticed something wrong. She turned her head immediately, and the black eye sockets on half of the skull's face were flickering with the light of the fire of the soul. She said in a sharp voice: "There is someone halfway up the mountain! He saw us!"

At this time, the woman in black was using various seemingly evil spells to weaken the resistance of the Iron Armored Mountain Dragon, and repeatedly used frost spells to curb the dragon beast's attempt to breathe out the fire dragon's breath. The magic power fluctuations all over her body released The obvious and extremely filthy smell, even ordinary people can know that this must be a cultist.

This operation is classified. It took them a lot of money to cross the Grand Canyon and sneak into the northern land of Moldavia. If ordinary people find out about this and tell Joshua or Nostradamus, Then there is no doubt that their mission is very likely to fail, so after hearing the words of their leader, most of the cultists present quickly rushed towards the halfway up the mountainside of the dragon nest ruins.

Anyway, the facts have proved that they can't do any damage to Iron Armored Mountain Dragon. Whether it's swords, spells or crossbows, they can't break through the opponent's iron shell at all, and the dragon beast's eyes also have a thick layer of transparent eyelids. Priests are also hard to beat.

Because the magic that concealed the breath before was released, the faces of Ivan and his party who were discovered were heavy. They had not been far away at this time, and they had already been discovered by the other party. According to the speed of the silver strong, it would not be long before they were met catch up.

"I... I'm coming to the queen."

After hesitating for a moment, Ivan still made a decision immediately. He looked sideways at his companion, and said in a firm tone that he could not refuse: "Give me the magic scroll and the acid grenade, you guys go away."

Although ruthless, this is something that was discussed at the beginning of the formation of the team. When the four-person team encounters an unstoppable enemy, if one person volunteers to be in the rear, then the others should not waste time talking and let the other party's sacrifice be in vain.

Nick clenched his fists loudly, and Karin also clenched her teeth, but they were not ordinary teenagers who came out of the greenhouse. Nick's parents died in a black tide eight years ago. He has been hunting by himself and with the help of his uncle's family until now. Karin's elders are knights in the Black Forest Fortress. Every year, you have to go through a Warcraft siege, how can you not know the courage and determination required to make such a decision?

It is precisely because they know that they will never waste it with willfulness.

The two silently handed all the magic props on their bodies to Ivan, and Amira looked at her brother. She opened her mouth slightly and took a step forward, as if she wanted to say something, but finally hugged He stared at the other party for a moment, then left in silence.

At the foot of the mountain, the battle between the two strong gold men was still going on. The priest used various vicious curse spells to weaken the dragon beast's physique and strength, and cleverly used various techniques to oppress the Iron Armored Mountain Dragon so that it could not breathe fire. From the current point of view, it is impossible to say who has the upper hand, but this battle will definitely not end in a short time.

Some of the silver-ranked cultists stayed behind to take care of the wounded, while the other part hurried to the halfway up the mountain. The leader of the cultist in black was a longbowman who had been hiding nearby. His speed was not slow. The distance is also close, so the first one arrives at the destination.

And a figure appeared in front of his eyes.

Ivan Makarov, the boy who was born as a hunter, stared at the enemy in front of him with icy eyes, and a calm light shone in his gray pupils. He held a scroll in his hand. He looked ordinary. He was wearing a college uniform and a white snow robe. His eyebrows were not handsome, but standing on the ground, he was as unshakable as a steel statue.

And the next moment, the scroll in the young man's hand shone with light, releasing a gray light beam. The longbowman couldn't dodge it, so he could only raise his arm to block it, but the moment he touched the light beam, his whole body shook. It made a creaking sound and was completely petrified. The light beam did not stop because of this. It jumped over the longbowman who had turned into a stone statue, and swept towards the other cultists behind him. In just an instant, more than five cultists were killed. petrochemical.

The difference in strength between silver and black iron is far less than that between silver and gold, gold and ultimate intent, ultimate intent and legend. Neither of them has reached the extraordinary, and they are still mortals. If used properly, black iron level It is of course possible for mages to kill silver using items such as scrolls.

What Ivan used was the last resort given by the instructors of the academy to protect these students who went out for trials. This kind of petrified beam scroll that can be used by black iron-level mages comes with a large amount of magic power reserves, allowing even seriously injured The students could easily use it, and the moment the scroll was used, a sharp alarm sounded in a secret room of Winter Castle College.

"What's going on?! Which team is in danger?"

A mentor outside the secret room immediately rushed in and asked nervously loudly, and the personnel in the secret room who had been monitoring various information immediately replied: "It's Team No. 1, Ivan Makarov and the others! Scroll The detection circle on the screen shows that there are gold-level magic fluctuations around them!"

"Gold Class?! Damn, where are they!"

"Extreme Arctic Ice Field, White Dragon Lair!"

Half a minute later, a rescue team consisting of two gold-level mages and four silver high-level mages passed through the teleportation array and went to the extreme north ice field for rescue.

At this time, Ivan's situation is very bad. Although half of the cultists who came rushing were petrified by him with the scroll of petrified light beams, as long as they were ignored after a while, these petrified people would get rid of the influence of the magic power and come back to life, while the others who saw the situation were not good The cultists no longer run in a straight line, but use various rocky terrains to jump forward in an S shape.

In this way, although the forward speed was greatly reduced, it also prevented Ivan, who was holding other scrolls, from aiming and attacking. He tried to throw a few bottles of acid grenade commonly used by dwarves, but failed to hit the target.

It seems that this is the end of it. The young man thought helplessly. But this is not bad, at least it delays their forward speed and chasing time.

This world is so dangerous, so he had thought about death a long time ago, since the dragon beast invaded the village and killed his parents, the young man who aspired to become a dragon slayer had already thought that he might die halfway , died due to an accident, but even he didn't expect it to come so soon.

It seems that I can't hunt the dragon with my own hands to avenge my parents...but at least my sister...

And his younger sister, Amira, stopped suddenly in the middle of retreating.

"Amila, don't stop!"

At this moment, even Nick, who had some admiration for the other party, said in a deep voice, "Don't do something stupid, and let your brother's sacrifice be in vain!"

And the red-haired girl Karin is ready to knock her unconscious and take her away if the other party doesn't follow suit. People in the Northland are never like mothers-in-law and mothers. They don't have time to play brother-sister love at this time. There is a chance for revenge.

But the girl with long platinum hair didn't immediately answer her companion's questioning. She just glanced at the ruins of the dragon's nest, where the snow and ice were crumbling due to the aftermath of the battle of the gold-ranked powerhouse, and an inexplicable light shone in her eyes.

"Nick, Karin, don't lie to yourself. The other party has a strong gold player, so we can't escape." The girl said softly, "But I have a plan, maybe it can be delayed for a longer time."

She spoke of her plan.

This very northern-style plan immediately impressed the other two people.

A moment later, Ivan, who was leaning against the rocks and terrain and using the magic scroll to delay the progress of the cultists, suddenly heard an extremely loud shout.

"ah----!!!"

Nick's voice echoed around the entire dragon nest ruins. With the blessing of high-pitched magic, the original loud voice of the half-dwarf seemed like thunder in an instant, even surpassing thunder. The huge sound wave transmission made everyone, including the cultists, shake surprised.

In the next moment, a red arrow with magical brilliance crossed a long trajectory in the air, and then landed at the bottom of the mountain, where the ice and snow ruins formed by the collapse of the Dragon's Nest.

"That, that's Karin's Explosive Arrow!"

Looking at the arrow falling in shock, Ivan, as the chief of the academy, is so smart. He understood the thoughts of his companions in an instant, and the huge shock and emotion came from his mind, making him speechless for a while.

No words needed either.

Because of the huge roar, it overwhelmed all other sounds.

The originally stable ruins of the dragon's nest were shaken by the battle of the strong gold at the foot of the mountain, and the reverberating sound waves and violent explosions became the last straw that crushed the ice and snow on the top of the mountain.

Rumble rumble———

A dull and violent roar reverberated in mid-air. At the foot of the mountain, the black-clothed priest who was fighting with the iron-armored mountain dragon and took advantage of the opponent's weakness of low intelligence suddenly looked up at the snow-capped mountain behind him, because Shocked, she ended her suppression of the dragon beast in an instant, and the huge dragon beast took this opportunity to sweep it away and sent it flying far away.

"The dragon's nest collapsed... there is no way to complete the task!"

And at this moment, the priest was not thinking about himself, but the mission assigned by the high priest.

It can be seen that in the middle of the mountain, large groups of ice and snow rush down the hillside. The scene is like a tsunami torrent, and the sandcastle collapses. The violent roar and vibration caused the earth to vibrate like an earthquake, making All the cultists who are still halfway up the mountain are dead.

They immediately gave up the pursuit of Ivan and the others, but fled down the mountain. As silver-level existences, it is indeed very likely that they will not die due to the avalanche, but it is very possible that they will be seriously injured and near death. No one To be foolish enough to resist an avalanche would be suicide.

The avalanche seemed to be slow, but in fact it was extremely fast. In just a few seconds, the ice and snow that was originally on the top of the mountain surged, caught up with the fleeing cultists, and swallowed them one by one. At the same time, Ivan hid behind a rock, praying that he would survive. Amira and others, who had been prepared to resist for a long time, also made the same move, waiting for the ice and snow to fall down.

At the foot of the mountain, the huge dragon beast looked at the avalanche, but there was no fluctuation in its heart. It didn't even look back, but continued to move towards the mountain until it was submerged by the gradually stopping snow torrent.

After the violent roar, there was a long-lost tranquility.

The foot of the mountain is covered with white ice and snow, as if it has become a snow plain.

After an unknown amount of time, a small hill was arched on the flat snow surface. The next moment, the hill collapsed into a hole, and a black figure floated up from it, and a female voice turned from embarrassment into anger.

"Damn it! If I ever found out who started the avalanche, I'd... have to..."

This voice, which was originally full of resentment and unwillingness, gradually became lower, weaker, and almost non-existent. Only the woman's jaws trembled and the teeth collided with each other.

Because a man was standing in front of her, watching her with interested eyes.

"Say it."

He put it this way: "What are you going to do to my students?"

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