While the two were chatting, Mina and the others had already collected the loot.

"This is the mission item you requested. Although there are some minor mistakes, it does not affect our cooperation!"

Mina came over and handed a coarse cloth bag to Yale.

"The stone ant beast's tentacles are worth ten silver coins and twenty adventurer points each. They are used to pay for the mission. Thirty-one tentacles are worth three gold coins and six hundred and twenty adventurer points."

Mina explained with a smile, and upon hearing her words, Jaina's eyes began to shine.

Although she lacks funds, she doesn't care about these three gold coins, but she values ​​the adventurer points very much.

Because of the particularity of the adventurer's work, his status is equally extraordinary, and his reputation among the people is even higher than that of magicians of the same level.

But the Bronze level is the lowest level for adventurers. If you want to advance to the Black Iron level, you need to complete tasks to gain points, and one thousand points is equivalent to fifty stone ant beasts. For ordinary adventurers at the junior warrior level,

, is not an easy thing.

"Having gained most of the promotion points in one go, a Black Iron-level adventurer is indeed trustworthy!"

Jaina looked at the heavy bag and praised it without hesitation.

Mina just smiled politely and seemed not to be interested in this mysterious lady, but Otto and Holden behind him felt light and airy, and even raised their chins.

"Miss, the Grand Canyon is very dangerous after dark. Darkness is the period when monsters are active. We must rush to the exit before sunset!"

Otto walked up to Gianna with his head held high and explained with a smile, while Holden, who was not good at words, had already taken the lead in walking in the direction he came from.

…

The terrain of the Grand Canyon is low, and the cliffs on both sides block the sunlight, so it is only after noon, but the visibility in the canyon has dropped a lot, and the three of Mina are performing their protection tasks conscientiously.

Holden, who had outstanding defensive capabilities, walked at the front of the team, with Mina and Otto protecting both sides, but the team suddenly stopped just halfway...

"Something's wrong!"

Yale frowned and began to look around, and Mina, who was also an intermediate magician, suddenly became nervous.

"It's the remnants of magic energy fluctuations. Magicians have fought here." Yale moved to Jaina, and his expression instantly became serious...

"The magic remains? Are there adventurers hunting stone ant beasts here?" Jaina asked curiously.

Just look at the tents at the entrance of the Grand Canyon. You can tell that there are many adventurers gathering here. If you occasionally meet other adventurers, it's nothing to make a fuss about, right?

"There is no body of the stone ant beast here!" Mina, who had just reacted, explained with a gloomy face: "Adventurers who hunt the stone ant beast will only collect its tentacles to hand over the task. There is no need to take the body with them.

, but here..."

"It's blood! It hasn't solidified yet!" Otto carefully checked the ground and finally discovered something, but his reminder still came a little late...

"Da da da……"

There was a loud noise, as if hundreds of hammers were hitting the ground at the same time.

"Yes...it's a stone ant beast, but how many?"

Mina looked at the densely packed monsters running close to the ground, her face instantly turned pale, and Holden and Otto felt bitter in their hearts.

Nearly a hundred stone ant beasts rushed out from the low grass, and when more than 400 hard jointed limbs rubbed against the ground, there were bursts of tooth-aching sounds.

"Get ready to fight, we can't outrun the stone ant beasts in the canyon!"

After a brief period of shock, Mina still made the right choice. But Otto and Holden, who already had a very tacit understanding, had already started attacking.

"Wind-piercing arrows!"

A flash of light flashed in Otto's eyes, and the long bow in his hand glowed with silver light, then an arrow with a whistling wind shot straight towards the stone ants...

"Zhizhizhi..."

After a painful scream, several stone ant beasts were pierced by arrows and fell to the ground, and the running ant colony suddenly slowed down.

“Primary petrified skin!

Intermediate pain suppression!

Elementary Titan Power!"

In the critical situation, Holden obviously took out his trump card. After his body suddenly flashed a few times with orange light, he charged in the direction of the ant colony.

"Wind attack!"

Mina raised her magic wand high, and the wind blades accurately harvested the lives of each stone ant beast.

The three of them cooperated very well, but unfortunately the number of stone ant beasts had an absolute advantage.

After a brief battle, the numerical advantage finally gained the upper hand.

Holden relied on his strong defense to endure the siege of stone ant beasts. Otto also put down the long bow in his hand, pulled out the long sword from his waist and fought hard.

After releasing several elementary magics in succession, Mina, who looked anxious, finally looked at Jaina and Yale.

"Miss! Although it is unreasonable for the protected person to take action on his own, humans are also on the Stone Ant Beast's menu, so if we don't do something now, I'm afraid we will all have to feed the ants!"

Mina's meaning is obvious. Yale is an intermediate light magician, and at a critical moment, a primary healing spell will be the key to everyone's survival.

But looking at Yale's performance, it was obvious that he was a subordinate of Jaina, so she asked Jaina for help. As for Jaina herself, who was wearing gorgeous armor...

It’s just a young and willful wealthy daughter, or a pampered noble lady. If you don’t come out to cause trouble, it will be the greatest help...

"Your Highness..." Mina had just finished speaking, but Yale had already looked at Gianna impatiently.

Looking at the eager former priest of the Church of Light, Jaina nodded helplessly.

Ever since he accepted the mission from the Adventurer's Guild, Yale has become excited. It is obvious that the restless factor in his body has begun to cause trouble. From the moment he swore allegiance to Jaina until now, he has been lamenting his own weakness, so this attempt

Practicing is a rare opportunity for him.

"Holy blow!"

The scepter in Yale's hand waved a white light, cutting off the two stone ant beasts approaching Mina.

"Guardian of light! Hurry, Holden can't hold on any longer!" Mina took the opportunity to step back to avoid the stone ant beast's attack, but Holden's situation made him extremely anxious, but just as she was looking forward to Yale's light system

When an intermediate magician was able to bless Holden with a protective magic, Yale's performance made her jaw almost drop to the ground...

"Elementary Holy Guardian!

Intermediate strength enhancement!

Elementary agility enhancement!

Intermediate magic shield!

Holy Shield Impact!"

After a quick groan, Yale, whose whole body was constantly flashing light, held up a transparent shield in his left hand, waved his scepter in his right hand, and ran straight towards Horton, who was surrounded by stone ant beasts.

"What...what's going on with this guy?"

Mina rubbed her eyes vigorously and looked at Yale who picked up the scepter and started to spin wildly, as if she couldn't believe what was happening in front of her.

"Sorry to disappoint you!" Jaina smiled, not worried at all, "Although this guy is a rare light magician, he does not know how to heal or purify magic. He is a melee mage, so we call him that for the time being.

Bar!"

"Melee combat... mage?" Mina's eyes twitched a few times, and she no longer knew what to say. Looking at the light mage whose combat power was more powerful than Holden and Ultra combined, she had an unreal feeling.

…

Yale, blessed with light magic, is like a chariot. The junior warrior-level stone ant beast cannot cause effective damage to him at all, but the scepter shining with holy light in his hand can easily crush the stone ant beast.

That hard shell.

With Yale's participation in the battle, the balance of victory gradually began to tilt towards Mina's side. Facing a huge group of monsters, Mina continuously launched group attack magic, and the quiver behind Ultra gradually became empty.

"Hold on, there are less than twenty left!" After fighting hard for a while, Holden, who was covered in bloodstains, shouted to boost morale. At this moment, except for Yale, even Mina, who was standing at the back,

The lottery has already been won.

"I'm afraid, it's not that simple!"

The wand in Mina's hand created a gust of wind, blowing away several stone ant beasts that rushed in front of her. She retreated in front of Jaina, but her eyes were full of anxiety.

As a Warcraft, the Stone Ant Beast's alertness and IQ are not too low. When facing powerful opponents, unless they are threatened, the Stone Ant Beast has always avoided them, but at this moment it is so fearless.

Looks like death...

"Zhizhizhi..."

As soon as Mina's doubts came out, another neighing sound suddenly came from the grass in the distance.

Under the horrified gazes of several people, nearly a hundred stone ant beasts emerged from the grass. After seeing the hidden holes on the stone floor, Mina's face turned pale instantly...

"What happened! It's an ant nest... stone ant soldiers!"

As Mina's horrified voice came, behind the hundred stone ant beasts, more than a dozen stone ant beasts that were significantly larger in size and covered with orange markings crawled out of the hole.

"Intermediate magician level ants?"

Feeling the fluctuations of magic on the stone ant soldiers, Jaina, who had been watching the battle, changed her color for the first time.

And just when she was stunned, the round bellies of several stone ant soldiers suddenly swelled...

"Your Highness, be careful!"
To be continued...