Ariel and Lan Coco walked silently on the inaccessible path, neither of them had spoken to each other before, and if it weren't for their consistent steps, others would have thought they were strangers.

Because Ariel had decisively abandoned her trapped self and ran into the cave to find Ayton, Lan Coco didn't want to take the initiative to talk to her. Although I have been comforting myself in my heart, I don't blame her for this, mainly because the enemy is too strong, so strong that even if I try my best, I can't hurt the other party in the slightest, and only by escaping can I have a way out.

It turned out that no matter how Ariel mocked her identity and strength as a magician, she didn't take it to heart, but this matter, the threat to her life, she couldn't let go, and her original friendship was in jeopardy.

Ariel next to her was very entangled in her heart, thinking back to last night...... What Ayton said to her, her brother actually told her to apologize to Lan Coco alone today?

It was the first time she had seen Ayton so strongly ask her to apologize to another person!

But... What the hell was wrong with me!, Ariel sighed, looking up at the sky.

In the past, when she was in the dark cave, because she was in the dark elf society, Ayton told her to leave others alone, take care of herself first, and never show mercy when fighting others, otherwise she would be the one who suffered.

And now in the human society on the ground, Ayton asked her to take care of other people's moods, and sometimes don't just take care of herself, otherwise she will only be unable to move an inch. But her worldview was only that small, dark cave, and she couldn't understand what Ayton meant. Naturally, it is also difficult to speak.

Who can guarantee that when they are in trouble, they will come to save themselves, just like that Sylna, it is not worth paying for their lives, shouldn't that situation be just a matter of running for their lives?

I've only known that Lan Coco for a few days, who wouldn't run for her sake?

....... No, Iruli didn't run at the time.

Ariel was suddenly stunned, they and Iruli knew Lan Coco together, the magician who was obviously very strong in magic but had almost no actual combat experience, and they had killed the thieves of the Luoxia Mountains together, and had a wild barbecue and town dinner together.

But Iluri had been casting healing spells on Blue Coco at the time, and had been helping her, and she had plenty of time to escape after the necromancer entered the cave, and who could guarantee that it would be the two of them who would come out of the cave again instead of the necromancer.

If it weren't for her, it might not wait for Ayton to come out, and Lan Coco would have lost too much blood and died, even after Ayton came out, Lan Coco still begged Ayton to help Lan Coco, and Ayton agreed without hesitation, but she herself still entered the cave when Iluli asked for help from her. Their behavior was completely inconsistent with Ariel's perception.

Is this the law of survival in human society? Although I don't understand it, I still listen to my brother and apologize first...... Otherwise, my brother won't sleep with me lately, it's really hateful!

Lan Keke turned her head and looked at Ariel suspiciously, just now she suddenly stopped, her face was entangled, she didn't know what she was thinking, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I'm fine," Ariel said, tilting her head with a strange expression.

Lan Coco's face was full of doubts, but he still responded: "Oh"

"Well, wait a minute, I have something to tell you"

"......." Lan Keke was speechless, just now he said that he was fine, and now he said that he had something to tell her, is there anything wrong with this.

"That's what you're doing... Is there any resentment against me?"

Lan Keke's delicate body shook slightly, she actually took the initiative to mention that incident, was she taking the initiative to admit her mistake, but this is too straightforward, if so, for the sake of Ayton to save me later, forgive her.

"I'm not blaming you, after all... That necromancer is too strong."

"It's good if you don't," Ariel exhaled, "Now I'll have to explain to my brother." ”

"......" It turned out that he apologized because of Ayton's words, no, the apology hasn't been said yet... Lan Coco's originally happy heart was half cold again.

"My brother actually trained me all night last night because of that incident, you don't mind, but he cares so much, really" Ariel suddenly complained, Ayton didn't do that with her last night because of this incident.

"This ......" Lan Keke didn't know what to say, that Ayton still had a bit of a conscience.

"Forget it, no matter him" Ariel took out the Nether Dagger tied to her thigh and shook it in front of Lan Coco's eyes: "Anyway, what I did in this matter is really not very good, anyway, my brother said I did it wrong"

"But don't worry now, from here to the Flower Language Forest, I won't let anyone get close to you. Hey, you magicians always need someone to protect you, it's annoying."

“...... I'll protect myself" A smile appeared on the corner of Lan Coco's mouth, although the last sentence was a little hurtful, but she could feel that Ariel was saying what was in her heart, but it was not the kind of thing that said one thing and did one thing behind her back, which would only make her feel disgusting.

"Heh, then let me ask you, do you know that someone is following us now"

"What, someone is following us, a few people, the flare is at your place" As soon as he heard that someone was coming, Lan Coco immediately looked around.

"Forget it, no one is following us now, the gang was already far behind by me," Ariel chuckled.

Last night, Ayton told them to take this small path, which was very anti-tracking, and secondly, it was very close to Ayton, sometimes only about a kilometer, and they could even look at each other.

The rendezvous only takes about 2 to 3 minutes, so Ayton is very relieved to divide into two groups to act, and the purpose of dividing into three groups is more to separate the two of them, after all, in the Land of Thorns, who can guarantee that they will sell themselves to that marquis.

Because of his previous exposure to the Dark Regions, Ayton also developed a tendency to trust others at some point.

"Startle me" Lan Keke made a false alarm, but in this way, the originally cold relationship returned to a trace of normal.

"Wait" Ariel's expression suddenly froze, and her ears moved slightly.

"What's the matter, Ariel, it's not funny"

"Don't talk yet" Ariel immediately lay on the ground, her ears pressed against the ground, the elf's unique long ears were not covered by the dark orb, but her excellent hearing did not change.

The sound of galloping horses came to Ariel's ears with the thick earth, and she stood up, "Cavalry, more than fifty, and it seems to be the so-called regular cavalry, not far behind"

The regular cavalry is the kind of cavalry that wears knights' spears and armor, not the kind of scouts with light armor, so that the troops are only available to the official army, and they certainly do not come to the trail for outings.

Lan Keke also knew that the situation was not good, and said in a low voice, "What about the flare?"

Ariel glanced at Lan Coco: "If you use signal flares now, the position will be exposed, and there are more than fifty cavalry, if you really come at us, we may not be able to beat it."

"What then?"

Ariel thought for a moment and said, "If it's just me, I can run out alone before they come."

“......”

"So we hid in the trees first, the trees are so dense that they shouldn't be able to find us" They were on the forest trail at this time, and if they didn't look closely, they really wouldn't have noticed anyone in the trees.

"Well, okay"

The sound of horses' hooves gradually became louder, and about fifty horsemen dressed in neat armor and uniformly wearing knights' swords galloped in, neither fast nor slow, as if they were not forgetting to find something in the process of chasing.

"It's... Vnovic's direct knights, how could they be here" Lan Coco, who was hiding in the tree, whispered, with a hint of panic in his words, the regular army was not as chaotic as the bandits, they were all specially trained in combat, and discipline was strictly prohibited.

"If what the bandit said is true, that human marquis nobleman is behind the slave traders, then it may be that some earl nobleman told the marquis, and then the marquis called his direct troops to come out to find the missing elves"

"In that case, we don't need to hide from them. Right?"

Ariel pondered for a while, and after years of being in the dark cave, she had developed an extremely cautious habit: "Don't go down, wait until they're far away."

"Everyone, stop" The leader of the garrison suddenly shouted, and about fifty horses slowed down at the same time, and then stopped

Strict discipline is perhaps the biggest difference between the regular army and the mercenary ruffians.

Leader of the cavalry of the garrison of Thorn City, Gonell. After examining his subordinates, he glanced around again, and after making sure that there was no one nearby, he shouted orders to his subordinates.

"Our main goal this time is to capture alive a female water mage wearing a blue mage robe and holding a blue magic staff, about sixteen years old, understand no" "Yes, my lord"

The cavalry troops immediately responded neatly, with loud voices and full of spirit.

The two girls hiding in the tree were instantly shocked, they were actually coming for Lan Coco!

"Could it be that my identity has been exposed, and that lord wants to arrest me and give it back to my father?"

"It shouldn't be, you look at their tone and look, and that person said 'catch', it's not a good thing for you"

Gonel was pleased with his men's performance and continued: "You all remember the secondary target, a forest elf with obvious characteristics"

"Obedience"

What? The forest elves are only secondary targets, Ariel is a little depressed, the weight of Blue Coco is actually heavier than Cuibis, and last night my brother said that if necessary, he can provide her with some shelter by virtue of his Blue Coco identity. In this country, no one has the courage to embarrass the royal family, especially if the other party is still a princess of a country.

Suddenly, five people dressed as ordinary mercenaries came into view, this was the scout sent out by Gonell before, and the regular cavalry equipment was faded in order to avoid attracting attention.

It's a pity that there were only three people on the other side when they saw each other before, and the team leader who was in a hurry took them directly, but he exposed himself.

"My lord, we found traces of that elf, a man and two women, one of them is a warrior with black hair and black eyes, the forest elf is a wood magician, and the other woman is hidden in a black cloak, it seems that she is also a forest elf"