Eugarie and Cornia returned to the service station, and as soon as they walked through the door, Eugari saw the hall bustling with people. The three Mei sisters were greeting guests in the hall, and Bai Lu and Lu Qi also came out to help, and everyone was very busy.

At this time, Fiona happened to come out of the kitchen, "You're back. Fiona handed the food to Mei and said to Eugari, "Are you done?" ”

"Well, it's all done." At this time, Yugari turned back to Conya and said, "You go up and report to Shanna first, I'll help here, and I'll go up later." ”

Konya nodded and headed upstairs.

"There are so many people, and the business is so good." Eugari said as she tied her apron.

"Well, it's a pretty good location." Fiona replied, "I'm too busy. ”

"I'm going to help." As she walked towards the kitchen, she couldn't help but complain, "What Mr. Ryan said, there are three elements to buying a house: location, location, and location. ”

The guests dispersed late in the evening, Fiona and Maye cleaned the hall, and Eugari went to the third floor to explain the situation to Shana, who said to her, "I reported to Lord Sheehan about the work here. Sheehan-sama was very satisfied. We're going to do two things next. First, become a parliamentary guild and participate in the decision-making bodies of the country. Second, collect as much information as possible about the Apocalypse Revolutionary Army and understand the specific situation of this organization. ”

"Understood. Channa-sama. Yugari responded.

After leaving Shanna's room, Yugari returned to the hall to help Fiona and the others sort out the materials they needed for tomorrow, and then went back to her room to rest.

When she woke up the next morning, as soon as she arrived in the lobby, she saw Fiona and her busy work at the bar.

"It's been so hard in the morning." Jugari said to Fiona.

"It's going to be busy enough for a while." Fiona replied, "There must be a lot of people who come to cheer, join in the fun, and have fresh pictures." Look at the tables. Fiona gestured to the guests at the tables in the distance, "They are all neighbors from nearby shops, and everyone will have to take care of each other in the future." ”

"That's it." Eucaria responds as she follows Fiona into the kitchen to help.

In the afternoon, there were a little fewer people in the hall, so Yugari found a place to sit down and rest a little.

"I'm tired." Yugari gasped and said, "I didn't expect there to be so many people." ”

"For the first few days," said Fiona, laughing, "when the freshness is over, there will be fewer people." Doesn't a lot of people mean that business is good? I should be happy. ”

"That's right." At this time, Yugari looked around, as if looking for something, and then asked, "Don't you see Yaqi and Conya?" I don't think I saw them for a day. ”

"They went out fishing early in the morning." Fiona looked at the sky outside and continued, "It's almost time to come back. Maybe I'm fishing too much, I'm too energetic, and I've lost track of the time. ”

"I don't think I caught anything, I'm embarrassed to come back." Yugari complained.

"None of them were caught, Konya." Li Yaqi, who was sitting next to Conya, said weakly at the bucket.

"......" Conya didn't respond to her, still staring intently at the lake.

"Let's go back......" Li Yaqi continued.

“……”

"I'm so hungry, I haven't eaten since morning."

“……”

"Stop fishing, there's nothing in this lake, let's buy a few and go back."

"It's noisy!" Konya turned her head and shouted to Li Yaqi, "If you hadn't said that you didn't play here, you would have caught it a long time ago!" ”

"But, I'm so hungry......" Li Yaqi said aggrievedly.

Suddenly, Li Yaqi seemed to notice something, and while looking at the trees in the distance, she said to Konya, "There seems to be a group of people over there, shouldn't they be here to make trouble again, I think it's ...... Well? ”

At this time, an arrow shot from a distance and landed right next to Li Yaqi. Then, more and more arrows were fired here, and the noise grew louder.

After a while, a girl with long blond hair and a long white dress ran out of the woods in a panic, holding a silver-white long-handled sickle with a blue-white light, soaked in a large area of blood, and stumbled in front of Li Yaqi and them.

The blonde girl was stunned for a moment when she saw Li Yaqi and them, and at this moment, a group of well-equipped soldiers in heavy armor immediately surrounded them and surrounded them. One of them, a man wearing a blue and white helmet, heavy armor, and a long sword in his hand, who looked like a captain, stepped forward and said in an arrogant tone: "Miss Hill, please lay down your weapons, don't make any more useless resistance, your fate ends here......" Before he could finish his words, all of them suddenly trembled and shivered.

At some point, Konya had already stood up, holding her silver-white staff in her hand, and black energy was constantly spewing around her. She lowered her head and muttered to herself. At this time, Li Yaqi immediately picked up the blonde girl and ran away from Conya's side as fast as she could.

At the moment when Li Yaqi left, the black energy that rushed out like a tide around Konia immediately rushed around, all life was instantly withered, the well-equipped soldiers turned into white bones, the lush vegetation withered and died, the moist soil turned into grains of dust, the lake continued to dry up, and there were white air currents on the water surface constantly tumbling.

After a while, the dark energy dissipated, Li Yaqi put down the blonde girl, walked to Conya's side, and said helplessly: "Now you can go back, the fish are all dead." Konya didn't answer, still standing there with her head bowed.

The blonde girl was stunned for a moment, then while covering the wounds on her body, she walked up to Li Yaqi and them, and said anxiously, "Can you help me save my servant, it's over there." ”

Konya didn't answer. Li Yaqi held her chin and thought about it at this time, leaned into Conya's ear and whispered, "Let's go over there and have a look, so when I go back, I will say that I didn't catch any fish because I went to help." ”

Hearing this, Konya raised her head and glanced at Li Yaqi, the two exchanged glances, and immediately agreed to the blonde girl's request, and followed her towards the woods in the distance.

When they arrived at a glade not far away, Li Yaqi saw that a luxurious carriage was overturned to the ground, and all kinds of goods, utensils, and the corpses of many soldiers were paved with all kinds of roads. At this time, about twenty or thirty soldiers were holding sharp weapons around a wounded old man, dressed in a black butler's suit, on one knee and kneeling on the ground, holding a black-haired girl who was already unconscious, and behind him lay several men in servant clothes, all of whom seemed to have no signs of life.

"Brala! Chu Yun! The blonde girl suddenly shouted.

When the old man heard the voice, he immediately looked this way.

"Miss, why are you ......," the old man said to this side with a frown.

When the soldiers saw Li Yaqi and them running over, they immediately surrounded them.

The blonde girl didn't care about this, and immediately ran to the old man's side and asked eagerly, "Are you okay?" Bella! ”

The old man did not answer the blonde girl's question, and asked anxiously, "Why are you back again?" ”

"Don't worry, Chu Yun, I've got someone to help." After saying that, the blonde girl stood up, turned to the soldiers surrounding them, and said in a loud voice, "Your captain is dead, and if you want to die, come here!" ”

"What?!" One of the soldiers shouted.

"Impossible, just you?" Another soldier shouted.

"Don't listen to her so much nonsense, complete the task first!"

"Up!"

As soon as one of the soldiers gave the order, all the soldiers rushed forward with their weapons in their hands.

At this moment, countless arrows burning with cyan flames flew from behind the blonde girl, as well as black energy surging out. In the blink of an eye, all the soldiers were reduced to bones and scattered in front of the blonde girl.

The blonde girl didn't think much about it, so she quickly turned around and picked up the girl named Blala. At this time, Blala's black dress was already covered with a large amount of blood, and the blonde girl eagerly asked Li Yaqi, "Is there a temple or a healer around here?" ”

"Well...... "Li Yaqi thought for a moment and said, "Temple? I don't know. However, Yujiali and Sister Luqi are both therapeutic professions. ”

"It's time for us to go back, too." Konya whispered, "I didn't catch any fish because of my help." After saying that, he turned around and walked with Li Yaqi in the direction of leaving the forest.

"Huh? Wait, wait. The blonde girl shouted.

"Miss, you can take Blala and them for treatment first, I'll deal with the matter here, and I'll rush over later." The old man said to the blonde girl.

"But your hurt ......," said the blonde girl worriedly.

"I'm fine, just a little flesh wound. Go first, and I'll be there." ”

The blonde girl nodded reluctantly to the old man, and then ran towards Li Yaqi and the others with Blala in her arms.

As the sun sets, the service station begins to be lively again.

Yujali was cleaning up the dishes at the bar when she heard someone calling for her behind her.

"Eugari, come over here."

Yugari turned around and saw Li Yaqi and Cornia coming in through the back hallway.

"Huh? Yaqi, are you back? As she walked towards Li Yaqi and the others, she asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"I heard you went fishing in the afternoon?" Yugari asked Conya as she walked by.

"I'll go back to my room first." Conya walked past Eugari with her head bowed and went upstairs in a depressed mood.

"I don't think I caught it." Yujiali followed Li Yaqi to the backyard while thinking, and then she saw a girl with short black hair sitting at the gate, leaning against the wall, her body soaked with a lot of blood, and a girl with long blond hair was holding her in her arms, slowly wiping the blood from her face.

Yujali immediately ran over and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"They seem to be injured and want you to help take a look." Li Yaqi behind him said.

"Please take a look at her injuries." The blonde girl raised her head and said with moist eyes.

Yugari squatted down, briefly checked Blala's injury, then hugged her, and while getting up, she said to the blonde girl, "Don't worry, it's not life-threatening, but let's go to the guest room for treatment." ”

"So it's none of my business? Then I'm going to dinner. After speaking, Li Yaqi turned around and walked towards the hall.

"By the way, help out in the lobby!" Yujiali shouted at Li Yaqi's back.

"Uh...... All right. Li Yaqi replied reluctantly and in a whisper.

Afterwards, Eugaria and the others hurried to the guest room on the second floor, where Eugaria laid Brahla flat on a large bed and carefully examined her injuries while stopping the bleeding. "There are many bleeding injuries all over the body, a lot of blood loss, a few broken bones, and fortunately there are no other potential magic effects."

"How? Can it be cured? The blonde girl asked anxiously.

"Don't worry, no problem." As she spoke, Eucaria took out her staff and chanted a healing spell to Blala, and as the light came, the wounds on Blala's body gradually disappeared, and her face was not as pale as she was just now.

"It's been treated, let her rest for a night, and she will be cured tomorrow." Yugari turned to the blonde girl and said, "Now, let me see your injuries." ”

"That's great." Hearing Yujali's answer, the blonde girl let out a sigh of relief.

After that, Yugari treated the blonde girl's injuries again.

"You sit here and wait a minute, and I'll go get you some change of clothes." Yujiali was about to go out after speaking, "Clothes? ......," the blonde girl seemed to remember something, "I'm sorry, I'll be back." With that, she immediately ran out in a panic, leaving Yugari standing in the room in a daze with a puzzled expression.

A burly, tall, short-haired, silver-cloaked, middle-aged man riding a magical warhorse, followed by two escorts, was walking across a long drawbridge towards an old castle. At this time, the gate of the castle had been opened, and on both sides were a guard of honor composed of more than a dozen soldiers, and in the middle, a fat man was greeting the guests walking on the drawbridge with a smile on his face.

"General Cathorne is very welcome to patrol the 'Grey Castle'." The obese man said with a flattering expression.

The man on horseback ignored his greeting, came near, turned over and dismounted, and said coldly as he walked towards the castle, "Why are you the only one, Benjamin?" ”

"This ...... Your Excellency General Qiqi, Benjamin has taken people to Quelstein on a mission, and he should be back in the next few days. The fat man replied as he laughed as he followed behind Cathorne.

"Have you had any problems here lately?"

"Not at all, General." The fat man stepped forward to lead the way and said, "Thanks to the kindness of the general, the governance here is in good order. The children admired the Shogun's prestige and looked forward to serving the Shogun as soon as possible. ”

"That's for the best." Kaythorne said.

Afterwards, the fat man invited Caythorne to the upper seat of the main hall, personally brewed tea, and then sat down in the lower position, and said flatteringly, "The general has worked hard all the way, and his subordinates will arrange ......."

"Don't worry, I'll ask you," Caythorn interrupted him, and asked majestically, "I've heard that people have fled here lately, is that the case?" ”

"Never, Shogun." The fat man replied firmly, "The waste here, uh, no, the children, are very satisfied with the life given to them by the General, and they are all looking forward to joining the General's team as soon as possible and serving the General, and there will never be anything about escape." ”

"Really? There is no best. Even if there is, the news here must not be leaked. You must know that this is an institution created by the revolutionary army with a lot of money, and the purpose is to continuously send fresh blood to the organization. If something goes wrong......" With that, Caythorne paused and glanced at the fat man.

"No, no, please rest assured, General." The obese man replied as he wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead.

"Recently, the headquarters has sent someone to destroy the base of the Magic Association, and the president and main cadres have also been eliminated, and there may be some fish that have slipped through the net, if they come to you, remember to dispose of them."

"That must be, definitely."

At this time, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and a soldier in light armor stepped forward quickly, knelt on one knee, lowered his head and said in a panic, "Lord Qiyu, in the ......"

"Bastard!" The fat man shouted loudly, "Your Excellency the General is here, how dare you be so rude!" ”

At this time, Kaythorne suddenly stretched out his hand to interrupt the fat man's speech, and said sharply, "Say! What's up! ”

"Yes......" the soldier who came in whispered timidly, "General Qiqi, I found an army advancing here 10 miles southwest outside the city, and the banner should be the army of the Human Kingdom, numbering about a few hundred to a thousand people. ”

Hearing this, Kaythorn looked at the fat man who was sweating profusely, and said mockingly, "It seems that someone has leaked the news here." His Excellency Lee Deng. ”

When the fat man heard this, he immediately knelt down, touched his forehead to the ground, and said in a panic, "Damn it!" Little damn it! ”

"Humph! Useless waste! With that, Caythorne stood up and commanded as he walked out the door, "Take a dozen sturdy soldiers and go out with me to clean up the rats at the door." ”

"Yes! Be! Lee Deng got up and immediately ordered his subordinates to arrange for soldiers to follow Cathorne out of the city to meet the enemy.

Cathorne rode a magical warhorse, followed by Lee Deng and a dozen sturdy soldiers, lined up in a flat and wide area about a mile from the castle, looking at the dust flying in the distance, waiting for the approaching army.

After a while, a group of heavily armed soldiers in black and gray armor set up a position and stopped on the hillside not far away. A young general who looked like he was about twenty years old at this time turned his horse and walked to the front of the formation, only to see him dressed in bright silver armor, stepping on a silver dragon horse, holding a broad-leaf giant sword, and shouting, "We are the army of the Jiangliu Dynasty, we have received information, and we have been ordered to come here to exterminate the Apocalypse thieves!" ”

"Hmph, milky bastard." Kaythorn scolded, "The human kingdom has long since run out. You little cub who doesn't know the height of the sky and the thickness of the earth dare to come and send him to death?! ”

"Shut up!" The young general scolded loudly, "Bold thieves dare to speak outrageously, today is your death date!" ”

"I'd like to see whose death it is!" With that, Cathorne summoned a long sword glowing with a blood-red glow, urging the horse to charge towards the young general.

Seeing this, the young general immediately raised his giant sword with both hands, urging his horse to rush towards Kaithorne. At this time, the troops behind also rushed up together under his leadership.

The two horses of Cathorne and the young general, when the heads of the horses staggered, the two sharp swords slammed together violently, making a loud noise. The young general was immediately thrown off his horse, and the greatsword was knocked aside. The soldiers who rushed to the front were taken aback by this situation and immediately slowed down, but collided with the soldiers who rushed up with all their strength behind them, and the scene gradually became chaotic. At this time, two soldiers rushed up in the army and wanted to support the young general, but before the young general could stand up, Caythorn's whole body glowed with a faint blood-red light, he waved his long sword, and roared, "Attack and sweep away a thousand armies!" As the long sword swept through like lightning, a storm of sword qi struck, and in an instant, the sand and rocks flew in front of Kethorne, and the young general who fell to the ground, along with the soldiers who supported him, and dozens of soldiers around him were killed and wounded. The soldiers who rushed in front were so frightened that they immediately stopped, turned around and ran. At this moment, the army's army has been in chaos, trampling on each other, and crushing into an army.

Cathorne looked at the defeated enemy army in front of him, slowly lowered the long sword in his hand, turned his horse's head and walked back to the team, and when he passed Li Deng's war horse, he suddenly raised his sword and fell, and Li Deng had no time to react. Then, without looking back, Kaythorn returned to the Grey Castle with the bewildered soldiers.

Yugari fetched a basin of water, wiped the blood from Blala's body, found a suitable set of clothes to help her change, covered her with a blanket, turned off the room light, and walked out of the room. Youjiali was going to continue to go back to the hall to help, and by the way, she asked Li Yaqi for details. She had just walked down the stairs when she saw a blonde girl coming in from the hallway in the backyard, followed by an old man dressed in a butler's suit.

"Huh? You're back. Yugari was about to open her mouth to continue asking something, when suddenly she noticed that the old man behind the blonde girl was also covered in blood, "This is ...... Let's go upstairs and talk. Eucarie hurriedly led the blonde girl and the old man to a room next to Blala on the second floor.

After everything was taken care of, everyone sat around the desk in the room, and Yujiali made a pot of tea and said, "I don't know much about the specific situation, can you explain?" ”

After a moment of silence, the blonde girl put down the teacup in her hand and said, "I'll explain." ”

"My name is Miria Hill, and this one next to me is Chu Yun, my housekeeper, and the black-haired girl just now is called Brala, and it is my ...... Friend. We're from Quelstan. ”

"Quelstan?" Yugari recalled, "I remember it was a divided country in the northwest of the border between the kingdom of adventurers and the kingdom of humans, a perennial war. If memory serves, the country is currently controlled by five forces. The royal forces led by the king with a relatively large regular army, the aristocratic forces with a large amount of financial and material resources were in power, the dissatisfaction with the existing constitution instigated a large number of civilian rebellions, the extremist religious forces that preached their own doctrines and rejected other faiths, and some criminal organizations infiltrated by external forces. In short, the book says that it is a country where lives are in ruins.'"

"Our family has been a member of the Society for the Study of Magic for generations, working in the study and creation of magic all over the world. As the president of the Magic Research Association, my father has long been committed to the study of the history of magic and the coordination of conflicts between various religious forces, especially in the area of the Ice Thistle Snow Field. However, as my father's investigation and research continued to deepen, he also discovered a lot of unknown secrets during the exploration of various puzzles. During his research on the origins of Quelstan's magical power, he stumbled upon a lot of information about the 'Scarlet Wine Massacre' that led to the division of the country. Out of a sense of mission to the country and his own curiosity about the truth of history, he continued to follow the clues of this information, through the Magic Association and his various networks. Eventually, he discovered that many of the bloodshed and separatist incidents were related to the Apocalypse Revolutionary Army, and he began to suspect that there were many forces within the country that had been infiltrated and even controlled by this organization. Despite its size, the group's whereabouts are so hidden that there is little information or intelligence to find their place of activity. As a result, my father has been secretly investigating them all along, and he has also constantly sent his henchmen to find out all kinds of news. Recently, one of the guards sent by my father successfully infiltrated a secret base of the Apocalypse Revolutionary Army. This base is located in a gray castle at the junction of the three kingdoms of Quelstan, the Kingdom of Adventurers, and the Kingdom of Humans, and is said to be an institution created by the Apocalypse Revolutionary Army specifically to cultivate reserve forces. The main task is to take in some trafficked, abandoned, or homeless children, lock them up in castles, and raise them to become the reserve force of the revolutionary army from an early age, and then go to receive special 'baptism' to serve the revolutionary army when the conditions are ripe. ”

But due to the inexplicable leakage of the news, and his father's constant investigation of the Apocalypse Revolutionary Army, he has always been regarded as a thorn in the side of the Revolutionary Army. After the recent attack on the Magic Association by the Revolutionary Army, my father wanted to go north to the Ice-Thistle Snow Field to continue his work there, but the convoy was ambushed by the Revolutionary Army on the way, and my father and most of the members were ......"

Speaking of this, the blonde girl choked up and paused for a while, Yujali wanted to say something to comfort her, but the blonde girl signaled that she was fine, and continued to speak, "After I received the information, I immediately escaped from Quelstan with Blala and Chu Yun, as well as a few household servants, originally planning to go to Tark City, where the lord is a good friend of my father in the Magic Association, but on the way I encountered an ambush by the revolutionary army, except for me, Blala and Chu Yun, everyone else was killed. ”

After Miria finished speaking, her expression became more and more sad.

"That's right." Yugari took Miria's hand and said, "Don't be upset, at least it's safe here, don't worry." You can recuperate here first. Don't you think you'll make plans until you're fully healthy? ”

Miria shook her head and continued, "I must rush to the Grey Castle now, my father wrote to the lord of Talk City when he learned about the secret base of the Apocalypse Revolutionary Army, and the lord immediately reported the matter to Emperor Jiangliu. On my way out of Quelstan, I received a secret letter that the armies of the Human Kingdom should arrive at the Grey Citadel today to destroy the revolutionary army there. There are also a few of our intelligence officers in the castle, as well as orphans who need to be housed, and I have to rush over to help coordinate this. I don't have a detailed plan for the rest of the day. ”

Speaking of this, Miria stood up and said to Chu Yun, "You stay here to take care of Blala, and I'll be back as soon as I'm done dealing with the affairs over there." ”

"Miss, it's too dangerous for you to go alone." The housekeeper persuaded.

"Yes," Yugari echoed, "it's too dangerous to go to the base of the Revolutionary Army alone. ”

"It doesn't matter." Miria said seriously, "According to reliable information, this castle is not a military base of the revolutionary army, it is not heavily guarded, and the number of armed men does not exceed two hundred. And according to the latest intelligence, more than a hundred of them have already left the Gray Castle. Besides, the lord of Talk City has already decided that he will gather an army of thousands of men to attack there, and I think the war will be over by the time I rush over. However, the lord may not know much about the details of the Gray Castle, and he only cooperated with his father's letter to carry out armed suppression, and the aftermath of the incident and the placement of the rescued children will have to wait for me to go over for further explanation, so I must leave immediately. ”

After Miria finished speaking, although the butler still looked very worried, he probably knew that he couldn't change her mind, so he didn't say anything more.

"In that case, I'll go with you." Yugari thought for a moment and said to Miria.

"Huh? But this is our family's business, and we can't involve you as well. Miria refused.

"How so? The Apocalypse Revolutionary Army is not just a matter for your family. Besides, if we go together, we can support each other in case something goes wrong and figure out a way together. Yugari continued, "Also, I really want to know about the Apocalypse Revolutionary Army, so please take me with you." ”

"You say so, right?" Yugari looked at the butler, hoping that he would help persuade Miria to say a few words.

Although Chu Yun understood Youjiali's meaning, as far as he was concerned, although he was worried about the safety of the eldest lady, he didn't want to cause more trouble to outsiders, not to mention that he was still the eldest lady's savior, so he didn't know how to say to Milia: "Miss, look, this ......"

Miria frowned and was silent for a while, but finally compromised, "Okay then. But we had to leave right away, and it was already a long time later than expected. ”

"Okay, no problem." After speaking, Yugari turned to the butler again, "Then this place will be handed over to you, Blala is in the next room, if she wakes up, please explain to her what happened here." ”

"Leave it to me." The butler said, "You two must be more careful." ”

"Don't worry, I'll take care of her." After saying that, Yugari followed Miria out of the room.

Before leaving the station, Yugari went to Conya's room, hoping to ask her to go with her, so that it would be safer. But when she walked into Cornia's room and found that she had gone to bed early, Yujari remembered that Conya might not be in a good mood because of the fishing today, so she didn't wake her up again. When passing by the hall, I wanted to call Li Yaqi, but I didn't see her after looking around, and I learned from Fiona that Li Yaqi went out shopping alone after dinner.

In the end, Yugari was left alone on her mount and followed Miria on a magical horse towards the south gate of Staris.

"How far is it?" Eugari asked.

"Ordinary horse-drawn carriages...... It takes about a day by car. I know of a shortcut, though, and it's a rough trail for the average horse, but it's no problem for the High Magic Mounts, and it can be reached in about a few hours. Mia replied.

"Are you an adventurer too?" The reason why Yugari asked this was because Yugari knew that the high-level magic mount like the Magic War Horse was very difficult for ordinary adventurers to own, and it was not something that could be bought with money alone.

"Well, yes, in fact, our family has always passed down a lot of little-known magical knowledge and techniques. I have also been systematically studying and training in my family since I was very young, and I hope to become the president of a magical association as great as my father in the future. Miria replied proudly, "What about you?" ”

"I'm just like you, I've been studying with many very powerful characters since I was a child, and I hope to become a great priest in the future."

"That's right, I'm a battle mage who is proficient in frost-based spells. We can talk together in the future. ”

"Okay, please give me a lot of advice in the future."

"Also, so is Brala, a mage of flame-based spells. My friend and sparring partner. ”

"Sparring?"

"Yes, she came to my house when I was very young and came to accompany me to learn spells and combat techniques."

"That's what a blessing."

Eugari and Miria laughed and walked in the direction of the Grey Castle.

By the time they walked out of the forest, it was already late at night, and through the bright moonlight, they saw hundreds of corpses covering the road on the hillside in front of them.

"It looks like it's over." With that, Miria turned over and dismounted, and walked over.

"This is?!" Miria couldn't believe her eyes and involuntarily took a few steps back.

"What's wrong?" Yujiali immediately rushed over and asked hurriedly.

At this time, Miria stabilized her emotions and said to the corpse in front of her, "This is not the corpse of the revolutionary army. ”

"Huh?" Yugari continued, "And what is?" ”

"Look at the flag and attire should be the army of the human kingdom." Miria said.

"...... so"

"Failed...... Is it? Miria muttered to herself in frustration, "How could it be ......?"

As she spoke, Miria wandered among the corpses, carefully examining the situation of each corpse, "Basically all soldiers of the kingdom, what the hell is going on......" Miria looked extremely confused.

Suddenly, as if she remembered something, Miria turned around and pulled Eugari as she ran, saying, "Follow me, let's go and ask for clarification." ”

Eugari followed Miria to a hillside at the edge of the forest, where Miria pulled out a transmitter.

"What is this?" Eugari asked.

"I'll explain it to you later." Miria hurriedly fired a few shiny flares into the night sky, then pulled Eugarie around quickly to a hidden grove at the foot of the castle hill.

"The signal just now is for emergency communication with the intelligence officers inside." Miria explained to Eugari, "When the people inside see the signal, they will send a team out to patrol, and the intelligence officers will mix in, and we have agreed on a meeting place in the letter, so let's just wait here." ”

Eugari nodded, and hid in the corner of the bushes with Miria, keeping a close eye on the castle.

In a few moments, Eugari saw the gates of the castle open, and out of it came a dozen or so soldiers, who crossed the drawbridge and scattered in small groups. After a while, Eugari saw a heavily armored soldier approaching them, stopped quite close to them, and called out in a low voice, "Miss Hill, Miss Hill." Upon hearing this, Miria stepped forward, followed by Eugari.

The soldier saw Eugari and Miria appear in front of him, looked them up and down, and asked cautiously, "Are you?" ”

"I'm Miria Hill, Roderick Hill's daughter." Miria introduced to the soldier, "This is ...... Uh......"

"My name is Eugari, and I'm a friend of Milia." Yugari took over and said.

When the soldier heard this, he immediately saluted them and said, "I am the informant mentioned in Lord Hill's letter, my name is Linghu, and there is another informant who is now in the castle and has not come out. ”

"Thank you for your hard work, and on behalf of my father, I would like to thank you. But now that the situation is urgent, there is no need to stick to the etiquette, tell me what happened here? What's going on with the corpse over there? Miria said earnestly.

"Yes! Miss. Linghu continued, "There was a big deviation in the plan, because I didn't expect General Cathorne to come here to make rounds. ”

"What?! That Kaythorne?! Miria asked, surprised.

"Exactly, I just got here today." Linghu replied.

At this time, Yujari looked at Miria blankly.

Miria understood what Yugari meant, and explained, "Kaythorne is one of the six highest-ranking generals of the Apocalypse Revolutionary Army, and people usually call him a general. It is said that he had the courage of a man who was not right, and he was a very terrible character. ”

Eugari nodded.

"And then?" Miria continued, "How many centaurs did he bring with him?" When to go? What's going on now? ”

"That's right." Linghu further explained, "There were only two personal guards who came with him, and he wiped out Jiang Liu's army alone. ”

Hearing this, Miria asked in disbelief, "Really?" Is he really as powerful as the legend says? ”

"That's true, my subordinates saw it with their own eyes. The worst thing is that after he knew that the news here had leaked to the Jiangliu Dynasty, he was arranging for us to retreat overnight. ”

"Retreat?" Miria looked at Spirit Tiger in surprise.

"Exactly." Linghu continued, "Now the castle has sent most of the guards to the surrounding warehouses to sort out the goods, and the castle is also packing its luggage, and it is estimated that it will leave before dawn. In addition, a large amount of gunpowder and flammable materials have been installed at the main support points and critical passages of the castle, which will be activated immediately after evacuation, so as not to leave any useful information and clues for others. ”

"What?! How so. Miria said anxiously, "It's hard to find clues, you can't just run away." ”

"How about I rush back and call my friends from the guild to help?" Eugari asked.

"I'm afraid it's too late." Miria shook her head and asked Linghu, "Can you find a way to delay the time?" ”

"Unlikely." Linghu said in embarrassment, "The main thing is that with Kai Thorne, everything is not easy to control." ”

Just when Miria didn't know what to do, Yugari asked, "How many soldiers are there now?" ”

"There are not a few soldiers, and there are less than 30 people who come out to patrol, because basically they have gone out to sort out the goods, and those who remain in the castle are busy packing their luggage."

"What if we go in now and sneak the kids away?" Eugari asked.

"No way!" Miria said categorically, "It's too risky, and if it's discovered, even if there aren't many soldiers inside, there will still be Kaythorn left inside." ”

"How about that?" Eugari continued, "I'll go and hold Kaythorne, and you can lead all the children out of the castle. ”

"How is this possible?" Miria retorted, "That's Kaythorne, a man who can defeat an army alone, do you have a way to hold him back?" ”

"If it's just dragging, I don't think it's a problem, leave it to me." Yugari further said, "And there is no other way, do you want your family's years of hard work to be wasted?" ”

"This ......," Miriah looked down and thought for a while, and then said to Eugari, "or I'll go with you to deal with Kaythorne, if it's the two of us, it might be more certain." ”

"That's not going to work." Yujiali vetoed, "You still have to go with Mr. Linghu to rescue the children, how can I say that there are also twenty or thirty soldiers over there, he alone is definitely not enough." ”

"But......," Miria wanted to say something.

"So be it." Yugari said firmly to Miria.

"Where is Kaythorne at the castle?" Yugari turned to Linghu and asked.

"It should be in the hall on the second floor of the middle tower." Linghu replied.

"Do you have the controller to detonate the castle?" Yugari continued to ask.

"No. But I know who is in the hands of me, and I should be able to get it. ”

"That's great. So, after I get in, I'm going to drag Cathorne, and after you get the kids out, activate the delayed blasting device, and then put another flare on the hillside, and I'll get out before the castle is destroyed, how about it?" ”

"It's too dangerous, in case you don't catch up with ......"

"Don't worry, I have my own way!" Jugari said confidently.

Miria hesitated for a while, but seeing that she couldn't convince Yugari, she finally had to reluctantly agree.

"That's it. You go back with the patrol, and I'll go in through the tunnel, and we'll meet inside. Miria said to the Spirit Tiger.

"Okay. Then take care. With that, Linghu turned around and left.

After the spirit tiger left, Miria took Yugari in the direction behind the castle hill.

"They've sent out blueprints for the castle before." Miria said to Yujari as she led the way, "There is a secret passage behind the mountain that leads to the castle, which is used by the lord for emergency escape, and we will enter from there. ”

"Hmmm! Good. ”

Eugari followed Miria to a very hidden cave at the foot of the hill behind the castle.

"This is it." Miria said as she summoned a long-handled scythe glowing with a cold blue-white glow and held it in her hand, and Yugari was fully armed. The two of them cautiously walked down the dim, narrow cavern inside.

"Your weapon looks powerful." Eugari talks to Miria.

"Well, this is a weapon that our family has built from precious materials collected around the world, and it is the result of my father's life's work." Miria said proudly, "It's called Frost Reaper's Scythe, and it's a 'rare' long-handled scythe. ”

"Rare-grade weapons." "I've heard that this level should be the top-notch weapon that all adventurers pursue in their lives. ”

"yes." Miria said, "The 'Rare' level is almost the highest weapon that a human can build. Although it is said that there are "epic level", "god and demon level", and there seems to be some "creation level" on top of this. But don't say you have it, it's not necessarily whether anyone has seen it, I've only seen it from books. ”

"That's ......"

"By the way, Brala's weapons are also of the 'Rare level'."

"Huh? Is hers too? ”

"Yes, but her weapons have been passed down from generation to generation by their patriarchs. It's not clear who or when it was created. ”

"Patriarch?"

"Huh? Didn't I tell you? Have you heard that Bralla is a descendant of the lost Claris? ”

"Well, it seems ......," Yugari said after a moment's thought, "it is said to be a branch of humanity that perished on the westernmost continent hundreds of years ago?" Remember if it was a tribe that believed in the dragon of fire? ”

"Well, that's pretty much it, but ......," Miria said as she suddenly crouched down and pulled Yujari, "there's a voice. ”

Yugari immediately leaned down, staring closely at the place where the sound came from in the distance.

After a while, the voices faded away, and Miria said to Eugari, "We have to part here." I'm going to turn left at the fork in front of me and meet up with Linghu. You go out from the front stone wall, there is a storeroom, go out and turn right and go all the way, there is a stone staircase at the end of the hallway, and from there you go up to the hall, where Kaythorne should be. At this point, Miria paused and said worriedly, "Be careful, Caythorn is a very strong and fierce enemy, and my father used to tell me that each of the high leaders of the Revolutionary Army has enough strength to rival the top adventurers. ”

"Hmm!" Yugari nodded, "Don't worry, no problem." ”

"Well, take care." With that, Miria turned and walked to the left of the aisle ahead.

After Miria left, Yugari slowly followed the passage to the front stone wall, and after making sure that there was no movement around, she pushed away the cover near the stone wall and jumped out of the passage.

It was a very small room, with boxes of miscellaneous items piled up at random. Eugari watched the movement around her as she walked down the narrow aisle towards the door.

The door was unlocked, and Eugari quietly pushed it open, following Miria's instructions, and headed for the stone staircase at the end of the corridor on the right.

Eugari walked up the stone staircase to the second floor of the castle, where a tall wooden door appeared in front of her. The door was hidden, and Eugari leaned behind it, leaning sideways through the crack in the door to look inside. The hall is very spacious and can easily accommodate a team of hundreds of people. There was a long table at the front of the hall, and there was little furnishings in the entire hall except for a few stone pillars, a few magic lamps and a few oil lamps.

After making sure that there was no one inside, Eugari gently pushed the door open and slowly walked inside. The hall was empty, and by the bright moonlight and the lights of the hall, Yugari carefully looked around the hall. She found a set of bookcases in the innermost corner of the hall, on which were many materials and letters.

So Eugari walked over vigilantly, and by the light of the oil lamp, picked up a stack of materials, and kept looking through them. "Some reports and lists, what kind of list exactly?" Yugari continued to search with questions, and from time to time received some information that she found useful into the magical space.

Suddenly, Yujari heard heavy footsteps outside. She didn't have time to put down the information in her hand, and immediately hid behind a nearby stone pillar.

As the door was pushed open, the sound of the armor was getting closer, and then the seat was pulled apart.

"What's the case with the patrol?" A deep voice said.

"Your Excellency, they didn't notice anything unusual near the castle."

"That's weird...... Summoning the order, strengthen the vigilance everywhere, hurry up to collect the goods, and be sure to leave here before dawn! ”

"Yes!"

"Wait! In addition, it was written in the report submitted that Li Deng was unfortunately killed in a battle with Jiang Liujun. ”

"My subordinates understand."

Then a footstep left the hall and faded away.

For a long time, the hall was shrouded in deathly silence, and Yugari could even hear her own breathing clearly.

Just as Yugari was about to put the information in her hand into the magic space, a letter sandwiched in the information fell out and fell into the open space outside the stone pillar.

"Oops!" Yugari shouted secretly.

"Who?!" A gruff voice in the hall shouted.

Seeing that the matter had been revealed, Yugari had to slowly walk out from behind the stone pillar.

"Hmph." After seeing Yugari, the man sitting behind the long table mocked, "A mouse that doesn't know whether it is alive or dead." ”

Yugari saw that the man with short blond hair, square face, short beard, burly build, and heavy armor was sitting behind a long table and staring at her with contempt. On either side of him stood two guards in blue and white armor with swords in their hands.

"Are you Kaythorne?" Yugari asked the man behind the long table.

"I didn't expect that the rats would have heard of my prestige." Kaythorne looked Euljae up and down and continued, "Who are you?" It shouldn't be Jiang Liu's people. ”

"I'm ......," Yugari didn't know how to introduce herself, "I'm just a traveler passing through...... Nothing more. ”

"Traveler?" Kaythorne sneered, "I'd like to see how long you can live!" With that, Kaythorn looked at the guards beside him. The two guards immediately drew their swords and walked briskly towards Eugari.

At this moment, Yugari raised her staff and began to chant the spell, and one of the guards immediately accelerated to rush forward, and he raised his waist knife and slashed down at Yugari. Yugari ignored it, and continued to point her staff at another guard a little further away, continuing to chant the spell. The guard in the distance subconsciously raised the shield of his left arm to cover his cheek, and the moment the guard's waist knife in the near distance touched Yujiali's barrier and was bounced back, a divine light flashed on the body of the guard in the distance, and the guard in the distance was immediately knocked out and fell to the ground heavily.

At this moment, the guards in the vicinity once again clenched their swords and swept towards Yugari. Yugari swung her staff to fend off the impact of her blade as she stepped back. The guards pressed closer, blades slashing at Yugari from all directions. Yugari retreated as she used her staff to block the guards' attacks. Seeing that he could not break through Yujiali's defenses, the guards became more and more impatient, and he clenched his waist knife in both hands, and rushed forward, using all his strength to attack Yujiali. Yugari dodged the slash of her waist knife and swept her staff towards the guard's waist, who immediately turned around and blocked with her waist knife, but it was too late to adjust his center of gravity. Eugari's staff struck the blade, slamming the guard into the bookcase in the corner.

The bookcase could not resist the fierce collision of the guards, and immediately collapsed, carrying a large number of books and letters, overwhelmingly falling to the guards, and crushing the guards to the ground.

Eugari immediately rushed to the stone pillar, grabbed the oil lamp hanging from it and threw it at the guards, the flames jumping out of the broken oil lamp, spreading between the spilled fuel and the mess of data, and quickly burning. Although the fire was not large, it might not have caused much damage to the armored guard, but it made the guard panic immediately, and he pushed away the bookcase pressing on his body while constantly fighting the flames on his body.

Yugari hurriedly retreated to another corner of the hall, promising to take in the figures of the two guards in her field of vision.

By this time, another guard, who had already stumbled to his feet, raised his sword in annoyance, and rushed towards Yugari with a loud roar.

"Shadow Mind Mastery!" As she chanted her spell, she pointed her staff of black energy at the rushing guards. The moment the blade attacked the barrier, Yugari's spell had already been chanted.

At this time, the guards at the bookcase had extinguished the flames on their bodies and stood up again. He slashed his sword horizontally and rushed towards Yugari desperately.

At this moment, the guard in front of Yugari suddenly turned around, raised his waist knife and slashed at the rushing guard. The guards who rushed up were unprepared for this, and the armor on their shoulders was torn open by the sharp blades, and a large amount of blood gushed out. But he still didn't know what was going on. At this moment, the guards controlled by Yujali did not give him any time to think, and kept swinging the waist knife in his hand and slashing at him.

The slashed guards were at a loss for a moment, so they had to retreat in the direction of the door while parrying. But it didn't take long for him to gradually understand, and he began to raise his sword to fight back, and gradually gained the upper hand. As they fought fiercely, Yugari saw the moment to unleash the guard's control spell. The guard who regained consciousness suddenly saw his teammates in front of him, and was stunned for a moment, and at this moment, the waist knife of the guard on the opposite side was already whistling. Before he could figure out what was going on, a stream of blood gushed out of his neck, and he was already in a different place.

Seeing his companion die at the hands of his own blade, the panicked guard gasped and trembled without saying a word. It didn't take long for a wave of anger to come over him, and he raised his blood-stained waist knife and gritted his teeth at Yujiali. Just as he was about to rush at Eugari, a long sword burst out of his chest, and he immediately spat blood from his mouth, and before he could look back, the sword was drawn, and he collapsed to the ground, dead in a pool of his own blood.

"A bunch of rubbish! Not even a rat can handle it. At this time, Caythorne, who was standing next to the corpse and holding a long sword, said angrily at the corpses of the two guards.

"Don't you even hesitate to kill your own subordinates?" Yugari now held her staff in both hands, staring intently at Kaythorne, highly vigilant for his every move.

"You're so lucky to be alive until now." Kaythorne said dismissively.

"Is it really good to kill your own subordinates like this, General?"

"Humph! What do you keep useless waste for? It's a world of the jungle. The strong live, and the weak die. It is the immutable truth of this world. ”

"Really? I think that anyone who lives in this world has the right to pursue happiness and dreams. ”

"Stupid! Our Apocalypse Revolutionary Army is to build a world where the strong survive, and there is no need to waste the resources of this world on useless waste. ”

"And who decides the strong and the weak?"

"Commander of our great Dragon, of course! Under his leadership, the world will surely develop in a stronger direction! All weak creatures will perish, no, it should be said that they will never appear in this world again at all! ”

"I don't think there's anything good about this kind of world where you impose your will on others and decide the fate of others."

"Of course! Because you won't live to that time! With that, Cathorne took a step towards Eugari.

Yujiali was highly focused at this time, and she unconsciously took half a step back.

"Die!" With that, Kaythorne grabbed the sword in both hands and rushed towards Yugari with lightning speed.

"So fast!" Before she had time to dodge, a white light burst onto her face, breaking through her barrier and pressing heavily on her staff. Yugari took two steps back and grabbed her sword.

Kaythorne was taken aback. "What?! A mere priest's barrier can block my full force?!"

Taking advantage of Cathorne's hesitation, Eugari immediately flicked off the sword with her staff, quickly jumping out of his attack range.

"An ordinary blow just broke through the barrier, and it is indeed a formidable enemy." Yugari sighed. However, without allowing Eugarida to think about it, Cathorne had already rushed forward again with his sword in hand. In the face of Kaythorne's stormy attack, Eugarie retreated. She relied on her staff, barriers, and mana shields to avoid being hurt by Kaythorne's frenzied attacks.

"Even if you can resist for a while, but the rat is always a rat, and the combat experience is still too far behind." Thinking of this, Kaythorne quickened the pace of his attack even more, not giving Yujari any time to breathe.

"With such a tight attack, the effect of the staff alone can't get rid of his entanglement." Yugari parried while anxiously thinking about what to do. After using her staff to bounce off Caythorne's attack and slightly widen the distance, Yugari immediately cast "Shadow Dark Bondage", only to see dozens of tentacles emitting dark energy sticking out of the ground, tightly wrapping Caythorne, Yugari immediately took two steps back and stretched out her staff to chant a spell.

At this moment, Kaythorn clenched the long sword with both hands, and his whole body glowed with blood-red light, Yugari was stunned for a moment when she saw this, and Kaythorne immediately waved the long sword and shouted: "Attack and sweep away thousands of troops!" A storm of sword aura rushed towards him. The stone pillar in front of Kaithorne was shattered by the impact, and it continued to collapse, several deep cracks on the ground, turning up the broken stone bricks, and even the distant walls were shattered by the sword qi, constantly cracking.

Yugari slammed into the wall with a massive impact. After the dust had cleared, Yugari slowly stood up, and although she didn't seem to be hurt in any way, her face showed a little tiredness.

"I'm interested in your weaponry." Caythorne, who was standing in the distance, said arrogantly.

"As a priest, you can't master both sacred and dark spells at the same time. I guess it's the special effects that your equipment provides. "Also, you're often able to deflect my attacks in white-knuckle combat, and I don't think a rat would have the strength to push me out. So if it's not your extra skill, it's a special effect of the equipment? Of course, in addition to that, I've noticed that your staff's attacks not only have divine damage, but the strength of each attack also varies greatly. So, after you die, I'll take it back and see what happens. ”

Kaythorne was right, the effects were indeed given by Eugari's staff. This epic staff, gifted by Ella, grants the wielder three additional special effects in addition to the usual ability boosts. The first effect is to allow the wielder to use some shadow spells, but the unbelievable effect is that the staff itself can only be held by those who believe in the divine profession. In fact, if you look closely at the shape of the staff, the one praying under the hood of purity is not the face of an angel, but a demon with a hideous face. The second effect is also incredible, under normal circumstances, the sacred profession that can hold the staff will generally not participate in white-knuckle combat, but the second effect of this staff is all effects that can only be used when the wielder participates in white-knuckle combat, whether it is attribute damage, or knockback effect, whether it is specific attribute amplification, or durability increase, it is almost of no help to classes that do not participate in white-knuckle combat. As for the third effect......

"Are you sure you're going to win so early? Wouldn't it be too underestimated, Shogun? Eugari asked.

"Hmph, I really didn't expect a rat like you to survive until now. It's just a pity that you have too little combat experience and simply don't have enough ways to get rid of my close attacks, aren't they? Kaythorne said contemptuously, "Just relying on barriers and shields to resist my attacks, although you really haven't suffered any damage now, but after so many attacks, how long can your mana last?" ”

Speaking of this, Caythorne slowly raised his sword, "When your mana is depleted, that's the moment you die under my sword!" With that, Kaythorne stepped forward, intending to start the fight again.

At that moment, there was a flash of light outside the window, and Eugarie and Kaythorne looked out at the same time. Several bright yellow flares flickered in the dark night sky.

Just as Cathorne's attention was drawn to the flare, Eugari raised her staff, pointed at the corpses of the two guards before her, and said to Cathorne, "I have some more things to do, I must go first, General." ”

After saying that, a black energy continued to roll over the corpses of the two guards. Suddenly, the corpse twisted, struggled, and stood up. Their flesh was rotting, their bones were swelling, their size was getting bigger and bigger, and in the blink of an eye, two tall necromantic berserkers stood in front of Kaythorne. Their armor seemed stronger and brighter than before, their weapons heavier and sharper, and split into two, each with a sharp blade in each hand, and black energy surging from top to bottom.

Just as Caythorne was terrified, the Necro Berserker roared and lunged at him. They wielded their blades and continued to attack Cathorne like a storm. In the face of the Necromantic Berserker's powerful attack power and the constant surging of dark energy, Cathorne was beaten to the ground and retreated.

Seeing this, Yugari walked unhurriedly to the windowsill, "Goodbye." With that, Eugari turned her head and sprang out, and for a moment, she seemed to hear the sound of a sharp blade piercing through the heavy armor, and Kaythorn roaring hoarsely.

When Eugari landed at the foot of the mountain, she couldn't help but glance back at the castle behind her, and then ran towards the place she had agreed with Miria before. At this moment, there was a loud bang behind Yugari, and in the darkness of the night, an old castle quickly collapsed in the raging flames.

Ahead was the hillside agreed with Miria, and Yugali saw Miria from a distance, as well as a large group of rescued children.

"I've been waiting for a long time." Eugari hurried over to Miria.

"I thought you wouldn't come back." Miria said excitedly with a wink of her somewhat moist eyes.

"How so." Yujali smiled, "I've said it all, no problem." ”

"Hmm." Miria nodded, "Great. ”

At this time, Yujiali looked at Linghu and the escaped children and asked, "How is it?" Did everyone get out safely? ”

"Hmmm! Not one less, everyone came out. Linghu replied happily.

"That's good. That...... What's next? Eugari asked.

"I just discussed it with Linghu, and he and another soldier took everyone to Tark City first. They know the situation here very well, and will tell the lord in detail about the affairs here, and I also handed him the handwritten letter from my previous father, and the lord should be able to arrange everyone's life properly. Miria said.

"So, what about you?" Eugarie asked.

"I still have to go back to meet up with Blala and Chu Yun first, and then make plans." Miria said.

"Well, that's fine."

"In that case, we will take the children and hurry first, and it is inconvenient to stay here for a long time, and it will be a long time if Benjamin's team returns." Linghu said.

"Well, we're going to rush back as soon as possible, and we'll see a date later." Miria said.

"Take care all the way."

"Hmmm! I'll keep you updated when everything is arranged. With that, Linghu and another soldier got into the carriage with the children.

"Goodbye!"

Bidding farewell to the Spirit Tiger's convoy, Eugari and Miria didn't stop too long, mounted their respective mounts, and ran in the direction of Starlis.

"How did you hold Kaythorne back?" Miria asked curiously.

"Well...... this"

"Tell me quickly." Miria kept urging.

"It's just defending all the time, getting beaten, and stalling for time."

"That's pretty remarkable, too."

"Is that so?"

"Of course! Let me tell you, my father told me about that Kaythorne, and he was a very good fighter. ”

"Really? Let's hear it. ”

"Hmm. But that was when I was in Quilstan,......"

Eugari and Miria chatted endlessly as they galloped down the path of the Vigil Forest, as if they had forgotten the fatigue of a long day's travel.