Chapter 414 Escape from the tiger’s mouth
Chapter 414 Escape from the tiger’s mouth
Logically speaking, once on shore, the Lava Lord is no longer in charge. However, trying to reason with a strong man is a very stupid thing to do, and no one stipulates that the Lava Lord cannot kill the creatures on the shore.
"Respected Lava Lord, I am indeed a wizard from the human race, and also a holy son of the temple under the throne of the Dark Night Mother. Please forgive me if I have offended you."
Ivan would always examine the situation, ponder for a few seconds, then take out the Silver Moon Blade and say something humble.
There were gusts of strong wind over the underground river, blowing thick, pungent black smoke over the surface of the river.
The ants in the swamp kept their mouths shut and were secretly on guard, not daring to make any sound. The only sound on the field was the boiling magma emitting hot bubbles and making splashing sounds.
"I see. No wonder you have the aura of the Dark Night Mother Goddess." After a pause of one or two seconds, the dark gold face spoke, and as it spoke, it changed its tone:
"Human wizards are the most cunning. I don't believe you."
“——”
Hearing the words of the Lava Lord, Ivan's heart skipped a beat. Which wizard had committed this sin, ruining the reputation of the race and implicated himself, a latecomer.
It’s really fatal!
"Your Majesty, I swear in the name of Mother Earth's Core that every word I said is true. In addition, I have something to offer you as a filial tribute..." He still did not give up and tried to save the situation.
"Hmph! Don't think I don't know what kind of power you are brewing in secret. Take my palm first, and then talk to me when you survive." The Dark Gold Face was unwilling to give a chance and launched an attack.
As its words fell, a giant golden lava palm suddenly appeared on the surface of the magma river, and the energy it contained reached a terrifying level.
"escape!"
The situation has changed. In the past, Ivan used his giant flaming palm to slap others, but now it is others who slap him.
This feels bad.
Just as the other party said, he was indeed secretly accumulating strength and secretly connecting with a certain offensive arcane scroll.
However, he started before the arrival of the Lava Lord. This was a fourth-level universal spell scroll given by Speaker Hotes. It was difficult to activate and even more difficult to suppress. It took a certain amount of time to suppress it. He did not expect to be discovered by the other party.
Facing the attacking giant lava palm, Ivan knew that there was no way to end it peacefully. He growled and further activated the universal arcane scroll.
Suddenly, there was a violent storm.
The fourth-level spell 'Wind and Thunder Twin Python Arrows' displayed boundless power, condensing two tightly entangled wind pythons and thunder pythons, rushing towards the giant molten palm.
After Ivan completely activated the arcane scroll, he didn't even look at the huge commotion behind him and fled directly to the underground passage behind him.
"How brave!"
"Cunning little human wizard, I will remember you."
The Dark Gold Face didn't take the attack he was planning seriously at all, he just found an excuse to attack, but he never thought that it was a fourth-level spell attack.
The flames, wind and thunder collided violently, causing the surroundings to shake continuously and stirring up the molten lava.
By the time the Dark Gold Face reacted, Ivan had already escaped. It had no choice but to spit out a lava ball in hatred, letting the lava ball break through the energy collision and chase after him, while it stayed where it was to suppress the turbulence of the magma.
"Boom boom!"
In the underground passage on the other side, Ivan and his group were ultimately unable to escape the lava ball behind them. Two lights, one black and one red, lit up, and with the blessing of the domain halo, layers of protective power were formed.
There was a loud explosion.
The flames burned the rocks and the ground, and several figures were blown away.
After a while, one of the figures stood up first, poured a bottle of healing potion into his mouth, and threw a few to the people around him.
"If you're not dead, keep retreating."
"Not dead yet."
The enemy was a real level 4 creature after all. Even though it was just a power phantom and it was just a random attack, it caused Ivan and the others to suffer a great loss, and they were injured to varying degrees. Among them, Angela, who did not participate in the defense, was the most seriously injured. She was knocked unconscious by the flames without being careful.
Ivan and others did not dare to stay and continued to evacuate with the Centaur Knights.
After walking a long distance away and making sure that the Lava Lord would not catch up, Ivan ordered his men to rest and sat down on the ground, exhausted.
"The Universal Arcane Scroll is indeed very expensive, and there is a risk of being discovered. This thing is really not very practical."
The attack and defense just now consumed most of his mental strength and magic power, as well as a lot of fighting spirit and a part of his vitality, making him quite embarrassed now.
Fortunately, these consumption can be restored.
This time the loss outweighed the gain. Not only did I use a precious arcane scroll, but I was also targeted by the lord guarding the lava layer. I won't be able to go to the underground world in the short term.
……
Time flies, two days passed.
Ivan and his party completely exited the underground passage and came to the valley plain behind the underground pass of the Ancient Tree Spine. Under the shining light emitted by the Sun Bird, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
It is dark underground. Although it does not affect the vision, it makes people feel depressed. It is not as good as being in the sun.
After waking up, Angela stared around blankly. This place was somewhat similar to the Centaur town, and the scene inevitably brought back memories.
"Don't look anymore. There is a wizard academy ahead. Beyond the academy is the surface world. Welcome to the surface world, Miss Angela Coverdale!"
"Thank you for your harbouring me here, my dear sir."
Angela did not speak the common underground language - Kejiru language, but the Centaur language full of ancient charm. In addition, she was deeply influenced by the knight education, so her words sounded different.
After passing the pass, Ivan found that the original camp had become empty and seemed abandoned.
Continuing to walk upwards, he found that the Ancient Tree Ridge had moved, and there were only a few wizards left in the academy. Dean Wright happened to be here.
After seeing Ivan, Wright kept apologizing.
He wanted to kneel down and kowtow. After all, Ivan was attacked by a assassin from the secret guards in the camp of Ancient Tree Spine, and the assassin jumped out from inside the barracks. Ancient Tree Spine was to blame for this.
"Why did you move away?" Ivan didn't blame them much, because those assassins were coming for him.
"There are too many troubles in this place. Our college can't bear it, so we have to move to other places." Seeing that he was really not angry, Wright felt relieved a little, and then explained with a wry smile.
After the attack happened, Dean Adolf told everyone directly that he would never stay in this crappy place again.
Go, we must move!
The other three deans thought about the series of events that had happened recently and the fact that the college had been in crisis of collapse several times. In desperation, they chose to compromise.
"This place connects the surface and the underground, so there are indeed a lot of troubles." Ivan nodded slightly and asked casually, "Where did you move to?"
"The original campus of Nightglade Academy." Wright said truthfully.
Some of it is unexpected, but it makes sense.
It is not easy to build a new college from start to finish, so of course we should give priority to the ready-made ones. With the strength of several deans of Ancient Tree Spine, it is not difficult to occupy the destroyed Night Glade campus.
Ivan wasn't very interested in the Ancient Tree Spine, since he wouldn't be able to go to the underground world in the next few years anyway.
Without staying long in the Gunther Rift Valley, after leaving the Ancient Tree Ridge Academy, the group set out on the journey back to the Eastern Capital of China Continent.
(End of this chapter)