Half-elf Notebook

The tree trunk that was pierced was immediately burned into charred charcoal and white ash.

In an instant, the blazing fireball hit the shield wall that Ina had set up outside the two of them.

The fireball didn't even produce an explosion. The high temperature of molten steel and the energy compressed to the extreme were enough to crush the shield's protection!

The snowflakes on Ina's clothes melted away rapidly. The fear of death and the sense of crisis that pierced her body like needles instantly overwhelmed every nerve in her body, making her unable to react at all.

The terrifying heat wave hit him in the face, but at this time, Rick moved, and energy more powerful than the fireball burst out from the sword.

The fighting atmosphere, like a flood bursting through a dam, almost squeezed out all the air between Rick, Ina and the fireball!

Like a bolt of lightning flashing across the sky, Rick's sword blade directly cut through the fireball, and the majestic breath of war turned into a pale white torrent pouring down.

The two halves of the fireball were blown out like two extinguished flames in a storm, and the storm of war rolled up the soil and tore apart large trees.

When the terrifying energy gradually dissipated, all that was left in front of Ina was the empty rubble and dirt that looked like it had been blown away by dozens of siege artillery.

"How amazing." The girl murmured to herself.

"Prepare a new shield spell, Ina!" Rick reminded the white-haired girl who had not yet come to her senses. He was staring closely at a person a hundred meters away, pacing on the snow. The person had a pair of animal eyes with a deep blue glow. The other person's eyes were filled with danger and vigilance.

Rick cried out inwardly, "Oh no! It's actually a fifth-level magical beast, a monster that can skillfully use the fifth-level magic fireball.

"How come this damn thing is in such a good mood to wander out to the periphery today?!" Rick carefully protected Ina's back, and beads of sweat crept up his fairly handsome and resolute face.

For a Warcraft of the upper bronze level, a distance of nearly a hundred meters is as easy as raising its head and stretching its neck to bite off the prey's throat.

Even in the entire Cyrilor Province, fifth-level magical beasts are rare.

He had known that there were monsters of this level in the Monster Forest, but he had never thought that he would encounter one so easily, especially since he happened to be with Ina and could not let go and fight.

The restricted area of ​​the forest spanned the Earl of Cosroy Ridge, the Province of Cyrilor, and the Province of Cam—and they met at the border of the restricted area, which was incredible.

Ina tightly grasped the corner of Rick's clothes and slowly retreated. Although her magic power was better than that of her peers, her skills were of no use at all. Compared with the fireball, her magic power was as thin and weak as water mist and had no effect at all.

"Don't leave my side, Ina."

"Yeah." The white-haired girl responded under her breath.

On the other side, the pair of animal eyes with a faint deep blue glow met Rick's eyes.

Obviously it was also frightened by Rick's attack. It had never seen a prey remain unscathed by its surprise attack. The shallow pit dozens of meters in front of it made it a little afraid of the two short prey.

Especially the one that was looking into its eyes, which made its entire animal nature feel dangerous and fearful. From the beginning, it had been warning it to run away all the time.

Unlike Rick's confidence in his own strength and calmness due to his experience, the deep blue-eyed monster has hunted countless prey, but it is still just a beast with spirituality and extraordinary power.

Its fur stood on end, and like other wild animals, it growled a few times as a warning, then disappeared into the distant forest.

Seeing the beast's eyes with deep blue light slowly disappearing in the forest in the distance, Rick slowly breathed a sigh of relief and removed the war aura from his steel sword.

A small sound came from beside him, the silver sword fell, and the white-haired girl fell to her knees weakly on the snow.

"That is the same death as before." Ina's pupils trembled, and she clasped her hands together, tightly grasping the corners of her clothes. The fear that took over her body still made her tremble all over.

It was like a knife against my throat, cold despair.

It made her unable to stop recalling the forgotten past.

Until that familiar, gentle voice reached my ears.

"It's okay. It's over, Ina."

Ina could feel someone squatting beside her. She raised her head. In the girl's green eyes, the smile that person always had on his lips was still there, although now it was a little more worried and a rare panic.

After a long while, Ina was able to stand up tremblingly. Her lips trembled slightly, but she didn't make a sound, as if she wanted to say something but stopped.

Rick put away his sword and handed Ina's sword back to her: "Today's hunt ends here."

"But!" Ina said excitedly, feeling the empty backpack: She clenched her hands into fists, but her trembling legs and the urgency she had barely suppressed told her that she was not qualified to continue hunting.

The outrageous words she said not long ago, the shame that welled up from the bottom of her heart, and the inferiority complex she felt at this moment due to her own weakness, made her eyes misty.

"If that thing keeps wandering around, there probably won't be many monsters here." Rick shook his head. "As for ordinary prey, we can also hunt them in the mountains and forests along the way if we leave the boundary of the 'forbidden zone'. There is no difference between the two places. There is no need to stay in the more dangerous 'forbidden zone'."

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