Shortly after Durand and his party left, an uninvited guest arrived in the Valley of the Prophets and met Dale, the god of the earth. Of course, this Qiē Durand did not know that at this time, he and his daughter Catherine were leading four reinforcements to rush to the ruined temple where the wind god was trapped.

At first, the battlemages in the team were still curious and excited about the presence of two powerful leaders on this trip.

But it didn't take long for someone to feel that something was wrong.

First of all, instead of following the established route to the Ruined Temple, the team chose to go in circles, staggering forward, the trajectory of which was ugly and haphazard, as if to deliberately avoid something.

"Probably to avoid an ambush." "After all, the route of the march may have been exposed, as evidenced by the ambush of Nero's support army." Not following the same path, presumably to avoid a possible second ambush. ”

Although many people have figured out various reasons, the question arises again: why is the march much slower than changing and lengthening the marching route?

According to the original plan, it will take three days to travel from the Valley of the Seerers to the Ruined Temple. But looking at the current situation, it is likely to take five to six days. What did Miss Catherine think? Don't you know that saving people is like fighting fire? Or is it the idea of her personal guard Akai this time?

In order to avoid ambushes, change the route of progress, and even reduce the speed of the team, is this a bit too cautious and overkill......

Coupled with the fact that every time the team stopped to rest, Miss Catherine and the guard Akai found a place to find a place to be alone and not see anyone, which also caused some resentment and conjecture.

On this day, in the evening, Catherine again ordered to stop camping, and commanded: "Tomorrow at the latest, we will arrive at the ruined temple." Today, everyone has a good night's rest, and there is no slackness and underestimation of the enemy, that's all. ”

The camp was encamped by a river. As night fell, Catherine stayed alone with her bodyguard, Akai, as usual, and was nowhere to be seen, not even Regin.

Reggin walked through the camp with a slightly gloomy face, and suddenly looked up to see Duncan the Dragon Dancer in front of him, and said to him, "Let's talk." ”

Lei Jin's city government was quite deep, and he quickly swept away the negativity on his face, and made a gesture of please: "Please speak." ”

Duncan the Dragon Dancer is a straightforward person. didn't go around in circles, and said straight to the point: "After a three-day journey of five days, and now when we are about to arrive, we still have to rest for one night, and I am afraid that you and I are not the only people who are dissatisfied and disagree with this." Regin, aren't you going to do something? ”

Lei Jin said lightly: "What can we do?" I had just been to Miss Catherine's tent, but I had not even seen each other. ”

"I think that Akai ...... It's kind of weird. The dragon dancer said slowly, "That man is like a guy who jumped out of thin air, I haven't seen it before, I've never heard of it before!" I suspect changing the route of the march. And such a conservative marching pattern, it was all that kid's idea. ”

Regin's eyes flashed, and he didn't speak.

Only to hear the dragon dancer continue, "Regin, you like Miss Catherine. It's no secret to everyone. And I, from the moment Miss Catherine helped me to become a Gatherer, I was determined to repay her for helping me realize my dream. You and I are both people who would be genuinely good to Miss Catherine. It's not right that you can't even see her face now. I'm going to—"

"What are you going to do?" A cold voice came.

Neither Reggin nor Duncan was in the state of gathering energy at this time, and they were shocked when they heard this. But I saw Duoduo standing not far away, and I don't know how long I have been standing.

Lei Jin and Duo Duo used to be old acquaintances in the Level 1 Preparation Zone, and couldn't help but shake their heads and sighed: "Duo Duo, it's a pity that you can't become a gathering person with such means and strength. ”

Duoduo didn't respond to Regin's words, still looking at the dragon dancer, and asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

The dragon dancer sneered, "Naturally, I plan to pull Akai kid away from Miss Catherine a little!" He can be a guard, and the prefix 'close-fitting' is better to be removed! ”

Duoduo sighed: "Can you beat Akai?" ”

The dragon dancer's face froze suddenly.

Duoduo shook his head, spoke slowly, and suddenly said something else: "...... Nero and I were ambushed by the dwarves on our way to the Valley of the Prophets, as you have probably heard of at some point. ”

Rekin nodded quietly: "I asked Nero, and he mentioned some to me. And didn't Lord Dale mention it in the valley too? ”

Duoduo smiled faintly: "That...... Did Nero sue you, in fact, at that time, we were actually unable to stand it, thanks to the rescue of an unknown strong man who pretended to be a fool, we did not end up with a total annihilation? ”

"Oh? And here's the thing! The Dragon Dancer and Rekin looked at each other in surprise.

I only heard Duoduo continue: "After that man helped us defeat all the dwarves, the dwarves all blew themselves up for some reason, and there was no corpse left. It was weird, after all, dwarves wouldn't blow themselves up without being captured, and I thought it was strange at the time. And the strong man who saved us asked the route of your two teams with a cautious face......"

"You sued the man?" Regin's and the dragon dancer's faces changed slightly at the same time.

Duoduo didn't deny it, and said calmly: "Yes, I sued that person." The dwarves who ambushed us are really strong, and if you are also ambushed in the same way, I am afraid that you are also in danger of being wiped out. So I sued the man. Then the man was gone at once, so fast that I couldn't even see it. ”

"And then? What exactly are you going to say? The dragon dancer glared at Duoduo.

Duoduo said unhurriedly: "Later, when I arrived in the Valley of the Prophets, Miss Catherine had an extra guard Akai by her side who no one had ever seen. Yesterday I asked the strange pair of fat and thin men, and according to them, they had run through the Valley of the Prophets and were on the established route to the Broken Temple, but they came across a man who seemed to be wounded, sleeping, and had a very high energy gathering value, and the fat and thin men carried the man back to the Valley of the Prophets, and the person who was carried back on the route to the Broken Temple was Akai. ”

After a pause, Duo Duo finally whispered, "What I want to say is that Akai, who was carried back to the Valley of the Prophet by the fat man and the thin man, performed a move when he fought Lord Dale, which was exactly the same as the move of the nameless powerhouse who saved our support army in the first place. The depth of the energy level of the two people, the mystery of their means, and the occasional expression and temperament are also very similar. ”

The dragon dancer was a little slower to react, and he didn't understand it yet.

Lei Jin already said with a solemn face: "You mean, the person who helped you defeat the ambush is actually Akai?" Two people are the same person? Akai learned of the destination of our mission and the route of the march, but was later discovered by the fat and thin men on the route to the ruined temple...... He was also wounded...... Could he ...... Had he already been to the Broken Temple once?! ”

"That's what I meant."

Duo Duo smiled slightly, and then said solemnly, "When that unknown powerhouse suspected of being Akai rescued me, he was alone against a dwarf commander and seven dwarf leaders, but he was not unharmed. You have also seen the battle between Akai and Dale, and his strength is ...... Absolutely unfathomable. Such a strong man was actually injured and carried back by the fat man and the thin man, if he did go to the Broken Temple, then the situation of the Broken Temple is far more dangerous than we imagined. ”

The dragon dancer frowned and asked, "When did that strong man who is suspected of being Akai save you?" Which day? ”

Duoduo said the truth, and the dragon dancer immediately sneered: "Aha! According to you, that man could save you in one day, and maybe he saved us from both reinforcements without Regin's or I knowing, and then rushed thousands of miles to the ruined temple, and then retreated after a fight, and then was found by the fat and thin men and brought back to the Valley of the Prophets? Are you kidding! Are you when his speed and body are unlimited? Even if he had an ultra-long-range gathering array like Miss Catherine, wouldn't he need to rest? ”

Lei Jin also shook his head and said, "In one day? Impossible. There are still some possibilities for a true god, but if it is a gatherer, it is impossible. ”

Duoduo looked at the two of them deeply for a while, and said, "Believe it or not, it's up to you anyway, my meaning is very simple - whether it is changing the route of the march or slowing down the march, it will not be for no reason. Yesterday I overheard a conversation or two between Miss Catherine and that Akai, and you know what they were talking about? ”

"Say what?"

Duoduo spat out a name word by word: "They're talking about the Ruined Temple and Rochester!" ”

At this moment, Lei Jin and the dragon dancer held their breath at the same time, and they were silent for a long time.

The dragon dancer said with difficulty, "Could it be that our operation this time has something to do with that big dwarf leader in the Seven Colors City?" Wasn't he dragged down by Lord Manus, and had been wrestling with Lord Manus for so many years? ”

Duoduo looked in the direction of the ruined temple and said softly: "Akai's strength surpasses that of Lord Dale, and he is very fast, even if he is besieged by a large number of dwarven commanders, I am afraid he will be able to get out and leave." Such a powerful person, but he was injured and sleeping on the side of the road and was found by the fat man and the thin man, you say, what kind of enemy would it be the result of fighting? I don't think I need to say more about the reason why Miss Catherine let us rest for the night before we set out. ”

After saying that, Duoduo turned around and left.

The dragon dancer and Rekin stood in place, silent for a long time, but neither could speak.

……

Almost at the same time, in the tent in the center of the camp, Catherine smiled at Durand and said, "Okay, the gathering array for Dad, it's done!" ”

Durand looked at a small and delicate ring handed to him in disbelief, and exclaimed incredulously, "This is the Gathering Array?" (To be continued......)

PS: The first update arrived.