Dylan has a strong desire to explore all unknown knowledge, so seeing that Stephen can really recognize herbs, he naturally has a little admiration and closeness to him.

Approaching dusk, the convoy had already been on the road for a day.

Knight Wren ordered the convoy to stop and prepare to camp for the night on an open flat ground beside the road, as it was dangerous to travel at night. When marching, it is impossible to maintain a good formation, which is not conducive to dealing with dangerous situations.

Soon several fires were lit on the plain, and the knights sat together, eating the hares they had just caught, and laughing and talking with each other.

When they were on the road during the day, these knights were silent, and they were completely murderous in the army. Only then will everyone's body and mind relax and play a joke on each other.

After hastily eating a greasy rabbit leg, Dylan found Stephen and sat down beside him. In Dylan's opinion, Stephen is really a nerd that grown-ups often refer to.

At this time, Stephen, all his attention was on the book, so that Dylan sat next to him, and he didn't notice it in the slightest.

"Stephen, you're amazing. Not only is he qualified to go to the academy to study earth magic and become a real magician, but he also has the opportunity to become an equally great alchemist. Dylan said with some envy.

Stephen was taken aback by Dylan's sudden speech, and then closed the book: "I don't have the slightest interest in the so-called earth magic. I just want to take this opportunity to go to the Imperial Capital, where there must be more knowledge about alchemy. ”

Dylan was surprised by this: "Becoming a magician and being an alchemist at the same time, the two don't seem to be in much conflict." ”

Stephen shook his head: "You must know that when you come to the Academy of Magic, it is impossible for those pedantic magic teachers to allow you to focus more on other aspects. Mages are too important to the Empire, and they must devote their lives to the study of magic to make themselves more powerful mages so that they can wreak havoc on the battlefield. ”

In this regard, Dylan was a little puzzled: "However, now that the Garneman Empire is very peaceful everywhere, where will there be any war?"

Stephen waved his hand and said, "That's not the case. Twelve years ago, in the battle to slay the dragon, the empire suffered extremely heavy losses because of insufficient preparation. Since then, our Majesty the King has ordered the mages, warriors, and knights to be ready for a fierce battle at all times, and not to be as panicked as they were twelve years ago. ”

Dylan's grief was fleeting, and his mother had died in that battle.

Stephen saw that Dylan didn't speak, as if he was thinking about something: "What's wrong with you?"

Dylan smiled bitterly: "It's nothing, I just feel a little useless." You can't be a paladin or a mage in the Empire like my parents. ”

Stephen frowned: "Everyone's pursuit is different, you don't have to follow the same path as others." Just like me, everyone wanted me to be an earth magician, and I think the future tutors of the academy would expect the same, but to be honest, I didn't have much interest in earth magic. ”

"Do you just like alchemy?" Dylan asked.

"Yes. Stephen looked at the dark jungle in the distance, "Don't you think it's amazing? Combine the robe fruit with the black snake grass to get the death pill that temporarily makes people deaf, and fuse the venom of the finchhead snake with the slime of the bighorn snail in a certain proportion to get the death potion that can make people fall into suspended animation for a short time." The variety of drug combinations is truly amazing!"

Dylan listened very carefully to Stephen's story.

At this moment, a cry of pain suddenly came from the black jungle not far away.

Knight Wren drew his sword almost instinctively, and he asked with a gloomy face, "What's going on?"

One of the knights beside him replied with some caution: "Just now Aman said that his stomach hurts, so he ran to the woods over there to make it convenient, and he has not returned yet." And listening to this voice, it seems to be Oman. ”

"Damn, didn't I tell me again and again that no one was allowed to leave the crowd within 100 meters without my permission?"

I think that the Oman side must have drunk a lot of alcohol, so he completely ignored Wren's orders.

Wren was a little uneasy at this time, because he knew the strength of his men very well. Oman has been following him for more than three years, and his combat effectiveness is definitely not weak, and he can deal with at least two or three wild bears alone.

Now, however, Oman seems to be in great trouble. And this is not a Demonic Beast Mountain Range, and there are generally no powerful Demonic Beasts, so what is in the woods?

Wren waved his hand to the three knights beside him, and said in a deep voice: "The three of you will go over with me to see the situation, and the others will stand by!"

In an instant, the entire team of knights stood up, where did they dare to have the slightest laughter and scolding.

Dylan and Stephen also slowly came to the side of the knight guard at this time, they were still young at this time, and in such a situation, they naturally had no ability to protect themselves.

Wren and the others kept approaching the woods, and no one dared to make the slightest sound. By the end, Wren could only hear his feet on dead leaves and his own heartbeat.

It wasn't long before the four knights came to the edge of the black woods.

Wren took a deep breath, then tentatively shouted, "Aman, are you alright, where are you?"

However, after shouting more than a dozen times, they still did not get any response.

The worried look on Wren's face grew stronger, and he gestured to the two knights, who skillfully walked to the sides, and then the four of them walked into the woods together.

only heard a crisp sound of "click", and I don't know who stepped on a dead branch, Wren secretly exclaimed. Sure enough, a shrill roar was heard from the woods. The voice was like that of a wolf, but it was more powerful than a wolf's howl.

There was a sound of rustling in the forest, and it seemed that a mysterious creature was rushing towards it.

Wren saw that the weeds in front of him that were not up to his waist were constantly being overwhelmed, and the figure soon came to the four of them.

"Be careful!"

As soon as Wren finished speaking, one of the knights was already pounced, and then quickly dragged into the woods. Another terrible scream was heard, and then everything returned to calm. Everyone knew in their hearts that the man was probably dead.

Wren's eyes changed at this time, and he wanted to enter the forest to find his companion, even if it was only two corpses. Because the greatest insult to the Order is that there are no dead bodies or no bodies can be found.

However, he looked back at the three children not far away, and finally decided not to take any more risks. Because if they lose more knights, they may not be able to get their children to the City of Light safely. After all, the road is long, and no one can guarantee that they will not encounter greater danger after this.

Wren gritted his teeth and made a retreat gesture to the other two knights, who slowly retreated out of the woods at the same time.