"That's right, it's the introduction of the Great Druid." Thea opened her eyes and blinked, stopping the sourness in her eyes and the remembrance in her heart, and handed the leaves back to Serendra. "I'm on my way to Maradon, maybe I can help."

Serendra's eyes widened in surprise. "Great!"

She didn't expect it to be such a coincidence, and there were people from the tribe who were going to Maladon. But she quickly thought of another nuisance. "If it's convenient, can you tell me the purpose of your trip to Maradon?"

Sia thought for a moment and decided that it was nothing to tell her. "I'm going to Maradon to collect a crystal."

Serendra thought about it and decided to tell her something. "I'm not sure what you're talking about the purpose of the crystals, but, as far as I know, those crystals should be from the deepest part of Maladon, the energy crystals formed by the energy of the Stone Elemental Princess."

"Princess?" Shadao interjected excitedly, "You said there is a princess in Maladon?" ”

Serendra glanced at the creature who had interrupted her with displeasure, but answered his question anyway, "Yes, Princess Stone. ”

"Hey! I'm going to have to see it! Sandknife exclaimed excitedly, but his cry almost immediately changed to "Pain, pain, pain......!" It turned out that Athelly had heard him and had screwed his ears.

The veins on Serendra's forehead jumped, and she decided to ignore the two unreliable trolls. "Our goal is to get rid of this elemental princess. And we have already asked for assistance on the alliance side, although there is only one person on the other side, but I think his strength may be at the hero level. If you're mining crystals, I recommend you leave early, because if you're ...... I mean, if the princess dies, the crystals born of her will naturally lose their powers. ”

Hearing her say this, Xia was really a little nervous. "Okay, I'll go back and talk to Willow."

"Wait, you've said so much. If we don't get the slightest benefit, do we have to work hard? Sandknife struggled to pull his ears out from under Esselly's hand and shouted unceremoniously at Selendra.

"......," Selindra was speechless, taking out a piece of parchment from a small bag she was carrying at her waist and handing it to Sandknife.

It reads in lingua franca: Whoever kills Princess Maladon Thrydes can go to any of the great druids in exchange for 10,000 gold coins and any master-level equipment (omitted below).

Looking at the sand knife, looking at this piece of paper, saliva is about to flow. Serendra quietly rolled up the parchment.

"See? As long as you can prove that you killed the princess, go straight to the Grand Druid and you can claim the reward. ”

"Aren't you afraid of being taken off?" Shadao touched his head and asked curiously.

Everyone laughed. "Is the Great Druid so easy to deceive?"

"Cut. Of course I'll cut off the princess's head with my real skills! Shadao was a little embarrassed, and muttered unrelentingly.

"Then, in the meantime, we will all stay here, and I hope you can explain it to the village chief." Serindra saluted. "We don't want to cause unnecessary misunderstandings."

"Okay, I'll go and explain it to the village chief." Elthel agreed.

"Then let's go back. I think it's worth talking to Willow about this. Thea urged the two of them. Knowing that the crystal could be extinct, she couldn't help but be a little concerned and confused, and hurriedly turned around and went back to the village.

Esselly glared at the sand knife sternly, "Let's go, let's go back too." ”

Sandknife glanced at Elthelly and obediently walked towards the village. It's just that my eyes are rolling, and I don't know what I'm doing.

Back in the village, Thea hurried to the door of Willow's house, and was about to knock when she heard Willow's voice.

“…… Already here? That's good news. "It's vague though. But the thin door still made Xia hear a word.

Who is Willow talking to? Xia frowned, Willow was waiting in the Bleak Lands? I've never heard her mention it......

Sia hesitated and took a few steps back before stomping heavily on the floor while raising her voice and shouting, "Verlo! ”

Almost as soon as she knocked on the door, Willow opened it.

"Thea, you're back." There was no clue in Willow's expression.

"Hmm...... I want to ask you. When are we going to leave for Maraton. ”

"Oh, what's wrong?" Willow raised his eyebrows, his tone a little uncertain.

"After you left in the morning, the forest spirit outside said...... The crystal may be gone. ”

"Disappear? How can it be! Willow smirked and waved his hand. It was only possible if Princess Maladon died...... Wait a minute! Willow seemed to think of something, and his face changed drastically. They also found the alliance to go to Maraton? ”

"Seems to be." Thea nodded.

"Oh. Damn it! Willow bit his nails, not knowing what thoughts were spinning in his heart, and his mouth was broken: "Then it has to be fast, it has to be fast!" ”

"What's wrong, Verlo?" Xia watched as Willow suddenly became nervous. Somewhat uneasy.

Willow looked up, a flash of madness in his eyes. "Then we have to hurry up. You go pack your things, and we'll go right away. You can't let the alliance get ahead of the curve. ”

"But, Verlo...... We're just going to mine crystals, so we don't have to deal with the Alliance. I don't know why, hearing the word alliance, Xia was inexplicably a little weak.

Willow calmed down and packed up his things. "Of course, it's best if you don't deal with it, but you don't know, this crystal comes from the power of the princess. Of course, only the closer you are to the princess, the purer the crystals will be. And my goal—"

Willow took a deep breath before continuing, "It's Princess Maraton's broken jade heart. ”

"Broken Jade Heart?"

"In short, I am bound to get this thing, but I can't let anyone get in my way!" Willow gritted her teeth and said, "Damn, my ...... Companions are not here yet! Don't wait, let's go! ”

Xia was secretly confused, if the companion who was waiting for Vero had not yet arrived, then who was she referring to in the words she had just overheard?

But she didn't have time to think deeply, and at the urging of Willow, she simply packed her luggage and followed Willow out the door.

"Thea! Shia! Before they could reach the entrance of the village, Thea heard her name being shouted behind her.

Thea turned around, and it was Elthery.

"Did you see the sand knife?" Elthel was out of breath and had obviously been running for a long time.

"None? What's wrong? ”

"The sand knife is gone. I went to report to the village chief, and I couldn't find him anywhere. ”

Thea comforted her, "Maybe he's going somewhere to play alone." Don't be nervous, Elthelly! ”

"The village is so big, I've searched all the places he frequents!" Elthel almost burst into tears.

"Okay, you can find it slowly. We're going to Maraton. Willow interrupted her impatiently.

Elthery's face turned paler. "Sand Knife...... Shouldn't I go to Malaton? "She's in a hurry." No, he's going to die alone! ”

"Thea. I'm going with you. She tugged at Thea's sleeve. Aren't you going to Maraton? I know of a path that goes around the centaur colony outside of the Valley of the Spears. ”

Before Sia could speak, Willow had already spoken. "It's okay to lead the way. However, if you don't have the ability to protect yourself, we won't be able to protect you. ”

"I have passed the fifth-level exam of the shamanic sacrifice, and I won't drag you down."

"Then you can take us to Maladon first, maybe you can determine on the way whether Sandknife really went there or not." Thea thought for a moment and patted her hand. "Maybe it's not that bad, don't worry."

After listening to Thea's words, Willow said no more. "Then lead the way, let's hurry."

"Hmm." Essori nodded and stepped to the front. "This road is only known to me and Shadao, and once when we came out to play, we accidentally found that the horse couldn't get up, so there were no centaurs to guard it."

Led by Esselly, they soon came to the intersection of the path.

This path is just ten minutes away from the Funeral Shadow Village. There was a dead tree right at the intersection, and behind it were a few tall and yellow weeds, which were not easy to notice if you just passed by.

Elthel ran forward first, clearing the grass. In the grass and dirt she found a footprint, apparently freshly stepped on. She picked up the dirt and looked at it, her face becoming even more ugly.

"It's the footprints of a sand knife." She raised her head, "It's been about half an hour or so, this damn sand knife, when I catch him, I must beat him hard." ”

"You'd better catch him first." Willow walked coldly past her.

Thea patted Athelly's arm. Elthelly flicked her purple braids and gritted her teeth to keep up with them.

The trail is winding and difficult to navigate, although it is only accessible to one person. After a while, the road came to an end, and it turned out to be a dead-end cliff. The cliff was only about ten meters above the ground, but they didn't dare to go down rashly.

Willow lay on the cliff, chanting a spell, and a green, translucent eye appeared in her palm. Willow's hand was easily opened, and the demon's eye fell lightly to the bottom of the cliff, and began to wander slowly around it.

"How?" Thea asked softly.

Willow closed his eyes tightly and put his consciousness into the perspective of the demon's eye. "It's safe down there for the time being. It seems that this corner is very remote. ”

"Of course," said Esselly, pinching her pigtails, "this is closer to the back of the Valley of Spears than Maradon, and the Malody Centaurs won't come any further back when they reach Maradon." ”

"Elthelly, have you been to Maraton?" Xia asked suddenly.

Elthelly's eyes were a little unnatural, and her fingers pinching her pigtails unconsciously increased the frequency of her movements. "I ...... Sandknife and I found this path when we ...... Been there once. ”