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"Didn't you say we were going to stop him? Why are you all running?" The fire mage questioned his companions while running.
"Why didn't you stop him!" The Ice Mage looked at Diluk who was looking aggressive behind him and immediately retorted.
The aura of the human behind him was clearly not something it could defeat. Although it was duty-bound to sacrifice itself for the cult.
But if possible, it still hopes to perform this responsibility later.
"If we keep going like this, we will all be caught up!" The fire mage teleported to a distant place again, and he looked into the distance. A fiery red figure was approaching at a rapid speed.
"Ice magic, water magic, freeze him for me later!" The fire magician made full use of his intelligence and came up with a way to deal with the situation.
"Then don't run!" Two abyss mages, one blue and one white, came out. They held their staffs and began to chant spells.
"We will never run away!" The Fire Mage pulled the Thunder Mage and nodded at the two of them.
Under the tempering of elemental power, Diluk's physical fitness had long surpassed that of ordinary people. In a short while, he arrived in front of the Abyss Mages.
"Hmph! Are you smart enough to realize that you can't escape?" Diluk saw the Abyss Mages quietly waiting for him, and the greatsword in his hand began to be engulfed in flames.
He was not stupid enough to think that the Abyss Mage would really wait for him. There must be some conspiracy!
"Haha, you misunderstood! I really want to surrender to you!" But what shocked the other Abyss Mages was that when the Fire Mage saw Diluk's figure, he rubbed his short hands with a flattering look on his face and slowly floated over.
"What! You betrayed the Order!"
"You said before that you wanted to be promoted to an apostle? I think the Flame Flower is the most suitable for you!"
……
As soon as the fire mage said this, the abyss mages were immediately furious. Since the founding of the cult, there has never been a traitor, but they didn't expect to see one now.
Amidst the insults, only the Ice Mage had some concerns. Did the Fire Mage just give it a look?
The Ice Mage looked towards the Fire Mage and found that the Fire Mage gave him a look again?
The ice wizard touched his head with his staff. What does that mean?
The fire mage saw that the ice mage was confused, and the other guys just scolded him. He couldn't help but sigh. What valuable things are there in the cult? How can the cult's plan be realized like this?
"Huh?" Diluk was a little confused when he saw the fire mage approaching him without taking any protective measures and saying words like surrender.
Could it be that this Fire Abyss Mage really had a change of heart and was going to surrender? Just as Diluk was wondering, he saw the Thunder Abyss Mage in the distance had already taken action.
"Go to hell, traitor!" The Abyss Mage, with endless anger, threw countless dark purple lightning balls towards the Fire Mage.
"Ah!" The fire mage took the blow head-on without taking any defensive measures, and his skin was immediately torn apart.
Purple lightning galloped across its body, the fur on its collar became curled up, and its warm orange wizard skirt turned charred black.
"Damn it! Come behind me!" Diluk saw more lightning coming towards the fire mage and immediately jumped in front of it.
It was not easy to find an Abyss Mage who was willing to surrender, so he couldn't just let it die like this. He had many questions to ask about the Abyss Cult.
Diluk swung his sword and cut off all the lightning, but his hands were also slightly charred.
Diluk shook his hands, and the numbness in his body immediately dissipated a lot. He raised the greatsword with one hand and said to the Abyss Mages:
"You must learn to be cautious. You are surrounded by me! If you are like your companions, I can guarantee your lives will be safe!"
When Diluk saw that there was actually an Abyss Mage surrendering, he immediately wanted to persuade him.
In the past, he would kill without saying a word, because he knew that nothing could be pried out of the Abyss Mage.
But now it’s different. If one person surrenders, there will be more!
The fire mage stood up quietly. The lightning on his body had dissipated, but the pain still existed.
[Damn it, I'll teach you a lesson when we get back!] The Fire Mage looked at the Thunder Mage who was confronting Diluk in the distance, thinking about how he should go back and teach this companion who had tried to kill him a lesson.
"Huh!" The fire mage took a deep breath, suddenly ran to Diluk and hugged him tightly.
"Freeze him!" The fire mage shouted to his companion, and now his legs were also wrapped around Diluk.
"Water Mage! Attack!" The Ice Mage was the first to react. He swung his staff and a huge block of ice fell from the sky, hitting Diluk and the Fire Mage.
"Ah, I'm dying, I'm dying!" The fire mage screamed in pain, but even so, it still didn't let go.
"Oops!" Diluk immediately noticed something was wrong. He used his powerful force to punch the fire mage on the head, knocking it to the ground.
But at this time, the water bubble of the water method also followed closely. The huge bubble was as big as a person. If you were covered by it, you would probably have to struggle for a long time to get rid of it.
Diluk swung his greatsword, but the bubbles were unexpectedly fragile. As soon as the greatsword touched the bubbles, they burst.
The water splashed on Diluk and the fire mage, who had ice elements attached to their bodies, and immediately froze them both.
"Hurry up, carry the fire mage and run!" The ice mage and the water mage continued to cast ice and water elements on Diluk who was about to break free.
Lei Fa nodded mechanically, and then quickly ran to the side of the Fire Fa. It hadn't figured out what was going on yet, but she did it anyway. Lei Fa quickly ran to the Fire Fa, dragged the Fire Fa, who had turned into an ice sculpture, and disappeared instantly.
Upon seeing this, the Ice Mage and the Water Mage nodded to each other and then teleported away.
As soon as the ice and water mages disappeared, the broken ice on Diluk's body exploded. He shook his head and looked at the direction where the Abyss Mages went away, but did not chase them.
Diluk straightened his messy coat and pulled out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket.
When it was unfolded, a picture of a stick figure holding a book was drawn on it. Below it were a few crooked words written: Apostle of the Abyss, Abyss Fire.
Diluk felt the breath of the Abyss Mages getting farther and farther away, and finally disappeared. He smiled and said, "I hope that next time we meet, you will have enough information to buy your life."
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"Wake up! Wake up!" At the entrance of the Wind Dragon Ruins, the Abyss Mages were surrounding the unconscious Fire Mage and performing first aid methods they had heard from somewhere.
"Ahem!" After being beaten up, the Fire Mage finally came to his senses. He looked at the Thunder Mage standing next to him and threw a powerful punch at him.
"You want me to die, right?" The Fire Mage immediately stood up and started punching and kicking the Thunder Mage.
"Stop fighting, stop fighting. Who knew you were fake? Why didn't you discuss it with us in advance?" Lei Fa squatted on the ground, holding his head and shouting.
"If I had discussed this with you, we would all have returned to the earth veins now!" Upon hearing this, the Fire Mage became even more furious.
It then turned around and tapped Ice Mage on the head, saying, "I thought you were the smartest among them, but you're just as stupid?"
It glared at the Ice Mage so hard that its eyelids twitched, but the Ice Mage didn't react at all, which made it very angry.
After knocking for a while, the fire mage felt bored and stopped. He sat on the ground and said to the abyss mages, "Go away, don't follow me."
Just now it revealed the information of the Apostle, and there was no telling when it would be discovered. If these companions followed it, they might suffer an unexpected disaster.
"Really? We've been working together for so long? Just because we're a little stupid you're not willing to do it anymore?" The Water Mage looked at the Fire Mage and felt that it couldn't withstand the blow.
Isn't it just a narrow escape? Haven't they experienced this kind of thing many times? Why did the fire magic react so strongly this time?
"Forget it, forget it. I can't explain it to you clearly. Just follow me if you want to!" The fire wizard shook his head, thinking that he was worrying too much.
They were originally marginal figures in the cult, so no one would care about them. Moreover, even if someone did, they would not think of leaking information.
After all, since the establishment of the Abyss Cult, all members have kept their mouths shut and have never revealed any information on their own initiative.
Thinking of this, the fire mage felt relieved again.
Chapter 157: Poison of the Abyss
2023-09-07
"Apostle...Master Apostle?" In an open space in the Wind Dragon Ruins, the Abyss Mages who had not rested for long immediately stood up.
Because a higher being appeared in front of them. The gray-red tattered cloak, the thorny halo floating behind it, and the round magic weapon floating in its hand all revealed the identity of the person who came - Abyss Chanter, Abyss Fire.
The Abyss Mages could not help but lower their heads as they felt the power of the Abyss and the elemental force of fire almost escaping from them.
The Abyss Chanters are monsters that drive the fire of the Abyss and pursue the meaning of the canon. Although they are not the forerunners of the Abyss like the Abyss Apostles, they recite the Chapter of Grace all year round, and their power is no less than that of the Abyss Apostles.
"You have been very lazy recently. Why has the wind in Mondstadt subsided?" Yuanhuo looked at the several Abyss Mages who were kneeling with their heads bowed in front of him, his tone full of impatience.
It is obvious that the power of the abyss has been injected into the body of the Wind Dragon. As long as these abyss mages give a little guidance, they can make the Wind Dragon submit to the abyss.
But now it saw nothing. The dragon disaster in Mondstadt had subsided, the wind dragon was also in the tower, and these abyss mages were actually resting here?
If there was no such thing as betrayal in the Abyss Cult, it would probably have suspected whether these guys had really betrayed the cult.
"Sir, it's not that we don't work hard, but a strange guy has appeared in Mond recently. Any fluctuations in the wind will be stopped by him."
The fire mage stepped forward first, and explained tremblingly, "It's not that they don't try hard, but every time they try hard, they are extinguished by a guy wearing armor."
"Useless! I told you to guide the Wind Dragon to submit to the cult, what are you doing now?" Yuanhuo looked at the four Abyss Mages in front of him and felt that they were a hopeless case.
No wonder everyone else was sent out to carry out the cult's plan, and only they were left here to instigate the Wind Dragon.
[If you have the guts, go and persuade that stupid dragon yourself! ] The fire mage secretly retorted in his heart.
Instigating the Wind Demon Dragon sounds like a good job, but in fact it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a suicide mission. The Wind Demon Dragon hates the breath of the abyss, and he is also being corroded by poisonous blood, and his personality is unstable.
Almost all the guys that the cult had sent to brainwash the Wind Dragon were "accidentally touched" by him.
The fate of being touched by the Wind Demon Dragon was predictable. Only the four of them, with their genius eloquence and their slacking spirit beyond that of ordinary Abyss Mages, were able to be noticed by the Wind Demon Dragon.
If we send the Abyss Singer to instigate the Wind Dragon, he will probably be swallowed by the Wind Dragon in less than a second.
"How is the Wind Demon Dragon doing recently?" Yuanhuo glanced at the fire mage who was lowering his head in front of him and asked as a routine.
The Fire Mage immediately began to hesitate. He paused for a long time before saying, "Reply... reply to your question, the Wind Demon Dragon seems..."
"What seems to be wrong?" Yuanhuo suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart. He stared at the fire magician, waiting for his next words.
"It seems like we are going to break away from the cult!"
"What did you say?" Yuanhuo immediately stepped forward, grabbed Huofa's neck, and lifted him up.
"Hmm..." The fire mage instinctively grabbed Yuanhuo's red arm tightly and kept hitting it, hoping that Yuanhuo would let it go.
"Sir! This is not its fault!" When the other Abyss Mages saw the Fire Mage rolling his eyes, they immediately stepped forward and spoke anxiously.
"My lord, a new dragon has appeared. After meeting it, the Wind Demon Dragon refused to contact the cult." Seeing that Yuanhuo's hand loosened a little, the Ice Mage immediately continued:
"If you want to meet the Wind Demon Dragon, you will definitely need it. It is a friend of the Wind Demon Dragon and has the best relationship with the Wind Demon Dragon!"
"Oh? It seems you are still useful." Yuanhuo loosened his hands, and the fire magician, who had recovered his breath, greedily breathed in the air, making heavy gasps.
The water mage at the side immediately began to soak the fire mage's body with water elements when he saw this. He didn't know healing magic, so he could only use this method to relieve the fire mage's pain.
"Cough cough..." The brief suffocation was not an unbearable pain for the Abyss Mage. The fire mage just lay on the ground for a while and then stood up.
"My lord, you want to see the Wind Dragon? I will lead the way." The fire wizard bowed to Yuanhuo, and then led Yuanhuo towards the direction of the tower.
The seal and height of the tower may be a problem for the Abyss Mage, but it is nothing for the Abyss Singer.