In an open space outside the Carlos Courtyard, there are only a few maple trees growing alone on the Emerald River. The fiery maple leaves flutter in the wind and fall among the melon eaters, embellishing the gorgeous and colorful scenery.

"Zheng!"

Looking at the storm lord Albert standing not far away with a spear, Thorne's calm expression was dignified, and he saw that he stretched out his hand and slowly pulled out the Demon Slayer Sword from his waist.

The plain black scabbard was suddenly exposed, and the shiny black sword was covered with obscure and incomprehensible demonic runes. Under the sunlight, the twisted dark red runes looked like demons struggling in pain.

"Chris, do you know the mysterious rune on that sword?" Torvey, who was standing in the distance, was shrouded in the smoke of Xiaoxiao, noticed the long sword in Thorne's hand, and paused while holding the pipe. There was a hint of surprise in his expression.

"I'm not very familiar with it, but I always feel that this twisted rune is a little similar to the rune on the burst arrows made by Stallman Town." The trickster Chris frowned and fanned his sleeves. Second-hand smoke came over, he said with uncertainty.

"The most special thing about the blasting arrow in Stallman Town is that there is a chaotic atmosphere from the bottomless abyss. After you reminded me, it is really similar to me when I look closely. It seems that the long arrow in Thorne's hand is very similar. The sword is probably inseparable from the devil."

Torway was stunned for a moment, showing a look of surprise, and then slowly said: "So, this kid Thorne has been out for half a year, and he did get some adventures. After all, he was able to successfully kill the leader of the gnoll and the cannibal of the Skull-Kicking Tribe. Magic wizard, it's strange that there is nothing special about it."

"He didn't kill it alone." Chris glanced at the sorceress Andrina in the distance, and did not agree with Tolway's statement.

"I don't think so. Do you and I still know Ashmore's strength? Thorne and the sorceress he brought can face the gnoll leader and the ogre wizard at the same time, and there are many attacking men. Under the circumstances, to achieve complete destruction, how can the three of us do it?

Just leaving you alone to deal with the Abyssal Gnoll is tricky enough. Torvey shook his head slightly with a smile, and then said with emotion:

"In short, being strong is a good thing for us. We can't always pay attention to our allies with colored glasses. After all, Pushang Town belongs to our common settlement. As for the upper city, lower city, west river bank and east river bank The division of the three parties will only deepen the contradiction between the three forces."

After listening to Torvey's warning, the trickster Chris glanced at Thorne's back, pouted and stopped talking.

At this moment, on the other side of the open space, Carlos in a coarse cloth robe stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes wandering back and forth between Albert and Thorne with interest, and after a while, he locked his gaze not far away. On the sorceress Andrina, thoughtful.

"Brother, I'm back."

At this time, a dusty human man trotted and appeared in front of Carlos. I saw that he was wearing a dark black half-armor that did not shine in the sun, and behind him was carrying a long sword with a sheath.

"Is everything done?" Carlos heard the familiar voice, did not turn around, still locked his calm eyes on the battle that had not yet started, and asked casually.

"Everything is done." The human man with a sheathed long sword said calmly to Carlos.

"It's really time for you to come, it's a very interesting battle, do you still know that half-elf ranger?" Carlos nodded slightly when he heard the words, then with a smile, he pointed to Thorne who was standing with a sword in the distance. The human man beside him said.

"I know this kid even if he turns to ashes. I am impressed by the arrow from the knee." The human man's determined face flashed a look of surprise at Thorne's back, then smiled, and couldn't help but look at him. Carlos asked, "When did he come back?"

"It's been two or three days since I came back." After Carlos finished speaking, his eyes flickered at Thorne, and he said meaningfully to himself: "Sonne's return has brought us a lot of surprises and surprises, and I think we can consider taking the pick up in advance. The next plan is to be executed.”

"Are you sure?" The human man was stunned, looking at Carlos with a confident face.

"How do you know if you don't try?" Carlos showed a mysterious smile, and stopped talking after speaking.

Carlos and the human man kept looking at Thorne and Albert.

Andrina, who was standing not far from them, was also looking at the others secretly. When she noticed the human man who suddenly appeared beside Carlos, a trace of confusion and confusion flashed in her eyes.

"The rose that blooms is not brilliant, but desolate. Thorne, what you call a beautiful town built on a waterfall is nothing more than that." Andrina sighed slightly as she looked at the rushing waterfall, when After she noticed the hazy tower, she felt a lot more at ease.

In the end, Andrina turned her worried eyes to Thorne again, ready to wait for the battle to end, and then ask him to clarify the many doubts in her heart.

The orange-yellow sunlight shone on the empty ground through the swaying maple trees, which did not bring any warmth, but instead radiated the cold light against the icy blade and spear.

— "One Ring of Magic: Resist Energy Damage (Lightning)!"

Thorne stood with a sword in one hand, quietly looking at Storm Lord Albert, who was holding a spear. A pale green light flashed through the wooden holy emblem he hid in the palm of his left hand.

Immediately, an almost invisible energy protection field enveloped him.

To deal with the Storm Lord, the most important thing to guard against is the lightning damage attached to his spear, which Thorne still knows very well.

When Thorne's wooden sacred emblem flashed a faint light, the explosion electric shock pattern on Albert's chest also flashed a magical light at the same time.

— "Second Ring Magic: Wild Power!"

Accompanied by the flickering of the magical light of the explosion electric shock pattern on Albert's chest, his whole body was instantly covered with a layer of flashing green aura.

Under the influence of the aura, Albert's body rose a section at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the originally upright human face turned out to be like a ferocious beast, especially the two fangs hanging on the corners of his lips were particularly conspicuous.

Wild power!

Seeing Albert's transformation, Thorne recognized the magic spell performed by the opponent at a glance.

This is a kind of buff magic that infuses natural energy into the body, which can simultaneously increase its own strength, constitution and agility attributes by 2 points.

For the melee-based storm lord, it is indeed a very cost-effective gain magic.

Feeling the change in himself, the two-meter-long black spear in Albert's hand instantly flashed a lavender electric glow under the control of his mind.

— "Supernatural Ability: Lightning Weapon!"

The crackling lightning circled around his spear, and the burst of strong light almost obscured his vision. At this time, Albert looked as if he was holding a lightning bolt.

Immediately afterwards, Albert raised the spear that was still beating lightning, and the savage face let out a wild roar similar to that of a beast.

Then the war spear he held was thrown towards Thorne in front of him. The war spear was like a bolt of lightning cutting through the sky, and the speed was so fast that it was beyond the range of human vision. An electric light.

- "Steel Soul School (Stance Skill): Bright and Pure Body!"

When Thorne noticed the spear raised by Albert, he immediately guessed the opponent's next attack, so he immediately launched the Steel Soul sect's move.

Suddenly, the spear jumping with electric light was locked by Thorne's moves, and the speed that was difficult to catch with the naked eye gradually slowed down.

The moment Thorne heard the crackling sound, he turned around abruptly.

"boom!"

Half of the spear sank directly into the depths of the ground, and the jumping lightning raised bursts of mud.

Seeing Albert, who missed the attack, he roared again and charged towards Thorne with his bare hands.

Just when he was about ten meters away from Thorne, he jumped violently, his burly body jumped into the air, and the spear inserted on the ground trembled slightly before reappearing in Albert's hands.

"clang!"

A war spear fell from the sky, and the beating lightning slammed into the Demon Slayer Sword that Thorne swung to resist, and Albert's burly figure also fell to the ground at the same time.

- "Desert Wind Faction (Strike Skill): Flame Star!"

Thorne's energy protection perfectly offset the lightning damage attached to the spear. I saw that he resisted the huge impact from his arm and pulled out another short sword hanging from his waist without hesitation.

When the dagger was pulled out of the scabbard, a flame burst into a dazzling white light.

"what!"

Albert, who was caught off guard, felt the stinging eyes and couldn't help screaming.

However, he calmly stabilized his figure. In order to prevent Thorne's surprise attack, he directly danced the war spear in his hand, and took the opportunity to widen the distance between the two sides to restore his temporary blindness.

- "Desert Wind Sect (Strike Skill): Flame of Young Dragon!"

Seeing the retreating Albert, Thorne was afraid of the opponent's spear, and did not choose to chase, but with a thought, the power of the flame in his body quickly converged on the tip of the long sword under his guidance.

Just when Albert just returned to his blindness, a conical flame, like the flaming breath of a giant dragon, surged out from the tip of Thorne's sword pointing directly at Albert, covering his burly body.

When the scorching flames were about to ravage Albert's body, the enchanted armor included in the whole body appeared aura of magic, and reflected a nearly invisible energy protection field that enveloped him, and all the hot flames were also blocked by the body. outside.

At the same time, Albert took the opportunity to wave his spear and rushed towards Thorne, noticing the figure of the opponent who was attacking, and a flaming flame suddenly erupted from Thorne's long sword to greet him.

"Clang clang!"

The sound of the collision between the long sword and the spear was incessant.

Under a series of attacks, the lightning of the spear and the flame of the long sword raged in the wildly colliding figures of the two.

Continuous attacks, because of the constant spell "Thunder Slash" attached to Albert's spear, each collision will produce a powerful shock force, so Thorne's figure will continuously retreat, at the same time, holding the long sword His arm was trembling slightly, and the energy protection field that protected his body from lightning damage was quickly shattered by the jumping lightning.

However, Albert in front of him was even more embarrassed. The enchanted armor wrapped around his body was covered with traces of burning flames. Even if the battle was over, it would take a lot of effort to repair the remaining traces of flames.

Most of his messy black long hair was burned by the scorching heat. After the battle, Albert might only have short haircuts for the time being.

The irritable and irritable Albert saw that he could never take Thorne, and he swept the spear violently, jumped out of the fighting circle, roared angrily, and slammed the spear to the ground, and the lightning mark between his eyebrows quickly appeared. Aura of magic.

—“[Powerful] Summoning Lightning Technique!”

Suddenly, in the blue sky, a large area of ​​thick thunderclouds condensed above Thorne's head.

"Crack!"

Accompanied by a deafening loud noise, a blue lightning bolt thick at the mouth of the bowl, emitting a dazzling light, slashed towards Thorne.

Thorne, who had been on guard for a long time, narrowed his eyes slightly, raised his footsteps and jumped violently. While dodging the lightning, he also took the opportunity to approach Albert.

The Demon Slaying Long Sword, beating with surging flames, fell from the sky and slashed towards Albert.

"clang!"

Albert held the spear in front of him, worthy of holding back Thorne's longsword.

Feeling the pain of burning his skin due to the high temperature radiating from the flaming sword, Albert's thoughts moved, and the thundercloud floating in mid-air condensed a faint blue lightning again.

"Crack!"

A bolt of lightning struck Thorne again.

Thorne frowned and rolled on the spot, dodging the lightning strike.

— "Spell-like ability: Fireball!"

Then Thorne quickly prepared a spell while avoiding the lightning condensed in the thundercloud. Under his guidance, a dark red fireball the size of a basketball emerged in the palm of his hand.

"Crack!"

Thorne dodged a falling lightning once again, looking at the thundercloud that was still gathering lightning in the air. The dark red fireball in the palm of his hand threw it upwards. The fireball pierced the air with a whistling sound. A loud roar.

"Clang clang!"

As the condensed thundercloud dissipated, the continuous collision of the spear and the long sword sounded again.

In the constant collision of the two swords, while Thorne felt the slight numbness caused by the arc, Albert was forcibly enduring the burning caused by the hot flame.

Finally, it was another series of blade collisions, and the Storm Lord Albert, known for his melee combat, was the first to endure the damage caused by the flames.

- "Flying!"

This full-body armor made of dragon eagle golden feathers showed a magical light, and Albert's burly body also floated into the air, preparing to launch a long-range attack on Thorne in mid-air.

Seeing that Albert was about to get out of his attack range, Thorne glanced at him calmly, put the dagger in his left hand into the scabbard, and with a thought, he immediately launched the move of the Shadow Hand.

- "Shadow Hand School (Strike Skill): Shadow Twist!"

I saw that he stretched out his left hand and made a strange gesture, and a rope completely composed of shadow energy appeared in his hand.

Then Thorne threw it hard, and the 20-meter-long shadow rope rushed towards the rising Albert at an extremely fast speed.

At the same time, the rope immediately emitted icy shadow energy, which poured into Albert's body strangely.

Under the erosion of shadow energy, Albert's body gradually fell into a state of paralysis. His burly body floating in the air stiffened, and he fell to the ground uncontrollably.

-"violent!"

The expression of Albert, who was still conscious, changed, a wild roar roared out of his mouth, and his burly body rose again.

"boom!"

The shadow rope wrapped around the whole body was directly broken by Albert who entered a violent state, and it turned into a little light and dissipated in the air.

"It's interesting to even work part-time as a barbarian." Thorne was surprised when he saw Albert's change, and then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Albert, who has entered a state of rage, can bring him a large physique and strength attribute bonus, but it makes him temporarily lose the ability to perform magic. The storm lord without magic is undoubtedly a threat to Thorne. is reduced to a minimum.

- "Moon Arrow!"

Thorne looked at Albert, who had stabilized his figure and floated in midair. He didn't dare to delay any time. He quickly sheathed his long sword and took out the compound longbow he carried behind him. A pale white energy arrow was immediately in his palm. Agglomerated molding.

— "Supernatural Ability: Lightning Weapon!"

"boom!"

A spear leaping with lightning formed in Albert's hands, and then galloped towards Thorne with a speed that was difficult to grasp with the naked eye.

Thorne rolled on the ground with the composite longbow in hand, barely dodging the projection of the spear, and took advantage of the situation to draw the longbow.

"collapse!"

Accompanied by the faint sound of the bowstring, the pale white arrow shot at Albert floating in the air with a whistling sound.

"boom!"

Albert's face changed when he saw the strange white arrows, a ring on his finger flashed a magic light, and his whole body was immediately enveloped in an almost invisible protective force field.

The pale white arrows slammed into the force field barrier, and the powerful impact force smashed the force field mercilessly, turning it into a little pale white light and dissipating.

Seeing the blocked arrow dissipate, Albert moved his mind, and the spear he threw appeared in his hand.

The crackling lightning danced on the spear again, and just as he was about to attack, another pale white arrow shot at him with a whistling sound in the slight echo of Thorne's composite longbow.

"boom!"

After entering a state of rage, Albert, who was unable to perform divine magic, was severely hit in the chest by a white arrow, and his body floating in mid-air was shaky, as if he would fall to the ground at any time.

"Isn't it down yet? Life is really tough." Looking at Albert, who was gradually stabilizing his figure, Thorne couldn't help but glanced at the enchanted full-body armor covered by the other's body, and then his thoughts moved.

- "Desert Wind Faction (Strike Skill): Fire Bomb!"

A dark red fireball gradually formed in Thorne's palm.

"Boom!"

With a hot whistling sound, the dark red fireball precisely hit Albert, who was floating in mid-air and able to stabilize his body.

The moment the smoke dissipated, Albert's burly body swayed, and he fell directly from the air amid the exclamations of the crowd.

"Zheng!"

Seeing Albert falling, Thorne drew his sword and greeted Albert.

"Thorn, what are you doing!"

The trickster Chris, who was watching the battle not far away, noticed the murderous Thorne, thinking that the other party was going to kill Albert, his face changed, and he yelled loudly.

After he finished speaking, he quickly chanted a hurried incantation, trying to block the opponent's actions.

On the other side, Andrina, who was standing not far away to watch the battle, noticed Chris's movements, and immediately recognized the attack spell that the opponent was about to cast through "Spell Recognition", her face changed.

- "Spell Counter!"

I saw a magic light flashing on her staff, pointing in the direction of Chris.

When a fireball the size of a basin was about to condense and take shape, it was directly interrupted and dissipated into the air.

Chris, who was successfully countered by Anderina, suddenly changed his face, spewing a mouthful of blood, and his expression showed a sullen look.