You are all my wings...

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

Lyon urged her on, pulling Iris along as they ran towards the cliff face. Without hesitation, he picked Iris up and leaped over it.

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

Why are there so many bears in this place?

Is it because the owner of the 40th floor is a giant bear?

Before landing, Leon stretched out his palm and pushed, activating a whirlwind spell 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 too."

There was a hint of resentment in her tone, indicating that she was unhappy about Leon's overly intimate behavior with Machiru, including their skin-to-skin contact without any clothing between them.

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

Lyon stared at Iris, his tone serious.

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

This guy's research capabilities 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 simply to conserve Iris's magic.

On this perilous 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 Macchiato's fourth-order wand, she naturally wanted to make the most of it.

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

When Elizabeth heard Leon's serious tone, she 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 Macchiato being so intimate."

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

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.

Leon smiled and said, "Of course, you are the most important person in my heart. That has been the case from the beginning, and it will definitely not change in the future."

"That's good."

"Satisfied?"

"Well……"

Elizabeth's voice was soft.

"Don't worry, Lyon, I'll keep a close eye on Macchiato 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 Macchiato.

There was no other way; Iris's instincts were very sharp, so let her do what she wanted. Perhaps she could keep Macchiato in check and prevent her from causing too 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 Macchiato 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, what can I do? You're my dear and respectable master, so 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."

Machi Lu is acting again.

This time, Elizabeth didn't refute it.

It seems she was struck by those sweet words, which made her even more shy, and her fighting spirit plummeted.

Macchiato 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, Burelita and the others also fell in this direction.

Carl caught up: "Your Excellency, 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, Karl! This is that fourth-order 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 not only one of shock, but also fear, apprehension, tension, and a sense of keeping his distance.

Leon noticed the strange look in Karl's eyes: "No, what 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 in the fourth rank. Instead, his stupid brain is thinking about Your Excellency's astonishing sexual fetishes. As Her Excellency's advisor, this is truly a disgrace to your reputation."

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

Mark ignored Karl and apologized to Lyon:

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

"Alright, you guys keep quiet and just enjoy yourselves."

Leon shook his head speechlessly and gestured to the others, 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 each time using his ever-present wind detection magic and then used his ever-present shadow shield magic to conceal himself and barely manage to evade them.

Fortunately, the fifth-tier monsters that passed by weren't good at scouting, 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 power loss is too great, and it is easy to attract other monsters, so it is best to avoid it.

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

"Logically speaking, even with such strong winds, Brierita shouldn't be this far from us, right?"

Halfway there, Elizabeth 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 acceptable."

Lyon felt a little regretful; if Utaman, whom they had captured earlier, were here, he could have helped them find the person.

As they were talking, Iris suddenly said:

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

Chapter 109 The False Wisdom Tree and the Sacred Murals

"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 activity, the battle is mostly between the saintess and other adventurers. We can ambush their opponents if we go over there. Moreover, based on what I detected with wind magic, the opponents should be plant-type monsters. This is their territory, and it will be easy to be detected if we get too close. We must try to make as little noise as possible."

As they approached the source of the sound, Leon reached out and stopped them.

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

"Row."

Lyon nodded.

Carl drew his sword from the door panel, carefully leaned against the cliff face, and peered out.

BOOM!!!

A thick vine suddenly struck, and as Karl dodged to the side, it grazed his ear and sliced ​​it 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 magic sword, about two fingers wide, sliced ​​through the air and cut into the vines from top to bottom. However, it only cut three centimeters in before stopping. Instead, the vines 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, activated the Sharpening Enchantment, and swung it down fiercely.

laugh! !

With Leon's strength comparable to that of a fourth-order rank, coupled with the sharpened magic sword, the moment he cut down the vines, there was an unusually sticky feeling in his hand.

Fortunately, the moment he noticed the stickiness, he exerted force with his wrist again, and with a quick flick of his wrist, he severed the vine.

After one end of the severed vine hit 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.

Meanwhile, Karl covered his bleeding ear and pulled his head back into his pocket.

Because he saw other vines coming at him.

Bang!Bang!Bang!

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

Karl, 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 plant-type monster can sense someone approaching and quickly attack.

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

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

"it is good!"

Carl gathered his severed half-ear into his bag, tossed it aside, gripped the door-panel sword with both hands, held it against his shoulder, gritted his teeth, and charged forward quickly.

Leon and Mark followed behind.

"Macchiato, I'll use the wand for now. You use your plant magic to protect Iris. I'll give it to you when I need to use your curse magic."

"Okay, okay."

Macchiato rolled her eyes, but didn't refuse.

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

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

"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 off the cliff and arrived at a wide valley in front of the cliff.

Whoosh! Thud! Thud! Crash!

The sounds of violent collisions and magical explosions were incessant.

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

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

The giant tree's trunk was perfectly straight, without a single bend. Its leaves resembled pine needles, each emerald green needle clustered into beautiful tufts that arched and extended from the top of the tree, forming a massive green canopy of pine needles. At least [the text abruptly ends here, likely due to an incomplete sentence or missing information].

Behind the dense 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, from left to right: clouds reaching the sky, ancient beasts, gods in the clouds, heroes underground, and all living beings.

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