Chris's Faith of Fire

I looked at the mountain road in the distance. Hengyan Mountain is not so steep that we can ride horses to the harpy's lair.But this mountain range is not a small hill like a mound. Looking up the hard rock of the mountain range, you can see the white snow covering the entire mountain peak. The only road leading to the Parthian plain must pass through the snow-covered mountain. of a place.

I swallowed hard looking at it, hoping that I could complete all the needs of the trip quickly instead of freezing to death on the way because I was not prepared.

"It only takes one holy moment to get to Thunder Peak, and two if you are riding a horse."

Fami took out the map he had prepared in advance. As he was running, the surrounding scenery gradually moved from the wilderness to the mountains and forests. This road was also pointed on the map. We could see the marks of horse hoofs on the ground.

"Looks like they have horses too."

Fami jumped off his mount and looked at the ground, where the horse's hoof prints were still fresh.

We were worried that we would be late because of this, but Fami said nothing and just silently led the horse to the bushes aside and tied it up.

"There are no monsters around here."

"Don't worry, I didn't feel it."

"feel?"

"Yes, the monsters exude an unusual Mana aura."

Fami's words brought back memories of my past.

"My teacher Mihir once said that the structure of those monsters is different from that of humans. Their bodies have a huge reserve of magic elements, and they can devour human magic...that is, Mana, but the demons all regard it as It’s called magic.”

"Chris, I don't need to rely on devouring other people's magic to survive, and I will get out of this state as soon as possible."

"Hug, I'm sorry! I didn't mean it."

"I know you don't mean any harm... You have always been gentle, although you don't show it very often. Because you are my princess, I know you best. I just hope you can know that no matter what I become, I will always be gentle." I won’t betray you.”

The boy looked at me and smiled.

He has really changed a lot now, and he is no longer as unruly as before.

But it's more gentle...

"Of course, my little wolf~"

I just smiled back at him.

"Ahem, if we don't leave, we won't have enough time, princess... Fami."

The knight girl pretends to be calm and looks really cute. She obviously likes Fami!

But I will never give it to Alyssa, because Fami is mine~

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Looking at the harpy corpses falling on the ground, I felt that I was very close to the battlefield. The harpies had sharp claws and slender bodies. As for their appearance, they were not satisfactory. It would have been difficult for me to be interested in this type of thing when I was alive. Bar.

But occasionally beautiful ones appear. These are often subspecies, banshees with special abilities.

I have read in the books I have read before that the more beautiful the female demons are, the more likely they are related to succubi. Succubi belong to the abyss clan and their strength is unfathomable. For this reason, I looked at the corpses on the ground one by one. , most of them look like the bad-tempered aunt next door.

And the upper body is exposed...it really hurts the eyes.

"Reconnaissance..."

I cast a detection illusion on both of them and myself, and the sound of our footsteps disappeared without a trace in an instant, as quiet as a hare on a snowy day.

"Chris, this spell is..."

"Akagi taught it to me before, and I practice it every day. Although it's not difficult, it's very useful."

"Illusion, I'm not very good at it."

"Ugh?"

"Illusion magic and dark attribute magic don't seem to fit well together. I have the adaptability to black magic because of the blood given by Lian, but I don't seem to have much mana. I can only focus on a few attacks, like Such diffuse coverage is slightly problematic.”

Fami rubbed his head in distress.

So that’s it, this is not something that everyone can do.

Is that why Akagi said that I am talented in illusions?

"Whoosh~"

"what happened?"

Fami tilted his head when he saw me laughing inadvertently.

"It turns out that there are things that Fami can't do~ I'm a little happy."

"Eh? It's very troublesome...it's not good for the battle."

"No, this way you can rely on me a little more, so I won't be unable to help you."

"Indeed, it is indeed so."

We looked at each other and smiled, but within a moment, Alyssa frowned.

"Stop chatting. It seems that the battle ahead is still going on."

Although I don’t know if she said this out of jealousy, Fami and I focused on the mountains ahead.

It seemed that just as she said, the warrior, half-wizard and orc woman were all fighting the harpy in front of them.

Their fighting coordination is quite good. The warrior man holds a one-handed sword and a kite shield, focusing mainly on defense. Although the harpy is a demon, his intelligence is often low. Isn't there a classic curse word? Why do you have a bird head!

Therefore, they are often provoked by simple means and are not good at analyzing the battlefield situation.

The warrior man took out the stones in his hand and threw them at the harpy, and then the guy spread his wings and flapped them like crazy, preparing to dive.

"This thing is so stupid." Alyssa still frowned. Why did she have to be so serious? She obviously has a face suitable for smiling.

However, as the knight girl said, the harpy's movements cannot even resist an experienced team. The speed brought by the sharp claws and light body traveling along the wind is amazing, but it can make people predict. to its attack track.

The warrior set up his shield, and the harpy's claws tore at the shield, making an unpleasant noise. However, the warrior quickly raised his shield and swung it. The harpy was hit hard and lost its balance. At this time, the half-wizard behind raised his staff, A fireball flew out, the banshee in the air was shot down, and the burning smell seemed to be transmitted here.

From beginning to end, the girl from the beast tribe stood at the end without moving at all. What is her role in this team?

Just when I was wondering about this she started to move.

I noticed that the leaves in the distance made an unnatural rustling sound. Almost at the moment when the beast girl took action, another banshee emerged from a group of green leaves.

She was bigger, spread her wings like a Jurassic pterodactyl, and was incredibly fast.

"Watch the back, Ryder!" the orc girl shouted, her animal ears stood up high, and her tail stood up as if to express her anger. When Ryder shouted, the shielded The soldier reacted immediately and rushed to the front.

Holding up her shield to block the attack, the orc girl jumped high into the air. The fist blades in her hands were sharper than the harpy's claws.

It was just a soft sound, smooth, her blade did not feel like it stayed in the flesh, and the banshee was cut into pieces.

Then the three of them wiped their sweat and sat down as if they took a breath.

"It's a perfect cooperation." Fami praised.

"The three of them stood in a row, paying attention to the front and rear at the same time. The orc girl in the back could quickly switch to the attacker's position. Their cooperation was really tacit."

Alyssa seems to have a lot of praise for the three of them. Since I haven't seen many mercenary teams, I can't comment on them, but they must have gone through many tests to grow to their current position.

"It is indeed very powerful, but it has a great gambling nature."

Fami's face darkened.

"What does gambling mean?"

"Chris, did you notice the body of the harpy on the way here?"

The body of a harpy?

Fami really likes to let me guess recently.

It's a little bit weird, but I don't hate thinking.

"One by one...ah, I understand. They are choosing lone banshees. They can deal with at most two at the same time, so the corpses are so scattered."

In other words, the team itself is taking risks.

Harpies live in groups. Although they have low intelligence, they are still a kind of demon, not a monster that relies only on instinct.

Things get tricky when there are three of them.

"They don't seem to be planning to stop yet. This doesn't seem to be the Harpy's main nest."

"There will be a large number of captured men...men in the main nest, right."

The knight girl's cheeks turned red with embarrassment when she mentioned this. She knew why these demons captured men.

"Yes, there will be a lot...a lot there, Chrissy! It's time for us to strike!"

Fami picked up his sword and rushed out of the woods. I looked in the direction he was pointing. Suddenly, a large number of harpies flew out from the top of the mountain. There were more than ten harpies, and one of them was particularly huge, with blue hair all over its body. Feathers, skin is also unhealthy blue, but the face is very beautiful.

"Lei Xiao..."

While I silently recited the name, I noticed the three people. They were stunned in place, as if they had forgotten to even escape.

"Alyssa! Stay here."

"Eh? But..."

"Stay here!"

After saying that, I jumped out. Of course I felt scared when I saw these enemies, but when I thought that Salamander was helping me, this fear disappeared instantly.

"Lau!"

I don't need to shout out the runes, but I'm not very proficient in using Salamander's power. Furthermore, these words can confuse my power with ordinary rune magic.

The huge fireball traced a reverse trajectory along the sky. The fireball was three to four times larger than the one made by the wizard girl just now, and its speed was also faster. Four or five harpies in the harpy were instantly ignited and turned into ashes.

I was surprised that it went so smoothly. I also noticed that the leading Lei Xiao made a shrill cry, and then her body began to flash.

"Chrissy! Get out of the way!"

"!"

Thanks to Fami's reminder, I immediately jumped a step back. Almost at the same time, lightning struck the place where I was standing just now.

"Huh... ah!"

My heartbeat almost stopped for a moment, and then started beating rapidly again. At the moment of the attack, I realized the fact that I might die without Fami.

In battle, life hangs on a thread at all times, so it's no wonder those three people were stunned.

"You guys should fight too! There are many opponents!"

I shouted loudly, and the three of them came to their senses. The leader, Ryder, raised his shield.

But as if he realized that this thing could not protect against lightning, he discarded the kite shield, picked up the sword with both hands, and defended against the swooping banshee with a more dexterous posture.

At this time, Fami had already jumped up high, and his target was only Lei Xiao.

I fired another fireball, and the harpies were hit by the wizard on the other side while avoiding it. The harpies panicked.

They thought they had the absolute power to bring the thunder owl down, and they must have thought they would kill us like weak prisoners, but Fami waved the black pearl in mid-air with neat movements.

The number of harpies decreased one by one, and Thunder Owl's lightning could not hit him at all.

I continued to condense the fireball on the side and paid attention to the movements of the wizard girl. Her fire magic was much lower than mine, and the speed was slower, so I also slowed down the release speed.

It felt like rune magic that she had worked hard to come up with.

Realizing that she couldn't hit Fami, Lei Xiao seemed to realize that those three people were the better targets to attack. She spread her wings and her whole body shimmered.

"Lau!"

The life-sized fireball forced her to give up her lightning attack and adjust her body in mid-air.

Behind him, Fami's black blade has been waiting for a long time.

Lei Xiao was decapitated with a knife.

"Ah, it's over..."

"Gahoo..."

Just when I let go of my hanging heart and breathed a sigh of relief, a dull groan sounded from behind me.

What I saw when I turned around was Alyssa shaking off the bloody sword and putting it back into its sheath, while the body of the harpy lay on the ground.

"Don't let your guard down until the battle is completely over."

Her words made me feel how naive I was just now. If it weren't for her, I might be the one who fell here now.

"Thank you very much, Alyssa..."