They eventually chose a shop with a basement as a hiding place, and while the others were cleaning up the basement and preparing to set up camp, Norway and Tess went out to simply clean up the traces they had left behind.

"It should snow tonight. When he returned, the elf said that it was good news for them, "After dark, Ed, you and I will go and see what Filly is doing here." ”

"Me?" Ed confirmed with surprise and a little uneasiness that the tension between Norway and Tess seemed to have fully returned to normal, and he thought that the elves would choose Tess for such a task.

"That won't be harder than tracking down dwarves, you're going to do a good job. Norway smiled and said that there was no need to let the young man know, he just didn't feel comfortable letting the unwary him, Naria, and Akan stay here - Tess was sometimes not so reliable, but she was at least experienced enough to deal with sudden crises.

The wind was blowing when they left their hiding place, through the empty streets, the doors and windows were open, and they were whimpering low in a city that had not been set foot for thousands of years, and the sky was a strange and dull gray-yellow, and the beauty of grace even if it was decaying and decaying during the day, and a little bleak in the starless and moonless night.

Ed wrapped his clothes tighter, convincing himself that the shivering was due to the cold rather than the fear.

There is the reflection of snow, and even Ed doesn't need a torch to see the road under his feet. They found the footprints left by the two men before them and stepped on them towards the other side of the city.

After rounding two streets and a small fountain square, a faint light of fire guided them instead of footprints. As the snowflakes began to fall, they slipped to the edge of the other side of the second platform, hiding behind a cracked stone flower bed and looking down.

Below them is a large circular square with a raised platform in the center. Part of the square had been cleared of snow and a bonfire had been erected, but it was empty. The faint patterns on the ground seemed to be made of different colors of granite, and under a few steps, on either side were streets and more buildings that were scattered in an arc, and in front of them was a wider road than they had ever seen, covered with snow, and near the square, piles of stones were randomly stacked on the road, and there were a few small fires scattered in between, but it was not human who huddled around the fire to keep warm.

"Goblin ......," Ed whispered, the little monsters chained and unable to even leave the street and hide in a warmer room next to them. The heat of pity and shame caused him to move uncontrollably, and it wasn't until Novi's hand pressed on his shoulder that he stiffened in fear, not daring to turn his head to look at the elf.

Only human beings have driven their own people as slaves. Today, the use of slaves is banned across the continent, but Ed doesn't know if it is against the laws of any country to use goblins as slaves.

He had thought that what had happened to Hatta, the goblins who had been sold openly in the center of the market, was only due to curiosity about the extinct race, but now it seems that in the eyes of humanity, these goblins might be more like some kind of livestock - they would have been more merciful to their own animals.

Ugly and despicable, perhaps, but a race that talks and tears should not be treated like this. If not for the sake of the goblins, but for the sake of humanity itself, such an act should not happen again.

"Can we release them?" Ed asked in a low voice.

"Not right now. Norway replied. He also hated the scene in front of him, especially in his hometown, a city that had once belonged to the elves.

Someone stepped out of the nearby house and walked past each goblin, tugging at the chains around their necks one by one.

"Look at each other, you ugly bastards!" the man's voice echoed far through the empty city, "and if one of them escapes, I'll throw you all into the fire!"

The goblins let out a miserable wail, and the noisy and shrill voices were amplified countless times in the silence, causing the man to yell, "Shut up, shut up, do you want me to cut off your tongue and throw it to you to eat!"

The street fell silent again, and the man cursed loudly towards the square, disappearing directly below the flowerbed where Norway and Ed were hiding, where there should have been a building carved out of the rock.

It didn't take long for another person to staggered out.

The man paused for a moment in the middle of the square, raised his head and looked up, as if admiring the snowflakes falling from the sky, or the miracles left behind by the elves, then shook his head and walked out into the street.

"That's Filly. Ed recognized the paladin's way of walking, which was always slow, lazy and casual, with every big step.

Philip walked past the group of goblins, but didn't stop, just made a circle and turned into the side path.

"Do you want to keep up?" said Ed.

Norway stared down, and the place where Filly had disappeared was dark and silent.

"Wait. He replied.

They didn't have to wait long for the sound of small footsteps to reach the elves' ears.

"He came over to us. ”

“...... Does he know we're here?" Ed's voice raised slightly in surprise, and then quickly shut up in realization, biting the tip of his tongue hard.

The pain brought tears to his eyes instantly, so much so that the elf was startled when he turned his head to see his face.

"If you don't want to see that paladin so much......" he whispered uncertainly.

Ed shook his head bitterly, stuck out his tongue, grabbed a handful of snow and stuffed it into his mouth, followed the elf to another hiding place, and resentfully blamed the bloody wound on the tip of his tongue on Philip Zeri, the guy he didn't like in any way. Even if he stops Baie and lets Iss go, who can be sure that he doesn't have other plans?

The paladins walked up to the second platform, and didn't seem to notice the footprints they had left on the edge of the flower bed, just looking around, as if looking for something. As he walked into another path next to Fountain Square, the elf and Ed quietly followed.

Ed had motioned to knock the man out from behind, but Norway shook his head and vetoed. After making sure that he was far enough away from the goblins and Anktans below to easily alarm them, the elf let Ed stay where he was, and walked to the middle of the road himself.

"Fili Zeri, knight of the goddess Nyo. He called.

The man in front paused before slowly turning around.

Filly ...... Is that my name? Are you calling me?"

This was definitely an unexpected answer from the elves. He frowned slightly, cautiously and slowly approached the man, looking at it carefully.

Fili Zeri had pretended to be taken into the pit by the dwarves along with Tess and Naria, and the elves had only seen him from afar when they were following the dwarves, but even Ed could recognize his unique way of walking, and the elves were unlikely to be mistaken.

The man was still dressed as a hunter, his hair was still disheveled, his beard was almost like a dwarf, and there was a dazed look on his face.

"Do you know who I am?" he asked, "who are you?"

"Liar!" Ed jumped out uncontrollably, and accused vaguely with his tongue wide open, "what do you want to do!"

The man looked at him suspiciously, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn upward, and finally he couldn't help but burst into a laugh: "You can never guess how happy I am to see you again, Ed Singhal, and you, Norway Sunchaser." Thank you, Goddess, I thought she couldn't hear me anymore. If you don't show up, in a few days, I might not even remember my name. ”

"What the hell is going on?" asked Norwe, "Beye...... And your companions, where are they?"

"There's one lying down carefree and snoring - honestly, that makes me die of envy. The exhaustion on Filly's face looked genuine, and the shadow under his eyes was bigger than his eyes, "The two went back to Collins, hoping they weren't in any trouble, and the rest, if I knew where they were, wouldn't be here." ”

"Don't believe him, Norwe. Ed looked around, "Maybe they're hiding nearby...... No, wait, are you saying Baie is missing too?!"

"I said, do you believe me or don't you believe me?"

"Don't believe me!" said Ed, in no uncertain terms.

“...... It's sad that you're so suspicious, kid, haven't we stolen food together in the dwarven pantry?" Filly spread his hands innocently.

"Don't call me 'kid'!" Ed walked over indignantly.

"I'm not as good as an elf, but I'm almost forty years old. Filly touched his beard pretendedly, "What's wrong with that?"

"Norway is four hundred years old! he didn't call me 'kid'!" Exclaimed Ed.

“...... Can we talk about this at another time?" Norway has been dealing with humans for almost two hundred years, and sometimes he still doesn't understand human logic, and they always seem to like to put more important things aside in the face of crisis and argue about things that don't matter, and he used to think that only dwarves have this problem.

"Hey, elf, don't act like a paladin. "If you don't waste some time, it's too boring to live." ”

This was an even stranger logic, and the elf shook his head resolutely for a moment before letting himself be caught in it.

"Let's find a suitable place, you have to tell us what happened. He said.

Next week, we will continue to divide the strong ~ update frequency is the same as this week.......!