"Hey, what are you still doing with us!?"

Ariel finally couldn't help but turn her head and shout at the mammoth orcs behind her. The latter just shrugged his shoulders and said, "Didn't you say that you can find the exit by going south from here?"

"Then don't follow us. Ariel glared at the orc fiercely, then turned and quickened her pace to continue walking along the river, and the starry night next to her turned her head and smiled apologetically at the orc, and then followed her closely.

As for Cleveland, a water cadet who was accidentally swept in, he was still hanging behind the two. After chasing the Silver Knight to destroy the team, Ariel felt a headache for the orc who always appeared inexplicably in times of crisis, and didn't want to have too much entanglement with him, so she turned around and left, but she didn't expect the orc to follow them all the way.

If it weren't for the fact that his physical strength hadn't recovered, he would have been thrown away a long time ago...

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After killing the intractable ancient cockroach, Ayton and Catherine walked along the same path to the riverbank, and just as they were about to leave the grove, they found a figure walking against the current, holding an old sword in her hand that she had picked up nowhere, and her clothes were soaked by the river, leaving a cloud of water on the soles of her feet with every step.

"Huh, there's someone up ahead!" the little priest exclaimed, then covered his mouth, "No! It's the dark elves, Elvar, be careful!"

"Wait, let's see the situation first" Ayton nodded heavily, and when the little priest turned his head to look at the dark elf girl on the shore, there was a hint of doubt and cruelty in his eyes.

In fact, long before the little priest exclaimed, he had already discovered the identity of the person on the shore, who was none other than Luna, who had been with Ariel before.

... Just, how did she become like this!?

Not to mention the wet all over the body, even that look... Ayton's gaze carefully fell on the elf girl who was walking silently on the shore alone, and her expression at this time was a kind of depression and gloom that could not be described in words!

This kind of look is familiar to Ayton, and Sauron, whom he met not long ago, has seen similar looks, but the point is that Ayton has never seen it in Luna!

Suddenly, a Soul Eater who was drinking water upstream of the river spotted her, let out a high-pitched cry, and then rushed straight at her.

Not good...

Ayton secretly said that something was wrong, his left hand quietly condensed the 'barrier of light', if the situation was slightly wrong, he would come to the rescue, and secretly made up his mind in his heart, if Catherine, who was a member of the Holy See, was ready to kill or even capture Luna alive, then he would definitely insert the blade in his hand from behind her into her heart!

But to Ayton's surprise, in the face of the rushing Soul Eater, Luna did not dodge, raised the long sword in her hand, and suddenly split the Soul Eater in half with a slash that was not the slightest fancy, even almost savage, and the black internal organs were scattered at her feet, but she walked over without changing her face, as if there was some deep hatred waiting for her in front of her.

"Elvar...", the little priest next to him suddenly spoke weakly, his face a little pale, and he wondered if he was frightened by Luna's suppressed expression and cruel methods just now.

However, as a sixth-order peak Holy See priest, he was frightened by the dark elf warriors whose strength was far lower than his own, and it is estimated that in the entire history of the Holy See, there is only Catherine.

"Let's go. Ayton's attention was almost entirely focused on Luna, who was about to move away, and strode out of the forest, despite the little priest's tugging of his arm.

The movement behind her caused Luna to turn her head, and her scarlet eyes glanced at him and the young priest next to him, before turning her head and walking forward, as if the two of them were just passers-by and had nothing to do with her.

Ignored by her...

Instead of embarrassment, Ayton felt deep doubts and sorrows, what happened to Luna!?Why did this happen!What happened to them during the time he was gone!?

"Lu..."Ayton took a deep breath and was about to call her name, but Catherine was also shouting at the same time, but her momentum was a little weak.

"That's... Fallen dark elves, stop.."

Hearing the shouts of the two, Luna stopped and turned her head slowly, her gaze falling on Ayton first, as if her eyes were confirming something.

Seeing that the dark elf girl stopped, Ekaterina didn't know what to say for a while, it stands to reason that she should kill her, but she has a simple temperament, and since she was a child, she rarely kills a certain intelligent creature in front of her... Except for Xiaoqiang just now.

Ayton secretly gave Luna a gesture that everything was going well, and at the same time his eyes signaled her to act at the opportune moment, the little priest next to him was at the peak of the sixth order, although he had deceived her trust for a short time.

The familiar gestures and eyes quickly made Luna guess his identity, and her gloomy eyes immediately changed, and her sword-holding arm trembled slightly.

It's not a disguise, it's an incomprehensible shift in mentality...

"Elvar, I can't use my light magic for the time being." It may be that when he fought against the ancient cockroach just now, his magic power was exhausted, and the little priest involuntarily leaned towards Ayton's side.

Ayton also took the opportunity to turn sideways and block the little priest behind her, so that she could hardly spot Luna's unnatural change in face.

Moreover, it turns out that Catherina's magic power has been depleted, so it doesn't pose a threat to Luna.

The atmosphere was delicate, and just as Ayton was about to say something again, Luna threw her sword at him, turned and ran away from the shore.

"Hey! Ayton let out a quick snort, ignoring the long sword that fell not far away, and hurriedly set off to chase after her, he had to figure out what had happened to her before!

But Luna didn't wait for him in the slightest, the speed was the fastest, and at the same time her hands were condensed with dark magic, and the little priest was worried about Elvar's safety, so she also followed, but due to the lack of magic power, she couldn't release the high-level magic.

A dark restraint flew in, and Ayton was about to sideways to dodge, but the pain left over from the battle with the ancient cockroach on his back suddenly flinched, and his body was restrained, and when he broke free, Luna's figure disappeared into the grove they had just walked.

Vaguely, he seemed to see two tears slipping from the corners of her eyes.

"Elvar, the wound on your back is not healed, how can you run around!?" The little priest rushed to his side, saw the scorched marks behind him, and hurriedly squeezed out a trace of light magic to release a 'rapid healing technique'.

The hot pain eased, but Ayton felt like he had been stabbed with a knife in the heart, and now he definitely couldn't catch up with Luna. And all this, it seems, can only be figured out after finding Ariel...

Puzzled, Ayton and Catherine continued to walk for a while, when a line of silver-white figures suddenly appeared on the other side of the riverbank.

"Look, our people are coming!" The little priest jumped up excitedly when he saw the people of the Holy See rushing here.

"Hmm..."Ayton's tone was a little low, originally to see that she was simple-minded and wanted to use her strength to resist unknown risks, but there didn't seem to be any particularly vicious monsters on the other side of the river (except for the ancient cockroach that chased all the way)

"Elvar, why don't you join us as well, I can recommend you to become a glorious Templar" Catherine turned her head to look at him expectantly because of the previous shared experience.

Looking at the galloping silver knight from afar, the leader was the crescent high priest, Remia. Ayton waved his hand and said indifferently: "No need, I just want to be an ordinary adventurer"

Fate is over, and from now on, Alvar's identity is estimated to disappear from the world, and he will continue to search for Ariel upstream.

"Elvar, do you have anything else to do later?"

"Well, I'm looking for my friend, since you've found your person, then I'll go first" said Ayton, who didn't stay long, and most of his injuries healed under the treatment of the little priest, enough time to leave the papal see's vision before they crossed the river more than twenty meters wide.

"Elvar... You—" Catherine looked at his departing back with some reluctance, and the latter glanced back at her.

"What's wrong?"

“... This is for you" Catherine took off a piece of white jade pendant hanging on her clothes and put it in Ayton's hand, the corners of her mouth were slightly hooked, revealing an innocent smile: "If there is any situation in the future, take this thing to find me in the church, we will definitely meet again." ”

“... The corners of Ayton's mouth twitched slightly, put away the jade pendant, turned his head and walked briskly upstream. The silver knight on the other side of the river also shouted the name of the little priest at this time.

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