The leather boots that had opened their mouths stepped heavily on the stacks of dead leaves, stopped, and hesitated to retract, a soft rustle. There was a silent monster lurking in the darkness, and the tattered robe was pulled out of the shadows like a gray banner wrapped around the young man's body, and he lifted his torn glasses and turned back cautiously.

Heavy footsteps drew nearer, mingled with scolding and barking, chains clanged, and the light of torches seemed to faintly penetrate the layers of bushes.

He subconsciously clenched the sword in his hand and held it tightly in his arms, as if that was his only hope.

Indeed, that is the only hope.

Tears rolled down his bruised cheeks, and he opened his mouth wide and gasped for air, but he didn't dare to make a sound.

It's close, it's close, it's still a little bit close—

A hand reached out in the darkness, somewhat pale and thin, in front of him.

The boy looked up in a daze.

"Hee, Heath, ......?"

The girl stretched out her hand and stood in front of him, a faint smile in her eyes.

The boy went limp and almost fell to the ground, but the girl took a step forward and held him up.

The young man's tears were not dry, and he opened his mouth wide and looked at this illusory and real person in a daze, and for a moment he seemed to have forgotten that even his glasses slipped off the bridge of his nose and fell between the soft dead leaves.

The girl grabbed his hand and said to him, "Here, follow me." ”

"But you ......"

"Shhh

She tugged at his wrist and walked into the bushes.

The two of them drifted farther and farther apart.

In the darkness, there was only a black cat wagging its tail, its scorched pupils staring at its back in the forest. Then it lowered its head and gently rubbed its cheek against its glasses between the fallen leaves—

……

The scratched leather boots stepped heavily on the stacked dead leaves, and when they stopped, Fang Yuan picked up the torn glasses from the fallen leaves and lifted them up. The light of the fire in the sky pierced through the dark forest, and by the light, he carefully took a closer look.

It is Hudi's glasses.

"Miss Spoon!" Sky Blue suddenly let out a low cry.

The crowd turned away, and saw only a dark shadow in the bushes. Tianlan turned her head and grabbed Ji Ta and Fang Yuan's hands with some eagerness: "Did you see it, it's a cat." ”

"Of course I saw it, but it was a male cat, and it had such a long beard — ahhh The Paparal's short hair was grabbed by Sky Blue. "Parker, you're talking nonsense, I'm going to be!"

"But has it been following us?" Kita blinked slowly, looked at Attila in Fang Yuan's arms, and asked.

Fang Yu shook his head slowly.

He suddenly took a step back and stood in front of Kita.

Ji Ta was slightly stunned, and raised her immature little face: "Brother Ed? ”

"Wait, do you think there's anything wrong?" Momiji suddenly asked in a whisper.

Others also stopped.

Recalling the first to take the longbow from behind his cloak, his sword eyebrows furrowed slightly, and his face showed some confusion, and he looked around, but there was a little uncertainty.

"What's wrong?"

"The forest is too quiet?" Azure asked as she let go of Parker's hair, a little scared.

"It's not this ......," Momiji looked up cautiously.

Fang Yuan also raised his head at the same moment.

Between the pines and cypress treetops, the night sky is slightly burgundy, with some sparks wafting and black smoke billowing from the lower town, but other than that, it doesn't seem to be different.

It's just, what seems to be missing?

“…… What about enchantments? Momiji's voice suddenly trembled a little, and he asked softly.

Fang Yu only felt his heartstrings move, and he turned his head.

Memories suddenly shouted: "Be careful! He lunged forward, pushing Momiji away, and a long shadow rushed in the darkness, just in time to collide with him.

The strange shadow let out a scream, flew out dozens of feet with its memories, and slammed into an ancient pine and cypress not far away. The trunk cracked, shook violently, and the needles fell in a flutter.

"Captain!" When Momiji got up from the ground, he happened to see this scene, and his eyes were about to crack. "Annihilator ——!" She pressed her hands to the square crystal on her chest and screamed, pulling a long blue line in the darkness.

The blue line slowly stretches and opens to the sides.

A spinning cube emerges from the void space.

Momiji pointed forward, and a golden thread shot towards the woman beside Memories.

Nicol Bolas, or the embodiment of the Dragon's Golden Tree, turned his head indifferently and swept the golden thread apart with a casual wave of his claws, turning it into bits of dust.

The knights raised their weapons in unison and pointed at the terrible woman.

"Run—" Memories was pressed by Nicol Bolas with one hand on the trunk of a tree, blood gushing from his chest, and his breath was faint, he hung his head and said to the others in a gossamer manner.

"Captain!"

"I'll let you—" Memory looked up, his face covered in blood and hideous, his mouth wide open, his canine teeth bared, and he shouted with all his strength, "Get out of here!" ”

The knights took a step back in unison, looked at their captain, hesitated for a moment, and then gritted their teeth and turned away.

"Want to run?" The incarnation of the Dragon's Golden Pyroscope sneered, let go of his hand and turned around, spreading his wings and preparing to catch up.

But a bloody hand grabbed her shoulder. The incarnation of the dragon's golden fang was slightly stunned, and when he turned around, he saw the rickety man, raising his head and smiling at himself.

"I'm not dead yet, Miss Nicol Bolas." Memories coughed.

The incarnation pupils of the dragon's golden fang shrank slightly, and as if he was enraged, he twisted the neck of the memory, lifted him up, and said, "Don't mention that name to me-"

"Captain!" Hongye gritted his teeth, put his five fingers together and wanted to attack again, but Fang Yu immediately turned around and shouted, "Stop her!" ”

Shesta grabbed her wrist. "Let go of me!" Momiji shouted at the latter with red circles in his eyes.

But the maid looked at her motionlessly.

Fang Yu stopped Ji Ta and Tian Lan with one hand, and said to the others: "Run, everyone runs separately!" As he spoke, he glanced at the memory of being pressed against the tree by the incarnation of the dragon's golden pyrotechnic, who seemed to feel something.

A message pops up from the team's channel: 'Listen to Eddard-'

Fang Yu turned around and ran towards the forest with Ji Ta and Sky Blue.

"Ed!?" Momiji turned his head and looked at the latter angrily and annoyed.

"Shesta, take her away." Sylvide shouted behind her as she ran, carrying her suitcase in one hand and her skirt in the other.

"Wait!" Momiji panicked and subconsciously tried to withdraw his hand. But the maid stepped forward and lifted her up on her shoulder. "Put me down!" Momiji pushed Shesta's shoulder hard, but to no avail, the latter chased after her.

And the first time Fang Yu escaped, the incarnation of the dragon's golden Yu frowned, and once again let go of the memory and let it fall to the ground. She turned around and chased after her, but the damned human grabbed her ankle again.

But how could this little strength stop her.

The tail behind her flicked, ready to sweep the worm away, but she didn't expect the dragon's tail to move, and suddenly a creepy uneasy omen rose from behind her.

The incarnation of the dragon's golden pygam screamed, "You dare——! ”

Her vertical pupils shrank into a line, and in an instant she turned and folded her wings in front of her. Memories crawled on the ground, one hand clasping her ankle while the other was behind him—on top of the core crystal of the magic furnace.

A dazzling white light rose from the forest.

Then there was a deafening roar, as if even the ground trembled with it.

Fang Yu subconsciously stopped, looked back in that direction, he seemed to realize something, and couldn't help clenching his fists slightly.

Not far away, the two little girls, Sky Blue and Kita, also stopped—the bright light in the forest soon dimmed, and the surroundings were quiet again.

It seemed even quieter than before, even the sound of the insects was lost, and only a faint, peculiar buzz remained.

Fang Yu turned in that direction.

Between the dark woodlands, Parker, Dickett, and Sylvid didn't seem to be far from the three of them, and he could even hear Paparal's chatter coming from one direction.

"My treasure map is still on Eddard!"

"And keep you?"

"Well, forget it."

But the conversation between the two is getting farther and farther away, and it seems to be gradually moving away from their direction.

Fang Yu didn't make a sound to warn, but took two steps back—Ji Ta and Sky Blue looked at him with a blank face. The former only looked around vigilantly, and turned around to carefully hand over the white paper in his arms to Sky Blue.

"Sky Blue, Kita, you take Miss Atira out of this place."

"Brother Ed, what about you?" The two little girls looked up at him.

"Shhh ”

"Is it the incarnation of the Dragon's Golden Pyro?" Kita asked in a whisper.

Fang Yu shook his head.

"Dragon-worshippers?"

Fang Yu nodded at this time, and he pushed the two of them: "Hurry up." ”

In the forest, there was already the sound of chaotic footsteps. The two of them knew that staying would only be a burden to Fang Yuan, and the sky blue eyes turned red, and Kita also bit her lip and nodded to him, so the two of them helped Attila and disappeared behind the bushes step by step.

Fang Yu watched them walk away before turning around and raising his hand at the same time. A golden light flew from the darkness and fell into his hand with a clatter.

The tiny humming stopped abruptly -

In just a moment, a few sneaky guys in black robes ran out of the darkness, and the person at the front couldn't help but pause when he saw Fang Yuan.

"You found out about us a long time ago?" After the leader stopped, the urn asked angrily.

"Before the incarnation of the Dragon's Golden Pyroscope appeared." Fang Yu looked at the five mysterious people in front of him and replied quietly.

The leader was slightly stunned: "I didn't expect you to guess that it was the dragon's golden sword-"

"I've guessed more," Fang replied, "Fox Howard, is this your name, or a pseudonym?" ”

The man at the head was visibly surprised.

He stayed there for a long time, and then he lifted his hood to reveal a face that Fang Plover had seen before—a somewhat young, but ordinary face.

The young man's face was full of surprise: "How do you know me?" ”

Fang Yu looked at the other party calmly and said, "I have checked the representative players of the Elpakhin Craftsman Association who participated in the competition at the Traveler's Rest that day, you should know that we are also investigating your whereabouts, and you don't think that your identity as a dragon worshipper was not revealed afterwards, right?" ”

That young man was a member of the Elpahin Craftsmen's Association, who was competing in the Traveler's Rest that day.

Fox was stunned: "I mean, how do you know I'm here?" He asked, looking around suspiciously, as if suspecting that there was an informant lying in ambush beside him.

Fang Yu sighed. "I just guessed."

"Guess?"

"Among the people who participated in the competition, you were not the only one who was a dragon worshipper, right?" Fang Yu asked rhetorically, "Is Hu Di also your person?" ”

Fawkes closed his mouth and looked at Fang Plover warily.

"So Hu Di is here, then you should definitely be here too," Fang Yu looked at his expression, and he knew that he was not wrong: "I probably guessed your plan, you originally wanted to use Hu Di to get this thing on me, but unfortunately it fell short, Mazak is much more shrewd than you imagined." ”

Fang Yu took out the package from his chest and shook it at them.

"And more importantly, you don't know what Hu Di really wants to do......

"You know where that bastard is!?" Fawkes glanced at the thing in his hand with some greed, and asked in surprise and anger at the same time.

But Fang Yu looked at him with a little pity: "I still know that you are going to hang up." ”

"What!?"

Before he could finish speaking, a green dagger stabbed out of his chest.

Fawkes' eyes flickered, and he watched the scene in disbelief, and a gurgling sound came out of his throat, and he looked back with some difficulty, but he saw nothing—until the somewhat annoyed voice of the Paparal rang out from below:

"I'm below you, don't be too deceitful!"

However, the toxin in the dagger had already attacked at this moment, and Fawkes only rolled his eyes and was already out of breath.

Parker pulled his dagger back and pushed it forward, pushing Fawkes's body to the ground like a bag of garbage. Only then did he raise his head and beckoned vigorously to Fang Yuan: "King of Nightingales of Sanshak, remember to owe me a meal, Mr. Alchemist?" ”

Then he looked at the dagger in his hand with a little pity and shook his head: "It's a pity, such a good thing is disposable, and it's useless." Then he threw the dagger in his hand and spread his hands: "But it's not mine anyway-"

The dagger made an arc and fell between the dead leaves, emitting a faint cold light under the moon.

At this moment, the remaining four dragon worshippers seemed to react, and they looked at Fawkes who had fallen to the ground in amazement, and then at the Paparals who suddenly appeared—they looked at each other for a moment, completely unaware of how the other party appeared.

They had heard these people go far away.

"The Elector System," Fang Yu said to these people at this time, "find out." ”

"You abominable intruders!" Only then did the dragon worshippers suddenly come to their senses, and they all scolded angrily and drew their weapons and pounced on Fang Yuan.

The sword light and sword shadow refracted on Fang Yuan's face, but he didn't move, only looked at these people coldly, and replied softly: "However, I still want to thank you for filling in the last piece of the puzzle for me——"

And then the next moment.

A large iron gauntlet reached out from the diagonal and clanged against the sword of the Dragon Worshippers.

……