In the early spring, the snow in the plains has begun to melt, and the tender green is already eager to climb the branches. But deep in the mountains, it is still cold and snowy.

An elite squad of monks, church knights, and transcendent warriors marched through the snow, following the trail trail left by Ariana.

As a hunter, Charles served as a tracking guide for the team, which was one of the important reasons why Bishop Honey had to invite him to accompany him.

Today is the second day of tracking, Charles's excellent keen perception ability has played an important role, so that everyone in the elite team is admired, for several days it seems that it is lost, but after walking for a long time, the clues are connected again, and many unjust roads have been avoided.

What they didn't know was that Charles had already sent out the little tiger cat boots, and the little guy had done all the work of going around in circles, and he just tried to straighten the path according to the clues.

Honey noticed something unusual, he knew that hunters had a lot of extraordinary talents for tracking, but Charles was also sensitive to clues from the Night Cultists, which was a bit difficult to understand.

"Bishop Honeywin, is there another corpse of the Night Cultist in front of you?" said Charles, who suddenly stopped, pointing to a gray-black trail on the ground in the distance.

Bishop Honey waved his hand, and several of his Dawn priests cautiously surrounded him, quickly confirming Charles's judgment.

"Lord Bishop, Lord Marquis, this is the corpse of a Night Cultist who has been purified by the Light, and we have also found a token left by His Excellency Ariane. ”

Cleric Twilight handed a bronze metal tablet to Bishop Honeywin, who used a simple light magic that had slight fluctuations on the bronze tablet to convey a simple message.

"Ariana continues to move forward, the time is a day ago, we should be able to catch up tonight without resting!"

"It's a trap! ”

For the first time in two days, Charles did not approve of Honeywei's proposal, and solemnly objected.

This place is very close to the border between Florence and the Duchy of Luxemble, and there are no settlements belonging to the Lorraine in front of it, and Ariana has most likely chased into the territory of the Duchy of Luxon at this time.

One-third of the entire country of the Duchy of Luxon is forested, and the area bordering Lorraine is the densest part, and the sunlight is almost impossible to reach the ground, making it a good place for the Night Cultists.

But now the charr was not thinking about this, but about the relationship between Flence and the Duchy of Lucerne.

The Duchy of Luxon is surrounded by the three forces of Flens, Prus, and Nilan, and it has always been a role of being angry, bullied by Pruth today, occupied by Forence tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow to be a vassal to the governor of Nilan, I don't know how much hatred has accumulated for the hungry wolves around me for hundreds of years.

Just a hundred years ago, the Duchy of Luxon was occupied by Florence, but thanks to the Hundred Years' War between Francs and Engru, the Duchy of Luxon had a respite.

Lucifer Griffiths, the contemporary Grand Duke of Luxon, is a figure, he took advantage of Nilan and Prus's wariness of the Kingdom of Florence to form an alliance with the two forces, and did everything possible to get the support of the Norman city-states and the Church of Light, and he was confident enough to slowly recover his territory and obtain independence qualifications.

Of course, under the exchange of interests in the open and covert, the relationship between the Duchy of Lucerne and Florence became very poor.

As the big boss of the Lorraine region, the meaning of Charles at some times is very special, Bishop Honey may not have any problem crossing the border to kill the Night Cultists in the territory of the Duchy of Luxon, Charles, the Marquis of Lorraine, is different, this is a proper international event.

Sure enough, Honeywei, who had a solemn face, raised his chin and said solemnly and proudly: "Crossing the border? This is a provocation to the light! The entire continent is the territory of the light, and no one can stop the servants of the light." ”

"Lord Marquis, it is the responsibility of every Dawn believer to drive out the darkness, no one can blame you, if there is any accident, I will personally go to the Pope to complain. ”

Charles and Honey looked at each other a few times, and it immediately became clear to him that Honeyvain seemed to know Ariane's hidden identity, and he was more afraid of something that would happen to the female paladin than himself.

"Go due north and east!"

Charles pointed the way, and the elite team moved forward again, plunging headlong into the dense forest where the light of day was gone.

Charles led the elite team forward for less than half a day, and suddenly there was a slight movement in front of the forest, approaching quickly from far and near, and the speed was surprisingly fast, and it was in front of him in the blink of an eye.

"Defense!"

"Be careful!"

The Dawn Priest and the Knights of the Charr all reacted nervously, although the movement ahead was very slight, but the Night Cultists were originally strange and hidden, and their vision was greatly limited in this dense jungle, and once they came into contact, it was a fierce encounter.

"Don't be nervous, it's my partner, stay defensive!"

Charles faintly stopped the nervous reaction of the people around him, but he also muttered in his heart.

What did the little tiger cat do when he suddenly leaned over without getting his own summoning order? How could the little guy who had always been light and agile make such a big move?

"Whew!"

The little tiger cat scurried through the woods, leaped onto Charles's horse, and burrowed into his arms like a little girl frightened by ghost stories. (The boots are a she-cat)

"What's the matter? You're hurt?"

The little guy has a three-inch-long scar on his body, and the skin and flesh are turned out shockingly, that is, the little guy has eaten too much spiritual power medicine, and the recovery ability of the cat's body has been strengthened to a very strong extent, otherwise he would have bled to death at this time.

"Which bastard did it?"

Chardon, who had always been cautious about entering the Duchy of Luxon, changed his appearance, his momentum was fierce and murderous, with an expression of "it doesn't matter who he is first, let's talk about it".

"Meow..... Meow ...... Whew"

The little tiger cat boot stretched out one of its front paws and pointed ahead, letting out a series of meows to complain to its owner.

"Byrne, let the warriors dismount and search carefully, the enemy has at least the strength of the seventh rank. ”

“........”

"Seventh ......."

Everyone present suddenly became nervous, the enemy of the seventh rank already had a major threat, and on the surface, only Bishop Honey on his side could resist it head-on, and the rest of them were all beaten goods.

And the new hunter Lund Emile and the wild hunter Gerson, looking at the little tiger cat with eagerness and envy in their eyes, can escape from the hands of the seventh order transcendent, this big cat must be a spiritual pet, is the hunter's dream friend.

Bourne didn't have so many messy and complicated ideas, and immediately dismounted after hearing the order to set up a search formation, although it was labor-saving to ride a horse in the woods, but there were too many obstacles, and the reaction would inevitably be dull, but it was more flexible to dismount and form a formation.

The group cautiously marched forward, and after more than half an hour, it suddenly became clear that a large flat green meadow appeared in the forest.

In the middle of the meadow there is a cluster of new buildings, with high spires, stone walls, and hideous towers, and it turns out to be a standard medium-sized castle.

Charles squinted at the flag fluttering on the castle and asked coldly, "Honeywin, whose flag is that?"

Honey carefully looked at the red cloak, golden crown and golden lion pattern on the flag, and said with certainty: "Lord Marquis, that is the flag of the royal family of the Duke of Lucerne. ”

"All on board, let's go over and fight them!"

Charles turned over his horse, raised his chin, and put on a standard aristocratic demeanor, and walked slowly and leisurely towards the castle gate.