The Kormit Forest runs across the Ches Plain, blocking the road from northwestern Luther to the city of Luther south. However, there are not many dangers in the forest during the day, and most traders or travelers will choose to pass through the Kormit Forest during the day, and as for the Kormit Forest at night, unless they are powerful adventurers, few people will enter the forest at night, because it is full of all kinds of unknown dangers.

By the time John Sr.'s caravan slowly drove into the Kormit Forest, the sky had darkened, and Kenneth and Mick poked their heads out of the carriage to see the familiar tri-colored stars appearing from the east, red, blue, green, and yellow, shining bright stars to dispel the darkness and bring light to the night. Because these four stars correspond to the four elements, they are called the "Four Holy Stars", and there are even special religions that worship these four stars as gods.

Old John is an experienced businessman, although in order to appease his youngest son and choose to enter the Kormit Forest for the night, but only entered the forest soon after he ordered to set up camp, in fact only entered the forest less than 200 meters, if in case of danger can quickly leave and evacuate to the plains outside, Mick saw that Old John was so safe to do so much more relieved.

The camping was left to the adventurers, and Kenneth and Mick wanted to help, but because of technical problems, they could only stand aside in a daze, so they were too embarrassed to interfere with the work of others and stayed away.

"Two boys!" Just as Kenneth and Mick were wandering around without knowing what to do, they suddenly heard Old John shouting, "Stop messing around, come to me!" ”

The two of them didn't know what Old John was looking for the two of them, but they still walked to Old John who was sitting next to the bonfire, and Kenneth asked, "Uncle John, what are you looking for us to do?" ”

At this time, there were many people sitting around the campfire, including Old John, Old John's youngest son, Monan, a knight named George whom Kenneth only knew, and a middle-aged man wearing a magic robe, who should be a second-order magician specially invited by Old John, judging from his face, he seemed to be in his thirties, with dark brown hair that reached his shoulders, brown eyes that were indifferent, and a brooch with a unique shape on the chest of the robe. It is a badge issued by the Magician Association to symbolize the status and rank of the magician, and in the center of the circular brooch is a red six-pointed star array, tangent to its four small circles on the left and right, and the small circle is painted in four colors with symbols representing the four elements, and the two corners of the six-pointed star array on this brooch are also inlaid with two diamonds, symbolizing the identity of the wearer as a second-order magician.

Several people sat on the floor or on the stones, except for the magician who sat gracefully on a wooden bench.

Old John sat on the grass, saw the two approaching, patted the grass beside him and said, "Come, sit down, the two future magicians in our town!" ”

Old John had a slightly gray beard under his chin, and long dark brown hair, and was not tall, and he was fat, and looked like a wine barrel from a distance. Old John's full name is John Jowes, he is a bold man, as a big mine owner but very sympathetic to his miners, he has a high reputation in Tushan Town, and it is said that he will participate in the election of the mayor of Tushan Town in a few years.

Kenneth was not frightened, and sat down on the ground beside Old John without any scruples, and when Mick saw Kenneth like this, he glanced at the people around him nervously, straightened the hem of his jacket, and sat down with his legs crossed beside Kenneth.

"Haha, Mr. Joseph, let me introduce you, these are the two young children in our town, who are about to enter the Lutheran School of Magic, and the future is limitless!" Old John enthusiastically put his arm around Kenneth's shoulders and addressed the magician sitting across from him.

When he heard "Luther School of Magic", the magician named Joseph raised his eyebrows visibly, a smile appeared on his stiff face, and he nodded to Kenneth and Mick, "Hello lucky young man. ”

Kenneth scratched his head, and was about to say something, but Mick tugged at the corner of his shirt and motioned him to stop, and then Mick nodded humbly in response, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Joseph." ”

Kenneth gave Mick a strange look, and Mick bared his teeth at him.

"Haha, you two little ghosts, if you have time, ask Mr. Joseph more about magic, and ensure that you benefit a lot, you must know that Mr. Joseph is a real second-order magician." Old John patted Kenneth the shoulder, and looked at Kenneth with a grin and a burst of laughter. Joseph, on the other hand, exuded a touch of pride.

Mick pursed his lips and snubbed Kenneth for his exaggerated acting skills. However, when he heard Old John say that the arrogant-looking Joseph in front of him was a real second-order magician, Mick was also shocked.

Although Mick successfully cast the second-order magic "Imprisoned Wind" of the wind system can be called a second-order magician, but the second-order magic he currently masters is only "Imprisoned Wind", which is not a genuine second-order magician, and the so-called real second-order magician must at least master two or more second-order magics in the four systems.

So Mick immediately respected Joseph, it is not easy to become a magician, and it is not easy for a real second-order magician, after four years of study, if it were not for the books given to him by Hephaestus, I am afraid that he would still only be a first-order magician, and he naturally understands the hardships.

Just as Mick was about to speak to Joseph for advice, Old John's six-year-old son pulled Old John's beard and said, "Daddy, I want to go to the forest to play, there is nothing here." ”

Old John frowned, but still gently held his youngest son in his arms, and said to him, "Joe, isn't it very good here?" You see that there are still everyone with you, how lively it is! ”

"It's so boring here! Nothing! Joe suddenly cried out loudly, and the strength of his hand increased considerably, and old John was in pain, and could not help but throw him on the ground.

Joe, who had been loved by old John since he was born, saw that he was thrown to the ground by his father, and the pain in his buttocks was far less than one ten-millionth of the grievances in his heart, so he stood up and shouted with tears in his eyes, "Daddy is a bad guy!" And he rushed into the forest.

"Joe, where are you going? Stop! When Old John saw Joe running into the forest, he yelled in a hurry, and shouted to Monan, "How long will you be in a daze, Monan?" Go after Joe! ”

Everything happened too fast, Mo Nan, who was already in the sky, didn't react at all, and when he heard Old John's shout, Joe was already gone, and the grass and trees in this forest were very dense, so anxious that Mo Nan immediately burst into fine beads of sweat.

"Mr. John, don't worry, those two teenagers have already caught up, and I believe that the little boy will be brought back soon." But it was Joseph's calm voice that calmed down the restless emotions of everyone present.

Old John realized that the two teenagers in his hand had disappeared, and after listening to Joseph's words, he knew that the two were chasing Qiao, and he had also heard some of the deeds of these two teenagers in Tushan Town, and it seemed that he had helped many people in the town, and then thought that the two were genius teenagers who were directly selected by the Lutheran School of Magic to ask for admission, and it shouldn't be difficult to recover a child, right?

But old John asked Joseph, "Does Mr. Joseph know where they are going?" ”

Pointing northeast, Joseph said to old John, "I see where they are going." Joseph thought that the commission he had accepted was to protect the caravan, and chasing a runaway child was naturally not on his radar.

Old John looked at Joseph's unmoved appearance, but it was not difficult to guess his thoughts, so he glared at Monan and George, who was dressed in light armor, and said unceremoniously: "What are you still stunned about, why don't you chase after him?!" ”

"Okay, boss (sir)." The two of them hurriedly ran into the forest in response, and soon disappeared, and in the blink of an eye only Old John and Joseph were left by the lively campfire.

As for the other adventurers, because they also had to protect the carriage, it was not appropriate to let them enter the forest to search, and old John still had this consideration, but he sat on the ground with his butt and patted his stomach and said, "Stinky boy, come back and see that I won't beat you hard!" ”

————————

At this time, Kenneth and Mick, who were pinned on great hopes by Old John, also seemed to be lost in this huge forest.

The two of them gradually changed from running to sprinting, and finally to slow walking, and then Kenneth silently asked Mick, "Mick, are we lost?" ”

Mick looked around, and all he saw was the same dwarf trees and shrubs, but Joe's figure was nowhere to be seen. Fortunately, there was the bright starlight of the four holy stars overhead, and although they were in the forest, the two of them could still observe their surroundings relatively clearly, but there was no human shadow at the end of their sight.

Mick nodded to Kenneth with a heavy face, "Kenny, we're really lost. ”

Kenneth looked around and said, "We obviously ran with Joe, how could we lose it?" ”

Mick was stunned when he heard Kenneth's words, and immediately reacted: Indeed, the two of them chased after Joe, who was just a six-year-old child, how could he run past the two of them?

And just when Mick seemed to be aware, Kenneth's chest suddenly flashed red, and his whole body was refreshed, and it was the effect of the "Dragon's Heart" that was activated.

Kenneth's expression changed, and he didn't think much about immediately holding Mick into his arms, feeling that Mick seemed to be struggling, he immediately roared, "Don't move!" ”

As soon as Kenneth finished speaking, he immediately received a heavy blow from the back, and he was directly knocked out, and Kenneth's red light appeared, helping him offset 80% of the impact, and rolled against the giant thing that appeared in front of him.

Mick got out of Kenneth's arms, knowing that Kenneth was trying to protect himself just now, and he was also shocked when he looked at the huge demonic beast that appeared in front of him.

I saw that the monster in front of the two of them was in the shape of a wolf as a whole, about two meters high, about four meters long, the whole body was pitch black, and the thick limbs were impatiently playing with the dirt at their feet because of the failure of the sneak attack, and the tail behind them seemed to be like a phantom swaying with the body, and the front half of the body was real and half was virtual, which looked particularly weird.

"This is the Shadow Wolf, I've seen it in books." After Mick identified the magical beast in front of him, he immediately said to Kenneth, "This is a first-order magical beast, and there are two kinds of magic mastered, one is the first-order magic of the wind system "Accelerated Movement", and the other is the first-order magic of the wind system "Deception of Space". ”

Kenneth touched his clothes torn by the wolf's claws, and said with a wild smile on the corner of his mouth, "So it did everything just now?" ”

"No, Kenny, I think...... It should be 'them' to ......" Mick looked at the huge figures that slowly emerged, and the figures trembled slightly, "The Shadow Wolf is a group of demonic beasts, and it generally uses sneak attacks as its main means of attack, and now it has appeared directly in front of us......"

Kenneth smiled and took Mick's words and said, "It means that you don't take us seriously at all, right?" ”

Mick swallowed and tried to stop his body from trembling, but looking at the six shadow wolves in front of him, he couldn't help but tremble in his voice, "Kenny, are you—are you sure?" ”

Kenneth smiled confidently in response, and a deep red appeared in the depths of his pupils: "Well, you'll know the answer to this question later." ”