Five minutes later.

Fifteen miles south of Pompey.

Nagarjuna and Zonghu appeared in a position far away from Pompey, "absolutely safe".

Neither of them spoke, and their expressions were a little ugly.

Among them, Zong Hu squatted on the ground, his right hand grabbed his left hand hard, and he could see that the entire palm of his left hand was covered by a cloud of dark gray energy, and the energy continued to erode the flesh and blood, making the skin carbonize and fall off little by little. At this time, Zonghu used mana to try to expel the energy, but because the energy was very special and the efficiency was not high, he could only operate slowly with patience.

As for Nagarjuna, he didn't seem to be injured, and everything was normal all over his body. At this time, he looked at the sky at a forty-five degree angle, looking at the sky blackened by more and more volcanic ash, as if he were looking at a beautiful oil painting - only in this way could he control the blood in his nasal cavity from flowing out.

After more than ten seconds, Nagarjuna felt that he had finally eliminated a ball of energy from his nasal cavity and allowed the wound to heal successfully, so he sniffed out with a "sting" sound, and then looked down at Zong Hu.

Zong Hu also stood up at this time, looked at him angrily, and said loudly: "This time, it is completely your responsibility, you have to go and explain to the adult in person." ”

"I ......" Nagarjuna opened his mouth to defend himself, but seeing Zonghu's expression of wanting to hit someone, he spread his hands and said, "Okay, okay, even if it's my fault." Didn't I think of it, who knew that there were monsters hidden inside the volcano. ”

"It's not a monster, I think it's a person. Zong Hu said with a dark face, "If you don't guess wrong, it should still be a person who is seriously injured and close to death." Fortunately, the other party was seriously injured and close to death, and had no intention of fighting us, otherwise our fate would definitely be worse than now. ”

"Is the other party human?" Nagarjuna was stunned and frowned, "It shouldn't be." If the other party is a human being, seriously injured and close to death, and can still suppress our two fourth-level wizards, then what is the level of the other party's heyday strength?

Could it really be the old monsters who secretly broke through to the fifth level wizard in the legend? However, those old monsters, what are they doing in the volcano instead of hiding in their own secret rooms? In order to heat themselves for free? It's only September, and it's not too cold......

"Alright. Zong Hu interrupted Nagarjuna's words amusefully and angrily, "I also have some doubts about this, and I can't be 100% sure." But no matter what, just tell the adults about the situation, and the adults will naturally know how to deal with it. ”

"Okay. Nagarjuna replied a little sullenly, then realized something, looked at Zonghu and asked, "What about you? Listen to what you mean, are you going to go back with me to meet your lord?"

"It occurred to me that there was another small task to oversee and go back when it was done. ”

"Really, you're not going to break me away and be lazy......" Nagarjuna said with suspicion, and then met Zong Hu's glaring eyes.

"Good. Nagarjuna made a gesture of surrender, "It's not okay for me to be kidding." You have a task, so go ahead and get busy, and I'll go back. ”

As he spoke, Nagarjuna turned around and left, and Zong Hu said uncomfortably behind him: "Don't go back to the volcano again, otherwise if something happens again, no one will be able to save you." ”

"Got it. ”

Nagarjuna responded with a slight impatience, stepped on it, flew into the sky, and quickly disappeared into the northern sky.

Zong Hu retracted his gaze and flew towards the south.

......

On this day, the sun quietly crosses the midline in the sky and sets in the west.

In the afternoon, it is close to dusk.

Outside Jialan City, Blue Lagoon Manor.

In one of the side buildings of the manor, Gare, the butler, stepped out and walked towards the stables in the distance. First, I checked the condition of the horses to see if they were sick, and then checked the forage warehouse to see if there was any potential fire.

Although it is already September, the weather is slowly getting cooler, but the air is getting drier, and a single spark can cause a raging fire, and a single mistake can lead to the destruction of the entire estate.

For Gare, he cherished the hard-won opportunity to be a butler, and knew that with his ability, it would be difficult to be a butler's assistant in the rest of the aristocratic families, so he worked very hard, did not want to make mistakes, and did not want to disappoint the owner of the manor, Richard.

So, he walked around the manor for a long time, making sure that there were no problems with the stables, the barn, the kitchen, and a series of other places, and then walked back to his room.

Now that dinner was still some time away, he decided to calculate today's expenses and eat again.

It seems that Richard's master hasn't been back for a while, and I don't know how Richard's master is doing now...... Gary pondered, reached out and pushed open the door, and walked into his room. As soon as I walked in, my eyes swept away, and I couldn't help but be stunned, and I saw a letter suddenly appearing on the table in the room.

This is......

Garet blinked, he remembered very well that the table was empty before leaving. Could it be that during this time, someone entered his room and put down the letter?

With some surprise, Galie walked to the table, carefully opened the letter, and looked at the contents of the letter.

The content of the letter is relatively concise, probably considering that his literacy level is not very high, and there are no complicated vocabulary that allows him to understand it completely.

After reading it, the table with the columns becomes extremely complicated.

The letter was written in Richard's name, and Richard said that because of some special circumstances, he would be away for a long time, as short as a year, or as long as several years.

Richard told him that he had a few different options in the short time he was away.

The first option is to dismiss all the manor personnel and leave with the manor staff with the severance pay that has been prepared for a long time - the amount will not be small, and it will ensure life for at least the next few years.

The second option is to continue to be his steward and use the money left behind to keep the manor running, which will be risky and difficult. However, when Richard returns, he will definitely be rewarded for his efforts.

Correspondingly, there is also a third option, that is, to sell the manor, embezzle property, and die in the world. In this way, there will inevitably be a punishment.

So which one to choose?

After Gareh finished reading it, he thought about it in silence for a long time.

For the third choice, he did not have the courage to choose, and all he hesitated was to choose the first or the second.

He is inclined to choose the second one, and as I said before, he cherishes the opportunity to be a housekeeper. But Richard was going to leave for a year or even years this time, which made him a little unconfident.

Without Richard's support, will he be able to control the rest of the manor over time? Will he be able to cope with all kinds of troubles that will arise in the future? And most importantly, can he really guarantee that in a few years, he will be able to hand over an untouched or even better manor to Richard?

If he can't, he might as well pick the first one.

Garet thought as he dragged the brazier out of a corner of the room, quickly burned the letter and envelope to ashes, poured water and stirred it with a wooden stick a few times, so that no one could see it—one of Richard's demands on the letterhead.

Richard said that after reading the letter, whatever choice he made, he immediately burned it. Also, the letter cannot be mentioned to anyone. If anyone asks Richard where he is, he doesn't have to hide it, but he honestly says he doesn't know—and he doesn't know, because the letter doesn't mention it.

So, which one to choose?

Galie stared at the ashes in the brazier that were crumbling and floating in the water, and thought for a long time.

Finally, he took a deep breath, turned and walked out.

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