"Miss Affa, then we'll send you to this place."

ZXC said to the Mystic Maiden with some politeness.

Ahead is a manor house that rises in the dark, tall buildings hidden behind rows of palm trees.

The people of the Shield of Lufo also stopped behind him, and Afifa temporarily lived in one of Count Nurman's mansions in the royal capital, with the count's daughter. Naturally, she didn't know about it, she only thought that it was arranged by Lord Ebenny, and it wasn't long before the mystics would go to the royal capital to bring her back.

She turned around and bowed slightly to the crowd as a token of appreciation.

After the banquet, Fang Yu originally planned to ask Alyssa to send her back. However, because he was on the way with the people of the Shield of Lufu, the latter also did the work for him.

Moreover, she and several people in the Shield of Lufu were already acquainted with each other on the 'Daoud', and they were no strangers.

"Then we'll have a chance to meet again in the future, Miss Affa." ZXC bowed slightly.

"May the Holy Fire bless you."

Afifa watched the crowd walk away and sighed softly.

Everything that happened at today's banquet was a first for her, and it was a coincidence that His Royal Highness Prince Alepf was completely different from what she imagined, and that he really had the same name as a princess.

Of course, she also understood that it was all because of Mr. Ed, who had been in a dream when he remembered everything that had happened in the past few days, the 'escape' from Bein Fortress, and the crash of the 'Daoud' in the face of a dust storm. And is this called 'risking'?

There was something new in her heart, but she also vaguely understood that this was not the life she wanted - she still preferred the peaceful, quiet days in the lighthouse in the clouds, where she could easily read a book and read between the lines. Adventure was still too far away for her.

Only someone as powerful as Mr. Ed can brave the wind and rain, overcome all kinds of difficulties, and enjoy the challenges?

She was a little envious.

But not yearning.

Watching the people of the Shield of Louford disappear into the darkness, she turned around and silently remembered the day, realizing that she might not forget it for a long time, before walking back into the courtyard. But the courtyard seemed to be quiet to-day, and the wind rustled the palm leaves, and the voice of the count's daughter reprimanding her maid could not be heard—

Is Miss Lavalli not here today?

The girl looked in that direction, and there was a black hole in the manor, which was completely different from the brightly lit scene of the past. In the darkness, only the leaves were left to sway gently, as if a strange shadow lurked, silently watching her in that direction. Afifa looked at this scene with a slight uneasiness in his heart - why didn't there be a person in the manor?

She hesitated for a moment before pulling out a light crystal, but before she could light it, the crystal fell to the ground with a shudder.

In the darkness, several figures slowly walked out.

"Miss Affa."

"We've been waiting for you for a long time."

The leader said in a hoarse voice, "If you don't mind, please come with us, someone wants to see you-"

A stirring in the girl's mind turned around and ran.

As she ran, she opened her mouth to shout - if they hadn't gone far, they might have been able to hear it. But before she could make a sound, the big hand behind her had already grabbed her arm, and Afifa screamed in pain and almost fell.

Then another hand reached from behind and covered her mouth.

The girl only felt that it was dark in front of her, and she lost all consciousness.

……

Inside the hostel –

Pasha walked up and took the package from his bosom. Fang Yu watched the little boy carefully open the package one by one, and took out the dusty notebook from it, and couldn't help but be a little amused and a little moved. He gently rubbed the other party's head and said with a smile: "Actually, you don't need to be so serious. ”

Pasha looked up and looked at him a little puzzled. Miss Ettila asked him to bring the notebook from Tansnir, saying that it was something that the head of the regiment wanted, and he was terrified along the way, fearing that he would lose it, but fortunately he was able to deliver it safely.

Fang Yu looked at Pasha's expression and understood that the other party didn't understand what he meant, so he had to change his words: "Thank you, Pasha." ”

Pasha smiled happily.

He smiled shyly, then lowered his head in embarrassment.

But Tianlan was not so 'reserved', and slapped Pasha hard: "Good job, Pasha!" ”

Fang Yu picked up the note and looked at the dusty cover, but before opening it, he glanced at Sylvid. This note was informed by the other party to Miss Attila and asked Pasha to bring it over, and she was always so meticulous that she thought of what she needed first.

Sylvid just smiled lightly, meaning that this was the officer's business. Although Fang Yu was not familiar with the affairs of the ship, he always felt that the ship officer should not be responsible for this......

Tang Xin looked at the pair of dog men and women from the side, and her heart was as sour as if she had just ten lemons.

Sylvid noticed the scene and amusedly motioned for him to pay attention to his sister's emotions.

But Fang Yu was mistaken, as if he remembered something, he turned back to Tang Xin and said, "By the way, Tangtang, you can take a look at this note." ”

Tang Xin looked at him a little speechlessly, but when she looked at the notes in her cousin's hand, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes. After listening to Ye Hua's description before, Fang Yu planned to return the notebook to the eldest princess, but since it involved the bridge of heaven and had something to do with finding Sylvide's father's whereabouts, he also wanted to check this notebook one last time before returning it.

Since they hadn't found any useful clues in this note before, and their investigation turned to other directions afterwards, Tang Xin saw this note for the first time at this moment.

"I do think I've seen this note......" She reached out and flipped open the title page, a little startled.

"yes, can you think of anything?" Fang Yu hurriedly asked.

It's just that Tang Xin shook his head.

"That's all, I've seen it a few times."

Fang Yu couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but he was actually the same.

Everyone studied the note, but even if it was Miss Fairy, they couldn't see anything from the note, only Nini babbled and livened up the atmosphere.

In the end, Fang Yu decided not to waste any more time, he went to the big library a few more times in the past few days, and if he didn't find anything, he was ready to return the things to the eldest princess. After that, Questak will officially leave the place—probably for a while more in Tansniel.

Until the Seven Seas Traveler was launched—

After that, they will leave this thousand-year-old sea of sand.

So Fang Yu officially announced the end of the third assembly of the Seven Seas Brigade.

Everyone was ready to leave the previous matter, but after the meeting, Luo Hao took Ji Ta and Luo Yu to find him.

The fat man from the military walked up with a serious face and said, "Commander, I have something to say to you. ”

Fang Yu looked at the other party with some surprise.

Luo Hao took out a handful of fragments from his pocket, spread out his palm, and handed it to him.

It was some translucent crystals that emitted a faint green light, staying in the palm of the other party's flesh, it seemed to be a color between jade and turquoise, like a gemstone, but the raw ore of the gem was not so bright, and it was too fragmentary to say that it had been pondered and cut by a jeweler.

More like some broken glass shards, but the glass doesn't have such a beautiful luster.

When Fang Yu saw these fragments, he was slightly stunned:

"These are ......"

"You should know where it came from, right?"

"Emerald Star, the Warlocks of the Silver Tower used it to make the first Dragon Soul Crystal during the War of the Giants, this crystal is extremely rare in nature, and it seems to be one of the only few times they have appeared in this world." Miss Tata's calm voice came from above Fang Yuan's shoulder.

There were only three first-generation dragon soul crystals, which was the starting point of artificial dragon souls, and using alchemy to create souls was more akin to a miracle, so people also called it the legendary name - the Philosopher's Stone.

Kapuka had one of the three original dragon soul crystals preserved, but of course it was already empty, leaving only an empty shell. The first owner of the dragon soul in this crystal was none other than the founder of Kaulin-Ishurian.

Fang Yu had seen that crystal, which was almost exactly the same as the fragments in Luo Hao's hand.

It's just that these fragments in Luo Hao's hands occasionally emit a blue light, and it seems that when the angle of incidence of light is different, such a brilliance will appear.

But Fang Yu looked at the light, and always felt a sense of rejection, and there was a faint uneasiness in his heart.

"Only the first-generation Dragon Soul Crystal was cast with the Emerald Star," Luo Hao said, "Later, people discovered its flaws, and the artificially created Dragon Soul has great uncertainty, which in turn will affect their knights." Most of the first generation of dragon knights died young, and it was for this reason. ”

Plus later people found an easier way.

In the way of accommodating rather than creating, a more stable dragon soul was obtained, so the Emerald Star withdrew from the stage of history.

But the crystals were believed to be life-creating, the stones of the sage, the gateway to the ultimate in alchemy, a gift from the gods—

"So around seven hundred years ago, alchemists started a trend of 'creating life,' but the Emerald Star was so rare that it almost sparked war between nations. And two of the three Dragon Soul Crystals were also destroyed in that era...... But then these attempts failed, and one by one the things of creation fell silent. ”

Miss Fairy's voice remained calm.

That era in history is known as the Creation Event.

But its ending is far less trivial than Miss Fairy suggests-

Using the creation of the Emerald Star, not only did it fail, but even many accidents occurred, and as a result, some deformed monsters were created.

And it was soon discovered that these monsters were born with certain divine powers, and they were almost the best resurrection shells of the deceased Dark Saints, so the dark cultists soon appeared in various 'creation experiments'. The largest of them is the predecessors of the blind followers who hide in this vast sea of sand today.

Of course, they had a well-known name back then.

Fallen Alchemist.

The Cultists of Darkness have almost created a subordinate god, Mephistopheles—but before Descartes actually arrived, the nations finally reacted and extinguished the fallen alchemists one by one, so the resurrection was in vain.

After that, alchemists who used the 'Philosopher's Stone' to shape their souls became taboo.

It is one of several types of alchemy that are expressly forbidden by the General Association of Craftsmen.

Fang Yu looked at those crystal fragments and asked:

"The Blind Followers have found the Emerald Star again?"

But Luo Hao shook his head.

"Commander, this was found on the 'Daoud', and their owners may not be blind followers."

“…… Because there are more on board, there is also a full set of 'creation' related equipment and alchemy materials. They had put a lot of exploding crystals on the ship, and if Miss Afifa hadn't been on board, they might have blown it up. ”

"And," Luo Hao said slowly, "Leader, the state of these crystals is a little delicate......"

And he hadn't opened his mouth yet.

Tata had already spoken, "They've already been used." ”

Fang Yu listened silently. He knows the inside story of this matter far better than anyone else.

Almost immediately, he thought of that possibility.

But did the other party succeed?

He hadn't had time to think it through yet.

Alyssa had already walked in from the outside with a serious face, looked at everyone, and said:

"Something's wrong, Captain, Miss Afifa is missing."

This news was like a thunderbolt that exploded among everyone.

"What!?"

……

Fang Yu hurried to the Earl's Mansion where he had been last time, and saw the Earl's daughter there again.

And when he met Lavalli, he realized that something was not quite right about the other party.

The count's daughter turned pale, and her right hand covered her left arm—a cloth was tied to it, and there was a faint red oozing from below. ZXC stood aside, and of course the rest of the Lufo Shield, and the little fat man looked apologetic when he saw him: "Boss Eddard, I'm sorry...... We have lost our word and promised you to bring Miss Afifa back safely...... I didn't expect something like this to happen......"

"Nothing about them."

The earl's daughter gritted her teeth and replied, she shook her head a little weakly: "I was negligent, they have already sent people, but I didn't expect the gangsters to hide in the manor, this is my responsibility, and it has nothing to do with anyone else-"

"Don't talk about this yet," Fang Yu said, "What the hell is going on, do you know who the other party is?" ”

He had promised the King of Sand to take care of Aphifa.

What's more, if you don't talk about this, a big living person has disappeared in front of you, what kind of thing is this?

Afifa risked so much in Bein Fortress to help them, even the people of Lufu's Shield looked at this girl differently, let alone him?

Take 10,000 steps back and say, the other party is his fan—or his first female fan in Aitalia.

In any case, he must rescue the other party.

What's more, thinking of Luo Hao's previous words, he suddenly thought of a possibility-

"Has the King of Sand left the royal capital?"

Fang Yu paused for a moment, and suddenly asked without a clue.

Thinking that he was worried about the agreement with the Sand King, Ravali was stunned for a moment and nodded. "Your Majesty left an hour ago."

"An hour ago......" Fang Yu muttered.

He immediately calmed down and asked, "So what's going on?" ”

Lavalli took a soft breath and was silent for a moment before replying, "Someone attacked the manor, there were not many people left in the manor, the guards were killed at the beginning of the perimeter, and then they subdued the servants and broke into my room. ”

She paused: "But before that, I didn't notice it, so I hid first." I started because they were coming for my father, but when I hid behind the door and heard the conversation between them, I realized that their target was Afifa...... I expected them to do something in the courtyard, so I went to that place first. ”

Fang Yu looked at the injured hand of the earl's daughter.

"But you didn't expect that you still didn't stop those people?"

Lavalli nodded slightly.

"Are the injuries serious?"

The earl's daughter looked up at him unexpectedly, and then shook her head: "It's just a small injury, left when they snatched their swords...... These men were purposeful and well-trained, and they only knocked me unconscious and left the place. I guess if it were an ordinary gangster, he wouldn't have turned a blind eye to me......"

Fang Yu paused for a moment.

He looked at the earl's daughter, and the other party's words obviously meant that he was very confident in his appearance, but he thought about it for a while, and it was true. If it were an ordinary bandit, how could they turn a blind eye to the beauty of Bein's desert pearl, who subdued everyone and took away nothing but one Afifa.

Not to mention the bandits, even the city guards of Questak probably don't have this discipline. In terms of the perception of this era, these people are at least the level of dead soldiers.

But the key is, where does the other party come from?

"Did you see the faces of those people?"

Lavalli thought for a moment and shook her head.

"They were all wearing turbans and masks, and they were tightly wrapped, and the weapons they left behind were almost flawless, they were all popular goods," she thought for a moment, "but they must be Questac natives, I can hear their accents." ”

Fang Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly.

With this information, it's actually enough to narrow it down to a very small one.

How many forces can cultivate such dead soldiers in Aitalia? Ordinary small nobles can't afford to support such subordinates and attendants, and how many of the big local forces in Questak are interested in Affa?

After all impossible options have been ruled out, those that remain are the possibilities.

There seem to be only a few of them.

……

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