Tabazar held his breath and hid beside the trunk of a tree, in front of which was a ruined temple, its once glittering doorposts now crumbling and its iron fence covered in rust. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The stained glass of the bright windows had long since shattered, and the courtyard was overgrown with weeds.

This is a pioneer village temple that was abandoned decades ago, and now it is completely deserted, and no one will come near it, but in this sunny place, there is an idyllic atmosphere, and travelers passing by it will probably want to eat here.

However, this pastoral atmosphere was broken by a sudden explosion.

Truuk's fire magic ignited the tree next to the doorpost, and Tabaza in the shade of the tree held his wand tightly.

What jumped out of it was the reason why this pioneer village was discarded.

Orc ghosts.

He was about two meters tall and weighed at least five times that of a standard human, and his ugly and fat body was covered with fur peeled from the beast's body, and his nose protruded from his face was exactly the same as that of a pig.

There were about a dozen of them, and these orcs had a bad habit of eating human children, and under their collective attack, the people of the pioneer village had to abandon the village and escape, although the villagers complained to the lord about it, but the lord who did not want to send troops to such a place ignored it, and there were too many such villages in Kharukhginia to count.

The orcs and ghosts chatted and talked with pig meows for a moment, then pointed to the flames burning by the doorpost, and then roared angrily.

"Goo! Goo! Goo!"

Wielding the sticks in their hands, the orcs and ghosts became angry, and there was fire in front of them, which meant that there were people nearby, even if it was their enemies, it was their food.

Tabazar watched them as he considered what kind of spell to use, there were more enemies than expected, and the spell could not be activated continuously, and if he did not act carefully, the advantage of sneak attack would be easily lost.

At this moment, a flash of fire suddenly flashed in front of the orc ghost, and seven bronze Valkyries appeared that were the puppets of Kishu, Tabasa couldn't help frowning, this was different from the original plan, it seemed that the impatient Kishu had acted first.

The seven waricules of Kishu rushed towards the orc ghost who was taking the lead, and stabbed the short spear in his hand forward, the sharp blade of the spear sinking into the orc ghost's stomach.

The orc ghost who was attacked by the seven varichurs fell to the ground, but the wound was very shallow, the thick skin and fat protected him like armor, the tip of the spear failed to penetrate his internal organs, the fallen orc ghost immediately stood up, and swung his club with a strong vitality enough to ignore the slight wound, and the surrounding orc ghosts immediately ran close to their companions, and swung the stick at the bronze Valkyrie who was grinding to stab the gun into the enemy's body。

Tabazar chanted a spell, waved his wand, water, wind, wind, and added two wind systems on top of the water system, the two systems merged with each other, and the spell was completed, and the water vapor in the air solidified, turning into dozens of icicle-like arrows, interspersing the injured orc ghost into a hedgehog shape from all directions, which was Tabazar's best attack spell windyicicle, and the injured orc ghost immediately died and fell to the ground.

Observing the situation in a tree some distance from where Tabazar was hiding, Churuk waved his wand, and the fire was a double fire magic, and the flame condensation block twice as powerful as the fireball's spell struck at the orc ghost, and the targeted orc ghost tried to avoid the attack of the fireball with an agile movement that was extremely disproportionate to his bloated body, but the fireball seemed to be manipulated by some silk thread, and rushed into the mouth of the orc ghost roaring loudly, and the whole head burned to ashes in an instant.

However, this is the end of Tabasa's effective attack, and powerful spells cannot be launched continuously.

Although the orc ghost felt timid because of the death of his companion, he immediately realized that the humans who attacked him were just a few magicians, and the battle between the magicians was won or lost in an instant, and the orcs and ghosts had learned this in the long-term battle with humans, and if they were defeated, they would be completely wiped out in just a moment, and now they were just killed by magic attacks and killed two companions.

In other words, the humans failed to attack.

Anger immediately overshadowed fear, and the orcs twitched their sniffy noses, searching for a place for the humans to hide.

From outside the courtyard of the temple, there was a delicious smell of young people.

The orcs and ghosts immediately ran over there.

At this time, a young man with a knife appeared at the door, and when the orcs and ghosts saw this, they immediately attacked without hesitation, and the human warriors didn't need to pay attention to it at all, an orc ghost could basically defeat five human warriors, even if it was a seasoned warrior with strict training, a child like the one in front of him, as long as he waved a stick, he could solve it.

However, the weak boy smiled coldly at them in their eyes, and then, a vermilion light flashed in his eyes.

The next moment, it was a bloody hellscape.

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More than ten seconds later.

Hilfield fell to the ground, and since the group would have to walk back if they injured the Hilfield (Chenxing's Green Goblin skateboard could carry a ton of load, it couldn't fit that many people), it was decided not to let it participate in the battle at first.

Truuk, who jumped from the tree, first punched Kisho.

"It hurts, what are you going to do?"

According to the original battle strategy, it was to lure them to the location of the trap dug by the mole Berudanti, and then ignite the oil prepared in the trap and burn them to ashes, why did you attack directly!"

"Will they jump into the pit so honestly? Combat is always the first strike, and I just practiced it. ”

Kishu was still muttering and complaining.

"That's the hole your mole dug! At least trust that hole! Why did you get it and let Chenxing make a move! Then there will be no chance for us to do it!"

"That's right, Chenxing, you're really, you said you don't want to make a move!"

"Hey, hey, don't throw the pot at me, you're in danger if I don't make a move!"

“…… (Eyeglasses)"

After the three of them quarreled for a while, they finally remembered what was going on.

Churuk said as he looked at the map.

"Well, there's an altar in this temple, and it seems that there's a chest hidden under that altar. ”

"So, the ...... in the box"

Kishu couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

"It's the gold and silver treasures that the priests here hid when they left the monastery and fled, as well as the legendary secret treasure Prissingerme!"

Truuk said triumphantly ruffling his hair.

"What is Prisingalme?"

Chishu asked, and Truuk read the notes on the map.

"Hmm...... It looks like it's made of gold, and it's said to be made of flaming gold! It's exciting to hear the name! I've heard that wearing it on your body can also protect the director from all kinds of disasters!"

And then......

That night, the group sat in the backyard of the temple, next to the campfire, and everyone showed a tired expression, and Kishu said hatefully.

"So, is this what the so-called secret treasure is?"

What Kisho's finger pointed to were faded ornaments, a few dirty copper coins, and indeed a chest hidden under the altar, but what was found inside was broken copper and iron that would not even be too troublesome to bring back.

"This cheap necklace and earrings made of brass can't be the same Prisingermeier?"

Turuk didn't answer, just trimmed his nails with a bored face, while Tabazar was still reading while Chenxing prepared dinner.

Kishu shouted.

"I said, Tarchuuk, this is the seventh time! We have painstakingly searched for the place where the treasure is buried according to the map, and what we finally found is, not to mention gold coins, but at most a few copper coins! What secret treasure annotated on the map has not even seen a shadow at all? I think those maps are all deceptions. ”

"It's a dead noise, so didn't I say it? There might be something real in there!"

"It's too much anyway! The ruins and caverns are all lairs of monsters and beasts! It's not worth it to get a small reward for all the hard work of killing those guys. ”

Chishu chewed on an artificial rose and lay on a blanket.

"Of course, if you can get the treasure so easily just by cleaning up the monsters, there will be no poor people in this world. ”

"Everyone, dinner is ready. ”

Chenxing took down the skewers of barbecue from the campfire, the iron skewers of the skewers had been bought from the towns he passed by, and the golden oil drippings sizzled in the fire, exuding a tempting aroma.

"Hmmm! It's delicious! What kind of meat is this made of?"

Kishu said as he ate the stew, and everyone put the barbecue in their mouths, and they all said in unison that it was delicious.

"It's a hare, I picked some mushrooms in the forest over there," Chenxing said vaguely as he shoved a skewer of roast meat into his mouth.

After dinner, Churuk spread out the map again.

"I think it's better to give up the treasure hunt and go back to the academy. ”

"One more look, just one more time. ”

As if enchanted, Churuk's eyes lit up and she stared at the map, then she picked out one and threw it to the ground.

"This is this! If this doesn't work, we'll go back." ”

"What kind of treasure is this?"

Truuk crossed his arms and said in a deep voice.

“…… Dragon's Feather Cloak. ”

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Time goes back to this morning, in the office of the Rector of Toristine School of Magic.

"Hmmm......"

Osman stared at the leave slip in front of him, half ringing, and looked at the middle-aged man in front of him.

"It's not fake information again, is it?"

"I'm sure this time it's true!" Gruberu said, with a determined expression.

“…… Well, I'll give you permission to take a leave of absence. ”

Osman waved his wand, and the quill on the table signed the leave slip as if it had been grasped by a large, invisible hand.

"How many days will it take?"

"Because I'm going to Taroub Village, I'll probably be back on the day of the eclipse. ”

After receiving permission to leave, Gruberu took his leave and left the principal's office, and on the way back, he ran into a sullen Louise.

"Yo, Miss Vallière. ”

"Hello, Mr. Gruberu," Louise said with a strong smile.

"What's wrong? Don't you feel like you're in good spirits?"

"Nothing," Louise shook her head, then saw the leave slip Gruberu had in her hand.

"Is Mr. Gruberu going to take a leave of absence?"

"Well, I've heard that there is a legendary dragon's dwelling in Tarub Village, so I'm going to check it out," Gruberu smiled.

"Well, then, it's a safe journey. ”

"Thank you for your good words. ”

Immediately after Gruberu, Louise was left alone and didn't know what she was thinking, and suddenly, her eyes lit up.

"Talub Village?"

Louise remembered that her messenger had gone to the maid's hometown named Shesta, which seemed to be the village of Tarub.

Thinking of this, Louise gritted her teeth and finally made the decision that had been bothering her all these days.

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Tarub Village, Shesta's hometown, stared blankly at the starry sky.

"Mr. Cairen, why are you here alone?"

Shesta walked over from behind, and the talented man shook his head slightly, then thought about it and said.

"Now, Shesta, take me tomorrow to the place where you said there is a dragon. ”

"Alas, isn't Mr. Cairen going to play for a few more days?"

"No, I've been here for so many days, and I'm feeling a lot more relaxed. ”

"Okay, then let's go tomorrow, Mr. Cairen should rest early." ”

The genius nodded, then looked at Shesta's back as he turned to leave, and once again stared blankly at the night sky.

I don't know, at this time, is the person he misses also missing himself?