Chapter 336 Growing Pains

Although there is a magic barrier to resist the burning of the flames, Joan knows that he is not out of danger yet.

The big tree under his feet was already surrounded by flames, like a huge burning torch, the choking smoke and heat wave made him unable to breathe.

In such a high-temperature zone, the protective spells would soon run out of magic power, and before that, Joan had to try to escape from the fire.

Joan's hand reached into the storage bag, intending to take out a feather and transform into an eagle again to fly away from the burning tree, but when his finger touched a branch, he immediately changed his mind and turned to the "Yi" He took out the "Branch of Erminsur", held it tightly in his hand, and jumped down from the tree with all his might.

At this time, the snake dragon girl had already dragged her scarred body to climb under the tree. The dragon head saw Joan jumping down from the treetop with one eye, and opened his mouth wide in ecstasy, waiting for him to fall into his throat.

However, she never expected that that thin figure would expand rapidly during the fall, turning into a taller and stronger "tree man" than her.

The tree man's heavy body roared down like a meteorite, hitting her back heavily.

The severe pain from her back made the snake dragon girl almost lose her breath, and she could vaguely hear the scream of her spine breaking.

Before she could recover her senses, the treant descended from the sky stretched out a huge palm made of countless twisted branches, forcibly opened her mouth in an extremely rough way, lifted the upper jaw with all her strength, and at the same time, opened her mouth with her roots full of roots. A giant foot crushed her jaw.

The treant exerted force at the same time, and with a click, the dragon's head and jaw were dislocated, and continued to tear with force, until her mouth was torn to the base of the ear before letting go.

The black throat of the snake dragon girl, exposed to the bright sunlight, is like a geyser.

Blood, together with desperate groans, spewed out from the depths of her throat one after another...

When Nana led Liyanan to rush over, Linito had already exhaled her last breath at Joan's feet, and her body was still twitching unconsciously.

"Why did Master Mage become a big tree again?" Nana flew around the tree man, asking with surprise on her face, "Are you an eagle man or a tree man?"

Joan silently put away the "Branch of Irmin Sur", and changed from a tree man back to its original appearance.

Tell Nana with actions that she is neither a Hawkman nor a Treeman, but is actually a human being.

"Wow! Master Mage has changed again!"

Nana's eyes lit up and she yelled excitedly.

"I like your youthful face. It looks cuter than either the Eagle Man or the Tree Man."

"Okay Nana, you go to play elsewhere, I want to chat with this lovely mage alone."

Li Yanan walked over, her long fiery red hair casually draped over her shoulders, her beautiful eyes were smiling, and she looked deeply at Qiao An.

"Lord Liyanan, can I stay here and listen to your chat?" the little goblin begged.

"You're too noisy, you'll always interrupt me if you stay here," Liyanan gave Nana a disgusted look, and then said, "Besides, you're too bright, it will ruin the atmosphere of my chat with Joan."

"Hmph! Ignore you!"

Nana pursed her lips, turned her head and flew away angrily, her small body flickering like a lantern going away.

Liyanan retracted her gaze, took another step closer to Joan, looked into his eyes and said softly, "I never expected to meet you again, and it was when I was most embarrassed... Anyway, thank you for helping me get rid of it. Drop the snake dragon girl, and save me and all the residents of Fairy Spring."

Joan shook her head, signaling that she didn't need to be so polite.

"Back then you saved my life from the mouth of the snake dragon girl, and now I have helped you once, so we are even."

Li Yanan laughed out loud after hearing what he said.

"I thought that if you go to school in the city, you will have the opportunity to make more friends, and your personality will change somewhat, but it turns out that you are still the same, and you can't chat like before!"

Joan was embarrassed and didn't know what to do. After thinking for a long time, he said, "You haven't changed much."

Li Yanan patted Joan's arm with a smile, as if to comfort him to relax, just say what you want to say, there is no need to worry about offending her.

"I have met many talented human friends, but it is a pity that human life is too short. During their short life, their appearance and thoughts are undergoing rapid changes, sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse, but no matter what The change, meeting again after several years always makes me feel very strange, and the friendship has become unfamiliar..."

Li Yanan sighed, and looked up at Qiao An again, her eyes were extremely gentle.

"Joan, in fact, it's good for you to keep the status quo, maybe we can be friends for a lifetime."

"It's a pity that your elves have a much longer lifespan than us humans, and you will never age throughout your life. Maybe I will have become a shambling old man when we meet next time."

Joan felt inexplicably melancholy.

At his age, he is in the transition period from adolescence to youth.

The process of growing up is always accompanied by more and more troubles. Since no one can get rid of the fate of birth, old age, sickness and death, what can be eternal.

"I don't just make friends based on appearance. I can feel that you have a wonderful quality that deeply attracts me. Even if you get old, this quality will not disappear."

Li Yanan looked at Qiao An in a daze, her tone of voice had a hint of dreaminess when she spoke.

"Although I don't know exactly what that is, I am sure that one day you will become a great big man."

"Thank you for your encouragement, although I don't expect to be a big shot."

Joan forced a smile.

Li Yanan's words made him realize a serious problem: he never seemed to have a long-term plan, and he didn't think about any life goals.

The only desire is to constantly learn new spells and improve one's spellcasting ability, but a simple thirst for knowledge cannot support lofty ideals.

The standard of success in the secular sense does not lie in how many spells he has learned, but in what he can do with the spells he has learned.

Use magic as capital to get ahead, or as a means to benefit society?

Joan didn't have a clear idea of ​​this.

For him, studying hard is not to realize any value in life, nor to make the world a better place, but simply to like magic.

Putting in so much effort just to satisfy her own curiosity and thirst for knowledge, Qiao An couldn't help but feel a little ashamed of her narrow and selfish outlook on life.

However, what makes him even more ashamed is that even if he realizes this, he has not set up lofty ambitions at all, and strives to become a master, preferring to maintain the current state of self-satisfaction.

Maybe it's just like what Liyanan said, a person like him can't even say a single flattering word. Always just a monster who can't blend into the crowd.