The Genius Mage

Before they could react, flames blotted out the sky and covered the earth. Then, they turned into meteors and fell to the ground.

“Audrey!” Kate ran to Audrey’s side to protect her. However, he did not notice that a magic circle had appeared beneath them.

No one in the magic array was hurt.

Xavier and Daisy struggled in the overwhelming meteors, but they did not look as arrogant as before. Instead, they looked disheveled.

The attack that the man received was the fiercest. In just a moment, even his clothes were burned, and the masks on his face were almost melted.

Under such a powerful pressure, they were clearly unable to withstand it.

“Audrey, consider yourself lucky this time. We’ll retreat first. If we meet again, it’ll be the day you die!” The man roared angrily.

A brilliant golden light flashed beside them, and the five of them disappeared from where they stood.

It was obvious that they had used the last of their strength to activate the teleportation and escape from this lava-like purgatory.

Little Garuda pounced on Audrey and buried his head to rub against her. It was obvious that he was trying to curry favor with her.

After seeing the few of them escape, the giant beast above them seemed to be unconvinced as it spat out a mouthful of phoenix breath and slowly retracted its wings.

“It was you who saved my child, right?” Garuda’s voice sounded from above. The giant beast head slowly lowered its head and met Audrey’s gaze.

After seeing the pair of dark red eyes, Audrey could feel that those eyes were filled with curiosity towards her. She nodded, and only then did she realize that the bracelet on her hand was trembling.

So this gigantic beast was the legendary Garuda. It fed on dragons. No wonder when she saw it, she subconsciously felt fear.

Little Garuda seemed reluctant to leave Audrey’s body and jumped onto his mother’s head. He still looked as cute and obedient as before.

“No wonder I can sense an interesting scent from you.” Garuda narrowed his eyes. “You just saved my child, and I also saved you. We’re even now.”

“However, I’m not someone who doesn’t know how to repay a debt of gratitude. I can agree to one request of yours. Just say it. Anything you say, I’ll satisfy you.”

Audrey bit the tip of her tongue gently.

The Garuda in front of her was clearly different from the giant dragon from before. As long as someone was controlling the giant dragon’s reverse scale, it could obediently let itself be slaughtered.

However, the Garuda was clearly very shrewd. It seemed like it had lived for too long, so even its intelligence had evolved to a level similar to that of a human.

Such shrewdness was enough to make people fear it.

Audrey hesitated for a moment, but she still raised her head and looked at the Garuda.

“It’s like this. A teammate of mine got lost with us when we first came to the forest. I want you to help me find her.”

Garuda clearly did not expect to receive such an answer.

Although finding a person in the forest was as easy as finding a fish in the sea to her, in her impression, humans had always been very greedy.

Even when she was sealed thousands of years ago, humans had also come for her jewelry. However, the jewelry that she had cursed was obviously not something that humans could control. A large portion of it fell into the abyss with her, a small portion of it had entered human society. It was said that there were still people who had died because of her curse.

Garuda knew the greed of humans, but she did not expect that the girl in front of her would not choose to take her treasures. Instead, she wanted to find someone.

“There are many treasures buried in the underground abyss. As long as you have one of them, you can live the rest of your life in style. If you ask, I’ll give you as much as you want.” Garuda did not realize it herself, her tone was clearly a little anxious.

Audrey frowned. “Didn’t I say it clearly just now? I just want my friend back.”

What was going on!?

Garuda had never expected that her temptation would fail.

However, since she had said it, she could only obey it. She sighed and stood up, her eyes flashing with a scarlet light.

After a moment, she said, “I think I’ve found her. There’s a girl who has the same aura as you.”

“Since you’ve decided, I’ll bring her over to you. I won’t bother with the rest. I wish you good luck.”

The Garuda lowered her head and bowed to them.

This was her gratitude for saving her child’s life.

In an instant, a dazzling red magic circle appeared on the ground. After the light disappeared, the mountain-like figure disappeared from where she stood. In its place was Hera, who was holding a weapon in her hand, her face full of vigilance.

When Hera saw the people in front of her, she blinked in shock. Then, she looked around and confirmed that she was not hallucinating.

“Audrey! We finally meet again!”

Hera put down her weapon and pounced on Audrey.

Audrey lifted her hand and hugged her. The two of them hugged each other, and the joy of their reunion overwhelmed everyone present.