Their First Teamwork

Outside Purple Star Town, in the fields.

A pack of terrifying demon beasts rampaged.

They resembled earth dragons with four legs, though they looked more like lizards.

Crunch, crunch!

One of them was actually chewing on a human hand, as though it were a delicious, crunchy treat.

"Boohoo... Daddy, Mommy!"

In the grass nearby, a little girl huddled up, frightened and helpless!

She had watched her family get eaten by demon beasts. She was utterly terrified, but there was nothing she could do.

Ordinary people could not handle demon beasts like these. Even a level-one beast was difficult to fight, let alone a level-two one.

Then a blade of light slashed toward them!

Shhk!

The lizard-like earth dragon was cut down by the blade of light.

That flash of light immediately alerted the other five demon beasts that were feeding.

"They deserve to die! I never thought people would still end up being eaten by demon beasts!"

After unleashing a Pure White Blade and killing a level-two demon beast with his third-tier strength, Yang Tian spoke indignantly.

But next, five level-two demon beasts came charging at them.

Li Xin and Lin Jialu were both somewhat frightened, especially when they saw a bloody hand still sticking out of the mouth of the beast Yang Tian had just killed.

Yang Tian was a little frightened too, but after dealing with demon beasts for so long, he was better able to handle it.

Looking at that severed remnant of a hand, he felt sorrow more than anything else.

"Li Xin, get ready to fight!"

"Lin Jialu, cast your magic!"

"This is only a small pack!"

Yang Tian remained calm. This was far from his first encounter with demon beasts.

Pure White Blade was a skill he had learned from Ye Hua over the past month.

"Oh!" Lin Jialu and Li Xin came to their senses and answered.

Lin Jialu raised her magic staff and began casting. All the gear she used was magic equipment.

Compared with Yang Tian's Iron Sword, the equipment these two carried was far too extravagant.

As a demon beast lunged at her, Lin Jialu actually cast her spell off target.

Such a basic mistake came from her lack of actual combat experience and her fear. As only a second-tier Mage, Lin Jialu clearly had yet to calm down.

She and Li Xin were only fifteen or sixteen years old. When had they ever experienced anything like this?

Li Xin was already facing three demon beasts, while another watched hungrily, apparently more interested in attacking Lin Jialu.

Yang Tian gave them a calm glance, then felt rather helpless. Level-two demon beasts were still within his ability to control.

If they had been facing level-three or level-four demon beasts, their lives would have been at stake.

"Electric Thrust!"

Shhk!

Arcs of electricity coiled around the Iron Sword. Electric Thrust was a Squire skill, and the one Yang Tian had used most often.

Electric Thrust was a weaker version of Lightning Electric Thrust.

"Lin Jialu, stay calm when you cast. Pay attention to where you aim your magic!"

Yang Tian offered Lin Jialu a reminder.

Golden light flashed as he released a Guardian Knight skill.

Aura of Faith, along with a light barrier he discreetly concealed!

Yang Tian's two second-tier defensive skills gave Lin Jialu enough time to cast her magic.

As for the distance between them...

With his strength as a third-tier Knight, Yang Tian could still rush over and save Lin Jialu as soon as those defensive skills dissipated.

Everything remained under Yang Tian's control.

Despite being close to the third tier, Li Xin was still struggling to hold off three level-two demon beasts.

"Ice Seal!"

Watching the frightening demon beast pounce at her, Lin Jialu gritted her teeth and fearfully cast a second-tier ice spell.

How could that level-two demon beast break free of such magic? Without any magic resistance, it instantly froze into an ice sculpture.

The frozen demon beast then crashed heavily to the ground.

"Very good!"

"Let's go help Li Xin!"

Seeing Lin Jialu get the hang of it so quickly, Yang Tian nodded, then looked toward Li Xin, who was having a harder time. Li Xin was clearly more adaptable than Lin Jialu, and somewhat stronger too.

Overall, Mages were too fragile. They could not take hits the way Knights and Warriors could.

"Mm!" Praised by Yang Tian, Lin Jialu nodded, a faint blush coloring her pretty face.

She looked at the ice sculpture beside her, seemingly filled with a sense of accomplishment, and was no longer quite so afraid.

She would turn every one of those hateful demon beasts into ice sculptures!

With that thought in mind, she used her magic staff to cast spells rapidly.

Of the three beasts facing Li Xin, this magic apprentice took care of two in an instant!

Li Xin slew the last one!

They obtained six level-two magic crystals in total, worth a little over ten gold coins.

The magic crystals would be handed in separately. As for the demon beast carcasses, Yang Tian prepared them and stored them in his Space Bracelet.

Each carcass was worth at least three to five silver coins.

"Phew, that scared me to death just now!"

The three professionals, all second tier or above, quickly killed the six demon beasts. Lin Jialu let out a deep breath as she spoke.

For a moment, she had thought Yang Tian was going to abandon her.

Li Xin also took a moment to recover. "Do you really have that little faith in my roommate? I told you he's a Knight, and a third-tier Knight at that!"

Lin Jialu rolled her eyes at Li Xin. "He was so far away from me! I didn't feel safe!"

"And that demon beast was lunging right at me with its claws and fangs bared!"

Lin Jialu wanted to keep making excuses!

But Yang Tian spoke bluntly, pointing out their shortcomings. "This was our first time working together. Fortunately, there weren't too many of them. Li Xin did well and adapted quickly. But you, Lin Jialu-if your first spell hadn't missed, we might have finished them off faster!"

"I hope we won't make such basic mistakes next time. Otherwise, we could end up being eaten by demon beasts!"

Yang Tian spoke sternly, but it was for their own good.

If Yang Tian had been alone, dealing with six level-two demon beasts would have been easy.

Lin Jialu nodded, then gave Li Xin a somewhat resentful look.

Li Xin shrugged, as though to say that he was simply this blunt, and there was nothing she could do about it!

"Daddy! Mommy..."

Then a crying voice reached them.

The three looked over and saw a little girl with blades of grass and burrs still clinging to her clothes, crying over the severed remnant of the hand.

Watching her, Li Xin said angrily, "Why doesn't anyone do something about these demon beasts? Why don't they wipe them all out?"

"Because there's a level-seven demon beast in those mountains, and a sixth-tier professional has already been stationed here. The Purple Star Mountain Range is too vast. Killing every demon beast simply isn't realistic!"

"That's why missions for the Purple Star Mountain Range are always posted, so adventurers can come and deal with them!"

Yang Tian answered Li Xin calmly. He had learned this information from extracurricular books he read during theory lessons.

"Yes, that's right. And the Haoyue Branch Hall has also sent quite a few Squires and Knights here!"

"There are plenty of level-three and level-four demon beasts too, as well as level-five ones that rival fourth-tier professionals!"

"Wiping them all out would require far too much manpower!"

Lin Jialu also began explaining.

It was not as though Li Xin knew nothing about the situation in the Purple Star Mountain Range, but perhaps she would understand once she became a Knight herself.

Many demon beasts could not necessarily be eliminated. They could only be kept in check to reduce humanity's losses.

The front lines still needed far too many high-level fighters to hold their positions. There was no way to spare so many elite troops to look after one small place.

Purple Star Town was just a small town, and there were many places like it.

Then the three approached the little girl...

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