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The next day, when the morning sun was getting higher, brighter, and more dazzling, little Anne and the team she was following who were going to go to the mountains and forests to collect medicine were about to reach one of their final destinations.

Even if she was swaying and napping in the wooden body of the carriage, she could tell from the increasingly relaxed pace and breathing of the so-called temporary 'teammates' who followed the carriage around her!

Except, of course, the undead skeleton whose original name was 'Anzi Ulgong' and is now called the warrior 'Momo' and his companion Nabe beside him! Because ah, the other party is not breathing at any time, and the pace is always like that.

“……”

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To be honest, Anne couldn't figure out the purpose of the big skeleton joining the team that was going to go to the forest to collect medicine......

If they are short of money, but she knows that there are a lot of gold coins in the other party's underground tomb, and the other party's gold may be less than the one she Queen Anne carries with her? And since there is no shortage of money, if you want to improve the level of adventurers, why not follow her example and make yourself a beautiful brand of brilliant diamonds?

Even if the other party doesn't have diamonds, it is impossible to carve countless reflective surfaces and glow beautifully like himself, but it is a little simpler, it is still very simple to make a stainless steel brand to hang, with the strength of the other party, why do you want to see the face of that tattered adventurer guild?!

So, Anne couldn't figure out what the other party wanted......

So, since she couldn't figure it out, she had no choice but to continue to follow the other party, continue to mix in this team, and prepare to observe, observe, and study well.

'Hey! ’

'Guys, we're going to Karn Village soon, there will definitely be no monsters here, so we don't need to continue to nervously follow the alert formation, right?' ’

'No ......'

'Lucrot, please don't let your guard down and keep the road ahead!' ’

'But Peter, it's safe here......

'Whew! Luclot, it's better to be careful, because there may be a dragon here that will suddenly attack us......

'Oh! Come on! ’

'Nia, is it possible for such an anomaly to happen?' How many years have we not heard of dragons here in Yeh Lantil City? ’

'Why can't it be, what if it really comes out?' ’

'Impossible! When pigs fly! ’

'Luclot, as you know, in ancient times, there were powerful dragons near the city of Yar Lantil! Moreover, as you can see, just north of the Angelician Mountains over there, there are still a large number of frost dragons, and no one can guarantee that they will not suddenly fly to the dense forest here to prey! ’

'This ......'

'Don't quibble, Luclot, you'd better be honest and go ahead and be on guard!' ’

'Tsk! But, Peter, if there really is a frost dragon here to prey, is there any use in us being so vigilant? ’

'Why not?' ’

'Where?' Peter, do you think this team of ours can beat a frost dragon? That thing is at least capable of fighting against steel-level adventurers, right? ’

'At least, we can run away early, or maybe we can wait for it to eat this old horse, and then let us go?' ’

'Uh......'

The Luclot, choked on the assumptions of their captain Peter, could not say much to refute it, opened his mouth, and after a long time he didn't say anything, but turned his head in a daze, and continued to open the way and march on guard.

“！！”

(っ̯-｡ )

"Who said there were dragons? Where is it? Where is it?! ”

！ (ﾟДﾟ≡ﾟдﾟ)!?

Little Anne, who was napping in the carriage, suddenly woke up, got up from the carriage, and began to turn her head and search the sky and the ground around her, to see what the dragon was all about.

Because, now she dislikes the broken carriage for being too slow and bumpy, and if there really is a dragon, then maybe she can pretend to fight the other party, and then narrowly win it, and finally capture it as her royal mount?

‘……’

'Huh......'

'Alas~! ’

Captain Peter, Nia and Dyne were a little speechless for a while, but they looked at each other and smiled bitterly, not knowing what to say to each other. The other party hadn't gotten up from the car since they started their journey before dawn in the morning, and how long had she slept when she looked at the sun in the sky?

"That's it!"

"Little one, get in your car, there are no dragons here! It's better for you to pray that terrible creature never comes out, we silver-level adventurers really can't deal with that kind of terrible thing! ”

Seeing that a certain little girl suddenly became energetic, Peter, the captain of the dark sword who was following the side of the carriage, persuaded him with some tears and laughter.

Until now, Peter, the captain of the Dark Sword, hadn't figured out where the little guy in front of him was coming from, and he didn't know how the other party's elders could rest assured that the other party was out alone...... That is, if you run into them, the 'Dark Sword' team with faith and pursuit, if you meet other teams, I'm afraid that they will be sold for money and still ignorant of what happened, right?

"People aren't afraid of dragons!"

o(✪ω✪)o

"You just have to rest easy, people are now super adventurers of the 'Brilliant Diamond' rank, and they will definitely be able to protect the safety of you guys!"

(๑ ̅ꇴ ̅๑)Hehe!

Anne patted her little chest and assured the other.

Because she Queen Anne is really powerful, and she can even guarantee that if the attacking dragon is too ugly, she will definitely burn the other party to death! And if she's too pretty, she'll probably eat them? As for those who are not ugly or beautiful, such as those who are hideous and big, she may directly enslave each other, and then use them as a domineering means of transportation to show off to those indigenous people?

"Haha!"

"Forget it, don't think we don't know where your 'Brilliant Diamond' adventurer rank came from, that is, you, the Adventurer Association and we won't recognize it!"

'Alas! ’

"But Peter, don't you say that Anne's diamond brand is pretty good, and it really looks like that?"

"Isn't it? However, thanks to her, she also found a crystal brand with such a suitable shape, that kind of process, even if we spend money to hire someone to make it, right? ”

"Hehe......"

“……”

As he spoke, Peter, the captain of the Dark Sword, and the forest priest Dyne began to joke, not minding that some angry little creature standing in the wooden body of the carriage was staring at them with angry eyes.

"You guys!!"

o(*｀ー´)o

Damn it!!

Wait, Anne said that if she had the chance, she would definitely show her hands a little and let them know that she, a super adventurer of the 'Brilliant Diamond' rank, was not in vain, even if she was self-proclaimed!

（…… ）

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"Ahh

"Everyone!"

"We should be almost at Karn Village after crossing that hillside, so let's work hard...... Hey? Strange, when was a fence erected there? ”

Enfirea, who was sitting in front of the carriage and driving the carriage forward, suddenly exclaimed, because he looked from a distance from here, and found that the village of Karn had built a whole circle of wooden fences out of the village with logs one by one, along the farmland and the houses in the village.

“！！”

(“▔□▔)

"Damn! Why are you back here again......"

（ಠ╭╮ಠ）

Unlike the unexplained excitement of Enfirea, Anne collapsed some of her baby's fat little faces when she saw the slightly familiar village.

“？？”

"Annie, what's wrong with you?"

The Enfirea heard the exclamations and complaints of some little girl behind her, so she couldn't help but turn sideways and ask a little strangely.

"It's nothing, people just don't like the people in that village very much!"

(￢д￢。 )

Anne promised that anyone who had ever been hostile to those fellows and had deliberately refused to sell her things, or even had been thrown away with mud, would have been glad not to stand up.

"Huh?"

"Why is that? I think the people in Kahn have always been very nice......"

It wasn't the first time Enfirea had come to Karn Village, he had always thought that the people here were very nice, and of course, the girls here were even better!

As soon as he thought of the figure that haunted him, his originally stable heart couldn't help but speed up and beat 'poof' and 'poof'.

"Because they quarreled with some bad guys in that village here before, and they bullied them hard when they left!"

๑乛◡乛๑

"Oops! Anyway, it's not a big deal, so you guys should not ask!! ”

o( ́^')o hum!

Anne looked at the warrior 'Momo' behind her who was still silent, and then remembered the unlucky little girl who dared to throw herself with mud, and was finally thrown back by herself, and almost turned into a mud monster slime, and the young lady of the other party, she couldn't help but secretly laugh.

“……”

“？？？”

Peter, the captain of the Sword of Darkness, looked at each other, having no idea what the little guy was talking about and what that strange expression was all about, so they shrugged their shoulders, not intending to continue dwelling on such inconsequential little things.

‘！！ ’

'There is a case!' ’

However, when the village of Karn in the distance was already in sight, and before they could go far, they had just crossed a hillside in front of them and rounded a small forest, when Lucrot, who was scouting and leading the way, exclaimed.

'What's wrong, Lucrot? ’

I don't know how to describe it, but you'd better come and see! ’

‘！？ ’

'What the hell is going on?' ’

Come and see! ’

‘？？ ’

'Look, there's a lot of stuff here, what the hell left traces?! ’

‘！！ ’

'This is ......'

As the crowd quickened their pace, they soon saw the horrific sight of the hillside and the dense forest:

At this time, what was unfolding in front of everyone was a large area of land that caused the desertification of the land for unknown reasons, as well as the blackened tree trunks on it, the melted and solidified magma pools, and some even burned vitrified patches of potholed ground, and at this time they were emitting bursts of strange and beautiful colorful light under the reflection of the sun......

And this strange scene, compared with the surrounding and distant green meadows and dense forests, it seems very abrupt and weird!!

'This ......'

'What the hell is going on here, what's going on?!' ’

'I don't know! ’

'Ni, what do you think?' ’

'I don't know ...... know'

'But I guess it looks like some kind of extremely horrible spell and flame trail, but I don't know what level of spell it is, anyway, it's certainly not something that a magic chanter of my level can access......

‘！！ ’

'Hey! Look at this side and over there, even the earth has been burned to the ground and desertification, look at the sand, there is no soil at all, it's really terrible......

'Indeed! ’

But look over there, and the cooled pools of magma that have been burned, and the glassy ground! ’

'Tsk! ’

‘……’

The crowd stood on the edge of the road and the strange desert and watched carefully, and then after a while, Lucrot, Nia, captain Peter, and some of the nasty little girls, plus two guys who had been silent for the whole time, made sure that there was no danger, and then they walked up to the field and took a closer look.

'It's incredible......

'Look, there's a huge footprint of that creature I don't know what it is!' Dain, you're a priest of the forest, come and see! ’

‘！！ ’

'See? 'Ivy

'Saw ......'

'Dyne, do you know what kind of monster this left behind?' ’

"Hmm......"

From the shape, it seems to be ...... Is it a giant bear? ’

'Giant, giant bear? ’

'Yes! Look at the footprints here and there, and the places over there that have footprints outside the desert, and the blackened vegetation around them...... It's not hard to guess, it's probably a terrifying giant bear with a huge size! ’

'How big is this footprint?' ’

'It's big, anyway! ’

‘……’

You see, I also noticed that everywhere there were footprints outside, there were blackened vegetation...... Perhaps, it was a giant bear with its own flames?! ’

‘！！ ’

'Dayne, do you mean to say...... Is that a terrifying monster?! ’

'Yes, it is possible! ’

‘……’

'Hey! Nia, what do you think? ’

'I don't know, I just know...... Our mission could turn out to be dangerous! ’

'Ah......h

'Mo Mojun, what do you think? ’

The members of the Pitch Black Sword discussed for a while, and then their faces became more and more ugly, and they all looked at the two warriors Momo and Nabe, who didn't know what to think, but were standing not far away without saying a word.

As for the little girl who was digging out pieces of glass-like glass from the glazed pits in the ground and shining them into the sunlight so as to reflect the beautiful 'rainbow', they simply ignored them.

'Hmm......'

'I've just been observing for a while, and I've come up with a few guesses......

It is likely that two or more people have fought here...... At least several more spells were cast here, and eventually one terrible spell caused the desertification of the land and another fire spell caused the glazed land......

Also, you see, the solidified footprints in the magma pool, at least two or three people were fighting, and those footprints were from different three people...... As for the Flame Bear you just mentioned, I guess...... That could be a monster summoned by a fire caster? ’

'Of course, that's just my guess......

The warrior Momo said this in a hoarse voice, and then first looked at his companion Nabe with some solemnity, and then looked at a little girl in the distance who was squatting and playing in the glass pit.

What happened here, in addition to him and Nabe knowing very well, obviously, the little girl not far away who was heartless and in the mood to play must also know better than them! Of course, many people in the distant village of Karn must have also witnessed the battle between him and the little girl that took place at that time.

‘！！ ’

'Yes! You see, there really are three kinds of ...... No! Four different footprints, and lots of different magical damages? ’

'What? ’

Look at this side again! ’

‘？？ ’

The footprint was a little smaller, it was supposed to be that of a female warrior, and it was wearing steel plate armor, and she had left the pattern on the bottom of her metal boots when she stepped on this magma pool! ’

'Really! ’

'Konia, what's the matter with that smaller footprint?' ’

'I don't know, maybe it's a dwarf?' I've seen the information, it seems that there is indeed a dwarf country in the mountains of Angelisia, and there should be dwarves in it? ’

'Hmm! Makes sense......'

Captains Peter and Luclot crouched down next to a smaller footprint, and reached out to compare and guess, trying to guess the identities of the great men who had fought here at the time.

However, at this moment, a little guy suddenly jumped up to them and stepped on the small footprint they were studying.

"It's not a dwarf!"

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"You see, the footprints are just right with other people's, maybe, here are the traces left by other people at that time!!"

ꉂ(๑✪ꇴ✪)✧

Anne proudly stepped on the two shoeprints formed by the solidification of the magma that seemed to fit the soles of her shoes with her little leather boots, and then continued to smile triumphantly, waiting for the other to praise and marvel at her.

'Huh! ’

'Little Annie! Get out there and don't bother us with business! ’

'That's it! ’

'But, Peter, you see, Anne's shoes and footprints almost match, doesn't that mean that the man could have been a little man?' ’

'Hmm......'

'There's a possibility! ’

‘……’

After impatiently waving off a little girl, Peter and Luclot continued to seriously discuss some of their newfound possibilities.

"Damn!!"

↜(ψ｀╭╮′)o

‘……’

‘……’

The warriors Momo and Nabe looked at each other speechlessly, but in the end they remained silent.

Because they knew that the two humans just now were actually very, very close to the truth of the matter, and the little girl had given each other enough hints, however, those two stupid humans chose to ignore them? Don't they want to know why the little girl's shoes fit so well with the footprints? And, won't they take a look at the sole plate of the little guy's shoes?

In the case of the pattern and size are tightly matched, then the answer is about to come out?!

It's a pity that Momo, who is also one of the participants in the matter, must not dare to remind the other party like that, so he can only continue to stand silently with his companion Nabei here on this battlefield, remembering or imagining how terrible and painful the battle was at the beginning......

'That's it! ’

Anyway, that's how it should be! ’

"But Mo Mojun is really powerful, he only observed a few glances and said it reasonably, as if he had seen the battle with his own eyes, and pointed out all the key points that we hadn't noticed before......

'But, Mo Mo-kun, do you think that side won? ’

After looking at it for a while, the people who couldn't see a reason or come to a better conclusion quickly gathered together again, and asked Momo, a warrior who had hidden his whole body under armor, about the question he had just asked.

“……”

"I'm sure you've noticed that the other two footprints suddenly disappeared, and the smaller footprint and the giant bear's footprint were heading towards the village, so it must have been the flame caster who won, right?"

Although I wanted to say that I was a 'strategic retreat', given that a certain little girl who started the attack was by my side, Mo Momo, a warrior who didn't dare to provoke the other party too much, could only answer so aggrievedly based on his own 'observation' and admit his defeat.

"Hah! You've already guessed it! ”

(｡ •̀ᴗ-)

"Brother Momo, you are so powerful, you have guessed it like this, just like you saw it at the scene?"

("ಡωಡ")

Didn't you see it at the scene?

In fact, Anne also knew that the other party had not only seen it with her own eyes, but also experienced it herself, and even experienced the sour feeling when you were burned into a flame skeleton and burned into a 'ghost rider' by that terrible fire magic?

‘……’

Hum!

However, in the face of a certain little girl's repeated provocations, the warrior Mo Mo, who felt that he had no chance of winning the fight, and felt that the pressure on him from the other party was too heavy, had to turn his head lightly and came directly out of sight.

‘！！ ’

Listening to Mo Mojun say this, it seems that it is really like that! Momo's observation is really subtle! ’

'But, Peter, who is the one who wins?' ’

I don't know. ’

'Hey! I really want to see the true face of that guy who can do this kind of destruction......

'Forget it, Niah...... Let's pray that we never run into a guy like that, that one is really not a good thing! ’

'Ahh Sorry, Captain, that's what you said! ’

‘……’

‘……’

After the warrior Momo and his companion Nabei looked at each other again, they directly stood aside and stopped talking! And the accuracy of his analysis is rightfully true, because he is not only an eyewitness, but also a victim...... Moreover, the desertification of this land here also has some credit for him, and it has not been a few days since the incident, how can he not remember it deeply, how can he not observe it carefully?!

‘！！ ’

'Wait! Enfea: What's wrong with him? ’

‘？？ ’

'Hey! Enfirea! Where are you going?! ’

Suddenly, the captain of the Dark Sword, Peter, Luclot and the others discovered that the employer, the pharmacist Enfirea Bareare, who had been silent before, suddenly jumped into the carriage, and then slapped the old horse pulling the cart fiercely, and directly accelerated and ran in the direction of Karn Village not far away?

'I'm a little worried about Ann Li'......'

'You don't have to worry about me, I'll go to Karn Village first to see what happens!' ’

After saying that, before everyone could answer or agree, the carriage was already moving farther and farther, and it was still carrying a puff of billowing smoke and dust behind it......

'Oops!! ’

'Quick! Let's hurry up and keep up, that horrible little fellow, probably in the village of Karn! ’

'Wouldn't it?' ’

'Not for the better!' Say no more, Nia, keep up! ’

'Hmm!! ’

‘？？ ’

'Mr. Momo, Nabe, and Little Annie, aren't you coming?' ’

As the people of the Dark Sword were about to follow, they turned their heads and found the three people standing motionless behind them, and then asked with some confusion.

‘……’

Nabe didn't speak, just stood coldly, still pretending to be her iceberg beauty.

'No! ’

'Let's go into the forest ahead and wait for you, and if anything, you can call us at once!' ’

The warrior 'Momo' shook his head slightly, then spoke sullenly.

There's nothing to see in Karn's village, except for the rest of the villagers and a small group of goblins summoned by the human girl Ann Li, there are no scary little creatures at all! Because, that 'terrible little guy' is not anyone, and he just stays by their side at this time!

"People aren't going either!"

(*^▽^*)

"People want to go into the woods with these two guys, maybe there's something fun going on inside?"

(｡ •̀ꌂ-)✧

How could Anne go to that Karn village and throw herself into the trap?

You know, she doesn't wear armor to hide it like the big skeleton Anzi Ulgon, she even has the same clothes as she did that day, and if she enters the village, she will have to be recognized by the villagers, especially a little girl who has been bullied by her!

（…… ）

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'Good! ’

'Let's follow him to Karn Village, you can go to the forest ahead to find out, pay attention to leave a mark, if there is nothing in the village, we will go back to you later!!' ’

Peter, the captain who didn't have time to say much, after explaining to the three who didn't want to follow, hurriedly ran forward with his teammates, chasing after the chaotic employer in front of him, for fear that something would happen to the other party and cause their escort mission to fail.

If that happens, they'll have to be demoted to the same bronze level as some nasty little girl by the Adventurers' Guild!

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