"You can even think of this. "Alan was a little surprised," ...... It's not that you're stupid. ”

Ed smiled wryly. He understood what Eren meant—he wasn't good at it, so even if he had ever thought of using Dumbbuch's rumors and visions, he just thought about it and gave up. This kind of trick, he can play no more than an old fox like Aaron Mancini, most of them will only be self-defeating.

However, Eli Croeffler is not like him.

"In any case, it will be difficult for us to intervene in the Archmage Tower. "But...... Maybe you can remind your mage friend. ”

Ed nodded.

"As for Balach, I believe Krofler has enough to control the situation, but ......"

"We should go there. Eth interrupted Alan.

"Until there is more definite news, maybe ......"

"We should go there. Isis insisted.

“...... Why?"

"Intuition. ”

“...... You think Scott will be there. Alan easily saw through him and couldn't help but shake his head, "What did I just say?"

Iss shut his mouth and said nothing.

“...... All right. Alan sighed helplessly, "What you want to do, no one can stop it, but you have to understand that a dragon suddenly appeared in the sky above Balach...... It affects a lot of things. ”

"I'm not just a dragon. ”

Alan was a little surprised—the answer was unexpected.

He chewed on this sentence with mixed feelings. Confusion, relief and uneasiness mixed together, leaving him speechless for a while.

"I'll go with you. In the end, he said, "Ed better stay in Ston Butch." ”

"No, he should go with Is. ”

Naria's voice floated down the stairs.

The girl who had left the room at some point leaned over the railing, looking completely calm.

Alan frowned slightly.

"Nothing else. Naria shrugged, "Together, they're going to be stronger—maybe even Scott can beat them." Spreading your power will only give you the opportunity to take advantage of it, that's what you told me. ”

Eren was silent for a moment.

"Maybe it's better to let you go together?" he said, "you three." ”

"Nope. Naria shook her head, "I don't know much about Balach - it's more useful for me to stay here." ”

A smile welled up on the old man's lips, and he lowered his head to hide it.

"So be it. "There's one more thing you need to know," he said...... We are not the only ones looking for those 'mercenaries'. ”

Despite keeping a low profile and being secretive, the devastated Temple of the Water God did not spare the would-be murderers. As far as Alan knew, at least two people had fallen into the hands of the clerics, and one had died under spells while resisting - but after Sean was rescued by Scott, the clerics did nothing.

"I suspect they know something, too. "Maybe the approach is different, but I believe we have a common purpose – allies that can be united." ”

“...... Hopefully Shaun will think the same way. "That guy probably thinks no one deserves to be his ally." He's just like Scott—"

He stopped abruptly.

"Just like Scott, for whatever purpose, he prefers to put all the pieces in the position he wants, and let him control and manipulate them to win. "But as long as we have a clear enough goal and a strong enough will...... It won't just be someone else's pawn. ”

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A low roar came from underground, like the unwilling roar of a giant beast. The ground shook, not too strongly, but enough to be felt clearly. On the stone-paved streets, the trees on the side of the road swayed drunkenly, and the vendors and pedestrians on the road were only briefly panicked.

Most people didn't even run in all directions, but stayed vigilantly where they were. After an involuntary exclamation, the whole city fell into an eerie silence, as if everyone was waiting for something with bated breath.

However, just like the last few times, the shaking soon stopped. Relieved, people began to move again, and the remaining uneasiness on their faces was far less intense than the excitement.

Frequent ground movements are already the hottest topic in Balach. The silence at the Temple of Anduhe, initially seen as some kind of bad omen, now feels more like another proof to the more accustomed people—"It's not a big deal." ”

Since it's not a big deal, this little movement is just a little fun in the same life.

Animals, on the other hand, look much more nervous than humans. At the intersection of a carriage that had just come from the direction of the temple, the two horses pulling the carriage were frightened, neighing and trying to rush in different directions, but the driver was unusually calm, and the whip made a crisp sound in the air, coupled with a few short shouts, and the horses were quickly calmed down before any accident occurred.

In the carriage, Eli Croefler sat up straight slowly, and raised her eyebrows as she listened to the lively or mystical conversation of people outside the half-open window, and a smile was rarely drawn on her usually expressionless lips.

The city where he was born and raised is not just a "responsibility" for him.

The carriage moved forward again. The loose and cracked slate caused a lot of bumps along the way—and while there were no casualties, it was not without effect on Balach.

The Krofler house has a unique gate that the carriage can't get into. Eli had barely jumped out of the car when someone hurried up to him and whispered a few words in his ear.

The faint smile on the archon's lips died in an instant.

“...... Let him stay on his own. He said, ignoring the embarrassment on the other side's face.

Because of the unwelcome guest, Daines who had worked so hard to bring the latest news could only face a gloomy face, wondering if there was something he hadn't done well enough, and every word he said was a little cautious.

"This should be the center of this movement. He said, pointing his finger at the unfolded map. "It's still in the depths of the pit. ”

Balach is one of the oldest cities in Anktan. The dwarves were the first to occupy the land, but after the deep gem mines were hollowed out, the dwarves left. Orcs and goblins built a fortress using the abandoned tunnels, and then the humans rose up and drove the orcs away, and more people gathered in the land surrounded by forests and the Vinz River. To this day, a small part of the city of Balach is still pressed against the pits, and even a section of the city wall is built directly on top of the rough but solid fortifications of the orcs, but if it were not for the two long-collapsed and blocked pit entrances outside the city, humans would not have remembered that the dwarves were once the masters of the mine, let alone the danger of living on the hollowed-out mines—and indeed there has been no danger for hundreds of years.

But now, in the forgotten darkness deep underground, something seems to be awakening.

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