Clang!
"Your Excellency is..."
Burns drew his sword from his waist and asked cautiously.
Before he could finish,
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!
Several figures clad in light armor leaped out from between the trees.
Burns turned his head to look.
These armored figures were strikingly similar to the knights he had previously thrown into the river, each bearing some beast-like features on their faces, all dressed in the light armor of the Qi'an Kingdom!
Beast-like eyes, beast-like ears, beast-like mouths... all that was missing was a nose!
Realizing this, a sudden epiphany struck Burns, followed by a heavy sinking feeling in his heart.
This wizard, who had suddenly blocked the way, turned out to be the pursuer!
He took a deep breath, lowered his voice, and turned his head to speak quickly:
"Princess Polly, the situation is dire, you must take Gallagher and hurry to the cave to inform Wizard Colin!
Tell the wizard, our pursuers from behind... actually include a wizard!!"
"As for me... I will fight with all my might to create a chance for you and Gallagher to escape!"
Exhaling quietly, Burns pressed down the panic in his heart.
The reason Polly had been fearless before was because she thought the pursuers from the Qi'an Kingdom posed no threat to them with a wizard for protection.
But now that the pursuer behind them was actually a wizard, the situation was entirely different!
It seemed... Princess Polly could also understand the urgency of the matter.
This news must be conveyed to Colin at once!!
Gripping the sword in his hand, Burns was prepared to fight to the death, pondering how to create enough time for Polly and the others to escape.
But the next second,
"Princess Polly, what's wrong?"
He couldn't help frowning at Polly, who remained unresponsive beside him.
In such a critical situation, to be still frozen in place...
"Hehehe!" The beast-faced wizard suddenly laughed coldly, "How interesting."
Burns quickly turned his head, warily watching him.
In the wizard's hand was a piece of red-gold cloth, about the size of two fingernails.
'What is this?' Burns wondered.
"I really can't seem to understand... why would you leave such clear traces for us along the road?"
The beast-faced wizard tilted his head, raising the piece of cloth towards Polly and asked with bewilderment.
He was genuinely puzzled, for without the distinct red-gold cloth traces, it would have taken some effort to accurately track down Polly and the others in the vast forest.
Especially since his modified hound-nosed knights had vanished... perhaps, they might have never found them.
Hearing this, Burns' expression froze; he looked at the piece of red-gold cloth in the wizard's hand and then at Polly's red-gold clothing...
A sense of indescribable absurdity surged in his heart!
Polly... this foolish woman!!
"Bur... Burns, I command... command you to protect us with your life!"
At this moment, Polly finally snapped back from her fear, stammering a subconscious order.
"I'm so confused!" The beast-faced wizard shouted suddenly, banging his own head fiercely with his hand!
As if suddenly seized by a mental illness.
He lifted his gaze to Polly.
Swoosh!
The next second, as if teleporting, he suddenly appeared in front of Polly, grabbing her chin to lift it, locking eyes with her, manically questioning:
"I'm really so confused!"
"Why would you leave traces for me if you're so afraid of me?"
Polly's chest heaved with heavy breaths, her eyes filled with terror.
Suddenly, the beast-faced wizard sniffed the air, frowning as he glanced at the damp mark that had seeped onto Polly's lower half, and his expression abruptly shifted from manic back to calm.
Crack!
The crisp sound of a neck breaking filled the air.
"Never mind, if it's hard to understand... just kill it."
The beast-faced wizard let go of his grip, and Polly's lifeless body fell to the ground.
"Mama—"
Bang!!
Gallagher's cry came to an abrupt halt.
Shock, horror, fear...
A torrent of complex emotions gripped Burns' heart!
But he didn't hesitate; he bolted towards the cave with all his might.
"Delaisi!"
"Wizard Colin!"
"Strange wizard attacking!!"
Not far from the cave, he shouted as he fled, attempting to draw attention and spread the vital information.
The very next second.
Spurt!
Burns suddenly felt the wound on his left calf burst open under a mysterious force, followed by a gush of blood spurting out, his leg giving way, and he collapsed to the ground.
"Pah."
He spat out the snow in his mouth, quickly got up on one leg, and continued to shout:
"Strange wizard attacking!!"
"Strange wizard attacking!!"
"Keep yelling, yell even louder."
The beast-faced wizard, accompanied by a few beastification knights, followed leisurely behind Burns, their voice calm and elegant.
"Call out that wizard behind you..."
The next second, his voice became strange, as if squeezed through clenched teeth.
"Thief!"
"That thief!!"
"...Insignia, insignia! Those relics are all mine!!"
The beast-faced wizard gasped heavily, the fur covering his face seeming to thicken.
He lifted his hand and thumped his head forcefully, regaining a little clarity in his gaze after a moment.
Touching the dense, prickly hair on his face, his heart was shrouded in darkness.
"What part of knowledge is it that I'm missing! How exactly to comprehend the concept of Melos biological fusion!"
The beast-faced wizard roared in his heart, fed up with the plight of a wandering wizard.
He must obtain those two badges that were credentials to join a School!!