In the docks on the lakeshore east of Avalon, Bryant the Dwarf drove the wagon to the ferry, making it easier to travel by water.

"I knew that guy wasn't a good guy, he was lazy all day, he would talk about it, and he almost bothered us. ”

After he finished chanting again, his wife followed suit.

"Alas, who would have thought that he would be just ten years old and would think of making someone else a slave. Such a child is not disciplined, and he should be allowed to work hard by the stove for a few years, so that the labor can transform his mind well, and he should not know all day long that he wants to ascend to the sky. It's a pity that the three girls were implicated by him. ”

At this time, Bryant asked his wife, "The child who went missing this time is the one wearing a mask who bought something from us in Corn City a while ago, right?"

The proprietress nodded, and just as she wanted to speak, she found that a large group of people from the city defense army had run to the dock area and blocked the entire dock.

Bryant, who had been working outside for many years, immediately figured out the cause and effect, and he asked the officer who led the city defense army who came to inspect, "Sir, is this the kid who was abducted here?"

The officer ignored Bryant and ordered directly to his soldiers, "Hurry up, every corner of the ship must be searched, even the bags containing horse fodder must be opened and checked!"

At the same time, several dinghys that had been patrolling the lake left the dock to search for the boats that had just left the dock.

However, the cargo ship that kidnapped Charles and Diana had already run far away, and it would take a little effort for the city guards of Avalon to find them.

After learning each other's hidden identities, Charles and Diana didn't say much, and they shook hands and continued to prepare for escape.

"What are you going to do?" asked Diana.

It is impossible to be head-on, although Charles is a gold coin player, but those who lick blood at the tip of the knife are definitely not good at stubble, and now Charles does not have enough gold coins, and he is not their opponent.

"You know how to swim, right?" asked Charles.

"Definitely. Diana replied.

Charles took out a large bottle of potion and said, "This bottle of 'Clear Water Wind' is enough for a person to breathe underwater for two hours, and we will drink half of it for each of us." ”

Then he took out two more daggers, "This dagger can send out a big fireball, let's use it to make a hole in the bottom of the boat." Once we're out of the cave, we can use the reaction force from this hurricane-casting dagger to quickly get us out of here. When the mana in the dagger is exhausted, we swim away. ”

Diana reflected on the shape of the great lake and said, "The lake is relatively long, narrow, and when we leave, we leave perpendicular to the direction of the boat. Considering that boats on the lake generally go to the right, we leave to the right to get to the shore easily. Blowing up the hole is sure to summon the traffickers, and I think we can dive underwater first and take advantage of the lack of light under the water to evade their search. ”

Charles felt that her statement made sense, and then he took out another rope and said, "In order to prevent us from getting separated in the lake, wait for me to carry you on my back, and then tie them together." ”

"No problem. Diana knew what was important, and she didn't have to be limited when she ran for her life.

Charles didn't mean to eat her tofu, what was there in that little body.

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A waning moon hung in the sky, and the moonlight was not very bright tonight, and the boats on the lake were lit up to avoid colliding with other boats.

The Great Prayer is the most solemn festival of every temple, and it is during this time that devotees come to the temple headquarters to communicate with God and ask for God's gifts.

During this time, cargo ships ply the lake, transporting barrels of wine and other sought-after goods overnight to the forges in the southeast of the lake.

For a time, the lake was a busy scene.

An inconspicuous cargo ship on the lake was moving from west to east, no different from other cargo ships except for the fact that the ship's lights were hung a few more than the others.

When the boatmen saw the boat, they would laugh and curse the paramecium, and then move away from it.

According to the habit of boatmen, boats that have been involved in a traffic accident in a month will hang a few more boat lights at night than before, so that the water god can look at him more. The other ships didn't want to get caught in its bad luck, so they moved away from it.

The ship's crew nervously watched the ship's surroundings for fear that the ship would hit something again.

Suddenly, a dark figure appeared on the stern waterline, where the lights could not shine, and pierced the hull with two daggers to immobilize its body.

The side of this double-decker cargo ship for inland waterway shipping was not high, and there were not many buildings on the upper deck, except for the cage for lookout, and there was no other commanding height except for the tail rudder side which was a little higher than the deck.

In addition to the helmsman, there were only two kidnappers near the helmsman, a man and a woman, who had just thrown Charles and them into the bilge, and they were discussing and waiting to go and ventilate the two people in the bilge, and by the way, make up for the anesthetic.

However, the direction of their discussion suddenly shifts off the accelerator, and the male kidnapper arrests the female kidnapper's two slimes.

The helmsman on the side not only didn't care, but also looked a little eager to try.

Because it was a westerly wind blowing today, the crew members who didn't have to paddle were drinking on Class A. The sound from the stern of the boat made them exchange a smile of "everyone understands".

Suddenly, the sound of the stern of the boat stopped abruptly, and then there was the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

Many crew members looked to the stern of the ship and found a green figure on the stern.

He is about one and a half meters tall, his bare head reflects the light of the ship's lights, and a dark green headband is tied to his forehead, and two streamers that grow out flutter in the wind. The green pupil in the right eye below the headband looked at the crew emotionlessly, a straight scar running from the left forehead through the closed left eye to the cheek. He wears a dark green sleeveless vest and a pair of trousers of the same color.

This was the last sight many crew members had ever seen in their lives, with throwing knives flying towards the crew on deck with the goblin's hands dancing, and then a flash of green lightning rushed from the stern to the deck.

At that moment, there was a muffled sound from the bottom of the boat. After a bit of shaking, the speed of the boat began to slow down. When the ship stopped rocking, there was not a single living person on deck.

The goblin, who was standing at the stern of the ship, saw a string of bubbles rising from the water not far from the ship, extending south to a place where the lights could not shine. He spat out the cigarette butt in his mouth into the lake, then turned and jumped into the water from the other side of the boat.

The other merchant ships quickly spotted the ship's anomaly, and when they approached to find the ship's full of corpses, they hurriedly fired a series of red flares.

The patrol boats from Avalon City arrived quickly.

All but a pair of naked men and women on board who were stunned by poison-stained daggers, were killed.

In addition, a large hole in the bottom of the ship was also discovered, along with a storage ring found in a pile of clothes at the stern of the ship, which was specially told by the superior to pay attention to it.

Meanwhile, the adventurers found a wounded but not fatal man hanging upside down from a tree in the forest with a tattered red coat and an equally tattered red skirt falling from his side.