Late at night, Poplar Village.

In the blacksmith's shop, the old blacksmith Bert was lying on the bed, tossing and turning.

Knock! Knock!

Suddenly, the old blacksmith heard a knock at the door.

"Who is it?"

The old blacksmith shouted to the door, and at the same time rolled out of bed, and picked up the hammer that was placed beside the bed.

I heard that the army of the Nigadians might arrive tomorrow, and that the villagers were running away, and who would knock at the door in the middle of the night?

"It's me. ”

A young voice responded from outside.

Bert listened to the voice, which seemed familiar, and immediately thought of the mage who had appeared during the day and claimed to be traveling around and needed a silver sword.

"Master Mage?"

"Your daughter is back. ”

Hearing this, Bert walked quickly behind the door and opened it.

When he opened the door, the blacksmith saw the young mage who had appeared during the day, standing in the doorway with a man in his arms.

"Ruby, my darling, what's wrong with you?"

In the faint moonlight, the blacksmith could see that the woman in the mage's arms was his daughter Ruby, but Ruby was now with her eyes closed, her silky blonde hair hanging down, motionless.

"She's fine, she's just fainted, and she should be waking up soon. ”

Zhao Li said lightly, and at the same time did not tell the old blacksmith that she was stunned by himself, but handed over the beautiful girl in his arms to the other party.

"My heart..."

The old blacksmith took Ruby over in distress, and at the same time found that Ruby was naked, just covering a coat on the upper half of his body, and couldn't help but look at Zhao Li in astonishment.

"Don't look at me like that, that's what I did when I found her in the Pure Brotherhood camp, what about the silver sword I need?"

Zhao Li explained, this old guy loves to believe it or not, anyway, as long as he gives him the silver sword.

However, after the old blacksmith was stunned for a few seconds, he obviously chose to believe Zhao Li.

"Master Mage, wait a minute. ”

So saying, the old blacksmith carried Ruby back into the house, and after a while he came out again, with a one-handed sword in his hand.

"Very well, then we'll be cleared. ”

Zhao Li took the sword and checked it, it was the sterling silver one-handed sword that he had taken a fancy to during the day, and under the light of the moon, this sword seemed to be shining.

"Personally, I would advise you... It is best to leave Poplar Village early tomorrow morning. ”

After confirming the weapon in his hand, Zhao Li left a sentence and turned around and walked outside the courtyard.

"Master Mage, thank you for your help!"

The old blacksmith Bert shouted at Zhao Li's back.

···

Zhao Li walked out of the courtyard of the blacksmith shop, turned a corner, but stopped.

After standing silently in place for about twenty minutes, Zhao Li walked towards the courtyard of the blacksmith shop again.

After leaving the camp of the Pure Brotherhood, Zhao Li felt that there were two things that were not quite right - it was not that there was anything wrong in the process of escaping, setting a fire to cause chaos, and then taking advantage of the chaos to escape This trivial matter did not put any pressure on Zhao Li, who had been tested by life and death for a long time.

The first thing that made Zhao Li feel wrong was the blacksmith daughter Ruby in his arms, after escaping from the Pure Brotherhood, Zhao Li felt a strange magic forming in the beautiful woman in his arms - this is not a normal phenomenon.

Zhao Li could feel that the magic in her body was gradually getting stronger, and this magic was a little different from the magic of the wizard's physical strength, it seemed to be more like the magic he felt when he was the mutation inducer of the water ghost...

Zhao Li, who took safety first as the principle, immediately found an open space and put Ruby down to check it carefully.

The result of the examination was that Zhao Li did not find anything abnormal at all - the woman in his arms was definitely a normal human being, and she was still in a coma, at least from the surface of her body, nothing unusual was found.

But Zhao Li found a second strange thing, Ruby's body has a lot of scars - with Zhao Li's experience, it can be judged at a glance that most of them are not new injuries, even Ruby's firm twin peaks, as well as the inner part of the thigh, there are many serious bruises.

Not only that, Zhao Li also found that Ruby's wrist seemed to have been cut, and there were many scars, some new and some old, what was going on?

According to Bert, the old blacksmith, this Ruby has only been in the Pure Brotherhood for a few days, and even if he is abused and tortured every day in the Pure Brotherhood, he should not have so many old wounds.

Zhao Li gently approached the door of the blacksmith shop, leaning against the door to listen to the movement inside, according to the strength of his hand, Ruby should have been awake for a while by now.

"Woo-oh, please, Daddy, don't-"

"No, it hurts, Daddy—"

Zhao Li could hear the anguished voice of a woman coming from inside the room.

"It's all right, baby, do you know how much Daddy loves you? Do you know how much Daddy paid to get you back? Five Temoa coins! We'll get out of here tomorrow, and let Daddy hug you today..."

This voice Zhao Li had heard not long ago, and it was the voice of the old blacksmith Bert.

Then, Zhao Li heard the moaning of a woman mixed with the sound of crying and a loud wheezing sound from inside the house.

The mystery in his heart has been solved, at least how the old injuries on Ruby's body came about, Zhao Li already knows in his heart.

However, Zhao Li was also stunned by this truth, daring to love this old blacksmith who loved his daughter turned out to be a ghost father?

Immediately, Zhao Li felt angry.

In order to keep the bottom line of morality, Lao Tzu tried not to steal or rob if he could, and in order to break the silver sword, he did not hesitate to go deep into the pyramid scheme and the cult organization to save people, but he was used by an old mongrel?

Boom!

With a loud bang, Zhao Li kicked the door of the blacksmith shop open and strode in.

In front of Zhao Li, there was a messy bed.

Ruby, the girl he had rescued from the Brotherhood of Innocence, was still naked, not even the paint that had drawn the evil patterns on her body had not been scrubbed clean, and her pretty face was covered with tears and humiliation, and she lay on the bed sobbing.

And Bert, the old blacksmith who showed his love for his daughter in front of Zhao Li, was lying on Ruby's body with his lower body naked.

"Who is it?"

The old blacksmith quickly jumped off Ruby and pulled up his pants as he looked back.

"Dharma, Master Mage..."

When he saw that the person who kicked in the door was Zhao Li, the old blacksmith Bert's face was also full of surprise.

"What are you doing?"

Zhao Li gently pulled out the scimitar he had snatched from the Pure Brotherhood's guards—his axe had been confiscated, so he naturally had to find another ordinary steel weapon.

As for the silver sword, the metallic properties of silver are a little soft, and it is only suitable for dealing with monsters, and it is not suitable for wasting in daily combat.

"Master Mage, yes, yes, I'm sorry, you, you listen to me—"

The old blacksmith looked at Zhao Li's movements, his face was also full of fear, and he stammered: "I, I really love Ruby, she looks exactly like my dead wife, I, I just miss my wife too much, I..."