The boat continued to drift forward, and Cheese sat reclining in the bow, holding the protruding part of the bow with one hand, as if to make out something. "How did he do it?" Atticus looked at the majestic shadow of the king in the night behind him, and then at the mage at the bow of the ship, the old knight had seen many things in his life that were difficult to explain with common sense, but this experience was especially impressive to him. The heavy iron lock of the aqueduct built by the Grand Duke of the Hammer himself was completely useless in front of this small ship?And this was naturally attributed to the head of the Cheese, and the fear of the unknown made the Great Knight unconsciously clench the scabbard of the Iron Rule in his hand, and a terrible thought appeared in his mind, if one day the Captain stood on the opposite side of the kingdom, would he be able to protect his country in the face of the endless means of the mages?

"You know, mage's tricks or something. Lothar heard the Grand Knight muttering to himself, and he shrugged his shoulders and grimaced. Unlike Atticus, Cheese was undoubtedly a trustworthy companion in the eyes of the Count of Montenegro, and the strength shown by the Grey-robed Mage pleased Lothar himself. The Iron Knight noticed the Count's reaction, and his gray brow slowly softened, although His Majesty had not withdrawn the charges against Lothar, but it was also to maintain the majesty of the royal family in wartime, and when the plague passed, the glory of the Black Mountain family would probably be better than before because of Lothar's actions. With the leader of the Young Zhuang Sect of the Kingdom befriending the gray-robed mage, the blue lion really didn't need to worry about the threat from the gray-robed wizard.

Jack noticed the change in Atticus' expression, but for the Wolfwalker, what the other party was thinking didn't matter, and what he was thinking about now was what to do with the lich next. Heather was the only one in the group who knew that what they had just experienced and the ship under their feet was not the mage's hand, and the throbbing of her veins convinced her that the boat was sailing under the protection of the Wanderers in the Rain. Combined with her previous experience of being under house arrest on an island in the river, the knight realizes that whether the Wet Soul Cult is helping Cheese because of their mutual interests or because of some deal between them, the mage is getting closer to some extremely dangerous being, which is not something Heather wants to see. It seemed necessary to warn him of the consequences of doing so, and while Wet Soul was one of the milder beings among the evil gods, that didn't mean he was a reliable ally. The knightess thought.

While the people on the boat were thinking about each other, the boat came to shore. The iron hook that "clicked" from the mist easily grabbed the protrusion of the bow of the ship, pulling the whole ship to the shore. The man pulling the boat appeared to be an old man, but from the shovel pinned to his waist, it was not difficult to tell that hidden beneath the human exterior was a real Edward ghoul.

"Snorr!" Jack stood up at the smell of the grave dirt on the other man's body, and the teeth in his mouth slowly sharpened in a menacing growl. When the other people on the ship saw the wolfwalker, they also put their hands on their weapons, ready for battle. Only Cheese silently stretched out his hand and stopped in front of the werewolf. "Forgive my companions, for your people fought with us not so long ago. ”

The old ghoul smiled, an expression that was strange because of his excessively thin face, or rather more than a face, which was almost as good as a dry corpse under the coarse linen clothes, and everyone was worried about whether his arm would break off like a dead branch as the old man pulled the boat to the shore. "It's okay," said the ghoul, his voice cracked and hoarse, "Bourne is our patriarch, and we are responsible for his mistakes. It was only now that a few people had heard the name of the man who led the Edward family for the first time. "Come on, warriors. Allow me, the old man, to take you there, ahem, and fix this mistake. ”

Cheese didn't hesitate, he stepped down from the ship and saluted the ghoul respectfully as he passed by. This is a very rare thing, considering that even in front of Roland, Cheese did not show such deference, and his reaction caused the rest of the team, especially Jack and Lothar, who had just fought against the Edwards, to show varying degrees of dissatisfaction. And the good quality of the Count of Montenegro made him not say much, but the wolfwalker would not care about this. "Hey, Cheese, do you need to be humble to an old ghoul, he's just going to eat a few more years, hmm!" the werewolf didn't finish his words, as the mage gagged him with a cloud of gray mist.

"It doesn't hurt to be a little more polite. Besides, you don't know who the person in front of you is, so you blindly put your dissatisfaction with the Edward family on him. If Miss Louise was like that, you should have been killed when you were in the Iron Keep!" Cheese scowled at his companion in a rare slight, his eyes even flashing with a hint of magic, and all this was simply because of Jack's rudeness to an old ghoul he had just met. There was no doubt that the mage's overacting performance frightened everyone, and they couldn't understand why the gray-robed mage had such a big reaction.

"Oh, please don't do this! Please don't," said the old man, who hurried between them, "I don't deserve you to be like this, I'm just a useless old man, as the gentleman said, just a few more years of eating corpses." ”

"No, people like you deserve to be respected. Cheese shook his head, apparently not forgiving his companion for his rudeness. However, he still reined in the magic in his eyes, and with a wave of his hand, he lifted the gray mist that sealed the werewolf's mouth. "Also, Jack, and all of you, for the sake of our next action, I think I must tell you who this old gentleman is. After listening to it, you will understand why I am angry. ”

Jack snorted coldly and raised his hand to signal Cheese to speak. He didn't believe that the mage's words could change his opinion of the old ghoul in front of him. To this, Cheese just raised an eyebrow. "First of all, the identity of this old gentleman, as you can see, is indeed a ghoul of the Edward family, but don't forget what that means. A soul keeper, a lifelong soul keeper who has a lifelong understanding of life, has reached a level that is beyond our reach, and even if the old gentleman wishes, he can always get rid of physical existence in another way. If we want to actually kill a lich, his help is essential. And even if we don't mention it, his wisdom deserves the respect of all of us. ”

The wizard's words were not understood by everyone, and Cheese knew that words alone could not explain this strange existence. But he believed that when the people saw the power of the true Soul Keeper, they would understand their words. Without further explanation, he asked the old ghoul to lead the team to the Edward family's residence, where the lich who had bewitched the patriarch was said to be hiding in the deepest part of the crypt.