Perhaps due to his guilty conscience, Dezerby didn't retort when he heard Connor's insults. Instead, he led his men and fled into the distance. He didn't care about Connor, who was being chased by hundreds of thousands of Blue Shadow Ants.
Perhaps Dezerby couldn't hold on any longer, or perhaps he wanted to conserve his strength, or perhaps it was for some other reason, but he stopped casting the light blue gale. Without the gale to increase their speed, Dezerby and the five arbitrators slowed down significantly. However, the Blue Shadow Ants that were attracted to Connor didn't have the slightest desire to chase after them. They continued to chase after Connor with all their might.
Although Connor had already cast a spell immediately after he realized Dezerby's trick, he wanted to disperse the dark brown particles on his body. However, because these dark brown particles were very difficult to deal with, and Connor was quickly being chased by thousands of Blue Shadow Ants, there were still a small number of dark brown particles that were difficult to disperse, which attracted the Blue Shadow Ants to chase after Connor.
Although he was being chased by this group of Blue Shadow Ants and would be in mortal danger if he wasn't careful, Connor didn't panic at all. On the contrary, he was secretly observing the distance between him and Dezerby's group. It seemed like everything was under his control.
Seeing that Dezerby's group was getting further and further away from him and had run to a place where he couldn't sense them with his mind power, Connor, who was being chased by the Blue Shadow Ants, immediately shouted at a nearby boulder, "Attack!"
As soon as Connor's voice rang out, the boulder exploded. Then, a ball of red blood with a foul stench dripped onto the group of Blue Shadow Ants that were chasing after Connor.
"Slash … Slash … Slash …"
This ball of red blood seemed to be highly corrosive. As soon as it came into contact with the Blue Shadow Ants, hundreds of them were corroded into dust. Not only that, this ball of red blood seemed to be the Blue Shadow Ants' natural enemy. These ants that were chasing after Connor didn't dare to get close to the ball of red blood at all. They immediately gave up on chasing after Connor and fled in all directions.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Connor was finally able to escape from the pursuit of the Blue Shadow Ants. He also got rid of the remaining dark brown particles on his body before flying towards a small stream nearby.
Only after arriving at the stream did Connor feel completely at ease. He took out a potion and consumed it to recover some of the magic power he had used to escape. Connor didn't have to wait too long. Ten minutes after Connor arrived at the stream, a grey-robed figure also arrived. As soon as he saw Connor, he couldn't help but tease, "Respectable Earl Ferguson, how does it feel to be splashed with magic beast powder?"
Hearing the person in front of him, who was Firo, teasing him, Connor gloomily replied, "No one will treat you as a mute if you don't speak!"
The crystal bottle that Dezerby had thrown at Connor contained dark brown particles. It was something called magic beast powder. It was an essential material for Magi to travel through magic beast territory. In a magic beast territory like the Navas Forest, magic beasts relied on things like excrement, which had a strong smell, to mark their territory and show their existence.
Hence, some smart Magi learned this method. They would pick up the excrement of magical beasts and place it around them when they were resting to reduce the attacks of magical beasts. As time passed, Magi of today would naturally not use the excrement of magical beasts. It was a very primitive method.
Magi now used the excrement and ashes of magic beasts as the main material, supplemented with some other magic herbs, and used alchemy methods to create magic beast powder. Compared to the traditional excrement of magic beasts, the magic beast powder that was carefully refined was not only better in reducing the attacks of magic beasts, but it also had no smell, unlike the traditional excrement of magic beasts which had a strong smell. If one placed it around them, it would be very disgusting …
The Blue Shadow Ant was a typical insect magic beast. Its main function was to detect the opponent's smell to determine the enemy's location. Hence, Dezerby sprinkled the magic beast powder on Connor in order to make the Blue Shadow Ant focus all of its attention on Connor, so that Connor would be the scapegoat for him and his Arbiters.
Dezerby's plan to escape by stepping on other people's corpses was extremely sinister. However, Connor had already expected this. If not for this, Connor wouldn't have deliberately led him to that place …
Last night, Dezerby took the opportunity of keeping watch to tell Connor about his plan. After noticing the differences between Dezerby and Milik, Connor immediately realized that this was an excellent opportunity for him to get out of his current predicament.
Connor naturally wanted to explore the Navas Forest where the ruins of Andoine's Renaya were buried. However, the existence of Dezerby and Milik was an unavoidable obstacle for Connor. As long as he could get rid of the two of them, Connor would be able to do what he wanted to do.
Hence, after the discussion with Dezerby, Connor deliberately ignored Dezerby and did not give him a clear answer. He wanted to have a good discussion with Firo, who was lurking in the dark. He wanted to see if he could make use of the conflict between Dezerby and Milik to maximize Connor Ferguson's benefits!
After the secret discussion with Firo through the communication device, Connor and Firo reached an agreement for the time being. Hence, the scene that just happened today happened. Connor stood up for Dezerby and angrily attacked Milik. Then, he left angrily and headed towards the small mountain, where he encountered the Blue Shadow Ants.
Although Dezerby seemed to be very shrewd in tricking Connor and making use of him to escape the pursuit of the Blue Shadow Ants, he did not know that his actions were all part of Connor's plan. However, what surprised Connor was that Dezerby actually used the magical beast powder. Although it could not cause any harm to Connor, to be honest, it was quite disgusting to be splashed all over.
This group of Blue Shadow Ants was first discovered by Firo three days ago when he was hiding from Milik. Then, Dezerby told Connor of their existence last night. Hence, they became a very important part of Connor and Dezerby's plan.
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