Chapter 46 Trial Session

In the Huangpu River, the last rain of the flood season poured down without warning, and the sound of rain quickly buried the embankment.

Pitch-black clouds covered the sky, and the murderous and bloody aura coming from the scales on the river surface frightened the mages and demon hunters stationed on duty. Cold sweat oozed from their backs, like an ant biting their skin.

"Sound the alarm!"

Two rays of light shot straight into the sky and quickly spread around.

The mages in the gathering place looked at the flickering light seriously and rushed to the embankment to prepare for defense. Ordinary people in the gathering place quickly packed up their things, and many even abandoned their stalls, since they were all worthless things, and evacuated quickly by means of transportation.

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In the heavy rain, the muddy rain soaked the five people. The continuous rain curtain will cover the sky, and the ground will soon become muddy and surrounded by water vapor.

"It's raining so heavily! It shouldn't rain heavily after the flood season ends." Mu Nujiao said with a worried look on her face. Before she could recover from the ambush, it started raining heavily again.

"I find it strange too. I wonder what the condition of the dam is like." Bai Le put on a raincoat and increased the speed of the Bone Braking Dark Tiger.

The arrival of heavy rain means the start of the demons' offensive, and it is unknown whether the magicians guarding the dam can resist.

"There are two high-level mages stationed on the dam at all times. Moreover, there are even super-level mages on the upstream defense line. If anything goes wrong, we can call for help at any time."

Due to the wide range of the Yangtze River basin, the difficulty of defense has increased greatly. It is impossible for the guards to guard it all the time, so fortresses are set up in important places as the center, and small dams are set up in other places. The dam defense lines are separated by ten miles, so if any one of them is not right, they can ask for help from other places at any time.

The place where Mu Nujiao and others carried out their mission this time was a dam guarded by a small group of mages.

"I always felt like something was wrong, like something bad was going to happen."

Mu Nujiao had a serious look on her face. She had experienced Bai Le's intuition once before. He was the first to dodge when no one else noticed the evil spider's trap, and only then was Black Hat killed successfully. Otherwise, she might be in great danger if she were alone.

Mu Nujiao's gaze was fixed on a distant place obscured by heavy rain. Suddenly, a bright ball of light tore through the thick rain curtain, emitting a faint light in the dark sky.

"Guangyao?" Mu Nujiao's pupils dilated, and her beautiful face filled with tears suddenly became gloomy.

The Magic City is close to the sea, but the ocean is calm, with only a few sea monsters rushing onto the coastline. Therefore, the Magic City only needs to beware of the monsters in the Yangtze River Basin. The eldest lady who grew up in the Magic City also saw the warning light for the first time.

Although the light system of initial awakening is disliked in school, in fact, the light system magician plays a very important role in the guardian magician. It can be used to transmit information and location, and can also be used to find the location of monsters in time during night patrols, so as to quickly understand the monsters' weaknesses.

The light that rises into the sky usually means asking for help from the magicians around. Light also has other meanings, such as when the vanguard magician discovers a large number of demons attacking, he releases light as a warning.

"Blue alert!!!"

The dam was alerted, and the blue alert meant that at least thousands of demons were lingering near the Anjie. The dam was at risk of being breached at any time, and then hundreds of demons would flow into the Anjie.

"Retreat! Return to the Demon City."

Resisting demons is the unshirkable duty of every magician, and it is also the destiny that magicians are born with. Human beings survive by resisting demons time and time again.

However, the situation of the monster hunting team was bad at this time. The captain Xu Huang was recuperating from his broken arm, Xiaodie, a water and light mage, was taking care of Xu Huang at the gathering place, and the deputy captains Li Jia, Lu Liang, and Liang Jie had their souls severely damaged due to the erosion of the evil spider's trap. The remaining two, Mu Nujiao and Bai Le, were both beginner mages.

The monster hunting team no longer has the ability to resist the monsters, so retreat is a wise choice.

Bai Le drove the Bone-Stopping Dark Tiger towards the Demon City.

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Dam.

Two commander-level crocodile monsters led hundreds of warrior-level crocodile monsters to attack the dam, their cave-like mouths opened and roared, and rows of amazing fangs were like stalactites. The dark scales made the bombardment magic ineffective and could only stop the pace of the warrior crocodile monsters.

The high-level wizard who had previously rescued Bai Le and his group spread his wings of wind and flew across the sky. Purple stars quickly appeared around him one by one, and the star tracks formed perfect arcs that outlined an intermediate star map.

The star maps intertwined with each other, forming a huge constellation. There was no rumble of thunder or burning lightning, only the silent light of death hovering over his arm, and the black thunder was as thick as a water snake.

"Silent Thunder Death Ray·Thunder Arm!"

The lightning of heavenly punishment rushed into the crocodile group, and hundreds of slave crocodile monsters were killed in the dancing thunder in an instant. However, only a black spot appeared on the scales of the commander-level crocodile monster, and its steps were not stopped.

Under the attack of the crocodile monster, the two high-level mages tried their best to delay the pace of the crocodile monster and wait for support.

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"Name?"

"Bai Le."

"gender?"

"male."

"What is your relationship with the deceased?"

"It has nothing to do with him. He ambushed the demon hunting team and was killed by me."

"Nonsense! I think you teamed up with the Black Church to ambush the demon hunting team and caused the tragedy of the dam's collapse."

Bai Le looked at the two judges coldly, without a trace of expression.

"Why do you slander me?"

The two judges looked extremely impatient, and one of them even slammed the table and shouted angrily.

"Because you are the son of a sinner, you caused the tragedy of the dam collapse."

At this moment, a pale man pushed open the door and walked in.

"I took the person away."

"He's a suspect!"

"Have you fallen so low as to doubt a novice mage? The higher-ups have made their own judgment. Let him go!"

The irritable male judge stepped forward reluctantly to open the shackles, then leaned over and spoke with disgust in Bai Le's ear.

"Don't let me catch you again!"

The tall woman led Bai Le out of the trial hall. People along the way looked at Bai Le with strange eyes, and the expressions on their faces seemed to be stating a fact.

"You are the son of a sinner, a suspect of a tragic crime!"

"I'm sorry, but the members of the Inquisition are a little irritable. I hope you can understand." The pale man apologized, but there was no guilt on his face.

"I am the Inquisitor Nighthawk. You should already know your identity. Your parents defected from the Inquisition and caused huge losses to the Inquisition. In addition, the Black Church was involved in the collapse of the dam this time. The person killed by your demon hunting team was a member of the Black Church. In addition, you happened to be nearby, so it is not a problem for the Inquisition to suspect you."

"You may go now. You will be always welcome at the Inquisition if you have anything to confess."

"You should be thankful."

Bai Le left amid the sound of rain.

(End of this chapter)