Magic: My equipment slots have no restrictions

Seeing Victor's serious expression, the girl immediately gripped her wand tightly and pursed her thin lips.

She had escaped earlier entirely thanks to the other party, and now she had no doubt that Victor was just putting on a show.

Even with the fog obscuring her vision, she still felt a tightness in her chest.

"Wha...what's wrong?"

She subconsciously took half a step closer to the boy's back.

Viktor did not answer.

He had already confirmed that the blurry figures in the distance... all three of them were humanoid.

However, their race could not be confirmed.

They are slowly approaching, their movements suggesting they are searching for something.

It's probably about finding the person behind you.

"Hey, do you know you've been coming here to break off tree branches?"

Viktor knew that the visitors' view was obstructed, so he spoke up.

The girl lowered her head slightly, thinking about how she had sneaked out of the housekeeper's house by climbing out the window.

"have no idea."

Her ears turned red, and she was somewhat embarrassed to speak, but she still responded:

"Is there a problem?"

Is this still not a problem?

Victor glanced at the girl, meeting her clear yet naive golden eyes.

The criticism that was about to spill out was immediately stopped, and he casually said:

"What's your relationship like?"

As he spoke, he glanced at the group of people, then turned and walked quickly away.

Seeing this, the girl quickly followed.

"My father loves me very much."

Walking to Viktor's side, she spoke without hesitation, a faint smile immediately appearing on her face.

The happiness in that smile pierced Viktor's heart, and the memory of "father" slowly resurfaced in his mind.

Three years ago, on a rainy night, three green-skinned men broke down the door and stabbed the original body, but the original body... survived.

That old gambler actually protected him in his last moments.

A fleeting look of heaviness crossed Viktor's eyes, but he quickly composed himself.

There are things more troublesome than memories right now.

The girl's family was harmonious, but the other parents were unaware that their daughter had run away to a place of corruption.

The person behind them could not possibly be there to take the other person home.

Because this place is completely isolated from the outside world, it is impossible to easily perceive the situation inside.

Those who managed to track us all the way here must have planned this all along!

Thinking of this, he glanced back at the group, intending to confirm how far he had left them behind, but couldn't help but frown.

Those figures were actually moving closer to us!

Even though they were only about a hundred meters apart, and the corrupting aura of this place was affecting the casting of magic, how did those people perceive the surrounding situation?

Viktor's uneasy premonition grew stronger.

Seeing his serious expression, the girl also became nervous:

"That......"

"Finally found it."

She was about to speak when she was interrupted by a deep female voice from not far behind her, leaving her speechless for a moment.

Then, another voice came through, making her expression freeze.

"Tsk, how much time have you wasted trying to lock onto their aura? Why don't you hurry up and make your move?"

The girl couldn't see through the fog, but Victor could see it clearly.

The speaker was a burly man in leather armor, who was carrying a giant axe on his shoulder with a cold expression as he strode over.

An ordinary-looking man followed behind the burly man, holding a one-handed sword in one hand and a round shield in the other.

Bringing up the rear was a dark-skinned, white-haired female drow, tossing a dagger as she walked.

She was obviously the first to speak.

This is an adventurer party. Although they don't seem to have any ranged attackers, their melee capabilities are clearly not weak.

"Dark vision? No... perhaps it's some kind of special magical artifact."

Based on his memory, Viktor guessed that this was the case.

Without magical tools, these people would never be able to see through the fog formed by the breath of corruption.

However, he was actually overthinking it.

At this moment, the fog was still thick in the eyes of the female drow, but a slender human figure appeared a hundred meters ahead.

The same applies to the vision of others, clearly indicating the use of some kind of special magic.

Victor knew he couldn't shake off the three of them with his current abilities, and after some thought, he said:

"There are three of them, they're probably here for you."

As he spoke, he reached out a hand toward a giant, rotten, blackened tree beside him.

The moment he touched the bark, he felt something new enter his mind, a look of understanding flashed in his eyes, and he silently began to process it.

Seeing Viktor suddenly fall silent, the girl thought he was scared and felt inexplicably flustered.

Especially when they heard the footsteps growing louder in the thick fog ahead, and saw three dark figures gradually becoming clearer.

The wooden wand in her hand creaked as she gripped it.

His father had warned him that he had many enemies outside, and if given the chance, those guys would definitely take a big bite out of the family.

The butler's admonitions also echoed in his mind:

The outside world is dangerous; those all sorts of people are sometimes more terrifying than demons.

"Hey! Look who's here."

As the voice rang out, the mist was torn apart by the burly figure, and the strong man stepped into the girl's field of vision, grinning and shouting:

"A fledgling that has broken away from the raven family!"

As he finished speaking, the burly man glanced at Viktor, noticing his thin build, plain clothes, and youthful appearance, a hint of confusion flashing in his eyes:

"Tsk, there are still people here?"

"Jadis, when did you start talking so much nonsense?"

In the fog, the drow who should have appeared in the girl's sight suddenly disappeared.

The girl's eyes narrowed, and she silently chanted a spell. A rune immediately appeared on the wooden wand in her hand.

She then felt a gentle breeze on her face, and the mist on both sides spread outwards!

But after waiting for two seconds, nothing happened.

The ordinary-looking man silently walked behind the burly man and yawned.

The girl's body was tense, her eyes filled with disbelief.

The shield spell... failed!

But before she could even express her surprise, a deep voice sounded beside her:

"They're just civilians, kill them."

The girl's beautiful eyes widened suddenly as she looked to the side.

A smartly dressed female drow was standing behind Viktor, with one hand on the boy's cheek.

With his other hand, he casually twirled the tip of the dagger with two fingers, moving the blade back and forth in front of the boy's throat.

A faint smile played on her lips, as if she were grasping not a person, but a human-shaped toy.

"..."

The girl was horrified, and the magic wand almost slipped from her hand.

She had never encountered such a situation before.

A person walks past you silently, and you can't see their movements at all until you realize what's happening.

The boy who had protected him was captured right under his nose!

However, for some reason...

The other person remained in the same position, touching the tree with one hand, seemingly lost in thought, with no discernible emotion on their face.

"Um?"

Unlike the puzzled others, the female drow was extremely perceptive and immediately noticed that something was wrong.

It's too quiet.

From the moment our three approached until we captured this civilian, there wasn't a single sound around us. At the very least, there should have been insects coming closer!

In a flash of inspiration, she immediately brandished the dagger.

The wind howled, but it wasn't a dagger; instead, a dark vine shadow from the mist struck like lightning.

"Swish! Snap!"

Two voices rang out almost simultaneously.

The dagger slipped from the drow's hand, and she retreated with a ferocious expression.

The intense burning sensation was unbearable for her, and she let out a low growl, her expression contorted: "Aaaaah..."