"It's been so long, how come Carlos hasn't come out yet, could there be any problem?" Nick Williams looked at the black smoky cage not far away, with a look of indelible worry.

The horned beast hissed lowly and kicked up its hooves rather uneasily.

"Rest assured, my Lord, please have faith in Mr. Carlos's abilities."

Archbishop Ansel, who was standing beside Nick, straightened his pale golden robe and spoke words of relief. But the gaze looking at the black smoke was not as calm as he said.

"It seems that the Lord Bishop trusts Mr. Carlos very much." Nick paused, seemingly deliberating his words, "This time, we really have to bother Lord Bishop, if you hadn't used a powerful miracle to suppress that monster from moving, I'm afraid Carlos would have had to suffer a lot to take it down. Thanks to the efforts of you two, we were able to achieve victory so smoothly."

Archbishop Ansel seemed a little displeased at his words, a slight frown on his creased face, and reached out his hand to the wrecked battlefield in the distance.

"Lord, you call this smooth?"

"Lord Bishop, look at what you're saying." Nick laughed bitterly, "We all know that facing a terrible monster like the Abyss, I think it's already a blessing to pay only these prices. I have caused the monks to control the spread of the Abyssal mire, at least for the piece of keeping the surrounding towns safe, we are all victorious."

There are many human towns and villages around this land, and because of this, the Holy Church took this action quite seriously, evacuating the people half a month ago, and even sending not only Carlos to fight, but also asking Archbishop Ansel to cooperate with him in his actions.

"What are you going to do with the knights who sacrificed their lives?"

The battle with the abyssal monsters is different from the ordinary extermination of bandits or suppression of rebellion, and will be exceptionally cruel. Only a very small number of knights could be left with whole bodies, and most of them would be devoured without even ashes left.

"They're all heroes." Nick whispered.

Ansel nodded at his words. That was enough to say, he believed Nick knew what to do.

As he was about to speak again, he suddenly felt his breath catch in his chest and couldn't help a violent cough.

"Lord Bishop, are you all right?"

Nick rushed forward to support him.

"It's fine, it's fine." Ansel waved his hand, "I'm old, my body is a bit overwhelmed after moving around for such a short while ...... The first holy spear that was released at that time, I originally aimed at the right leg of that monster and shot it over, wanting to block its movement first. The result is that the old eyes are dizzy and hit on the right shoulder. If I hadn't reacted in time, I'm afraid this old bone would have to be accounted for here today ...... To be honest, I found someting strange in today’s abyss battle. Did lord nick find out?”

"The bishop might as well say so."

"I always feel that this monster doesn't seem to have the same fierce energy as before. I noticed that it was hesitating, and it even felt like it was ...... like it was thinking about something. I think that's the reason we were able to end the battle so quickly this time."

"Is that so? It's the first time I've faced the abyss directly like this, so I don't really have any clear feelings about it. But from what you said, that monster does not seem like the kind of existence that relies only on instinctive actions as rumored ...... Does the bishop have any concerns?"

"Not really a concern, except that ......"

Ansel's words were not finished when he saw a white light suddenly appearing not far away, and the two people who were talking were startled and immediately looked up.

Only the black smoke cage, which was moving slowly, suddenly spun up and quickly shrank inward. And countless ice prisms appears. Air is cool down even the armour is forsting.

"All troops listen to the order! Fall back and form up, prepare for battle!"

Nick swooped over on his horned beast.

With a soft sound, a black ball of smoke with a white glow broke through the cage and flew out.

"Carlos!" Nick shouted in the direction of the black smoke, but got no response.

His heart sank quickly.

The black ball of smoke, after breaking through the cage, pulled up a long tail flame and flew more than ten meters away, landing on the ground and scattering into a cloud of smoke.

A white figure flashed out from it, and sprinted into the distance without making any stop.

Carlos! No, no, the size is too small, if not Carlos, who is it? What went wrong ...... It seems to be running away?!

"Lord Bishop! Please check the situation of Carlos! Right flank, two or three formations, follow me in pursuit!"

Quickly making a judgment of the situation in front of him, Nick bellowed and gave chase.

............

"Hoo ...... Hoo ......"

Running, running non-stop, running with all strength.

Some unexpected surprises, although this body looks weak, but the quality is much better than expected, swinging the small legs to run full speed. I tight the cloak to cover the body and the hood to hide my head. I don’t feel tired after running. Much better then the body when I was a man.

At that time, I was addicted to work, sometimes staying at the company for more than ten hours, often working overtime and staying up late, and had no room for exercise at all, and had a considerable belly at a young age.

The voices of the knights behind me seemed to be getting farther and farther away, and my heart was filled with a secret joy, it's over, it's over! I've escaped!

In the last moment in the black smoke, although I wasn't sure why the swordsman hesitated, it was his hesitation that bought me time, and I managed to retrieve my connection to the black smoke, even sensing the icy coldness of the abyssal mire when I was wrapped in it.

That seemed to be the power that would allow me to master the frost.

Although at the moment I would only release them in one stream and had no idea how to manipulate them at all. But a momentary outburst of black smoke and ice mist was enough to keep his hands busy.

Then the bearded swordsman was frozen in place by me, and I'll never forget that bitter look on his face, hahahahahahaha, happy!

Let you bully me, hmmm.

There was stifled laughter on my face, and I couldn't help but turn my head to look behind me, but I completely forgot that the cloak wrapped around me was too long due to the huge height difference between Carlos and I. Due to my twisting motion, the hem of the cloak once again dragged on the ground and then was stepped on by my foot.

At this moment, I was running wildly with all my strength, and my speed was too fast to even let out a scream, and I flew out just like when I was hit by the holy gun before.

Poof, poof, poof, poof, poof, poof. I stop after rolling long distance.

The saying "extreme joyful begets sorrow" is so perfectly interpreted by me at this moment.

I was lying face down on the ground, unable to breathe out for a long time because of the pain.I check myself seeing all bruise and cutting on my skin.

"Damn ......"

It took me a while to get over, and I couldn't care less about swearing as I rolled to my feet and limped onward to a trot.

There were more and more trees around me, and a little farther on, I could see a vast forest of giant trees.

My goal was there.

The fall took too long, and I could already hear the sound of hoof beats not far behind me.

The moment was no longer the same as before, I was so anxious that I tried my best to run forward, but the fall on my knee made my speed drop too much.

Only to hear the sound of hooves coming closer and closer, there was a shout coming from behind me.

"Don't try to run!!!"

The clanging sound of weapons being sheathed rang out.

I was instantly alerted, and my body immediately leaned back for a sliding shovel, and the moment I fell down, my head was swept by a sword light with a windy sound.

That was close! I was shocked out of a cold sweat.

My body slashed forward a short distance with inertia, and my back and buttocks hurt hotly. Before I could adjust my posture and get back up, the feeling of danger struck me once again.

I quickly rolled to the ground, and a "poof" sounded from my previous position.

The first time I saw the head of the group, the leader of the knights looked at me with a fierce look on his face while pulling out the short sword that was inserted into the dirt.

A huge beast flashed out from behind him, hissing and panting, and charged at me with its horns on its head.

I was terrified and jumped to the side, while an icy white mist burst from my body, but I didn't have time to adjust my posture and my knees hurt, so I slipped under my feet and jumped out of position, avoiding the horns on the beast's head, but I was still sent flying by it.

"Uh--"

The body spun twice in the air before landing with a bang and a muffled grunt on the ground.

This makes me dizzy, My body hurt like it is going to fall apart and I don't know if I've hurt any bones.

Not being able to get up, I first looked behind me in a panic, and the beast was already lying stiffly on the ground like a sculpture of ice.

"Who are you?! Where is Carlos! Where is he! What have you done with him!"

The leader of the knights, who had just been blown backward a few steps by the stormy cold wind, now had a slight chill rising from his body, and his short sword was pointed diagonally downward, striding toward me.

I gave him a fierce look, the wide hood covering most of my face, and I don't know if he could see it.

What can I do to that bearded cheapskate! You should ask him what he did to me!

Seeing that I was about to be approached by the knight leader, I half-crouched down and swung my right hand at him.

"Click, click, click, click--"

Numerous ice prisms rose up from under my feet, raising the frosty sky and shouting at the square face of the knight leader.

The leader of the knight flipped sideways to avoid the thick ice that rose beneath his feet, and his left hand flashed purple light to brush the short sword, which suddenly "buzzed" and lit up with an inch of dazzling light.

At the same time, I heard the sound of chaotic footsteps and shouts not far away, and realized "Stay!"

The leader of the knights took a big zigzagging bow, his short sword of great purple light lived flush across his eyebrows, bent his knees, bowed his waist, jumped up, and his uprooted body blotted out the sun, pressing towards me like a mountain.

Why are you pushing me so hard! Do I have to die or not!!!

With a fierce heart, black smoke rose from my feet and my arms were wrapped in a bright ice-blue frost mist as I leapt up to meet the knight leader.

"Ka Boom!!!"

"Poof."

The thrilling charge was only momentary, and the knight leader's body was already embedded with tiny ice spikes, and most of his body was caked with frost and ice slag as he flew high into the air.

"Lord--!!!"

Someone not far away was shouting.

I lowered my head, looked at the short sword thrust into the small of my back, and stumbled on my feet.

It was almost time to reach the forest.

Once I get inside the forest, there is nothing they can do to me.