Searching for the trail of infiltrators is the Ranger's best job. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

But being good doesn't mean it's easy to do, especially when you don't even know the purpose of the infiltrator, the number of people, etc., and the effort to search for him or their traces is no less intense than turning most of the forest upside down - this is not a task that can be completed in a short time, at least not now.

Until now, there has been no breakthrough in the search work, and some colleagues may have searched for some clues and footprints, but because they were not decisive, they did not choose to light the flares, but this is enough to show that the progress of the entire search work is very slow, and this is a protracted battle.

Lavana looked up at the dim sun, and wondered why she remembered that Fana and Lil, who might still be studying in the Mage Tower, might have to stay overnight at the Ancient Tree of Knowledge, and she couldn't go home on time because of this mission, so the two little ones must be very lonely when they returned home......

It's better to be lonely, but it's really troublesome if you run around at night because you're worried. Although the Elven Forest is protected by a mystery lock and guarded by a ranger, these can't stop the greedy humans, and every year many parents lose their children - those who are nasty, after finding that adult elves are difficult to catch, extend their sinful hands to those children who are not yet familiar with the world.

Even if you know that Fana and Lil are mage apprentices, even if you know that they are more mature than children of the same age, but so what, in the eyes of parents, children will never grow up, and children will always be fragile and unable to withstand even the slightest injury.

Lahana has never been in love, let alone married, but the absence of these cannot change a woman's nature as a mother. She intellectually knew that this worry was completely superfluous, but emotionally, she still couldn't suppress this extra worry and worry.

"It's really, and a lot of time has been wasted."

The knightess noticed that the sun had completely faded from the canopy, and the dim light of the withering moon was shining in all directions.

"You have to work harder."

Clenching her fists, Lavana bent down and searched for every suspicious trace.

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Fana and Lil weren't practicing as Lavana had expected, and they weren't running around as she feared. In fact, as apprentices to elven archmages, they were among the first elves to know about it, and not only that, but they also knew that the female knights would be one of the rangers searching for the intruders.

How dangerous are intruders? After a month of being taught by the Archmage, Fana and Liel are no longer as ignorant of mages as they were at the beginning, and of course they know what it means to be able to warn the Chains of the Elven Forest - it represents the end of the mortal path, and the strongest combat force that alone can subvert the nation, the archmage.

How strong is the archmage? They didn't have a clear understanding, but they just knew that even a school mage who had never experienced a battle would be able to form an almost crushing advantage over any high-level mage as long as they crossed the chasm between a high-level mage and an archmage.

High-level mages and high-level fighters belong to the same high-level professionals, although there is a gap between the two sides, but the difference is not big after all, if you can crush the high-level mage, you will definitely be able to crush the high-level fighters. Lavana is an old qualification among the rangers, but she is only at the top of the lower ranks, and it is likely that the encounter with the invaders will be more than lucky.

However, Fana and Liel can't help at all, all they can do is monitor the movement of the locks on behalf of the elven archmage, and once they find a problem, they will immediately inform the mentor who is going where they are going through their psychic communication ability, so that the mentor can rush to the scene of the incident as quickly as possible, and maybe save the life of the attacked ranger.

This is the only thing they can do when they are weak.

It may not mean much, but it's a real thing.

"Sister, what can we finally do for the others," Liel said in Psychic Link, "and not just hide behind them and pray in vain to Yugtrasil. ”

"Hmm." Fana nodded, although she couldn't see Lil's current appearance, she could imagine her sister jumping happily through the bursts of excitement coming from her heart, "Seriously, don't be distracted." ”

"Don't worry, sister, I can do it." Lil replied, no matter how happy she was, her eyes did not take off the huge curtain in front of her for a moment—it was the embodiment of the Mystery Lock that shrouded the Elven Forest, and the archmage stripped some of her authority to give it to them, so that they could monitor and manage the Mystery Lock to a certain extent.

"Hmm." After answering again, Fana stood quietly, a spell that Mentor Moya had taught her to share vision with Lil, and she couldn't help the rangers in the Observation Lock. However, she is better than her sister in telephony, and if she does notice a change in the lock, she is the one who delivers the message.

After a brief silence for "Sister ......", Lil stirred up the conversation again.

"Huh?"

"Originally, I still regretted it a little bit in my heart." Lil said in the Mind Link that Fana naturally knew what she said about regret and regretted it, "Especially when you want to speak a lot of times, but you can't express it, sister, you deliberately misinterpret what I mean......"

"Nope." Categorical words.

"Sister, can you look at me while you're saying this?" Lil sighed, "The resurrection parents are too far away after all, we always think that we can do anything when we first have the talent of mages, but in the process of learning, we gradually realize how difficult it is, and realize that mages are exactly the same as we imagined. Frankly, during my time at the Mage Tower, I really thought about whether I had made the right decision at the time. ”

"Now?"

"Then I need to say," Lil didn't answer the question explicitly, but the joy that came from the depths of her heart told Fana the answer, "I want to be stronger, to be as strong as Sister Monia, to be as strong as Mentor Moya, so that one day I can stand in front of my sister and protect her." ”

Fana looked in the direction where Lil was, and after a long time said, "Learning progress, you ...... Not as good as me. ”

"Sister, Sister Monia said that 'those who care about the details are 9'."

"So," Fana said straight, ignoring some of the inexplicable words that Liel had learned from Monia, "I protect you, it's my sister, it's my responsibility." ”

"Sister......" Lil was silent for a moment, then said, "Since you protect me, then I will protect the others." Sister Monia, and Mentor Moya don't seem to need our protection...... Then I'll protect Aunt Lahuana! ”

"Yes, Lajuana."

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Lahana naturally didn't know that she had become the object of protection of Fana and Liel at this time, and if she knew, she would definitely be moved and decided to educate them well - not to mention the title of auntie, the age gap between her and them is indeed a bit big, but she will not become the object of their protection.

She is not very old this year, she is just in her early two hundred and thirty years, and it is expected that she can go one step further in more than ten years and become a high-ranking warrior, if she can cooperate with the Jungle Panther, even a high-level mage may not be her opponent. At that time, she was not yet three hundred years old, and her life was still very long, and she might have a chance to get a glimpse of the legendary realm after fighting all year round.

To protect her, it's too underestimated, right?

However, Latina was still on a search mission at this time, and it was impossible for her to know about the conversation between Fana and Lil. For now, the end of the mission is far from – and not just on her side, but for all rangers – and until now, she has not seen a flare lift up to mark the end of the mission or the discovery of a major clue, and the search does not seem to have progressed substantially.

After all, the forest is so big, even if it is shared by hundreds of forest rangers, and only the important areas are searched, the time and energy spent is not a small amount. If you're unlucky, it's not impossible to spend a few days and nights, and it's not like this hasn't happened before.

As he was thinking this, out of the corner of his eye, he seemed to see the footprints of something in the bushes. Lavana stopped, peeled through the lush grass, and found a fresh footprint on the moss of the stone, one that was most likely human.

The reason for this inference is that both the elves living in the trees and the elves on the ground inevitably climb trees in their lives, and the soles they use are specially made and different from the outside world. And it is obvious that the owner of this footprint has left a footprint that is completely different from the style of the Elven Forest.

I'm not entirely sure, but it's a clue.

Following this clue, she followed the vine all the way, and finally confirmed the path of the owner of the footprint.

Is it westward?

To the west? What's on the west side?

Lavana looked to the west with some confusion, and there was nothing in front of her except the layers of dense forest...... Wait a minute! It's not nothing! It occurred to her that Monia was going to invite her to the Ancient Tree of Knowledge this morning—if I remember correctly, the direction of the Ancient Tree of Knowledge was the direction in which this footprint was going!

Could it be...... The Ancient Tree of Knowledge, right?

Worst! Monia is there!

Thinking so, she was taking out the flare from her backpack, and when she was about to use it, she vaguely saw a black shadow attacking her, and then her neck hurt, and her consciousness gradually became dizzy......

Be careful...... Monia ......

She opened her mouth, but eventually made no sound.

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