281: The Hunter and the Prey (3)

After a long walk to the south, the young man spotted a line of footprints out of the river, whose owners seemed to be completely oblivious to their movements, and walked up the river beach, up the hills, and finally disappeared into the woodland to the south.

He grinned, the orb in his eyes transforming into soul fire in an instant, and he raised his hand and pointed to the south.

The bone crossbowmen turned, spreading out their ranks and heading towards the top of the hill.

Just like a hunter hunts his prey.

When the beach was quiet again, a stag jumped down from a nearby knoll, glanced at the footprints on the beach, and finally leaned over and began to drink.

When it drank the water and raised its head, it immediately turned around and ran deep into the woods.

In front of it, a bone crossbowman emerged from the air, and it looked around, eventually chasing the group.

Once again, the beach was quiet, the wind blew through the valley, blowing a little snowflakes, the sun was obscured by dark clouds, and when the snow began to fall again, Marin finally lifted his camouflage cloth, and Marin let Fio operate their boots up the other side of the hill, and then they came to the other side of the river, and thus avoided the pursuit.

He turned around and picked up Faye, who was a little shivering from the cold, the mechanical life technique can make the human body no longer emit heat, avoiding the infrared vision of the undead, but the feeling of lying on the ice and snow is not good, Faye is not able to stand the cold physique, and it is only when Marin adds resistance to the cold for her, which makes her feel better.

After drying the boots and putting them back on, Marin led the two girls on the road to the north, where he was sure to be the undead, and he had to find a place to find his helper.

Ayres should be a good helper, but Marin thinks that always looking for him will make this lich produce some unnecessary ideas, maybe he will feel that he is very important to Marin, and then lead to a price hike.

It's not fun.

Maybe it would be better to find another guy.

But who to look for.

Marin couldn't think of a candidate for a while.

Lady Anna ...... No, finding Lady Anna represents Marin's failure, and although Marin doesn't mind admitting his defeat, the current situation is not yet at the end of the mountain.

Old Hoffman is even more impossible, he only has half a year left to live, and what Marin wants to do most now is to let this old man go without regrets, so he can't be looked for, and this old man can't know that his apprentice is being persecuted.

Who else can you turn to?

Marin asked himself.

As he thought this, Marlin stopped, as he saw Jessica, who was walking in front of him on his left, stop.

Walking up to her, Marlin saw her tear a small piece of brown cloth from the bushes.

"My brother's smell is the fabric on his soft armor, and I recognize the color." She turned her head to look at Marin: "From the point of view of hanging above, we are going southeast." ”

"Then be careful, you look at Faye, I'm in front, Fio is in the way, Merlot is looking behind." After speaking, Marin glanced at Faye: "Is it okay?" ”

"Okay." Faye nodded, "I'm not so useless that I can't even walk." ”

Don't push yourself.

Marin nodded, then motioned for Fio to step forward, and then he walked to the top of the hill and helped them look east.

Jessica came to Faye's right and helped Faye forward.

After walking for a while, Jessica saw a slip on a patch of moss, and then confirmed a pool of blood at the lowest point of the moss.

Marin asked Milani to go up the tree and look around, then came down to check the bloodstainsβ€”dried and blackened, obviously not today: "Maybe it's your brother's blood, we didn't see anything else along the way, it's probably covered in snow." ”

"Yes." Jessica wiped away the snow and eventually saw the trail of climbing towards the top of the hill.

"It's my brother...... A good cub who never bows to fate. Jessica finally had a smile on her face: "I'll go up." ”

"No, I'll come." After Marin finished speaking, he climbed to the top of the hill, and then pointed to the direction in which his footsteps were going: "This way." ”

Milani overhead signaled that there was an unknown target over there, so Marin took the girls around and confirmed that the unknown targets were the corpses of the two mountain rangers.

Touching their bodies, it was already cold, apparently for a while.

Finding the footprints of Jessica's brother again, Marin walked to a small crater and confirmed that there was no one inside: "No one. ”

"Where would he be without any other footprints?" Jessica looked around.

Marlin walked behind a dead tree, poked his head out, and looked at the little wolf cub who was staring at him in the hollow.

"He's here." Marin said, and at the same time reached out and patted the kid's head: "I've been talking to your sister for so long, and you haven't said anything?" ”

Then I noticed that the boy pointed to his ear.

After thinking about it for a while, Marlin asked Beep to give him a link, and then he heard Link's scream: "I heard you guys talking!" ”

"yes, you little wolf cub, you can't hear with an injured ear?"

"Yes, I hit my head, I can't hear it, I sensed someone's footsteps chasing and killing half a day ago, so I hid here for a while." The wolf cub came out of the hollow of the tree with the help of Marin, and although he was covered in mud, the boy did not look like he had run out of oil.

"It's good to be alive." Jessica walked up to her brother and gave him a hug.

"Thanks to the potion that Marlingo gave me." After speaking, the wolf cub pointed to his right arm: "When the ogre entered the camp, I tried to attack it with a sword, but I was broken by a palm, so I chose to run away - everyone said that the apprentice can be forgiven for escaping. ”

Speaking of this, the kid sighed helplessly: "I, I feel like a coward, but I have to live, because I see the ogre's forehead with the mark of a slave." ”

"I saw them, I don't know whose slaves they would be, but they're dead." Marin said this, and at the same time took the potion and leather robe handed over by Faye: "Come, drink this, it will replenish your energy, and then we will go." ”

"I'll do it." Jessica held out her hand, so Marlin asked Jessica to help his brother, and then asked Beep to contact Lorraine so that he could join them with his war dog.

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"What's going on with the signal in the northern woodlands?" Pushing open the door, the tower master of the Mage Tower looked at his subordinates.

"I can't confirm the identity of the owner of the signal, but it's the final signal, it's the three-ring battle mage, and we're confirming the local three-ring mage." The mage on duty said.

"It doesn't have to be a local battle mage, immediately call the battle team on duty to be ready to standby, contact the Church of Justice and the Church of the God of War to confirm if there is any action from their substitute punisher in the northern location, and also, tell the agent team that I need a return from an aerial reconnaissance in half an hour, and whatever they see, they must tell me."

"Yes, Your Excellency, everything you want will soon be on your desk."

"It's not on my desk, it's on my hands!"

The tower master yelled in a bit of anger.

………………

The Bishop of Fort Carter was silent in the center of the prayer hall of the Just Church, and an assistant priest walked into the prayer hall, and he came to the old man's side: "The final signal, belonging to the unknown Three-Ring Battle Mage, has just appeared in the north. ”

"Your Highness Faye, I remember correctly, it should be the fifth ring or the sixth ring...... But in any case, the appearance of this signal is a bad omen...... Notify the church commandos and prepare for action. ”

Another assistant priest walked over: "My lord, there is news from the Mage Tower, and the tower master wants to know if we have a substitute for punishment in the Northland. ”

"We don't, but the God of War Mage has a team of apprentices investigating the attacked camp, so let their messenger go back with this information and tell the tower master that we are ready."

After speaking, the old man looked at the figurine in front of him, and when the two assistant priests left, he bowed his head and fell silent again.

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At the same time, Regensburg.

"Mrs. Kate, is your husband gone?" The young man who was the messenger looked at the petite elf lady in front of him and asked with some confusion - according to his information, Lord Cel Kate should be resting in the hotel.

"Yes, he's not here, man, going out to run errands, and not necessarily talking to his wife about the last why, so, what's the matter?" The lady asked with a smile.

"That's right, the organizing committee of the contest cordially invites your husband to be the last one to appear in the exhibition match after the contest, he is not here now, can you pass this invitation to him on my behalf."

"No problem." Receiving the invitation, the elf lady nodded: "Excuse me, is there anything else?" ”

"No, I wish you a happy life."

"May you be blessed with your life."

Stopping the messenger from leaving, the elf closed the door and went to the kitchen windowsill to watch the messenger get into his old wheeled locomotive.

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"Kahi, isn't that baron of ours here?" As Jiaxi's companion, Zem Mayer asked without a trace while driving the car: "By the way, that lady is looking at us, tilt your head so that your lips don't be read." ”

"No, that's an interesting answer, and I don't know why our Lady Anna wants to know the whereabouts of a married man so much."

"Let me tell you, sometimes it's not just the villain who dies because of too much talk, the boss asks you to do things, but he doesn't let you die."

"Okay, I'm sure it won't be a big deal, otherwise it wouldn't be possible for us two rookies to do this." Kahi disagreed, and as he spoke, he cocked his legs and took off his boots, "Damn, I felt like there was some sand on the soles of my feet from the beginning, and it was uncomfortable for me. ”

"Where's the gentleman's decency, Kahi, there are at least a hundred civilians watching you pick your toes." So said his immediate superior.

"Ha, do I have to charge them?" Kahi asked with a smile.

And then, of course, a white eye was harvested.

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As soon as the old lady of the Royd family returned to her back garden, she felt as if she had penetrated some damn point - a concept that her grandson had taught her.

Because she saw her husband sitting next to his most hated son-in-law, dozens of empty bottles were placed on the small round table in front of the two men, and the two of them, who were full of the smell of wine, hugged their heads and cried.

"My dear, and Your Majesty, what about your decency." She had to ask.

"Come, my dear, let me introduce you to Mr. Goethe Movis who, as much as I have beloved." Her husband explains.

And her majesty took off the little top hat on his head with a bitter face: "Hello, madam. ”

The old lady was a little surprised, but she didn't know how to answer.

What the hell is the loss of your beloved daughter, aren't your daughters all alive and well.

While thinking so, the old lady saw the two men laughing and holding the wine bottles and blew up.

When the blow is finished, I start crying.

Turning her head, the old lady noticed that the old butler, who had just brought wine to the two of them, was running away.

Turning around, the two men had put their arms around each other's shoulders and began to sing Sidney's ballads.

The old lady sighed.

Forget it, let's let the two poor people who have lost their beloved daughters blow the wind here.

Thinking of this, she turned and walked towards her mansion.

Let's go, she laughed.

His husband probably wouldn't have imagined that one day, he would share the bitter fruits with his most hated son-in-law.

Pushing open the door of the mansion, the old lady saw her married daughter Manli: "My dear, you were here, I didn't think you came back." ”

"No, Mother, I'm back, but I don't think I should be outside the door." Her daughter came over and hugged her: "Mother, I'm happy to see that you're okay." ”

"I'm also very happy, and Manli feels very happy when I see your husband and your father sitting together." The old lady untied her shawl, and her daughter took it and hung it on a nearby hanger, as before.

"Looks like Faye is getting married too, isn't it?"

"Yes, Mother."

"I've told you before that Anna is later than you and Goethe, but she, like Goethe, is that apprentice, so you don't have to worry about anything, right?"

"Yes, Mother, but ...... Why were you so sure at that time? Manly helped her mother to the chair and helped her to sit down.

"Because it's an old woman's intuition, and you're always young in my eyes." The old lady replied with a smile.

"Forget your stupid brother's children, they don't deserve your life to flirt with that elf." The old lady said this, and glanced at Manli: "Daughter, life is like an investment, you are already a very successful investor, you have three lovely sons, and daughters, in the future your children will inherit the throne of this country, you are the queen, you must have the queen's bearing, but also the queen's vision, this world is too dangerous, don't be like my brother, stupid to death." ”

"No, my mother." Manli said this and was slapped by her mother.

"You are lying, my child, and I am glad that Goethe was here when I returned, or I might have found your and your father's heads in the pot." Speaking of this, the old lady took a deep breath, then turned her head to look at the shadow of the hall: "Don't you come out and let me, the old woman, meet me?" ”

No one answered, except for a maid who stepped out of the shadows, smiled and lifted the skirt of her skirt, then collapsed like grit and disappeared in front of the mother and daughter.

"Who is this child, he looks so beautiful." The old lady turned to look at her daughter.

"It's Lena." Manly lowered her head.

And her mother reached out and slapped her again.

"My daughter, remember, the legendary kindness is a very extravagant gift, not to be wasted."