Wizard: You can become stronger by living life to the fullest.

Chapter 236-021: The Bounty Hunter in a Dire Situation

Rosie's eyes lit up: "Someone's here?"

He'd been lost for ages in this godforsaken place, and finding a living person to help him understand his surroundings would be a huge help.

Just as Rosie was feeling pleased, Lina added, "But if you don't hurry, you might become a dead man soon."

Luo Xi was taken aback: "What's going on?"

Lina said, "You'll see when you go out and take a look."

Rosie immediately dropped what she was doing, left the tent and went outside, where she saw the situation Lina had described.

They found two men and a woman hiding in a dilapidated building in the ruins not far from the lake. There were at least a dozen undead around them, including skeleton warriors and skeleton archers, who were attacking the three of them. The situation was extremely dangerous.

"Let's go take a look."

Luo Xi moved swiftly and walked towards that direction.

Meanwhile, at the ruins ahead.

Jerome was desperately wielding his cross sword to fend off the attacks of the undead around him. He was a treasure hunter who roamed the ruins and possessed the strength of a knight. The two people fighting alongside him were his companions. The young man, named Kane, was also a knight, while the woman, Angel, was a noble wizard apprentice.

The three of them had originally planned to explore a ruined castle together. Not long ago, they obtained a treasure map of the place, which had once belonged to a noble family in Siglamar. They wanted to try their luck and see if they could find any treasures inside.

However, their mission was thwarted from the start. Before they could even locate the exact site of the ruins, they were besieged by the undead roaming the wasteland.

This place was never meant for bounty hunters of their caliber. With their current strength, they could barely handle one or two undead, but encountering such a large undead group immediately put them in a desperate situation.

"Angel, are you done yet?" Jerome shouted back as he swung his sword to fend off the undead's attacks.

The knight's strength alone is not enough to fight against these undead. Now he can only place his hopes on the angel behind him, hoping that her magic can help them fight their way out of this dangerous situation.

"I need a little more time."

However, Angel's answer greatly disappointed Jerome. After all, she was just a low-level apprentice who had only recently embarked on the path of wizardry. Not only was the magic she could cast very limited, but her manipulation of energy was also very unskilled.

"Hurry, we can't hold on much longer." Kane's voice came from the side; he was also struggling to hold on.

Angel said, "No, three minutes!"

Jerome gave a wry smile. Three minutes wasn't a particularly long time, but in this situation, they might not even be able to hold on for a minute, let alone three.

After a moment's thought, Jerome seemed to have made up his mind. He gritted his teeth, suddenly pressed his thumb on a rune on the cross-shaped sword, and chanted a short incantation.

Where there was originally a strange demon relief on the hilt of the cross sword, the relief now seemed to come alive. The demon on it had actually awakened and opened its mouth to bite Jerome's wrist and suck on it fiercely.

A large amount of blood was visibly drawn from the blood vessels and poured into the mouth of the demon statue. Jerome's face turned noticeably pale, his hair withered, and even fine wrinkles appeared on his skin. It seemed that not only blood but also life force was being drained away.

"Chirp chirp chirp!"

But at the same time, a strange chirping sound came from the blade. It was the eerie laughter of the demon sculpture on the hilt. Then the demon flew down from the hilt, transformed into a huge demon phantom, and quickly merged with Jerome.

"what?"

When Rosie arrived nearby, she was stunned by the scene and stopped her original plan to attack. She looked curiously at Jerome and the cross sword in his hand.

This is clearly a magical weapon, a demonic magical weapon, which is quite rare. Let's take a closer look and see what kind of spell it is.

"Whoosh! ~ Whoosh! ~"

After the demonic phantom merged with Jerome, Jerome's breathing suddenly became heavy, two distinct white wisps of smoke emerged from his nostrils, and his body suddenly expanded rapidly. With a few cracking sounds, his entire body swelled to nearly twice its original size, bursting through his clothes and transforming him into a small giant.

At this moment, Jerome seemed to have abandoned his human form. His hands grew long, pointed supports, his legs became thick, and his skin was even covered with a thick layer of scales.

"roar!"

He roared, threw away the cross-shaped sword in his hand, and leaped into the pile of undead in front of him like a lion pouncing on its prey.

"Crack! Pfft!"

Jerome's power increased many times over in that instant, and the surrounding undead were sent flying by his attacks. Two skeletons were shattered in an instant, and even the rotting heart of a zombie was ripped out.

Jerome's outburst seemed to turn the tide for the group, who were initially in dire straits, and they managed to withstand the undead's attack.

"The improvement is that big?"

Rosie raised an eyebrow, becoming even more interested in this magical weapon. She wondered what its specific magical structure was like, that it could instantly increase the strength of an ordinary knight several times over.

"It's a pity that his stamina doesn't seem to be very good."

However, the spell seemed to be applied for a very short time. After just over a minute, Jerome's power began to fade, and after a few dozen seconds, it completely disappeared.

At the same time, the little devil emerged from Jerome's mouth and flew back to the sword guard, returning to its original motionless relief form.

Without the demon's help, Jerome was instantly reduced to his original form, and was much weaker than before. He was sent flying by a single sword strike from a skeleton warrior.

"Jerome!"

Kane, who was fighting alongside him, was taken aback and rushed over to help Jerome. But at the same time, the skeletons in front rushed up, and more than a dozen rusty cross-shaped swords slashed at the two of them.

Just when it seemed the two were about to die, the angel behind them finally finished her magical preparations.

"Get out of the way!"

She shouted and raised her long wand. The next second, her magic erupted!

(End of this chapter)