Chapter 2054

The injured sorcerer rolled on the ground to dissipate the force. He didn't even have time to pat off the leaves sticking to his body. He clutched his wound and side-stepped to dodge the silver light arrow that flew over again, and then without thinking, turned and ran hurriedly toward the distant woods. Xia De, holding a long bow high in the trees, bent his bow and shot an arrow again, but after it was nimbly dodged by the other party, he didn't think about chasing after him:

"Consider yourself lucky to run fast."

The consumption of Time Stop is extremely large, especially for sorcerers of a higher level than Xia De, so unless he is sure of a one-hit kill, Xia De will not use this move against high-level sorcerers. But if it is just an energy-type attack, then stopping it temporarily, the consumed spirit is still within an acceptable range.

The invisible arrow stopped in the air. The untouchable wind is usually difficult to be affected by the spell "Move Object," but the completely stopped wind solidified into a solid body, and Xia De's mental power only needed to flick it lightly to shift the arrow's forward direction.

Therefore, when Miss Matilda and a nine-ringed young lady were fighting an eight-ringed sorcerer and had the upper hand, and the eleventh-tier Great Witch of Fate, Miss Belindell, was fighting another ten-ringed man but felt a bit of pressure, invisible wind arrows and dazzling silver arrows shot toward the two almost at the same time.

The ten-ringed man easily dodged the invisible arrow from his companion, and even used the gale effect formed by the explosion of the wind arrow to avoid Miss Belindell's "Sorcery - Suppress Good Luck" once again. But the eight-ringed sorcerer, because he turned back to summon a shield to block Xia De's arrow, was hit on his left arm by Miss Matilda's "Venom Splash," and then the silver moon arrow pierced the shield he had summoned without obstruction, creating a penetrating wound on the right side of his chest.

The attack of a Sage-level relic is not something that can be blocked casually.

"Retreat."

The man with the ten-ring Fate Ring floating behind him immediately made a judgment. Red dangerous light erupted from his whole body like a ring, heat burned the earth, and also forced back Miss Belindell and Miss Maggie Vincent. His figure almost turned into a light trace to support his heavily injured companion. Seeing Miss Belindell, Miss Lina Pensett, and Miss Maggie Vincent wanting to block, he gritted his teeth, tore off one arm of his heavily injured companion, and then threw it violently toward Miss Matilda, who was the lowest level present:

"Light Brightness Art!"

White light that seemed to be able to melt everything erupted like a sun in the woods under the night sky. Two sorcerers from the 【Light Worshipper Training Society】 hurriedly entered the woods, and then ran head-on into Xia De.

"Moonlight Greatsword!"

"Moonlight Greatsword!"

The yellow rune long sword and the yellow rune greatsword collided. Both sides were startled, and then immediately separated.

Just as Miss Belindell only hesitated for a moment before going to rescue Miss Matilda, Xia De, who ran into the enemy head-on, confirmed that the ten-ringed sorcerer was not at the end of his tether, so he let them leave. And the ten-ringed sorcerer supporting his heavily injured companion also had no intention of fighting, so he also hurriedly entered the woods.

That mass of erupting light was still expanding. Nine-ringed Miss Lina Pensett and Miss Maggie Vincent were relatively far from that mass of white light, while Miss Belindell had already entered the light. Seeing Xia De wanting to enter, the two maids hurriedly stopped him:

"This light will assimilate all living bodies, it cannot be touched easily."

In the blinding white light, one could vaguely see the figures of the two ladies. The nine-ringed maids tried to use spells like "Darkness Art" and "Extinguish Light Art" to suppress the light, but the effect was almost non-existent. Although Xia De knew that Miss Belindell was not good at combat, he didn't expect her to be this unskilled. They looked precarious in the light, and "She" in his ear also whispered softly:

【Even with your body, rashly touching such light will assimilate you into light.】

The scene before Mr. Bernhardt's death in the "Past Life" memory flooded his mind. Last time at the top of the tower, the woman in the black dress sacrificed herself; this time, she sacrificed an arm, but both summoned this kind of dangerous light. Last time it was relatively far away; observing this kind of white light at close range this time, Xia De was very sure it was really light, but the sense of holiness and assimilation in its essence that almost made one go crazy just by looking at it was definitely not ordinary light:

"Fortunately, it's not the first time I've encountered it; I was prepared after last time."

A playing card was flicked out of his pocket. "Calamity Card · Shadow of the Deep Sea" rotated along the central axis in front of Xia De, and then was pointed at the card face by Xia De's flame-attached fingers:

"Darkness Art!"

Darkness originating from the power of the Doomsday Calamity surged out from the card, easily devouring all the light around it. Although those strange white lights were resisting the darkness, they were completely defeated in just a second or two.

The dissipation of the light also allowed the two ladies in the light to enter the darkness. The power cast by the Calamity Card seemed to be something no one could resist except Xia De, so Miss Lina Pensett and Miss Maggie Vincent couldn't see the specific positions of the witch and the head maid.

Xia De could only reach out to hold them as they were about to fall to the ground. When the card flew back into Xia De's pocket, the moonlight illuminated this place again. Because of Miss Belindell's protection, Miss Matilda didn't look like she had much of a problem, but that blonde witch was limp in Xia De's arms.

The maids gathered around. When Xia De helped Miss Belindell stand straight, he discovered that her right shoulder and the right side of her face had become translucent. The clothes on her shoulder were completely melted, and inside the transparent skin, one could see blood vessels, bones, and muscles.

"Miss, Miss."

Miss Matilda, who had always been cold-faced and rarely spoke, could no longer hold back her tears at this moment:

"Why did you..."

"You are my apprentice, how could I not save you?"

She remained conscious, but after saying this sentence, she closed her eyes again as if she had exhausted all her strength. The normal half of her face was pale, and the speed of her heartbeat was rapidly decreasing.

Xia De supported the witch while asking Miss Matilda, who had red eyes:

"How did she resist the assimilation effect of that white light just now?"

"It is the Witch Secret Art - Domain of Revelation, knowing the general source of all supernatural phenomena within the domain, and automatically converting one's own spirit into a resistance effect. This is a top-level spell mastered by Miss, and is the top creation of the Prophecy School among ancient witches. After Miss encountered this kind of attack on the tower last time, she thought this might be used to counter it. She did it all to protect me..."

She wiped her tears, and then discovered that the translucent area on the witch's skin was still expanding outward.

"Can the Darkness Art just now dispel this?"

Miss Lina Pensett asked hurriedly, so Xia De took out the playing card and tried it again. But the light had already merged into the witch's body, and the darkness of the Doomsday Calamity could not absorb the faint light attached to the skin. Fortunately, the darkness could stop the range infected by the light from expanding, preventing the situation from further deteriorating.

And after the darkness descended, the unconscious witch opened her eyes halfway again:

"【Domain of Revelation】 is indeed useful. My divination was not wrong, it's just that my level is not high enough."

Her eyes looked at Xia De, and then looked at her maids, her lips wriggled twice:

"I'm fine, probably fine."

The color of her lipstick was still beautiful, but her voice was already hoarse:

"This time I really encountered trouble. Just now it was the 【Light Worshipper Training Society】 people again; they probably also came for the cave here and those two things. Leave here first. Matilda, you immediately enter the Council to contact others afterward."

After finishing, she looked at Xia De who was supporting her:

"This time it's really embarrassing."

The color of her golden eyes was somewhat dim:

"I'm afraid I have to trouble you to stay by my side until others think of a solution. This darkness is really reassuring."

【Calamity Card · Shadow of the Deep Sea】 continuously cast "Darkness Art" in Xia De's pocket, but the location where the group was at this moment was not completely without light. The faint silver light shadow on Xia De's body was enough to illuminate the witch's face, which was gradually becoming pale, and also allowed her to see Xia De's appearance at close range:

"It was clearly me who asked you to come out together, I didn't expect that the one dragging my feet in the end would be me."

Although it was somewhat inappropriate to say this, she clearly felt that this embrace was unusually gentle and warm. Countess Bella Belindell is definitely not a person with a fragile personality, it's just that the palpitation in her heart at this moment is beyond words.

"Don't say such things first, these are all small problems, they can be solved easily. You are really lucky, because today happens to be the first day of the Month of Thunder... Go lead the horses, let's leave here first."

Miss Maggie Vincent immediately went to lead the horses. Fortunately, those horses were not around, and like that unconscious werewolf, they were not affected by the battle just now.

They really couldn't continue to stay here, and Xia De was not sure if the three people who escaped just now would return. It's just that although the maids led over five horses, Miss Belindell was already unable to ride alone in her current state. Plus, her physical state still needed Xia De's Darkness Art to suppress it, so the group defaulted to Xia De riding a horse carrying her. Miss Matilda supported her master to mount the horse, not forgetting to urge Xia De to ride steadily.

The time needed to return to the city was too long. The group just wanted to leave here temporarily and find a stable place to stay. There is never a shortage of uninhabited places in the remote Whispering Hills, but for the sake of safety and eliminating traces on the road, the five horses still ran for fifteen minutes after setting off before stopping.

During this period, Miss Belindell sat sideways in front of Xia De, curled up in Xia De's arms without saying a word. Although the maids knew that their master doing this was very aggrieved, and this was also an insult to the countess, for the sake of her safety, they could only do this.

Xia De also understood that it was very wrong to let a pure witch who had never been in contact with men have such contact with him. He didn't want to take advantage of others, so while riding, he only held her waist to help her maintain balance, and didn't even dare to look at Miss Belindell's complexion.