When the black-haired wizard left the elven prince's cell and headed to Luthen's tent, it was already crowded outside.

Several pharmacists and physicians from Byrne formed in a circle, arguing fiercely with an anxious Charlotte, and several wounded witchers and Carl Colin spontaneously gathered around the outer circle, guarding their chief.

Brandon assigned Isaac and the little wizard to be in charge of "overseeing the logistics and medical care of the whole army", had to manage hundreds of doctors, pharmacists, and tens of thousands of wounded soldiers, and had to leave early.

Passing past the crowd, Loren's gaze stopped at another figure.

Standing with his hands in his hands, Daltoncandle stood as withdrawn and unsociable as usual, standing at the farthest point without saying a word, and only slowly turned his head to look after hearing the footsteps of the black-haired wizard.

The eyes are yellow, the hair is gray, the original energetic skin is full of wrinkles, and there is obviously a little more old only the eyes, the cold eyes like a blade, are still as sharp as ever.

He looked at Loren, there was no excited excitement in his eyes, no sad loss, as if he had been deprived of emotion, always so calm and rational.

"Success?"

Of course, it wasn't to ask about the previous plan or that it was enough for them to stand here to prove that the plan was successful, Loren had mastered the power of the second valve perfectly, otherwise he would not have been able to squeeze out the remnants of the void in Eberden City and overthrow hundreds of thousands of elves on his own.

Dalton, who is concise and to the point, never talks nonsense.

"Failed. Loren shook his head a little regretfully: "Seliol... He didn't take the bait. ”

Dalton bowed slightly, and the situation of the day was enough to prove this: "Is there a clue?"

"Nope. ”

He frowned, in the records of the Wizard Tower, Logan in the hat who opened the second valve could even sense the power of the void that erupted far away on the other side of the empire.

"I tried, but... Not to mention the power of the Void, even his Void reaction ......"

"I didn't doubt you. ”

Dalton raised his hand to interrupt Loren's defense: "The fact that it did not show up proves that the enemy is aware of our intentions, and this is not worth the surprise." ”

"The Elven Invasion is a card in his hand, a tool to attract the attention of the vast majority of the Empire, and his absence proves that what he is doing cannot be interfered with, and for this reason the Azorean Elves can be allowed to destroy or lose both sides with the Empire. ”

Glancing at the heralds moving quickly back and forth in the camp, the busy doctors, and the chaotic camp filled with the moans and screams of the wounded soldiers, Dalton's face did not change:

"From this point of view, we have already lost, no matter what he wants to do, it is impossible for the empire to have any power to stop him in the short term. ”

"We still have dragons, and we have floating cities. The black-haired wizard couldn't help but say.

"Three exhausted dragons, and a floating city that is about to be scrapped. Dalton shook his head slightly, "I don't think they can stop an evil god who has destroyed the Dragon Kingdom, just as I don't think they can stop him if the empire's vitality is not damaged." ”

"All we can do is create more obstacles and problems for him, and now the obstacles are basically gone... What will he do?"

Of course, it's looking for the second nine-pointed star chalice, the black-haired wizard said silently in his heart.

"Any clues?"

Of course, the black-haired wizard would not mistake the mentor for the sake of small talk, there must be something going on.

"There is only information and intelligence, and it is up to you to judge whether it is a clue or not. Dalton said coldly:

"Sheila... Remember the name?"

Loren nodded, of course he remembered.

During the battle of Vimpal in Lothair, the chief of the elven court led tens of thousands of elven warriors to "jump back" and killed the elven prince who defeated Ruwen, so that Loren successfully annihilated the Azorean elven army on the Western Front at a relatively small cost.

After the war, she became a prisoner of Uilly Wirtz, and the cautious Grand Duke of Ellemont had her limbs cut off, confiscated her weapons, and put her in an iron cage under the supervision of several knights, witchers, and wizards, but... Still let her escape.

Not only did he run away, but he also killed all the guards without being detected. At that time, Loren didn't have time to take care of this matter, so he only handed it over to Carl Collin, and asked him to arrange for someone to follow up the clues of Shera's disappearance.

"A few days ago... To be precise, on the day of the Battle of Ebolden, the Witchers in charge of tracking down lost contact with a Night's Watch stronghold in West Sackland, and the next day news came that they had been killed. ”

Loren furrowed his eyebrows.

Being able to quietly take out several witchers and an intelligence base with a night watchman stationed is honestly not completely impossible with Shera's strength.

But it is very likely that this incident is related to the "Black Cross" Seliol... If only he had rescued Shera.

So there is another question, that is, where is the other nine-pointed star chalice?

In order to keep it a secret, Loren had already "forgotten" this information when he learned about it from the wizards of the Dragon Kingdom, and even then he felt that it was not safe, so he gave himself several hints, pointing to different places to make sure that nothing was lost.

Broken Mountain Fortress, Wimpal Academy, Wild Dog Village, Eternal Night Forest, Ebolden, Red Blood Keep, Silverhelm Mountain... Almost a hundred places I've been to or haven't been.

The Imperial Capital of Golovin... Is it possible?

After the concise Dalton Camp reminded him, he silently turned to leave, and just as Loren was about to catch up, Charlotte's angry scream immediately sounded behind him.

"What do you want to say, what do you mean by powerlessness?!"

The startled black-haired wizard instinctively looked at the owner of the voice with a repentant expression, and when he turned back, Mentor Dalton was already far away.

And the quarrel behind him continues.

"I—I explained! Lusen's coma was not caused by injuries on his body, but by the excessive erosion of the power of the Void, and there was nothing I could do about it. ”

"And... Although it is very inappropriate to say this, I don't understand how he has survived until now, according to the amount and intensity of this void erosion, even a senior mentor should have lost his mind and become a madman, or even a physical mutation. ”

"Ahh I... You... Earl ......"

The apothecary, who was also frightened by the six gods, tried his best to defend himself, although his defeated face was not convincing.

"Excessively eroded by the power of the Void... I know the power of the Void, what does 'excessive erosion' mean?" Charlotte stared at him, word by word.

"I—I don't even know where to explain it to you!"

"Then you'd better explain it to me seriously. The countess of the Red Blood Castle spoke in a cold tone, and her face was more like announcing the death sentence of the other party:

"There's time, you said it anyway... There's nothing you can do about it, can you?"

"I, the Earl......"

Gasping for air, the apothecary, who was dodging his eyes, accidentally saw the black-haired wizard standing on the side, and his eyes lit up at that time: "Count, I think Lord Duke of Turin Loren can explain this to you better than me!"

The excited tone and expression were no different from seeing the savior.

With a frown, the countess shifted her cold gaze from the apothecary to Loren, and the apothecary breathed a sigh of relief, and ran away without looking back.

Looking at Charlotte's not-so-friendly gaze, the corners of Loren's mouth twitched stiffly.

"Charlotte, about Luceen's injury......"

"No problem, I know. Before Loren could explain, the countess raised her hand to interrupt him.

"You know?"

"I was worried at first, but when I saw that a certain Duke was not nervous, I realized it. Charlotte looked back at Luthen's tent:

"I don't know much about Lusen, but the guy who can live and die with Lord Duke knows that he is not an 'ordinary' person. ”

"Well, then why are you still ......?"

Halfway through his words, Loren immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing and quickly stopped.

But late.

"What else?" Looking back slowly, Charlotte glanced at him angrily: "I know it's okay, but I still want to lose my temper with others... Isn't it?"

"No, no, no, no......" Loren shook his head frantically with a smile on his face.

"Nothing no, I just... Can't control it. ”

A complicated look flashed on the countess's face: "Since the day before yesterday, I have found that I am not very able to restrain my emotions, and I often need a little... Vent a bit. ”

So that pharmacist is the target, and I'm the target's scapegoat, right?

Slightly stunned, Loren's face showed a very "wonderful" smile.

With a proud snort, the countess twisted her head back to hide her embarrassment.

"Anyway... You can't lose your temper for no reason. ”

The small murmur was audible only to Loren alone.

This is Charlotte, the most special and unusual Turin bloodline, and she cares a lot about other people's feelings.

Even if you lose your temper, you have to have a reason, even the most disgusting person will not break your promise, you have to do it if you agree, and even if the other party's behavior crosses the line, try to hit and punish the other party within the rules.

This is not the same as the previous Duke of Byrne, or even any of the Byrne nobles.

Roland Turin, the "Black Duke" who was highly respected by the Byrins, was a warrior who never considered whether others could understand him, and the previous dukes and knight kings... According to Count Eckert of Castle Fury, each one is arbitrary.

But Charlotte is different, she cares about other people's feelings, even if they don't show it easily, she cares about other people's opinions.

If she hadn't shown up, she would have become a completely different Duke of Byrne who surpassed all the nobles of the Empire at this point, whether it was Levin who was loyal to his friend, Yuli who was loyal to the Empire, Salica who was loyal to his promise, Corona who was loyal to his vision, and Nolan who was loyal to herself......

None of them are as good as Charlotte Turin.

That's what changed... Even without themselves, the world is desperately trying to make changes, even if it is insignificant, a little bit.

The first knighted wizard, the first female alchemist to become the patriarch of the wizard tower, the last dragon rider, the dwarven kingdom that ended the external blockade, the gradually thriving wizarding world, and the Azorean elves who drew the end to the dragon kingdom......

The long-standing order, the world, and the rules are collapsing little by little, and the new ones are slowly rising, thriving, and developing.

They are changing, and they are eager to change.

So... That's what you're calling.

Let this change continue, so that it does not remain constant at a certain moment, at a certain time or in someone's mind, and let it continue to "change".

That's why the Holy Cross is willing to stand up and reach out to him.

It instinctively does not want the world to become constant, because without more information to think about, it must gradually devour the world until there is nothing left for it to think about, and everything will lead to inevitable destruction, including itself;

The rejection of death and destruction is probably the most instinctive reaction of all beings with their own subjective consciousness.

It also knows very well that it will not watch that day come, even for the sake of itself, for the people it cares about, for the things it cares about, and everything it cherishes will fight desperately... That's why it's willing to help itself.

Simple and straightforward conspiracy and calculation, there is no room for bargaining.

"What are you looking at?"

Charlotte, who was going to continue to fight with Loren, found that there was silence behind her for a while, and turned back with some shame.

She gets angry when she quarrels with others, she gets angry when others don't plan to quarrel with her, and she gets uplifted by saying what she wants... That's probably Charlotte's current state.

"Nothing, I'm just thinking about how to treat Luthen. Loren explained.

"Nothing, what do you mean nothing? You're saying my thoughts don't matter, do you?" Charlotte raised an eyebrow.

"No, how could I think that?"

"Of course you might think so, why not?"

"It's not that I can't, I'm saying that I don't think about it at all. ”

"So what I think doesn't matter to you, do I?"

"Charlotte, I repeat, I didn't expect this at all... I didn't expect that, understand?"

"That's what you think!"

...... Listening to the noisy noise behind him, the indifferent Daltonkander stopped behind the one-armed knight, who was packing his belongings and looking ready to leave.

"Not going to see him?" Daltonkind began, "That's why you're back, isn't it?"

"It used to be, but now it's not necessary. The Knight of Oath stood up and looked sideways at the figure in the distance who was still arguing with Charlotte:

"He already understands his mission, and he can leave the rest to himself. ”

"You know?" Dalton said succinctly.

"I know, because I've had a similar experience. The Knight of Oath nodded, "I know the purpose of my life, which is to fight for those who believe in the Holy Cross, and nothing else." ”

Dalton said no more: "Is there a direction?"

"Yes, you've told me. The Knight of the Oath said in a deep voice, "West Sacland." ”

"The Imperial Capital... Golovin. ”