Chapter 157: Strange Silence
Tallant caught up with Mark curiously, "Who's Casper?"
"His teammate," Mark waved into the restaurant, "a storm priest who doesn't like to talk, and Garfield thinks of me as him, but I'm a lot more handsome than Casper," Mark said as he leaned over to Katrina, seemingly unintentionally.
"Did he disappear with Garfield?" Tarrant asked again.
"Yes, Garfield, Caspar, Grace and Adrian, a very tacit team, after Adrian was injured, the three of them seemed to have taken over a bounty mission, and then disappeared, and Caspar and Grace were not found in the Psickey's lair, alas......"
Tarrant looked back at the drunk man lying on the table, even if he was alive, it was like dead, maybe it would make more sense to die with his teammates.
Mark led the two of them to the watchtower, "Actually, I didn't believe that something would happen to them before, their mage Grace is a very cautious person, although I haven't cooperated with her, but from the way she plays chess, it can be seen that she likes to keep the back moves, and when she attacks, I am always powerless, so fierce women are not very easy to deal with." ”
"Adventurers who like to play chess are rare," said Tarrant, adding that the adventurer's fun is more focused on spells, gold, equipment, and the like, and chess is a way for nobles to communicate.
"She is only half an adventurer, she used to be a noble lady, and she joined the Garfield team because she ran away from marriage, so she is different from others, there is an arrogant aristocratic spirit in her bones, and her habits and style are much stricter. ”
Since she is a nobleman, she must be well-educated, and her ability to predict her opponent's thinking when playing chess shows that her mind is very active, and the Spirit Suction Monster likes this food, and Tarrant guesses that Grace was dealt with by the Spirit Suction Monster at that time.
Two soldiers saluted Mark from afar.
"Pick two horses!" Mark, roared.
A soldier nodded and walked to the other side of the watchtower.
"Wait a minute, he'll take it", Mark took a pipe from his belt, "Playing with this?"
"No", Tarrant has no interest in the gadgets of the aristocratic circle, they are the scum of extravagance and decay, which only leads people to depravity.
Mark said regretfully, "This is the tobacco from Comohe, given to me by a mage friend, hmm...... He said you brought him here", and he lit the cigarette, "Inform me about the Psictocks." ”
"Me?" Tarrant didn't remember, "What's his name?"
His name was ...... Taylor, that's the name, right?"
It turned out to be a teleportation mage, if it weren't for Mark reminding Tarrant to forget about it at all, it had been a long time, as if before Astin, "Yes, it's Taylor, a friend of the teleporter." ”
"The people from the capital are really generous, and the clothes have charmed many girls. ”
The guy was indeed brightly dressed, not at all what a teleportation mage should be, and Tarrant chuckled, "I hope it didn't cause you any trouble." ”
Of course not, he was very popular, and the girls almost vied to talk to him, but unfortunately he only stayed for one night, and the girls were disappointed. ”
"Oh?" Tarrant was suspicious of this, no one paid attention to him when he first came to town, and the town's aesthetic was indeed flawed.
"Captain!" the soldier approached with two white horses.
"Look," Mark smugly hugged his horse's mane, "I bet you that it won't even breathe when it runs to Nyan." ”
Tarrant saluted, "Thank you for your help." ”
Katrina nodded in thanks, and a smile made Mark take a deep breath, "Thank you Taylor for me." ”
"I will", Tarrant held Katrina's hand, "Please ma'am", he steadied the saddle and helped Katrina onto the horse, "Captain, I hope we still have a chance to meet." ”
"We'll have a drink next time," Mark shook his pipe at Katrina, as if imitating gentlemanly etiquette, but unfortunately learned it indecently, "See you next time." ”
Tarrant stepped onto his horse, his halberd tied to his horse's side, "Katrina", he pointed to the road to the north, the sound of the horse's hooves slowly activated, he deliberately slowed down, it would be a big joke to let the great master fall in front of everyone in the town.
The mage slowly followed with amusement, "I hate horseback riding. ”
"When you learn Transfiguration, you can turn into a bellbird and fly back on your own. ”
"It's not difficult to make fun of me, it's not difficult to do anything in front of the great master," Catrina suddenly grabbed her horse and galloped forward.
"Hey!" Tarrant chased after him, he shouldn't have challenged the mage's pride, "Be careful", Katrina's horse sense was still unfamiliar, "let the rhythm of the body keep up with the rhythm of the horse." ”
"I know!" said Katrina, her body trembling up and down as she swooped over the fields on either side.
"Keep up with the rhythm of horseshoe movement, if you don't want to throw up. ”
Apparently irritating the mage again, she stubbornly lifted up, "I know!" and her body slowly swayed back and forth.
"Very well, that's it, take your time", Tarrant rushed to her side, she had learned equestrianism, but she had been in the academy for too long and needed to refamiliarize herself, "There is no need to run so quickly, we have an afternoon to travel, and it only takes two hours to get to Nai'an Town." ”
"Hmph!" the mage was able to straighten up, "It's not a difficult task. ”
"Of course", Tarantla took the reins of the horse, "this way", the horse's hooves turned onto the green space beside the road.
"What, aren't we going to Nayan?" Catrina looked at the road sign in front of her, and Nai'an was in the same direction as the road.
"We walked in the woodland, and the road to Nai'an was V-shaped, and it was faster to go straight into the woodland. ”
"Oh," Catrina tugged at the reins and followed Tarrant, "I remember some idiot saying don't ride horses in the woodlands. ”
"Don't let it run, we can just walk around at a leisurely pace, we were tired yesterday, weren't we? ”
Katrina didn't retort, careful to dodge the branches overhead.
Most of the woods were straight aspens, Tarrant had thought of this beforehand, there were no coiled roots and diagonal branches, just pay attention to the top of his head when riding, he bent down and grabbed the reins, "Memory magic?"
The mage snorted coldly and did not answer.
"Friendliness?" he teased the mage.
"Magic Missiles, Cobwebs, Rainbow Balls, Acid Arrows, Flame Bursts, Night Vision, etc., what do you want?" the mage said impatiently.
"Ah...... That's enough, if I run into a goblin, I don't have to dismount", Tarrant scratched the back of his head, "I didn't expect you to be well prepared." ”
"Ha, am I so poor at learning?" Catrina curled her mouth a little proudly, "I know that goblins will appear, and I may encounter manticores and spotted leopards, and I will protect you." ”
Tarrant let go of the reins and spread out his hands, "I thought...... Ah!" Something hit the back of his head, and he looked down at a fruit, a green needle.
Katrina snorted and laughed, "Shut up. ”
"You still have green needles?"
"I just picked it, didn't you notice a green needle tree next to it?"
Tarrant raised his eyes to look at the tall tree beside him, it turned out to be a green needle tree, he raised his hand to hold a green fruit, the fruit was very tightly connected, and the whole tree shook gently when he picked it, Tarrant looked at the sky, the atmosphere was a little ...... It's too quiet.
"That can't be eaten yet," the mage reminded.
"Shhhhhh
The mage cleverly bent down and slowly caught up with Tarrant, "What?"
"No, there are so many green needles here...... Are you sure they spread on bird droppings?"
Katrina nodded, not understanding what that meant.
"A large patch of green needles, but no birds?" Tarrant jerked back, the whole forest was silent, something scared the birds away, and he only cared about playing with the mage along the way, just to find that the forest was surprisingly quiet.
Katrina looked around and nodded, "What to do?"
"It depends," Tarrant patted his horsehair lightly, "I hope nothing happens." ”
The two of them watched closely around each other, and all that remained in the forest was the sound of horses' hooves rubbing against leaves.
A pair of white armor loomed not far away.
"Soldier?" Tarrant stared in surprise.
"You won't be waiting for us again...... "Catrina almost begged for mercy, "I don't think I'm going around in circles." ”
The soldier heard the sound of horses' hooves, and quickly shifted his gaze to the two white horses, "Stop!" He sprinted briskly, his spear pointed straight at Tarrant's chest, "Stand at once!"