Chapter 318 Return to the Tower

On the boundless plain, the Rune Knights rode their magic horses and galloped like the wind and lightning.

In the sky, a falcon caught a human figure and flew by.

Behind them, the earth kept shaking, and the terrifying cracks kept spreading. Vines broke out of the soil and extended forward.

"Ah! Help!"

In the Rune Knights, everyone ran desperately. A knight who fell behind suddenly had a vine under him, which entangled him and the iron claw magic horse under his crotch.

With a desperate wail, the knight was dragged away by the vines, his whole body covered with plant roots, sharp tree branches pierced his skin, and his blood was sucked dry. In a moment, he became a dried corpse.

On the plain, the galloping Rune Knights felt their scalps numb when they heard the shrill wails of their companions, and a surge of anger surged in their hearts.

"Don't look back, everyone keep moving forward!" Knight Carter shouted loudly.

On the ground, the soil bulged, and a blood-sucking vine quickly sprang out, attacking like a poisonous snake. Knight Carter decisively drew out the cross sword and slashed it with one sword.

Swish!

The cross sword cut through the air, and the blood-sucking vine was cut off instantly, but it did not die immediately. The broken vine struggled on the ground like a headless snake, and then twisted and drilled into the soil.

Rumble!

In the deafening and dull sound, the twisted tree demon behind had caught up. After merging with the entire twisted jungle, it seemed to have become the most terrifying giant beast, with vines waving around it covering the sky and the sun.

"Chip, scan!"

In the air, the Fierce Wind Eagle flew at a very fast speed. Enzo grabbed Swain's claws and turned his head to look at the twisted tree demon behind him.

"Target: Twisted Tree Monster/Strength: 18/Constitution: 21/Spirit: 11.5/Level: Second-order Lifeform/Information: A deformed mutant in a twisted tree, which becomes an intelligent creature after fusing with a wizard's brain. It gains wisdom by plundering the brain of a creature, and can breed and control bionic crocodile monsters as a mother."

"Has the constitution reached 21 points?"

Enzo's eyes shone with luster. The value exceeded 20 points, which is the basic condition for a second-order lifeform. The twisted tree monster can enter the category of a second-order lifeform just by relying on its super strong constitution and strength.

Crack!

On the ground, vines broke out of the ground, vaguely forming a green cage, surrounding Knight Carter. He immediately waved the cross sword and cut off the vines, but it was still somewhat useless.

Around, the vine barrier gradually took shape!

Knight Carter was trapped in it, and he waved the cross sword desperately, but more and more vines sprang out from the ground, eating away at the space he could move in bit by bit.

"Don't worry about me, go!"

The several rune knights running wildly in front saw Carter trapped and wanted to go back to help immediately, but when they heard the other party's roar, they had to grit their teeth and give up.

"Dark Extinguishing Fireball!"

In the sky, Enzo saw Knight Carter trapped, and condensed a fireball with his bare hands, blasting a gap in the barrier formed by the vines. In the burning black flames, Knight Carter drove the magic horse to tear through the smoke and rushed out directly.

"Everyone, run away!"

In the sky, Enzo ordered loudly. The current situation does not allow everyone to successfully avoid the pursuit of the twisted tree demon, so dispersion is the best choice.

Below, the rune knights dispersed.

There is no need for Enzo to explain specifically. Everyone also knows to run wildly in different directions, and the final meeting place is naturally the high tower in the Lital area.

Boom!

The twisted tree demon roared, and the sudden dispersion of the target made it hesitate, but it reacted in the next moment and urged the vines to extend in all directions.

……

Lital area, high tower

There was silence all around, the air was filled with the smell of tree sap and blood, and on the towering walls, teams of extraordinary knights were silently cleaning the battlefield.

Half an hour ago, the Green Demon army had just launched a round of attack.

It was a little different from the previous situation. In addition to tens of thousands of Green Demons, the Sons of the Forest also appeared in this attack.

Moreover, there were three in total!

As the ruler of the [Aqila World], each adult Son of the Forest had the combat power of a second-order life form, and the ability to manipulate plant growth was particularly terrifying under the blessing of the world rules.

The Green Demon army commanded by the three Sons of the Forest attacked the tower wall for five hours. The war was very fierce, and the Green Demon army once climbed up the wall.

Although the Green Demons who climbed up the wall were eventually strangled and expelled, the extraordinary knights also suffered heavy losses, with at least thirty people killed.

And a gap appeared under the wall under the attack of the Sons of the Forest!

The Green Demons saw the opportunity and marched straight into the wall. The Extraordinary Knights immediately counterattacked, but they could not resist the countless Green Demons.

In the end, the wizards were forced to take action and used the magic power of the high tower to finally block the gap in the wall and deal with the Green Demons that attacked.

Then, the three Sons of the Forest issued a retreat signal.

"These aliens will attack again!"

On the wall, looking at the mess below, the wizard in a white robe had a gloomy expression on his face and muttered, "The Green Demons are not a concern. The Extraordinary Knights can deal with it. The three Sons of the Forest are our real enemies!"

"That's right!"

On the side, another wizard in a white robe also had a gloomy face and whispered, "The ordinary Green Demons who just rushed into the wall, no matter how many there are, it's no big deal."

"But if the children of the forest also rush into the wall, even with the support of the tower, we may not be able to deal with those second-level life forms!"

"However, fortunately, with the previous lessons, those children of the forest dare not rashly enter the range of the tower!"

A dozen days ago, a child of the forest entered the range of the tower, but was caught by wizard Herbert and became his experimental subject. He is still locked in the laboratory on the 100th floor of the tower.

The children of the forest have special ways of contact, so they know the whereabouts of their companions very well, and are now full of vigilance against the tower.

"Forget it, don't think too much." The white-robed wizard next to him shook his head and said, "Anyway, there are wizards Herbert and Gustav. If the children of the forest dare to enter the range of the tower, they will naturally take action."

"Huh? What is that?"

The two white-robed wizards suddenly looked down, and on the ground outside the wall, several rune knights ran from a distance in a panic.

"We are members of the No. 13 pioneering team. Please open the gate of the wall and let us in!" Knight Carter said loudly below with a pale face.

"Pioneering Team No. 13? Open the door."

The white-robed wizard raised his hand, and a team of extraordinary knights on the wall immediately pulled the iron chain and opened a metal door under the wall.

Knight Carter and others immediately entered the wall.

Except for Enzo, the members of the pioneering team have all survived. After the destruction of the twisted tree demon, there are only 12 people left.

Another half an hour passed.

In the sky, an eagle shadow passed by, and Enzo let go of Swain's claws and landed on the wall of [Lital Area].

"I am the captain of the pioneering team No. 13."

With a burst of hurried footsteps, a team of extraordinary knights surrounded them. Enzo took out the Magic Raven Medal from his arms, and Swain, who was circling in the sky, turned into a crow and landed on his shoulder.

"Hello, sir!"

Looking at the medal in Enzo's hand, the captain of the extraordinary knight confirmed his identity and hurriedly made way for him respectfully.

"Are the rest of the pioneering team No. 13 back?" Enzo put away the medal and asked.

"Just now a knight team returned, a total of twelve people, and now they have returned to the tower to recuperate." The knight commander replied.

"Only twelve people left?"

Enzo frowned slightly, then shook his head, left the wall and walked straight to the tower.

The mission of the pioneer team has been completed. Enzo only needs to write a mission report on everything that happened in the twisted jungle and submit it to Gustav.

"Chip, organize the affairs of the twisted jungle and the tree demon into a report."

Not long after, Enzo entered the tower.

In the elevator, he ordered the chip to organize the mission process into a report, and then went directly to Gustav's laboratory on the 99th floor of the tower.

"Teacher!" Enzo touched his chest and saluted.

In the spacious laboratory, there was a desk in front, and Gustav was processing some documents on the chair behind. Hearing Enzo's voice, he seemed a little surprised.

"Back so soon? How was the mission?"

"Please take a look, teacher." Enzo stepped forward and handed over the mission report on the twisted jungle.

Gustav took the mission report and scanned the parchment. After just a few seconds, he read through the report and frowned slightly.

"Gram actually gave up his identity as a human wizard!?" Gustav frowned.

"Teacher knows Gram wizard?" Enzo asked tentatively.

Gustav nodded and sighed, "When I first embarked on my wizard journey, Gram was already a formal wizard. It was only because of his talent limitation that Gram was unable to be promoted to the second level. He is also one of the oldest first-level wizards in the academy."

"I can't believe that he actually gave up his human body and became a second-level life form in this way!"

Gustav's face was complicated. The reason for the disappearance of the No. 12 pioneer team had been found out, but when he learned that it was Gram who voluntarily merged with the giant twisted tree, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

"The matter of the twisted jungle has been found out. I wonder what the teacher is going to do next?"

Enzo hesitated and asked.

The Twisted Jungle incident has been investigated, but Gram has merged with the giant twisted tree and become a twisted tree demon, an intelligent creature. It has the ability to plunder the brains of creatures to gain wisdom. If left alone, it is likely to pose a certain threat to the [Lital Area] Tower!

"Don't consider this for the time being."

Gustav shook his head and said in a deep voice: "In the next period of time, the most important task of the tower is to resist the attack of alien races. All development tasks are suspended. Wait for the academy to put more power into [Aqila World] before continuing!"

"The development task is suspended? Why?" Enzo was a little surprised.

The most important task of the expedition war is to continuously explore the other world. Only in this way can the wizard civilization understand the other world, spread the glorious fire of the wizard civilization, and expand the power and influence of the wizard civilization.

"It has been about a year since we launched the expedition to the [Aikira World]."

"In order to launch this expedition, the academy paid a huge price, and all resources were consumed very quickly. The Siegel family, which was responsible for the financial power, was almost emptied out, but the expansion in the [Aikira World] has not been effective, and no actual benefits can be seen."

"Even for this expedition, the college applied for loans from the [Northern Council] many times and owed a large amount of magic stones. Now the top management of the college is under a lot of pressure and is unable to make ends meet financially, so it can only suspend the development. Plan." Gustave sighed.

After listening to Gustave's story, Enzo felt a sudden realization in his heart.

To put it simply, the college is out of money!

The wizard civilization launches an expedition to another world. Although it represents plunder and domination, it also means a large consumption of resources in the process. Especially in the early stages of the expedition, every time a tower is built in another world, the magic stones spent are astronomical. number.

What's more, the academy has not yet opened up in [Ekila World], so there is almost no source of income, and the finances are naturally unable to make ends meet.

"But if we don't open up to the outside world, wouldn't we be very passive?" Enzo thought for a moment and said.

The suspension of the development mission means that the exploration of other worlds has stopped. The tower can only passively resist the attacks of the alien army. If this happens for a long time, it will definitely be extremely detrimental to the college.

"This is also something that can't be helped."

Gustav shook his head and said in a deep voice, "The news just came that another high tower was breached by the alien army. Even the second-level wizard stationed there almost died!"

"What? Another high tower fell?" Enzo was surprised.

In the early days of the expedition, the academy built twenty-four towers in [Elkila World], but the first round of alien attacks destroyed eighteen towers, leaving only six towers surviving.

However, now another tower has fallen!

For the college, this is definitely a danger signal. The fall of the tower means that the college's early investment in that area is invalid. If all the towers are destroyed by the alien army, then the expedition to [Ai Qila World] will also be Ended with failure.

The college has finally opened up a little bit of the situation, so it can only start again!

"The battle for the fall of Tower No. 16 lasted for a full month. More than five million Green Demons were thrown into the battlefield as cannon fodder, and eleven children of the forest at the second-order life form level appeared. One!" Gustave said in a low voice.

"Eleven children of the forest?" Enzo gasped.

It’s no wonder that Tower No. 16 fell. Five million Green Demon soldiers formed an army, plus eleven children of the forest. Even if Tower No. 7 in the [Lital Area] wanted to resist, it would be almost impossible. to things.

"Okay, you go back and rest first."

Afterwards, Gustav shook his head and said, "Stay in good condition and be ready to fight at any time. Three Sons of the Forest appeared outside the wall today. After the fall of Tower No. 16, the next target of the aliens is likely to be us." !”