Witch Monastery

A milky white light lit up, and new magic power and purification energy poured into his body, giving him new strength. His mana was replenished by six points, and the upper limit was also expanded to thirty-eight points.

Not only that, new knowledge emerged in his mind and he mastered a new fourth-ring spell.

Fear Slash!

A fourth-ring spell consumes six mana points, and the effect of Fear Slash is to concentrate the power of these six mana points into one sword, instantly cutting through the opponent's soul and crushing the opponent's will!

Slowly savoring this new spell in his mind, Hawthorne's mouth curled up slightly.

Oh, Toren, you're going to be embarrassed again later!

Chapter 231: Fear Slash

"Go away!"

On the other side, Toren, who was paralyzed by the electric current, finally regained control of his body. He growled and swung his battle axe, so Agatha had to let go of her mouth and temporarily dodge.

With the support of the Cursed Swordsman's sixth-level ability "Cursed Ghost", she has a certain entity and can stay in the outside world for a long time, dealing with and fighting with the enemy - but this also means that ordinary weapons can also hurt her, although very lightly, but for Agatha, who is still very weak at this time, it is still very deadly!

After driving away the female ghost, the furious Toren did not stop. He swung his giant axe and rushed forward again. His heavy footsteps made the cave rumble, as if the whole earth was shaking!

The latter took a half step back, drew out the Storm Hammer from his waist for the second time, injected magic power into it, and threw it fiercely -

Torun was prepared for this, and swung his axe forward violently.

clang--

The ear-piercing sound of metal collision rang out again, and the flying hammer was actually hit sideways by him. A string of electricity struck his arms, but this time it only made his body stiff for less than a second!

However, Hawthorne did not expect that such a hammer head would be enough to defeat the opponent. He continued to chant a spell, guiding the surge of magic power, and new magic power began to condense on the blazing sword: "Staggering Smite!"

This is the effect of "Fear Slash". After casting this spell, he took a step forward and rushed towards Toren.

The latter took steady steps, swung his axe in a circle, and slashed horizontally. This time, Hawthorne did not dodge, but rushed forward against his slash: "Shield!"

The former's huge axe chopped down head-on!

clang--!

The giant axe hit his shield again, and Hawthorne's body staggered, but he forced himself to stabilize his body, and then slashed down vertically with the long sword -

laugh--

The sharp sword blade only left a shallow scar on the minotaur, but the raging fire on it ignited his fur. The power of the curse made his heart ache again, but all of this was nothing compared to the pain in his head at the moment!

"Uh--"

Invisible magic power surged into his mind, turning into an invisible blade that almost cut his soul. Toran's red eyes suddenly tightened. At this moment, he saw that Hawthorne's body seemed to be bigger than the mountains, holding a sword bigger than the mountains.

A bigger sword was chopped towards him!

He felt as if a basin of ice water had been poured on him. The anger in his chest disappeared completely in an instant. Now he only felt cold body and mind, and he couldn't even breathe!

"Do not……"

The anger had completely dissipated, and a huge feeling of pain, shame and fear rose to his heart, like a giant hand of steel, grasping his heart. His voice began to tremble, and the warrior who had been so arrogant just now was like a child at this moment: "This is not true, this is not true——!"

The barbarian, who was in a violent state just now, suddenly screamed, dropped his weapon, hugged his head with both hands, turned around and ran away roaring: "This is not true - ah ah ah ah!"

clang-

The giant steel axe smashed to the ground. This behavior of not cherishing weapons would definitely be severely condemned among the mountain people who were short of steel weapons.

But at this moment, the man who turned his head no longer cared about any traditions, taboos and principles. He just wanted to run as far as possible, as far as he could!

"Ahhhh——!"

In a panic, he ran towards the dark cave and disappeared into the depths of the cave in the blink of an eye.

"call……"

Hawthorne breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Toren's back, thought about it, and did not chase after him.

This barbarian ran much faster than himself, and he only had two mana points left, which meant he had no combat power at all after rounding off.

Chasing after him would be almost tantamount to suicide, so it is better to retreat as soon as possible before the effect of the "Fear Slash" spell wears off!

In the back, the Tauren were fighting fiercely with Anno and his men. Stone weapons and metal shields kept colliding, and at the same time, the various lights of blessing or curse, as well as the vines all over the ground, also showed the fierce battle between the spellcasters on both sides.

Even at this moment, even the mosquito bats controlled by Andnie were released by her, biting the bodies of these minotaurs fiercely, adding some damage that was better than nothing.

But in general, the Tauren had the upper hand in both numbers and individual strength. They were about to tear apart this hard-won front, but then they saw that their chief's son, Torun, the best warrior of the younger generation, was roaring in fear and running away.

Immediately, these people were horrified. They didn't understand what had happened that could have made their invincible self so frightened.

At the back of the minotaurs, the priest Samit took back the small flag in his hand, looked in the direction where Torun disappeared with a worried look, pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Let's retreat and find Torun!"

Regardless of the success or failure of this mission, the most important point is that their chief’s son, Toren, who will inherit the power of the Gaoling tribe in the future, must not make any mistakes!

Therefore, amid Samit's roar, the minotaurs who were suppressing the spiders and beating Anno and the others gave up the good situation, slowly retreated, kept their distance, and then turned around and ran in the direction where Toren left.

At this point, this battle that had only negative significance finally came to an end.

"Huh...Everyone, are you all okay?"

Hawthorne followed from behind and looked around. He found that although three giant spiders were dead and mosquito bats were slapped to death on the ground, with blood of various colors flowing, at least everyone was only slightly injured and there was no fatal damage.

"We are fine, how about you, Father?"

Nidalee responded immediately. She had already turned back into human form. After all, she couldn't cast spells in leopard form, and she was the only spellcaster on their side. Only she could fight against the opponent's priest.

So she changed back.

"I'm fine too." Hawthorne said, turning his head to look at all the wounded, as well as Bruno, the female Bronze Dragonborn, and Bonnie who was pregnant and hiding not far away, and frowned slightly.

Well... let's retreat!

Chapter 232 An Nuo: I’m not angry.

"We don't know when those minotaurs will catch up with us, so let's leave here quickly." Hawthorne suggested, and at the same time, he looked at Anno.

The latter lowered his eyes, seemingly not wanting to look him in the eye: "I have no objection."

Hawthorne was in a complicated mood, but this was not the time for sentimental things. He then turned his head to look at Bruno and said, "Sir, what do you think? Should we go with us or with those minotaurs?"

Although he knew that these people were weak and injured, Hawthorne still felt a little unhappy about their inaction.

At this moment, Bruno and the female bronze dragonborn were supporting Bonnie on the left and right. After hearing what he said, they looked a little embarrassed: "Of course I left with you. Those minotaurs are so abominable. They actually deceived a dwarf!"

Having said this, he couldn't help but jump up and down, his expression angry and aggrieved.

Hawthorne didn't have the energy to condemn Toren's hypocrisy with him. He exhaled and continued, "Well, let's leave. Andre, contact Celine and ask where she is now? Did you destroy the spider elf?"

Andrei shook her head: "No, uh, she is coming here. But she didn't kill the spider elf because she encountered a new enemy."

Hawthorne's expression changed: "Who is it?"

"That evil demon is our

"Your hunch is right. You didn't kill the succubus. Not only that, she seems to have become even stronger and can even use five-ring spells!"

Behind them, An Nuo suddenly raised his head with a look of astonishment. Not only her, but Hawthorne also suddenly became nervous: "Isn't Xilin in danger?"

Andrei shook her head: "No, the eldest sister is still chasing the two of them, but...they helped cover each other, so she didn't eliminate any of them."

An Nuo lowered his eyes after hearing this. Huo Sang also breathed a sigh of relief and then shook his head: "Forget it, it doesn't matter whether I kill her or not. I don't think she will dare to come to this mine again in the future."

"Let's go quickly. Tell Celine that we will meet at the exit and leave this mine!"

Andrei responded softly, controlling her familiar to convey this message to Celine. Unfortunately, in the previous battle, most of the giant spiders she controlled had died, so now they could no longer ride any mounts and could only walk outside.

Hawthorne didn't want to talk, exhaustion almost overwhelmed his mind. At this moment, looking at his tired back, An Nuo felt very complicated.

She really didn't want to take the initiative to talk to this man at this time, but her sense of responsibility as a paladin and a member of the Grey Hand prevented her from ignoring what she had just heard.

Finally, she gritted her teeth and tried hard to overcome her emotions. She came forward, walked to Hawthorne's side, and asked, "Father, I just heard you say, evil spirits?"

Hawthorne's tired spirit perked up, but when he heard her address him in such a strange and unfamiliar way, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

Knowing that the girl was upset, he felt his scalp tingling. But he also knew that he couldn't rush into this kind of thing, so he gritted his teeth and didn't hide anything, and simply told her about his experience and discovery: "Well, the monastery was attacked by evil spirits. Based on the clues, we found that this thing was related to some things in the rubble area, so we came here to investigate under the leadership of Miss Nidalee."

As he spoke, his expression was somewhat sad: "I just didn't expect that something like this would happen."

Upon hearing this, Annuo's expression suddenly became a little unhappy. The emotions that he had suppressed with great difficulty were aroused again by the name "Nidalee".

She bit her lower lip, but she still suppressed her emotions and prioritized official business: "What exactly is it? To be honest, I came to the rubble area to investigate some abnormal conditions here."

She said this, but Hawthorne naturally noticed the change in her expression. After all, he knew what she had just said better than anyone else.

He took a deep breath, lowered his body slightly, and then whispered, "Are you angry?"

Suddenly, An Nuo's anger and grievance surged up. Her eyes were red, so she turned her head away so that he couldn't see her eyes: "No, there's nothing to be angry about."

Hawthorne's heart was beating wildly. The only thing he could confirm was that the girl still had feelings for him. So he took a deep breath, opened his arms suddenly, and hugged her body.

An Nuo was startled and subconsciously tried to break free, but then he realized that this man's arm strength was so weak that if he really exerted force, he might really be able to break free from his arms.

So she just struggled symbolically for a few times, and then let him hold her, walking forward in sync with him while whispering angrily: "What are you doing! Let me go!"

On the other side, Bruno and the female Bronze Dragonborn tactfully supported Bonnie and moved as close to the other side of the passage as possible, watching the show silently without saying a word.

"I'm sorry, Annuo." Hawthorne said softly, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I'm so stupid, I'm as dumb as a fool, I lost my mind after being scolded by that minotaur and said such nonsense..."

"Will you forgive me? When I saw your expression just now, I felt like my heart was being cut by a knife..."

He whispered this, and soon, An Nuo's face turned red. She looked around and found that others were secretly looking at her. She was so embarrassed that she couldn't help herself: "Let go! I said I'm not angry... If you don't let go, I will be really angry!"

"Have you forgiven me?" Hawthorne asked again, "If you don't forgive me, I can slap myself hard..."

As he said this, he raised one hand and pretended to really slap himself.

"I'm not blaming you, stop!" An Nuo said hurriedly. If he really slapped himself and made a loud noise, others would definitely look at him openly. "I know you lied to protect Miss Nidalee. It's normal. I often do this too. How could I blame you!"

"You think too little of me, let go!"

Chapter 233 An Nuo's Little Emotions

Hawthorne then let go of the arms that were around her, and instead just held her arm and continued walking forward side by side with her.

An Nuo breathed a sigh of relief, but her face was still burning. She looked around and found that the people she was traveling with were all pretending to be serious, but in fact they were secretly peeking and eavesdropping.

For a moment, she was so embarrassed that she suddenly stopped and stepped hard on Hawthorne's foot, making him grimace in pain.

But the emotional catharsis ended here. Thinking of the responsibilities on her shoulders, she quickly restarted the topic: "Hawthorne,

How much information have you found out about the evil spirits?"

Hawthorne shook his head slightly. "Not much, actually. I just know that, um, the main enemy this time is a pit lord named Monport, and the pollution he brought caused an elemental creature of Miss Nidalee's tribe to go crazy."

"We are here this time to find out more about him and to help the elementals in Nidalee's tribe regain their sanity." He spread his hands. "However, as you can see, since Nidalee is not satisfied with her father's arranged marriage, we have not yet gone to her tribe. We have made this the first stop of our investigation."

"But I didn't expect there would be an unexpected gain. There is actually a spider elf here, and she is also colluding with our enemies."

He was indeed a little confused and at a loss as to what to do with this, after all, this scene did not exist in the game at all.

Of course, there are no Mountain Cleaners Alliance or Abyss Lord Monport in the game. It can only be said that the real world is different after all. It is impossible for all bosses to stay at home and wait for you to come to the door. They all have their own goals and lives, so they will also move on their own...

An Nuo nodded slightly: "I see. But, um... since Miss Nidalee's father betrothed her to that tauren, maybe her tribe has also joined the 'Mountain Cleansers Alliance'."

"You just heard their real purpose, which is to destroy the entire Libel Port... Do you still want to go over and help them purify that elemental creature?"

Hawthorne paused, then sighed softly: "Well... let's talk about this later. Although Miss Nidalee has been telling me that her father is a very flexible centrist, but... well, even if I don't consider aiding the enemy, I have to consider what happened just now. If her father sees me, will he beat me to death directly?"

He looked worried, but An Nuo's mouth curled up slightly when he heard that, and his mood actually improved: "You deserve it! Who told you to say that just now? If my father knew about it, beating you to death would be the least of his punishment!"

As she said this, as if she was still not satisfied, she pinched Hawthorne's waist with her little hand and twisted it gently -

Hawthorne's expression suddenly changed: "Hiss - be gentle, An Nuo, I was wrong, ouch -"

An Nuo let go of her hand, hummed softly, and leaned her head on his shoulder, just like a real couple. Hawthorne didn't say anything more, just holding her arm and walking slowly.

The roar of the waves began to echo in the cave, and the time for high tide had arrived. Waves from the southern coast hit the rock walls of the mountains, passing through the rock mass and constantly echoing in this huge cave, like a perfect background sound, bidding farewell to the group's departure.

The excitement gradually subsided, and a feeling of fatigue surged into their hearts. No one spoke while walking. They just followed Andnie's footsteps, constantly looking for a way forward in this collapsed cave.

Fortunately, although the earthquake spell was a six-ring spell, the area of ​​the collapse was still limited. So, in less than an hour, they passed through the low mine tunnels and returned to the exit of the underground level, the huge deep pit.

Only then did Hawthorne and Anno separate their arms and climb up the rope ladder one by one. Although Bonnie's body shape had changed, as a warrior, her basic athletic ability was still there, so she only needed a little help to climb up smoothly.

After everyone came up, Hawthorne untied the rope ladder to ensure that the minotaurs would not be able to climb out from the bottom of the pit in a short period of time.

After doing all this, they turned around and left the cave. At this time, the sky was already quite dark. After all, it was late autumn and it would get dark earlier. Shilin hadn't come back yet. She had been chasing him for too long. In order to wait for her, they came to the thatched shed under the miners' rest area, sat on the stone benches to rest for a while, and reported their safety to the dwarf on duty.

Bruno also drank the old miner's wine while complaining about the Tauren who dared to deceive him and took the initiative to attack Hawthorne and others. Basically, this was to reveal the true face of the Mountain Cleaners Alliance to the dwarves.

After waiting for another half an hour, when the sky was completely dark, a white light flashed at the entrance of the mine. Then, a tall and plump figure wearing a white and luxurious nun's robe came running towards them: "Father! Andre!"

Hawthorne, who was sitting on the stone bench, quickly stood up, took two steps outside, and waved his arms in response: "Celine, we are here!"