Sword Fantasy

Chapter 22

We were walking on a small forest path. "We have been walking for a whole day. Let's take a break in the woods ahead. What do you think?" said a man in his thirties.
"Okay, since the leader said so, there must be a deeper meaning behind it. Alice and I have no objection!" Ling Yun smiled slightly.

Everyone was right. This group of five people was Ling Yun, Alice and their group who set out from Main City!

Alice looked at Ling Yun and didn't say much! Instead, Claudia, the usually silent girl, said, "Alice, can you tell me more about your battle against the Sky Demon Wolf? I'm still very interested. Do you want to tell me more?"

Alice turned to look at me, wanting to ask for my opinion! I nodded slightly! After all, Alice needed to connect with others! Seeing my nod, Alice excitedly walked over to chat with Claudia! After two days of getting along, Alice and I had become quite close with Vig and the other two. Although we didn't trust each other very much at the beginning, the old saying goes that communication is necessary! First time, second time, familiarity prevails. After the first exchange, there was a second, and then a third!

People, once they communicate, they will understand each other and have something in common! In this way, the two groups gradually became familiar with each other and started chatting! It turned out that Vig and his group had already had some connections with the city lord, and would escort some goods for the city lord from time to time! Over time, they formed a network of relationships! The city lord gave them some conveniences in the city! And they also helped the city lord with some things from time to time! Look, during the last escort mission, they accidentally discovered some clues about the underground city. They wanted to try to interpret it with their group of three, but they never thought that some of the clues needed to be interpreted by the three of them, and they were not experts! In desperation, they had to tell the city lord about it, and the city lord was also shocked when he heard it. He immediately sent people to investigate the clues, and finally, three days ago, a clue was found! And the clue pointed to a high-risk area! Vig said that if the three of them went, they might never come back! He hoped to find a few more capable adventurers to go with him, but he was careful and didn't look for any veteran adventurers. Instead, he set his sights on me who had just registered as an adventurer. Originally, he wanted to find another adventurer!
But no one expected that I'd bring back a little elf girl from the previous mission. This only confirmed that I was the one to take on this quest! Thinking about it, everything seemed to connect! Why would someone suddenly tease Alice? Why were the city guards so provocative? And what about their corruption and bribery?
When I put all these things together, I realized, damn, he had tricked me! I absolutely must not have anything to do with that sinister city lord again! If he ever sells me out, I won't know what will happen to me!

Fortunately, this dungeon is a crucial exploration mission in my quest! Completing it might yield some unexpected benefits! It can be used to improve my abilities! Why not?! After a long while, as night fell, we discussed and decided that the three men would take turns guarding the night, while the two girls slept and rested! A silent night followed!
The next morning, when everyone had a quick bite to eat and were getting ready to go, I suddenly noticed some auras appearing around us. I had felt this aura before, it was the aura that had been monitoring me! I pretended not to know and opened the map, and sure enough, there was a purple light spot on the map 300 meters behind us! After thinking about it, I turned on the divine vision skill without telling anyone! The figure disappeared in an instant. Seeing that the figure disappeared without saying a word, they were all surprised! However, they were all veterans. The reaction speed was also very fast! When they reacted, they asked Alice: "Alice, you have been with Lingyun for the longest time. Do you know what happened?"

Alice also looked puzzled and looked in the direction I disappeared! She said with a worried look on her face: "I don't know either, but it seems like something happened! I want to go find him!" After that, Alice stood up and ran in the direction I disappeared!
Soon, a violent energy fluctuation came from the direction I disappeared!

At this moment, I looked at the man in the black cloak in front of me and asked loudly, "Sir, who on earth is it that has been following me? I don't remember ever offending someone like you!"

The man in black just stared at me quietly, and suddenly a powerful energy burst out from his body! Faced with this unreasonable power, cold sweat gradually broke out on my hands! Because, I already had some thoughts of retreating in my heart! The man in black in front of me was much stronger than me. I felt that I could not match the power he burst out! In my heart, I advised myself to run away quickly, but curiosity overcame my reason! I saw a flash of knife light, and I had already slashed at the man in black! The dazzling blade light flew towards the man in black, but stopped in mid-air. It was as if there was an invisible wall blocking us, and my blade light could not break through this wall!

I pulled back instantly! Cold sweat broke out on my head! All I felt was terror in my heart, and I had no idea what to do! The man in black was full of flaws under my divine vision skill! But it was these flaws that made me hesitate! I knew that even if I activated the skills of my two eyes, I couldn’t hurt the man in black in front of me at all! However, I was unwilling to give up. I gritted my teeth and tried to activate the "Super Dimension Slash". But just when I was about to release it, the man in black moved, and appeared in front of me as if teleporting! He put his hand on my right hand! I felt my right hand was restricted and wanted to get rid of it, but it was too late! The man in black slowly touched my chest with his left index finger. I felt a huge force coming and the next second I flew out! Blood kept coming out of his mouth!

With a loud "thump", my whole body was embedded in a giant tree!
My consciousness was a little scattered at this moment, and everything in front of me was dark and gloomy! "Warning, warning! A large amount of demonic energy has been detected entering the body! Please stay away, please stay away!" The system's voice suddenly came to my ears!

While I still had some consciousness, I looked at the man in black and asked, "What exactly are you going to do to me?"

"Finally you're being honest. I just want to return what originally belonged to you!" the man in black said coldly.
(End of this chapter)