The Hero in Exile

"Where am I?"

"You are still in the forest, right? I wonder if you can really sleep until dusk."

"Huh? Why are you carrying me?! Put me down now."

As she spoke, she began to struggle against Moran's hands. In order to prevent her from falling, Moran subconsciously exerted more force.

"Don't move. Please, if you had listened to me a little more, you wouldn't be stuck in the forest now. At this rate, the toxins from the redleaf grass will slowly spread throughout your body. If you move now, it will only speed up the spread."

"I don't believe it, it must be a lie."

Lingyu still hasn't given up on breaking free from Moran's back injury, and once thought that this guy was too lustful.

"Can you still feel the sensation in your legs now?" Moran sighed.

"what."

Lingyu found that his legs were paralyzed and had no feeling just as he said. After checking the magic circuits in his body, he found that there was indeed a toxin invading his body.

"It seems that I really wronged you." Lingyu said embarrassedly.

"That's good to know." Moran said unhappily.

"But luckily, based on the feel of my hands, there isn't much fat, otherwise I... wuwu, what are you doing,... are you going to strangle me?"

"What did you just say?"

"Is it okay if I'm wrong? Let go."

"I'll let you go this time." Lingyu loosened her grip, and Moran took a deep breath, looking really scared.

Lingyu never thought that she could be taken advantage of by others even though she was a capable woman in the past. Thinking of this, she angrily pulled Moran's back. Of course, Moran didn't dare to say anything.

After walking through the jungle for a while, Moran felt the gazes from different eyes around him. This kind of gaze was very familiar to him, it was the way of looking at prey.

"Hey, hurry up." Seeing the sun was about to set, Moran quickened his pace.

"Oh, I see."

Lingyu could also clearly feel the hostile aura around her, and it had been following her since just now, and the number was gradually increasing.

"Damn it, faster." Moran gritted his teeth and said to himself.

From the rapid breathing and the clear smell of sweat on his back, he could sense that Moran was almost exhausted and couldn't run far. He didn't want to be a vase and be protected by others, especially his previous enemy.

"Fireball." A palm-sized fireball appeared in Lingyu's palm. It was far less powerful than the previous fire explosion, but it was enough.

The light from the fireball illuminated some of the darkness around, and he could finally see clearly that the creature shuttling between the trees looked a bit like a wolf, but was obviously larger than the wolves in his own world.

"Hey, if you use magic like this, it will speed up the poison."

"It's none of your business. Besides, I don't want to be eaten by these things. With this fireball, at least they won't dare to get close to me easily."

Moran observed that the animals around him seemed to be hiding as if they were afraid, but their breath had not completely disappeared, so they must have hidden in places where the firelight could not reach.

"These demon wolves usually come out at night. If you wait until dark, your fireball will be useless."

"Stop talking nonsense and keep your eyes on your path."

"Look, there seems to be smoke down there!"

Looking in the direction he pointed, there was indeed a pair of white eyes floating in the air.

"That might be a village. It looks like it's still some distance away. We must hold on to the fireballs and don't let them get close."

Lingyu could feel the wind blowing painfully on her face, she couldn't afford to lose to such a guy.

"Let the flames illuminate everything."

A fireball that has been drained of all magic power cannot be called a little sun emitting extremely dazzling light and temperature.

The surrounding demon wolves were also startled by the sudden flames. The discomfort caused by being exposed to the light forced them to retreat a lot while growling to express their dissatisfaction.

"Do you feel a little hot?" Moran's forehead was covered with sweat and he didn't know what happened. "Fuck, are you crazy? Not to mention that your magic is consumed so quickly, I am almost dying of heat."

"Oh, really? Then run away before I get angry, hahaha."

Lingyu lost her ability to think briefly as she ran for her life and heard the worried looks in her eyes behind her.

"Is there something wrong with your brain? Oh... why did you turn up the heat again!"

Moran even had a feeling that he might be turned into barbecue and eaten by the demon wolves today, but fortunately he could see the light of the village torches.

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"Why does the village chief have us standing guard here? Isn't there a wooden wall that can stop the monsters? Don't you think so, brother?"

There were two young men standing in front of the village entrance, and one of them was talking to the brother next to him in a bored manner.

"Forget it, stop complaining. Look at the sun, the shift change is coming soon. Let's go to the bar for a couple of drinks later."

"Whoever gets drunk first pays the bill today."

"Okay, okay." The older brother responded to his younger brother who looked rather childish.

"Brother, look, there seems to be something glowing on the hillside, and there are many demon wolves behind it!"

"What?" He didn't believe it at first, but after a quick look, he realized it was true. He turned to look at his brother next to him and said, "You go to the village and warn everyone. I'm here to guard it."

The younger brother nodded, immediately opened the door and ran in. Only when he saw his younger brother go in did the older brother let go and a drop of cold sweat slid down his forehead.

"Uh, I seem to have run out of magic power."

"Are you stupid!"

Morant was so angry at this stupid teammate that he failed to perform at this critical moment.

"It seems like there are a lot of people gathered at the entrance of the village, all holding torches and weapons." He was naturally farther away on Moran's back.

"It's finally of some use."

Ouch~owoo~

When they approached the village entrance, the howl of a wolf made all the magic wolves stop chasing.

"It seems that their leader has ordered a retreat."

The demon wolves behind him growled and slowly retreated into the woods.

"Finally we're saved." Lingyu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that they were already near the village entrance.

"Hey if it weren't for me I would have been finished."

"What do you mean I didn't contribute?"

Just as the two were about to quarrel in front of everyone, an old man walked out of the crowd.

"Hello, I'm the village chief. May I know who you two are?" After hearing the question, the two stopped arguing and looked around. People around them were watching them warily.

"Don't misunderstand us..."

Before Lingyu could finish her words, her vision went dark and she fell off Molan's back.