"All ready!"

The sound of the trumpets echoed over the Falon Plains some time later, wandering back and forth around the endless Fallon Mountains in the distance, and the huge contingent belonging to this investigation team gradually dispersed with the various Imperial soldiers, slowly stopping among the verdant green of the grassland. The invisible sound of the wind then covered the top of the crowded grassland, covering all the noise from a large number of people and horses, and then the banners were also accompanied by the appearance of shadowy troops and personnel, stretching out in front of these quickly quiet chariots and horses: "Stop! You-"

"But the forces of the Duchy of Elnifia?"

The banner shone with a blue and white intertwined round table pattern, and the large number of figures in front of it slowly separated into two long white dragons, and a general on a war horse then stepped out of the line where countless Duchy soldiers were waiting, and at the same time pressed down all the weapons they had just raised in their hands: "I am Dusk, the general of the Duchy of Elnifia, and I have come to greet you in the name of the Principality's Council. ”

"On behalf of the Duchy, allow me to welcome you to the Frey Empire Investigation Team." He withdrew the sword from his waist and bowed forward with one hand on his chest: "If you don't mind, can we show you the way to the Duchy?" ”

"We can still agree with this rule."

Slowly opened the curtain in front of her, and the eldest princess Rena, who was dressed in the imperial royal dress, then walked to the front of the rose-colored carriage with the support of all the maids: "As the representative of the Frey Empire Investigation Group, I will try my best to resolve the small contradictions between the two countries in a peaceful way and attitude, and we really feel the welcome and courtesy of His Excellency the General." ”

"But our safety is still being tested."

The princess's serious voice resounded in the center of the Imperial convoy on the grassland side, as the sword gradually rose out of its sheath, and then the princess's serious voice sounded again: "It's been three days since we set out from the imperial capital, but we've been attacked three times along the way, and several times by unknown harassments of varying sizes—"

"We have no intention of blaming Your Excellency and the Principality for these harassments and attacks, but we remain vigilant for now." She stretched out her hand to stop the movement of General Dusk in the distance, and her long golden hair fluttered in the steppe wind: "We are grateful for the friendliness shown by the Duchy, but as the head of the investigation team, please forgive me for not being able to accept your protection easily. ”

"So...... That's a pity. ”

Shaking his head slightly, Dusk, who was located in the center of the Duchy's side, then waved a little away from the Duchy troops scattered all over the eastern part of the steppe behind him: "Since you and your investigation team will not accept our protection, we can only open the road to you temporarily. ”

"See you at Fars Fortress."

The sound of horses' hooves then quickly parted towards the two sides of the grassland with the swift turn of the cavalry troops, along with the Duchy banners that gradually disappeared from view, and some of them were the first to separate into the north and south directions of the grassland, and quickly melted into the verdant green grass like summer snowflakes. Feeling the tranquility of the air again, Xue Lingphantom Bing, who was standing in front of the carriage, then slowly retracted her gaze, and after looking around for a while, she also gave up the idea of continuing to observe, and at the same time pressed back Duan Qing, who was poking her head out, again: "The patient will give me back to rest, don't always look around." ”

"I'm not the only patient." Duan Qing's helpless voice then came from inside the carriage behind her: "And...... It doesn't look like it's going to end so easily, does it? ”

"That's right, the soldiers of the Empire have already set off." Without following Duan Qing's voice, Xue Lingphantom Ice secretly looked at the left and right sides of the convoy: "Regardless of whether the principality people have malicious intentions or not, His Highness will make arrangements for the first time." ”

"There was no continued insistence, but there was no retreat - the actions of these principalities were indeed suspicious." Duan Qing's voice replied in the carriage: "But logically speaking, the Principality of El Nephia should not have any reason to attack us now, the news of the envoy of the investigation team has been exposed since many days ago, and the Principality should have already received the news......

"They don't have the motive to break the peace and solve the problem."

Lying down in front of Ning Lan's lap in the carriage, Duan Qing looked at the ceiling of the carriage helplessly, and then the slow shaking feeling was accompanied by countless horses' hooves and footsteps passing back and forth, moving towards the front little by little together with the convoy: "Unless His Royal Highness the Prince is really assassinated by them, they also have enough capital and confidence to shout for the Frei Empire...... That's a very low chance. ”

"Report to Your Excellency, I have not found anything suspicious." The solemn voice then sounded in Duan Qing's ears, it was the voice of the captain of the first squad of the Rock Bear Army who he had heard once before and reappeared here: "Your Excellency Lott has already dispersed the reconnaissance unit, and the information from the front line will be sent back as soon as possible." ”

"Thank you for your help, this-" Xue Ling's voice then came from the driver's seat in front of him: "I haven't asked your Excellency for your honorific name, what do you call you?" ”

"Your Excellency, don't dare to be anything, I'm just an ordinary cavalry captain." The voice then replied, "I am Addams, Adams Bablon, please call me Adams." ”

"So...... Captain Adams. The voice paused slightly, and the voice of Xue Ling's phantom ice sounded in Duan Qing's ears again: "I wonder if you and your Rock Bear Army have found any suspicious traces, can you report it to me first, for our adventure group's reference?" ”

“…… It's really a tough attitude. ”

The corners of his mouth pulled out a little wry smile, and Duan Qing's voice then echoed in the center of this small carriage: "It's just that the ordinary imperial team that was temporarily sent to help us was actually used by her so unceremoniously." ”

"Miss Ling Bing is born with a leader's temperament, and Ning Lan sometimes feels scared in her heart." Carefully handling the wounds on Duan Qing's body, Ning Lan, who was in charge of taking care of him, then replied with a chuckle: "Since these imperial soldiers did not express obvious disgust and opposition, then it is just right for Miss Lingbing to deal with it." ”

"It's just that the glory of the empire and the quality of the imperial army are at work." Duan Qing commented unceremoniously: "According to the current situation that we have learned before, even if Her Highness Rena and those imperial nobles believe our words, ordinary imperial soldiers should not easily recognize our noble status, they are just following orders. ”

"Our position in this convoy will not change with the outcome of arriving in the principality." He lay back in the carriage, his ripped cloth robe exuding the heat of the scorching summer day, "I can only hope that the principalities can play a little bit of their own role, otherwise—"

"Brother Duan!"

The floating magic hum suddenly came from the front, accompanied by the crisp sound of a red-haired girl suddenly lighting up at the back of the carriage, and the figure belonging to the Thousand Fingered Crane then covered the window of the carriage with her white robe spread out in the air, and at the same time showed her excited smiling face in front of Duan Qing: "I found it...... Ahh ”

"You, what are you doing!" She pointed to Duan Qing, who was half-naked in the small window, and Ning Lan, who was secretly whispering under his head, and her voice became trembling a lot: "You, you-you actually-"

"Please don't make a lot of noise." In the sound of horses' hooves that suddenly approached all around, Ning Lan's gentle tone that still whispered Ning Lan first appeared above Duan Qing, who was smiling bitterly: "Mr. is recuperating from his injury, and the weather is extremely hot, if it is not dried, it will be very unfavorable to the healing of the wound." ”

“…… Yes, is that so? After looking around at the vigilant eyes of the rest of the Imperial soldiers who had arrived at the sound, Thousand-Fingered Crane's expression then became embarrassed: "Ahahaha, that, that...... Sorry, it's me who was too, too impulsive......"

"What did you find?"

Looking up at the cold eyes that appeared after Xue Ling Phantom Ice pushed open the door, Duan Qing hurriedly restrained his helplessness: "Why do you look so happy?" ”

"I've found a trace of that man!"

Still floating by the window outside the carriage, the Thousand Fingered Crane, who had maintained a blind attitude towards the appearance of the Snow Spirit Phantom Ice, pointed excitedly towards the slowly advancing carriage in the distance: "It's that Falling Dream!" I've found traces of his magic! He's definitely just passed through this plain recently, and he shouldn't have gone far yet! ”

"Oh, that's great news."

He said this sentence expressionlessly, looked back at the snow spirit phantom ice in the carriage, and then narrowed his eyes: "Then you go to find your fugitive, don't come to harass us again." ”

"Say, what do you say?" Thousand-Fingered Crane's little face immediately showed a look of displeasure: "Even if I want to chase it, I have to continue to confirm the detailed direction of the magic traces, not to mention that his purpose is unknown now, what if he wants to attack this convoy?" ”

"You don't have to worry about that, unless you have proof that he's hiding in the convoy right now." Xue Lingphantasm shook her head with a low expression: "Look at how you have been busy in the convoy for the past few days...... Aren't you supposed to be pretending to search all the time, when you're actually fishing and drying nets? ”

"Whether or not I did my part to find that fugitive is up to you to decide." Thousand-Fingered Crane's face also became indifferent: "Based on the appearance of your current adventure group, the combination of several of you does not seem to be as good as my strength, if you really don't have the ability to protect the ...... If Mr. Lin Yuan is out of the water, it is better to hand him over to our Mage Council as soon as possible, and then hurry back to the house. ”

“…… What did you say? ”

"What, what, do you have any opinions? I'm not a Qingling person yet, so if you have a kind of accept me into your group, and then point fingers at me? ”

"Someone is approaching!"

A loud warning sound then sounded around the end of the convoy, interrupting the voices of the two women who were almost fighting, and several Imperial cavalry around the convoy then passed through both sides of the carriage with the sound of howling wind, warning the others with an unconcealed anxious voice: "Watch out! Get ready for battle! ”

"Wouldn't it? Is it really a principality? ”

In the sound of the sword unsheathed that suddenly sounded all around, Duan Qing, who hurriedly turned his gaze to the front, said in amazement: "They really dare to do it? ”

"Principalities indeed." Looking at the approaching figures for a moment, Xue Ling's next voice showed a little sign of relaxation: "But it's not the soldiers of the principality. ”

"Looks like an adventurer from the principality."

The trampling of horses' hooves and the undulating sound of grass once again spread throughout the verdant grassland, but this time there was a bit more of a smell of chaotic footsteps, and the player teams and guilds with various adventure group logos also approached with these irregular sounds, bringing different colors of armor and armor to Duan Qing and the others. Stretching out his hand to stop the footsteps of this ragtag team from a safe distance, a bearded uncle in the lead then also looked at the imperial convoy in front of him and nodded, and his indifferent expression was then replaced by a hearty laugh, and he walked towards Duan Qing's location with countless attracted eyes: "Hahahahaha!" If you dare to refuse Dusk's invitation, you really have a lot of guts. ”

"It's the princess Rena in front who refuses to be invited, not us little people who can't make a decision." Forcibly lifting his cold spirit, Xue Lingphantom Bing, who stood up, gestured to the front of the convoy: "If you want to find trouble or provoke, you have found the wrong person." ”

"No, no, no, we're not here to find fault." Waving his hands, the bearded strong man, who was gradually approaching single-handedly, shook the short cloth shirt draped over his face: "We are one of the adventurous groups entrusted by the principality to help them with this diplomatic activity, and I heard that your country's investigation team has just declined the help of our general, so we have come to take a look." ”

"If you can't trust the Duchy soldiers behind us, can you trust us a little?"

He put away his laughter, and at the same time pointed to the depths of the grassland behind him: "I am Broken Mountain, and I am the representative of this operation of the Jianghu Adventure Group. ”

"I hope you can also send a representative of the adventurers of your investigation team to have a good conversation with us."