"I've seen this thing," Minter frowned, "Alben, the little heir of the Hedda family, had one in the past, and when he was caught by the traffickers, he let those bad guys take it, how could he be here?" ”

Mallory said in a deep voice: "It should be the same, and the name of Alborn is engraved on the back"

Minter flipped over the pendant and found that it was indeed the abbreviation of Alborne's name, and after thinking about it, he guessed: "This is Esparo dropped!" He has something to do with those traffickers, maybe he got it from those people, yes! I once overheard what he was saying to others, and he was angry when he knew that his brother had been abducted! ”

Mallory nodded: "That's right, that small mountain village is right on the road from Siko to the west of Noga, Esparo should have passed by there on the way to escape, and for the purpose of venting his anger, he left such a magic array" He touched the side of the scroll, "Probably because it was left in a hurry, it was only painted on the ground in the cave with a blackened wooden stick, so although the number of demonic beasts with limited power was quite a lot, but the power was suppressed When Alex found it, its magic power was already quite weak, After using advanced ground movements, it was successfully destroyed, and the magic array you saw in Dongshan was not destroyed? ”

Minter shook his head: "Duke Jada's destruction of the magic array, the demon domain will find another location, so just send someone to guard, as soon as the demon beast appears, kill it I once tried to use knives and stones to draw that array, but there seems to be a force protecting it, any damage will not work on it I also hid from Jada They tried the primary earth movement technique, it didn't work at all, I was afraid that I would be discovered, so I didn't try again"

"Now that it's under control, it's not a big problem, but it sounds like the magic array you see is more powerful than Alex discovered..."Melori pondered for a moment and said, "You take this stack of drawings and immediately set off to Shaonan to find Alex, with more information, I believe that the better the chance that he can find a solution there."

Minter nodded solemnly and took it, and was about to turn to leave, but stopped hesitantly

Seeing this, Mallory was a little puzzled: "Is there anything else?" ”

Minter hesitated for a long time before telling him what his envoys had said after the alliance with Nomonka had been decided, and asked, "Chief, I feel very uncomfortable when I hear these words, and they have been very sincere about the alliance before that, so why did they start to think about it?" Don't we really want to help the Nogar people? ”

Mallory laughed, "You stupid boy, is it necessary to do such a thing?" He persuaded softly, "Actually, from the perspective of their envoys, it is right to think that way, because they must strive for the maximum interests of their country, and there can never be a true and selfless friendship between countries, just like this matter, Nuojia has always been in a semi-hostile state with our country, just before the official declaration of war in the Demon Domain, they also intended to attack our northwest territory, and now Nuojia is at a disadvantage, and our envoys take the opportunity to vent their anger, in fact, it is nothing, as long as the ultimate goal of the alliance is achieved, isn't it?" ”

Minter bit her lip: "That... I was working for Gale II, and it seemed that my lord was very unhappy when the Duke of Jada asked me to go to Dongshan, that... Uncle Goodwin also told me not to forget who I am and what I stand for, am I not doing it right? Isn't it... Hurt Easter's interests? ”

"Well," said Melori, for a moment's thought, "it is not possible to say that now Digail II is a king, he is landed, but a little less courageous, sentimental, and weak, he is just like his father, and he is a monarch who meets the expectations of our neighbors, and they will not be particularly prosperous in Nogar, but they will not become very bad, even if there will be skirmishes on the border, and the possibility of a full-scale war is not very likely, and now several of his heirs, the Duke of Jada, are capable but not mature enough, and his ambition is a little too great; Luther... Intelligence-wise, it's an idiot! Not to mention his brother; If something happens to Gale II at this time, even if the domestic strife in Noga will weaken their strength, it will not be easy to control in the long run, it is better to let Gale II continue to sit in the king's position, and it is more beneficial for us to let Gale II continue to sit in the king's position."

Minter breathed a sigh of relief slightly: "It's okay... But I still don't like it, I don't like it, I don't like it, they say that they have received a lot of gifts from the Nogar people, but they still curse Gael II and the Noga nobles to be eaten by the monsters, and when they return to the ground, they ignore the local companions and the Noga army, and say that it is a great loss to give us the wooden house we built for free, and they curse those poor refugees for taking up too many rooms and causing them to live in tents, and I think they are really annoying! ”

Mallory smiled and nodded: "Okay, since you think you hate it, don't deal with them, this time Shaonan will stay there to help, the department will send another team of colleagues to go over, Shaonan magicians have a huge team, but the force is mediocre, as allies, we should help"

Minter thought about it, smiled and answered, and immediately went back to prepare to leave, but he didn't notice that Melori's eyes were a little complicated when he saw him leave, and sighed: "A child is a child, it's better to stay away..."

Minter had a night's rest and set off immediately, and some of the personnel of the Security Service who had been withdrawn were also going to be sent to Shaonan, but they had worked hard for more than a month and wanted to rest for two days first, so Minter took the first step and joined up with another team of colleagues halfway through

He rode all the way south, because it was in his own country, although the land was not crowded and the plains were not very populated, but the mood was quite relaxed, but the further he went, the more pedestrians he encountered, and the clothes of those people did not look like East's own people, most of them were Shaonan, and there were also some Weishas

Most of these people poured into the towns and villages along the way, and those who had money lived in guest houses, rented civilian houses with poor economic conditions, and even a dozen people who were poorer than a dozen people were crammed into a dilapidated house, or set up a broken felt tent in the suburbs, and even those who really had no money or property and could only live in caves

Minter looked at it and wondered where did these people come from? I casually asked someone, only to find out that they were all residents of the southeast of Weisha or the northern part of Shaonan, and they escaped because of the invasion of demonic beasts

Could it be that the situation in Shaonan is really that bad?

Minter began to feel anxious, and after asking the man a few more questions, he could not get the point, so he hurried to the city of Water

When he arrived less than a hundred kilometers from the city of Water, the number of refugees was already incalculable, tents were on the ground, and even in front of his left, there was a small "city" built of stones and earthwork, which occupied an area of land and was guarded by dozens of men in the prime of life, and people came and went at the gate of the "city", digging sand from the riverbed and transporting it to the "city" to build protective fortifications

Around this small "city", there are hundreds of tents, and the residents, men, women, and children, all have the strength to help listen to their discussions, and it seems that the people of the "city" will allow them to enter and take shelter when the monster attacks

Several Esther cavalrymen were wandering in the distance, but they did not stop them just by watching from a distance

Minter looked at those people and the small "city", a little confused, and hurriedly pulled over an old man from Shaonan who was sitting idlely, and asked him what was going on, and the old man said: "We all escaped from the land, and we were going to enter the city of Water, but the houses in the city were all occupied, and we couldn't live here, so we went to the outside of the city to have a good place, there are trees, water, and food, but there is no shelter, I heard that the monster is very powerful, there must be a wall to block it."

"Didn't I ask this," Minter was a little anxious, "aren't the people of Weisha who are building the fortifications?" How could they be allowed to build a city here? Does Watertown care?! ”

"Those are the Weisha people, yes, the city lord of Walter City said that they can't be allowed to enter the city, so they all came here, it was not possible, but then they agreed, in fact, Weisha has a grudge against us, if it weren't for fear, how could we help them?" The old man shook his head, "I think when Ai was still young, when the sand thieves came over, that fierce..."

Minter was not in the mood to listen to him, so he casually responded to a few words and left, looking at the situation in front of him, the pressure in his heart suddenly increased

Has the situation deteriorated to this point?

There was a hurried sound of horses' hooves behind him, and he inadvertently glanced back, and when he saw the group of men running past the ground on horseback, he was immediately surprised and delighted: "Vasily! Uncle Vasily! When the knight at the head heard this, he looked back, was stunned, hurriedly grabbed the reins, and shouted with laughter: "Ha! It's actually Minna! Are you going to Shaonan too? ”

Minter hurriedly rushed up to grab him, greeted a few colleagues behind him, and then lowered his voice and said to him: "It's not Minna, you have to tell Minte Ai not to goof!" ”

Vasily laughed and folded knowingly, "Understood, little Minte" said Minte laughed: "I didn't expect you to lead the team over, aren't you already a knight?" ”

"It's because I became a knight that I was asked to lead the team over," Vasily shrugged, "To assist the allies in resisting the enemy, there must always be someone with a passable identity to come forward The military people have passed, and I represent the Security Service, which can be regarded as a new cooperation with old friends."

Minter had a smile on his face, he and Vasily had never worked together, and although they had the opportunity to meet every year, they didn't have time to talk properly every time because of the heavy homework at the Knight Academy

Vasily looked around: "Wow, there are so many people, it's the Weisa over there, right?" It's okay to build a city now, but don't finish the battle and refuse to leave."

"Probably not, right?" Minter hesitated, "They came here to escape for their lives, and when the matter is over, they should go back to their own home, how can anyone leave their home alone?" ”

"Who knows? Almost half of Weisha's territory is now in the hands of the Demon Domain, even if the war is over, those people's homes are estimated to be almost ruined, and they can occupy such a good place, how can they be willing to leave? Although we Easter are kind, there is no reason to cede our territory" Vasily put his hand on the pergola and looked into the distance, "Speaking of which, this place is quite familiar, we have been here before, right?" ”

Minter smiled and nodded: "Yes, when we came back from Encore City, we used to drink water from the stream here, you said, we drank the water from this stream, and we will definitely come to this place again in the future" He pointed in the direction of the stream, but his face froze

Now there are nearly 1,000 people living on both sides of the stream, and they take the water from the stream to drink, and also use it to wash their faces, wash vegetables, bathe, wash clothes, and live a life of lack of water. All the containers that can be used are put together, and the children also run to the water to roll and play, the originally clear stream, but now it is dirty, and the people of Shaonan watched coldly, and there were two words of persuasion that could not be seen, and some smart people were scolded back, so they went to the upper reaches of the stream to get clean water

Vasily sighed: "It seems that I will miss the water here again, and when we return, we will find time to turn upstream and drink"

Minter looked down and smiled, leading his horse: "Let's go, the sun is about to set"

The group went to Watertown City, the city was really crowded, and even the hero Guangchao in the center of the city was full of tents of all sizes, and they quickly found the stronghold set up by the Security Department in the city, and found that the inn they used as a cover actually left two empty rooms, and they were relieved

But after listening to the introduction of the colleagues stationed in Ankecheng, they knew that the battle situation in the west was not good

The western part of Wisa has completely fallen into the hands of the Demon Domain, and the southern lord suddenly rebelled, which made more than sixty percent of the territory in Wisa fall into chaos, the king tried to control the situation, and wanted to command the army to carry out operations, but he was disrupted by the rebellion of the lords one after another, he was very annoyed, and planned to execute the families of those traitors, but he heard rumors that those lords were actually dead, and there were other people who made a declaration of treason, but the news could not be confirmed, the king of Wisha had a headache, and the nobles were ready to move, And the civilians, who were able to escape, fled to other countries

At the same time, the Warcraft took advantage of the southern part of Weisha, and somehow used to cross the Great Desert, and suddenly appeared on the northwest border of Shaonan, which had approached the upper reaches of the Barrow River, and the local residents fled to the downstream area in large numbers, and the Ini side announced the day before yesterday that in order to prevent the Demon Domain from doing tricks in the water of the Barrow River and endangering the lives of the residents in the middle and lower reaches, they planned to block the previous section of the river in Orro

"Closing the river?" Minter was surprised and asked, "How do you seal it?!" ”

The colleague replied, "I don't know, it seems to be using their dam, but I heard that the Magic Capital has sent a large group of magicians to Orri, and you had better get there as soon as possible, because once the river is closed, the boat will not be able to pass, and it will be a big detour to go to Ori by land."

Minter and Vasily looked at each other, nodded their heads and had eaten dinner, and after a short rest, they set out overnight, and after a long day's gallop, they reached the river, a few kilometers north of the Orri Dam, and then looked at the behemoth in the distance

A gray-and-white stone wall at least twelve or thirteen meters high towered over what was supposed to be a dam, stretching for dozens of kilometers at both ends, with no end in sight, like a huge knife, cutting the land and the river in half

This one... What is it?!

(The scene is changed, and the soft country is ruthless, which is also very powerful...) Asking for tickets as usual, it's the last day... ）