Annie didn't know that the old man in front of her was the culprit who had massacred the Leanne Manor a few days ago!
He sacrificed the lives of more than two hundred people in the Leanne Manor to the demon, and in return, he got a certain improvement and an important deal!
The old man was tasked by the demon to find a suitable person to become his witch, which was Annie. Once the old man accomplished what the worm demon had told him, his strength would be greatly enhanced!
The old man tied Annie to a tree and left a bug to guard her. Then he went to look for tall trees to build an altar.
When sacrificing to the demon, one must show due respect. If an altar was not built, although the sacrifice would still reach the demon, its value would be greatly discounted, and it was extremely likely to arouse the demon's anger!
The old man didn't go too far. He had to ensure that Annie was within his control range and that this sacrifice wouldn't be snatched away.
But in Horn's eyes, the old man was far enough away!
He had weighed for a long time between killing the old man and just rescuing Annie. In the end, he chose to kill the old man to eliminate future troubles!
Horn silently chanted a spell, and a large fireball condensed at the tip of his staff. He waved his arm, and the fireball, carrying astonishing heat energy, roared towards the old man who was carefully looking for a suitable tree.
The fireball quickly approached the old man, who was completely unaware!
He didn't know that Horn was hiding in the dark, so he had no way to defend against Horn's attack. But just as the fireball was about to hit the old man,
a light - purple translucent shield appeared out of thin air, enveloping the old man!
The fireball hit the old man's shield hard. The flames exploded violently, ravaging the surrounding ground. After the flames disappeared, the ground within a radius of several meters was scorched black.
But the old man wasn't hurt at all! The translucent shield rippled, but there wasn't even a trace of breakage!
Horn's most powerful attack couldn't even break the old man's passive defense!
The old man was startled by Horn's fireball. He didn't know that someone was hiding in the dark, but after sensing the intensity of the fireball, he calmed down. It was just the intensity of a third - ring witchcraft, nothing to be afraid of.
"Oh? It seems there's a little mouse hiding in the dark."
The old man sneered. This "mouse" seemed to have good strength and might be a good sacrifice. Wouldn't it be better to have a guy with decent strength as an extra when sacrificing Annie to the worm demon?
The old man sneered and cast a witchcraft. A faint green light emanated from his body and covered everything around!
Normally, a wizard's perception is not as good as that of a wild witch, but it doesn't mean that a wizard in a battle state is blind!
Most high - level wizards and priests like Horn have their own detection spells, and the old man's detection witchcraft was this green light!
When Horn, hiding in the dark, saw that the old man had taken his most powerful attack unscathed, his heart sank. This old man was unexpectedly powerful!
Horn thought it would be better to secretly rescue Annie and slip away!
As soon as he had the thought of retreating and took two steps back, he felt as if he had stepped on something and it made a disgusting "splat" sound when it broke.
He looked down and his heart gave a sudden jolt. Not only under his feet, but the forest floor nearby was full of bugs!
The small bugs were densely covering the forest. All of them were bright green and very conspicuous at night. After Horn stepped on and killed several bugs, his soles were covered with green juice. Horn was very sure that these bugs didn't exist before he launched the fireball.
So these bugs were the old man's witchcraft!
The moment Horn stepped on the bugs, the old man locked in on Horn's direction!
"Hehe, so the little mouse is hiding there. Do you want to experience the feeling of being eaten by bugs? I guarantee it'll be very unforgettable!"
The old man sneered in Horn's direction. Although he didn't see Horn, in his opinion, a prey whose direction was determined had no chance of escaping.
As the old man mumbled incoherently, a huge beetle emerged from the ground. This beetle was much bigger than an elephant. The beetle lay on the ground, and the old man took a few steps and stepped onto the beetle's body, sitting firmly on its back.
The old man waved his hand in Horn's direction, and the beetle's eight big legs covered with sharp barbs waved. It rushed towards Horn, its mouthparts full of sharp fangs roaring as if proclaiming Horn's death!
Horn was so scared by this suddenly - appeared huge creature that his scalp went numb. This unreasonably large beetle must be at least a fourth - level monster, definitely not below the third - level!
That meant even Horn couldn't defeat the old man's mount!
Horn instantly realized that he had met a tough opponent this time, but even so, he had to give it a try!
He couldn't outrun it. No matter how he looked at it, his two short legs couldn't outrun the monster's eight big legs!
As soon as the old man mounted the beetle, the small bugs under Horn's feet seemed to receive a signal and swarmed towards him. Although these small bugs might not be much stronger than ordinary bugs, with such a large number, it would be a nightmare for ordinary people.
But Horn wasn't an ordinary person. He wasn't afraid of this kind of group attack with extremely weak individual strength. Horn squatted down, put his hands on the ground, and silently chanted a spell to continuously cast two Thunder Touches.
The current intensity of Thunder Touch was only enough to stun an ordinary person or paralyze a first - order professional, but for these small bugs, it was a deadly current that would kill them on contact!
He deliberately increased the output of magic power, and the strong current became the best weapon to clear the small bugs. Centered around Horn, the green small bugs died in droves. The current kept spreading, and there wasn't a single bug alive within a radius of ten meters!
After temporarily solving the threat of the small bugs, Horn had to deal with this big guy. As long as he solved this large beetle, that old man simply couldn't catch up with him!
Could an old man with old arms and legs run faster than a young man like him? Judging from the old man's physique, it didn't seem like he could catch up.
At this time, Horn forgot what the old man looked like when he was striding forward briskly with a sack on his shoulder!
The distance between the beetle and Horn was less than one hundred and fifty meters. Horn first threw a large fireball at the monster's head. He thought that even if this fireball couldn't kill the beetle, it could at least blind it.
But Horn didn't expect that when the fireball was approaching, the beetle directly spat out a stream of liquid that hit the fireball. The fireball exploded violently in mid - air!
The scale of the explosion was much larger than that of a normal fireball! Horn instantly realized that the liquid the big beetle spat out had a combustion - assisting effect, just like kerosene!