Southwest of Baldur's Gate, on the outskirts of the Sharptooth Forest, a small bonfire burns.

Chanem, his sister Aemon and Jahira, and the new Ranger Zivon, sat around the fire and ate their lunch in silence. Everyone looked at Chanem, consciously or unconsciously, and the captain, who was still a big boy, didn't notice it in the slightest, he just ate more and more slowly, and then fell into deep thought.

In the past half a month, they have traveled to many places, such as the Carnival, Belgost, the Temple of Morning Song, the High Fence Fort, the Cloud Mountain, and the Sharp Tooth Forest, and it can be said that they have traveled all over half of the Baldur's Gate area. They've eliminated the mad priest Basilus, they've saved good priests like Bronwin, they've had unscientific things like hens talking, and they've accidentally helped Albert, an ogre, who looks pretty good......

For Ammon, who is still a big girl, this is a journey that begins with "Wow O". Just like the legends, it is full of excitement and blood, whether it is combat or adventure, whether it is the mage tower of the high fence or the dungeon, it is extremely fresh and exciting.

And the feeling of helping others on the go was also superb.

But for Chanem, who has the burden of the whole team on his shoulders, there have been too many regrets and shortcomings in the past half month. He shouldn't have rushed into the affairs of ogre wizards, and he shouldn't have rashly accepted the bounty of the Temple of Morning Song for "hunting the pterodactyls", or even ...... When you meet the legendary hero Triste in the story? When Du Cha boarded, he was so nervous that he couldn't speak, and he simply lost the face of the entire adventure team - thanks to Ou Ma, Lu Yuan was not there. Otherwise, if he made such a humiliating move, Lu Yuan would not let him go.

Of course, there are also good things that have happened and they have found a good partner near the High Fence Fort, the ranger Qi Feng who has been thinking about revenge on the robbers. The bandit leader Tazok killed his lover, and he vows to hunt him down to the end of the world!

"Lu Yuan's ......" Chanem unconsciously said to himself a little louder, attracting everyone to look at it. Chanem smiled embarrassedly, lowered his head and continued to deal with his own wild vegetable soup.

"I always hear you mention this person, who is Lu Yuan?" Again and again, I was constantly aroused my curiosity, and then I didn't finish it. Even Qi Feng, a ranger who has been silent, can't accept it anymore! It's too woody to have a sense of morality! If you say it, you'll die!

"Lu Yuan. That's an evil mage," Chanem gestured awkwardly, signaling to himself that he couldn't say it. In the end, it was Jahira who made the statement, but when she used the word "evil" to describe the person. But it's more like a joke between friends. There was a smile on the corner of his mouth. It's not just her. There's also the lively Ammon and the easy-going Khalid, and even the awkward Chanem. This made Qi Feng more and more curious about this person. "It was the evening when Khalid and I arrived at the Friendly Arm......"

Lu Yuan is a proud, mean person (specifically for Chanem), and always busy with his own affairs. The first person the team accepted was the famous ranger "Morning Star of Oz" Twilight. Lu Yuan is as inconspicuous as a random giveaway from Twilight, and he always studies spells on his own and rarely communicates with others.

But as the journey gradually unfolded, Lu Yuan became plump and interesting.

He was afraid of trouble, but every time it was time to eat, he always took half an hour out to cook a delicious meal for his wife. Sometimes it's a salad mixed with several kinds of wild vegetables, sometimes it's sausages stuffed with diced meat, and there is a chowder soup like today. As companions, they were also fortunate to taste Lu Yuan's endless creativity and superb cooking skills, and learned many new varieties of dishes with local ingredients.

He didn't like to take responsibility, but when he agreed to the "deal" between Glion and Ilminster, he taught Chanem very well, both in magic and in people, despite his constant complaints. Some of the seemingly stupid methods (such as encouraging Chanem's self-confidence by clapping, etc.) have worked very well for Chanem, a second-year teenager.

He always helps the team with the right spells, and he always solves problems in a few words, he ......

The bonfire is shining, the voice is autumn, and the night is deep.

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With the same goal of killing the bandit leader Tazok, the five of them followed the fragmented clues and finally reached the outskirts of the Sharptooth Forest.

It is said that the camp of the robbers was here.

But now that three days had passed, they still couldn't get close to the bandits' camp.

It wasn't because the camp was hidden, it was built in a large clearing deep in the forest. They couldn't get in, it was because the bandits were too strong, thousands of bandits, blackclaw mercenaries and monsters gathered here, and there were powerful mages and priests as leaders, which was not something they could do at all.

On the contrary, they have been chased by bandits.

But what about the mission?

Chanem couldn't help but think of the beautiful red-haired female knight behind her when they met the Flame Fist officer, and she patted him on the shoulder and encouraged him, "I'm very optimistic about you and your team!" I know that the plague of the robbers will come to an end in your hands, and I believe that the Gate of Baldur will be saved by you, just as you saved Nasikai! Don't envy the legend anymore, you are already a legend! ”

Those words immediately reached the depths of his heart, making his blood boil every time he thought about it, and he couldn't help himself!

That became a strong motivation for him to constantly push himself to improve!

Qi Feng once said sarcastically, "Maybe she said that to every team that was going to die." ”

Chanem turned pale in an instant. He was depressed for a long time, and even felt that he was a fool who was easily agitated and naïve.

Recently, Belgost has released a bounty, and the ranks of adventurers are as large as locusts. It wasn't until they met more than a dozen adventuring teams before and after, through everyone's incessant questioning, that they finally determined that the red-haired female knight had not said anything like that to anyone except for the Chanem team! In other words, she really appreciates the 'Sword and Rose' group!

Although she didn't know what she was doing, she could clearly see at a glance that Chanem was inherently perfect, unique, different, and independent...... So Chanem has been motivated again lately. What a simple guy.

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When the morning came, Chanem wiped his sweat embarrassedly, and looked at the morning sun with some despair, could it be that this was the last time he saw the morning sun in his life?

The gnolls' teeth, the stench of the goblins, and the grins of the human mercenaries mixed together, and he felt a little dizzy, but he had to barely hold on, stand in front of Ammon, and fight to open his sword, and then use his spear to make a hole in the arm of one of the guys. Push him back.

Spell. Yes, I can still cast spells. Excessive sweating had already made him dehydrated, and the boy had not experienced such a hard battle, and he waved his left hand to provoke the arcane power. Condensed into two arcane missiles. Without thinking about it, he threw it at the tall ogre who had just rushed to the left. The missile was thrown to the ground in a very bad position. When he was about to hit the soil, he pulled it up with all his might, and bit the ogre like two raised cobras...... Crotch.

Everyone seemed to hear the "click" of shattering. The ogre stood stiff, legs clenched like a little girl, his face contorted into a comical expression. Everyone present felt pitiful for him. Seeing this scene, the fierce battlefield seemed to have stopped suddenly, and several robbers who were rushing towards Chanem fled to the side halfway, this trick "broken eggs" was too ruthless! No one wants to be hit all at once.

"Hahaha, good fight!" Qi Feng on the tree praised with a smile.

But some people think it's too obscene, such as Jahira who shouted: "Chanem! You are the son of Grian! ”

"Xiao Cha? What did you do? Why do they say that about you? Amon poked his head out of the back curiously. Chanem wiped the sweat from his eyes in frustration and continued to hold his sword and wait, but looking at the enemies who were guarding him below, he wanted to shout angrily, "I just hit the crooked!" ”

Last night the camp was once again outflanked overnight - in fact, in the forest, it was difficult for them to escape the pursuit of the gnolls with a keen sense of smell. Under the leadership of the jackals, the bandit camp has also been sending out teams to sweep the surrounding adventurers, and the 'Sword and Rose' group is the closest one to rely on now.

After being attacked and surrounded at night, the members of the 'Sword and Rose' regiment turned around while fighting, and finally rushed into the woods, but the situation was not much better, there were too many enemies! Several people were leaning together in embarrassment, surrounded by dozens of robbers. If it weren't for Qi Feng sniping the archers on the trees at any time, and there were many trees around, coupled with the problem of sight in the night, they would not have been able to hold out until now. But now it's almost dawn......

"Organize a salvo!" The Gnoll Britick ordered, he was the captain of the search team, known as the strongest Gnoll! Almost all of the gnolls in the bandit camp were his men, but now they were all assigned to various search teams.

Hearing the order of the jackal Britic, more than a dozen goblins and humans who were archers slowly gathered together, they stuck their long arrows in the ground, and took out the longbows and short bows they were carrying on their backs, preparing to shoot three salvos to completely get rid of these hard bones.

"Try to be as secretive as possible", Chanem made his voice sound louder, but even he could hear the lack of confidence in it.

"Xiao Cha! I like you! Ammon, who was now hiding behind Calamon and shooting arrows, shouted with tears in her eyes, and was then pushed behind a tree by Kharid, who covered her with her body and shield.

"Shut up!" Jahira, who was fighting, suddenly said something in a loud voice, and even the enemy was embarrassed for a moment. Well, there are so many strange things in this group, the robbers who surround them are in tears, I just want to cut people well, bastard!

Jia ...... Jahi ...... Sheila, no...... No ......," Khalid stammered.

"Shut up, too!" Jahira said angrily.

"That's right!" Qi Feng was also shouting excitedly, "Shut up, listen to that strange sound!" Did you hear that, too? Jahira, what's that sound? ”

"But Ammon, I've always treated you like a sister!" At this time, Chanem, who had finally relented, turned around and shouted at Ammon.

"Shut up!" X3, Jahira, Khalid and Zivon squirted at Chanem together, and even Khalid squirted once without stammering. "The lady's most despised love is even more shirking?! Do you want her to leave with regret?! You give me a good acceptance! Bastard! Jahira scolded with hatred. Dodge hid behind a tree, and didn't care about the strange sounds he heard.

"Yes, Ammon! I like you! Chanem stabbed the enemy in front of him to death, wielding his spear to block the slashing greatsword, and said in shame. Then he seemed to think of something again, his eyes widened and his nostrils opened, and he shouted loudly with great excitement, "Sister Jia, I ...... too"

"Shut up!" X3, Jahira, Khalid and Zivon squirted at Chanem again.

"This is also my last thought!" Chanem was about to cry.

"Stupid! Listen to what's that?! Jahira shouted, now that they had been divided. Chanem and Zivon, a tree. Jahira herself a tree, Khalid and Aemon a tree. Now no one is attacking, everyone is looking for cover. Because a salvo is about to be fired, except for the big goblins with bad brains. Humans and ogres who were afraid of being covered and shot ran out of the way. The strength of the encirclement has been greatly reduced.

"One. Two ......" Britic, the gnoll man, smiled cruelly, excitedly watching the dying struggles of a few small bugs, and deliberately read the numbers slowly. Raise your hand. Gross, I love this feeling!

But at that time, the strange sound that only Qi Feng had heard became louder and louder, and the "whoosh" sound was rapidly approaching this side, like a wind through the woods, like a fast arrow tearing through the air. The sound was really loud, and most of the bandits, even the gnoll Britic, were looking towards the place where the sound was approaching, when a fierce orange-red light flashed, and a huge fireball flew from the direction of the sound, passed through the crowd, exploded in the formation of archers, and instantly engulfed more than a dozen archers.

"This fireball...... It's familiar! Chanem, who had a rare pause, couldn't help but say.

"Familiar? I feel that way too! Ammon said that she was well protected, except that her hand was cut by the bowstring, and there was no major problem.

"It's the only guy who likes to use fireballs like that, right?!" Jahira couldn't help but say angrily when she saw the constant fireball spells bombarding the forest, and many trees were set on fire by the flames. Now that the bandits have been blown up, they can't take care of them at all.

With the sound of "whoosh" rapidly scraping the woods, two phantom foals quickly passed out of the woods, and Lu Yuan rushed out with Twilight Star first, followed by two unknown men and women, none other than Dinahei and Minsk.

The pursuit party led by the gnoll Britik was a bandit group composed of gnolls, human mercenaries, ogres, and goblins, and originally numbered more than a hundred people. After more than four hours of pursuit of the adventure group, he did not cause much damage to the other party, but he died more than 20 of them, and most of the rest were painted. It is precisely because the other party has a veteran ranger like Qi Feng, who is also able to shoot arrows in the middle of the night, and can keenly find the enemy's loopholes; There are also half-elves Jasila and Khalid who can see at night, and the husband and wife, who also cooperate very well, have become the pillars of the team; After a long adventure, Chanem and Ammon have grown up well.

The two sides compared, but the pursuers suffered a big loss. Now bombarded by Lu Yuan's fireballs, a large number of undisciplined robbers immediately became a mess, and were easily broken through by four people and two horses.

Lu Yuan put away the red fireball short staff and jumped off his horse, "Hey, the head of the regiment and the members of the Sword and Rose Regiment, it seems that you need help!" ”

"For justice!"

Before Chanem could reply, everyone's ears were shocked by Xiao Ming's thunderous shout, and Lu Yuan's ridiculous words were drowned out in the battle cry of Minsk.

The giant wheel of light unfolded, and Minsk wielded his newfound +1 two-handed greatsword and slashed into the bandits. This is Xiao Ming's battle moment, this is Xiao Ming's battle style! The bandit team, which was originally somewhat scattered, was shocked by Xiao Ming, and it was even more torn apart and collapsed. Xiao Ming pursued and slashed mercilessly from behind, and in a short time, he caused more than the previous midnight battle results.

Her eyes lit up, but she was barely held back by Twilight, so she had to speed up her magic, but her eyes were picking out the target of interest in the bandits. Magic bullets and fireballs poured out of Dinahei's hands, and the advanced Dinahei showed off the mage's three-minute lethality—her spell slots weren't enough for her to squander it. However, this barbarian witch prefers to use weapons in melee combat, and I don't know what Lu Dao thinks. Twilight flickered through the crowd, trying to clean up Minsk's back and Dinah's surroundings, but a flash of the twin swords often took a life or two.

Only Lu Yuan stood leisurely beside Chanem and a few others, waving his cane to beat the robbers nearby. He was in control of the battle, with the bows and arrows of Qi Feng, Chanem, Khalid and Aemon on this side, and Xiao Ming and Twilight Star in front of him, and the defeat of the enemy was a foregone conclusion. More often than not, when he observes that the enemy has a tendency to gather, he immediately fires fireballs to disperse.

"Cang~!" With a terrible sound of blade grinding, the jackal Britik held a halberd and blocked Minsk's giant sword, finally stopping the fragmented situation of being killed by Xiao Ming.

"Evil! No one can stop Minsk and Bubu! Minsk angrily swung his greatsword again and slashed it down with all his might. Blue~! ", and was blocked by Britic, "Cang~!" "Cang~!" "Cang~!" ……

"Minsk! Give it to me! Someone shouted.

With the continuous sound, Minsk's eyes became redder and redder, and he suddenly roared a barbarian word, and the giant sword slashed down like a halo. Britic, the Jackal, who was no less powerful, blocked again, but this time it was clearly miscalculated. The power of this sword is so great that Britik can't stop it at all! With a "click", the halberd was cut into four pieces along with the gnoll Britik.

"Ahhhh Seeing that the commander was dead and dismembered, the dozens of robbers who were still alive fled faster, and almost instantly ran into the woods.

"Stop! Minsk! My guards, I command you! This is the proud voice of Dinah Black.

"Ahhhh

"Stop~ Ah! How dare you cut me! Almost slashed by Minsk's indiscriminate wielding of the giant sword, Dinah's black face turned red, she looked around frantically, and then picked up a large halberd dropped by the jackal with both hands, and waved it vigorously, "Old lady, let you taste it!" ”

"Huh~" The halberd was unexpectedly flown off by Minsk, and Xiao Ming's rage at this time also passed, "Ah, Dinah Hei!" Are you swollen? Who did this to you! I'm going to cut him! Ahhh

"That's you! He actually slashed me with a sword, and he didn't hand over that stupid wolf to me to cut me, with a guard like you, I misjudged you! Why don't you hack me to death? Keep chopping! You cut! You cut! ……”

"Thank you guys", Twilight turned away, not seeing the heated interaction between the two. She gently communicated with several tired group members, introduced herself to Qi Feng, and then treated their wounds one by one, etc. Lu Yuan stood on the edge of the battlefield, his mind connected to Nini for reconnaissance. No one tried to persuade the couple to rejoice.

PS: Just got off the plane, thanks for saving it for tomorrow! (To be continued......)