A few days later, in a forest deep in the Sierra de Campania, about 500 kilometers southwest of Flosinone, there were deafening explosions and violent energy waves. A small group of fully armed Magi, about a dozen of them, were engaged in a fierce battle with a group of giant spiders that screeched from time to time.
"Mister Connor, what should we do next?" After waving his magic staff and casting several wind blades to repel an adult Ghost Spider that pounced towards him, the old priest from the Church of the Storm, Dezerby, anxiously asked Connor Ferguson, who was surrounded by 4 adult Ghost Spiders not far away.
At this moment, not only were the two official Magi, Dezerby and Connor Ferguson, fighting with these ferocious Ghost Spiders, but the few Adjudicators from the Church of the Storm were also entangled with the Ghost Spiders. Compared to the two official Magi, these Adjudicators who were only Magi apprentices seemed to be in a more miserable state. Almost all of them were injured and were barely holding on.
Three days ago, this small search team consisting of 6 intermediate Magi apprentices, 2 advanced Magi apprentices, Dezerby, and Connor Ferguson set off from Flosinone city and began to search for Reyes's possible hiding place in the surrounding areas of Flosinone.
Two hours ago, this small search team consisting of 8 Church Adjudicators, a priest, and a dark Magus arrived at the location of this suspected ruin in the Sierra de Campania. However, after a magic circle inspection, Connor quickly confirmed that this was not the place they were looking for.
Originally, according to Connor's suggestion, since they confirmed that this was not the place they were looking for, they should quickly pass through here and head to another possible ruin in the Sierra de Campania. After all, the place they were in now was a place where magical beasts often roamed and was very dangerous.
However, Connor's request was rejected by Dezerby. Dezerby believed that he and his 8 Adjudicators needed to rest after 6 hours of searching. They wanted to rest here for a while before heading to the next location in the Sierra de Campania.
Most importantly, according to the records, there had not been any particularly dangerous magical beasts in the Sierra de Campania in the past 30 years. Their search team had 2 official Magi who were very powerful. They could do whatever they wanted in the Sierra de Campania. Even if they encountered any magical beasts, they could take the opportunity to collect some magical beast materials and earn some extra money to supplement their cultivation after completing the mission. There was no need to worry about the danger of encountering magical beasts.
Because in this team of 10 people, other than Connor, the other 8 people were all Dezerby's subordinates, so even if Connor argued and tried his best to oppose, the search team still had to stop and rest in the end.
Actually, resting for a while was not a big deal. After all, just as Dezerby said, their search team was indeed very powerful. However, as the saying went, it was better to be safe than sorry. After resting for half an hour, just as Dezerby was about to resume their journey, their nightmare arrived.
A group of Evil Spirit Spiders crawled out from an ordinary-looking hill not far from the east. The search team did not have time to react and was caught off guard by this group of Evil Spirit Spiders. The Evil Spirit Spiders were a very rare magical beast in the Kaman Empire's northeast forest. Because of the piercing screech of these magical spiders, which sounded like the roar of evil spirits, they were called Evil Spirit Spiders.
Evil Spirit Spiders were one of the rare magical beasts that lived in groups and had decent individual strength. An adult Evil Spirit Spider had the strength of a human Advanced Sorcerer Apprentice. There were very few Spider Kings that could evolve into Blood-Striped Evil Spirit Spiders that had the strength of an official Magus. They were very powerful. According to the records, Evil Spirit Spiders usually lived in groups of 30 to 50. Now, Connor and his team had encountered a group of 50 Evil Spirit Spiders that surrounded them.
Before Dezerby could finish his words to Connor, a black shadow with streaks of blood on it suddenly rushed towards him with a piercing screech that sounded like the roar of an evil spirit.
Dezerby was a veteran priest of the Church of the Storm. Although this black and red shadow's attack was very sudden and without any warning, he was still very fast. Before the black shadow hit him, he built a few ice walls in front of him in an attempt to buy him some time to react.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! "
The ice walls that Dezerby had cast in a hurry were smashed into smithereens by this black shadow. Fortunately, Dezerby did not count on them to defend against this strange black shadow. In the few seconds that the ice walls had bought, Dezerby clearly saw the appearance of this black shadow.
This was a Evil Spirit Spider that was a size larger than a normal adult Evil Spirit Spider. However, the biggest difference between this Evil Spirit Spider and normal Evil Spirit Spiders was that this Evil Spirit Spider's body was covered with irregular blood patterns. These blood patterns looked very bright, as if they were dyed with fresh blood. Looking at them, one could not help but feel a chill run down one's spine.
At the sight of this Blood-Stripe Evil Spirit Spider and sensing its powerful aura, Dezerby immediately thought of a name — — Blood-Stripe Evil Spirit Spider!
After confirming the identity and strength of the other party, Dezerby could not help but suck in a breath of cold air. With his rich experience, he was very clear on how terrifying this thing was. However, although he was a little alarmed, his many years of experience in the Magus World allowed him to quickly calm down.
Without the slightest hesitation, he slapped the magic staff that had accompanied him for decades. Suddenly, the magic staff shone with a bluish-white light, and a bluish-white barrier blocked the Blood-Patterned Evil Spirit Spider that had broken through the ice wall.
Although this bluish-white barrier was very powerful and had forcibly blocked the Evil Spirit Spider's sudden attack for Dezerby, it was obvious that with such a powerful defense, Dezerby, who was only a rank 1 Magus, could not hold on for too long.
Sure enough, after a few seconds, due to the large consumption of magic power, Dezerby had no choice but to withdraw this bluish-white barrier and enter a fierce battle with this Evil Spirit Spider.
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