Two days after Samuel and the others came back smoothly, Danica and Vance were on their side, and the matter at hand was also dealt with.

Danica heard Vance say that Path's situation was a little more peculiar, unlike the people of the temple who had a talent for magic, and even if he took potions, he would not wake up so early.

So, in the past two days, Danika, except for the occasional visit to the branch, more often, returned to the hotel where she used to stay and packed her luggage. When Paz regained consciousness, they left the place.

On the third day, Danica, who was waiting on the side, finally saw that Paz was showing signs of awakening.

Paz, who was still asleep, frowned, whispered inaudibly, and at the same time, his forehead kept sweating.

Faced with this anomaly, Danica immediately went to Vance.

Vance looked at Paz and told her that it was just a normal fever and that she would wake up when it subsided.

"Well, this guy is really, really a toss, and I don't know what nightmare he's doing. ”

Muttering, Danica was about to go and get some hot water, but Vance called out to her just in time.

"The people in the branch are looking for me, and I'm going to go out. ”

After saying that, Vance also made a point of explaining that Danica should not go anywhere until he returned.

Seeing the old Vance leave, Danica still felt a little uneasy in her heart, Paz needed someone to take care of her, otherwise she would follow.

"Isn't it all over, why go to the branch?"

Vance came to the temple branch, and the knight at the door saw his arrival and immediately took him to the reception room inside. There was a long table and a chair in the reception room, and a man in armor stood in front of the window, with his back to Vance.

"It's finally here. ”

Vance nodded in response, glancing at something on the long table.

It was a plant that I had tended to for days.

"There is a protective barrier of light system inside the branch. ”

The chief knight turned and glared at Vance with a fierce expression.

"No matter what kind of cure it is, you actually get this kind of thing in the branch!?"

"Is there any other way?"

Old Vance's old face showed a little tiredness, "The crooked fight is right, and the magic potion that relieves sleeping sickness can be successfully made, which is also the protection of the gods of the four directions." Otherwise, it is impossible for the shadow element to exist under the Light Protective Enchantment. ”

The shadow element on that plant wasn't particularly strong, but it was there.

At that time, Vance didn't expect to succeed in coming up with this ridiculous solution.

The shadow magic used by shadow mages is anything but simple.

Even, in the Magic Chamber of Commerce, potions or magic scrolls with shadow elements are as hard to find as a needle in a haystack. In those days, Vance went to the black market more than once before he found a magic item related to the shadow element, including, of course, the plant.

"Rules are rules, no matter what the purpose, you have seriously violated the rules of the temple! If you were a shadow mage, I would have caught you on the spot and put you to death. ”

Old Vance sighed deeply, he couldn't understand it best, because he used to be a member of the temple, and the rules and regulations of the temple must be strictly followed by everyone. In their eyes, shadow magic is taboo and evil that must never be touched.

No one shall be contaminated, nor shall he be deceived.

******

There was a light rain early in the morning.

A tall figure appeared on the street, without an umbrella, braving the rain to walk forward.

It is a harbor near the sea, and you can see beautiful aquarists dancing happily in the rain many times.

However, he knew all this well.

He had only one purpose in mind, and that was the pharmacy not far ahead.

When he came to the door, he paused, looked at the hidden door, and the faint smell of medicine wafted out.

There is a slight sound in it, and in this kind of weather, you usually don't go out much.

Before the rain began to pick up, he reached out his hand, knocked politely, pushed open the hidden door, and walked in.

The owner of the drugstore stood at the counter, bowing his head and fiddling with the baskets placed on it, containing blue-blue-green-green plants.

After hearing the footsteps, the pharmacy owner raised his head, and the surprise on his face appeared in an instant.

Looking at the face that was somewhat similar to that of an old friend, but not exactly the same, and the familiar long sword carried by the guest.

The owner of the pharmacy was in a trance and spat out two words.

"Piro?"

“……”

In the same silence as his brother, he walked to the counter, ignored the water marks left on his shoes, did not stand for a moment on the carpet placed at the doorway, and came anxiously to Baker.

"He's missing. ”

Piro took off the sword that his brother had worn for a long time and placed it in front of him.

"Where the hell is he. ”

"They actually made me a knight captain, what the hell is going on?"

The sword was the chief knight's identification, and Desmond would never leave it behind.

"I know, you found out. ”

"I also know that he looked for you before he disappeared. ”

“…… Don't pursue it. ”

Baker pushed his sword back and shrugged, "Piro, you shouldn't be here. You should be completing the Captain's Test now, and it stands to reason that you have to complete the Test to get it. Donasius and Dominic were also too merciful to put it in your hands in advance. ”

Piro slapped his hands on the counter, and the herbs in the basket shook for a moment.

"Answer!"

His reddened eyes didn't blink, he stared straight at Baker.

Baker had no expression, but he was sighing in his heart, with this guy, who would dare to come in and buy herbs.

"I don't know, he approached me, and then he seemed to be on a mission. I'm not a member of the temple anymore, I'm just an ordinary person now, and no matter how good my friendship is, he can't tell me what he's going to do. Desmond is your brother, don't you know his personality best?"

“…………”

Piro was still staring straight at him, thinking he was still hiding.

Baker nudged the sword again.

"You shouldn't be here, the test of the knight is time-limited, and if you delay it here, even if they expect from you and fail...... Don't give up the opportunity Desmond gives you. ”

"I don't care about that, where the hell is he!"

"I don't know. ”

"I don't believe it!"

"It's your business to believe it or not!"

Baker also felt a little angry, and at this time, there was some movement from upstairs, as if something had fallen.

"I'm out of company, there's a patient upstairs, I'll take a look. ”

“……”

The conversation was temporarily interrupted, and Piro stayed where he was, looking at the sword, confused.

Half an hour later, Baker came down from the upstairs and felt a headache when he saw Piro still standing there.

"What do you want me to tell you? Desmond? I swear to the gods of the four directions that we haven't been in touch again except once we met some time ago and bought some herbs here. ”

"Why is he looking for you?"

He happened to pass by here on his mission, so he came to catch up and buy some herbs by the way. ”

“……”

Piro was still staring at Baker, as if to say, you're lying.

"Alas......"

Baker rubbed his forehead, feeling upset, and ...... Sadness.

"I'm sorry...... I should have kept him at that time. ”

"You've fought shadow mages too, and you know how dangerous they can be. ”

“……”

"Otherwise, you should be able to guess it, although I don't know what mission he is performing, but it is not a safe mission. ”

“……”

"As for where he is now, I don't really know. Not only me, but no one else knows, Donashiau, or Dominic, the two of them are Desmond's colleagues, why don't you ask them. ”

“……”

The air suddenly became quiet, and the surroundings were as quiet as time stood still.

Baker watched Piro, waiting for his next word.

As the younger brother of an old friend, he is also an acquaintance, so he just drove him out, which is not very friendly.

After five minutes of waiting, he finally had a reaction.

When he opened his mouth, his voice trembled.

"I ...... Asked ......"

"They...... They said that the last one to come back was ...... It's this sword, brother he'...... Estimated to be...... ......"

Piro bowed his head deeply, and as he spoke, his body seemed to lose his strength, and he fell weakly and fell to the ground. It becomes squatting, squatting and holding down the head, making a sound like a needle falling to the ground, and if you don't listen carefully, you can't hear it.

It was as if he had used all the strength of his body to repeat the words of the two of them at that time.

“…… He's dead...... Join...... Corpse...... Also...... No...... Look for...... to ......"

Baker didn't speak, but looked at him with sad and sad eyes.

Even if you don't cover the location of your heart, you will be pinched and uncomfortable.

My heart may no longer hurt, but the feeling of being grabbed is still there.

Baker didn't help him get up, just waited there for him to get up. Even Baker didn't know how long he had waited, he didn't pay attention to the time or whether it was still raining outside.

The only thing he could do was to keep watching him and see when Piro would get back on his feet.

Finally, when his stomach made a protesting sound, Baker felt that his feet were numb and could not move, and Piro stood up, because he had been squatting for too long, and his movements had become unstable.

The first thing he did when he got back up was to grab Baker's shoulders, who subconsciously wanted to help him, and grabbed too hard, for fear that he would leave like this.

"I don't believe in ......"

"My only hope is to come here. ”

"Please, tell me ......"

He pleaded.

******

Despite his efforts to spur the horses underneath, the speed was slowing down as he became more and more tired. In desperation, someone must break off. Pamont glanced behind him, and the distance between them and the entire convoy was dangerously ranged.

The arrows almost grazed his cheeks, and a few nearly hit the horse's hooves.

Thanks to pulling the reins in time to control the direction and drift to the side, he successfully avoided it.

However, the next round of arrows struck again.

As soon as he finished saying that someone had to stay, Pamont was about to say that he would stay and let them leave first.

Before he could say this, he heard Xiao Tie's shout.

"Look! It's the woods!"

The words he wanted to say stopped immediately, and Pamont turned his head to look at it, it was really the woods!

"Hurry, get over before you get surrounded!"

At the moment, he didn't care whether the horse was tired or not, and continued to spur the horse under him, narrowly avoiding the arrows that came by the wind, and even pulled out his sword to block a few for the little iron in front of them. A few minutes later, they came to the woods.

When you enter the woods, it is not as wide as the spacious flat land before, and there are obstacles everywhere, which are not conducive to the carriage walking.

If they want to continue the pursuit, they may ignore the terrain of the woods and continue to pursue, or they may bypass the woods and catch up from the other side.

Either way, they were able to buy some time.

The real question is where the exit from this grove will be.

But now that speculation was not possible, Pamont swung his sword and cut off the branches of the nearby trees.

Even if the terrain is not conducive to the convoy moving forward, if they still chase after them, they have to admire their courage.

The branches were cut down just in case, and if they did continue to chase into the woods, it would affect the view of the convoy somewhat, and those arrows would not appear easily.

"Although we went into the woods, it was not yet a time to be at ease. ”

Pamont spoke to Iron and Luke in front of them, reminding them to be vigilant at all times.

Originally, their route back did not include this wood, and they did not know where it would be after leaving the woods. Because of this sudden chase, their itinerary was deviated from the original route.

Once they were out of that convoy completely, they had to think about what was the fastest route to take.

Xiao Tie nodded slightly, even if he heard Pamont say this, but for the rest of the journey, it was almost time to slow down, their horses were already very tired, and if they continued to run, they would definitely run to death.

"It's strange why they're chasing us. ”

Luke asked a question.

Finally, they had to face this real problem.

yes, why chase them, and so urgently.

Who the hell is that convoy?

"Their skills are by no means ordinary. ”

Pamont came to this conclusion by looking back frequently.

Xiao Tie glanced at the water sword wrapped in cloth, and his expression became solemn, now is not the time to say it, it should be said that this matter cannot be known to the other two. Luke's words were nothing, but Pamont was hard to say.

The Knights, who belong to the Empress, still know a little bit about the mage tower.

It's a secret that death can't tell anyone else, even if that person else is his benefactor.

Their Order is special and has always kept this important secret.

Of course, this is also the trust entrusted to them by the Empress.

Betrayal will not be tolerated.

On the bright side, stealing the Excalibur is also an unforgivable felony.

As long as no definite evidence is found, there is no way for the temple.

The sword of water on his body must not be exposed.

Xiao Tie can only express his silence, and Luke is not a talkative person, and he often has a non-caring attitude.

Moreover, this time, in addition to sending himself, he also sent Luke and Pamont.

Whether Luke knew about the Sword of Water or not is unclear at this time.

They rode for more than twenty minutes, searching for their way out in the woods.

"That's the exit!"

When I was about to reach the exit, I was about to breathe a sigh of relief and feel a little more at ease.

However, something flew at a rapid pace, and both Pamont and Iron noticed that it was an arrow that happened to hit the trunk of a nearby tree.

Suddenly, looking back, there were five horses coming this way in addition to them.

Originally, due to the shelter of the trees, they did not find it in the first place.

When the distance became only a few dozen meters apart, the figure of the other party appeared from behind, and then he suddenly noticed it.

"Damn!

There were only five people in the back, but there was no carriage, and they should have split into two roads.

The five men entered the woods, on the one hand, to catch up with them, and on the other hand, if they couldn't catch up with them, they had to at least make some trouble to buy time, so that the other side would have enough time to go around to the exit of the woods and wait for them to come out and outflank.

Pamont should have thought of this earlier, and was stopped by Luke's question, thinking about why he was being chased and who was chasing them.

As for why the movement of the horses on the ground was not heard at this distance, there was only one possibility, and the other party used the magic of silence.

According to some of Pamont's basic discoveries about the country since he arrived, Remy Labell is a country that worships force, and most people think that handy magic items are despicable, dishonest, unworthy of use, and despised when used.

In addition, the price of magic items is more expensive than in other countries, so it is very difficult to get your hands on them. Even, there is a serious lack of awareness of magical things in this country, formal magic items have always been expensive, and real magic plants are treated as ordinary herbs with little value.

Not only did these people chase after them, but they also used magic.

There may be a magician among them, or they may have magic items.

Either way, the situation is now unfavorable again.

Continue to the exit, there is a high possibility of being surrounded.

Tie and Pamont glanced at each other, exchanged ideas with each other, and jumped off their horses together. Except for Luke, who was left alone and confused, of course, Xiao Tie jumped down and told him to take care of the horses.

Luke froze for a second, then dismounted from his horse and grabbed the two horses that had temporarily lost their owners.

Standing in place, he watched as the two men drew their swords from their waists and met the few people who were catching up.

The battle didn't even last for five minutes, and it ended without any suspense.

Taking advantage of their lack of reaction, Pamont solved the first two in an instant, and began to be wary of the third person, and his strength was not weak, so it took two more minutes. On the other side, Xiao Tie also took advantage of his flexible body and the terrain around him, and the shooters on the horse had no way to hold themselves, and the arrows he shot frequently failed to hit the target.

Sitting on the horse, he began to realize that he was constantly hiding behind a tree and constantly slipping out of a certain place, and the target of his pursuit disappeared from time to time, and he became a conspicuous target. Realizing this, it means that fighting on the ground is the best option. However, the moment you get off the horse, it is a sign of failure.

In this way, it didn't take much time to solve these people.

"Whoever they are, it's good for us to split into two ways as well. ”

Pamont glanced around, "Even if there are people in ambush at the entrance and exit of the woods, it doesn't matter. ”

They split into two or three ways, and now for them, the advantage is back.

"We went back the way we came and left the route we had planned. ”

They were going back to the entrance to the woods.

Pamont took out a flint and cut a tiny branch from a nearby tree.

"Burn it. ”