There was still some distance from the village, but there was an old man who appeared silently, which made Su Ya and his party subconsciously vigilant, glanced at each other, and then stopped not far from the cave, half-surrounded the entrance of the cave, took out a magic wand, and made a defensive posture.

The old man was not angry but happy, lifted the bib on his head, and laughed: "Haha, good! This year, the students of Alice College are good, and it seems that we can win this time, which is really a blessing in the city of time! ”

The old man spoke well, and although he was dressed down, he also looked kind, which made the group look a little soothed, but they did not relax their vigilance like this, Su Ya motioned for them to stand in place, and stepped forward alone to make a lady's salute: "Good day, old man!" We are the students of Alice Academy who are out on a mission, thank you for your compliment, but I don't know what you meant by the dissuasion when you beckoned earlier? ”

"That's right, here, you can't travel on a rainy day," the old man patiently explained, "because the rain is also polluted by dark magic, with a dirty dark element, you carefully feel your own magic power, is it passing?" ”

Su Ya and the others were startled, and hurriedly checked themselves one by one, and sure enough, the rain that fell on their bodies had a "turbid" aura, like tiny mosquitoes and flies adsorbed on their skin, "sucking" their magic power at all, and because the speed was extremely slow, everyone who was in a hurry didn't notice it.

When the old man saw that everyone had finished checking, he quickly turned sideways and beckoned again: "Come, children, hurry into the cave to take shelter from the rain, you can't spend it outside like this." ”

Suya turned to look at the crowd, and Lolita walked up to her and whispered, "I just checked the undead, and there is no one else in the cave." ”

And as soon as she looked at her face just now, Su Ya quickly judged that the magic level of the old man in front of her was not high, barely reaching the first level, and her body was weak, seeing that Lolita confirmed the news in the cave again, she nodded and walked into the cave first: "Thank you, then we will disturb the old man." ”

The others listened to Su Ya's decision, put away the magic wand, and walked in, the old gentleman looked at them, there was a kind of banter watching "children pretend to be adults", but they were not angry, but walked into the cave themselves, and gave them the door to show that they had no malicious intentions.

Su Ya sat down, saw that the atmosphere was a little stiff, and said with a deliberate smile: "Thank you, old man, for your understanding, mainly because we are still in the process of completing the school task, so we are a little nervous, for fear that you are arranged by the teacher to test us, and every move will be counted as points." ”

"Haha, you female doll is quite good at coaxing people," the old man was amused by her, clapped his hands, "It's okay, the more shrewd you are, the happier I am, I'm waiting for you to regain the lost ground for the City of Time!" If you can win this time, my family will be able to come back after ten years of sun! ”

"The old gentleman lives in the village ahead?"

"Yes, it's hard to leave your homeland, otherwise who wants to stay here," the old man sighed and pointed to his side, "The water in the village is not drinkable, and I have dug a well here for everyone to barely survive." ”

Only then did everyone notice that there was a well beside him, and the mouth of the well was neatly built with adobe bricks, and a manhole cover was added to it, which seemed to be forged from black iron.

The old man saw that everyone was curious about the manhole cover, and said with a smile: "My old man is not as good as you, and he is a beginner in the gold system after a lifetime, so he has the ability to drill wells." ”

"The old gentleman is very good," interjected Emma, pointing to herself and Margaret, "and she and I are also beginners, and we don't know how to dig wells!" ”

"Haha, the children are so good now, one is better than the other!" The old man was amused again.

Emma grinned and rubbed beside Su Ya, with an expression of "idol praise me quickly", Su Ya couldn't help but hold her forehead and handed her a toffee, which was originally specially used to coax Lolita.

Unexpectedly, Margaret caught a glimpse of it: "Suya, they all have it, I, I want to eat it too!" ”

Look at Yvette's expectant eyes again, yes, one for each person, Su Ya even stuffed one for the old man, and the old man ate the candy and laughed again.

The pleasant atmosphere inside the cave is very different from the dark and rainy day outside the cave.

The more everyone chatted, the more intimate they became, and Emma, who was familiar with herself, remembered the task and couldn't help but ask the old man: "Old man, there is a pregnant woman in your village, right?" ”

"Pregnant?" The old man was stunned for a moment before he said, "Oh, oh, there is such a person recently, a girl, not too old, pregnant, and quite pitiful." ”

"Lately?" Su Ya quickly reacted to the meaning of this sentence, "Sir, are you saying that she was not from your village before, and she only appeared recently?" ”

"Yes, about a month ago, she escaped from the direction of the Psychedelic Canyon, and when she first arrived in the village, she was very thin. The people in the village have put together a portion of food for her, and you are here to pick her up? ”

The Psychedelic Canyon, originally the border between the Dark Elves and the City of Time, is also the location of their "ten-year war", and if the pregnant woman escapes from there, then it can also explain why she didn't even make it to the City of Time when she was about to give birth - probably because she was running out of strength.

Su Ya felt a little at ease, and the repeated appearance of children was not a conspiracy, it was just a coincidence, so it would be good.

Raising his head, he heard Yvette continuing to chat with the old man, he simply said that his group was here to pick up the pregnant woman and return to the City of Time to give birth, and asked carefully about the place where the pregnant woman was temporarily staying.

The old man waved his hand: "That place is still arranged by me, I'll take you there." ”

"Then thank you, old man, in advance." Yvette smiled.

The old man smiled even more happily: "You female dolls are too polite, all of them are so beautiful, and they are so well-behaved, alas, it's a pity that my grandson is still young." ”

Yvette replied generously, "I'm too young to be in a hurry to find it." It's important to go to school right now. ”

"Yes, yes, no hurry."

Real Female Dolls: "Hehehe......"

Half a day passed, and the drizzling rain finally stopped completely, and the sky was still dark, as if it was going to happen again at any time.

Before leaving, the old man put on his cloak again and instructed the people with great experience: "Put on the hat of the magic robe, cover your face with no clothes, and stretch the sleeves of your clothes, so that even if it rains later, you can cope with it for a while." ”

The cunning little griffin simply got into the space of the magic tower to be lazy, Su Ya and the others received his kindness, and everyone was tightly wrapped, like a group of robbers, following the old man, and hurried towards the village.

When they entered the village, they were still worried about what to do if they were misunderstood by the villagers and blocked at the entrance of the village, but when they really entered the village, they found that they were thinking too much: the whole village was quiet and terrible, and there were no creatures that could only breathe.

Along the way, the doors and windows of every house are closed tightly, there is no human figure on the road at all, but at every intersection, there is an unknown hole in the ground, the steps down are chiseled flat and neat, and the black hole inside is hollow, and people are panicked.

The old man said with a smile: "It's miserable and rainy above, so now everyone is moving below, and this is the entrance." ”

Yes, this place has been eroded by dark magic for ten years, and the inhabitants have gradually moved to live in underground caverns, which is what their mission note notes, and if it weren't for the old man's reminder, they would have almost forgotten.

Then again, if the old man hadn't led the way, even if they remembered the mission prompt, the group might not have been able to find it - this was the conclusion they had come to after following the old man through nine bends and eighteen bends in the ground.

Finally touched the place, the pregnant woman lived in a very remote place, probably because of the just dug up, there was a small pile of loess at the entrance of the cave, which looked strange and desolate, and pushed open the false wooden door, there was no furniture in the cave, even the beds were stacked with adobe bricks, covered with hay, and a thin quilt.

There was no one in the room, the old man shouted "Kate" at the top of his voice, and after a while, a figure came out of the room, and whispered "I'm at home", only to see that the person who came was wearing a linen dress that could not be seen in its true color, with a high belly, needless to say, this was the pregnant woman in their old man's mouth.

"Okay, let's talk, I still have something to do at home, so I won't accompany you much." The old man was an open-minded person, probably knowing that they still had something to talk to each other, so he made an excuse at random, left the space to them, and left alone.

Time was pressing, and Su Ya didn't talk nonsense with Kate, and directly removed the covering on her body, revealing the magic robe of Alice Magic Academy on her body, and sure enough, Kate, who was still a little mentally ill, instantly had a spirit, and trembled her lips: "You guys...... Are you here to pick me up? By the end, his voice was choked.

Su Ya looked uncomfortable, but still replied softly, "If you can prove your identity." ”

"Yes, I have," Kate wiped her tears, pulled out a quest card from her waist, and handed it to Su Ya with both hands, "This is what I brought back to me after sending out the distress signal, and the messenger owl brought it back to me." ”

Su Ya took it and took a look, only to see that the task card was marked with the words "Alice Magic Academy First Group Mission", she thought about it, turned out her task note, and the note quickly turned into a light and pasted it, and the task card instantly lit up, showing fifty percent of the progress of completion.

Putting away the task card closely, looking up and seeing Kate's uneasy face, it seemed that she was afraid that she would not do anything after receiving the task card, Su Ya showed a reassuring smile and stretched out her hand to her: "Kate, is it?" Since you are our task, then, that is, it is our responsibility, rest assured, we will definitely bring you back to the City of Time safely, and bring it home. ”

"Then please." Kate's tears fell again.

Kate's worries and fears can be felt by everyone, but compared to empty comfort, actions are more direct and effective, so Su Ya got straight to the point: "Kate, time is pressing, we hope to return as much as possible, but, I don't know if your body can eat, do you still need to pack anything?" ”

Kate looked back at the room and smiled gloomily, "There's nothing to clean up, it's just," she touched her belly, a little embarrassed and a little stubborn, "I'm afraid that the baby in my belly will be hungry and want to eat before leaving, is it okay?" ”

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