Xiao Chen saw a flash of silver light in the forest, which was a signal from Caterina who came to pick her up, and she was sent by Xiao Chen to coordinate the ambush with Garneau.

Xiao Chen led the other three up a small slope and saw Caterina waving to them beside Garneau. She had a bow in her hand, a canopy on her head, and one foot on a tree stump, and she had the demeanor of a ranger in the forest in the faint light of day.

"Brother Xiao, are you all okay? I just saw you kill that guy in the sky, it's amazing. She happily followed Xiao Chen's side.

"That's what Roger did, I'm just an assistant. Xiao Chen replied, seeing Katarina, no matter how tired he was, he would always laugh unconsciously.

"He ran away without you, but without Big Brother Roger, others would still catch him, and in the end, you are a little better. Caterina glanced at Roger, "Brother Roger, I'm not angry, are you?"

"That's how it was, thanks to the adults who broke his spirit. The warrior loses his spirit, and there are muscles to use. When the mage loses his spirit, he becomes a steak of meat that is cut by random people. Whether I make a shot or not, the ending is the same. "But, in fact, Miss Tasia also made a great effort. She blessed me and Lord Xiao Chen with flying skills. ”

"Well, Miss Tasia, thank you for helping Brother Xiao this time. Caterina grabbed Xiao Chen's arm and said.

"I'm just doing what feels right for me and I don't need extra thanks. Although Tasia was dressed as a walker, she smiled faintly on the shelf, showing her impeccable demeanor as a magical nobleman, as if she had changed from a lively person to a statue standing tall.

Caterina secretly pursed her lips and muttered in Xiao Chen's ear, "It's so high." ”

Xiao Chen didn't know the little girl's thoughts, he made a round and said: "How can it be redundant? Anyway, in this operation, you and the Belia knight have done us a lot, if according to the original plan, there are only two people, me and Roger, we may be in a lot of danger along the way." It's fair to say that without you, we wouldn't be here unscathed.

Along the way, we overturned, rode horses, fought, climbed mountains, experienced so many difficulties, and you never complained a word, how could we not be grateful?"

After all, Tasia is still a young girl, and when she was praised by Xiao Chen, the expression on her face couldn't help but laugh, and even a little embarrassed in her expression, "Really?"

"Of course, though, we'll have time to thank each other for our politeness, and now I'll have to go and say hello to Garneau in the Temple of Nature. ”

Xiao Chen met Garneau on the top of the hillside, and Tasia avoided meeting Garneau because of her sensitive identity and waited at the bottom of the hillside.

"Your Excellency Xiao Chen, thanks to your combined attack just now, we finally didn't let that mage escape, it seems that our plan is half successful. Garneau did not wear the same hood as everyone else, but let the fine rain hit his face, as if to show that smugness.

"Half, didn't I attract all the enemies?"

"Sancho led the team to hunt you down, and Prato stayed with the men to sneak into your house. ”

"Any news over there?"

Garneau shook his head, "Ever since we entered the woods, we've lost word from the city. ”

"Hopefully my companion is okay. By the way, have you found the body of that Sancho?"

"We're still cleaning up the battlefield, but we can always find him. ”

Garneau also had to command the Knights of the Wind to clean up the battlefield, and Xiao Chen hurried back to the office to support the other companions, so he gave up waiting here for the results of the search. There were horses that Caterina had prepared in advance, and they changed into new horses and left the ambush first.

Back on the main road leading to the royal capital, the rain in the sky has basically stopped. The dark clouds dispersed slightly, revealing a horn of the moon. Tasia and Belea's cloaks were almost soaked, tightly tied to their clothes, and they looked a little tired, Xiao Chen knew that the two of them could become a very important combat force, but he was embarrassed to ask them to go to the office to help.

He thought for a moment and said, "Tasia, now that the enemy is attacking my residence, I, Roger, and Caterina must rush to help, I'm afraid I won't be able to send you back to the manor." But we can drop you back to the Magic Society, what do you think?"

"Xiao Chen, we've been fighting side by side for a night, are we still left with the last battle? Of course, it will be me and Belia who will go back with you. Haven't we proven ourselves yet?"

Xiao Chen will not be hypocritical at this kind of life-and-death juncture, he nodded and said: "Thank you! I won't say anything superfluous, let's leave quickly!"

When Tasia passed in front of him, she whispered, "Next time you want to help, just say it, you look really awkward." ”

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When the five of them rode fast horses all the way to the west gate of the royal capital, the city gate was already closed, but Xiao Chen took out his magic association badge and placed it on a magic circle under the city tower, and soon a few soldiers ran out of the city tower, opened a small door on the gate, and welcomed them in respectfully.

They continued to ride through the plebeian quarter, crossed the arch bridge over the river, and entered the noble quarter.

From the place where the bridge is down to the location of the office, it takes more than ten minutes to ride a horse, and the surrounding aristocratic district looks calm, and there is no noisy movement.

"Brother Xiao, I don't think there should be any problem with them. If the battle was really fierce, the city guards should have come a long time ago. Caterina said.

Xiao Chen also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "It's too early to draw conclusions, let's go back and see." ”

They continued to walk, and at some point they started when a fog suddenly began around them. This fog came very strangely, like the kind of white smoke in the stage effect, billowing out from several street corners, and enveloping Xiao Chen and the others in the blink of an eye.

"There's something weird about this fog. Let's hurry up and get out. Pay attention to the location of the people around you and don't run away. Xiao Chen shouted as he beat his horse and rushed forward.

But the fog is getting thicker and thicker, and it seems endless, Xiao Chen ran for a while, and found that the fog had reached the point where he couldn't see his fingers, and then looked around, and the figure of a companion was invisible.

"Roger, Caterina, Tasia!" he shouted, but there was no response. Xiao Chen turned his horse's head and ran back a few steps, when he suddenly saw a black shadow rushing out of the white mist. He prepared an ice spear technique, ready to be activated at any time, but when he saw the face of the person who came, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out to be Katarina.