"Hey, are you really just leaving? Don't want to stay longer? "There was a crisp sound in the early morning breeze.

Duran and Kate looked at each other and smiled, then turned back and beckoned to the two goblins in the valley: "The forest is your home, not ours, everyone always has his own things to do, doesn't he?" ”

The two ice goblins showed a reluctant look, the goblins love to play, the more people there are, the happier they are, not to mention that in the past few days, this guy has been teased by the two of them, and it is simply fun. Now that Duran and his party were about to leave the Mushroom Forest, the two ice goblins were suddenly a little lost.

"But the two of us don't have our own things to do." Lulu argued.

Duran shrugged, "It's your luck. To be honest, I don't really know what serious things to do as a goblin. ”

Nana blinked, "Aha, we don't know what the other goblins are going to do. ”

Duran asked a little curiously, "Haven't you seen any other goblins since you were born?" ”

The two little ones shook their heads crisply.

"It's kind of weird." Duran groaned slightly, when he first found traces of the existence of ice fairies in the valley, he was a little puzzled, it stands to reason that this place is the edge of the land of order, and the intelligent race of ice fairies will definitely not settle here, and these two little guys seem to have been accidentally left here by the tribe.

"Well, if you're bored, I have a suggestion: you can go and look for your tribe, I know there's a place where many of your people live." Duran pondered his vocabulary and said slowly.

"Compatriots?" Lulu scratched her forehead and looked puzzled, "Do they look like us?" ”

"Perhaps, in the eyes of other races, the elves all look similar...... To be honest, it's hard for me to tell which of the two of you is Lulu and who is Nana. Duran's slightly apologetic tone was exchanged for disgruntled glances from the two elves.

"Well, if you tell us where the other elves live, maybe we'll visit them." Lulu crossed her waist and said in an old-fashioned manner.

"Well, you guys just jot down the route a little bit. It's not that far, just north along the edge of the mushroom forest, across a large river, and you'll soon reach the eastern foot of Mount Helga. Once you're in the mountains, you'll have to be careful to protect yourself, as there may be plenty of wild beasts, but be careful with your illusions, and the journey won't be particularly difficult. After that, walking all the way towards the place where the sun rises, this is not too far, and you will come across a misty lake, where there is a tribe of ice elves, about three hundred elves. Duran said quickly, and he wasn't afraid that Lulu and Nana hadn't remembered the details of his words - the elves had a very strong memory, even though they often did stupid things.

"Wow! Sounds great. Nana's eyes lit up, "Maybe we should go home and tidy up and hit the road right away." ”

"Yes, we haven't seen any other goblins before!" Lulu nodded in agreement, and the two leprechauns didn't look back, flapping their wings quickly and flying into the valley, leaving Duran and the others behind completely.

"Look, I'll just say that goblins like nothing more than fun." Duran pursed his lips and spread his hands to the crowd: "It's time for us to go, too." ”

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"My gut tells me you're probably not going to fool those two little idiots, but I'm curious where did you get the news? Mount Helga has always been regarded as a barren place, and the eastern foothills are even less accessible to hunters. How do you know there's a bunch of ice goblins out there? The group walked quickly in the forest, and Kate quietly asked Duran while Erega was not looking.

Duran snorted, "Is that so?" I thought a lot of people knew......"

"Hey, don't interrupt." The warlock glared at Duran and said angrily, "Don't tell me that Mr. Qiu told you these things. ”

Duran scratched his head: "Look at Kate, you have become smarter, in fact, as you said, this knowledge is indeed taught to me by the teacher." ”

Kate glanced at Duran in disappointment, and suddenly said with some gloom, "I'm sorry to embarrass you, maybe I shouldn't keep asking you about your secrets." ”

Duran was a little surprised, and he immediately explained: "It's nothing, anyone can be curious. ”

The silver-haired warlock said whimfully, "It looks like the next leader is not interested in satisfying my curiosity. ”

Duran sighed and said, "Curiosity kills cats." Besides, as the next leader of the Black-clad Crowd, if I blindly satisfy your curiosity, wouldn't there be no mystery at all? If you get into the habit of answering questions, what if one day you suddenly become interested in the color of my bottoms and come up to me and ask me? ”

"Go for your panty color!" Kate's face flushed and shattered, it was obvious that the topic between the two had already deviated from her original intention of questioning under Duran's nonsense, and the demon warlock gradually had a tendency to go crazy, but her only remaining reason made her subconsciously lower her voice: "But you can't let me turn a blind eye to all this!" ”

"All this? What does it mean? ”

"Ironhide is a coward, obedient to you, and he will not dare to speak; Eregar hasn't been in contact with you for long, and he's a little fool, so it's normal not to notice your mutations; Abu can't speak, and the big man you brought with him must be in your group. So I'm the only one of them who knows all about your changes. Kate said quickly, "May I ask the next leader, how do you explain the height of the mutation?" A few days ago you were a head shorter than me, and now you're almost as tall as me. And your strength, it's just a leap and bound......"

"Stop!" Duran interrupted her abruptly and looked her in the eye: "Kate. Miss Vilas, be careful with your wording. First, I am not your prisoner and do not need to give you any explanation; Second, I once saved your life, and our relationship is one between the savior and the saved, and you are so aggressive with your benefactor trying to observe his hole cards and secrets? Third, I am the next leader of the Blacks, and you are just an ordinary Black...... So, do you need me to go on? ”

Kate's eyes widened in surprise, and Duran's cold tone made her very uncomfortable - all the while, Duran appeared in front of her in a very gentle manner. Whether it's the battle at the West Mountain Pass, or the fight against the Dryad, or the just right appearance in the Valley of Shadows to take out the Shadow Nightmare...... On all occasions, Duran has always been modest and gentle, and approachability is the label he invisibly puts on himself. This mildness almost made Kate forget who Duran herself was—in her heart, she had always regarded Duran as a young and reckless teenager, just like her younger brother.

After Mr. Qiu's death, she insisted on following Duran, just to try to take care of the next leader of the black-clothed crowd - in her opinion, the current Duran is too young and always prone to make mistakes of one kind or another, so she can't help but want to get close to Duran, understand him, and help him.

When all this had become a habit, Kate didn't think much about it and asked about Duran's secret, which seemed to her to be a reasonable thing, and she didn't mean to snoop into his secret, but just hoped to help him. It wasn't until Duran's almost heartless words came out that Kate suddenly realized that her behavior was so inappropriate.

Despite Duran's young age, Kate's memory of the teenager made almost no mistakes; He was always witty and calm, generous and humorous, and his attitude was amiable, but he was also persistent in hate. His strength is far stronger than he imagined, and he has been improving by leaps and bounds. Does such a person really need his own senseless care?

Kate bit her lip and suddenly felt a particularly aggrieved feeling. She took two deep breaths, barely calming her mind, and then slowly spoke, "I think I understand what you mean, Duran...... My lord. ”

Looking at the silver-haired warlock's slightly distant expression, Duran could only sigh in his heart. He's not the kind of person who is cold and ruthless, but he has secrets that no one else can know. The Evil Pact and the Tower of Shadows alone were enough to kill him, and Kate's concern may have been well-intentioned, but Duran could only decline.

The path of the Assassin was often that of a lone person; As a member of the Crossing Army, Duran was already doomed to a lonely fate, and the true secret of his heart could never be shared with others. Even if it is because of the soul of the young man, because of a large amount of information, he has successfully integrated into this world, at some moments, he will become as if he is a bystander and looks at this continent coldly. Maybe one day in the future, he will feel a sense of belonging to Feinan, but he knows that his roots are destined to be in that beautiful land called Earth. He has his goals and ideals, he will fulfill his teacher's wishes, and he is also willing to fight all his life to end the tyrannical rule of the dragon in this land.

But after all of this, if ever, the only thing Duran wanted to do was ......

Find a way home.

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