"Congratulations on completing your hidden mission - the last villager who managed to save his mother and daughter from danger, thus impressing the miser Mar, he decided to send you an ancient map."

"I'll take this thing."

Seeing the prompt on the system panel on one side, she knew that this was the reward for the hidden mission, so she didn't excuse herself.

"Let's go!"

She nodded to Ron and Miles and the others, reaching out and touching the chirping bird's head.

The white chirping bird screamed happily, and its two strong paws kicked the ground and ran towards the wilderness outside the village.

"Master, sister, you must come back when you have time--"

She walked so abruptly that no one reacted, except for Ron who chased him to the entrance of the village and shouted loudly from behind.

Natsu on the bird's back didn't look back, and sat there and waved his hand gently.

"I'm going to be a real powerhouse soon."

Ron stopped, watched her back disappear into the wilderness, and whispered:

"When that time comes...... Maybe I'm qualified to be by your side. ”

……

"This forest is really much more peaceful than the south, so I don't have any monsters to fight."

Natsu had a blade of grass in his mouth in his mouth, and he turned over boredly as he pillowed on the chirping bird.

This is a warm forest meadow, the afternoon sun is sprinkled in the forest, the white chirping birds are curled up on the ground to rest, the little Lori in black is sitting far away with a wine bottle, drinking there with a red face, which they "take" from the aristocratic mansion in the city.

"Tweet ......"

The chirp let out a low chirp in its sleep and leaned its head beside its master.

"Stephanie, how come this bird can't see the gender."

Looking at the hairy head, Natsu in boredom asked a boring question.

"The light of the land is a special kind of magical beast, master; There is no gender until adulthood, but they will undergo a mutation when they reach adulthood, and the stronger they are, the greater the change, and then there will be a female bird and a male bird. ”

After the little Lori in black finished speaking, she gave a cute wine burp.

"It's a little familiar."

Xia looked at the white head, which was several circles larger than before, and whispered in its ear:

"You must become a mother, you must become a mother, you must become a mother......"

The chirping bird moved uncomfortably.

Although the owner's voice reassured it, as the sound continued, it finally gave it a nightmare.

"Chirp!!"

It suddenly jumped up from the ground and threw someone flying.

"This guy is getting stronger and stronger."

Xia adjusted his posture slightly in mid-air, and Chiguo's feet stepped on the grass steadily.

When she turned around, she saw a rock behind her, so she sat down.

Then she stroked her long silver hair with her hand, lifted up a white leg, and said:

"Stephanie, how is it, do I look like a grandmaster now?"

Since being promoted to the Sword Grandmaster, her strength and flexibility have increased greatly, otherwise even if she couldn't fall just now, she would definitely not be as easy as she is now.

The little Lori in black held the wine bottle and looked at her master:

"Master, I don't know what the grandmaster's temperament is...... But if you're sitting like that in your underwear...... Ah! ”

Natsu manipulated a small rock and smashed her on the head.

"There's no one here, of course you have to be more comfortable, it was too hard some time ago."

She twisted her ass and walked over to where her clothes and pants were kept, and put them on.

"Uh......h Don't forget that something has been with us since we entered the forest, master. ”

The little Lori in black covered her head with one hand, flew over with a wine bottle in the other, rubbed her body and said:

"Although the aura is gone now, it will appear around from time to time, the other party's method of concealment is very clever, I only know that something is nearby, but I don't know where its specific location is, let's be careful."

"Don't worry, I know how to deal with a surprise attack."

Stephanie is in the field with the maximum warning range, which is enough for her to react, and this is the advantage of carrying a high-performance humanoid radar.

"But it's strange to say, if it's so safe here, why haven't you encountered adventurers and mercenaries all the time? I see that there are quite a few beasts and precious medicinal herbs. ”

Xia found an herb under a tree to stop bleeding and asked the black-clothed little Lori to pull it up.

"If the wine bottle is empty, it will be in the skirt, what are you doing with it, the wine is so heavy."

Xia pinched his nose and said.

"Got it, master."

The little Lori in black put away the empty wine bottle and the herbs together:

"It must be because this forest is too big, and there are a lot of bad rumors, so those people don't dare to come in to gather and hunt casually."

"What are the rumors, are they monsters and necromancy?"

Regarding all kinds of strange rumors on the mainland, Xia's ears have cocoons.

"Not only that, master; Haven't you noticed that forests cover more than half of the continent, and depending on the region, people in different places call forests differently, and it wasn't until a long time later that everyone understood that they actually meant the same forest, because they were all connected. ”

"Oh? What are those titles? ”

Natsu became interested.

"The most famous place is known as the Forest of Hidden Mist, Master. Located in the very center of the continent, it is also a natural barrier separating the Harlem Empire from the Charismatic Realm, making the two most powerful nations out of reach; We're going to go to the border of the Grace Realm, but I'm going to go around it because it's a black area. ”

The little Lori in black replied:

"The Forest of the Hidden Mist is a very strange place, there are many monsters in it, but they rarely run out of the forest, and the reason why it is famous is that even on the outskirts of the forest, you can encounter super powerful monsters, or mysterious things that do not know the body; In the depths are some terrifying areas that people don't even want to mention, and this characteristic makes people reluctant to approach them at all. ”

"Then there's the Rain Forest, it's said that it will rain within a kilometer of the forest, and the further you go inside, the heavier the rain becomes, and legend has it that if you stay in the rain for a long time, you'll disappear for no reason, which is a bit like the situation when the Black Calamity appeared."

"Where is the Rain Forest?"

As soon as she heard that it was raining, Natsu's heart tensed.

"In the territory of Jophis, master; It is the kingdom where humans and all kinds of aliens coexist, and it is very far from here. ”

"Is that the miscellaneous kingdom in the west of the continent quite far away."

Xia thought for a while and removed the forest from the list of suspicions:

"Based on the information we've gathered along the way, it doesn't seem like the Black Calamity will go to that kind of extreme west, so it should just be a unique natural phenomenon."

She said uncertainly.

"And then there's the Clover Forest, master, and that's where we're going...... Something is coming! ”

The little Lori in black suddenly turned her head to look around, looking very vigilant.

"Chirp birds, don't make a sound."

Natsu gave a command to the chirp bird, and the beast could now understand its master's simple intentions.

She drew her sword lightly and ducked into a tree, letting the dense foliage obscure her figure.

"Stephanie, go and look around, maybe you can find out where the other party is."

She said to the little Lori in black.

"In which direction are you going to scout today, master?"

The little Lori in black asked.

"To the east."

Natsu picked a direction like a lottery.

In fact, they have tried many times, and every time she has the mood to try it out and let the little Lori in black explore, but the other party seems to be the type that will be invisible, unless it happens to bump into it, otherwise nothing can be found, because the eyes of the little Lori in black can't see invisible objects.

"I've been well prepared today - the magic trap has been activated!"

An undetectable ripple of magic emanated from her gloves, dispersing in all directions.

Xia closed her eyes, and in her spiritual sea, many places in the vicinity lit up, and in those places, she had casually laid some hidden magic traps not long ago.

These traps are not very powerful, but they are very stealthy, as they do not emit any magic until they are activated.

"Master, I feel that thing stop moving, as if it has spotted a trap you have set, it seems to be very sensitive to magic."

The little Lori in black reported the latest developments.

"Keep searching, withdraw as soon as you're about to go out of range, and then change to a different direction."

After Xia gave the command, he activated his superpower, wanting to use mental induction to detect where the other party was.

But like the previous times, the other party seems to be not only good at concealing his body shape, but also very good at mental detection, and even his mental fluctuations have been hidden.

"What the hell is this, is it a monster like Gladys, with a talent for racial concealment? is still a human powerhouse like the Protector Knight; It sucks on either side. ”

She held her breath and hid in the tree, and after a long time, suddenly a magic trap was touched!

"Snort-"

The soft splash of liquid could be heard in her ears, and she stayed in the tree without moving, instructing the little Lori in black to fly over there immediately.

"Master, the other party should have fallen into your liquid trap, there are very few tracking spices left on the ground, and most of them are contaminated with its body."

After investigating the trap, the little Lori in black made a reasonable guess.

The Tracer Spice was the product of Natsu's experience of the effects of the dew of the sea, mixed with a variety of highly pungent liquids, which she had personally formulated into an aromatic scent instead of a disgusting smell.

"That thing found out that something was wrong, and started running north, so fast!"

The little Lori in black sent a message while tracking.

"Keep up!"

Since the other party has escaped, Xia knows that this thing is probably not a particularly powerful guy.

Because the strong people in the mainland are all dignified, even if they are discovered by themselves, they will not run away at all, and as for the monsters, they will pounce directly.

Although the flight speed of the black-clothed little Lori is not as amazing as that of the bone dragon, it is still no problem to track ground objects, and Xia is now wearing stockings on her body at all times, and she immediately flew into the air.

"Master, that thing seems to be flying too!"

The little Lori in black soon noticed that the enemy's speed had changed.

"Follow behind, the other party will definitely not be able to consume us."

As Xia made a decision, the two began to chase after each other in the rear.

"Hey, what is this?"

After chasing for about two hours, the environment of the forest changed, and a strange tree appeared in Natsu's sight.

The trunk of this tree is similar to that of ordinary trees, but the leaves are silver, orange, and green triangles, very beautiful and soft, and they keep falling in the forest, and many of them fly to her body, all of which are bounced away by the white light around her body.

"Trimrock Forest?"

She remembered the name that the little Lori in black had just said.

Hiding the ripples, she reached out and pinched a triangular leaf, and found that this leaf was covered with a faint layer of fluorescence, and it was now approaching evening, otherwise it would be really difficult to find this light that was not strong.

The sky gradually darkened, and the surrounding trees began to emit a little light, and the night wind blew the branches, and the leaves on them began to twinkle like stars, and she flew in the forest as if she had fallen into a beautiful sea of stars.

After continuing to fly in this dreamy forest for a while, good news finally came from ahead.

"Master, that thing has stopped!"

The little Lori in black shouted excitedly:

"Looks like it's a person, wearing gray magical robes......"

Her voice suddenly muted.

What's going on?

Xia's heart tightened:

"Is the other party's strength very strong?"

"The Grand Magister of LV619, a little higher than your Storm Mage class, master."

After a long time, the voice of the little Lori in black sounded.

It turned out to be a legal profession.

Xia immediately relieved himself and sped up again:

"Who is the other party? People of the Order? Or a tracker of the Empire. ”

At present, only the two most difficult forces know their whereabouts, and there has been no movement on the part of the kingdom, so it seems that her status as a princess is still quite effective.

"Not human, master."

The voice of the little Lori in black was strange.

"Whoosh-"

Xia quickly came to the location of the black-clothed little Lori, who was hovering in front of a gray-clothed magician.

"Who are you? Why do you keep following me! ”

Falling from the air to the ground, Natsu pointed the long sword in his hand at the other party, ready to attack at any moment.

"It's really annoying, chasing people so closely."

Under the other party's hood, a girl's delicate voice suddenly sounded:

"When did you learn to be so insidious, and you actually laid so many traps around...... I can't even wear my clothes. ”

"Dangchang!"

The long sword in Natsu's hand fell to the ground.

She stared blankly as the other took off his hat, revealing a familiar face and a pair of pointed ears. R1152