Chapter 64: The Beaten Cornelia

The lizards seemed to realize that the woman with the exposed chest was more fierce and dangerous, so they all circled around her and attacked the two women behind her.

Cornelia dodged left and right, immediately feeling the pressure increase. Although mages had learned combat techniques, they could not harm the lizards, but they could barely block their attacks.

Boya was under even greater pressure. Her ice magic had already dealt with many lizards, and these lizards now focused their attacks on her. After a few dodges, she let out a cry as a lizard bit her arm. Her wand was not bitten, but in the moment of distraction, her waist and legs were attacked. Soon, her body was covered with lizards of various sizes, and a small python also coiled around her, opening its mouth to swallow her.

Cornelia screamed in terror, wanting to help, but she was too busy herself. Fortunately, Dordilis heard their cries and came to their aid.

Dor also retreated, standing in front of them, trying to draw the attacks of the monsters to herself. She left only her summoned creature, Koro, to leap and bound among the lizards, slicing through the air with sharp wind blades under her mental command.

Dordilis ignored the attacks from behind, immediately pulling the lizard and snake off Boya and crushing them. Seeing Boya's face turn blue, she quickly kissed her mouth, spitting out a detoxifying pill wrapped in wax and putting it in her mouth. She shouted at Cornelia, "Quick, heal her! She's been poisoned!"

Cornelia, seeing that Dordilis was not concerned about her own injuries while treating Boya, hurriedly stepped forward to help Boya expel the toxins and heal her wounds. Healing magic required only magic; it could force out or neutralize toxins in the body or accelerate wound healing. However, using water, wood, or light elements and magic would be more effective.

Dordilis, while saving Boya, was also severely injured, with blood flowing continuously. She gradually felt her strength waning, and her movements became slower.

Dor knew that this could not continue, and they needed to quickly resolve the situation. Otherwise, if Dordilis fell, their defense would be instantly shattered. She shouted, "Koro, Wind Dance!"

Koro, exhausted from continuously using wind blades and bitten by lizards, heard his master's command and immediately took a deep breath, mobilizing all his magic power to spin in the air. The three wind outlets on his back spewed wind blades at an even more intense speed. From a distance, they looked like three giant cicada wings slicing the ground, leaving deep marks wherever they passed, cutting the lizards and monsters into pieces.

After the battle, the few remaining lizards scattered. Koro lay on the ground, his belly up, seemingly unable to stand. The "Wind Dance" had almost drained all his magic and strength, and he could only lie there, panting.

The others were in similar states. Dordilis collapsed on the ground, having lost a lot of blood, and her right leg was numb. While rescuing Boya, a venomous lizard had bitten her foot, but the poison was not severe, only making her right leg immobile.

Boya lay unconscious on the ground, her face purple and blue, having been poisoned by several toxins, some of which were lethal. Her life was hanging by a thread.

Dor, who had suffered relatively less, was the most experienced and powerful in the group. Her fierce attacks and the protection of her guardian made the monsters wary of her, and they mostly avoided her.

Cornelia, who had suffered the least, was rarely attacked by the monsters. It was only when she was healing Boya that she was bitten a few times. However, her father had given her a well-protected magic robe when she captured the unicorn, so she was mostly just scratched.

After bandaging her own wounds, Dor recalled her guardian Koro and walked to Cornelia, slapping her face and shouting, "What were you doing?"

Cornelia looked up at Dor, tears streaming down her face.

"You're still crying!" Dor slapped her again. "Don't stop your hands, heal her quickly."

Cornelia bit her lower lip, trying not to cry out, but tears fell like broken beads. She had never been treated this way, let alone hit. Today, she had been scolded and hit, feeling more wronged than ever. Her heart felt like a wall, blocking her.

Dordilis stood up and held Dor back, saying, "Don't be like that, it's her first time here."

"What kind of first time?" Dor pointed at Cornelia and shouted, "Damn it, I want to stomp you to death..."

"Hey, don't go too far," Dordilis quickly pulled her aside.

Cornelia sobbed, her cheeks burning, her heart even more painful. She continued to apply medicine and bandages to Boya, but finally burst into tears.

Dor, who had been persuaded to leave, heard her crying and kicked her, wanting to beat her again but was held back by Dordilis.

Cornelia got up from the ground, crying even harder, looking at the angry Dor, and crawled back to Boya to heal her. She never thought that the sister she had seen a few times at the ice cream shop, who always smiled sweetly, would use such violent means against her.

Dor, fuming, said, "I've never seen such a useless person. If you hadn't stopped me, I would have beaten her to death! Do you know what we were doing while fighting for our lives? What was she doing? Even the newly learned Boya knew to use ice magic to cover us, but what about her? Was she dancing?"

Cornelia couldn't hold back her tears and cried, "I... I don't... know magic!"

"You don't know magic?" Dor walked up to her, pointing at her nose and asked, "What's your profession?" She took out the member list and said, "What does it say? What does it say?"

Cornelia sobbed, "I... I... I'm... I'm studying... space... space magic, I don't... know... other magic, space... space magic... I... I can't... use it, why... why did you hit me?"

"Do you mean I shouldn't have hit you?" Dor nodded, "You don't know magic. Fine, even if you don't know magic, you must have learned some combat techniques, right? You have a stick, can't you use it?"

"I... I..." Cornelia couldn't find the words.

Dor continued, "Right, didn't you say you have a guardian? Why didn't you summon it? Space mages can always summon guardians, right?"

Cornelia cried, "I... I didn't have... enough time, there were... too many monsters, I... I couldn't... summon it."

"If you couldn't summon it, why didn't you ask us to cover you?" Dor slapped her again, "Is your head full of tofu? Didn't you know to ask for help?"

"I... I saw you... I was... I was afraid... I didn't want to... drag you down," Cornelia, covering her face, sobbed on the ground.

"Get up, stop pretending to be dead or crying," Dor grabbed her hair and slammed her to the ground, angry, "Damn it, why didn't you say you needed help? This isn't a game. When we fight together, we entrust our lives to each other. How did you treat this? Do you have this trust? If you're useless, get out! You can't help, only cause trouble, and we have to protect you. I don't want to risk my life for you!"

Dordilis, seeing Cornelia crying uncontrollably, pushed Dor away, "Stop it, stop it, go help Boya."

"Hmph!" Dor picked up her bag and took out medicine and ointments...

Dordilis comforted Cornelia, "Don't cry, it's your first time here, it's not your fault. Dor is just angry. But you should understand her. In this place, a moment of carelessness can cost you your life. No matter what, if you have the ability, you should use it. We are a team, why be afraid of dragging us down? If you need help, just say it. We would risk our own injuries to help you. Can you trust someone who entrusts their life to you with just a little trust?"

Cornelia lay in her arms, still crying uncontrollably.

Daisy, who had been watching coldly, finally walked over and said, "This battle, I can only give you 20 points. A third-level初级 knight, almost to intermediate; a first-level初级 knight; two nominal apprentices, third and first-level apprentice mages, and two with guardians. Fighting these low-level trash monsters, one is severely injured, two are lightly injured, it's really poor. As your teacher, I am truly worried about your future. I hope you can survive here for three days."

Dor glared at Cornelia. In fact, she hadn't been able to fight at full strength. She and Dordilis both used short weapons and lacked large-scale attack skills. They could only show their true strength against stronger monsters.

Daisy checked Boya's condition, seeing that her life was not in danger, and walked to Cornelia, looking at the injury on her forehead, "You're new, don't blame me for not helping. This is your own battle. I'm here to provide critical protection. Once I help, you have to leave. In your future battles, you won't always have a teacher by your side."

Daisy continued, "The battle is over, those small monsters won't come back. Everyone, go to that rock to rest and eat. I'll review the battle."

There was plenty of lizard meat to eat, and occasionally, eagles and birds would fly down to share with them. Soon, Boya's poison injuries improved, and she gradually woke up.

Daisy reviewed, "First, Dor was very alert, discovering the illusory lizards disguised as stones, and reacted quickly, quickly engaging in battle. Dordilis was the same. However, the two new members clearly lacked experience and failed to defend in time. After the first ambush, Dordilis and Dor acted promptly, quickly bandaging their wounds and recognizing the habits of the low-level monsters in the Tatum Canyon, knowing they would call nearby companions to fight together."

Dordilis said, "The weak monsters in Tatum, to resist attacks from other monsters, often resolve their mutual enmity and fight together. So I thought that after the first attack, they would call all nearby companions to share these 'big meals.' This was mentioned in our cognitive class, in the lesson about Tatum Canyon, and in books like the 'Monster Encyclopedia,' 'Monster Compendium,' 'Evela Encyclopedia,' 'Polar Atlas,' and 'Qin科尔's Adventure Diary.'"

Cornelia also immediately remembered these books, which she had read and even remembered the pages, but in practice, she couldn't apply them. She regretted her uselessness and remembered how Bing Zhiye used Drago to repair their armor, and she had only memorized the books without knowing how to apply them in critical moments.