Bad luck encountered a rainy day, the gray sky makes people feel depressed, a slight drizzle of rain falls on the cheeks, the wind is howling, it is really not a good weather for travel.

Mephis, carrying a large bag on his back, looked into the distance, and there were only uneven paths in the endless forest, and because he was in a hurry, he could only pray that there would be no rain in the sky.

"It's easy to encounter ghosts in the wild in such weather, and the cold and wet weather is tiresome, and the body seems to rust quickly."

"The guard of honor stationed in the capital, of course, can't adapt to the harsh environment, which is understandable."

Heviel and Alicia were at the front of the way, and the two had not been idle since the first step out of the city, and God knows what they were better at.

"Your ears must have been damaged during the battle, right? I can't understand even the most basic words. ”

"Thanks to you, the components all over your body are more or less faulty."

At this moment, Heviel's mood was impetuous, the cloudy day reminded her of hateful memories, and Alicia made her unwilling. Because she quickened her pace, her boots were also covered with mud and blades of grass, and she was unfamiliar with the road conditions, and the deep and shallow strokes caused her a little trouble. And Alicia looks like an adventurer who has been walking outside all year round, combining the knowledge stored in the memory circuit with practical experience, there is no pressure to survive in the wild, but many magic tricks don't need those ...... She walked in the woods with ease and without a hint of wolf bèi, and made do with all her strength to mock Hervey.

"I say, Alycia, help us get back to heaven, how can you forget your father and hometown as a magician Karakuri?"

"Poor Hevier's head is broken, so I don't want to help someone who doesn't even know the gender."

Alicia's faint rod-reading tone sounded very interesting, but it wasn't so interesting when it came to Hevel, it felt like a provocation.

"Since you don't want to go back to heaven, give me your armament."

"If you don't give it, the weapon will definitely cry."

"Do you want to fight!"

Hevier lowered her voice in an unkind tone.

"If you like, I can accompany you."

"Don't forget that you're in a state of lack of mana right now."

"There is still the strength to knock the unarmed Hevier to his stomach."

Alicia waved her halberd silently.

"Really? Don't just talk about it, you idiot. ”

"I don't know much about you but eat, and now is a good opportunity, so you can let the horse come."

The two stood motionless in front of each other, neither speaking nor moving, each exuding an astonishing momentum, and the fight was bound to be a dragon fight.

"Come~come~let's~ let me pass."

“……”

“……”

Mephis calmly separated the two and walked through the middle, and continued to walk forward without looking back, this scene has been seen more than once, God knows how the fellow who has been separated for thousands of years is full of gunpowder, and he is really grateful to the two for restraining himself enough not to fight.

Further on, you need to climb over the mountain, the bad condition of the rugged mountain road gives Mephis a certain test of dù, at the beginning of Mephis's face can not change, after all, someone in front of the road, it is good to walk down, plus when living on the earth, there is no experience of going out alone, so this first experience of climbing the mountain is full of energy...... Then it hurts my stomach.

The mountain road is not as easy to walk as imagined, Mephis is still very professional with a big bag, but after half an hour, he is tired, at this time he can't show timidity, no matter how tight his teeth are, he can't stand the egg pain, his face begins to sweat, and he struggles to walk. After walking for an hour, Mephes felt as difficult as torment, and finally sat weakly on the stone to drink water, lying on it and panting.

"I thought Master Mephis-sama could last longer."

"Pure Treatise lì, it's already on the average line of the Demon Bachelor."

At this time, Heviel and Alicia chatted unexpectedly, and it seemed that the guys from the Ancient Demon Academy were not lacking in trouble.

"It's rare to see a magician wading through mountains and rivers like this, and he can't even beat a goose without using magic. Not enough for Lord Mephis, estimated to have 1.5 geese's combat power. ”

"No, no, no, I think Master Mephis has at least 2 goose fighting power."

Mephis struggled to raise her head, her weak arms pointing back and forth at the two men, and then at the huge duffel bag behind her.

"Help, I, carry ......"

Hevier walked over as a matter of course and picked up her bag with one hand.

"Wouldn't it have been enough to say that earlier? After walking for so long, I wonder why Mistress Mephis did this. ”

“…… Exercise yourself. ”

"It's hard work~ It's hard work~ Do you want me to carry you~?"

Mephis gritted her teeth and bracked herself to take a closer look at the scenery below, the surrounding scenery is exactly the same as in the game era, spring, summer, autumn and winter are the same, even without a map, you can't go in the wrong direction.

Recalling the things of the game era, the first time I came here was just to collect medicine and hand over tasks, mainly to improve the alchemy level, the late stage of the legal profession is very dependent on decoctions, and the alchemist level is related to the number of times players use potions, especially decoctions that improve a certain state, players with low levels can only use one, and players with high alchemy levels can drink up to three at the same time.

In the magical world, the decoction that can improve the state during the battle is used like a god, and it will have great side effects on the body without exception...... However, it is still easy to burst the liver, so it needs to be used with caution.

Alicia clenched her weapon suddenly, cautiously, and stared intently at somewhere down the mountain.

"Anyone?"

Naturally, such a situation could not escape Mephis's eyes, and he was familiar with Alicia's actions, and he knew immediately what was happening.

"Detected the Withburner's magical reaction."

"Let's go."

Alicia nodded and hugged Mephis's waist with one hand, and jumped down layer by layer from the mountain to find a suitable foothold, and came to the foot of the mountain very quickly, and the three of them landed one after another.

Mephis immediately found blood stains on the grass, followed the trail of blood, and soon found the dead under the big tree, the death was extremely tragic, as if something had cut open his body and chewed the flesh inside, and the limbs were bitten and mutilated, and the simple glance made people feel sick to their stomachs.

Mephis picked up the Book of Mist and patted it on his head, first putting on the mirror to stop the water, and then looked around the deceased, where blood remained on the high trunk of the tree until it was dragged to the ground.

"Looks like a guy with a lot of strength, at least he can rule out banshees and ghosts."

Then crouch next to the body to examine it.

"The eyes were bloodshot and moist, it looked like we found it not long after we died, the lips were swollen and the tongue was bitten off by ourselves, it looked like I didn't die immediately when I fell here, but what happened next was obviously worse."

After saying that, he helped the deceased close his eyes and continued to observe other places.

"The chest and stomach are basically hollowed out, and the ribs may all be pierced into their lungs, but it doesn't matter, anyway, there is no liver left, this place is empty, this arm is gnawed off, and the other side is a tear off, there should be more than one withered person, and he must have suffered great pain before he died."

Mephis stood up and cautiously unfolded the magic book beside him, the wilting wither's usual trick of bait, nothing more than using corpses to attract the attention of others, and then waiting for an opportunity.

"There's more than one Blightburner, and they're not far from the neighborhood, be on guard. Well? What is this ......? ”

Mephis frowned suddenly, and he found a glittering ornament in the torn pocket of the deceased's shirt, only to find out that it was the badge of the mourning bird.

"How are they?"

"Lord Mephis?" Hervier asks what to do next.

Mephis thought for a moment, then summoned magical flames to burn the bodies of the dead.

"Let's go ours, don't worry about anything else."

Alicia glanced at the bloodstain and made a decision.

"Lord Mephis-sama knows the route, you go first, I'll patrol around."

"No, if it's coming for us, the other party's purpose is to create a sense of mystery and let us disperse, ignore them, so as not to startle the snake. Of course, there is another situation, the other party should not be coming at us, this guy is just a victim of the struggle between the two factions. ”

Alicia nodded and didn't say anything, although she can take the initiative to attack, she can easily miss the big fish, and she rarely gave Alicia a chance to choose on the battlefield in the past, so she is used to highly mobile sports warfare.

"But the wither, do you leave the other party alone?"

"No, we're going here now."

Mephis pulled out a map and pointed out a location on it.

"Change course?"

"This is the village of Mehalo, just a little detour to solve a problem."

Mephis remembered the quest in the game era, and there was a witch's mansion deep in the forest south of the village of Mehalo.

The witch was born in a noble family, but the blood in the body frightened his father, and finally imprisoned her in the mansion deep in the forest, the witch was weak and sick since she was a child, and she couldn't leave the mansion to get out of the forest, if it wasn't for the luck to awaken the witch's power, I am afraid that she would die in that deserted place sooner.

After possessing the power of magic, the witch tried to heal her congenitally weak body, but tried her best but did not succeed, but because of the side effects of the decoction, the body was greatly burdened, and then she could not even maintain a normal life, lying in bed and weakening day by day, in order to survive, the witch set her sights on the neighboring village.

Mephis didn't know if that tragedy had happened, and maybe there was room to redeem the tragedy in the past.

"But ......"

"But what?"

"It's nothing, maybe I'm thinking too much, and I need more information to confirm."

Thinking back to square one, why did the person who reported the mourning of the bird die here? Not long ago, they had just destroyed an underground room, and they wanted to take revenge on him so soon? But if you want to retaliate, you should also send some goods that can be seen, at least a giant beast of the level of a giant python, otherwise it will be the same as this guy who died inexplicably, and it has no value at all. Misfortune to the east? It's not impossible, but what kind of monsters can this bad weather attract now? When the cold wind blows, the sane beasts will lie down in their nests and sleep soundly.

Mephis decided to ignore it for now, as long as Heviel and Alicia were around, she was not afraid of any danger, and went on a side quest to suppress the shock. Thinking back to the witch, Mephis delved into the library, and found a magic book that recorded special rituals, the Ophiman's Manuscript

In the game era, this book is a quest item dropped after destroying the witch.