The next day.

"Bang Bang Bang Bang ......"

On the shore of a huge lake as far as the eye can see, the lake water constantly pounds the shore, and Jasmine and his party appear.

Jasmine tilted her head slightly, looked at Su and his party who followed her: "I thought about it, this time, we will carry out it alone, after all, ...... It is safest to only involve one's own people. The information about this incident has been handed over to you, and if you all remember it and will not make mistakes, you will have a good chance of success this time. ”

As soon as the words fell, almost everyone invariably cast their eyes at the Hulk.

Hulk's body stiffened slightly, and he opened his mouth and said, "You all don't look at me like that, I remember it this time, I really remember!"

Facing the extremely distrustful gazes of the crowd, Hulk couldn't help but look at Jasmine and said aggrievedly: "Captain, you have to believe me, I really remember." ”

"Just remember. Jasmine didn't say anything, and said seriously, "I want everyone to understand one thing, you don't trust outsiders, and I don't trust outsiders either, but only if our strength can solve the problem, we can not ask outsiders for help." Therefore, we must work together to get rid of outsiders and not let the other party join in and cause variables. Do you understand?"

"Yes. Everyone responded in unison, and morale was quite high.

"Good. Jasmine nodded, "Let's go." ”

The words fell, facing the center of the lake, and a little under his feet, the whole person flew away. The rest of the people, who quickly followed behind, were full of confidence and momentum.

......

......

Soon, day and night passed.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Jasmine and his party flew back from the center of the lake in a panic, and landed on the shore of the lake in a posture that almost fell.

"One-eyed" and "woody", because of the exhaustion of strength, plunged into the lake near the shore in advance. It took a long time to emerge from his head, and he swam to the shore exhausted, turned over and lay down, gasping for breath, and stood up for a long time.

It can be seen that Jasmine and her party don't know what they have experienced, almost all of them are injured, they look extremely miserable, and their morale is low to the limit.

The only thing that was better was Hulk, who was not injured at all except for a little tattered clothes. However, Hulk was not very happy, but a little annoyed and puzzled, looked at Jasmine and said, "Captain, why don't you let me open the furnace and kill those hateful things......?!

"Alright, shut up. Jasmine glared at Hulk and said unceremoniously.

Cutting her hair and covering a scar on her face, Jasmine said, "You think I don't want to do this?" But how many times have I told you, you are the most critical part of this operation, the energy furnace is too taxing on the body, and you must save it for the last to use it." If you use it in advance, you can't break through later, you can only fail. ”

"But now, aren't we also failing?"

"It did fail, but it didn't fail completely, and there was another way to send you deeper to open the Energy Furnace. Jasmine squinted.

"Captain, what do you mean......" Hulk blinked.

"Of course I mean, I'm going to ask outsiders for help, but at this point, is there any other way?" Jasmine said.

As she spoke, Jasmine's eyes swept over everyone, and everyone lowered their heads in shame.

"But can they really promise us?" Hulk whispered, "that guy isn't very talkative." ”

"Always try. Jasmine said seriously, "We still have a lot of things to come up with, and I think he'll be tempted." ”

"Uh. ”

"Contact him. ”

"Yes. ”

......

......

City of Faro, at noon.

Richard visits the sorceress Sercy once more, and together they discuss some of the ideas for solving the original text, and discuss returning to his abode after the end.

As soon as he entered, Richard stopped in his footsteps and reached out to pull out a handkerchief from his bosom - this was the spell item that Jasmine had given him to communicate with before the last time he explored the ancient ruins.

Several magic patterns on the handkerchief lit up and flashed regularly, giving information.

He was no stranger to this information, and on the way back from his previous exploration of the ruins, Jasmine told him more ways to convey it, and now he wanted to meet and talk to him, and the time was two days later.

Meet, two days later? What is this going to do?

Because of Jasmine's relationship, he got the design of the energy furnace, so he still has a slight impression of the other party. However, out of some speculation about the identity of the other party, he has always maintained basic vigilance when in contact with the other party. Now that the other party took the initiative to invite them to meet again, he was a little hesitant, after all, he didn't know what the other party's purpose was.

After a few seconds of hesitation, he made a decision, pressed one hand on the handkerchief, injected energy, and gave a "yes" reply.

After replying, he put away his handkerchief, thought about it, and took out the crystal ball with his hand. Activate the crystal ball and send a message to someone in this Faro City.

......

Not long after the message was sent, there was a knock on the courtyard door.

"Bang bang bang!"

With a "squeak", Richard opened the door, and as expected, Sherlock appeared outside the door. There was a carriage parked in the street, and the horses pulling it were panting, foaming at the corners of their mouths, apparently in a hurry.

"What's the matter, calling me in such a hurry?" Sherlock asked after the meeting, complaining with some displeasure, "Do you know that I'm busy?" ”

Richard ignored the second half of the words and said bluntly: "I want you to help collect some books that record the royal family members of various countries on the mainland, the more the better, it is best to get it tonight." ”

"Books for members of the royal family......" Sherlock frowned at the hearing, his face grimacing.

"Why? is there a difficulty?" asked Richard. Considering that the content of the book involves the royal family, there are some taboos, which is understandable.

Who knew that Sherlock shook his head and said calmly: "It may be a little bit difficult, but I can solve it completely, and this is not the key - the point is that I have a banquet tonight, and I don't have time to help you." ”

Richard: "......"

"What kind of banquet attracts you so much?" Richard was silent for a while, then looked at Sherlock and asked strangely, "I remember, didn't you look down on Faro's banquet before, saying that the specifications were too low and did not meet your aesthetics." ”

"This one is different. Sherlock smiled brightly, revealing an expectant gaze, "This time it is officially organized by Faro City, and it is completely different from the shabby banquet held by those nouveau riche nobles, not only is the scale larger, but the most important thing is that the grade is very high. ”

"How tall?"

"It's higher than expected. Sherlock pulled out a meter with his hand, "At least to this extent, after all, this is related to the emperor of the Soma Alliance." ”

"Emperor?" Richard wondered, "what does this have to do with the Emperor?"

"Haven't you heard?"

"What?"