"Little friends, I guarantee with the credibility of my old magician, Alan will definitely come back safe and sound, you can go home and wait for the news with peace of mind. ”

Just as Steven hesitated, Herbert spoke.

Hearing that Herbert was willing to vouch for his reputation, Steven exchanged glances with the others, and finally nodded:

"Brother-in-law, we are waiting for you at home. ”

"Your Excellency, let's go. ”

"Good!"

Herbert agreed, turned his horse's head, and headed back the way he came, with Alan leading the others to follow. Although Quentin did not give the order to give way, due to Herbert's prestige in the ancient city of Otoku-gu for so many years, all the mercenaries took the initiative to get out of the way.

"Da-da..."

A group of men drove the horses and sped away under the somewhat resentful gazes of Quentin and the rest of the Sheriff's Department.

"A group of waste, actually let a few people fall into the water. ”

When Alan and his party disappeared at the end of the road, Quentin smiled and sent away the mercenaries who came to help from the Wolf Warrior Mercenary Group, and then he lowered his face in the face of his own people and scolded angrily.

"My lord, you don't know, although they are very few in number, but the weakest ones are all high-level swordsmen, we..."

The adjutant tried to explain, but was quickly interrupted by Quentin.

"Needless to say, it's not over yet, and sooner or later I'll have to settle the deal with Alan Kante. ”

Quentin looked into the distance, his eyes shot a serpent-like cold. He understood that Herbert's explanation that Holland would give him was nothing more than a perfunctory statement, and that if he wanted to take revenge on Allen, he had to find a way to do it himself.

Alan and his party parted as Herbert walked to the fork in the road near the gate of Ogu Villa, and the others continued east back to Steven's house, while Alan and Herbert turned to Ogu Villa.

"Alan, I'll tell you the truth, your operation has been going for half a year, and even I have some confidence in you for a while, after all, no one has ever broken the convention of more than three hundred years, but you finally came back, and you didn't disappoint. ”

Seeing that there were many fewer people around him, Herbert slowed down the horse's hooves, leaned to Allen's side and said with a smile, he has always had high hopes for Allen, a junior, and now he is naturally relieved to see Allen reborn.

"Master Lao is concerned, this journey is indeed full of dangers, and even I feel lucky to be able to return safely, but I don't think everyone is so kind to the juniors, and some people may be very disappointed in my return. ”

Alan said with a sneer.

"Allen, there are some things I think you may have misunderstood, the lord has always been very concerned about you, even if it was the accusation made against you by the Hepburn family, the lord supported you at first, but later..."

"Is it because the potion recipe comes from the elves?"

"So you already know. ”

"This is purely out of nowhere, that recipe was obtained by me in an underground monument, and it has nothing to do with the elves, Kevin was also forced to be in a hurry at the beginning, and if he found a perfunctory reason, the lord believed it was true, obviously because of his lack of trust in me. ”

Alan said angrily.

"Alan, I understand that you are innocent, but there is indeed some misunderstanding in this matter, the Hepburn family has evidence of your collusion with the elven clan, and the lord does not suspect you. I've spoken for you, too, but you know the character of the lord, and I'm afraid you'll have to clarify the relationship between you and the elves. ”

Herbert stroked his beard and said worriedly.

"Evidence of my collusion with elves?"

Alan asked in disbelief with his mouth wide open. Since Herbert said so, I am afraid that the crux of the matter is not as simple as Holancest's suspicion of himself. But he knew that although he had a connection with the elves, he had absolutely nothing to do with the matter of the elixir formula, if his formula really came from the elves, then it would be good to say that the Hepburn family had the evidence, but now the facts are not the case at all, how did the Hepburn family have the evidence? What kind of evidence did he have? He suddenly realized that he must have ignored some important factor, otherwise this matter would probably be a huge conspiracy against himself, and even Herbert would be kept in the dark.

"Yes. But let's not talk about that for now, anyway, you'll know everything when you see the lord in a moment. Alan, can you tell me how you got out of the Dragon God Mountain, I'm curious about this. And I saw that the girl's eyes were also brightened, and it seems that you really got the dragon's tears. ”

The old man couldn't hide his curiosity, and the conversation changed and returned to Allen's trip to the Cullen Mountains.

"Archmage, let me ask you, do you know the reason why Longshen Mountain has gone and never returned?"

Instead of answering Herbert's question, Alan asked rhetorically.

"I don't know, I haven't been to that place, and not everyone is not afraid of death like you. ”

"If I say that there is a man-made mechanism in Longshen Mountain, and the people who deliberately let it go without returning, do you believe it?"

"What did you say!?"

Herbert was stunned when he heard this.

"It seems that you don't believe it, but I still have to tell you that the Ogu family is the culprit behind the murder of countless mercenaries who escorted treasures for three hundred years. ”

Alan said with a sneer.

"Allen, the Ogu family is the great benefactor of all mercenaries, there are some things that can't be said nonsense, what the hell is going on?"

Seeing Herbert's solemn expression and surprised performance, Alan could confirm that he had no idea about the mechanism in the Dragon God Mountain, so he slowed down his horse and told Herbert what happened to him in the Dragon God Mountain, but he did not tell the whole story, how to get out of the Dragon God Mountain, he did not give a true explanation, only vaguely said that it was the dragon that activated the magic array, and they happened to be near the box containing the treasure at the time, and they were teleported out in a daze. Fortunately, Herbert's face became very ugly when he heard about the design of the mechanism that could only enter but not exit, in fact, he understood better than anyone the reason why such a mechanism had existed for hundreds of years but had never been cracked.

"Archmage, here we are. ”

Herbert's expression was a little dazed until Alan reminded him of the outside of the castle, and he came to his senses:

"Go, come in with me, the lord is already waiting for you. ”

Herbert shook his gray hair, put his mind down for a moment, handed over the horse to the servant, and led Alan with him to follow the butler who was already guarding the door.

"Alan, my dear child, God willing, you are really back. ”

The butler took Alan and Herbert to the door of the council chamber and made a gesture of please, Alan had just stepped into the door of the council chamber, and he had already heard Hollandst's signature hearty laughter, and then he saw Holland's tall figure walking out of it, and when he was still a dozen steps away, he stretched out his arms and was ready to give Alan a hug. It felt like an old friend reunited after a long absence, as if what he had done to the people around Eren had never happened during the time that Eren was away.