CHAPTER 141: WOODEN STATUE

The scene was terrifying. That was a Resonator monster, emitting magic power that surged like tides, carrying an oppressive aura that made bodies tremble and spirits feel like they were leaving.

Too close!

Even Carlotta couldn’t keep entangling Will and Chloe anymore. She dodged to the side.

Freed from the entanglement, Will and Chloe immediately ran towards the distance, their faces filled with terror. They no longer cared about resenting Carlotta, only wanting to leave this place quickly, fearing being caught by the Five-Colored Deer.

They didn’t notice that Carlotta, who had flashed to the side, did not choose to flee. Instead, she stood there, completely still, like an immobile wooden man.

"Whoosh!"

The Five-Colored Deer galloped over with brilliant five-colored clouds. Its movements appeared elegant and gentle, yet it was incredibly fast.

The speed made Carlotta’s eyes twitch. She felt that even with the extreme speed from her Speed Card, she probably couldn’t outrun the Five-Colored Deer. This Resonator monster was truly too fast, able to harness the wind to move, covering vast distances in a flash.

The Five-Colored Deer ignored Carlotta, who was within its reach. It noticed the two moving figures in the distance and immediately chased after them, enveloped in five-colored light. In a short time, it reached Will and Chloe.

Its speed was truly astonishing. It appeared so suddenly that the faces of both of them turned ashen, realizing they couldn’t escape. The difference in speed was too great.

"Why is this happening? I’m someone aiming for the top 10, how can I die here because of such a small accident?"

Will roared, swinging his sword backward.

As the Five-Colored Deer pursued, a gust of wind swept over. It wasn’t an attack, but it still carried destructive power.

Will’s sword clashed with the gust, and he felt a massive shock, sending him flying backward.

Chloe, on the other hand, sat down on the ground, looking at the Five-Colored Deer appearing before her with despair.

The Five-Colored Deer’s body wasn’t large, but as it approached, it exuded a great sense of threat. It stood before Chloe, simply staring at her, scaring Chloe so much that she didn’t dare to move, her entire body tensed.

What Chloe didn’t know was that the moment she stopped moving, she disappeared from the Five-Colored Deer’s sight.

This was also what the Five-Colored Deer found strange. It had sensed someone here just now, but how did they disappear in the blink of an eye?

It tilted its head, then casually walked towards the other moving figure. Its magic began to surge, about to deal with the intruder in its territory.

Will watched the approaching Five-Colored Deer, swallowed hard, and then began to stand still.

Because he noticed that the Five-Colored Deer had gotten close to Chloe but hadn’t attacked her, instead walking towards him. During this process, he glanced at Carlotta, who was not far away, and saw that Carlotta was also standing still. This immediately made him understand what was happening.

The Five-Colored Deer doesn’t attack people who stand still?

So Will also froze, disappearing from the Five-Colored Deer’s sight.

The Five-Colored Deer’s steps faltered slightly. It tilted its head, somewhat confused, not understanding why the person before it had disappeared. This made it bewildered and also a little agitated. Lightning crackled around its antlers.

"Boom!"

Even without seeing the person, the Five-Colored Deer unleashed lightning towards the direction ahead, engulfing Will within it.

This attack stunned Will. Shouldn’t the Five-Colored Deer have overlooked him? Why did it still attack him? Why was it treating him differently from others?

As the shock subsided, the intense pain made Will cry out involuntarily.

The Five-Colored Deer’s eyes immediately lit up.

It saw that the person it couldn’t see had reappeared. It quickly lifted its hoof and stomped on the ground. Then, magic surged from the earth, and earth spikes emerged, instantly piercing Will with countless holes, causing all signs of him to vanish without a trace. Only a large amount of blood flowed from his body, dyeing the earth spikes red.

Having dealt with such an intruder, the Five-Colored Deer was extremely satisfied and looked around.

At this moment, Carlotta and Chloe’s hearts trembled, and they didn’t dare to move.

Although standing still allowed them to disappear from the Five-Colored Deer’s vision, they also realized that this was not absolutely safe. If the Five-Colored Deer became agitated and attacked randomly, hitting them, it would still be fatal.

"Rumble!"

At this moment, a rumbling sound came from the distance again, as if some battle was taking place.

The Five-Colored Deer immediately looked up in that direction and then transformed into a streak of five-colored light, swiftly departing.

...

Amelia and Zigmund were fighting.

Her elven wings vibrated, and she floated in mid-air, surrounded by starlight. Sword aura, like silk and rain, emerged and struck Zigmund, enveloping him.

Zigmund held his mace and swung it with immense force, shattering all the incoming sword aura. The roaring sounds spread one after another.

"An elf who can use sword aura magic?"

Zigmund couldn’t see through Amelia’s true nature at the moment and made this judgment.

Mainly because the attacks Amelia constructed with memory magic were all various forms of sword aura, and she hadn’t constructed any other attacks.

As for the wings on her back, although they were also constructed with memory magic, it was clear that the other party had misunderstood and thought she was an elf.

Zigmund had tried to harm Carlotta, so Amelia naturally wouldn’t let him off. As soon as the Five-Colored Deer left, she immediately attacked Zigmund.

However, this attack didn’t last long. Amelia immediately landed and stood still, not daring to move.

Zigmund also froze in the posture of swinging his mace.

"Whoosh!"

Bathed in five-colored light, the Five-Colored Deer traversed through, tilted its head to look around, seemingly seeing nothing. It walked a few more steps into the distance, tilting its head with a puzzled expression.

The Five-Colored Deer’s vision problem wasn’t difficult to detect. Zigmund also discovered this by chance, allowing him to protect himself.

...

Carlotta moved.

As the Five-Colored Deer left, she unhesitatingly charged at Chloe, her cold sword edge pointing directly at her.

Chloe had also recovered her senses and looked at Carlotta with an angry gaze, attributing Will’s death to Carlotta.

"An early tier Listener is just an early tier Listener. Although I don’t know what you used to temporarily increase your combat power, you are no match for a peak tier Listener."

She unleashed her text magic and counterattacked fiercely.

Flames Rain Down!

Chloe wrote quickly, the characters instantly materialized and rushed into the sky, then fell as scorching flames, directly engulfing a large area.

In the blink of an eye the dense forest before them was turned into a sea of fire. The raging flames illuminate the night sky.

After completing her attack, Chloe withdrew a distance and continued to cast magic, staring at the dense forest ahead. She waited for Carlotta to rush out to deliver a crushing blow, knowing that simply burning the forest wouldn’t do much to Carlotta.

But Carlotta appeared in a location that surprised her.

In the vast sky, Carlotta flapped her wings, soaring under the moonlight.

Although Chloe’s fire rain was called rain, it didn’t truly fall from a very high altitude, at most to the canopy of a tree. Therefore, Carlotta flew up and directly avoided all the attacks.

She rushed down from the sky, like an eagle hunting prey. Her movements were swift and rapid, like a bolt of lightning. In the blink of an eye, she arrived in front of Chloe.

In haste, Chloe could only redirect the attack she had just prepared, aiming it diagonally upwards.

It was a surge of firelight. She had intended to deliver a crushing blow to Carlotta, but due to the misjudgment of the location, the surging firelight was not as fierce as imagined. Carlotta cleaved it apart with a single sword strike.

The Dawn Sword was extremely sharp, tearing through the firelight and striking Chloe.

"Bang!"

A light blue protective shield appears on Chloe’s body, blocking Carlotta’s attack. However, the shield trembled violently, looking like it could shatter at any moment.

"Defensive artifact?"

Carlotta mused.

It seemed that those who became peak tier Listeners could possess artifacts; it has become a standard item.

At this moment, Chloe also noticed that Carlotta possessed a defensive artifact. Although the firelight she projected with word magic was cleaved apart, some flames splashed out. These were blocked by a silver-white barrier that appeared around Carlotta, not harming her in the slightest.

Chloe quickly withdrew. A line of text she knew by heart was written with almost a wave of her hand.

"Earth Rampaging Bear, a magical beast that fights automatically."

As soon as this line of text appeared, a roar emanated from it. Then, in an instant, it transformed into a massive rampaging bear that charged towards Carlotta.

Carlotta’s expression was subtle: "I’ve long heard that word magic can do many things that other magic can do. It’s truly not bad."

Seeing this scene alone, one might think it was summoning magic, but in reality, it was a manifestation of word magic.

Chloe created distance, letting the Earth Rampaging Bear fight, and said coldly, "How can you understand the profundity of word magic?"

Carlotta chuckled, "I wasn’t praising you. Although word magic can do many things that other magic can do, it is also relatively mediocre. It knows everything but excels at nothing."

She swung her sword, clashing rapidly with the Earth Rampaging Bear.

The Earth Rampaging Bear’s hide was thick, covered in rock armor. Sparks flew when struck. The combat power of such a magical beast was equivalent to a peak tier Listener.

Carlotta knew that Chloe must have expended a considerable amount of magic to conjure such a beast using word magic.

"Mediocre?"

Chloe was amused by Carlotta’s words. She continued to retreat, saying, "Then accept the death that mediocrity brings you. The Five-Colored Deer is coming soon. Let’s see if you can remain still under the Earth Rampaging Bear’s attack."

As the battle erupted here, five-colored light appeared in the distance, rapidly approaching.

Chloe noticed this, and Carlotta had not overlooked it either.

Hearing Chloe’s words, Carlotta narrowed her eyes. No wonder the other party was willing to expend such a large amount of magic to create such an Earth Rampaging Bear; it was with such an idea in mind.

If the Five-Colored Deer arrived nearby, the presence of the Earth Rampaging Bear would indeed become a problem. This Earth Rampaging Bear was not afraid of being killed by the Five-Colored Deer and could continue to attack her, but she could not move recklessly.

Flying into the sky to evade was also not an option. The Elven Wings needed to be flapped to maintain flight, which was also a form of kinetic energy.

"Your idea is quite good. Others might indeed be troubled by this, but... I am different."

As soon as Carlotta finished speaking, she vanished from her original spot.

Chloe’s gaze instantly contracted.

Carlotta hadn’t disappeared from her spot but had moved with astonishing speed, leaving the Earth Rampaging Bear far behind. With almost a single sprint, she arrived in front of Chloe.

Immediately, the Dawn Sword emitted a dazzling light. Carlotta unleashed various movements of the Elven Knight path in succession, covering Chloe in a fierce onslaught.

The fierce offensive caused the protective shield in front of Chloe to reappear, constantly fluctuating, giving the impression that it could shatter at any moment.

"So fast!"

Chloe’s expression was solemn. She quickly cast word magic to defend herself. Although her magic power was greatly depleted, she could still cast some word magic. She just needed to wait for the Earth Rampaging Bear to catch up.

She was accustomed to attacking with fire. Words formed a pillar of fire that surged towards her.

But Carlotta flickered, appearing behind Chloe and launching a fierce attack. In a short time, she could unleash extremely intense assaults, causing Chloe’s protective shield to develop cracks that quickly spread.

Chloe’s expression changed.

She turned around, just as she was about to launch an attack, Carlotta had already appeared on her other side like a shadow, launching another fierce assault.

Chloe quickly used word magic to deploy various defenses, stubbornly resisting Carlotta’s fierce onslaught. At this moment, the Earth Rampaging Bear finally arrived.

"You want to deal with me before the Five-Colored Deer arrives? You’re too conceited. I am, after all, a peak tier Listener. Do you think you can achieve this?"

Chloe was amused by Carlotta’s words, feeling that Carlotta was underestimating her and taking her too lightly.

Carlotta didn’t say much. She just smiled slightly, then rapidly retreated, creating distance. She stopped far away and stood still.

Chloe immediately dared not move again because the Five-Colored Deer had arrived.

As five-colored light emerged, the Five-Colored Deer passed through the burning forest and arrived not far away. Its gaze swept across the front, fixing on the Earth Rampaging Bear that was running towards Carlotta.

With a casual flick of its hoof, the Earth Rampaging Bear’s massive body exploded, leaving nothing behind.

This change caused Chloe’s expression to shift. Was this the other party’s objective? To use the Five-Colored Deer to deal with the Earth Rampaging Bear, thwarting her plan?

Just as Chloe was thinking this, something seemed to fall from the sky, landing right beside her.