"It's amazing that you were able to do that, but looking back on it, it's a pity."

The mountains ahead suddenly became steep and difficult, but the pace of the group did not stop. They rounded a pile of rubble and continued into the depths of chaos.

Kate rubbed her calf, which was a little numb, they had been walking for more than three days, and as a spellcaster, she was inevitably a little tired.

Duran, who was walking at the back of the line, smiled slightly: "You think I shouldn't let Andrew die so easily, do you?" ”

The silver-haired warlock nodded, and said regretfully, "It's a blessing that he didn't experience the countless times he had inflicted on civilians with his own hands. ”

Duran shook his head: "Kate, to be honest, I hate Andrew more than you - but torture does nothing but selfishly vent our inner anger, it only makes us strangers and even loses our original surname." In the face of enemies, I have always felt that simply erasing their surnames is the best way to deal with them. ”

Andrew's head was still resting quietly in Simodo's package. In addition to the original centaurs, Duran and the others were accompanied by Chili and his pet White Spot in the Forest, and of course, the veteran Jamal who was lucky enough to survive the dragon's blood poison.

The hemolytic potion made by Duran was obviously quite effective, and the recipe for the potion that the university scholar had to work on after a lot of hardships and even traveled to most of the Faynan Continent was indeed worthy of the glory of his master. Of course, in this team, except for Jamal and Duran, the rest of the group thought that the veteran had survived on his own tenacious perseverance.

Obviously, the less people know about the hemolytic agent, the better, and even Jamal, under duran's coercion, signed another vicious gag oath to escape with his surname. The rest also took some hemolytic agents, which worked very well, and three-quarters of them survived.

Unfortunately, their survival does not mean that they will live, and Duran does not feel that anyone other than the veteran Jamal is of any value, so it is logical that they will die after the experiment. Duran had never been a cold-blooded man, but now he was so weak that such a huge secret was like a golden treasure that could attract enemies at any time, and the only thing that awaited him was death.

Chili is another exception, this guy was simply deceived into the lord's guard. As a simple Ranger disciple, he didn't know anything about a lot of common sense, and he didn't even know about the existence of the Dragonman Empire! After talking to this guy for a while, Duran even felt that the young man was clearly more like an authentic traverser than himself. So under the guidance of Duran and Kate many times, this guy finally changed his camp, and at the same time had his initial impression of the world.

Of course, there is also the credit of Jamal, as a veteran of the Lord's Guard, he is impressed by the methods of the dragons, of course, he has done a lot of things for the tigers, but when it comes to this, he always cleverly chooses not to talk about it.

So after a period of time, Chili and White Spot's perception of the Ruha Empire was reduced to a limit of freezing, and he immediately expressed his hope that he could follow Duran and work together to overthrow the Dragonman Empire - Duran, who was desperately short of manpower, naturally would not refuse a hot-blooded young man. In his opinion, Chili has far more potential than Jamal, who was able to become his follower because of experience; The former, on the other hand, is pure room for growth.

After Andrew's death, the town of White Sands was in chaos for a time - more than half of the guards died violently, which was quite serious. There have been several vicious incidents in the town: fights, brawls, robberies, etc., and even the burgon manor has been robbed. The civilians were terrified, more fearful of the future lord than the brutal Andrew.

Once the Empire has appointed another lord to the land, they can only pray for the mercy of the new lord - and in fact, in human proverbs, the image of the mercy of the dragon lord has always alluded to the "pretentious or fantastical". However, with the initial chaos over, the remaining guards, with the presence of the clerk and the tax collector, temporarily stabilized the manor and White Sands. They made a shocking announcement to the populace that Miss Chloe was about to inherit the territory of White Sands.

At the same time, a canonized official from the city of Grand Pudding arrived, and he issued the personal appointment of the lord of the city of Grand Pudding without even seeing Chloe. As the last blood of the Lippi family, Lippi was recognized by Andrew for his succession to White Sands after his death - and a letter signed by Sir Petrus confirmed Chloe's relationship with Andrew. According to the old sir's recollection, on that snowy night a few years ago, the dragon mage came to visit the house with an infant baby girl in his arms, hoping that the old sir would be a witness to the poor illegitimate daughter, and it is said that the column of Chloe's surname on the Lippi family tree was written by Sir Petrus himself.

Of course, no one cares that Sir Petrus, who has always been known for his good handwriting, writes Chloe. Lippi] was a name that had plummeted - and the crooked stroke of the pen was very different from the old sir's previous handwriting. But all this is not unreasonable, after all, Petrus also said that it was a snowy night, and it was inevitably a little unfavorable under the cold and freezing.

So, under the rude method of opening the way with money, everything was done naturally. Duran saw Chloe rise to the throne of White Sands with the help of the clerk and the tax collector, inheriting the domain of "his father" Andrew, but without a title. Because the Lippi family originally obtained this territory as a pioneer knight, the royal family did not issue a knighthood, but gave a special title of [Pioneer Lord] to prove the legal surname of their territory, but there is still a certain distance from the real nobles. This is also the reason why Andrew has no aristocratic friends.

In any case, the situation is temporarily stabilized is what Duran is happy to see, and of course Andrew's death report has also been reported, but it has been changed from assassination to [death of illness], and no one cares about the lord of a frontier land, and the people of White Sands obviously don't know. The only thing they knew was that Miss Chloe, who had always been revered by them, had become a local lord, and the town of White Sands celebrated all night the day the news spread.

And the next battle of wits with the big pudding city and the clerk, the tax collector and others Duran did not plan to participate, he wanted Chloe to inherit the territory of White Sands Town was just a whim, but he didn't expect to succeed so easily. Of course, there are still three flaws in this matter, one in Old Petrus, one in the close attendants of the lord of the Great Pudding City, which Chloe paid off with money, and the last one is the greedy clerk and tax collector. These people have no idea what is going on, but it is money that makes them choose to turn a blind eye, and the alliance is strong at times, but fragile at other times.

But these things have been left behind by Duran, and Chloe has a headache to have a headache, and Duran believes that this always intelligent woman knows how to deal with these complex relationships.

The road ahead became more difficult to walk, the aura of chaos grew stronger, and the trees around them had long since withered - they seemed to have entered a wild world. There was no river, no green trees, no signs of life.

"Oh my God, how can a place like this live?" Jamal muttered, his eyes filled with surprise.

Kate glanced at him and said proudly, "If it was so easy for you to find, wouldn't we have been wiped out a long time ago?" ”

Led by the warlock, the group continued on their way, overcoming many obstacles until they finally reached a stone forest.

The road in the stone forest was full of twists and turns, and it was very complicated, but Kate was familiar with the road and led them to the center.

A quaint stone gate appeared in front of them.

"Behind this door, is our destination." Kate said succinctly.

Duran was slightly excited, the base of the black-clothed people was indeed in the depths of the wilderness! Behind this stone gate, it should be the place like a paradise that the teacher mentioned many times - the three towns.

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