In the early morning, the sun shines on the earth, bringing a hint of warmth.

In a bustling port, merchant ships roam around here.

"It's almost time, so let's get it here. ”

Standing in front of a huge black cargo ship and looking at the people behind him, Adil spoke.

Behind him, a number of people were standing there, including Keg and other Southern Alliance elders, as well as some of the great nobles in the neighborhood.

These people all came to see off Adil after learning the news that Adil was about to leave.

At this time, Adil had been staying here for half a month, and only after doing some things did he start to prepare to leave.

"Lord Adiel, won't you spend more time here?"

On the side, Kaige spoke: "According to the news, after knowing that Lord Adil has returned, the Kumar Kingdom has sent people over, led by the Grand Knight of Sidru, who is said to be a clan you are familiar with. ”

"Just wait another week and they'll be able to come and meet you. ”

"No need. ”

Standing in place, Adil looked up at the black cargo ship in front of him: "I've been here for a long time, and there's no point in waiting. ”

"After I leave, you can help me send someone to tell him that he can take someone back directly. ”

Turning to look at Keg on the side, he said with a smile.

"This... All right. After a moment's hesitation, Keg finally nodded.

While they spoke, the others were quiet.

For them, the deterrent power of a full-fledged wizard was too strong, and except for Keg, a past acquaintance of Adil, the others stood in front of Adil and probably didn't even dare to say a few more words.

After a while, the ships outside slowly drove in, and Adil stepped onto the black cargo ship in front of him, ready to wait for the ship to set sail.

Respectfully led by the servant beside him, he walked to his room, and after putting down the salute on his body, he went back to the deck.

At this time, the ship had already begun to depart, and the faint wind blew on the face, bringing a hint of coolness.

"It's over..."

Looking at the land that was slowly becoming distant in the distance, there was also a vaguely visible figure Adil muttered to himself.

At this moment, an inexplicable feeling rose in Adiel's heart, he left this time, I am afraid that it will be a long, long time before he can come back.

At that point, everything in front of you may not be like this anymore.

However, this is also an inevitable consequence.

The life of a mortal is too small and short, and a mere few decades is nothing to a wizard.

Even if it is a third-class apprentice, in fact, it only lives a few decades longer than ordinary people, and it cannot be compared with a full-fledged wizard.

In a hundred or two hundred years, the people that Adil is familiar with will pass away one by one, leaving only the memories of the past to be sealed.

This is also a scene that most wizards have to go through.

Standing quietly on the deck for a while, Adil walked towards his room.

There weren't too many surprises during the trip, and soon, more than a month had passed, and the ship was about to arrive at its destination.

After disembarking, Adil bought two horses around and continued on his way.

He crossed the margins of the southern continent and walked all the way to the northern plains.

On the way, he also heard many things.

The wizarding organizations that originally existed on the southern continent have almost all disappeared, and as Edith once said, they have collectively relocated and chosen to explore a new and unknown territory. There are only a few small wizarding organizations left in the entire continent that are still holding on, but it seems that they will not last long.

The entire continent is filled with a dead atmosphere, and there is a powerful pollution spreading in this area, plundering all the life on it, forcibly turning large areas into dead places, and creating many polluted creatures.

All of this is said to have come from the leakage of the ruins of the past, and I don't know what was sealed inside, even if it was jointly sealed by many wizarding organizations, there were still some things that leaked out, causing such serious consequences.

While on the way, Adil also inquired about some news of the academy in the surrounding area, wanting to find out the location of the relocation of the academy.

It's easy to find out.

Several local wizard organizations collectively relocated and evacuated, and there was a lot of commotion in this area, and it was impossible to hide it.

Adil only made a casual inquiry and knew the direction the academy had chosen to evacuate, but the exact location could not be known.

Secretly recording the news of the academy, Adil went all the way north, and soon passed through the vast area of the southern continent, and came to the range of the northern plain.

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A few months later.

In the early morning, the sun is shining on the earth.

The long convoy was driving down the narrow road, and it was slowly coming to a stop and ready to rest.

As the convoy stopped, from time to time someone around took something from the carriage behind, apparently preparing to make a fire to cook and prepare for lunch.

"Lord Adiel, it's time for lunch. ”

On the side, a girl in a green dress quickly ran to the side of the carriage and shouted inside.

After a while, out of the carriage, a man walked out.

It was a young man with a handsome appearance, wearing a long sword at his waist and a black robe, and the whole person looked calm and calm.

He stepped out of the carriage, smiled and nodded at the girl in front of him, and stepped aside.

There, someone was shouting his name and telling him to walk quickly.

"Adiel, you're here too. ”

In the crowd that came to the front, a middle-aged man with a big beard held a piece of barbecue meat in his hand, and smiled at Adil at this time.

"Well, I just got called down. ”

Adil nodded, then looked at the people around him, "What's going on here?"

"I don't know yet. ”

The bearded man shook his head: "We were also called here suddenly, it seems that something should have happened." ”

At this moment, there was a heavy footstep in front of him, which attracted the attention of everyone present.

"Sorry to bother you. ”

In front, a middle-aged man in black armor walked to the front, the whole person looked very powerful, and said at this time: "However, there is something that must be made clear to everyone. ”

"We received this thing last night. ”

As he spoke, he pulled out a long black arrow.

This arrow is unique, made of black hedron and carved with the image of a strange bird, like some kind of symbol.

And looking at this arrow, the faces of the people present suddenly changed: "This is... The symbol of the Hand of the Tempest, why?"

"Yes, as you thought, we've been targeted by the Tempest's Hand. ”

Standing in front of everyone, speaking of this matter, the middle-aged man's eyes also became solemn: "Although I am also very curious, why this group of crazy people suddenly targeted us, but since it has reached this point, we must also deal with it." ”

"Here, I give you the right to withdraw. ”

His eyes quickly swept around: "If you choose to quit our team, then we can refund half of the fees you paid before." ”

"But if you choose to stay, then you will have to pay double the price for the rest of the journey. ”

"How can this be?"

"You don't talk about credit?"

"Didn't you negotiate the price at the beginning!"

Below, listening to the words of the middle-aged man in front of him, everyone below changed color, and they no longer cared about anything, and asked directly.

In the face of their questioning, the middle-aged man in front of him had a very calm face, and he waited directly for the voices of these people in front of him to gradually fall before he moved violently.

With a soft roar, the long sword on his waist was pulled out, with a little green light on it, and slashed heavily on the ground, cutting a deep sword mark, fully revealing the knight's strength.

Looking at the scene caused by this sword, the place fell into silence, and the sound of someone swallowing saliva could be faintly heard.

"I don't have time to joke with you..."

In front of everyone, the middle-aged knight looked a little impatient: "I only give you one day, before tomorrow morning, give me an answer immediately, and if you don't want to stay, you will leave with your things!"

After saying this, he walked away with a few attendants beside him, seemingly impatient with the people in front of him.

After he left, these people in the same place dared to speak, and one by one they stood there sighing.

"Ahh Obviously walking well, how can it cause these things. ”

Standing up from where he was, the bearded man who had spoken to Adil before had an ugly face and stood there sighing incessantly.

"Gru, are you going to leave or stay?"

Looking at him like this, standing in place, Adil asked.

"Stay..."

Although he was extremely uncomfortable with Adiel's question, the bearded Gru still did not hesitate: "I'm not like you, Adier, I still have a lot of goods, if something happens to these things, I'm afraid I will be sold as a slave to pay off my debts." ”

"A wise choice. ”

Standing aside, picking up a small loaf of bread from the cloth covering him in front of him, Adil nodded as he looked into a corner.

Those were the few people he had noticed a long time ago, not only did they rarely have contact with other people, but they also looked very calm and not the slightest nervous when facing the knight just now.

And from these people's bodies, Adil also felt a familiar smell.

It was the smell of energy particles, even if they disguised it well, but it was still detected by Adil and could not hide it from an official wizard.

"Interestingly, the northern plains are indeed much more prosperous than the southern continents, even if you just find a caravan to hurry, you can meet so many peers. ”

Adil looked calm, and turned to look in a distant direction.

There, the middle-aged knight from before was walking to a carriage, apparently reporting something.