Ten minutes later, Link and Anne arrived at the Riverdale Inn.

Anne's status as a princess was too eye-catching, so of course they stayed in the living room, but in the private living room of the best room on the second floor of the inn, and at the same time in the living room was Andusen, the knight of the kingdom who asked Link's name earlier.

As for Yak and Grindan, they stayed in the lobby on the first floor, waiting for the syndicate to contact them.

"Why did you leave suddenly without saying hello?"

In the living room, Anne, dressed in azure leather armor, looked at Link, with a hint of resentment in her dark blue eyes.

After the Greenstone incident, both her father and King Ryan showed great concern about the affairs of the dark elves, and as an important participant in the incident, Anne was called back.

Link also sighed, he didn't expect to meet this future legendary assassin in Riverdale Town, thousands of miles away, and could only sigh that no matter how big the world is, he can't resist the word coincidence.

At that time in Greenstone, Link had scruples about being assassinated by the Dark Elves' assassins, so he didn't dare to stay, but now, in Riverdale, he has more powerful magic, and this is also the heartland of the Norton Kingdom, so this worry is naturally gone.

After thinking about it, he thought of the explanation, and said with a smile: "You must be very strange that I, an apprentice of the Academy of Magic, can use a high-level spell like the Fire Explosion Technique, right?" ”

Anne's attention was immediately attracted by these words, this was the biggest question in her heart, and Anderson on the side couldn't help but look at it, he had always thought that this young man was just an ordinary noble child, maybe a magic apprentice, but he didn't expect that this seemingly ordinary guy would burst into such a powerful level 4 magic.

How old is he? 16 or 17? Isn't it true that a magic apprentice at this age should only have a few level 0 magic?

Seeing that Annie's gaze contained exploration, Link half-truthfully explained, "I wouldn't have been able to explode, and I could only release level 2 magic at most. But after I defeated Holm, I returned to the Fleming School of Magic, where I found three magic scrolls of the Fireblast Technique. But the scrolls were too high, and in order to use them, I had some magic backlash. At that time, my power was greatly weakened, and I could barely cast spells. You know, in that situation, I couldn't stay in Greenstone without the strength or I'd die at the hands of death, so I fled south. ”

This explanation is basically reasonable, even if there is a flaw, it has been destroyed with the destruction of the Fleming School of Magic, and it is impossible to verify it at all, so Link can rest assured that he is.

Anne really believed it, because Link had no reason to lie to her, but she was still very dissatisfied with Link's actions, and her brows furrowed: "Then you should tell me, I can send someone to protect you going south!" ”

'Tsk, why is this woman so unforgiving in this little detail, it's really troublesome! Link was a little annoyed, but the other party was a princess, his friend, and he cared about him, so he couldn't put on a cold face, so he could only continue to make up: "Actually, I have some special means of escape." After coming out of Greenstone, I was in Gwent Forest that morning. ”

The distance of thousands of miles, with Celine's flight speed, is only three hours.

Anne couldn't find any more reasons to express her dissatisfaction, but she still couldn't accept Link's behavior of not saying goodbye, she felt that the other party didn't take her to heart at all, etc., what kind of strange idea was she? Why should the other party put her at ease?

After realizing this problem, Anne was startled, and the resentment in her heart was scared away by most of it, she hurriedly sorted out her mood, and then asked a really meaningful question: "I saw your cold face on the street just now, and your two friends are sad, are you in any trouble?" ”

God knows, Link is waiting for that.

Anne is a noble princess, her father is the Iron Duke, her uncle is the king, and the resources that can be mobilized are huge, and he has a good relationship with this princess, and now he has encountered a strong enemy like the Syndicate, if he can take advantage of the situation, a fool will do it alone.

You must know that he is naturally not afraid of a single syndicate branch, but the syndicate power is all over the entire Terran world, and he destroys a branch, and the counterattack is absolutely wave after wave, endless.

There is only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days, who can stand it if it goes on like this.

Now that Princess Anne has come forward, standing behind her is the Kingdom of Norton, even if the Syndicate knows that the branch has been destroyed, but in the face of the power of the kingdom, it can only consider itself unlucky.

It's called passing on the risk, and Link hit the idea when he saw Anne.

So, Link talked about what happened to him in Riverdale, from meeting the Flamingo mercenary team, to his extermination of the Dark Brotherhood in order to make up enough tuition for the Academy of Magic, and obtained Werther's treasure, but the money was coveted by the Syndicate and involved in new troubles, and finally Lucy was captured by the other party, and told them all. However, the details of the demonization runes were not mentioned by Linkty.

He is not afraid of this leakage, because this thing is absolutely taboo in the Radiant World, and the Syndicate is too late to cover it up, so he will definitely not say it, and Ark and Gridan are his followers, let alone say it, so if nothing else, he should be able to keep the secret of the demonization rune.

When Link finished speaking, Anne turned to look at his kingdom knight, Anderson, "General, this syndicate organization is too powerful, and it is not a good thing that such a thief organization appears near Hot Spring City. Greenstone City is a case in point. I wonder if it's a clean-up? ”

Everyone knows that the syndicate thief organization is not a good thing, any kingdom will come to mow the grass every once in a while, not to mention that Princess Anne obviously has the intention of helping, Anderson naturally will not object without interest, he raised his fist and patted his chest, and said seriously: "Your Royal Highness, as you wish!" I'm going to recruit the militia in Riverdale right now! ”

"Well, you go, this matter must be rushed." To Anderson, Anne is a noble princess, and she is full of shelves.

Andusen saluted again and strode out of the living room to dispatch Riverdale's military forces.

When the door closed, only Anne and Link were left in the room.

Link was worried about the Syndicate contact, how could he sit here blindly, and after a while, he said, "Your Royal Highness, Princess"

"Call me Anne, just like Greenstone." Anne interrupted Link.

"Well, Annie, the syndicate will come to the door at any time, shall we go and wait in the hall?" Although there were Yak and Gridan in the hall, the two mercenaries were frightened by the name of the syndicate, and he was not at ease.

Anne nodded: "It's fine." ”

The two got up and prepared to go out, when Link's hand held the doorknob, Anne's faint voice suddenly sounded behind him: "Is that Lucy beautiful?" ”

What is the problem? Link didn't react for a while, a little inexplicable, but he still nodded: "It's not bad." ”

"Oh, how is it better than me?" Anne asked again.

"Each has its own merits, uh~ Of course it's not as good as you." Link finally reacted, did this Anne have a crush on him? No, they don't see each other for more than two hours, what kind of feelings can they have?

Speaking from the heart, Link doesn't feel anything about Annie, they are just friends at most, although the other party is a princess, and she is very beautiful, but it is not his cup of tea at all, but he can't talk nonsense, women are emotional creatures, if you don't take care of her mood at this time, maybe this matter will be ruined.

Link turned around and explained seriously, "Lucy is my follower, we used to fight side by side, whether it was her accident, or Ark, or Gridan's accident, I would save her." This has nothing to do with whether Lucy is a woman or not, whether she is beautiful or not, this is my responsibility as a lord. ”

Once the follower covenant is established, the follower is loyal to the lord, and the lord protects the interests of the follower, and if the follower dies because of him, he must also arrange the aftermath of the other party, so as not to chill the other followers.

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, Anne's face suddenly turned cloudy and clear, and her steps quickened, and she followed behind Link a few steps, and her attitude became very positive: "I can't go to school, you can write to me." My father had a good friend who was a powerful level 6 magician, and he was also a magic instructor at the East Valley School of Magic. As long as my father speaks, he will definitely accept you as a disciple. With your talent, being his disciple, it's too late for him to be happy. But well, I won't blame you this time, if you have difficulties in the future, you must remember to find me. ”

"I remember." Link nodded.

The two of them then opened the door and walked out of the room.

At this moment, Ark appeared at the staircase on the second floor of the hotel, and when he saw Link, his expression suddenly relaxed: "My lord, the syndicate sent a letter. ”

"What does the letter say?" Link looked grimacing.

"He told us to go to the Red Leaf Valley south of River Valley Town and exchange gold coins, and they asked us to be there by three o'clock in the afternoon." Ark glanced at Anne, who had wanted to talk about crystals, but realized that Anne was an outsider, so he quickly changed it to gold.

Anne didn't hear the mystery, and as soon as she heard this, her eyebrows immediately rose and she was furious: "Has the syndicate power in Gwent Forest reached such a rampant level? Looks like I'm back just in time! ”

Ark didn't understand this, and looked at Link.

Link explained, "Princess Anne will help us save people, and Knight Anderson has already gone to dispatch the town's militia to help. ”

Yak was overjoyed, with the intervention of the kingdom's power, there was nothing to fear from the Syndicate's threat, but he didn't expect the lord to know the princess, and the relationship was very good, which was really good.

Link turned to Anne again, "Anne, our first priority now is to save people first, and then talk about the purge. So the momentum can't be too big, my idea is that I'll go with Ark and Gridan first, and then you will quietly follow."

"No, I'm going to go with you, and let General Anduson take care of it in the rear! Don't persuade me, it's too dangerous for you to go alone. At Greenstone, you saved my life, and this time, let me help you too. Anne looked unmistakable.

Link could only nod, "Okay then." ”

So Anne quickly wrote a letter for the servant to pass it to Knight Anderson, and then said to Link: "Go, let's go, and ride my horse!" ”