From the report a few days later in the Farosion address book (the address book is the newspaper): Baron Helgo, who was kidnapped by unidentified kidnappers, was found hanging upside down from a large locust tree, obviously subjected to extremely cruel abuse; Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After forensic identification, the baron found no obvious injuries except for obvious strangulation marks near the ankle joint, a few teeth that had been extracted, and blood flowed all over his face. But these bloody evidences are enough to prove the cruelty and inhumanity of the kidnappers, and the ferociousness, cruelty, vileness, and bloodthirstiness of the kidnappers. When His Majesty the Elf King Cleos heard the news, he offered a reward of 30,000 gold coins to arrest the suspects, four men, one woman and one cadre.

A few days later, Leonard and the five of them rode into a horse-drawn carriage into a primeval jungle full of towering ancient trees, stopping near a dark wetland that was impassable.

Tina jumped out of the carriage first: "Okay, there's the Maigra Marsh ahead." We'll get out of the car now. ”

Following her, Leonard also jumped out of the carriage, looked back at the two younger brothers in the carriage and asked, "Kevin, Mel." Do you know how to drive a carriage?"

Kevin confidently replied, "My father used to be a coachman on a large farm. I've been driving with him since I was a child, and I think I'm pretty good at it. ”

Leonard smiled with satisfaction, "Then you will stay here with Mel until we return." ”

Kevin's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he hurriedly shouted: "Captain, we are going with you too." ”

Mel was also anxious when he heard this, and asked loudly, "Yes." Captain, why did you leave us behind?"

Leonard stepped forward, approached the carriage, stretched out his hands, patted Kevin and Mel on the shoulders, and commanded in a slow voice, "Leave you here just in case." If something happens to our side, you'll have to drive to meet us right away. ”

Tina, who was standing aside, added, "Remember, if you see a fiery red spell projectile with a five-petal flower pattern rising above the swamp. That means we're in trouble in that place. You must immediately drive to meet us. This is a very important task. Your captain trusted and respected you for the rest of his trust. ”

Leonard turned to a very serious tone, and continued to press his hands on the shoulders of the two younger brothers, and commanded in a serious voice: "Did you two hear me? Don't let that trust you down. But the reason for this is that Tina had secretly told the Great Swordsman that the Megra Marsh was a very dangerous place. Bringing Kevin and Mel with you will not only not help much, but will also drag you back if you run into trouble...

When Kevin and Mel heard this, an unprecedented sense of mission suddenly arose in their hearts, and they replied one after another: "I heard it!" You just have to go in peace!" "With us here, nothing can go wrong!"

Leonard nodded in appreciation: "Good." It's like me, Leonard's men. Then he turned and walked with Tina into the depths of the wetland. Hanks, who had been sitting in the carriage silently, saw this, and jumped out of the carriage and followed quickly.

As soon as Leonard walked up to Tina's side, he said in a slightly helpless tone, half-jokingly, "It's all up to you." I'll leave those two poor men there too..."

Tina smiled and asked, "For them, staying in the carriage is the safest option." Although with the strength of a few of us, it is more than enough to deal with one or two Titan Ancient Serpents. But we have been rewarded with 30,000 gold coins by Cleos. The Maigra Marsh is not a place unknown to others. Besides, your subordinates themselves are already so happy. Do you have any complaints?"

As soon as Hanks caught up, he said coldly to Leonard: "If you have any dissatisfaction, you can go back now and stay with your subordinates." Lest when we get the titan ancient snake's fangs, there will be many idlers in the way. ”

When Tina heard this, she angrily rebuked the middle-aged uncle: "Hanks! ”

Hanks, however, doesn't think there's anything wrong with what he said: "He's joking. I'm telling the truth. ”

Tina then became even more annoyed: "You!-"

Seeing this, Leonard closed one of his eyes lightly, stood aside, and persuaded the two in front of him as if he was out of the way: "I didn't expect that one of my jokes would cause the two to have a dispute. I would like to apologize to both of you. ”

Tina's anger obviously hadn't completely subsided, and she continued to count Hanks: "Did you hear that? Ray, who is younger than you, is much more sensible than you. ”

Hanks glanced Leonard up and down unconvinced, and then nasally again: "Hmph!-" Then the middle-aged uncle began to remain silent.

After a short walk forward, Tina raised the royal ceremonial staff with her right hand, pointed forward, and took out a small blue lacquered wood vial from her coat pocket and said, "In the Megra Marsh, the area beyond is full of miasma. This bottle contains a spell pill designed to immunize against this miasma. Only one pill needs to be swallowed, and the medicine can last for an hour. ”

Leonard proposed, "Since the potion only lasts for an hour. Let's wait until we see the miasma, and then take it. ”

Hanks walked straight to Tina's side, took the small bottle, poured out a few small pale green spherical pills from it, swallowed it in one gulp, and then provoked Leonard with sarcasm: "Hmph! If you're scared, say it sooner." Don't use the excuse that there is not enough medicine to escape. ”

Seeing this, Tina scolded again unhappily: "Hanks!-"

Hanks replied as he provocatively handed the vial to Leonard: "I'm not saying this to anyone. ”

Leonard took the medicine bottle, shook it gently, poured out a few pills, and swallowed it in one gulp and responded: "Since there are so many medicines in the bottle." Then I might as well be respectful and obey my fate. However, the Great Swordsman didn't actually swallow these pills, but temporarily pressed them under his tongue, and instinctively clenched the saber in his right hand.

Leonard returned the vial to Tina. The female mage then took a few pills, took out the kettle, and took a large sip of water. Hanks then took the kettle and took a big sip of water.

Then, Hanks handed the kettle to Leonard in a friendly way, reminding, "You should also drink saliva, this will help the potion work." Immediately ahead is the area covered by the miasma. The Great Swordsman took the kettle, but instead did not drink it, but deliberately kept his distance, cautiously following the middle-aged uncle and Tina.

After a while, a thin yellow mist filled the sky above the wetland in front of them, between the towering ancient trees. A pungent smell similar to a faint corpse odor mixed with a certain chemical gas filled the air.

followed Tina and Hanks, who stepped into the miasma like no one. Leonarda suddenly felt that he had difficulty breathing, and his nauseous internal organs seemed to be corroded, and he was sweating profusely all over his body; he hurriedly swallowed the pill in his mouth, and poured a large mouthful of water; he turned around and ran out of the area covered by the miasma, and shouted: "Ahh Please wait a minute!"

Tina turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

Leonard replied sweating profusely, "Probably because everyone's physique is different." So the medicinal power in my body is not enough at the moment. ”

Tina then led Hanks back to Leonard's side, and found that the Great Swordsman was covered in sweat, so he asked with concern, "Do you feel better now?"

At this moment, with a glance from Tina. A large group of black-clad men with long swords suddenly jumped out of the bushes on one side, screaming. The first one shouted, "Stop!

After the jumper came out, the leader of the men in black with a sword continued to shout, "Miss Tina. Please be sure to return to the Lars Empire with us. ”

Tina immediately responded excitedly and loudly: "Don't be delusional. Even if I die, I won't go back with you and marry that bad old man!"

When the leader of the men in black heard this, he couldn't help but be furious, and while shouting loudly, he and his accomplices raised their swords and surrounded him: "What!? Bold! You dare to slander His Majesty the Emperor as a bad old man! Come on! Take him down for me and tie him up and punish him!"

Although Leonard's consciousness was still a little blurry, he stepped forward to protect Tina behind him, drew his sword and pointed it directly at the leader of the men in black, and shot back loudly: "What kind of emperor of your Lars Empire - Frank is so old, he is a bad old man!--a half-dead old man, and there is no buried old hair!" The female mage quietly aimed her staff at the back of the great swordsman and began to release the spell, causing a chemical reaction in Leonard's body, which produced a hypnotic effect.

The leader of the men in black also pointed his sword at Leonard's face and asked, "Where did you come from? How come I have never seen you before?...?" Are you a mercenary?"

At this moment, Leonard felt that more sweat broke out on his body, and his consciousness began to become more and more blurred, but he still insisted on asking, "Yes and what?"

A smug smile immediately appeared on the face of the leader of the men in black, and he warned Leonard: "If you are a mercenary, you should understand that what is in front of you is the household affairs of the Lars Empire. How much they paid you, His Majesty the Emperor can naturally afford more. I thought: Just a little person like you, who has nothing to do with this matter, shouldn't you try to make enemies of the entire Lars Empire for the sake of the two of them?

Although the scene in front of Leonard's eyes was already ethereal and in a trance, he refused to show weakness at all and raised his sword in response: "It's not a coincidence." I'm a mercenary who likes to take care of housework by nature, especially the emperor's housework, so I can't ignore it. If there's anything upset with that bad old man in Frank, just come. Uncle Ben - the mercenary who is about to threaten the entire continent of Farusion - Leonard is waiting for his arrival at any time and place!"

When the leader of the men in black heard this, he sneered: "Good boy, don't regret it!" He immediately raised his sword with his subordinates and slashed at Leonard head-on. With a muffled pop. Leonard's eyes went dark, and he fell to the ground and fainted. I saw that Hanks, who was standing behind him, held a dagger high in his right hand (he instantly stunned the Great Swordsman from behind with his grip).

Hanks put the dagger in his hand back into the leather sheath tied to his left arm, and couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect this person's will to be so tenacious, and he won't fall down after holding it for so long." ”

Tina was a little grateful for Leonard's performance, so she thought she was right, and happily praised: "His performance was exactly what I expected. The people who were in love with Memphis were really not simple. ”

Then, Tina instructed the group of men in black who were present, "There is nothing more to do with you. Go on as I write in my letter. ”

The leader of the men in black replied, "Yes." Then he led his team back into the bushes.

After Hanks saw that the men in black had left, he asked puzzledly: "Your Highness." For this kid, just knock him unconscious. Why all the trouble?"

As she replied, Tina took out the secret letter from Leonard's body, opened it with a spell and replied, "That's because we still need to go with him to the Duchy of Bagram to find out if the royal brother was kidnapped by the Mercenary Society." Moreover, is Bagram as his father said: it is actively expanding its armaments and warfare, and wants to secretly unite with Vosfita and other countries to the detriment of the Lars Empire. ”

As soon as Tina opened the letter, she couldn't help but exclaim, "Memphis is really an old fox!" Hanks heard this, and hurriedly approached the female mage and stuck his head out. I saw that there was only a blank piece of paper in the envelope.

Hanks reminded: "Is there some special way to write the words on paper?" But we can't see it?"

Tina replied in the affirmative, "No." With my spell, I can't detect any trace of any writing ever written on this paper. ”

Hanks put his palm in his bandana, confused and asked, "What's weird?"

As she spoke, Tina resealed the secret letter in her hand with a spell and stuffed it back into Leonard's body: "So, the method we used on Ray is exactly right. Now, only by going to Bagram with him can we solve the truth of the mystery. ”