Game of the World Tree

"You're not Adrian, who are you?"

Athos raised his staff and aimed at Adrian who fell to the ground.

His expression was more serious than ever.

Tony was stunned by this sudden scene.

But the next moment, he saw the other three team members who were equally surprised with their expressions instantly became solemn. They drew their weapons one after another, stood beside Ados, and looked vigilantly at Adrian, who was bleeding.

Tony immediately understood, and turned his eyes instantly, his eyes also fell on the young mage who fell to the ground.

I saw the young mage stared blankly and widened his eyes.

He looked down at the blood gushing from the piercing wound on his chest, and then raised his head slowly, coughing up blood while looking at Athos with sad and unbelievable eyes:

"Father...Father...I...I'm Adrian..."

"For...why?"

There was sadness in his eyes.

Athos's expression flashed a bit of pain.

He took a deep breath, closed his eyes gently, and when he opened them again, his eyes had become firm:

"Do not……"

"My son is dead..."

"You are not my son, you are the monster in the ice castle!"

After listening to Athos' words, the young mage's eyes became even more sad.

While coughing blood, he stretched out his hand to Athos with difficulty, and his eyes were filled with strong attachment and sadness:

"Father...Father..."

"Father...Father!"

He repeated it over and over, louder and louder.

And as he repeated, his skin gradually swelled up a piece of meat that kept squirming.

Blood spurted out from the penetrating wound on his chest, but... it was no longer a bright red color, but a foul black with a stench...

"Father...Father!"

He kept repeating, his body began to swell, his expression became hideous, the clothes on his body were torn, and black hair and scales began to grow on his limbs... Soon, his body size swelled to nearly three meters.

At the same time, his breath began to improve with the changes in his body.

"Come on together! Kill it!"

Athos roared.

As soon as the voice fell, everyone who was ready for battle shouted angrily and rushed towards the monster disguised as Adrian.

The battle broke out in an instant.

However, at the moment when the two sides were fighting, the monster let out a roar.

A powerful breath spread out from its body, its thick arm grabbed the giant axe wielded by Bors, and then, in the terrified eyes of the other party, the heavy armored warrior and his giant axe were thrown like a toy. Throwing it out, it fell directly to the wall in the distance.

The dull voice came, and Poles let out a muffled groan, slipped slowly from the cracked wall, and fell into a coma.

"Polls!"

Ramis exclaimed.

However, before he could do anything, a gust of wind came, and before he could react, he was punched in the chest by the monster.

With the sound of broken bones, Ramis spit out a mouthful of blood, and then flew out like a broken sack, and hit Mirel who was singing a spell.

The metal armor slammed into the female mage's body, and a series of bone shattering sounds came. The huge inertia took the two to throw them out, and they also hit the wall.

They slid down slowly and never got up again...

All this just happened in an instant.

When Tony, the most inexperienced in combat, reacted, the entire team had lost most of its combat power, leaving only him and the old mage Athos.

Looking at the terrifying and incomparably powerful monster, Tony was stunned, and his mood instantly sank to the bottom.

"Ramis! Miller!"

Tony let out a low sigh and hurriedly greeted him, and when he touched the breath of a few people and found that they still had breath, he was instantly relieved.

"Roar!"

A roar came from the monster's mouth.

The terrifying coercion was accompanied by the stench of evil wind, which made Tony tumbling in his stomach, but he couldn't help trembling all over his body, and his heart was horrified.

"silver……!"

Athos looked very ugly.

He clenched his staff so tightly that his fingernails were almost digging into his flesh.

"Father...why..."

The monster was still roaring.

It has completely turned into a behemoth full of scales and steel hairs. Its yellow-green eyes squeezed by pieces of sarcoma frantically look at the old mage, and the huge mouth with sharp fangs is constantly filled with sticky and smelly mucus. flow down...

Looking at its terrifying appearance that gradually solidified, Athos's eyes gradually became complicated.

"Shadow Eater... Adrian... I'm late."

He sighed slightly.

Shadow Eater!

Tony's heart froze, and the battles of these days immediately appeared in his mind, and the relevant knowledge about the monsters in the Western Continent that he made up for.

Among all the fallen monsters, this monster is mentioned.

This kind of monster is often formed by degenerate mages, powerful and possessing amazing magic power.

They crave flesh and magic, and when they devour new creatures, they will take on each other's appearance and gain part of each other's souls and memories.

And in the continuous devouring, they will continue to improve their wisdom.

Thinking of this, Tony instantly understood the meaning of Athos's words.

I'm afraid... this monster that turned into Adrian is right. Adrian is indeed a human mage who persisted until the end, but... in the end, it was not the monster he defeated, but the monster that devoured him.

Not only that, the opponent's strength has at least reached the level of silver!

This is no longer what he and Athos can compete with.

Even if he has the silver skill of [Eagle Strike], he can only use it once.

When it just arrived, it was the silver monster that was seriously injured and his sneak attack, and at the same time, it was extremely lucky to be able to destroy the opponent, but in fact, everyone encountered new silver monsters along the way, and often only had to take a detour to escape...

However, the place where the monster is located just blocks the road leading to the inside of the ice tower. If you can't go further, but turn around and flee, you will also lose the chance to get through the wall of sigh...

Do not.

Even if you run away, you may not be able to escape.

Tony heard Poles say that when confronted one-on-one with a fallen monster stronger than himself, never think about escaping.

Because you can't escape at all, you can only fight hard...

Although the current situation is not one-on-one, Tony knows that it is useless to escape with just the power of him and the old mage.

After fighting for so long, he is no longer the Xiaobai he once was. With experience and the perception skills of exchange, he can perceive that the power of monsters is probably not ordinary silver.

At this moment, Tony noticed that the monster suddenly shifted his attention and turned his attention to him.

More precisely, the wrap around his waist.

Inside, there is the magic core that they escorted.

Seeing the greedy eyes of the monster, Tony instantly understood.

There is abundant magic power in the core of magic gathering.

For Shadow Eater, this also has a fatal attraction.

Don't let this core fall into the hands of monsters, otherwise... it is likely to be swallowed by it and eventually destroyed!

Tony thought to himself.

He glanced at the coordinates of the Celestial teammates and shouted to Athos:

"Ados! I'll stop him! You take the energy-gathering core to the inside of the ice tower to close the Wall of Sigh! Our reinforcements will be here soon!"

Saying that, he pulled the package from his waist and threw it at Athos.

However, just after he threw the package, Athos raised his hand. The package seemed to gain a support, and in Tony's stunned eyes, it returned to his hand.

"No, Lord Tony, you go to the inside of the ice tower, and I will drag him."

He said firmly.

Tony was stunned for a while, and subconsciously wanted to answer that he didn't know the structure of the ice castle, nor was he a mage, nor did he know how to close the wall of sighs.

However, as if guessing his thoughts, Athos's voice continued to sound:

"The center is at the top of the ice tower."

"As for how to shut it down... brute force destruction is fine."

"What about you! How can you hold such a powerful monster?!"

Tony shouted eagerly.

Athos smiled.

"That's what I need to worry about."

he said softly.

After he finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and threw his tattered magic hat on the ground, his waist gradually straightening.

The next moment, the blue magic power burned on his body, and his breath suddenly soared.