The next day and a half was a non-stop rush. In order to give the Nei Hong sisters time to recuperate, I had to give up my beloved bamboo chair and let Fei Hong sit on it, as for Fei Ni, she sat on Violet’s back.

　　In this way, the five men and a leopard crossed the mountains, and what was more troublesome was that they had to avoid the increasing number of orc patrols, and scurry in through the gaps that were almost impossible to take advantage of. Judging from the situation, the entire encirclement network should not be completed yet, and is gradually closing in, but the bad news is, I am afraid that there is a constant reinforcement of orc troops trekking to.

　　However, on the evening of the second day of our non-stop journey, a burst of birds in the air flew towards the north-east, and the expressions of Feather Nee and Feather Rainbow instantly became cautious and joyful. Birds are the relatives of the Feather Clan, and since we saw flocks of birds, the Feather Clan’s base was nearby.

　　Sure enough, we didn’t get far out before we saw it.

　　On each of the five adjacent steep and lonely peaks, there were five tower-like tall buildings. Red, green, yellow, white and blue, the same spiked buildings, at the very top there was a transparent orb, it was not clear what kind of crystals they were made of, but even in the dull sunset, the five crystals still emitted a brilliant seven-coloured light.

　　If one is not mistaken, the arrangement of these five beads should be the key to some kind of boundary spell formation. Although the specific function was difficult to speculate on, however, when it came to an attack by an external enemy, those five towers that were separated on different peaks should somehow join together and gather the buildings to form a city to defend against the enemy.

　　The Feather Race is also considered Orcs, since Orcs are not incapable of practising magic, it is only because of their physique that it is not easy to achieve something, so they have created Beast Magic in particular. However, such a spell formation has already surpassed the scope of Beast Magic, I’m afraid that only a Great Magician who is extremely good at both light and darkness can design it. Did the Feathered Clan lay it down themselves? Or was there another powerful external aid?

　　Between the five towers, it seems that some other brick cottages, composed of a manor, but because of the distance is quite far, do not really see, only to see a variety of birds, in the building between the city flying, circling through, and the five towers on the wall, as if covered with a thousand nests, allowing birds to live in, from afar, a hundred birds feather colour brightly bright, to the isolated peak of the treacherous mountain scenery, adding a vivid and beautiful colours.

　　Mao Yan’an sighed, “This is the city of Skaiwa Golou, it’s been a few more years since I was last here, and the scenery is still just as beautiful as ever.”

　　I don’t know if it was because of the uncontrollable excitement of arriving at this hometown they had never been to before, the Neon Sisters wanted to grab and fly over at the first opportunity, but they were pulled back by Mao Yan’an.

　　“Don’t be too hasty, two world nieces. We took small paths along the way, and we still had to constantly dodge beastmen patrols, and now that we’ve arrived at the Feather Clan’s base camp and yet we haven’t seen any beastmen, don’t you think it’s strange?”

　　It was strange, and the query was answered even more shortly after. Taking a couple of steps forward slightly, he stood high enough to get a good look at the terrain of the neighbourhood. Below the steep mountain wall was a flat square valley, with a few large roads leading out of the valley at the end, and with the dense trees in the neighbourhood, it was probably obvious that at most ten days ago, this valley was still covered by thick woods.

　　But not anymore, there were not a few trees to be seen in the entire valley, instead, there was a large, densely packed area of tents and orcs, dotted with campfires that lit up the valley like it was day.

　　Tigers, bears, mainly, a large pile of orcs were gathered in a campfire next to the flame, worship to the flame, for Zoroastrian religious rituals. Looked down the black pressure of a piece, there is definitely a few thousand people, if scattered in a hundred miles within the patrol all counted, may have been close to 10,000 people.

　　From the looks of things, the city of Skiva Golgotha was already under heavy siege, and it was simply impossible to break through.

　　In fact, just the sight of this real army of orcs has made my legs so weak that I want to turn around and leave.

　　“Yoo-hoo, Master, are you okay?”

　　Asuka tugged at my sleeve, worry written all over her face, and whispered.

　　“If we can’t break through, we’ll find another way …… But if we leave like this, that pretty sister will definitely be upset.”

　　Said Dragon Lady sister, right? She entrusted me with words to pass on, and something to deliver, if I don’t have the means to deliver it, then she’ll be hurt, right?

　　However, this obstacle is just too big right now. I don’t know what Sister Dragoness expects from me, but even sending something in is already a thousand times harder, she shouldn’t expect me to have the ability to help the Feathered Clan solve this crisis, right?

　　Looking back at Asuka, she looked like she was about to say something, this girl is simple minded, I can guess what she is thinking.

　　“Asuka, do you get scared?”

　　In the last few days, my attention has been drawn away by that pair of sisters, and under the greed for the new and the old, I have neglected Ah Xue, and now when I see her worrying about me, I feel a sense of pity in my chest, and I embrace her to me, touching her long hair, and gently caring for her.

　　“Well, I don’t know yea, seeing so many mean people, I should feel scared, but for some reason, I don’t feel scared at all.”

　　Asuka herself was confused, but I didn’t find it strange. Maybe her brain has already forgotten all her memories, but the guts and reflexes that she has developed since she was a child still exist somewhere in her body. Although the battle below is exaggerated, a powerful magical guide like Tianhe Xueqiong, who possesses the seventh level of power, would still be able to retreat in one piece with ease.

　　Whether it is martial arts or magic, or even the beast magic conjured up by the beast magic, when using it, it will release energy, and the size of the energy emitted can be divided by level. Almost everyone can use the first level, but fewer people can use the second level; as for the third level magic or power, only those who have practised for a long time can use it, and those who have the fourth level of cultivation can formally receive the qualification licences of magicians and swordsmen.

　　To be able to cultivate to the fifth level, no matter what standard one used, one could be considered an expert, whether it was to join the army or to venture into the world, it was enough to make a name for oneself.

　　At the sixth level, one can dominate a party with this strength, and there are usually only a few dozen of such characters within a country, either military commanders who hold heavy armies or important ministers of a country. Like Ishtar’s Blood Nightmare Archmage, Solamnia’s General Job, and our Leng Linglan’s Governor, they are all masters of this level.

　　The experts above the seventh level are often not possessed by national forces, usually only organisations such as the Palace of Light and the Palace of Darkness can give birth to such a supreme expert with their secret techniques of absolute learning that have been passed down for thousands of years, and that is why I was appalled by the fact that Tianhe Xueqiong was able to slay the dragon with the power of the seventh level on that day.

　　If Asuka still possessed the cultivation she had that day, these troops wouldn’t be able to trap her at all. Although it’s unlikely that she would be able to escort our group and break through unharmed, it’s not a problem for her alone to enter the city of Skelvar Golgotha.

　　Of course, that’s a pretty meaningless assumption. And more than this assumption, I couldn’t help but think of another possibility. If I had seriously practised my family’s martial arts since I was a child, and accumulated them for nearly twenty years, what kind of result would I have now? My pervert father is one of the five strongest men today, so if I practise hard, I should at least have a cultivation level above the fifth level.

　　But practising like that is something I am not willing to do. Moreover, I have always believed that even if my skills are low, as long as I am willing to use my brain, there is nothing in the world that cannot be solved; even if there is, I can still choose to avoid it. Even if there is, I can still choose to avoid it. It doesn’t matter if I am a coward in other people’s eyes, no one can force me to face what I don’t want to do.

　　I can’t help it, fate is always so cynical. I didn’t want to get involved in the Feather Clan’s business at all, but now I’m standing here. No one forced me, but I had to take the initiative to break through the orc army underneath.

　　This fate thing is really ………

　　“But I think I know the reason ooh.”

　　“Hmm?”

　　“With a heroic person like Master, no danger can harm me, so I’m not afraid at all yet.”

　　Asuka spoke innocently, and her eyes were even more confident as usual, as if these difficulties in front of her could be easily overcome.

　　“That’s easy to say, but there’s nothing to be done about it, let’s go together.”

　　Even if I wanted to go back, the current situation made it impossible for me to find a reason to go back, and the only way was to go forward.

　　On the other side, Fei Ni Yu Hong and Mao Yan An also discussed a countermeasure, that is, we all go around the side of the valley, where there are quite a few trees to cover us, so it should be less easy to be discovered. The meaning of the Nei Hong sisters was to leave us behind, the two of them would act alone and have a higher chance of success, but abandoning the guides once we reach the destination like this is like crossing the river and destroying the bridge, and the two of them, who came from prestigious sects, could not do it.

　　At one point, Feather Rainbow suggested that she spread her wings and fly over the valley, approaching the city of Skiva Golgotha from the left to attract the attention of the beasts, while we took the opportunity to go over from the right. It sounds like a very good idea, but the valley as a whole is a long distance away, and the upper part of it is very empty, so if we want to fly over it, it would be more than obvious from the lower part of the head, and we would surely become a target for arrows.

　　If we were willing to sacrifice Fei Hong, this plan would have a high chance of success, but Fe Ni would never agree to it, and I would not agree to it either. It would be a waste to sacrifice such a lovely little beauty, and if I really have to sacrifice someone, then I would rather sacrifice this unproductive uncle beside me first.

　　With the discussion settled, we set off slowly from the east. Keeping our voices as low as possible and relying on Violet’s sense of smell, which was a step above normal orcs, we kept dodging the inspections of the orcs at intervals.

　　It was already dark, and the woods were very gloomy, which made it very inconvenient to move around, but also provided us with the advantage of concealment. If we can continue walking like this for an hour, we should be able to climb up to the five peaks of our destination.

　　Unfortunately, just as we were half an hour’s journey away from arriving, Violet, who was walking at the front, suddenly stopped her pace and looked ahead in cautious fear.

　　At first, we thought we were encountering some large beast, but a subtle, strange sound that followed close behind, getting closer and louder, didn’t sound like the footsteps of a large creature, yet we didn’t know what it was.

　　“Not good, it’s the Fire-worshipping Sect’s poisonous insect formation.”

　　After all, Mao Yan’an was very knowledgeable and guessed the tactics used by the enemy. This large area of mountain forest covers a wide area, to use manpower to lay defences, is really a waste of resources, beast magic in all the beasts of the special arts, which also includes the control of insects, if you let a large pile of poisonous insects densely spread in the forest, the enemy can not be defended, and it is impossible to break through.

　　I once heard people say in the army that those poisonous insects that were specially modified and bred to be released in large numbers, as soon as they smelled human odour, they immediately swarmed up, and in a few strokes, they could gnaw a horse down to its bones.

　　“My sister and I can fly there.”

　　I glared at Fei Hong. This heartless woman, you flew over and left us here to die?

　　Mao Yanan shook his head and said, “No way, these designs of the Fire-worshippers are definitely designed specifically for the Feathered Race, we are now surrounded by tall trees with lush upper branches and leaves, and there are definitely poisonous creatures inhabiting them as well, and no matter how much you fly, you will inevitably graze the branches and leaves and be touched by the poisonous creatures to take a bite, and the situation will be even worse.”

　　Even though she was a female inspector who could fight with a strong enemy in a bloody battle without changing her colour, the fear of poisonous insects was a woman’s nature, and thinking that there might be a dense array of poisonous insects in front of her, Fei Ni Yu Hong’s face looked ugly.

　　In accordance with the tactics rehearsed in the army, I propose to set fire to the forest to help clear the poisonous insects, to create a disturbance, and to let the feathered people in the building know that someone is coming from outside and needs their assistance.

　　The proposal was flatly rejected by the two Neko’s. The Feather Race is a race that loves natural things very much, and no matter what the reason is, they are not willing to do anything to destroy nature. Although I don’t understand what’s the point of valuing environmental protection when even my life is almost gone, the situation is stronger than the others, and I am destined to be ignored.

　　The commotion of the poisonous insects seemed to have alarmed the beasts. In the jungle behind us, there were faint sounds of beasts roaring, gradually catching up. The night vision of the beastmen was much better than that of humans, and in this environment, they didn’t even need to light a torch, they could just kill over.

　　As we hesitated, the violet scurried out to the left. Asuka was the first to run after it, while Mao Yanan and I chased after Asuka. Violet was a psychic beast, and since adopting it, it had never made a wrong judgement, and since it ran that way, it must have had some reason.

　　Sure enough, it hadn’t been running for long before a large black mass appeared ahead of them, and if it wasn’t for the fact that the beasts were on guard, they might have thought of these as grass and stomped on them.

　　It was a strange sound to the ear, a hissing, hissing, spitting of letters, and the small crunching sound of some polypods rubbing against the ground.

　　“Roar!”

　　Violet let out a furious whistle and opened her mouth to spit out crimson hot flames that instantly lit up the entire forest, allowing me to clearly see that all the places in front of me that were within reach were crawling with insects, and under the light of the flames, a demonic and brightly coloured sheen was reflected on their bodies as well.

　　On the ground were snakes and toads, and in the trees were scorpions, centipedes and spiders. Without fear of ridicule, this is the first time I have seen scorpions and centipedes going up a tree, and the rest are a lot of unnamed insects with mottled colours, representing the intense poison contained in their bodies.

　　Asuka and Neko let out a gasp in unison, allowing me to hear their fear. It was no wonder. Seeing that kind of noise, I have no doubt whatsoever that I would be gnawed into a white bone in a few moments if I stepped in.

　　Violet spewed out its flame, under the high temperature, the foremost poisonous snakes and toads that touched it were all burnt to ashes, not even half of them were left behind, after that, it raised its head high, in the jasper-like pupils of the beast, it exuded cold majesty, and behind it, a pair of dragon wings were also stretched out, majestic and majestic, just like a fledgling dragon, it lowered its roar and glared at the thousands of poisonous insects in front of it.

　　In terms of the biological chain, the dragon could be said to be the king of all beasts, and this ancient beast, which was rumoured to be a cross between a dragon and a leopard variant, had more or less inherited this. Under the influence of its majesty, the poisonous insects gradually dispersed to the sides, making way for this headstrong king of beasts to pass through.

　　It was hard to think that things would change like this, we were surprised and delighted, and used this unexpected advantage to quickly cross the poisonous insect formation. Although it was impossible to see the expressions on the faces of the poisonous insects, I could still feel that they, who were waiting for their blood and flesh to be devoured, couldn’t help but emit an angry resentment because they had to let go of this batch of tasty prey.

　　Running at a fast pace, Violet opened the way in front of us, occasionally there were some poisonous snakes and toads that “did not follow the order” and tried to block the way, but they were burnt to ashes by a flame from its mouth. If we could keep this up, then it would not be a problem to break through the poisonous insect formation. However, when we were about halfway through, the poisonous insects in front of us suddenly dispersed rapidly to both sides, not just giving way, but actually retreating.

　　“Great, Little Violet is really great.” The one who spoke was Feather Rainbow, because she was able to pass through the Poisonous Insect Formation without making any sacrifices, this little girl was ecstatic to the extreme, jumping and screaming as she held Asuka’s hand.

　　“Not good! Let’s go!” Something snapped in my mind, and without any further ado, I pulled Asuka and rushed forwards, Mao Yanan also had a serious expression on his face and took the same action as me.

　　Nihong this pair of female inspectors despite the high martial arts, but since their debut, all dealt with is the jianghu duel, the other side of the strength, even if not weak, but at best only to a pair of dozens of such a scene, for the real military array of killings, it would appear to be less than the reaction. After staying in place for a while, only then did he follow and run up in an unknown manner.

　　It was impossible for the poisonous worm formation to disperse without any reason, it must be that the Beast Magician who was originally controlling the poisonous worm formation in the Orc formation had sensed that something was wrong, and because he could not continue to use the poisonous worm formation to stop the intruders, he simply withdrew the formation and let the Orc troops deal with it.

　　It wasn’t long before the entire mountain range shook as if ten thousand horses were galloping towards them, and judging from the sound of the noise, it was feared that there were no less than two thousand of them coming after them. With the travelling speed of the orcs, they don’t need to use their mounts at all, and they can be killed in one go.

　　Nihon’s face was even uglier than earlier, no matter how confident they were in their own strength, they at least understood that they didn’t have the ability to face off against several thousand orcs.

　　“No way, Yu Ni Yu Hong, this is close enough to Lou Cheng, the poisonous insect formation has been withdrawn, so you guys will directly spread your wings and fly over there, the enemy shouldn’t be able to stop you. I’ll help you guys distract your pursuers and delay them for a little more time.”

　　The Neon sisters seemed very surprised by my proposal, hardly expecting me to be so generous. In fact, I didn’t want to, but I could see that the two sisters had always wanted to do this, and were close to making a decision.

　　Instead of being betrayed by them and running away without a word, I’d rather bring it up first and build a little image.

　　Probably embarrassed by my sacrifice, Neon said that, with their combined efforts, the sisters could still take one person with them. These words of course sent the three of us into a battle of heaven and earth, because being left here, facing thousands of orcs, the fate would definitely be ten deaths. However, looking at the eyes of the sisters, we knew that it was only Asuka who had been chosen.

　　(It’s so unfair, not to mention anything else, Asuka must weigh more than me just by those two things on her chest. It’s outrageous to bring a heavy one and not a light one ……)

　　I was tempted to protest in this way, but knew in my heart that no matter if I fumed and rebuked or got down on my knees and begged for forgiveness, it wasn’t likely to work. A man’s life is certainly not worth anything in the eyes of a lesbian.

　　“So, that’s it then, you guys take Asuka away, and let me and Uncle block this side, and I hope you’ll think about the benefits of men often in the future.”

　　The double entendre of the words seemed to reveal their secret, and Nei Hong’s face immediately blushed, but without waiting for them to say anything, Ah Xue, who was originally holding hands with Fei Hong and was silent, suddenly made a move.

　　A hand to carry me on the waist, Asuka pulled his feet and ran like hell, even Violet was left behind. The speed is so fast that in a few moments, I can’t see the silhouettes of Nihong and Mao Yan’an.

　　And then, as the sound of the orc brigade’s gallop resounded through the woods, I saw three silhouettes break into the air, the Neon Sisters, who had lifted up their wings, and Mao Yan’an, who had been taken flying by their pulling hands, flying together towards the city of Shkaiwa Songlou, turning into three tiny black dots.

　　I wanted to stop and say something to Asuka, but she was running too fast, crashing through quite a few trees along the way without stopping, and I bit my tongue a few times in a row, unable to find a chance to speak.

　　Ah Xue’s running action is very fast, completely unaffected by the uphill terrain of the woods, the orcs at the back can’t stop roaring, but they can’t catch up with us. If we keep going like this, our chances of successfully escaping are really high, but unfortunately, when we were about to run out of the woods, a muffled thunder-like sound came from the front, and from afar, it was really scary.

　　A group of Behemoth Bearmen riding six-legged leopards, wearing armour and carrying wolf-tooth sticks, jumped ahead of us, blocking the way and closing in to kill us.

　　Can not rush out, only to change direction to run, see the orc cavalry is getting closer and closer, I can not think of a way, is anxious, suddenly, a pain in the stomach, Asuka’s shoulder seems to be on top of something in my arms, in the rush to take out a look, is the last time from the hands of that demoness Fenix to get the magical weapon, from the heart with the canister.

　　Phineas had said that this thing could turn things out for a limited time, and now that I was desperate, I had no choice but to give it a try.

　　Concentrating on prayer and shaking it vigorously twice, a large amount of thick smoke unexpectedly came out from that small canister in an unceasing stream, quickly obscuring the surrounding scenery, which could not be dispersed by the wind, and caused a very foul odour, and the six-legged panther that was chasing after us could not bear the excitement, and hissed and roared repeatedly, lifting the Behemoth Bearman who was mounted on his back off his back.

　　It was hard to think of such good fortune, and I cried out with joy, but then I saw a very unpleasant sight, and hastened to cry out.

　　“A, Asuka ……”

　　“Master, you don’t have to worry, no matter what, you are Asuka’s master, I will definitely get you out.”

　　“No, no, I meant to tell you ……”

　　Despite being touched in my heart, I wanted to tell her that she was running in the wrong direction, and that running down this direction would lead her straight down the valley and straight to the orc camp.

　　At this time, the orc camp below was suddenly in chaos. Not because of us, but because the feathered people who sensed the commotion, to take advantage of the chaos to the orcs launched an attack, more than a dozen fires burning, the two sides are fighting fiercely.

　　“Ugh!”

　　With a delicate cry, Asuka, who was running fast, seemed to have tripped over something under her feet and fell into a rolling gourd, bringing me on her shoulder along with her, falling to a bruised face. Thankfully, we won’t be able to break into the orc camp as a result of this; unfortunately, a large group of tiger orcs caught up with us as a result.

　　I swung my sword and killed a few in a row, but I also got a dozen more wounds on my body, a few of them were even lifted off along with the skin, the pain was so intense that I was about to faint, and when I moved slowly, I gave an orc a hit in the back of my heart, and if it wasn’t for the fact that I avoided it for a little while, the whole spine might have been jerked out of my body.

　　Stumbling and falling to the ground, I tried to find Asuka, but instead I heard her cries for help as a dozen or so Tiger Beastmen lunged her way.

　　“Asuka!”

　　I only had time to yelp as my feet weakened and I fell to the ground again, reaching behind my back, my hands were covered in blood, I didn’t know what the injury had done.

　　With a loud boom, the orcs that pounced on Asuka all retreated with screams, and in a cloud of smoke and dust, I saw a young man as handsome as a heavenly god, with a faint white light emanating from his body, holding Asuka in his arms. The two of them looked so elegant and harmonious, making people forget about the tragic killings around them.

　　And this is the last thing I saw before I lost consciousness ……