Chapter 68 Pursuit

Those cultists have been away from the stronghold for a while, but this is not a big problem for Fangzheng. Through the keen sense of the Zerg, he soon smelled the faint smell of sulfur remaining in the air. And following the smell all the way to pursue the past, without much effort, Fang Zheng and Fina found the traces of the cultists.

This is actually not difficult. According to Conan Knight, there are a total of thirty Templars in the entire stronghold, excluding the cavalry patrolling outside, which is not a small number. Moreover, those cultists did not kill them all, but took them captive and left, so many people act together, leaving no traces is a fantasy.

So it didn't take much time for Fangzheng and Fina to determine the direction the cultists were leaving, and then tracked them all the way.

Fangzheng was mainly in charge of tracking, and Fina was not idle either. Although this rookie priest is a bit dogmatic, the advantage of dogmatism is that at least people do know what the book teaches. Therefore, Fina is responsible for exploring the possible remaining magic marks on the other side along the way. According to Fina, in order to avoid being discovered, cultists often release warning marks on the places they pass by. This is a very simple spell. As long as someone passes through the mark, the releaser will be immediately warned.

Because this spell is very convenient and lasts only half an hour, it has become a signature spell used by many spellcasters to be vigilant. As a priest, Fina of course also learned to use this spell and how to detect and sense it. Right now, she is in charge of parsing and looking for the imprint, so as to avoid Fang Zheng slamming into it and activating the alarm, then the situation will be troublesome.

Therefore, Fang Zheng was responsible for tracking the remaining traces of the cultists, while Fina followed him, guarding the surroundings and searching for magical marks. The cooperation between the two sides is not bad, and what makes Fangzheng more interesting is that although this apprentice priest looks soft and weak, her physical fitness is very good. Time, even the top of the mountain has been turned over, and Fina next to him is still not blushing or panting, looking like he is at ease.

Fangzheng himself has a Zerg physique, so of course he has no physical concerns, and now this apprentice priest has such a physique, which really surprised him. But on second thought, it is not surprising that people in this world seem to temper their bodies by exercising the power of the celestial spirits.

Of course, this also has disadvantages. Just like Stone and Marter, they seem to be invincible in the world on weekdays, but if they are thrown by a DEBUFF from the son of chaos, they will be abolished...

Maybe those cultists felt puffed up after breaking the stronghold, or maybe they had other important things to do. Therefore, they didn't mean to hide their traces along the way, and with Fina beside him who was in charge of guarding the magic mark, Fangzheng's search speed was much faster. Finally, the hard work paid off. At dusk, Fina finally made a new discovery.

"There is a wave of magic marks ahead, Mr. Fangzheng!"

"Magic Mark?"

Hearing Fina's warning, Fang Zheng hurriedly stopped, and at the same time he was overjoyed. Because according to Fina, the duration of the magic mark is half an hour. They didn't see the magic mark on the way before. Although it is not ruled out that those cultists are not vigilant, it is more likely that the maintenance time of the magic mark has come. So the effect of the spell disappears. If this is the case, it means that they still have a long distance from each other, and the magic mark appears now, which means that Fangzheng and Fina have narrowed the distance with those cultists, and the distance between the two parties should not exceed half an hour.

"Is there a way?"

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, Fina nodded confidently.

"Of course, I can temporarily block the power of the magic mark. Although I can only last for about ten seconds, I think it should be enough."

The display form of the magic mark is a line rather than a circle, which means that it is more like a transparent wall formed by magic, as long as someone passes through the wall, it will be found. It is precisely because of this that the magic mark is difficult to bypass, so it is used in tracking and alerting.

But for the caster, there are naturally ways to deal with it.

Fangzheng looked at the priest girl beside him, and saw Fina taking two steps forward, staring at the empty air in front of her, then she took a breath, and then raised the scepter in her hand.

This is what Fina has been holding in her hand. It is about the length of a human forearm. It is silver-white as a whole. It is engraved with strange patterns and characters, and a round white crystal is inlaid on the top of the scepter. Fangzheng didn't know if this was standard equipment for priests, but looking at Fina's appearance, it seemed that it was right.

"Holy Light of Sympathy, please give me the power to obscure the truth!"

While chanting in a low voice, Fina raised the scepter in her hand and gently touched the air in front of her. Soon, Fang Zheng saw a white beam shoot from the top of the scepter and hit the air. Immediately afterwards, the air in front of him suddenly began to ripple like a pool of water, and then a strange wall appeared in front of Fangzheng.

It is a transparent water blue as a whole, with mysterious runes flashing on it. These runes are combined and condensed into a wall with a thickness of ten centimeters that stretches out, as if a tall city wall blocked the two of them. in front of. It's just that although this city wall looks tall, it's not heavy at all, so it looks more like a set in a play.

Under the light of the scepter beam in Fina's hand, the shiny wall gradually dimmed. Soon, Fang Zheng watched the radiance of the floating runes go out one by one. The barrier turned grey.

"It's now, Mr. Fangzheng!"

"it is good."

Hearing Fina's words, Fang Zheng nodded, then he looked up at the barrier in front of him, and then walked in.

Passing through the entire barrier was just a blink of an eye for Fang Zheng. What surprised him was that he clearly entered the barrier, but he didn't feel anything at all. Even the keen senses given by the Zerg did not detect any movement. This made Fangzheng even more curious and solemn about the magic of this world.

It seemed that he had to find a way to find out what was going on with the magic of this world.

"strangeness………"

Just when Fangzheng was thinking about her future plans, Fina also passed through the barrier, but at this moment, there was no excitement on Fina's face. On the contrary, she turned her head and looked at the place with doubts on her face. Road barrier.

"What's wrong? Miss Fina?"

Looking at Fina's puzzled expression, Fang Zheng also asked at the right time. Although the other party is not a mage, he is also a spell caster. It is good to be able to get a little more information from her. And Fina didn't think much about it, and spoke quickly.

"The Conan Knight just said that the other party has a Destruction Mage."

"Yes, he said so."

"But it's strange...I didn't feel the breath of hell on this magic mark..."

"That is to say, the other party still has a spell caster?"

Hearing Fina's answer, Fang Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then he quickly thought of something.

"Could it be a necromancer or a lich? They've always been close to the cultists..."

"This is different, Mr. Fangzheng. You are not a spell caster, so you may not understand the situation in this regard. Although many professions can cast spells, they will definitely leave aura on the spells when they cast spells. Just like the Destruction Mage, the spells he casts must be in it. There will be a breath of hell, and the magic released by necromancers and lich will be mixed with the breath of death. Even the magic released by our priests and bishops will have a similar sacred breath in it. But this magic just now The breath of the mark is not evil, nor does it have that sense of death and destruction, it feels so precise to me that it is more like..."

"More like?"

This time Fina hesitated for a while before replying in a low voice.

"It's more like the spell released by the mages of the Order School... Moreover, the other party seems to be not low in level..."

"How many levels are there?"

"From the perspective of the power level of the magic mark, it is at least an elite level."

"I see."

Hearing Fina's answer, Fang Zheng nodded. He also counted a little about his own strength. Before crossing the border to "Edge of Tomorrow", according to Stone, his usual strength should be in the middle of the elite. In the battle in the Shadow Canyon, Fang Zheng could be sure that if he fought with all his strength, the ordinary Templars would not be his opponent at all. Even against Stone and Marter, he still has the power to fight. If the soul stone is activated, both of them will die. As for the Lich Lord, Fang Zheng felt that only by activating the Soul Stone could he fight him. Of course, the outcome of the battle was uncertain.

Right now, Fangzheng has the ability to time, and his physique has also been greatly enhanced, which means that he usually has the level of power at the peak of the elite. If you activate the skills of the soul stone, you can definitely enter the master, and if you activate the soul stone, it is appropriate. The legend did not run. This is also the reason why Fangzheng volunteered to come here to track down those cultists. As long as there are no Lich Lord-level powerhouses on the other side, in principle, taking care of these guys is the same as taking care of grandchildren.

Moreover, Fangzheng also wanted to try the performance of time ability in actual combat.

"We move on."

Although he was a little curious about a mage from the School of Order emerging from the cult, Fang Zheng didn't think much about it. On the contrary, Fina looked solemn, not knowing what she was thinking.

Next, the two crossed the barrier of the magic mark several times, and finally, they stopped in front of a forest.

The reason is very simple, this time...even Fina can't do anything about it.

"No, there are very powerful illusion barriers and alarm barriers set up in this forest."

After trying for a while, Fina had no choice but to tell Fang Zheng the bad news.

"I tried to block it, but these enchantments are interlinked. As long as there is a problem with one enchantment, the other enchantments will be activated immediately and have a chain reaction... I think, this should be the camp of the cultists. ."

"It seems that they do have a problem..."

Hearing Fina's report, Fang Zheng also frowned. If this is no problem, how can these cultists set up such a complex thing with such fanfare?

Anyway, there must be ghosts in there!

But...it is impossible to enter this forest right now, although he can use the time ability to speed up, but according to Fina, those enchantments will react immediately as long as they detect traces. Fangzheng's ability does not involve space, so as long as he enters the enchantment, he can only delay the reaction time of the enchantment at most.

"Damn it………"

Through the Zerg's life induction, Fang Zheng could clearly feel that there were indeed several life reactions in the depths of the forest, which seemed to be cultists and captives. But the dense forest blocked his line of sight, so even if Fang Zheng had good eyesight, he couldn't see what the other party was doing.

If there's a drone for aerial reconnaissance... eh?

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up.

Didn't you produce a Summoning Soul Stone ten times in a row before? If I remember correctly, it should also be an angel.

Since it's an angel...at least...it should be able to fly, right?