The afterglow of the setting sun is shattered by the waves of the Capra River, staining the entire river with blood red.

A servant fetched a bucket of water from the river to be used to cook dinner, but he was halfway through the walk, when suddenly a sharp sound broke through the air in the reeds not far away, and before the servant could react, a sharp arrow had pierced his throat.

"There's an ambush!"

The end of the warning shout was very long, and the shouting was not over, and the sound of crossbow arrows breaking through the air had already sounded.

The people on the shore fell as if they were harvesting wheat amid the screams.

"How would they know we were here?"

Hollander looked in disbelief at his men who had been harvested by the crossbow arrows, and he couldn't figure out where the enemy had expected them to rest.

"No! There are traitors. ”

He looked around, and sure enough, he saw a servant running towards the place where the enemy was ambushing in the reeds, and did not receive any attack along the way.

"Kill him for me. ”

Hollanster screamed and ordered to the chief of the guard beside him.

The chief guard drew his long sword, raised the yellow fighting spirit to the extreme, and chased after the traitor, but after a few steps, a swordsman from the reeds next to him killed him from the inside. Although the swordsman is young, his strength is not below the captain of the guard at all, he is also a high-level swordsman, and his attack is extremely fierce, and he has already gained the upper hand after a few moves.

"Protect your lordship, retreat!"

Seeing the ferocity of the enemy, the other guards formed a circle and surrounded Horanster and his wife in the middle and rushed towards the wooden boat by the river, and once they got on the boat, their hope of escape was greatly increased.

However, all the enemies carry are hard crossbows with extremely high close-range lethality. Even the mid-level swordsmen could not protect themselves under the high density of fire, and the guards suffered heavy casualties along the way, seeing that they could not escort the Hollanster couple to the shore, the first round of crossbow bolt attacks ended, and the crossbowmen began to busily load the arrows. Hollander couldn't help but be overjoyed, the boat was in sight, and as long as they got on the boat and stayed away from the riverbank, they would be safe for the time being.

"Get on board!"

Hollanster helped his wife and was about to board the ship, when he suddenly saw a red light in the corner of his eye, and he turned his head in surprise to see a string of fireballs flying over, directly hitting the canopy, and the fireball burst open and instantly enveloped the canopy in a sea of jumping flames.

A few more magic spells rang out from the reeds, and more beaded fireballs flew out of them, flying down the river towards several other ships.

"It's over, it's over!"

Hollander stared at the torch burning on the water, his legs limp, and he barely fell to his knees on the riverbank.

There was a rustling sound in the grass, and a large group of men in black came out of it, forming a semicircle around the Hollanster couple and a few guards on the beachhead.

"Oku-sama, you're really making it easy for us to find. ”

The black-clothed crowd was divided, and a rough-looking man walked up from behind, looked at Holranster and said with a sneer.

"Quake, you traitor. The Agu family is not kind to you, you are not grateful, but you will take revenge, and God will punish you. ”

Hollanster recognized the identity of the rugged man, and couldn't help but tremble with anger, pointing at the other party and scolding.

"The Ogu family is not kind to me? haha!"

Quake listened to Hollanster's words and suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed:

"When I was just an ordinary mercenary, I was seriously injured in an attack on the mine and my life was in danger. At that time, I should not be called to ignore the earth, where is the Ogu family? The life of a mercenary is not even a dog in the eyes of your Ogu family, and only Steven Levens in this world treats me as a human being, and invites a magician for me to heal my illness, and he gave me my life, and from that moment I swore that I would be loyal to him alone. ”

"Go back and tell Steven that Selena has been handed over to him, and I hope he can treat her well and not disappoint Selena. ”

Hollanster was so stunned by Quake's words that he didn't know how to respond for a while, but Madame remained calm.

"Why don't you say what Madame said to your master?"

"We won't go back. ”

"That's not going to work. The host told me to be sure to take you back. ”

"If we insist on not going back. ”

"The master said that it would be okay to bring back the corpse. ”

Quake sneered, his hideous expression overflowing with murderous intent:

"Crossbowmen ready. Shoot!"

A glittering bolt of crossbow bolts was aimed at the Holransts, and a bowstring rattled.

"Protect your lordship!"

The last few guards rushed up and stood in front of their master, who were immediately shot into hedgehogs.

"Crossbowmen ready, shoot!"

Quake coldly gave the order for a second round of shooting. The moment several crossbowmen pulled the trigger, their arms were carried by an invisible force, and then the crossbow arrows flew somewhere.

"Stop it. ”

A majestic voice came.

The Hollansters, who had been hugging each other and were about to die, were shocked to find their reputation.

"It's you!"

In the distance, a robed figure flew swiftly in the sky, and it was only when he got close that Holland realized that it was his worst enemy, Alan Kanter.

"See the Archmage!"

Seeing Eren appear, everyone saluted him.

"What are you doing here?"

Hollanster asked, glaring at Allen.

"I'm here to give you a ride. ”

"Don't you think it's ugly enough for me to die like this?"

Holland roared hoarsely.

"You misunderstood. I was commissioned by Selena to take you to a place. ”

Alan smiled and explained.

"Archmage, my master asked me to take his head back. ”

Quake stepped forward and said as he stepped over to Allen.

"Go back, I'll take care of the matter here. ”

Alan glanced at Quake and said in a flat tone.

"I finish the task given to me by my master and leave. ”

Quake drew his sword from his waist and ran towards the Holants, but the figure flashed behind him, and the young swordsman who had stopped the chief guard had appeared in front of him.

"Quake, are you going to rebel and dare not even listen to Brother Allen's words?"

The young swordsman was none other than Stanny, and as soon as he appeared, he pointed at Quake's nose and yelled.

Quake looked at the aggressive Stanny, and for a moment he was in a dilemma.

"Quake, you go back. It's none of your business here, I'll explain it to Steven myself. ”

Alan said with a calm face.

"Withdraw!"

Quake hesitated for a moment, and finally gave the order to retreat, and soon a group of men in black followed him and disappeared behind the reeds.

"Miranda, you come out. ”

Alan shouted into the depths of the reeds, and a moment later, Miranda, dressed in a red robe, staggered out of it. She was the one who had used fireball magic to destroy the wooden boat.

"Why are you two here?"

Alan asked with a displeased look on his face.

"Steven told us that he needed our help to capture Holland to avenge you, so we came. ”

Miranda and Stanny looked at each other for a moment, then carefully explained why.

"It's nonsense! In the future, you are not allowed to act without my consent. ”

Alan's tone was stern.

"Understood, understood!"

Miranda stuck out her tongue and quickly ducked behind Stanny.

"Master Kanter, where are you going to send us?"

Hollanster asked in an unkind tone, apparently still not believing that Alan would spare his life.

"Someone will tell you specifically, I don't know now. ”

"Who?"

"It's coming right away. ”

As soon as Allen's words fell, a small boat floated down the river. The boat came to the shore and a handsome man jumped out of it.

"Come with me!"

The handsome man said to Hollanster without any expression.

"Alan, you're either going to kill me now, or I'm not going anywhere. ”

Horanster's expression was full of vigilance, as if he feared that Alan was just trying to take him to a deserted place to be executed.

"I swear as an elf that I will never hurt you, and you can boldly follow me. ”

After getting Allen's signal, the handsome man took the initiative to reveal his identity, but in fact he was none other than Sergei.

"You're an elf, why are you helping me?"

Sergei's words surprised the Horants, who had seen the elves and made a careful observation to confirm that Sergei was not lying.

"It's not that I want to help you. It was Archmage Kante's orders, and I just did what I was told. ”

Sergey said truthfully.

"Who is Kante and why do you want to listen to him?"

Hollanster remained skeptical.

"You can tell him the truth. ”

Alan nodded at Sergei. The latter walked up to Hollanster's side and said a word close to his ear. Then Hollanster froze there, seemingly for a long time to react.

"Alan, if you had told me that you still have this identity, I wouldn't have done anything to frame you. ”

Hollander smiled wryly.