The light of dawn dispelled the darkness of the long night, and the stars in the sky were hidden by the bright light. Near the forest cemetery outside the Iron Castle City, Shande and the others looked at the scene in front of them in disbelief. The whole cemetery just disappeared...... Or as if it had never existed, all that remained was a black area with a similar outline, in which the soil was long dead and not even the toughest weeds could find a way to survive. The tombstones, stakes or brick walls that had been standing here had disappeared in the morning light. Not to mention the evil gods, priests, and lichs in the cemetery.

Mona and Elsa looked at each other, both trying to confirm from their companion's face that the horrible things they had seen last night were a nightmare, and that it had been like this from the beginning. However, whether it was the smudges on their faces or the scars on their armor, it was not an illusory memory of their battle last night, so if these were real, how could those enemies and the cemetery disappear into thin air?

"We ...... Failed?" Shande, who had returned to his human form, said, it seemed that the other party had completed the teleportation at the same time as Cheese released the spell, although it stands to reason that the extremely sophisticated spell of teleportation could not withstand the concussions of other nearby energies, not to mention that the power in Cheese's hand at that time was terrifying, in that case, there was no way to forcibly launch the teleportation. It seems that the other party does have something beyond ordinary magic.

"It seems so, but at least Cheese's spell takes the tricky stuff out of the way. Isn't that right, Cheese?" Seeing the situation in front of him, the cursed crow naturally thought that the other party had completed the teleportation by some means that he didn't know about, although there were not many such things in his life experience, but it was definitely not impossible. Sometimes, when you think you have all the knowledge in the library, you realize that the world is actually a much bigger and more complex library, and you will never be able to read it all.

"Cheese?" Cursed Crow's words were not answered, as the last caster before dawn, Cheese should know the graveyard and the whereabouts of the enemies in it better than the others, but Cheese, who was at the back of the line, did not answer Cursed Crow's question, Cursed Crow naturally took this silence on the spot and lost his strength or energy after continuous casting, but when he wanted to turn around and laugh at the fragility of Cheese a few times, he found something terrible.

"Down into the abyss, what about the others?" the crow's words made everyone turn their eyes to the place where Cheese had stood, where Cheese's staff and one-handed sword were well planted on the ground, but the gray-robed man who was supposed to be standing or lying there was not there. Almost instantly, no one knew what to say, and there was a deathly silence in the woodland.

"Look around, damn it, where has this guy been?" Mona's words made the others wake up from their dreams, and they began to search their surroundings for traces of cheese in their own ways. Elsa and Jack struggled to find every patch of weeds around them, and Sander and Curse Raven sensed Cheese's presence in their own way. Only the giant wolf incarnated by Louise did not act. The gray-haired giant wolf slowly turned back into a human form, into the somewhat clumsy old man.

"He's not here anymore. His smell was cut off. Louise said. As a wolf witch, her perception ability may not be the strongest in the group, but at this time, her words were silently agreed by everyone. Everyone stopped rummaging, because they knew it was futile. As the wolf witch said, Cheese is no longer here.

"Do you know where he's been taken?" asked the proprietress like Louise, the expression on the face of the girl from Dragonspine Mountain who had never been more solemn than ever. But she hadn't given up hope yet, and if anyone here could give a rough clue as to what Cheese might be looking for, she'd rush there. However, this is not the case.

"I'm sorry, kid, but this time, I can't help you. Louise shook her head, a grim expression that was rare to see. She knew very well how Elsa was feeling at this time, or rather, everyone here knew that there was some kind of relationship between the boss lady and the mage that was different from that of their comrades, and even the crow had joked with Cheese about it. So when they're both sure they can't find Cheese, no one wants to look Elsa in the eye.

After some inquiring to no avail, the proprietress felt that the whole world had lost its color. She remembered the first time she had met the mage, the mysterious man who had approached the tavern from the wind and snow, surrounded by a crowd of frost guards, and together they had made their way through the Earl of Saron that was infested with rat people, saving some and killing others. However, Elsa did not think that Cheese would be injured on this journey, in fact, with the mage's ability, if he did not have to risk his life, there were few things that could hurt him. Suddenly, however, it was as if the man had never existed, the proprietress did not understand the world of magic, and Cheese had never told her much about what he had studied, and it was impossible for her to judge whether the mage was alive or dead.

Mona held the proprietress by the shoulder, she knew that this companion needed comfort, but her years in the army made her not know how to comfort this fellow countryman. At this time, the sound of horses' hooves coming from outside the woods meant that the lord of Wolf had finally arrived with reinforcements, and as they cautiously came through the woods to the clearing, they saw no enemy other than the black and lifeless earth and the depressed people, or alive and threatening enemies.

Pointing to the corpses of the plague demons near the clearing, and the limbs of the walking corpses, Shander told the city lord what they had fought last night. And the removal of the enemy's bridgehead means that the crisis facing the Iron Fort has been temporarily lifted. Whatever the lich wanted to get in the Iron Keep, it had already fled with what little strength it had left. Having regained contact with the outside world, the Ironkeep will soon make contact with Duke Hammer, and if the lich wants to repeat it, it will have to weigh the power of the entire Duchy of Hammer.

The Grand Duke of Hammer will not have the slightest tolerance for such ill-intentioned guys, and it is expected that in the near future, a liquidation of the evil god priests will be launched within the Hammer Domain. And considering the existence of the plague, throwing the charge of spreading the plague on these people who believe in evil gods can also reduce the anxiety of the people to a certain extent. Especially when the priests of the evil gods were burned at the stake.

And since there are no more enemies here, the Lord of Wolf beckons the rest of the people to return to the Iron Castle with him, and as for this clearing full of death, he will send troops to garrison here to prevent the other side from leaving anything behind. Later, when things have calmed down a bit, he can also ask someone who is good at this way to repair the pain of this land, but the process will be very slow.

"Hey, what's next for you? I mean, now that Cheese is missing, what are you going to do?, go back to Dragon's Back Mountain?" Cursed Raven asked as she walked over to Mona, now that the proprietress was obviously unable to judge, and Jack had turned into a wolfwalker again, it seemed that only the female warrior was left among Cheese's guards who were still capable of making plans.

"I ...... Don't know what to do. The cheese disappeared so suddenly, we were completely unprepared, and it was our fault that this happened. Apparently, the sudden disappearance of the subject of protection left Mona, who was serving as a guard, at a loss. They didn't have any plans in the first place, or the team's plan of action was all in the mage's head, and without the guidance of the cheese, Mona even doubted that they would be able to make it back to Dragon's Back Mountain.

"Okay, listen then. I know you're confused right now, you've been ordered to protect Cheese, but he's gone. But first, I promise this colleague of mine won't die so easily, he should still be alive, but he just didn't know where he got there. And I think that since the clues you have tracked down before point to the royal capital, why don't I take you to the royal capital first, and if you can find the lich's accomplices there, you may be able to find the whereabouts of Cheese. "It is rare for a crow to say so much to an ordinary person, he is not very fond of explaining his thoughts to others, and most of the time, he does not need the approval of others. But now, with Cheese, who he thinks is a competitive opponent, accidentally falling for the other's way, he thinks he may need more help if he wants to continue to complete Cheese's task, "You don't have to give me an answer now, I need to report this to my teacher as well." Three days, and in three days I'll go to Sander to find you. ”

After saying that, the cursed crow chose a direction that no one paid attention to and disappeared into the woods, he didn't need to contact the city lord, it didn't make sense to him.