"Hima?"

A companion's voice called her name.

Himma held her head down, trying to make herself as conscious as she normally would.

"What's wrong? Is it the effect of that potion? Your face is ugly, can you walk?"

"Lu, Ruthma......"

Hima looked very weak now, and since drinking the magic potion she had concocted, she didn't seem to be normal, curled up against the wall, a little pitiful.

It was difficult to call out the name of her companion, she wanted her companion not to make such a fuss, but she really underestimated the effect of this potion, and she didn't expect it to be so uncomfortable.

All sorts of things, all kinds of people, all of them, all the smells, mixed together into an indescribably distorted taste, magnified a hundredfold, making the nose very uncomfortable, and the head very uncomfortable.

"Let me ...... Slow, slow. ”

It will take some time for Himma to get used to the current situation.

"You...... It's really okay, right?"

Ruthma looked at her worriedly, and in this state, she couldn't even walk out of the branch door.

"Don't worry about it, wait for me later......"

Himma gritted her teeth and squeezed out the words, shook her head, and concentrated on chanting a spell, and in an instant, a warm white light poured down, and when it fell on her body, it melted and dissipated like snowflakes.

Then, his face improved slightly.

"Let's go, come with me!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Hima chanted another spell and transformed into a beautiful long-haired cat in front of Ruthma.

Hima took on the form of a cat, turned to glance at Rosema, and tilted her head.

"It's still the most convenient like this, come with me meow!"

Back on the street, the street scene of people coming and going, the coachman driving by in a horse-drawn carriage, the lady leading the pet to wander around, the children chasing after each other, the stalls selling all kinds of sweets next to it, the stray wild dogs, and so on.

The smell of all sorts of things was even more mixed than in the temple branch.

Jima, who had just run out, turned into a cat, couldn't stand it again, squatting in the corner, retching.

Ruthma also came out, looking at the cat in embarrassment and worry, "Are you alright?

After a few minutes, Himala shook her head, and seemed to have finally survived, and took a step through the crowd, struggling to find the familiar scent of her companion, searching all the way to the past.

"They're gone. ”

Danica said to Vance, "It was quite a commotion, but luckily there is a magical barrier, right? Everybody ...... now Hey, I finally got up, and now I'm asleep again?"

"Don't worry. ”

"You're still concocting a new antidote, is there anything I can do to help?"

Danica leaned over and watched Vance move, seeing what he was extracting from the plant's foliage.

"Don't get too close, this shadow element will affect ordinary people who don't have magical talent to some extent. ”

“……”

Danica didn't speak, clutching the hem of her skirt.

Yes, she's an ordinary person.

In this case, not only did he become the object of protection, but he also did not help at all.

For the first time in her life, she envied those adventurers who had power.

But, alas, even as such an ordinary person, she still has a lot to do, envy is envy, she can't be an adventurer like Samuel or Hima and Liliel and Ruthma. Usually, she only brushes shoulders with such people on the street, but when it comes to troublesome and dangerous things, she will inevitably come into contact with adventurers.

"Lance and Neil, they'll forget it......"

She whispered.

"Miss?"

"I went and swept the broken glass in the hallway, the mirror in the hallway was accidentally broken, and I thought it would hurt, but fortunately everyone was fine. ”

Encountering a dragon attack in the mountain city was the biggest disaster Danica had ever seen, but she didn't expect that after coming here, she would encounter this level of danger, and so many powerful knights and priests in the temple would not be spared.

All along, except for the dragon's attack, she was still very lucky, safe and sound.

Now, this continent of Vorgulette is generally safe and peaceful.

Because of the efforts of the Temple of the Four Directions and everyone, peace in exchange.

However, even in the occasional dragon attack, most of the time, they will receive assistance and help from all parties in the first time. There are only a few, an extremely few, and behind the light and peace, in addition to the danger of being attacked by dragons, hides this unknown danger.

It seems to be a shadow mage, and from this contact with them during this time, Danica learned that there are still such people.

Coming down the hallway, Danica looked at the shards of glass on the floor.

"Speaking of which, the timing of the dragon's appearance is sometimes once a year, and the most exaggerated is only three or four times a year, and the previous time in Ridimpa was badly damaged...... Lance them, Dragon Slayer Knights. There is no time to spend outside of crusading against dragons, except for spending time on training, which is to help the Temple of the Four Directions. ”

"This time it seems to be an escort mission, will it be ......?"

"Don't think about it, why do I think so much, the Excalibur is so powerful. ”

Muttering to herself, Danica shook her head again.

She still has things to do, and she can't be depressed just because she can't help here.

The most important thing to her.

I don't know how long it took, but Rosema followed Jima, walking and stopping.

Until they came to another street that they had never set foot on at all.

"Here it is...... Slums?"

Ruthma has been to many towns, and it is not the first time that she has visited the royal city of Serbro, but the slums of Serbro have never set foot in them. Suddenly, Himma stopped again, trying to move forward, but her limbs swayed and she couldn't stand steadily.

"What's wrong?"

Hima felt dizzy, very dizzy.

This time, I'm afraid she really can't hold on anymore.

The cat began to retch, this time seemingly trying to vomit all the food in its stomach to be more comfortable.

"Meow ......"

Moaning weakly, she no longer had the strength to answer Ruthma's question.

I can't stand it anymore!

Stumbling and stumbling a few steps, Himma collapsed at the entrance to the alley next to her.

"Hima?"

Rosema wanted to bend down and lift the cat up to make her feel better.

Before that, the cat reverts back to human form, and Hima regains her human form.

"Ahem. ”

Without further hesitation, he took out a bottle of white potion and drank it.

Ruthma paused, turned her head and looked around a few times, and no one seemed to be looking this way.

"Damn meow!"

Ji Ma scolded angrily, "You actually let this princess suffer such a crime!"

"It stinks to death, those streets and the temple branch before, I can barely bear it, I really can't stand it when I come here!

"Stink, stink! Samuel, that guy actually let Princess Ben suffer such a crime!"

"You...... Are you all right?"

"How can it be okay meow!"

"I'm!"

"Actually, if you think about it, if there is any other way to find them?"

"You mean the kind of magic item that Lolog gave us to keep tracking? I wouldn't use the smell magic if it worked! I don't have time to explain to you why and how those items didn't work, and I'm pressed for time!"

"Okay......"

"Keep looking, I think they're right here, at least I've narrowed it down!"

Hima swears from the bottom of her heart that in the future, a method like this to increase the sense of smell will never, absolutely, not be used again!

She's so embarrassed!

"By the way, Ruthma, you have to keep this matter a secret!"

"...... this? ”

"When I find Samuel, I'm going to teach him a lesson, he's actually dragged Liliel into the water! ”

Ruthma understands that these are venting angry words, and everything she has seen along the way has worked hard for her after witnessing it. But...... Are all the power-ups used for tracking ineffective...... Either lost or destroyed? The situation of the two of them is probably not good.

Samuel will definitely find a way to keep herself alive, and neither will Lilil. None of them are very strong, one is a half-tone adventurer, and the other is a novice who leaves the protection of the tribal territory for the first time, at least there is some means of resistance.

Just, hold on a little longer.

A few hours later, the two met near an ordinary house and hid behind large wooden boxes placed on the opposite street.

"I found a marked meow left by Lilil on a nearby wall!

Hima looked at the seemingly ordinary house, the closer it was to Lilil's scent, and she also noticed that the walls and floors of one of the back alleys with the strongest smell were scratched by the cat people, and the smell of Lilil remained on the mark. Hima transforms back into a cat and walks around the walled house, where Lilil's scent ends.

"I've also questioned people here, and I've heard suspicious rumors, and the source of this rumor is this house. Rosema told her about the disappearance of a few homeless people along the way, and Hima rolled her eyes.

"Really, meow, it doesn't matter if someone goes missing?"

"Who knows. ”

Ruthma shrugged, no matter what kind of town it is, there are always places that can't be managed, or rather, places that are not worth taking care of.

"You broke through the front door? ”

"Don't worry, I can use this to distract me, I'll use it five minutes after I get inside, don't be too surprised. ”

"Huh, magic explosives, you're sorry you got this!"

"The more movement you cause, the better. ”

"That's just as well!"

Hima separated from Lustma, turned back into a cat, and with quick movements came to the back of the house, found several wooden boxes, jumped on them, and then jumped into the trees next to them, and stood on the branches and looked at the windows of the house to see if they could sneak in.

What happened after that......

"I've finally found you!"

******

"Another rat has broken in? Hey, this time it's not a mouse, it's a noisy cat?"

Luckily or unlucky, Rosema broke into the house and immediately met the owner of the house.

Yes, after breaking the door, he threw two magic bombs inside, causing a loud noise, and took advantage of the fog that spread everywhere as a cover, quickly slipped into the hall, hiding behind the broken sofa with bated breath and listening to the surrounding movements.

As the smoke from the bomb cleared, there was a sound of footsteps, not of a person.

Lustma took a step forward and saw the crater that had been blown open in the middle of the hall.

"It's so miserable to blow up my home like this. ”

"I've found you, blonde kitten. ”

“……”

Rosema had no choice but to come out, and there was nothing she could do if her hiding location was exposed.

The strange creatures with their heads tilted and tilted their bodies lunged at her, and they didn't move quickly, but Rosema dodged sideways, raised her foot and kicked one of them away, and pulled out her twin swords, staring at the owner of the house as she knocked down the men who were rushing towards her.

When she approached the owner of the house, she quickly stepped away.

The owner of the house took out his wand.

"Sure enough, you guessed correctly, you're a shadow mage, you've been hiding here since you escaped from the Shadow Alliance, what about your other companions, you're not the only one here, tell me, where is Popin?"

"I didn't expect you to know so much, and in that case, I can't let you go! ”

The owner of the house laughed and waved his wand, and more people came out of the houses next to them, the ones with their heads crooked.

"I just wanted to test you, since you're so agile......"

The owner of the house laughed, letting out an uneasy laugh, and Rosema watched the suspicious fellows warily.

It was as if some kind of switch was flipped, and the guys moved faster! as if their speed had increased tenfold all at once, and they were concentrated on Ruthma.

"Rosema!"

Just then, Hima rushed out, still holding the Staff of Nature in her hand.

She happened to witness a bunch of crooked heads, but she didn't see Ruthma, obviously, these guys surrounded her?

"Oh, it turns out that there are helpers? That's right, if you dare to break in alone, you naturally have to keep a hand. ”

"If you don't want to die, let go of her meow!"

Hima holds the Staff of Nature against the throat of the houseowner.

"Is this a threat?"

"I'm a mage, you're a mage, the power of my wand, your eyes are so stupid that you can't see it?"

"Indeed, it's the first time I've ever seen such a living wand. ”

The owner of the house lowered his head and let out an eerie laugh as he grabbed the wand against his neck.

"What do you think...... Shadow mages are so easy to bully?"

Surrounded by those guys, the smell of these guys when they approached, there was no doubt that they couldn't go back.

"What a pathetic ......"

With a sigh, Ruthma swung her twin swords, looking for flaws in their movements at full speed, even if they moved fast, they couldn't compare to the fastest wind-type demonic beasts in the Warcraft Forest. These guys began to fall one by one, but there were still too many of them, no, it should be said, they kept getting up after they fell, and they had become complete walking dead.

Rosema began to step back, retracting one of her twin swords, and reaching for the fire-based scroll with one free hand.

Just then, Rosema heard Hima call her name.

Her hand trembled, and she was distracted, revealing a flaw, which was actually broken by the hand that held the sword by the hand of one of the guys.

The scratched wound was small, but unexpectedly painful.

Immediately, Ruthma looked at her hand in surprise.

"Poisonous?"

The wound instantly turned purple and bruised, and the pain became even greater, becoming extremely intense, and the movement of holding the sword could hardly be maintained. After a few seconds of hesitation, the other guys also came to the front, it was too late, all she could do was drop the weapon, reach out to block it in front of her, endure the severe pain, and continue to take out the magic scroll.

It's okay to throw a fire-based scroll at a distance that hasn't been close just now, but at this distance, using a fire-based scroll will only involve herself, and she can't afford to think about it in time, so she uses a light-based scroll first, and while these monsters that are no longer human beings are hit by light-based magic, Ruthma quickly picks up the sword on the ground.

"Hmm......"

Taking a step back, cold sweat broke out on Ruthma's forehead, and her whole body suddenly became very cold.

In addition to the small wound at the beginning, there were several more scars on his arm.

His whole body began to tremble, and something seemed to be leaking out of his mouth.

It seems to be, blood ......

Rosema staggered a few steps, her vision a little bumpy, and the world in front of her seemed to be tilting to one side.

It hurts!

It's cold!

It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts!

……

It hurts......

It's cold......

"That's right, these toys are great, each one of them is poisonous!"

The owner of the house raised his voice, and his tone was very excited.

"It's my masterpiece, the person who suffers from this poison will die in less than a minute, you see? She can only live for a minute, and she will die in a minute, and ah! I will tell you the good news, there is no antidote to this poison!"

"Even if you get those guys from the temple, even if you search all the shops, you won't be able to find a way to get rid of this poison. ”

Himma's face turned a little pale, and she pretended to be calm.

"Don't talk big, meow, I don't believe meow!"

"Then wait a minute and see, after all that, it should have been thirty seconds, that is, your companion will die in a few tens of seconds. In that case, no one could escape the nails of my adorable toys! not even a small hair wound. ”

"You!"

"I'll do the next countdown, fifteen, fourteen, thirteen......"

The guys who had surrounded Ruthma were caught up in a light magic, and their bodies froze. The owner of the house continued to count down, and after a moment the fellows stopped for a moment, they made a new move, as if they had given up their original prey, and turned around and walked towards each other.

The guys spread out from each other, revealing distance between them.

At this time, Jima's face turned pale again, because Rosema was lying there.

"Look! Six, five, four......"

"It's noisy!"

Samuel appeared out of nowhere, holding a black monster egg the size of a vegetable basket in both hands. The owner of the house was unaware, not even Geima was noticing, not even aware of his arrival, and unaware that he was standing behind the shadow mage.

He lifted the beast egg with both hands and smashed it down on the shadow mage's head.