Rowell looked at Borena quietly, his gaze cautious but not disgusting.

"If that's the case...... he bowed to Borena, "you're far from home, Your Majesty. ”

“...... It's a long story. Borena smiled wryly and touched the extra wounds on his face, knowing that he was not fully trusted.

"Hey, don't you mages have any spells to find out if a person is lying?" asked Lange, "why don't you try? Honestly, I don't believe any kind of king this guy is, are all blind people there?"

He was blunt - Borena could only continue to smile wryly.

"That's a priest's spell...... And I'm a paladin. Lowell smiled apologetically, "I'm just going to have some lowly healing and blessings." ”

"Uh...... I don't want to disturb you," Barrett's voice sounded hesitantly, "but there seems to be one less person here...... Someone ran away. ”

Borena was startled, looked around, counted and counted, and sure enough, there was one less.

Someone escaped in the chaos.

"Ahh

“...... Two mages?" Luo Wei frowned slightly, he had apparently only found one.

Rosa quickly rushed out of the cave and ran back a moment later.

"The boat is still there. She said, "Lange! Take everyone on board...... And that guy. She pointed to another mage who had been cornered by the elves, "I'll go find Monroe...... We need to get out of here, as soon as possible. ”

If that mage uses a spell to leave. Maybe they'll be back soon.

While Lange pushed the ship into the water, Borena and Lowell quickly tied up all the enemies who were still alive - Lowell even treated a dying fellow - but no one could do anything to Agnes.

“...... I am no threat to you. The capricious woman spread her hands out to them with an innocent look, "Look. I don't even have a hairpin that I can use to tie people. ”

Carrie, who was not as tall as Borena's shoulders, ran up without a sound, tore the long, gold-threaded belt from Agnes' waist, tied her tightly together with a few sharp blows to the woman's cursing, and ran away without a word.

Borena and Lowell looked at each other, neither knowing what to say.

After a moment's hesitation, Borena stuck the knife that Agnes had thrown at him high in the tree, and even if he gave it back to her, she wouldn't be able to reach it anyway.

When they walked to the edge of the shallows. Only to find Lange and Söhne muttering loudly to the boat.

"There are too many people!" he cried, "and the ship will sink if you all squeeze in! Why don't you just cut that guy's neck?"

The mage who was escorted to the side of the boat was pale, but he never said a word, and there was no look of fear or pleading on his face.

"Why don't you jump into the water and swim back!" Rosa cried out angrily, who ran over with Monroe, "but forget it...... Leave him behind! We need to get out of the upper reaches as soon as possible. Someone is chasing after you!"

“...... Monroe. What's wrong with your hair?" Patty stared curiously at her brother's head, and although she had just narrowly escaped, there was no tension in her thin voice.

"It's burned!" Monroe stroked his hair, looking rather smug, "There's a mage trying to burn me with a fireball!"

“...... Dare to burn my son!I'm going to throw that guy in the oven sooner or later!!" Lange roared angrily, and single-handedly carried his little daughter onto the boat.

"Throw me my armor and I'll stay. Lowell said suddenly.

Rosa looked at him in surprise, and her eyes suddenly lit up: "You can teleport back to the temple with Borena...... You know teleportation, don't you?"

Lowell shook his head, "I'm sorry. I won't...... The kind I was using before wasn't teleportation, it only shifted me to a small range. Where I could see. If there is a mage among the people who are chasing him...... You can't get much away like this, and I should be able to buy you a little time. ”

"You can also capsize their boat as you did before and make our boat run as fast as a thunderfish. Rosa said. Too many accidents...... For some reason, she always had some foreboding.

"If I had known that I was so attached to the ship today, I would probably have memorized a few more useful spells. Rowell smiled helplessly, "Let's go, I'm a paladin of the water god anyway, and in the worst case, I can jump into the water to escape, no matter what, at least I won't drown." ”

Rosa hesitated, not knowing what else to say, and finally nodded silently.

Borena looked at Lowell and stopped talking—he finally met a paladin, but he couldn't even say a word...... His good fortune in this life has probably run out.

“...... Don't worry, Your Majesty. Lowell spoke softly, "I will tell the temple everything I see." Stay in a safe place...... We'll find you and find out what's going on. ”

Borena nodded and jumped on board. He didn't know when such an escape would end...... But now there is no choice.

After watching the two boats row upstream, Lowell stood on the edge of the shallows and looked down.

He could already faintly see the boats rowing upwards against the rapids and reefs, seemingly more numerous than before, and the king's flag was raised. If they throw a fireball between the ships while they are unprepared......

Lowell shook his head at himself. It can be explained that a little girl who is not guilty of any crime is in danger, but secretly throwing a fireball at Wang Qi will not be able to "fool the past" as Rosa said.

What's more, he still can't be sure who the man who calls himself Borena is, and he chose to help them only because he saw the little girl who was being held hostage. That was something he could not tolerate - for whatever purpose, such an act would be despicable.

He didn't want to get into trouble with the king's men, but he didn't forget his duty for fear of the king's wrath, but the elf was merciless, and he died more than he expected......

He does not intend to pass the buck. When he chose to stay rather than flee with Rosa, he was ready to take on everything, but he didn't intend to die. If the later group wanted his life without any explanation like the others in the cave, he would have escaped, but Priest Brooke probably had a few more gray hairs......

Lowell looked back at the mage who was so bound that he couldn't even move a finger and his mouth was tightly gagged, and a question suddenly arose in his heart—were these people really sent by the king?

Although the people of the Latus family seem to think so, and Agnes says so, none of them themselves deny it...... But none of them admit it.

Lowell dealt with the guards of Rockburg and Stonebutch. Although these enemies are also well-trained, they still fight in different ways...... And it was so silent, like it had been in darkness and silence for so long that I had forgotten how to speak.

Besides, there will be no mages among the guards.

According to the strict requirements of the Mage Guild, mages can accept temporary employment, they can venture around, wander at will, even if they are traitors, the Guild will not pay attention, but they can not join any army, and they cannot swear to serve any king or noble lord...... In short, "the mage is as free as magic itself".

Once discovered, the Mage Guild has the power to punish any mage who violates the ban, and no country or city law can stop them.

But this mage has a tacit understanding with his companions, not like a temporary patchwork partner, and his temperament is so similar, as if he has been together for a long time......

Once he became suspicious and seriously recalled the mage's spells, more doubts arose.

The spells of human mages were first passed on from elves, and over the millennia, countless mages have modified and innovated, becoming more and more regular, and after the establishment of the mage guild, almost all mages learned the same things and used the same spells...... The mage's flaming arrows were as gorgeous as fireworks, and even the spells seemed to be different.

Rowell looked directly into the mage's calm eyes, knowing that even if he asked something, he probably wouldn't get any answer.

He dragged the mage back into the cave, walked over to Agnes, who was writhing in exasperation, and looked down and asked, "Ma'am...... Do you know these people?"

Agnes gave him a roll of the eyes: "How is it possible! I am Agnes Gaskel, the Countess of Maurice, the sister of the Queen! I know all the knights who have knighthoods, these inferior soldiers who can't even speak, even if they do, they all wear the same helmet, how can I recognize who is who?"

-- That's true.

Therefore, she only guessed that these people were the king's subordinates.

And these "inferior soldiers" even rarely wore chain mail, most of them only wore leather armor or cloth armor, and their clothing and equipment were not uniform, nor did they have any signs, probably deliberately concealing their identities in the first place.

Lowell looked around the cave, the dead were naturally silent, but the living all looked at him quietly, without groaning, without struggling, that strange look, there seemed to be some kind of frightening fanaticism hidden in the calm, which made Rowell involuntarily feel chills in his heart.

He walked over to a corpse and crouched down to take a closer look. The deceased was still very young, about twenty years old, and like all warriors, he had calluses on his hands that had been sharpened by his sword for many years, but his fingernails were soaked in some strange color, which could not be seen clearly in the dim light, and smelled of pungent rancidity......

Rowell frowned, he thought it smelled like some kind of dye, like the one emanating from the dye shop outside Stonebutch, but he couldn't confirm it.

There was a jumble of water, exclamations, and curses from outside the cave, and the trap he had set probably overturned the ship in front.

He got up and walked out of the cave, only to suddenly feel a breeze behind him...... Then there's a little stinging in the vest.

(To be continued......)