Five days later, a team of 800 mages came to the outside of Black Rock City, where adventurers and mercenaries gathered, and the original black stone brick city wall was still the same, and the fat city lord was standing at the gate of the city, full of flattery, and the city guards were fighting to line up on both sides of the road into the city, trying to show their best mental outlook.

The head of the water branch who led the team, Macmillan, ignored the flattery of the city lord, touched his gray beard, and marched into the city with his head held high, followed by the accompanying mentors, followed by the academy members who were responsible for protecting the safety of the magicians

When it was the turn of the Light Branch, Ayton looked up at the still towering city wall, and his heart was full of emotion, it had been almost three months since he and Ariel, Ilully, and Mu Yue escaped from the Cave of Despair, and everything was going as smoothly as he imagined.

From the beginning of summer to the end of summer, the cold snap has blown from the northern Desperate Forest and the frozen mountains in the northeast of the Swiss Don Kingdom, and the climate is not so hot, Ariel has put on the white robe of the Light Branch, but she is wearing a light outfit and the short sword dagger she carries, which looks a little weird.

The destination of this re-entry into the Forest of Despair, Ayton, who had already inquired clearly, was a mysterious small valley in the northwest of Black Rock City, close to the Marcus Empire, which was rarely explored, and the journey was about a day and a half. The basin where the Cave of Despair is located is directly north of Black Rock City, and the distance between the two is almost more than a hundred kilometers.

As far as Ayton knew, in order to avoid the discovery of his lair, the dark elves rarely chose to hunt very close to the caves, but instead haunted all parts of the continent through the sparsely populated branch roads that spread through the Desperate Forest.

But under normal circumstances, when they don't have a mission, they all huddle in the cave, so they shouldn't encounter it... He was very uncertain about this.

"Ayton, I'm back here again" Lan Keke snorted softly, her eyes were also nostalgic for the scene when she first met, compared to the magician who had no money to eat at that time, she has really grown a lot now.

"Hmm" Ayton smiled slightly, not wanting to delve into this topic, and walked ahead of the group. Lan Keke smiled awkwardly, she was still very curious about the story of these two dark elves disguised as humans, but the other two never told her, and she was embarrassed to ask all the way, so she walked awkwardly side by side with Cecili.

On the other hand, in the back row of the line, Harvey and Feng Li chatted with the new life girl for a while, and after five days of getting along, both of them seemed to be interested in this life mage named Bi'er, but they didn't seem to know that there was also a peak magician named Toby in the Earth Branch who was also pursuing her.

When she was about to reach the city gate, Starry Night on the outskirts of the team suddenly put on the white cloak she had prepared for her, and her short silver hair was in it, and she lowered her head and leaned over to Ariel, hiding from someone with her body, who knew something, and cooperated with her movements, and glanced around as if she were nothing.

The fat city lord who greeted him with a smile at the door didn't pay much attention to this little girl who was a little 'shy', but was busy flattering the branch leader of the Light Department, Mentor Ruolin, who also didn't bother to deal with it, and soon they followed the attendants to the pre-arranged inn.

Knowing that the famous Bright Blue Magic Academy from the mainland was coming, the city lord of this remote small town smiled from ear to ear every day and night, and ran around non-stop, striving to provide the best and best treatment for every mage who came to the town for a night.

The hostel has two floors, a total of five rooms, one room and two beds, just two people get one, Ayton Ariel is naturally a group, as for the starry night, he chose to be in the same room as Angel, who was silent along the way.

Cecily insisted on following Lan Coco, Harvey and Feng Li lived in the same room with the two wind mages, and Ruolin lived with Bi'er she had brought in, and after everyone was settled, the mentor in charge of everyone's safety once again explained some precautions, and let the young people move freely.

Waiting for her to finish, Ayton patted the starry night and whispered to her to come with her, who hesitated and followed him into the room on the second floor. Ariel was outside dealing with the curious Blue Cocoa.

"Now tell me what has happened since we left that night," Ayton looked at the silver-haired girl in front of him calmly, his voice soft as if he was afraid of breaking the fine porcelain.

"Big Brother Ayton... I, I hate it—" The girl's delicate body trembled violently, and her voice whimpered and could not say the next words.

"If there's anything you need, just let me know. Ayton sighed softly and patted her on the shoulder in reassurance. In the past two months, Ayton secretly inquired about some information through Lan Coco, and learned why Starry Night was sent to Huangyao City, and from the performance of her hiding from the fat city lord at the door, it can also be seen that the grievances between the two people.

......

"It's over, what about the starry night?" said Ariel, who was leaning on the guardrail, glanced at Ayton, who had just opened the door

The latter walked out quietly, closed the door casually, and made a silent gesture: "Be quiet, she's asleep." ”

"Oh," Ariel replied suddenly in a very low voice, and then left the guardrail, and asked in a whisper, "Lan Coco said that she wanted to go out with the two of us, and by the way, help her get rid of the red-haired woman." ”

Ayton looked at her in surprise, "What are you doing to get rid of Cecily?"

"I don't know," Ariel pouted, "Maybe she has too many rules, or maybe she's uncomfortable following her every day."

Ayton thought about it, nodded and agreed, anyway, he was also going to take advantage of the fact that it was still early to buy some wilderness survival materials in this city full of adventurers, don't look at the remoteness of this place, but there are many practical materials that even the huge Huangyao City does not have.

At this moment, Lan Coco, who was still wearing a beautiful blue robe, ran quickly, and when he saw Ayton come out, a flash of joy flashed in his eyes: "Cerseili is with her aunt now, let's run now."

Ayton looked back at the closed door, Starry Night needed to rest now, so he didn't bother her, and took the two girls downstairs, and occasionally met Angel at the door.

When I wanted to ask her if she wanted to go out for a walk, the latter still said that she didn't want to go out, and she was not good at seeing outsiders.

Looking at the backs of the three of them leaving, Angel's eyes showed a hint of complexity, shook her head and threw the negative emotions out of her mind, turned around and walked into the room of the starry night, the silver-haired girl was sitting on the edge of the bed, staring at the 'silver shimmer' in her hand with dull eyes...

The number of adventurers today seems to be extraordinarily large, and the traders are also very active, and if you inquire at random, you will learn that some ancient ruins seem to have been found in the depths of the Desperate Forest in the northwest of Black Rock City, which seems to be related to the legendary city of St. Garfera.

But there was some information about the so-called city of San Gaphira, but the vendors couldn't say why, and in the end, it was the knowledgeable Lan Coco who solved the doubts of the two.

"The city of San Gafila is referred to as the old holy city, it is said to be an important military fortress in the ancient era, but with the passage of time, the specific location and even some basic information have almost passed, but the rumors are buried in the huge wealth, which attracted countless adventurers for a while, but no one has found it until now, and some people even wonder whether the old holy city in the ancient era really exists"

"Wait, what is the Ancient Era?" Even though Ayton had read a lot of books looted by the Dark Elves, he was still at a loss for what Lan Coco meant by the 'Ancient Era'.