In the middle of summer in the dark period of 717, the thunder was shining, and it was hot and windless.

It's a new day of departure.

"I can't imagine the life-and-death friendship between us...... It's so fragile that a few handfuls of forage can finish it. Thor looked at the mule brother who was hiding behind the farmer's little daughter and couldn't leave, and his tone was a little sad, this guy had obviously been bought by the little girl with a few handfuls of forage in just a few days.

"Lean~Lean!" The mule and horse cautiously poked out the mule's head from behind the little girl, and I was coquettish and rolling in front of a seven or eight-year-old child, just to escape from your clutches today, it was not easy for me, Brother Mule was obviously a little emotional.

At first, I took a mule horse on the road, but in fact, it was just for fun to relieve the loneliness in the wilderness. Now that Brother Mule has his own pursuits, Thor no longer demands them.

The peasant family warmly entertained Saul for a light meal, so before leaving, Saul gave them the mule brothers, hoping that they would take good care of the unambitious mule and horse.

For an ordinary farmer, a mule and horse is a lot of labor, and grinding wheat and pulling a cart is a good hand. For this reason, the peasant family enthusiastically sent Thor outside the door, and stood in a line to watch him go away.

"Damn, I was against raising such a thing in the first place. See, it's a white-eyed wolf, oh no, a white-eyed mule. What kind of feelings can there be between humans and beasts, and it's not between you and me, the boss. ”

As soon as he set out on the road and walked through the wilderness, Teemo cursed angrily. He also kept emphasizing the true inseparable feelings, just like between him and Thor, which disgusted Thor so much that his original exhilarating enthusiasm almost disappeared.

The rest of the journey didn't change much, and the general direction was still towards the main city of Odrenza in the south. At this time, Thor was still more than thirty territories away from the main city of Odrenza, and more than ten territories away from Pandor, the relay point halfway.

Just as Thor and Teemo were on their journey again, opening up to each other, a group of people were also arriving.

This group of people obviously has an extraordinary temperament, whether they dress or talk, they seem a little mysterious, and they only care about hurrying all the way.

Their shiny armor has blinded many dog eyes along the way, but the most eye-catching thing is their strength, and I don't know how many looking eyes they have attracted along the way.

This is a team that has been active in the Dark Cross B-tier mission all year round, the Third Squadron of the Dark Cross, and they are here this time to finish the mission of the last Seventh Squad that was almost completely wiped out.

The team is still captained by the Heavy Shieldman, a square-faced man named Gerodiel, who looks a bit stereotypical. There was an additional vice-captain, a swordsman named Walliston, with flowing hair, but unfortunately the face was the same as the captain's.

The team numbered eleven people, seven men and four women, five more than the six members of the seventh squad. One of them was a young girl from the Emilton family who was invited to assist in the mission, named Lorna, a third-order magician.

The remaining ten are all members of the team, with one Heavy Shieldman, three Swordsmen, three Mages, one Dark Archer and Summoner, and one Illusionist.

Tactically, regardless of the size of the battle, the captain is responsible for attracting and taking most of the damage, and the three swordsmen switch between attacking and guarding while ensuring the safety of the mage.

Dark Archers equipped with advanced Eagle Eye will be responsible for roaming around the party, blocking or cooperating with mages to gain a ranged advantage. As for summoners and illusionists, they also have their own means and areas to take care of.

In terms of strength ranks, among the ten people, the main and deputy captains are fifth-order, and the rest are all fourth-order.

Such a team, even if it wants to destroy a territory with a main city, it can be said that it is easy and stress-free. However, after sleeping all the way to the city of Kayin in the territory of Candela, the team suddenly stopped.

In early summer, they received assignments from the Dark Cross, not themselves, but directly. Such a mission, while not having a clear time frame, is clearly an urgent task that must be taken seriously.

So the squadron teleported directly to Pandor City, and then marched all the way south, and it only took more than a month to arrive at the city of Gain, which was only one territory away from the ruined ancient capital of Karot.

And the target of this mission, a young man named Saul Drake, is also moving closer to the Candela territory.

This is the result of the confirmation of the third-order girl Lorna in the team, and through her natural magic affinity, she successfully inherited the magic mark left by Lilian, the mage of the seventh team of the Dark Cross.

As soon as Lorna turned her head to the south, she could see a small green flame representing the young man from Thor, slowly approaching Candela.

Retracting her gaze, Lorna collapsed on the bed a little tired.

The interior of this hotel room can only be considered ordinary and tidy, but Lorna can still feel the warmth of a small space, unlike the spacious mansion of her own house, which is only empty and cold every time her father is not home.

She has just passed the coming-of-age ceremony, and at the age of less than fifteen, she already has a shallow shadow of a soft figure.

With waist-length smooth light blue hair, clear eyes that can be sharp and charming, a small nose bridge and a warm mouth, coupled with impeccable fair and delicate skin, the beautiful and excellent bloodline of the family and nobles for generations has been well inherited by her.

It is said that her mother has one-third of her sea blood, and this blue hair comes from her mother's genetics.

People always like to judge the affinity of magic elements by hair color, so in the past, Lorna was often mistaken for a water magician, but unfortunately she mastered a somewhat unpopular natural affinity.

It can be seen that people always have their own troubles, no matter what kind of social status you have, there are always various kinds of troubles.

Lorna's biggest worry at the moment is the family's declining situation, after all, it is not easy to return from prosperity to desertion.

However, this is not the main reason, Lorna is not afraid of hardship, not to mention that even if the family fails to squeeze into the twenty-four seats in the parliament, the family will not be able to go anywhere.

She just didn't want to see her father, who clung to the glory of the family and didn't let go, was depressed all day long, he seemed to be getting worse and worse recently, and it seemed that since his brother died in the secret realm and his mother left one after another, he had less and less things to put in his life

Turning over and sitting up, Lorna changed into a loose skirt and slowly rubbed her stockings off with her slender and tight legs. Then gently step on the smooth and delicate white ankle on the small round stool and begin to treat the blood blisters on the soles of your feet.

This forced march of more than a month was far from what the average person could bear, but Lorna never complained.

As for who the target of this crusade is, although Lorna is one of the few people who has read the mission description, she has not seen whether the other party is a human or a devil, and what kind of ability he has.

But that has nothing to do with herself, she has a very clear position for herself in this mission, probably playing the role of a suo enemy. As for the combat aspect, if the entire squadron can't cope with it, then a small third order won't change anything.

It's not that Lorna doesn't want to do more, if the task is completed beautifully, she will be rated higher, although it may not help the family's predicament much, but this is the only thing she can do at the moment.

It's just that in such a scene, it shouldn't be my turn to express any opinions.

"Tom~tom" The door was suddenly knocked.

Lorna stood up and straightened her dress, then opened the door in confusion and saw Serena, the female mage of the group, standing outside the door.

When I arrived at the captain's room, there were four people sitting at the table, including Lorna, all of whom had read the mission description.

This seemed to be a meeting about pre-war deployment, and Lorna was a little flattered that she could be invited to the meeting.

The four of them were silent for a while, and Lorna quietly maintained her manners, and suddenly noticed that the hands of the vice-captain Walliston and the female mage Serena were clasped together under the table, oh, this is obviously a couple.

Turning his head to look at the captain, Gerodiel, who was looking down in contemplation with a straight face. A gold coin on the back of the hand keeps turning over the back of the finger, but it does not fall off, and there is a rigorous beauty brought about by repeated regular movements.

Oh, this is obviously the captain's habit when he thinks, Lorna judged.

"Ahem... Ahem, I didn't call you here to watch juggling, let's talk about it, if you have any thoughts and opinions about this mission, feel free to talk about it. Captain Jerodiel coughed twice when he saw the other three men staring at their gold coin performance.

When this question was asked, Lorna frowned secretly, because the question was destined to be unanswered, or no matter how much the four of them guessed, they might not be able to get more than the mission description.

Seeing that there was some coldness, the captain Jerodiel was also a little helpless, to be honest, this was really the most task he had ever received. A few words are also marked in striking red on the mission description, which is suspected to be extremely dangerous.

Suspicious? Is that true? How dangerous is extreme danger? How to deal with it?

At present, the only thing that can be used as a reference is the sacrifice of the seventh squad, and facing such a squad alone, to be honest, even the fifth-order Jerodil himself does not dare to say that he is absolutely crushed.

A battle is often complex and changeable, and the competition of pure strength is only one aspect, in addition to observation and judgment, the grasp of opportunities, the hole cards of their respective means, and too many reasons make the balance of victory always swing.

Sometimes it's just because a tiny point is ignored that the whole surface collapses.

So at present, the whole team suddenly stopped in the city of Kayin, and the target was also taking the initiative to approach this side, a young man who was said to be a first-order at the time, but now he wants to use a squadron to encircle and suppress, which in itself is not a funny joke.

Maybe the seventh team just pounced on all of them and ended up miserable.

The four people at the table began to speak enthusiastically, complementing each other and speculating together. However, the four people attending the meeting knew very well that until they really saw and confronted it, all speculation was always just speculation.

Seeing that the atmosphere was almost over, the captain Jerodiel stated the true purpose of this impromptu meeting.

"Uh...... I heard that the other party is just an ordinary young man about fifteen years old, maybe Miss Lorna on our side can go over first...... , uh, I mean, try to reach out to the other person first and see if you can get any useful judgments. ”

Captain Jerodiel stumbled, awkwardly but tactfully revealing his thoughts.

This was undoubtedly a very dangerous step, and it was not in line with the usual killing style of the Dark Cross, and Gerodiel felt ashamed.

There was a glimmer in Lorna's eyes, it turned out that she had invited herself to come to the meeting and was waiting for her here.

"Of course, this is just a suggestion, and we can fully understand that Miss Lorna can refuse if she feels dangerous. Gerodiel added in due course, and the others hurriedly nodded in agreement.

"No, I'm willing to take a risk. I'll make contact with him in Windwhisper, and even try to form an adventure party with him to face a strong enemy on the shores of Wailing Lake outside Windwhisper, and take the opportunity to test his fighting prowess. ”

"Then I'll come with him to Gayin City, and then you can get my message and start working, how about it?" Lorna smiled confidently, revealing a soft and graceful smile.