As she waved her staff and chanted a spell, a steel longsword appeared out of thin air and swept across the centipede forcefully, knocking it flying directly!
Annie looked behind her and saw a centaur knight fully covered in iron armor standing right behind her!
This centaur's head was also covered by the iron armor. Including its horse legs, this fellow was over three meters tall!
And the centipede that had been knocked flying was still alive!
After lying on the ground for a short while, it lunged towards Horn again. Even a bug knew to pick the soft persimmons. Right now, Horn was the easy target!
However, this centaur didn't give the centipede a chance to attack Horn. It took long strides with its four large legs and in the blink of an eye, it was beside the centipede. Its big hands as large as palm - leaf fans directly pressed down on the centipede that had come to its senses!
The centaur's big hands were scratched by the centipede's sharp exoskeleton and blood splashed, but the centaur knight didn't loosen his grip. He still firmly pressed the centipede to the ground!
The knight held the centipede down with one hand and waved his steel longsword with the other, hacking down fiercely!
Sparks flew everywhere, and the centipede was directly cut in half!
The remaining body of the centipede was still wriggling. The centaur knight immediately swung his sword again and again until the centipede was chopped into mincemeat and couldn't move anymore. Then he sheathed his longsword covered in the bug's body fluid and walked towards Annie.
Annie timidly took a step back, then stepped forward to stand in front of Horn. She put on a fierce look and stared menacingly at the centaur knight. This monster couldn't harm her. So if she stayed beside Horn, the monster couldn't harm Horn either.
Although it was a clumsy way, it was the only way to protect Horn.
Annie was still nervously staring at the centaur knight. Her muscles were tense, waiting to step in front of Horn at a critical moment. But the centaur knight didn't attack Horn as she had imagined!
The centaur knight stopped when he was two meters away from Annie. He sheathed his blood - stained longsword, bent his four horse legs and knelt down with a thud. His head hung low, like a knight waiting for the king's order!
"Can you understand me?" Annie asked in a low voice.
The centaur knight nodded.
"Can you speak?" Annie asked again.
The centaur knight shook his head.
"Can you help me take this man to a place?"
Annie said timidly. In fact, she was still very afraid of this big guy she had summoned, but it would be very difficult for her to take Horn back safely by herself.
As soon as she finished speaking, the centaur knight stretched out his two big hands and directly grabbed Horn's clothes, lifting him up.
"Ouch, be gentle!" Annie saw that the centaur knight's movements were a bit rough and quickly slapped the centaur knight's hand.
The centaur knight paused for a moment, then very gently fixed Horn on his back. Guided by Annie, the centaur knight carried Horn step by step towards Enoch's small house.
In Lion City, besides her own home, this was the only place Annie could go.
The centaur knight who had accompanied Annie to take Horn to Enoch's house gently laid Horn on the bed. Then the centaur knight placed his right hand on his chest and bowed deeply to Annie to say goodbye.
After saying goodbye, his body gradually became transparent and finally disappeared into the air.
Annie ignored the disappearing centaur knight. She didn't care about the so - called curse device on Horn's face either. She quickly took off Horn's blood - stained robe. After uncovering the robe, Annie saw a delicate face, the real face that Horn had always hidden under his dark robe. Annie couldn't help but be a little infatuated...
On the other side of the battlefield
There were broken giant insect corpses everywhere. Dozens of giant trees had fallen. The ground was full of deep gullies and broken insect corpses, which emitted a stinking and fishy smell!
The ghost - faced centipede that Alanek relied on had already been cut into several pieces. The bulging eyes on its head stared blankly at the sky.
Alanek's old face was covered with sweat, and his hands couldn't stop trembling. He relied on his bugs to fight, but now nearly all of his stock from recent years had been cut down by Ilya.