The Hero in Exile

"Please wait for me, how long will it take?"

Phil held his staff, sweat dripping quickly from his cheeks, and his chest rising and falling frequently, inevitably showing that he was almost at his limit.

"Phil, just keep trying. We just need to reach the top of the mountain."

The top of the mountain? Phil looked up and the peak seemed to be approaching the top of the clouds and there was no end in sight.

In fact, Phil had already given himself a stamina-enhancing buff, but he was just a fragile mage, and even with the buff he could barely reach the level of a warrior.

"Lingyu, I don't know if you are kidding me." Phil smiled bitterly, but after tidying himself up, he took another step forward.

Moran, who was walking in the front, looked at Phil who was slowing down the team's pace behind him in deep thought, even though there were only three people in the team.

"In fact, you can wait for us down there. Going up here will only cause you trouble and delay. The Chimera has a natural resistance to magic. To be honest, I don't know what you can do up there."

There was no intention to attack Phil. Moran was just making an objective statement. With the strength of the Demon King and the Brave Man, they would be there in no time. Without Phil himself, he could boldly use his full strength without any hesitation. She might even make things worse.

"Molan..." Lingyu looked at Molan with some annoyance.

Moran just shrugged helplessly, although Lingyu knew that this was indeed the truth.

"I won't give up. I really cherish the rare opportunity to go out on adventures. I will also try my best not to fall behind. Besides, I am also one of the strongest magicians. I will definitely be able to help against Chimera."

As if to prove his words, Phil regrouped and did not rest, walking faster than Moran who was in the front.

Looking at the angry girl walking in front of her, kicking away the pebbles passing by without mercy, Lingyu smiled at her failure to hide her emotions.

So he wanted to use provocation to arouse Phil's fighting spirit. This arrogant and taciturn attitude really suits Moran.

At this time, Moran looked at Phil in front of him with some regret. He originally wanted to persuade her to go back, but what he said instead aroused her fighting spirit.

If I hadn't persuaded her, she might have given up halfway through climbing. As expected, I should listen to Lingyu and stop being so sharp-tongued. It really caused me a lot of trouble.

At this moment, the girl walking in front suddenly stopped, and Moran instantly went into alert mode, observing the surroundings.

Logically speaking, based on my own strength and perception, if Phil can feel it, then I can definitely sense it as well. So what is going on with her in front now?

Not knowing what was going on, Moran didn't dare to go over rashly.

"Hey, is there something wrong? Are you trapped by a magic trap and can't move?"

The girl moved after hearing the sound. Phil turned around and looked at Moran with embarrassment.

"I seem to have forgotten how to get up the mountain." After saying this, Phil was too embarrassed to look up.

"You he…"

Moran expressed even more regret for what he had just said.

……

After a long, tortuous and complex climbing experience, everyone finally reached the top of the mountain.

The Chimera's body is only slightly smaller than that of an adult dragon, so it is easy to find it sleeping in its nest built of rocks.

The Chimera is just like the one in mythology, with a lion's head, a goat's body, a snake's tail, a pair of huge wings, and other animal features, as if it was a creation pieced together by the creator god who had run out of inspiration.

In order to avoid alerting the enemy, the three of them had already made a plan so that the noise of their conversation would not wake up the monster.

The plan is very simple. Phil is responsible for giving benefits to Lingyu and Moran, and using magic to cover the rest, and the rest will be left to Moran and Lingyu.

Moran gestured to Phil to cast a buff magic on him, and Phil reacted and gave a thumbs up.

"Blessing of strength."

As Chimera said this, he looked up at the slope where the noise came from in confusion.

"You can't cast spells without chanting!?"

Seeing that he was exposed, Moran did not intend to hide, but Phil's operation really made him unable to hold back.

"sorry!"

"Moran, stop talking. The Chimera is coming. Let's kill it first."

Lingyu had already drawn the holy sword and went to fight, and Moran followed after glaring at Phil.

Chimera's strength mainly relies on its strong magic resistance and powerful body, as well as venom that can corrode metal.

But the powerful body could not resist the holy sword and the magic sword. Lingyu and Moran were too lazy to use magic and just used weapons, but Chimera was already unable to resist. The venom was resisted by Phil with magic.

The battle ended overwhelmingly.

Phil knew he had done something wrong and stood there like a child, Lingyu went up to comfort him considerately.

Moran's mood was not good. After being badly tricked just now, he now had to find the core from the Chimera's body by himself.

The stinking blood was splattered all over my body, which was a bit disgusting.

After installing the Chimera core, Lingyu cast a cleansing magic on him, and the journey came to an end and he began his return journey.

"If we leave now, we can get back to the village before dark."

"Ah, I have to go again."

"If you don't leave quickly, I'll leave you here."

Phil rushed over immediately. Now she really believed that Moran would leave her here, the kind that even Lingyu's sister couldn't persuade him to come back.