1009 Exiting the Maze (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
At the boundaries of the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara Desert, a man sitting on the back of a flying beast fixed his eyes on the gradually approaching line of the desert with confusion.
”Mr. Devon, didn't you hear what I say?” a Maga in her thirties asked.
”Oh, what did you say?” Devon finally collected his thoughts.
”According to the information we received, strange sandstorms have been happening quite often lately around the boundaries of the Sahara Desert. Our people have concluded that they aren't works of nature,” the bespectacled Maga said.
”There's no proof to back it up yet; the Sahara Desert is known for its unexplainable phenomena, so it's unlikely that we can find the reason behind it. We'll just head inside and rescue the missing people,” a Mage with a white cloth cap spoke up.
”To be honest, if Mr. Devon wasn't leading us, I would never set my foot into that desert maze. After all, Mr. Devon has managed to walk out of the desert maze once!”
The man called Devon sat without saying a single word.
The truth was, he did not want to come back to this place at all!
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”Look, there's someone down there,” someone on the team said. Everyone immediately glanced in the direction.
They did discover an unconscious person lying on the sand. Judging from the figure, it seemed to be a woman.
Devon whispered to the flying beast he was riding. The beast withdrew its wings and slowly landed on the sand.
The Maga with spectacles walked up to the unconscious person and helped her up. She took a closer look at her.
”She's still alive, she....she looks Asian, perhaps she's from the Chinese team that the Magic Association sent here to look for the missing national team?” Sijia said.
Sijia took some water and fed it to the unconscious woman.
After drinking the water, Nanyu gradually woke up.
She immediately observed her surroundings. When she realized she was no longer at the same spot, her face turned pale.
She was obviously worried about Mo Fan and the others.
She was supposed to be sending out signals to the team outside the desert maze, yet she had somehow fainted here, meaning that the team was still stuck in the desert!
”I have to go!” Nanyu rose to her feet and hurriedly went forward. However, her body was still too weak. She started to stagger after taking a few steps.
”Calm down, and tell us what happened. How did you faint here?” Sijia asked.
”It was a monster roaming close to the desert maze, it attacked me… anyway, can you please bring me there? My teammates are still in there, and I'm no match for the monster,” Nanyu pleaded.
”Don't worry, Mr. Davey here is a Super Mage. He's more familiar with the desert maze than anyone else. With his help, your friends won't be in danger for long,” the man with white cloth cap said.
The Super Mage called Devon remained silent. From the grim look on his face, it was easy to tell that he was not as confident as the others had described.
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Jiang Shaoxu's Spirit Ripple immediately came into effect following the bellowing roars of the giant rhinoceroses brought in by Jiang Yu's Advanced Summoning Spell. It amplified the fear of the Sandfear Foxes, and since they had already lost more than two hundred of their comrades, they started having the urge to retreat.
The Poison Fire Scorpions were affected by Jiang Shaoxu's Psychic Spell, too. They backed off to the sand dunes under their control and faced the Sandfear Foxes in a standstill.
”What now? Is it half-time?” Mo Fan mumbled when he saw the two tribes of demon creatures ceasing fire, yet showing no intention of retreating.
”Maybe their Commanders think it's meaningless to fight any further.”
The demon creatures stopped fighting one another, but they insisted on staying. Their deep calls kept on coming, making Mo Fan and his crew feel awkward.
As the group was feeling incredibly lost, they suddenly heard the chime of a zither. They raised their heads and saw the magic signal they had long awaited pointing in a clear direction.
Zhao Manyan and Jiang Yu almost burst into tears when they saw the signal!
They were saved, Nanyu had finally showed up!
”Come, let's hurry up, the two tribes are about to fight one another soon,” Jiang Shaoxu blurted out when she sensed the atmosphere shifting.
The five no longer needed to hold their positions now that they had a clear direction to head in. They would no longer intervene with the war between the two tribes of demon creatures.