Chapter 42: The Shadow Emerges

"Heliga."

"Huh?"

"We ...... Why go to the river? ”

"Pick them up."

"Who?"

The Liberl Kingdom, Chase City, the north side of the lake is surrounded by dense jungle and babbling streams, and at dusk, the view is extremely poor, and if you do some paint similar to the color of the surrounding environment, it will hardly be found.

In this case, Haliga and Faye are walking in this muddy jungle, and Faye is still protesting the fact that their nap is disturbed.

"I said you...... It's almost night, so don't talk about your nap being disturbed......" Helliga helped her forehead, "to pick up Estelle and get them to rescue the doctor." ”

"Didn't you say we couldn't break into Liber's military fortress?" Speaking of this, Fei also has a lot of complaints, she actually wants to try her hand at the country's fortress defense system, and use everything she learned in the "Zephyr".

"yes, it's to avoid suspicion." "After all, the relationship between the Empire and Liber is delicate, and I am one of the nobles who symbolize the ruling class of the Empire...... But ......"

"But?"

"However, although you can't go inside the fortress, you can still do it by picking them up outside." Heiliga snapped her fingers, "Well, the place Sister Wuxiang said should be here." ”

"Here?" Fei looked at the bushes around her, dazed.

"It is said that there are many secret passages inside Reston Fortress that lead to the outside, and there should be one nearby."

"How do you know?" Fei asked curiously, but she remembered very well that neither of them saw the drawings that Kirika showed to Estelle in order to avoid suspicion.

"Look at the other side of the river." Heliga pointed not far away, "That little boat, it looks like no one has used it in a long time. ”

"Hmm...... There are a lot of aquatic plants on the rope, and it has been a long time since the boat has been sailed. Fei also noticed that side, and took out the binoculars to observe it for a moment, "It means, what is it just in case?" ”

"Hmm...... But that's what Kirika told me. Even the Guerrilla Guild couldn't know the location of the secret passages in Reston Fortress, right? ”

"Well, there's always some way to press the bottom of the box." Fei nodded, and thought of something again, "Then, other possible exits......"

"Kirika said she only knew this one." Hyliga spread his hands, "So let's try our luck." If they don't come out of the secret passage, or if they don't come out of here...... That's not a situation where we can help. ”

"Hmm." Fei nodded.

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The sword flashed, the sky was covered with ice and snow, the cold was biting, and the terrified hunters fell one by one.

The afterimage of the Dao Dao is so fast that it cannot be captured with the naked eye, where the cold light flies, when the long stick splits down.

The two Juggernauts, like drunken walks, swept away the last of the enemy's strongholds.

"He is worthy of being called the "Juggernaut of Swords." The long-haired handsome young man with the scar on his face smiled in admiration.

"You're not bad, with an apprentice like you, the name of "Eight Leaves" will be more popular, and the teacher will be more pleased." The middle-aged man with a mustache put the long stick behind him and said heartily.

"Huh...... I'm ashamed to say that there was a moment a few years ago when I almost lost the pride of "Yaba". ”

"People who practice martial arts will always encounter all kinds of things." The man waved his hand, "It's good to be able to step over." ”

"That's just as well. But speaking of which, the person who helped me a lot that time was also a person who was inextricably linked to "Yaba". ”

"You mean the ...... who is with Estelle right now?"

"Well, that's him." The long-haired man sighed, "He also practiced under the teacher's door, but it seems that he no longer uses the trick of 'Eight Leaves'. ”

"I talked about it in my teacher's letters." The middle-aged man nodded, "He seems to have encountered something like a 'magic barrier', and practicing martial arts is just an opportunity for him to get out of the shadows...... So it doesn't matter to him what he practics, and the teacher understands that. ”

"yes...... He's with the little girl from the Chasseur now, isn't he? ”

"Yes." Zephyr Elf" ...... To be honest, I don't really like to call children like them who are supposed to be unworldly...... That's it, that's it. Speaking of which, don't you think, this Jesta Chasseur Regiment is ......"

"They could never be prisoners." The long-haired young man had a grim expression, "With this level, it is impossible for the youngest A-class guerrilla "Purple Lightning" to be injured like that. ”

"But the whereabouts of the masters who blocked the Imperial Association are indeed unknown, as if they came out of thin air." Middle-aged man spreads his hands.

"Hmph...... They say they've reported themselves, right? ”

"yes...... Society: "The Serpent of Body...... Since they have gone to great lengths to lure me out, I'm afraid Liber will ...... at this moment."

"You've read the report too, aren't they doing a pretty good job Estelle?" The young man smiled lightly, "Together with Helriga and them, they have solved many cases. ”

"That kid can help you, and you can get out of that kind of stuff...... I haven't seen it, but I guess I don't have to worry about it. As for my stupid children...... It's good to grow. Speaking of his own child, the middle-aged man who has always exuded a strong aura also has a soft arc on the corner of his mouth.

"So is my daughter. But Xiaodi is still small, so don't worry about that kind of thing for the time being...... To be honest, I don't really want her to go down the same path as us...... However, everything still depends on her own choice. The young man closed his eyes and looked serious, "Anyway, the matter of the empire has been settled, what should you do next?" Back to Liberal? ”

"Not yet, I have something else to deal with. You can feel it, too, the hand hidden behind the Chasseur's guise. The man said meaningfully, "It won't let me go easily." ”

"Yes." The young man looked regretful.

"Don't worry about me just yet. Liberal, with Her Majesty the Queen in town, presumably there will not be anything too out of the ordinary. You're in danger there, and you should have a point in your own mind about what Crossbell looks like. ”

"Yes." Although Crossbell is like that, there are countless open and secret battles on the table and in the dark, but this still can't change his love for this land, "Then, don't pass it away." We'll have a good chat when we have a chance in the future. Farewell. After saying that, the young man jumped from the top floor of the high-rise building in the stronghold on his own, and when he landed, he was light and swift, without dragging his feet.

“…… Goddess, and Lena, please bless these children and be able to survive this difficult time safely......" The middle-aged man who was left behind put away his previous resolute appearance, and unprecedentedly closed his eyes, praying with a reverent expression.