Chapter 24: Encounter (below)

Merlin rolled her ears and listened carefully to the movement in the room. Because he insisted on practicing the movement on the mysterious relief, Mei Lin's keen surname was greatly improved, and he could hear any slight sound in the room.
"Why isn't it moving?"
Merlin frowned. He had heard a small footsteps just now. It seemed to be at the door, but suddenly nothing happened.
"嘭".
With a loud noise, the wooden door next to Merlin was suddenly broken by a punch, and the broken wood chips splashed around. Then, a hand quickly protruded from the opening of the wooden door, a little white light flashed.
"call out".
It was a sharp dagger that stabbed directly at Merlin.
"Discovered!"
Merlin was immediately awakened, and his whereabouts had been found.
The speed of the dagger was very fast, and Merlin had no time to block, and had to roll on the spot, very evasive.
"grass."
Mei Lin was too angry in his heart, and couldn't help swearing. He didn't even see what the other person looked like, he was almost killed, or he was too careless.
After swearing, Merlin did not sit still, but a fierce bow, just like a fierce cheetah. With a powerful explosive force, the whole person rushed towards the wooden door fiercely.
"Click".
The wooden door was completely smashed at this moment, and Merlin felt that he had hit a soft body and rammed the other person directly into the wooden house.
The wooden house was very dark, and the curtains were nailed to death. It must have been sent by the city defense regiment. The whole cottage was almost closed, and because there was no ventilation for a long time, the room had a very unpleasant moldy smell.
After Merlin bumped the opponent, he immediately jumped off the ground, stared at the opponent with vigilance, and asked in a deep voice, "Who the are you?"
The mysterious man in front of him wore a black robe. The large robe covered his body, and he could not see the specific body shape, while wearing a huge black cloak on his head, he could not see his face.
In the face of Merlin's questioning, the mysterious man in the black robe did not speak, but raised his dagger again, and his wide black robe actually gradually swayed, as if there was a breeze around the mysterious man.
"Huh? The wind element? The element swordsman?"
Merlin is already very sensitive to the elements. The wind element on the opponent's body has strong fluctuations and completely surrounds him. The opponent is an elemental swordsman, and from the fluctuations of the wind element on the opponent's body, it should be only a first-level elemental swordsman. .
"嗖".
The mysterious figure in the black robe flashed to the extreme speed. In the dark wooden house, even though Merlin felt very keen, he could not capture the figure of the mysterious man in the black robe. The speed of the other party was too fast.
Merlin can only stand still and respond to changes. Once he notices something moving around him, he punches without hesitation, but each punch seems to be hitting the air, leaving Merlin with a powerful power. , Very uncomfortable.
"Well."
Suddenly, Merlin felt a cold on his neck, and a sense of extreme danger appeared. He hurriedly tilted his neck slightly, and the sharp dagger directly cut through Merlin's neck.
Fortunately, Merlin diddge in time, and his body became tough because of practicing mysterious reliefs, so this blow only scratched the skin.
However, this caused Merlin to sweat coldly. His neck was cut a little bit just now.
"Damn, it's too fast."
Merlin whispered in a low voice. The opponent was a strong wind swordsman. He was best at speed. His ghostly figure was too fast. Merlin had trouble capturing the opponent's figure, let alone hit him.
The room was too dim, and in this environment, fighting with the same Swordman would definitely be at a disadvantage.
Thinking of this, Merlin turned around fiercely and ran wildly.
"Whoo."
But the mysterious man seemed to be faster, grabbing in front of Merlin, and the dagger in his hand stabbed into Merlin's chest again.
"Caught you, let's die!"
There was a smile in the corner of Merlin's mouth, and by the light of the door, he clearly saw a dark shadow in front of him, and this was when he shot.
"Fireball!"
A ball of fireball emerged out of thin air, and then whistled, slamming directly towards the mysterious person. The whistling fireball exuded a fearful temperature, which was even more conspicuous in the dark room.
The speed of the fireball was very fast, but the opponent seemed to be scared a little by the sudden appearance of the fireball, only to have time to sideways, the fireball directly hit the opponent's black cloak.
The temperature of fireball was extremely high, and there was almost no obstruction. The opponent's black cloak was directly burned to half, revealing a beautiful long golden hair.
The room was very dark. Although Merlin could not see the expression on his face, he could guess one or two at this time, which was definitely a shock.
While the other party was still in a bun, Mei Lin swept forward, with big hands like a fan, grabbed the other's robe, and fell the ground.
"boom".
How powerful is Merlin? This smashing directly knocked the opponent into a halo, but the mysterious man deserved to be an elemental swordsman, and his physical fitness was also very good. He could lift up his hand and stab Xiang Meilin's neck.
"Humph!"
Mei Lin snorted, grabbed the other's hand with his left hand, then grabbed the mysterious man's hair with his right hand, without any hesitation, and slammed against the wall.
"Bang-bang."
After three consecutive bumps, after seeing the mysterious man no longer struggling and falling to the ground, Merlin stopped.
Merlin was breathing heavily, this was the first time he faced such a dangerous opponent, and he still had a life-and-death struggle, although from the point of view of strength, Merlin was a powerful mage, and he could easily defeat any first- and second-level elements. Swordsman, but he almost died in the other hand just now.
If you can't apply spells to actual combat, even mastering the most powerful spells will not help.
At the beginning, the old man of Aita also mastered two zero-level spells. Like Merlin, he is an entry-level caster. Among the caster levels, the entry-level can be said to be out-of-flow, or not even real. A caster can only become a first-level caster if he masters three zero-level spells and replaces all three zero-level spells with first-level spells.
Even if the old man is only an entry-level caster, he was very easy to deal with the guardian swordsmen from Gran City. Even a second-level elemental swordsman such as the Borg swordsman is far from being the same. The old man's opponent also proves that the power of the casters is far from being comparable to the elemental swordsman.
However, today Merlin was almost killed by a first-level elemental swordsman, indicating that his combat experience is still seriously insufficient. He did not even have the opportunity to cast spells at first. As a caster, this is a very fatal shortcoming.
Mei Lin touched her neck with her hands, and she got sticky blood on her hands, but only the skin was cut through a hole, and the blood had stopped, and there was no problem.
This is a great lesson!
"If I release Fireball directly at the beginning and blast the door open, even if he is fast, it won't hurt me."
Merlin summed up his shortcomings during the battle just now. He was also not accustomed to the identity of the caster and the habit of shooting. The caster should use far-reaching spells to solve the opponent, not close combat with an elemental swordman.
The man in black next to him was still lying on the ground. He was caught by Meilin and slammed his head a few times. He had to wait for a while to wake up, so Meilin stood up and came to the man in black and stretched out his hand. Uncover the black cloak with only half of the head left.
After fighting with the man in black for so long, Merlin hasn't seen the other person's face yet.
The black cape was uncovered, revealing a portion of its golden hair that had been burnt, and a scorching smell.
"It's a pity that such beautiful hair."
Meilin shook her head slightly, praising the beautiful long hair, but unfortunately, such a beautiful long hair was directly burned by the small fireball just released by Merlin. The original golden long hair also became a little dark. It's so weird.
The man in black was lying on the side with his hair covering his face. Merlin gently pulled the hair off his face and saw the man in black.
"Ok?"
Mei Lin's eyes narrowed for a moment, his eyes sharpened instantly.
"Jia?"
The man in black lying on the ground was actually Ji Ya, who taught history.
Merlin still remembers that even the little fat man Gut, using his family's power, could not find the exact identity of Ji Ya, but did not expect to encounter Ji Ya here now.
And Ji Ya's performance just now is not as simple as an ordinary teacher.
Just as Merlin was guessing what Ji Ya had to do with the old man in Aita, Ji Ya hummed softly in her nose and was about to wake up.
Mei Lin stood up, stepped back, and stared at Ji Ya tightly.
After a while, Merlin heard Ji Ya's breathing was a little rapid, so she smiled lightly: "No need to pretend, why don't you open your eyes when you wake up?"
Upon hearing Merlin's words, Ji Ya on the ground really opened her eyes and looked at Merlin. She looked calmly and said, "Wilson Merlin? I didn't expect Mr. Aita, I actually accepted you as a real disciple."
Ji Ya was struggling to stand up, but Merlin raised her hand, and then a ball of fire appeared out of thin air and hit the floor directly next to Ji Ya.
"嘭".
The fireball hit the floor and exploded directly, blasting a large hole out of the wooden floor, still burning black smoke on it.
"Don't play tricks, otherwise the fireball will burst on you next time."
Merlin directly warned Ji Ya with his actions. After a month of hard mental meditation, his mental strength has improved, and more importantly, his control of fireball has become more exquisite and will not appear again. Can not control the situation of the fireball.
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