"Maybe we shouldn't have come to this place......"

Parker rubbed his hands together, cautiously looked at the gloomy and narrow alley not far away, and whispered to Sky Blue beside him, trying to make her change her mind. There were a few dim street lamps in the streets, and the glass enclosures covered with mist were lit with everlasting candles, half-lit and half-extinguished, and the golden light reflected the potholed streets and dirty snow.

The buildings on both sides were cramped and old, a sign covered with oil hung in the cold wind squeaked and swayed, I don't know what kind of shop it was, and the houses on both sides were dark and dreary, most of them had closed doors and windows, and there was no light.

After the men entered the room at the end, they never came out again, only the two of them stood in the cold wind for half an hour like fools, shivering.

But the little girl was unmoved, lying on the wall and looking in that direction, without looking back, only waving her hand impatiently: "Don't make trouble, we are on a secret mission." She said earnestly, "Parker, can you be a little patient?" ”

The Paparal man rolled his eyes.

He thought to himself that this is purely a whim, with no careful planning or the slightest preparation, and it is similar to a child's house, which can be regarded as a secret mission?

However, Parker knows very well the character of this little girl, if he reasoned with the other party, he would probably suffer a loss in the end, and he would get nothing. He thought for a moment before he weighed his words and said, "But we didn't tell Miss Atira. ”

Tianlan turned her head at this time, her eyes widened, and she looked a little cute: "Are you crazy?" Tell Sister Atira, can we still get out? Don't you want a late-night snack anymore? ”

supper!

Parker thought to himself that no supper would allow him to stand in the cold wind for half an hour—he covered his thick scarf and covered half of his round face underneath, but he shivered with cold.

The true Paparal man would never leave the warmth of the South, so what did he get on the thief ship of Attila and the big cat man? Parker had completely forgotten what he had done in Sanshak, and his heart was full of regret.

Then he sneezed.

"Shut up, Parker." Sky Blue was very dissatisfied and felt that his teammates were not professional at all.

"Well, I'll shut up," replied the Paparal man with a strong backbone, and then asked, "Can you really have a hot meal later?" ”

The little girl looked hurt and couldn't believe it, "Parker, when did I lie to you?" ”

Often, Parker thought to himself.

However, he comforted himself, anyway, he had been standing in the cold wind for half an hour, and he didn't eat for nothing.

Parker looked at the lights not far away, cold and hungry—there seemed to be many illusions in the lights, and he was in a palatial inn. The waiter brought the steaming food on the silver plate like flowing water, the charred skin of the barbecued meat, the sizzling fat, the juice separating the flesh and bones, the thick fragrance that permeated the air, the golden candlelight and all kinds of fruits and vegetables.

made his saliva run all over the place.

He picked up his knife and fork and was about to start, but he was kicked by Sky Blue and immediately returned to reality. "Attention, they're out!" Tianlan said nervously, pretending to have a small voice.

Fortunately, there is no such thing as a ranger on the other side, otherwise they would have been able to pull out these two 'little mice' across the street.

Paparal was half angry and thought to himself, look at you, what does it matter to me, what about my supper? It's all gone. The sadness in his heart flowed backwards for a while, but there were still a few figures reflected in his dark eyes.

One of them was the young alchemist who couldn't hold it back, and of the four people who had entered the room with him, only three remained. But there was another group of people who came out of the house with them.

The group was also four, wearing thick coats and cloaks, and hats. The two sides were talking to each other, but they couldn't hear it clearly in this direction,

One of the four looked a little bored, and inadvertently looked in this direction, and Tianlan couldn't help but let out an 'ah' exclamation by the light of the street lamp.

Frightened, Paparal was so frightened that he hurriedly pulled her back.

Fortunately, the reconnaissance skills on the other side were only general, and I didn't hear this whisper. "Are you crazy?" Parker lowered his voice and said, "You're not trying to turn us into a supper, are you?" ”

Sky Blue realized her mistake and grinned embarrassedly. But she pointed out again and said in surprise, "Did you see that!?" ”

Parker nodded, his perceptual power was only higher than that of Sky Blue, and he could see it clearly—the face that had turned in the light before was none other than their old rival.

The eldest sister head of the Dragon Fire Guild.

The other party is also an old acquaintance with them, and they have already formed a feud with these people before they meet the upper plover. Even the first time Fang Yu helped them, he killed this 'eldest sister' once.

Later, they became enemies again in Dorifin, and after that, the Dragonfire Guild disappeared without a trace due to collusion with the cultists. They also had some sighs, but they didn't expect the other party to embark on such a road.

didn't expect this 'big sister' to appear in this place-

"Why is she here?" The little girl's gaze suddenly became 'sharp': "Sure enough, I'll just say, that guy is sneaky, there must be something wrong - they actually colluded with the Dragon Fire Guild, hum." ”

Paparal thought that the other party was just a blind cat touching a dead mouse, but he sensibly did not refute it. Parker, though not very reliable, was also able to prioritize, and he lowered his voice and said to Sky Blue, "You wait for me here, I'll go over and eavesdrop on what they're saying." ”

"What?"

Sky Blue was taken aback.

But before she could speak, Parker guessed what the little girl was trying to do, and hurriedly and ruthlessly extinguished her delusions: "I'm a nightingale, you're not." ”

"But aren't you a crossbowman?"

"You don't care about this, all in all, my level of secrecy is higher than yours."

"Okay."

Sky Blue sighed, although she always had some whimsical ideas, but fortunately she was not willful, and she understood that what Parker said was true, so she nodded. "Then you'll have to be careful, Parker." She reminded.

Parker was a little moved in his heart, but he heard Tianlan ask a little strangely: "In that case, why didn't you eavesdrop before, did you look down on me, Parker!?" ”

Frightened, the Paparlar crossbowmen fled.

However, seeing the other party's short and chubby figure melt into the darkness, Tianlan inevitably felt a little worried. She herself had never been so scared herself, and she couldn't help but wonder if that little man had been caught by the other party, should she save him?

She immediately made up a whole set of elaborate plans in her brain-

When the Paparals were unfortunately arrested, how should they appear in a radiant manner, and then how to save the other party from those two annoying guys - of course, there was only one 'annoying guy', but after adding the 'eldest sister' of the Dragon Fire Guild, this number naturally increased by one.

She also imagined how grateful Dade would be when Parker was saved by herself, and she would have a loyal little follower from then on.

Thinking of the smugness, Tianlan couldn't help but smile, but was suddenly slapped from behind: "What are you smirking at?" The sound frightened her almost jumped up and screamed.

Fortunately, before that, Sky Blue saw clearly that it was the Paparal who appeared from behind her, and stopped screaming.

She patted her chest with a pale face: "I'm scared to death, why did you come back so soon?" ”

"I've heard everything I should have heard, and I'll come back." Parker rolled his eyes.

Tianlan realized that the people at the end of the alley were far away, and she looked back at the Paparal people in surprise and asked, "Did you hear them all?" How come I didn't see how you passed? ”

Tianlan suddenly showed a suspicious gaze: "You won't lie to me, right?" ”

Parker looked sad and indignant: "You can slander my personality, but you can't question my professionalism. ”

He backhanded his short sword, only to remember that it had already been melted by some abominable alchemist, and only touched a void. So he waved his short fist helplessly: "I'm the champion of the Nightingale Contest." ”

"Bah, the ...... of the cheating champion"

Fortunately, before the Paparals had time to go berserk, Sky Blue finally calmed him: "Okay, okay, I believe you are." She asked, with some curiosity, "So what did you hear?" ”

It was this curious gaze that satisfied Parker's pride, and he raised his chin slightly, and said proudly, "That's a long story—"

"Sell less."

Sky Blue struck the Scapel hand knife he had learned from the Plover and slashed at the head of the Paparal.

……

When Fang Yu and Alyssa returned to the campsite, it was almost early in the morning.

The snow has not stopped all night, and it is even getting bigger and bigger, with only white snow between heaven and earth, and a dark touch of the forest in the distance. They bid farewell to Ms. Quesu and her party outside the Masunke Creek station, and they agreed to set off for Grand Creek Valley in the south two days later.

Keeping vigil on Mr. Graystone's platform, Baggins greeted the crowd when he saw them returning from the snow, and asked if the mission was going well before lowering the ladder.

Fang Yu was the first to climb the platform, and saw two small dots, one tall and one short, standing in the courtyard.

Gao was naturally a dejected Sky Blue, looking at him with pitiful eyes, while the one next to him was a paparal man who was patting his belly and burping.

Fang Yu was slightly stunned when he saw these two people like this. But he also knew that the appearance of these two guys was probably annoying Miss Attila again, and in the group, only Miss Elf could cure this little girl.

Alyssa also saw this scene from behind, and couldn't help but ask Baggins what happened.

The seasoned sailor then spoke of what had happened last night—

Fang Yu couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect these two guys to be so bold, and they didn't tell anyone in private, so they ran to follow the people of the Dragon Fire Guild.

However, Attila was angry, most likely not because they acted on their own, but because of their behavior of hiding everyone else in the dark.

Alyssa patted the snow off her body and asked her with a smile, "Didn't Miss Sylvede intercede for you?" ”

Sky Blue looked at her pitifully, wishing that she was not a citizen of the wilderness of Rotao, and that she could wag her tail at her little sister Elisa. "Miss Attila is so angry that Miss Sylvid doesn't dare to intercede for us...... Sister Elisa, let Sister Atira dissipate her anger, I already know it's wrong......"

Alyssa grinned, "Miss Sylvide can't do it, I can't do it, you better wait for Miss Attila to forgive me." ”

The little girl sighed.

Fang Yu saw Sylvid push open the door and walk out, and glanced at them with a smile and an inquiring gaze, and he had not slept for about a night, and walked out when he heard the movement outside.

"Are you alright, what's the mission?" She asked.

Fang Yu only nodded, indicating that the line was going well.

Sylvid then looked at Azure and Parker and smiled, "Don't worry, Miss Attila just made the two little ones sober up." ”

"I know," Fang Yu bowed, he didn't worry, these two guys were purely self-inflicted.

However, he also had some curiosity in his heart, how could the Dragon Fire Guild appear in this place? What is the relationship between them and that alchemist, Fang Yu thought for a moment, and then asked, "But what about the Dragon Fire Guild. ”

Sylvid was gently brushing the hair on her forehead behind her ears, inadvertently revealing a hint of girlish charm, which made Fang Yu look slightly distracted.

She seemed to notice the latter's expression, and couldn't help but smile: "This is a long story......

However, the ship's master was obviously very patient in front of her captain, and only then did she describe the whole thing in detail. In fact, she was just paraphrasing Parker's exact words, but it was clear and did not raise doubts.

She finally said, "...... Sky Blue and Parker took a photo at the end, and I have seen it, so it should indeed be the 'big sister' of the Dragon Fire Guild. ”

Sylvid said as she showed the picture to Fang Yu: "Oh, this is the picture." ”

With just one glance, Fang Yu recognized the person in the photo, who was obviously the 'eldest sister' - and he even recognized another person next to him, who was wearing a high top hat and dressed independently, with whom he had fought more than once.

The man was called Twenty, and he was an assassin.

Seeing that he was satisfied, Sylvid continued:

“…… Parker finally heard their conversation, that young man should not have come to meet with the Dragonfire Guild alone, he should represent the guild to which he belongs......"

"Guild you belong to?"

Sylvide nodded slightly: "...... They seemed to be looking for someone, but the exact goal was not clear, after all, Parker had only heard a few words at the end. ”

If it had been before, Fang Yu might not have paid too much attention to this sentence, but after experiencing Ai Mao Fort and his party, he was obviously extremely sensitive to things like 'finding people'.

Hearing this, he asked sharply, "Looking for someone?" Have a more detailed clue? ”

Sylvid thought for a moment, but still shook her head: "...... According to Parker, they mentioned some details about Shankirk and the necromancer, which seemed to be orders given to them by a big man behind the scenes, but the other party never mentioned any clues about the big man......

"By the way, they seem to have been to Castle Worm as well...... That alchemist should just be the one they stayed here to take care of, they mentioned that someone was injured, and there seemed to be a professional healer among the people who came from the Dragonfire Guild this time. ”

And so it was—

When Fang Yu heard this, he already knew most of it in his heart, he thought that it would take him a lot of time to find these people, but he didn't expect that it would take no effort to get them. He subconsciously looked at Sylvid, and Miss Captain was also looking at him, her blue eyes meeting his.

She only nodded slightly, "I also have this guess, these people may be the same people who took Lady Quesu's son, and they are just right in terms of time." It's just that I haven't had time to check the Adventurer's Guild yet—"

"There's no need to check," Fang Yu shook his head and replied firmly, "It must be them." And most of them don't leave any clues, but it's easy for us to confirm the identities of these people. ”

Sylvid was stunned for a moment, only to realize that the other party might have gained something in this line of work, so he would say such a positive word. Sure enough, she saw Fang Yu taking out something - it was a badge with a black lightning bolt tearing the sky on it.

Seeing this emblem, Sylvid's eyes flashed slightly: "This emblem...... Parker also saw it on the clothes of those people, which was supposed to be the emblem of their guild. ”

"I guess so." Fang Yu wiped the emblem with his hand. The emblem was found on the corpse, worn by all but Lady Quisu's son.

He was the one who called him, so he naturally recognized this emblem as a guild emblem at a glance, but there were thousands of guilds in Aitalia, and not every emblem he could tell what guild it belonged to.

However, this emblem obviously does not belong to some well-known guild.

He began, "They were in a hurry to leave behind these bodies and emblems. With an emblem, it is much easier to check the identity of the other party. ”

Sylvid knew that this must have happened at Wormburg, but she didn't ask, because she knew that when the time was right, Fang Ou would always tell them the details of the mission.

She thought for a moment and changed the subject: "There is one more thing, captain." ”

Fang Yu raised his head: "What's wrong?" ”

"The captain should know about the most widely distributed organization in the south of Dulun, right?"

"You mean the Southern Alchemist Alliance?"

Sylvid nodded slightly, "Those people mentioned the organization at the end, and they also said something a little strange...... I think it might be worth noting......"

"What kind of words?" Fang Yu asked.

"They said, 'The plans of the adults have been successful for the most part, the alliance has leaned towards us, what you have to do now is to find more like-minded people and shrink our manpower back-'"

"'Withdraw your fist, naturally, in order to punch it out more forcefully. We're going to impress everyone this time, and we've decided on a date for the final launch, but the specifics are still being kept secret. ’”

"'All in all, it's going to be around that game and you have to be ready.' ”

The ship's master lady finished describing these words in detail before looking at him: "These are the original words described by Parker. But I guess most of these people in this plan are just executors, and the real planners—"

"It's the Worship of the Dragons."

The mysterious forces associated with the Dragon Fire Guild, who else will there be besides the Dragon Worship Sect?

But Fang Yu was silent, and he faintly felt something wrong in his heart.

He had thought that the Cultists were only operating around Tarun, but now it seemed that there was much more to it than that. The Dragon-worshipping messenger he met at Wormburg, the lich he was looking for, the Lich associated with House Rogessel, and the broken dragon-slaying sword.

What does it have to do with all this?

They were really just planning to resurrect the Dragon Witch, so what did their 'plan' in the south of Dulun represent?

The more Fang Yu thought about it, the more he felt that everything behind this seemed to be more and more confusing.

……