"How long will it take to travel from Remy Village to the Rainbow River where you met the monsters?" Now that the approximate whereabouts of the target had been determined, Moriarty immediately began to think about the pursuit.

"It takes about a day and a half to walk, but it only takes half a day to ride a horse." At this time, the village chief hurriedly replied.

"That's right. So Chief Henrytte, in your experience, what has the weather been like around Rainbow Ranch in the last week? After learning the approximate distance, Moriarty continued to ask.

"The weather..."Huntley is also an old herdsman, and he knows all the Remy Village and Rainbow Ranch where he has lived and worked all his life, turned his head to look at the sky outside the window, thought about it, and then frowned: "Although it is winter now, it is not yet time for snow." But Master, I look at the sky outside, and there may be rain tonight. ”

"Rain." Looking at the village chief's slightly uneasy expression, Moriarty vaguely sensed that this rain might not be small: "How big will it be?" How long is it down? ”

"This... I can't say for sure. Henriet shook his head and said apologetically: "Just looking at the sky outside, it shouldn't be a light rain, maybe it will continue until tomorrow night." ”

"Thank you." Moriarty nodded, but his expression changed slightly.

Arriving at Rainbow Ranch and being blocked by rain, Moriarty's start can be described as quite unsmooth. An unknown rain will not only delay Moriarty's precious journey, but may also erase all traces left by Gogot, making Moriarty's pursuit more difficult.

However, any battle is actually a contest between the belligerents in terms of time, place, people, and all aspects. Although the inexplicable effects of rain can be extremely frustrating, it does not determine the fundamental success or failure.

"Village Chief Henrytte, there are a few things I want to ask you for help with." After a moment of silent thought, Moriarty looked up at the village chief again.

"Master Mage, please command." Henry immediately stood up from his seat and said loudly, along with Tomasen and several other herder representatives.

"First, I'd like to ask you to draw a map of Rainbow Ranch. Be as detailed as possible, especially with special terrain such as hills, rivers, swamps, etc. At the same time, the location where Mr. Thomasson witnessed Gogmo must also be clearly marked on the map, as well as the route from the village of Remy. Moriarty said slowly: "Is it okay to ask for it to be done before the rain stops?" ”

"Yes, Master Mage." Henriette immediately patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, I will gather people to draw the map overnight." ”

"Good. The second thing is that I need to borrow a healthy horse and a couple of hounds from the village of Remy. As he spoke, Moriarty took out a handful of gold coins from his bosom and put them on the table, about twenty of them: "The maximum lease period shall not exceed seven days, and if there are any casualties to horses or hounds, I will compensate for them." This money is rent. ”

"It's... This..."

Looking at the small pile of gold coins, everyone, including Henrytte, suddenly widened their eyes and grinned, looking surprised. However, due to Moriarty's identity, although the gold coin was so tempting, no one dared to act rashly for a while.

"Master Mage, this money... This money... It's too much..."In the eyes of the other villagers around him, Henriet still "excused" with some caution.

"Take it, it's a fair pay, and you're going to help me draw a map." Moriarty waved his hand and shoved the gold coin in front of Henrytt.

"Thank you, Master Mage! Thank you! Seeing that Moriarty's expression did not seem to be fake, the village chief Henriet put away all the gold coins on the table. Of course, the other villagers present must also have a share in the audience, but the lion's share is bound to be taken by Henrytte. …,

On the same day, Moriarty stayed at an inn in the village of Remy.

Sure enough, just as Henriet had expected, shortly after nightfall, the rain suddenly poured down. After a brief dinner at the inn, Moriarty went back to his room early. Outside the window, the sound of heavy raindrops falling on the eaves is like an agitated drumbeat, and the diffuse water vapor is poured into the room through the small gaps in the wooden walls, making every qiē extremely damp.

Retracting his gaze from the night rain, Moriarty gathered his gear and began to meditate.

After a night, the rain still did not stop, and even the trend of falling more and more heavily.

The village chief, Henrytte, braved the rain early in the morning to visit Moriarty, and brought with him a map of the Rainbow Ranch that he had made all night. After careful study, Moriarty decided that the map was more than enough for his mission. However, given that it was still raining heavily outside, Moriarty couldn't leave immediately, so Huntley offered to use the rain to continue to flesh out the map. For this, Moriarty expressed his gratitude.

It wasn't until the morning of the third day that the heavy rain fell for a day and two nights before it slowly stopped. Huntley was consulted again, and the village chief believed that the heavy rain had almost come to an end, and that the next few days would be sunny as well. After receiving this good news, Moriarty immediately packed up his equipment, rode the horses that had been prepared in the village, and left Remy Village in the farewell of all the villagers.

The land was muddy and the air was damp.

Moriarty rode on a mare of about five years old, followed by four agile hounds. At this time, the equestrian training that had been trained during Erathia's time finally came into play. Despite the rain-soaked pasture floors, which were soft and even slippery, Moriarty rode his mount smoothly and quickly.

Following the route mapped out, Moriarty first rounded a small low-lying area. Because of the heavy rains, it has probably become a swamp. Then, turn southeast and go straight to the Rainbow River. Then continue south along the north bank of the Rainbow River to the place where Tomasson saw Gogomo.

After all, because it was slippery after the rain, it wasn't until late afternoon that Moriarty finally arrived at his destination.

In the dim light of the twilight, Moriarty rode around the sightings for a quick search. As expected, after a long period of rain, there was no trace of Gog left on the ground.

Since the trace of the target has been temporarily lost, no matter how indiscriminately searching, it will only consume energy in vain, and even fall into unknown dangers. On a small plateau on the north bank of the Rainbow River, Moriarty chose a camping spot. In order to reduce the weight as much as possible, Moriarty did not carry any tents or anything like. Thankfully, it doesn't rain anymore, so after lighting a magic furnace as a bonfire, Moriarty's humble camp isn't too cold.

Moriarty first took some air-dried beef and mutton from the back of the horse and threw it to the four hounds, who, after a long day of running, were also thirsty and hungry, and immediately scrambled with each other to devour the pieces of meat, and in a short time they had devoured all the meat. As for the mounts, there are still some dry grass blades and grass seeds left in the pastures in winter, which are just used as fodder for the horses. Because the mare that Henriette had chosen for Moriarty was so docile that he did not have to worry about running away alone.

After pacifying the animals around him, Moriarty used a tin kettle to fill some water from the Rainbow River, and then set up a simple but practical tripod on the magic stove to boil hot water. When the water boiled, Moriarty took a fist-sized piece of cooked dough mixed with dried pieces of meat and vegetables from his canvas bag, broke it up and threw it into the boiling water. After a few more moments, a strong fragrance rose from the pot and wafted around the camp. …,

The night is getting darker.

Moriarty carefully removed the kettle from the fire, then scooped out a full spoonful of the soup from a small spoon chained to the handle of the kettle, blew it, and put it in his mouth. Immediately, a delicious taste mixed with the sweet aroma of fresh meat and fresh vegetables slowly spread on the tip of Moriati's tongue.

Vegetable broth, a special diet prepared by Haiyuna for Moriarty. Eating the delicious food in the pot, Moriarty really had the illusion of eating in the Mage's Tower.

However, in the middle of Morati's dinner, a terrible and brutal wolf howl was heard from the south bank of the Rainbow River. Immediately, the four hounds lying down beside Moriarty jumped up, their obedient hair standing on end, and their fangs bared from their open mouths. Led by one of the largest hounds, four large dogs also barked wildly in response to the direction of the south bank where the wolf howl came, as if to warn distant enemies not to act rashly.

Unfortunately, the hound's warnings did not bear fruit.

A few minutes later, in the dark night, pairs of green eyes appeared on the high ground on the other side of the Rainbow River. With the cold grinding of teeth and the sound of heavy breathing filled with hunger, greed, and exhaustion, those ghostly eyes flickered and disappeared, like bloodthirsty ghosts.

"Steppenwolf... Ten heads. Putting down his supper and turning up the heat of the magic furnace to the maximum, Moriarty slowly stood up, squinting slightly, at the uninvited guests across the river.

As if seeing a coveted prey, the hungry wolves roared in unison as Moriarty got up.

Then, stepping on the icy rainbow water, the wolves rushed towards the north shore like a landslide and tsunami.

For a moment, the aura of killing condensed fiercely in the sky above the Rainbow River

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