The chaotic battlefield finally quieted down, and the surrounding "elemental density" returned to normal levels, and Akasha drank a vial of potion to save the mortally wounded soldiers from the brink of death—and the infantry who had just lined up to charge Lucius survived.

And because of the death of the frost dragon Wisam, the evenly distributed huge amount of experience caused everyone to collectively soar by 5 levels!

These soldiers were all scouts who fought on the border with Roddy and Sodlore, and when they entered the forest, their basic level averaged 12, and now their average level is 17, and their various attributes have increased significantly, almost to the extent of double.

Sodrore's advanced "Ghost Knight" has been upgraded to level 5, the base level has been increased to level 15, Nata's base level has reached level 14, and Akasha's has reached level 10, making him the highest-ranking person on the team.

And because of the "Mark of the Dragon Slayer", everyone on this team has gained a permanent buff of attribute +30%, full resistance +100, and immunity to most spiritual magic, and the combat power is completely "reborn" compared to the past.

It's just that although the harvest is rich, what everyone can feel after the battle is not excitement, but only happiness.

"Survive... It's not easy. ”

Sodrore sat wearily on a collapsed stone pillar and looked up at Roddy, "If you can meet a dragon and a mage of that level, you will have something to brag about in this life." ”

He seemed to be in good spirits, but Roddy understood the hidden concern in the other party's words - the battle with Lucius, in the end, the team's strategy did not work at all, and if Merin Sera did not use "Dragon Might", then everyone would be the result of the team's annihilation.

"That escaped mage is not simple, even if he is ranked on the entire continent, it is normal that we can't beat him now. Roddy sat next to Sodlore, and then whispered: "But that doesn't mean we can't beat him for the rest of our lives, and after five years, you can kill him alone, believe it or not?"

"Don't believe it," said Sodrore, and then sighed, "but you have slaughtered even dragons, what else can I not believe?"

His gaze turned to the corpse of the ice dragon, and his eyes were filled with deep awe and exclamation: "This is a real dragon..."

Although it is said that Roddy's "dragon slaying" has a lot of water in it, he can't deny the fact that he has completed the "final blow", and Sodrore's words remind Roddy of what he has just done - he turned his head and found that the soldiers were running around to look at the dragon corpse, and even Nata was standing not far away, looking at the dragon in a daze.

Luo Di was indeed a little excited and proud in his heart, after all, he had accomplished something that ordinary people would not dare to think of. But the mood of "complacency" was quickly suppressed... After all, he is still too weak, if the Holy Society sends a mage of Lucius's level to come to the door, I'm afraid that the current Elson City will not be able to stop the other party at all!

"That sentence just now is not a joke, in five years, it is not difficult for us to slay the dragon on our own. ”

Luo Di thought about the future development route, picked up an arrow casually, and drew two areas on the ground: "But this requires us to adjust the direction of the use of resources..."

"Direction, isn't the current strategy good?" asked Sodrore, a little curious.

"At the moment, we are still using resources in the same way as nobles... While such an approach may seem stable and risk-free, in reality it simply cannot keep up with the speed of enemy invasions. ”

Roddy paused for a moment, then asked, "How much do you think Elsa Village has helped our development?"

"It's very big, and it can even be said that the current Parling and Elson City are basically supported by the income of Elsa Village. ”

Sodrore had a quick mind and immediately realized what Roddy meant, and asked, "You want to build more 'Elsa Village'?"

Roddy nodded: "It's just a small inconspicuous area, but because of its location and some special reasons, it has the same earning power as a large territory, the conditions for the formation of such a place are too harsh, but in fact, there are many more in the kingdom." ”

"Sounds like a gold mine. ”

"That's right. When there is no way to acquire more territory, if we want to get more resources as soon as possible, we need to work such places. ”

"But the specialties of Elsa Village require a lot of manpower to be transferred and sold, and we can do that in Ivta, but what about somewhere else?"

Sodrore frowned, not feeling that it was feasible.

"What is the richest group on this continent?"

Roddy suddenly changed the question.

"The royal family, the nobles, who else but them?"

"The Apothecary's Guild, the Elementalist's Guild, the Enchanter's Guild... Even the royal family has to spend a lot of money to support these 'lawyers'. ”

"Herbs, demonic ores, rare magical beasts, ancient recipes, etc., are far more valuable than wine and food, and make it easier to amass wealth quickly. ”

Sodrore knew more about the nobles, but he really didn't have a deep understanding of the "mage", but he knew that Roddy was not a big talker, so he didn't refute anything, nodded and said, "I'll talk about it when we go back safely." ”

"Set up camp and take the team and I to search the cave an hour later. ”

"No problem. ”

Sodrore got up to make arrangements, while Roddy went to the corpse of the frost dragon and looked at it, and counted the parts that could be used: dragon skin can be used to make leather armor equipment, dragon bones can be used to make various props, including shields, riding spears and even dragon tooth daggers, and the specific role of dragon blood and dragon meat Roddy has not yet been confirmed, but what can be confirmed is that these are priceless treasures.

Even if it didn't have the wish that Merinsera fulfilled, this kind of harvest was amazing, but after everything calmed down, the depression that lingered in his heart once again made him a little bored...

An hour later, Roddy took the hedron given by Pyrin Sela and entered the cave protected by the barrier. Unexpectedly, there are more than 700 energetic hedron here, which means that the "mission" of collecting hedrons is complete.

The sappers arrived in the evening, and Roddy directly asked everyone to set up camp and prepare to start the journey back tomorrow.

After nightfall, Roddy asked about Nata's abdominal injury, and after making sure that she was okay, she went back to her tent to rest, but until this point, Akasha never came to sleep with her bed as she had done before.

Somehow, Roddy suddenly felt empty in his heart.

Before the battle with Lucius, Akasha's hug made him feel like he was in a trance for a moment—and now that he thought about it, he didn't seem to be resisting. But it seems that because of that hug, Akasha is too shy to speak to herself...

Roddy didn't know what to say about this.

In his opinion, although Akasha is the highest rank, she and Sally are fundamentally two types... She didn't think about the word "independence", many things would only be borne silently, and only when she couldn't bear it anymore would she ask others for help.

She couldn't bear it alone and didn't dare to come, would she not sleep all night because she was afraid of the dark?

Thinking about these in his heart, Luo Di became more and more worried, but he hesitated for a long time, and he was afraid that he would think too much. It wasn't until midnight that he finally felt relieved, got up and went to Akasha's tent, looked at the shadow of the ring's bright light, and was a little glad of his decision, and said, "I'll sleep outside, you can rest early." ”

The light in the tent flickered, but there was no response. Roddy didn't think much of it, he walked to the campfire and cleaned up the bed, and before he could sit down, he heard Akasha come out of the tent and come behind him...

"I... I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep, so I'll just sleep here. Roddy didn't look back, "Today's battle is hard for you, the team will leave soon, and in the future we- uh..."

Before Roddy could finish his sentence, he found himself once again being held by Akasha from behind.

Turning her head sideways, her breath filled with Akasha's faint body fragrance, her hot cheeks pressed against her back, and her posture was the same as when she was in front of the fortress gates.

There was a slight strangeness in his heart again, Roddy blinked, without much movement, just continued with what he didn't say just now: "In the future, we... Wouldn't come back to a place like this again. ”

"Hmm. ”

Akasha's answer was filled with satisfaction, she took a deep breath and whispered, "I'm sorry, I was... But I really can't help myself..."

"I—I know it's not appropriate, but I... Can't help it. ”

Roddy didn't break free or push her hand away, just asked softly, "Why?"

"I'm stupid, cowardly, pagan... But you took me in and treated me so well... You've been so good to me, and no one has ever done this to me since I was born—"

"I know it's going to annoy you, but... I figured you already know what I'm thinking anyway, so, so I'm going to say..."

Akasha's hands clenched slightly, trying to keep her voice from shaking—

"I like you. ”

I like you.

It was just a faint sentence, but it touched Roddy unspeakably - because Akasha did not put herself on an equal footing with him at all. Constantly apologizing, constantly hesitating, there was no desire for Roddy to respond in her words, but only self-blame and apprehension...

She was so cautious, but the more she did, the more distressed Roddy felt.

It was as if there were countless emotions welling up in his heart - since the farewell of the "Temple", Roddy had suffered an unprecedented emotional trauma: he thought that he and Naffi would go to the end, but he never thought that meeting again would be a fateful ending.

And the break with Sally pushed everything that was originally maintained into the abyss.

He thought he would seize everything, but he didn't expect to lose everything in the end.

Akasha's fingers trembled slightly, and Roddy's silence for a few seconds made her nervous, but then he sighed slowly and said softly, "Thank you, Akasha." ”

He had a lot to say, but the moment he spoke, all he could say was a thank you.

Akasha's confession made him suddenly understand: the past is irretrievable, the future is impossible to figure out, and the only thing he can grasp is the "present".

Those tangled, lost, and helpless feelings are just traces left by the old time, and immersing yourself in them can only make you feel more and more confused and dazed.

So he sighed softly, and finally decided to say goodbye to the burden of the old days, and calmly took his "first step" in the true sense of the emotional sense...

He slowly turned around, looked at the timid Akasha, reached out and gently grasped her slightly cold palm.

[After thinking about it for a long time, changing it for a long time, this chapter may be a little abrupt, but it is something that I insisted on writing - a lot of things are contrary to the plan, we were supposed to grasp everything for ourselves, but in the end we lost everything, Roddy is changing, this change is called "growth", he makes a choice that he has never made, takes a step that he has never taken. For his behavior, some people agree with it, and some people disagree, which is normal. Just like in life, when looking back on the past, I often regret a certain choice, but sometimes I am glad that I have come so far. This is how people live in contradictions, and move forward alone in contradictions, even if this is just a YY novel, I want to write something that seems more cruel. 】

[Of course, YY novels, the result will not be as cruel as reality after all, you can read it with confidence.] 】