The ruins above the dirt slope looked like it used to be a courtyard, much more deserted than the area below.

At the intersection, a stout wooden stake is deliberately used to create an entrance for only two people to walk in parallel.

Before Zhang Lin arrived, there was not a single flame in the ruins of this courtyard, but when he stepped on the stone bricks laid on the ground, the stone brazier around him suddenly burst into flames, and the place was illuminated at once.

The next moment, three figures suddenly appeared in the corners of the other three walls, as if they had come out of the ground.

"Tell me where you came, outsider!" Three identical figures appeared in their hands with a magic ball emitting purple brilliance, the wide black robes continued to swing under the surge of mana, and under the oversized cloth hat was a face covered by a crow mask, and the voices of the three overlapped in the courtyard.

Immediately afterwards, a pile of ice crystal-like thorns rose from the ground, surrounding Zhang Lin, restricting his movements, which was quite a rhythm of doing things without saying a word, but the other party did not directly attack him after all, which showed that it was not completely unreasonable.

Zhang Lin stretched out his hand and knocked on the crystal beside him that was shining by the firelight, the hardness was very high, and the dense spikes on it looked like it had good lethality.

"I'm coming from Lothric, and I have no intention of offending you, Your Excellency the Magician," Zhang Lin looked at the other party, and then spread his hands again, although he seemed to be defenseless, but once again layered his holy light shield, "I was attacked in the ruins below, and tracked all the way here. ”

"How do you prove your identity?"

Zhang Lin thought about it, and took out the small ring flag given to him by the main priest and the emblem of the Qingjiao oath.

"Well, these should be enough, I just accepted the commission of the priest of Rosric Ima, to send a letter to the secluded church," Zhang Lin said while showing the things in his hand: "If I am not mistaken, you should be one of the two elders of the Great Library, and the attacker just now deliberately ran towards you, plus she used the modified spell of the Flange Immortal, is she your apprentice or?" ”

Zhang Lin's words fell, and the old mage, who should be called the crystallized old man, waved his right hand, and removed the figures in the two corners of the wall in Zhang Lin's vigilant eyes, which were very clever doppelganger spells, not only perfectly simulated the main body, but also could even use spells with the main body, and at the same time, the magic crystals surrounding Zhang Lin also broke into pieces that gradually faded away.

"This is indeed a misunderstanding, besides, she is my daughter," the old mage put down the magic crystal in his hand, "you are very knowledgeable, there should be no such good person as you among the knights of Lothric." ”

Can you explain why there was such a misunderstanding? This is no joke, if I am not strong, your daughter will be killing innocents. ”

The old mage put away the magic orb and said as he walked to a tall wooden cabinet next to him, "A lot of things have happened in the recent past, and there is some chaos in the forest, but since you were sent by Ima, don't worry, it's your own people." ”

"Big Library...... Well, I haven't been one of those since I left there a hundred years ago," he said, and the door of the tall wooden cabinet opened, revealing a hidden room, and with his wave of motion, some old tables and chairs flew out, "I have few guests, let's sit down and talk." ”

"That doesn't sound like a reason to attack outsiders casually, but there are a lot of explorers, so why are they eyeing me?" Seeing that the old mage did not have malicious intent, Zhang Lin did not ink, and directly pulled out a chair and sat down.

Sitting closer, Zhang Lin was able to observe the old mage more clearly, compared with most of the short and thin magicians, the old mage looked quite strong and tall, and the wide black robe was largely supported by him, and the crow's beak mask on his face corresponded to the former White Sect in this world, so it was a little interesting for the sage of the big library to wear such a mask that had never dealt with the church.

"There's an outlaw knight nearby, attacking travelers passing by, and Hazel has obviously mistaken you for that knight, so I'll apologize for you on her behalf."

This old mage is not like the eccentric people who imagine that live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, but is like a kind old man. The old crystallized man, like his other twin brother who stayed in the Great Library, was originally the descendant of the ancient mage hero Rogan the Great Hat, and he was sent here to assist the Farran Immortals in cultivating mages after the completion of the Farran Fortress, but after the Immortals passed the fire and closed the Farran Fortress, he did not return to the Great Library, but stayed here to continue his research, and he was also an antique-level figure.

"I don't have anything of great value on me about Hezel's attack on you, and I don't know if you can look at this crystallized sword of leisure."

"Wait, father, that's supposed to be for me, how can you give it to an outsider?"

A voice walked out of the hidden room under the bookcase, although the other party had taken off the tall hat like a big mushroom, and the clothes on his body had been replaced by a gray cloth robe, but the identity of the person who came was also obvious, it was the woman who attacked Zhang Lin before, and it seemed that she had already dealt with her injuries.

"Hezel, you attacked someone, and as a father I can only compensate for it with something useful," the old mage's expression froze for a moment, and then turned to look at his daughter, "Also, you owe this young man an apology." ”

Without the ugly hat to cover it, revealing the appearance of a very ordinary young woman, as the old mage's words fell, Hazel still walked up to Zhang Lin very consciously, crossed his hands in front of him, and then bowed deeply, "I'm sorry." ”

"I accept your apology, and I don't have any damage, but you ......" Zhang Lin saw that the other party was sincere, and he didn't hold on.

"It's nothing," Hazel pouted, then looked back at the old mage, "I've apologized, so I don't have to give the sword, right?" ”

The old man glanced at Zhang Lin with some embarrassment, "I'm sorry, this child has no mother since he was a child, and he has been spoiled by me." ”

"It's nothing, thank you for your kindness, I don't lack weapons like this," Zhang Lin shook his head, the old man's stabbing sword was relatively more suitable for the legal profession, "I need to go to the secluded church as soon as possible, and I will continue on the road as soon as it dawns tomorrow, and it would be better if someone helped me lead the way." ”

"That's okay, Hezel is very familiar with the way to the church," the old man saw that Zhang Lin was really not very interested in the bayonet sword in his hand, which was more of a work of art than a weapon, "I originally planned to let her go to the secluded church, so let her go with you." ”

"But, father, it's not safe in the forest anymore, and I don't want you to stay here alone." Hazel immediately objected to the Crystallized Old Man's decision, "I must stay with you. ”

"It's never been safe in this forest, I've lived here for so long, and if you encounter something that I can't solve, it's even more useless for you to stay." The old man shook his head and vetoed his daughter's plan, and then looked at Zhang Lin, "Since you came here from Lothric, tell me what happened, what went wrong with the fire transmission ceremony?" ”