"You disgust me, Scott. Lydia murmured, her right hand involuntarily touching her abdomen, "You're disgusting to me." You're no match for Nia - at least he's brave enough to give me the knife when he tells me he likes me. ”

"You're right. Scott's look grimacing, which he was willing to admit, "I'm not as good as Niya...... But you let him fall into hell alive. ”

"You didn't save him, great Scott Christus. Lydia curled the corners of her lips sarcastically, "You said you wanted to stop this, then I'll give you this chance, and I'll be waiting for you at the place where the Necromancers are hiding in the Giant's Spine - your obedient brother knows where." ”

"You mean, a trap?" Scott ignored her insinuations.

"A trap, of course. Lydia sneered, "But it's your best chance." I'll wait for you for five days, and you can go find all the people who can help you, and you can call your gods - you can do whatever you want, but if you don't show up after five days, for whatever reason, you know, I can easily leave this ice field without a living thing. ”

The phantom of the female mage vanished with the last syllable. Scott stood silent for a long time, not saying a word.

Perhaps this is indeed his best chance. In Kyler's absence, he may not have much chance of success, but he can always end something. Besides, he had no other choice.

“...... Do you want to fly back to the camp of Benlu, and tell the barbarians that they can always help a little......" the ice dragon said apprehensively.

"Of course. Scott turned to face him, "But until then, Is...... Is there anything you want to tell me?"

He wanted to be as gentle as possible, but his words were still more like reprimands than inquiries.

“...... I know where those necromancers are. The ice dragon's voice was so low that it sounded like it came from the ground.

“...... When did you find out?" asked Scott, "why didn't you tell me?"

There was a hint of disappointment in his tone. The ice dragon shrank back, its head lower.

"Tell me, Is. Scott's voice became harsher. Of course, he didn't think that Iss and the necromancers had some conspiracy, he just didn't understand why Iss would hide this from him.

"Last time...... Before we knocked down their last hiding place...... Someone told me when he took me to see their 'experiments'. He said they had another better hiding place near the hot springs in the Valley of Thunder...... But I thought they were out of there a long time ago. Lydia knows I'm with you, they can't still stay there, can they? I just don't think there's ...... need," the ice dragon struggled to discern.

That's a good reason, but Scott interrupts it with a shake of his head, angry and disappointed: "I want to believe you. Is, but you're lying, I can see that. ”

The ice dragon was silent.

There seemed to be a blood-red mist in front of him, Scott didn't know if it was because of the sinking sunset, or those flames that were about to be extinguished, and in a strong anger, he lost his patience: "Is, if you had told me earlier...... These barbarians may not die!"

The ice dragon raised its head sharply and roared, "Do you want to say that I killed them?!"

Scott covered his eyes, trying to calm himself down—no. It wasn't Is's fault, he wanted to blame himself more, he didn't know why that sentence came out of his mouth.

"......No," he said, "I just hope you don't lie to me." ”

There was another long silence.

"You're leaving. Ice Dragon said.

Scott lowered his hand, his eyes wide in shock.

"You're leaving. The Ice Dragon's tone became more affirmative. "If you get rid of these necromancers, you'll be gone. That's why you're staying. ”

Scott's face turned pale a little. He couldn't deny it, couldn't refute it, and didn't want to deceive it anymore.

"You've grown up, Is......" he could only reply, "you don't need my protection anymore......"

"And it didn't turn into some evil monster that you had to kill - lucky me. The ice dragon interrupted him again, its calm and helplessness bordering on sadness. Even the taunt seemed weak, "So you can leave with peace of mind and go to do something more important...... Save the world? I guess. You're not going to tell me anyway. ”

Scott was speechless.

"I'm not going to stop you...... Although I thought about simply locking you in a hole. It's as stupid as Naria, isn't it?" said the ice dragon self-deprecatingly, his voice getting lower and lower.

"I just want to...... At least let you stay longer. ”.

It did lie.

At first it really didn't feel necessary. The necromancers would soon learn that it was with Scott and that it was his brother. They couldn't have stayed where they were, waiting for the enemy to come to them, especially since they had just suffered a crushing defeat.

But after destroying the gem, one night it passed through a valley while hunting, and saw a faint cold light, dimly lit in the mist. Flickering and flickering, vaguely forming a pattern that is difficult to distinguish.

It knew the valley—the valley of the thunder that the necromancer had mentioned. There is a chain of large and small hot springs and even a small waterfall. In the midst of the silver and white, a few pools of turquoise water look quite lovely. But no matter how lovely the hot springs are, they don't suddenly come to light for no reason.

It circled and flew down. Only creatures flying high in the sky could see the lights, and it was undoubtedly for them, and it could guess who would do such a thing.

That must be a trap. But it decided to fly down first to find out, and if she was careful, what would Lydia do with it?

The ice dragon landed a little further away from the point of light, next to the largest hot spring. The rising heat made the human part of it want to roll in, but the part that belonged to the ice dragon felt a little uncomfortable.

It could now see the glowing things more clearly - nothing more than stones, cast by spells like light, scattered around the hot springs. The vapour was hidden in the shadows, and it could still sense that something was moving cautiously.

"Who's there?" its deep voice rolled down the valley like a boulder, "come out. ”

It didn't wait long. A figure cut through the misty mist and bowed its head respectfully in front of him: "The teacher asked me to wait for you here, great ice dragon...... Ice Mang. ”

The voice sounded like a teenager.

"Who are you?" the ice dragon asked, "who is your teacher?"

"Joan Shaw, Lydia Bell's apprentice. The boy lowered his head.

The ice dragon was silent for a moment. A hint of murderous intent flashed in his heart.

It remembers the name. Ed never mentioned that it was Naria who told him how the young necromancer had almost killed Ed.

He'd fooled Ed so easily, and so many people - so the ice dragon probably didn't need to be surprised that he could escape from the followers of Nethers.

"Where's Lydia?"

The ice dragon decided to let the guy go for now.

"She's been waiting for you, please come with me......"

"Nope. The ice dragon coldly refused. "Let her come to me. ”

Huo An hesitated for a moment and bowed to it: "Please wait. ”

"I don't like to wait too long. The ice dragon told him arrogantly.

As Huo An walked away, the ice dragon crouched there, slapping his tail on the surface of the water in boredom, a little curious if the necromancers often came out to soak in the hot springs or something.

"Is. A sweet voice came from the mist, and Lydia's figure appeared in front of it.

That's not a phantom. The water vapor could not penetrate her figure, but condensed into tiny droplets of water on her black hair, shimmering with light.

The ice dragon raised its vigilance. It didn't see anyone else, but even if it was just Lydia, it wasn't much of a character to deal with.

"Are you alone?" Lydia smiled as she approached it. It sighed and stopped as it let out a menacing growl.

"I said I wouldn't hurt you, why don't you believe me? Her slightly disgusted expression was still charming. The ice dragon flicked its tail, and suddenly fell down impulsively with a little remorse. It would have been able to deal with it if it had started immediately, but when it got into such a conversation, it didn't know what to do.

"I'll be taking Scott soon...... And the half-elves come. Why don't you leave as soon as possible, the gem is ruined, and it's useless for you to stay here. It said a little irritably.

"So you don't want to hurt me?" Lydia seemed very happy about this, and didn't care about the gem at all, she probably knew it a long time ago.

The ice dragon spread its wings silently - and if it really didn't, it had better tell Scott as soon as possible and let him deal with the woman.

"Wait! Listen to me again!"

Lydia's black hair and dress fluttered in the wind from its wings. He raised his hand to cover his eyes, but did not take a step back.

"What?" it asked angrily.

"Away from Scott, away from him. ”

"yes, yes, because he's going to kill me. The ice dragon said impatiently, "Can you change the reason?"

"I know you won't believe me now. But when you believe, it may be too late. Lydia's calm tone sounded unusually sincere, "I thought you could tell that Is, he came here and stayed here. It's not for you...... It's for his duty, for his own sake. You didn't turn into some evil guy, that's good, he didn't have to kill you, and then what did he do? He asked you to help him deal with the necromancer -- and when all this is over, what do you think he's going to do if you're all lucky to be alive?"

- He'll leave.

It didn't need Lydia to tell it, it knew that.

The ice dragon flew into the sky in silence. But when it flew back to the cave, it didn't tell Scott that it had seen Lydia and that it knew where the necromancers were hiding.

It was a trap, no doubt, but Scott was sure to jump into it, so it was better not to tell it - it told itself.

Although it knows that is not true.