After walking for another two hours, the two came to a pine forest with branches bent by snow.
Dick tightened the reins suddenly, and the horse's hoofs made two deep marks on the icy road. Steaming white mist spurted out from the horse's nose, condensing into ice crystals and falling in the severe cold of minus 20 degrees.
His pupils shrank into two golden vertical lines, like the fierce light of School of the Lynx when it locked onto its prey deep in the Misty Mountains, and dark red bloodshot threads like Lava wandered around the edge of the iris.
With Witcher Senses, he could clearly detect the sound of conversations coming from the woods.
He held his breath and turned on the Second Witcher Senses. At this time, the sound of breathing dormant among the pine needles, the thin sound of metal rubbing against leather, and the click of the crossbow arrow hitting the string groove were all clearly perceived.
The densely packed bright and dark red marks in the retina showed that there were hundreds of targets lurking in the jungle.
Dick makes a seal with the right hand and shoots towards the car body.
Three layers of dark yellow runes were made into a translucent film to cover the carriage - Protection magic circle was activated.
He said softly, "Xiya, don't come out for a while, I'll guard you here."
"Okay."
Dick stood there for a minute and saw that no one showed up in the jungle.
He didn't have the patience to waste it any longer, and the woods ahead were the only way to go.
So, he took out the short crossbow from his waist and raised the crossbow to aim at the man who had been ambushed on a tree in the woods.
This man is wearing a cowboy hat and a leather top. Looking at the Flames pattern on his chest, Dick is instantly recognizable as Witch Hunters from Church of the Eternal Fire.
The next second, the short crossbow shot out, hitting Witch Hunters in the throat with a whoosh.
The man's face was full of shock, and he fell from the tree holding his bleeding neck. With a "bang", a large piece of snow was thrown up.
Everyone ambushing in the jungle knew that his whereabouts had been exposed.
The snow began to shake.
Hundreds of pairs of iron-clad combat boots crushed the ice shell, and the Flames coat of arms of Church of the Eternal Fire was like flowing scarlet in the sun.
The golden robes of the three bishops rustled in the cold wind. The leader raised his luminous staff, and the tip of the staff drew a scorched black ravine on the ground:
"Witcher Order Grand Commander Dick, you are not protecting an innocent girl."
His cheeks covered with age spots were flushed red by the staff,
"World-Destroying Witch, when fighting against the Manslayer army, turned 321 people into scorched bones regardless of the enemy or ourselves - and your carriage is exuding the same smell of sulfur."
"You said she is World-Destroying Witch, is she World-Destroying Witch?"
"The prophecy of Madigan has already spread throughout the Panda Continent. We will arrest Xiya and return it to Free City, handing it over to Archbishop Duncan."
When he mentioned Duncan, he looked respectful and said, "Please don't resist stubbornly."
Dick drew out the two swords with his backhand, flicked his wrists slightly, the sword blades made a slight sound, and Sword Qi instantly covered the two swords.
"It seems that this is your attitude. In this case, we can only communicate in another way."
As soon as the bishop finished speaking, everyone behind him took out their crossbows and took aim.
When the first wave of arrow rain covered sky and blocked sun, Dick waved his swords with both hands, creating a sword curtain in front him, sound "bang dang
But the chanting of the three bishops had taken the opportunity to complete. The red magic circle was spinning and rising under their feet, and the air was distorted into ripples by the high temperature.
"Get away!"
The moment he opened the car door, Xiya's brown-black hair swept across the tip of his nose, and the scent of roses mixed with the smell of sulfur poured into his nostrils.
The next second the two of them rolled down the snow, the carriage turned into a pillar of fire amidst the explosion, and molten iron splashed everywhere like Lava.
Dick protected Xiya under his body, and there was a sizzling sound from his back, but fortunately, Xiya in his arms was safe and sound.
His brain was working rapidly, thinking whether to retreat quickly first and then look for an opportunity.
At this time, Xiya gently shook his hand.
"What's wrong?" Dick asked gently.
"We can't escape. You take advantage of this gap to defeat them. This is your best chance."
"But..."
"You don't have to worry about me, I can still cast spells."
"Okay!"
Dick gritted his teeth, held a long sword, and galloped forward.
The three bishops obviously guessed Dick's intention.
One of the bishops commanded the mercenaries and Witch Hunters to set up a three-layer defense formation in front, while the other two waved their staffs to cast spells and throw fireballs, trying to disrupt Dick's attack.
Dick kept moving his feet, easily dodging several fireballs.
In the blink of an eye, he was close to the team.
He exerted force on his legs, contracted his ankles like springs, and jumped up, leaping over everyone.
In the air, he waved down the long sword in his hand, and at the same time, the other long sword took a defensive posture to block the sword points thrust by the people below.
In the gradually shrinking pupils of an archbishop, the cold-gleaming blade of the cat-eyed demon hunter in front of him was getting closer and closer.
The next moment, the sword in Dick's hand struck down from top to bottom, splitting it in half.
The hot blood wrapped around the broken bones and spattered in a radial pattern, leaving a scarlet pattern on the snow. Several steaming intestines were hung on pine branches, swaying in the cold wind.
But this did not cause riots, but instead inspired these people's primitive bestiality.
When Dick landed, everyone waved their weapons and rushed towards him.
The whole scene was like locusts wrapping up wheat ears, with three layers inside and three outside, and Dick could no longer be seen.
But in the next moment, everyone was blown away by the sudden burst of circular air waves inside.
Dick stood up covered in blood, and you could see several long knives stuck in his body.
Despite this, the Witch Hunters and mercenaries around him were shattered to pieces by the Mind Shockwave at close range.
Dick After using Signs twice in a short period of time, my brain couldn't help but throb in pain. This is a sign of mental deficiency.
In this state, his attention and concentration will decrease.
But he couldn't care about that at the moment. As he waved his swords, he caused a bloody storm in the crowd.
Wherever he went, broken limbs were flying and screams were heard.
When there were only a dozen Witch Hunters left, they reacted and retreated into the distance.
The remaining two bishops were delayed in casting the spell because the crowd had just gathered together and acted as a weapon of caution.
Dick took advantage of the dozen Witch Hunters's retreat to quickly attack again.
He jumped up with all his strength, stepped on their shoulders as a path, and quickly approached the two bishops.
In the horrified eyes of the two men, an X-shaped light flashed in the air, and both bishops were split in half.
At this time, Dick's body that had been pierced by the weapon had already recovered under the influence of [Super Self-Healing].
"Devil!" A Witch Hunters shouted in horror, "He is the guardian devil next to the witch!"
Dick ignored the cries of these people. He harvested ruthlessly without saying a word until he penetrated the heart of the last person.
When he was covered in blood and looked in the direction of Xiya, the residual Lava on Xiya's fingertips was flowing along the cracks of his pale skin. Sulfur smoke was exuding from every pore, and blue sparks were automatically floating in the windless hair, as if his whole person was slowly spontaneously burning from the inside out.
Beside her were 12 charred corpses that were reduced to ashes and emitting black smoke.
Dick ran to her side in a few steps.
At this time, Xiya's expression made Dick feel both strange and familiar.
She was not as gentle as before, but just like that time when Flames went berserk, she had a sickly smile on her lips.
Dick thrust his swords into the frozen soil, hugged Xiya without saying a word, and whispered, "Come back, Xiya."
He felt as if a small sun was imprisoned in the arms surrounding him. The sparks flying from Xiya's hair burned through his leather armor, and the parts where the two of them came into contact melted into a sticky colloid;
Even the skin on the side of the neck curled and turned white under the high temperature. Sulfur-smelling steam gushes out from the collar, and every breath feels like swallowing hot steel sand.
Fortunately, after a while, he felt Xiya hugging him again, and he felt relieved.
They hugged each other quietly for a moment, and when Xiya completely returned to normal, the two held hands and walked through the woods.