I looked at Reading, who looked a little flustered, and stopped as we were about to enter town, and I asked, "What, are you scared?"

Redding wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said softly, "Ma'am, I think if we don't have anything special necessary, then we might as well get around this town." I think the Lord Regent is really crazy, he actually made this whole town a hell for us!"

"No, let's go in anyway. I shook my head. "If we're really going to get around here, then we're really stepping into the front of the world. How's that, Reading, tell me about the rough terrain around this town?"

Redding pondered for a moment and shook his head: "Ma'am, you know, I'm not from the Dry Lands. And I've never been here, and my familiarity with it is limited to what I've learned from books. So I'm not too familiar with the surrounding area. No, wait, there should be a canyon in front of the right in this town. If we don't cross this town, that canyon will be the way we get to the line of courage. ”

"Well, I think you already know, we have to go through this town. I laughed and said, "If we don't cross this town, what better place to ambush than a ravine?" I am proud of us, of course, because it is a ravine, a tactic that should only be used in a war to ambush the armies of the other side, and your Lord Regent should use it against only two of us. But I think we're going to let them down, and we're never going to set foot in that place. ”

"But... Reading hesitated: "Even if they have an ambush in the canyon, it doesn't mean that there is no ambush in this town." ”

"At least they don't dare turn the whole town into a big pocket for us to enter. Unless they can really bear to kill everyone in this town. Otherwise, then there will be countless mouths to tell the mediocre old emperor everything that happened here. So, I think we can not only go in, but we can swagger in. I patted my horse forward and turned back to her and asked, "How is it, have you thought about it now?" Should you get into that big bag that was set up for us, or should you go in with me to eat and drink?"

Reading thought for a long time, nodded, and finally chose to walk into the town with me. Like all other towns in arid lands, there's nothing to appeal to me. The only difference from the arid provincial capitals is that the official residences here are not as large as those in the provincial capitals. Here, I just want to stay until dawn. But then I changed my mind right away.

"We walked, through the town. ”

Reading looked surprised, and asked, "Why, ma'am, it's getting late." “

I looked around and saw that there weren't many people in the town, probably because of the sky. "Look around to see if anyone is paying attention to us. ”

Redding looked around, but his attention was too far off mine. Even I didn't notice anyone paying attention to us here, let alone Reading, an old man from the human race. Sure enough, he shook his head and said blankly, "Madam, although I took a closer look, I didn't find anyone watching us around. ”

"That's good. I smiled, "That's why we're leaving here right away, not through the canyon, of course, but directly from the main road." ”

"Why, ma'am? Isn't this the only place where you can be safe for a short time?"

"It's just now. And by daytime, I think it's going to be hard for us to get out of here. I handed him another piece of meat: "Eat it quickly, we will be on our way after eating." ”

After getting along for so long, Reading no longer has any shelf like before, but is very obedient to my arrangement, I don't know what the reason is, maybe because he has gradually understood my personality and my character, and has completely regarded me as his biggest and only support now. Thinking of this, I thought about Banks, who still didn't choose to go with us in the end, and felt very complicated in my heart. In terms of ability alone, Banksy is really the best person to protect Reading. And I can tell that Reading definitely has a lot of talent. But I judged by my intuition that this human girl was definitely not the same as me. I don't want to raise tigers. I don't want her to be my worst enemy in the future.

But now I can't get this human girl out of my mind. I don't even know what the reason is. Now that we were gradually getting out of the town, I looked out at the dark mountains and forests and made a sudden decision. "Reading, let's go, let's go back. ”

"Go back, ma'am, where are we going?"

"The answer is simple, it's to go back and find Banks. ”

Reading instantly became overjoyed: "Ma'am, do you mean that you finally decided to help Banksy get his revenge?"

"Revenge?" I had never thought of it before, I just wanted to ask her if she would like to join us one more time. But then I thought about it, if we really wanted her to join us, it seemed like the only way to help her fulfill her long-cherished wish. "Yes, yes, revenge. We must get Banksy revenge, or she won't protect you anymore. I turned back to Reading and winked, "Reading, do you guess Banks is still in the same position where we were separated?" or rather... Damn, I think we're going to have to speed up!"

Reading didn't react, I sped past him, and it wasn't until I was already a hundred meters away from him that he gasped and caught up: "You mean that this girl Banksy will go to that stronghold by herself to take revenge?"

"Who's to say it isn't!" I cried, "This human girl may be killing by now, or has already started killing!"

Since we had come here at almost the slowest pace, we were happier when we hurried back to where we had been, and it only took us a dozen minutes or so to reach the fork in the road where we had separated from Banksys. We quickly turned the road and drove forward, and I was somewhat surprised by what we saw. Because, about a few kilometers ahead, a raging fire was ignited. Although it is very dry as we are about to enter the cold winter, I believe that such a large-scale flame must not have ignited itself, but ...

"Look, Reading, that girl actually burned an entire mountain bag!"

Reading didn't say much, and struggled to catch up with me. We worked hard together to reach our final destination in a few minutes. Sure enough, you don't know what really happened to this place until you actually arrived at a place, which was something that the previous overlook could not reach. I saw that this was supposed to be a relatively large cottage, but this was only before. Now, it's full of blackened ruins. And there were charred corpses everywhere. God, it's hard to imagine that a human girl could do such a thing. Thankfully, when we found Banksy, we found out that it wasn't Banksy's doing, because she wasn't just a human being. Rather, three. One of them, when we found them, was still spewing flames.

I don't know how to describe the way he uses fire, maybe it's called magic. But I don't like this kind of magic very much. The magician man had short, lean hair, was shirtless and wore only a pair of shorts, and kept yelling at the flames. And I didn't understand it. Probably he didn't speak the lingua franca of the mainland, but the language of their local area. And in addition to Banksy and this crazy magician, there is also a prime man with a shield and a greatsword. And it was clear that those stumps on the ground were caused by the great man's greatsword.

I don't like them at all, I don't like the three of them at all. I don't know when and how Banksy found these two helpers. In some ways, these two men could indeed use their abilities to help Banks fulfill her long-cherished wishes, as evidenced by the current situation. But I don't think they're helping Banksy without asking for anything. "Banks!" I yelled, "what are you doing here?"

Banksy spotted me, and it was obvious that she was surprised: "Ma'am, why are you back? But it doesn't matter, since you don't choose to help me, then I've found two people who are willing to help me." She pointed to the mage who was still torturing the bandit who had little resistance, and said, "His name is Fire Storm, and he is a fire mage. And his temper is indeed a bit short-tempered. And the other warrior, called Iron Mountain, you see, did have a strong body like a small mountain. And thanks to their service, I have already taken revenge. Where we are now, it used to be the lair of the leaders here. And he's charred now. ”

Redding was incredulous: "Banksy, how can you do this? How can you kill someone?"

"Killing?" Banks replied strangely, "how could I possibly kill someone? ”

"But it's also killing! How can you do that?"

"So, why didn't you think so when my family was killed by the rogues here?" Banksys said sharply, "Where were you when my family was killed by these damn things? Where was your army? Huh?

Reading was speechless. But I was indifferent: "Okay, your long-cherished wish has been fulfilled, and now I want to ask again, do you want to continue to follow me? with your two amazing companions." ”

"Ma'am, do you know that you have missed the best opportunity. Banksy swirled around me and smiled, "If you had chosen to help me in the first place, then I would have given myself to you without reservation." But for now, my answer is, I agree. ”

I thought she was going to reject me, but what didn't seem tall was that she actually agreed to go with me to the Courage Defense. And now it's good luck for me, because now I'm not just one extra helper, but three. Think about it, it was these three people who could wipe out the entire Rogue stronghold with one hand. It wouldn't be difficult to deal with them if I were alone, but it would be difficult to deal with them while protecting the old man Reading. But the three of them did. What's more, now that Banks has agreed, those two people will not refuse.

Sure enough, after Banksy agreed, the Firestorm and Iron Mountain's eyes exchanged glances and nodded to me, "Old man, I heard that you are a very important minister of this country. I suppose you'll pay us well if we follow you, right?"

Reading nodded: "Of course, I will pay you, as long as we complete the task, I guarantee that you will be able to live without food and clothing in the future." “

"That's fine, old man. But what you have to know is that although Iron Mountain and I choose to be your guard, you'd better not treat us as subordinates, Iron Mountain and I are used to being free. Otherwise, I wouldn't have given up my treatment as a magician and chosen this path, do you understand?" After saying that, the fire storm no longer paid attention to Reading, but walked forward with Tieshan on his own: "Besides, we don't have horses now, so you must buy us high-quality horses. Do you understand?"

Redding smiled and nodded, and when they were far away, Redding whispered to me, "I really don't know where this girl Banksy found these two people, they do look good, but they have a good temper." I don't like them a lot. “

I agreed: "Of course, I don't like any of them." But you have to need them. If you don't want them along, then I'll let them go. “

"No, no, no, of course not. Reading refused, sneering, "Ma'am, I'm doing this for your own good, you think, and only they can help us." “