Stray

That's what they said, but they didn't know where to run - Oliver was still injured. Instead of two people returning to the depths of the forest unarmed to face unknown monsters, it is better to face a race known congeners. Since the other party has a way to find them, it is not very useful to change places slowly.

"Teach me a few more spells, Baglmore. Just for defense." Nemo stood up and threw the parchment to Oliver. "Even if you're not a high-level demon, you can do this."

"Defense?" Aside from the identity question that she was too lazy to refute, the grey parrot was still very dissatisfied with the disobedient contractor, "You might as well hold that woman's thigh and cry for mercy."

"She will find us sooner or later unless she flees back to the forest. Oliver can't fight now, and you're of no use." Nemo said firmly, "Do I have any other options?"

"It won't work? I'm recovering a little now. If I try my best, I can kill with one blow." The grey parrot tutted loudly, "But look, everyone has to give Leave a way out for yourself, right? After all, the two of you are useless, and you have to accumulate this power until you can't help it..."

"Spell." Nemo insisted.

"You can think about attacking spells, I guarantee that woman will save her life. I hate to admit it - but I'll have a headache if you die now."

"Defense spells." Nemo continued to insist, "If you teach me something else without telling me, don't expect us to trust you again."

"It's like a word you believed." The parrot grumbled.

"Wait," Oliver finally couldn't hold back, "Nemo, don't you know how to use spells?"

"What if." Nemo was still staring at the parrot, as if to scrape the spell out with his eyes. "I learned something important last night - dying works."

"Incorrigible idiot." The parrot snorted contemptuously, "Listen, I'll demonstrate once - you can see for yourself whether this is an attack or a defense."

The spell is short. A palm-sized translucent shadow stood up in front of it slowly, turning into a grotesque shadow shield whose edges kept wriggling.

"Only block spells." It said, "Higher demons can't defend against ordinary slashes, you know."

Nemo repeated the spell, and as expected, there was no sign of the spell being activated. This time he didn't give up, he kept repeating, grabbing a stone in his hand by the way.

To tell you the truth, he was not sure. But on the bright side, Nemo thinks bitterly, at least he's used to the feeling of uncertainty.

"That lady doesn't seem to be the arrogant type." Oliver stood up with the trunk of the tree, and the injured leg was still a little trembling. "Maybe we have a chance to clarify the facts..."

Before he finished speaking, the lightning flashed and scorched the tree trunk he was supporting. Oliver coughed dryly and moved his hand away silently.

The other party came sooner than they thought.

The female warrior rode a white horse, the hunting spear in her right hand pointed at them, and the tip of the hunting spear was wrapped with blue and white electric light. Just when Nemo felt like she was about to be knocked away by the rushing horse, she restrained the horse and raised her eyebrows at Nemo, who was almost sitting on the ground.

"I'm also misunderstanding." She gestured to the spear, the sharp tip of the hunting spear was against Nemo's throat, and the electric light was more intense. "You two little guys are both 'dangerous'. The acting skills of young people today are really amazing."

Nemo swallowed hard, and tried to explain as he repeated the incantation frantically in his head. The stone in his right hand has long been forgotten by him. "Ma'am, it's not like that, we actually..."

Before he finished speaking, the spear slammed back and stabbed him in the shoulder. Nemo was so frightened that he stopped talking quickly, rolled on the spot, and avoided the tip of the spear. The electric light brushed across his back, causing him to scream in pain.

"Do I look like the kind of fool who waits for the enemy to tell a story?" The female warrior-An Chi laughed, swung the hunting spear, and swam out like a lightning snake along the trajectory of the swing . Nemo's "what if" didn't mean anything, he watched as the electric light blasted at him.

Oliver dragged his injured leg and tried to grab the spear with a clumsy surprise attack, but Anri quickly turned around to dodge. The hunting spear drew a half-circle in the air, the tail of the spear hit him in the chest, and Oliver was abruptly knocked back two steps.

Nemo, who had just escaped the electric light, took the opportunity to throw a stone, and the reinforced physique was finally useful, and the stone shot towards An like a cannonball - and then was swept away by the spear body.

This woman is more difficult to deal with than the wolf hunter, Nemo rubbed the blood of the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, thinking in a daze.

"Are you two really 'dangerous'?" She threw a question in confusion, but the movements of her hands did not stop. The spear stabbed Nemo in the shoulder again.

The ominous purple-black radiance lit up again, and Nemo twisted violently.

"Stop!" he shouted, "Baggarmoru, she didn't kill her!"

Unfortunately, it was too late, the light was about to pass over his head and hit the female warrior's head.

Nimo's mind went blank, the old water bag was still hanging from his belt...she shouldn't have died like this.

He didn't dodge, but raised his hand instinctively, ignoring the point of the spear that pierced his shoulder—

A dark shadow instantly flashed from the air, forming a dark curtain that almost extended beyond his line of sight. Unlike the translucent shield demonstrated by the parrot, it is thick and thick and completely invisible to the other side. It seemed that something hit it, and the ripples were negligible, like water droplets falling into a lake.

The female warrior and Nemo froze together.

"Is this...you made it?" Oliver limped to the thick black shadow, reached out and poked, but found nothing.

"I don't know," Nemo answered dryly, his eyes straight. "I think-"

Then the pain of being hit by a blunt object came from the back of the head. At that moment, he instinctively opened his eyes, and finally lost consciousness.

When he opened his eyes again, the sun was still high in the sky, and it didn't mean to set.

"Ouch, you're awake." The white horse was grazing freely not far away, and its owner was squatting in front of him. Ann touched her chin, her eyes full of curiosity. "You're in good shape, boy—the one behind you is still dizzy."

Nemo was horrified to find himself bound into a watertight cocoon. Oliver was tightly tied behind him, looking at the strength of his body leaning up, he should still be in a drowsiness. Oliver's body temperature seeped through the thin cloth, still a little hot, Nemo sighed slightly in his heart.

"Now we can talk." Ann raised her left hand and pointed her thumb back at the grey parrot poking its head on a branch in the distance. "What's the matter with you two?"

Nemo glanced at the hunting spear in her right hand, then looked down at the shining silver jewelry on her chest.

"What is this?" He cleared his throat nervously, "What the **** are you trying to do?"

"It's me who asked the question first... Forget it." Ann didn't let go of her weapon, "It's a magic seal, it will only make you weak. Don't worry, I didn't do anything too much. ." She accentuated the word excessive.

Nimo didn't feel weak, but he wasn't stupid enough to share this discovery with the female warrior.

"We are innocent! ... Maybe not so innocent, but there is a reason for it." He stopped talking nonsense and explained it quickly like a bean. "You saw the charge on the wanted warrant, that's actually—"

"You're that Nemo Wright, demon believer, right. That's your demon? First time I've seen a demon of this breed." She glanced back at the grey parrot, casually Wave your hand. "I'm not interested in your crime. The army usually makes up one, and it will kill you both horizontally and vertically."

She raised her chin in Oliver's direction. "I'm more curious about that one."

"His father asked him to do that," Nemo explained. He raised his head and looked at Ann without any guilt. "The reason...the reason I don't know, I was standing a long way. But one thing was clear—his father looked like he was dying at that time."

Like an allergy to demons. But killing a civilian can't be considered 'dangerous,' little guy."

"We also wounded a hunting wolf." Nemo could only think of that.

"Then he was implicated by you?"

"Well, to be precise, he wounded a hunting wolf."

"It was killed!" The grey parrot interjected loudly in the distance.

Still ignored it.

"Interesting." The female warrior stood up with a spear, "A wolf hunter in Alban's army? To be honest, I can only run away with confidence in front of them. Did your friend steal something great? weapons-"

"The sword was picked up on the road. I couldn't see anything when I took him to escape, it must have fallen." Nemo replied quickly, and did not think the dirty sword was anything powerful The origins of them - otherwise they would have been taken away by adventurers who are keen on forest treasure hunts.

Ann raised her eyebrows.

"What about you, why are you summoning a demon?" she said, "I don't think you're that kind of..." She paused and chose a word. "Unscrupulous people."

"...I also picked it up on the road. No, I definitely didn't play tricks on you! I didn't summon it, it wanted to attack Oliver." Looking at the female warrior's face, Nemo panicked.

"You'd better find out, I'm not asking you out of curiosity." An pouted, "There must be a dozen bounty hunters at the gate of Noe City waiting for you, in the face of 'dangerous' ' level, no one wants to take the effort to catch them alive. But you... how do you say it, it doesn't seem to be at that point."

Nimo looked at her a little moved.

"I've killed enough 'dangerous' wanted criminals, I know exactly what they are." She rolled her eyes, "If you are really 'dangerous', what just happened It's supposed to be a robbery, not a deal. But of course you guys could be acting too, I'll have to make sure - so stop talking **** about me."

"I'm not lying." Nemo lowered his head and whispered.

"If you hadn't blocked that for me just now, I should have been waiting for the money to be exchanged with both of you on the head."

"...I really didn't lie."

Ann suddenly burst out laughing, she weighed the hunting spear in her hand, raised her hand and stabbed at Nemo. Nemo froze in place, he didn't dare to hide, for fear of accidentally using Oliver as a meat shield. The grey parrot came rushing towards it, screaming loudly.

But the next moment he felt a slight tingling of blood rushing back to his limbs. The rope was scorched to brittle by the electric light and scattered to the ground. Instead of stabbing him, the hunting spear cut the rope on him neatly.

The grey parrot's screaming stopped abruptly, and it flapped its wings awkwardly in mid-air.

"I don't think you're part of that scumbag." Ann shrugged and gave a bad smile. "If you were, your friend would have been stabbed in the face just now."

"Ann Savage, bounty hunter." She thrust her hunting spear into the ground and stretched out her calloused right hand.

"Nimo Wright, library staff." Nemo scratched his head, but slowly got up. "Uh, ex-library employee. My hands are pretty dirty, so don't—"

Ann laughed and retracted her right hand. "Let go of your friend's rope first, he won't wake up for a while. The medicine is almost ready."

"You..." Nemo was a little uncomfortable, "You trust us?"

"Of course not, I'm not an idiot." An Qing snorted, "I just think you are quite pleasing to the eye. If you really see it wrong, it can only show that your deception is very good - simple Speaking of my decision, I am unlucky if I look wrong."

“…Thank you.”

"Don't thank you too soon, I haven't officially decided to let you go." An boldly patted his shoulder, looking calm. "Three thousand gold coins is not a small amount."

“…”

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