“...... I said, I don't want to go to war. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

After a moment of silence, Panasses spoke again, his lips tense with a hint of bitter anger, "I just want them to understand that we're not wrong—it's them!"

"How are you going to 'prove'?" said Orin, shaking his head, "with a rain of arrows or with the roar of a leopard?"

"The priest will be there!" Parnasas raised his voice unconsciously, and then stopped abruptly, as if he didn't want to mention it.

"The priest will be there. "This is God's will," he repeated, with a twinkling look on his face...... He had a plan...... If this accident is not taken as an opportunity, the situation will only get worse. ”

Olin was stunned, and more questions poured out, but he didn't have time to exit.

"What the hell are you hesitating about?" Panasses growled angrily, "that's our kindred...... Thousands of years ago, our ancestors left in search of the right path. Now that we've found it, aren't we supposed to go back to Grivar and share what we have......?

He stared at Orin, his gaze so strange that it was so cold that he was frightened: "Do you think we are blasphemers too?"

The sudden chill froze the blood, and Olin couldn't make a sound for a while. Under the surprise and anger of being questioned, there is a faint fear...... The doubts, which he had carefully concealed, which he did not dare to admit himself, seemed to be hidden under the heavy gaze of Parnasas at this moment.

“...... Of course not!"

His fists clenched and loosened, his mind in turmoil, but he couldn't give up his insistence: "But this is never the right way...... Too much force will only warn Grivar, and it won't help you at all with what you're trying to do. ”

"Just in case. Panasses frowned, "This is the priest's advice...... Grivar is in too much chaos now, and we have to be on guard - rest assured, I won't just rush straight into the forest with all my warriors. As you say...... That's death. ”

The smile on his lips was too forced, and Orin could only smile bitterly at his failed efforts—the young leader, his friend, seemed trying to ease the tension between them...... However, the clumsy joke only put them in an even more embarrassing situation.

“...... If you don't want to go. Panasses whispered, "You can stay here and protect everyone." ”

Orin looked at him with a complicated expression, wondering if he realized how contradictory every word he spoke, every decision he made...... He seemed to genuinely believe in their mission, but instinctively felt that they could not succeed.

For a moment, Orin almost wanted to blurt out, "Okay." "—It's easier to stay here...... He's really better at protecting.

“...... No. He said, "I will follow you." ”

Panasses looked at him for a long time, and gradually stretched the corners of his eyes, and there was a hint of relief in the corners of his eyes.

When they finally left the Antler Forest, they took only 300 warriors and more than 20 leopards with them. Orin didn't know why Parnassus had decided to do this...... He couldn't believe that his opposition could have such an effect.

As the chief, Parnassus was not autocratic, and the only one who questioned his decision was Orin. The elves who found this were even more uneasy...... But he also hid this uneasiness more carefully.

They remained hidden in the dense forest, quietly heading south along the forests beneath the Mariet Mountains.

"There is no need for humans to find out...... They get nervous too easily. ”

Panasses explained their sneak attack lightly - and no one questioned it.

At night, they arrive at an abandoned ferry port, where the ships anchored are human cargo ships. The seemingly ordinary crew members were unusually silent, and when their eyes occasionally touched, Orin could feel the indifference and vigilance in them...... and an indescribable contempt.

He seldom left the forest, and some of his memories were surprisingly vivid - he remembered seeing several men with such eyes on the docks of the city of Damaran, who seemed to be out of place in the world even in the most ordinary clothes and standing in the midst of the most crowded crowds.

"That's mercenaries. ”

The human who was accompanying him at the time whispered to him, "Although sometimes useful...... But it's better not to deal with them. ”

Orin calmly withdrew his gaze, not asking who had arranged all this for Parnasses.

By this point, he had completely calmed down. It's too late to turn back, and if he wants to solve the doubts in his heart, he can only go on...... I just hope that when the answer is finally found, it will not be too late.

After crossing the Vinez River, it took them five days to reach Grivar, but they did not enter the forest.

They set up camp in the Thorn Glade. It was deserted and rarely entered, and though it was also wooded, it had a strange air of desolation. In the first few days, even the leopards they brought with them were extremely irritable, and under their best reassurance, they still let out a low roar from time to time.

It is impossible for the elves of Grivar not to discover them...... But there was no movement.

A few days later, Copas Fenton and a wrinkled elf appeared in their camp.

Elves live a long life, but they are rarely old enough to be that old, with pale skin wrapped around their thin bodies like paper, and their ravines and ravines like a painted mask...... It was as if the trees that had long since died but refused to fall down made them awe-struck and fearful.

There was no doubt that it was Kao Windwhisperer. He was the oldest of the Presbyterian Church of Grivar...... Even if it's not the most important one, it's respectable enough.

Orin felt that he should be somewhat relieved by this. However, looking at the scorching light in the already cloudy eyes on his dry bark-like face, he was inexplicably more uneasy.

The priest and Kao stayed in their tent in Pananassus for a long time. Orin deliberately stayed away from there, and involuntarily approached after they left. He hoped that Parnasas would ...... him Say something to them, but that day until late in the evening, after seeing off the two distinguished guests, Parnasas never left his tent.

Before dawn, in the deepest night, Olin returned from his patrol and saw Parnassus sitting on the edge of the pond, looking down at the mirror-like lake.

The stars are reflected in the sky, and the ethereal starlight is even more mysterious in the thin water waves, and the beauty is difficult to describe...... But after all, it is just a phantom.

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