A fireball struck Fern, and the mercenary drew his sword in the stone to block the attack, and the enemy in front of him charged at him again.

"Hell, there's never an end?" Fern brandished his sword to repel the attacks of the three warriors, but after that, a squad of soldiers continued to rush towards him, and behind the soldiers was a mage who was constantly unleashing fireballs.

"Ness, run!" Fern shouted to Ness, turning his head to the side and shouting at Ness behind him, the enemy's sword had reached him, and he hastily blocked the attack, and Fern took several steps back to give himself time to adjust. But the mage didn't give him such a chance, a fireball flew before Fern could hit the ground, and the mercenary clenched his sword in the air with both hands, desperately blocking the second fireball, but he was also bounced far away by the huge impact, and it was too far away to protect Ness.

"Fern, save me!" the two warriors grabbed Nessy and began to run back, Ness cried out Fern's name, her long, messy bright red hair flying through the air.

"Stop, you brutes!" Fern struggled to his feet, running towards Niss with all his might, the other warriors standing between him and Niss. "Get out of here, you bastards!" Fern swung his sword wildly, out of order, unable to get any closer to Ness.

"What's the matter, mercenary? Do you think you can protect Ness to the end?" the mage on the other side sneered at the mercenary with contempt.

"Damn!" Fern threw his sword at the mage with all his might, and when he was about to hit, the figure of the mage on the opposite side suddenly became blurred, and the sword passed through the blurred human form and fell far behind.

"What is this?" Before Fern could come to his senses, the mage appeared in front of him in an instant. The mercenary wanted to rush forward angrily, but was knocked to the ground by the two warriors beside him, and the stomach and back of his neck were hit hard, almost making him faint, Fern trembled again and got up, but just as he stood firm, the warrior on the left punched him directly on the left side of the face, and the mercenary fell to the ground. This time, Fern fell to his knees, no longer strong enough to stand up.

"Fern, stop, I'll go with you, let him go!" Nessy cried bitterly, her hands restrained by the warriors, and she let the tears run down her cheeks.

"Let him go?" the mage looked blankly at the mercenary who was kneeling on the ground. "Instead of struggling like this, let me give you a ride. The mage's right hand was raised, and a fireball formed in his hand.

"Don't! stop!" Ness screamed bitterly when she saw that Fern was in danger.

"Damn, is that the end of it?Ness, I'm sorry......" Fern fell to his knees with his head bowed, like a defeated warrior waiting for the final moment.

With the scorching breath, the fireball suddenly engulfed Fern, the scorching heat scorched the mercenary, Fern shouted in pain, every inch of skin on his body burned, the whole world was filled with flames, and there was nothing but fiery red in his eyes, as if he was in hell.

"Fern, what's wrong with you, wake up, Fern, Fern!" Seeing Fern's painful struggle in his sleep, the expression on her face was distorted by this, and she hurriedly kept pushing him.

Ness...... Are you alright?" I ......" Fern slowly opened his eyes to see Ness's tired but concerned expression, and behind Ness was the wooden roof. "Here...... Where is it?"

"Nassus, Ray says this is the closest village in Sarah to the Doyle border, but it's abandoned, but luckily it's not dark yet. Ness wrung a handkerchief from the bucket beside her and wiped the sweat for Fern.

"yes? How did we get here? I remember we were crossing the river, and then I lost consciousness in the river, and I don't remember anything about the rest. Fern struggled to sit up, but the severe headache made it impossible for him to concentrate, and his sluggish consciousness caused him to collapse.

"Don't move! Lie down. "You've had a fever for two days, and your head must hurt, but you're finally waking up, and I'm still worried about ......" Ness sobbed, but she immediately wiped her tears with the back of her hand. "Great, I told Ryan and Stan to go. With that, Ness ran out of the house with tears in her eyes.

"It turned out to be just a dream, and that's great. Fern exhaled with relief and began to look around the room. The room was small enough to fit four people, the firewood in the fireplace was almost finished, and next to Fern was a wooden barrel, and Fern put his hand inside, and a cold feeling came. "It turned out to be cold water, and there was ...... Ness's handkerchief, she must have been here for a long time. ”

Fern tried to sit up again, and the splitting headache nearly knocked him out again, but the mercenary finally sat up with his hands on the ground.

"Fern, how are you feeling?" Stan and Ray ran in, followed by a tired Ness.

"I can't stand the headache, but everything else is fine. Fern replied with his back against the wall.

Rui closed the door and leaned against the back. "You have to thank Ness, she has been by your side and taken care of you for the past two days, and has not left for a moment, and even slept on top of you, I wanted to change shifts with her to take care of you, but she did not agree. Speaking of this, Rui smiled meaningfully. "Maybe I'm afraid that I won't take care of you as much as she cares. ”

"What's the matter, Rui, I just see that you still have to keep vigil, I'm afraid you're too tired. Ness blushed and quickly explained.

Fern looked at Ness silently, his eyes full of mixed feelings. "Thank you, Ness, I should have taken care of you, but now it's ....... ”

Ness sat down in the wooden chair tiredly, her hands struggling to prop herself on the table, and smiled faintly. "No, Fern, it's all for me that you're like this. ”

"No! Fern interrupted Ness, blaming himself.

"Stop arguing about who is to blame, shouldn't you thank me and Stan as well?" Rui clasped his hands to his chest, the corners of his mouth slightly curled.

"Yes, Fern, I got you out of the river and carried you all the way here, and don't forget, I'm also soaking wet, and it's not a pleasant thing to run so far with a wet person on my back in this bitter cold weather. Stan jokes at Fern with a smile. "And Rui, in order to continue to use the Dark Wall Technique to conceal our whereabouts, we almost fainted in the end. ”

"Thank you, thank you. With a sincere smile on his face, Fern was grateful to his companions from the bottom of his heart.

"Fern, do you have any sense of what I did when I was against you taking the risk alone?" Rui looked sideways at Fern.

"Sort of, but ......" Fern looked up at Ray with a smile, "weren't you like me when I heard Stan say there were Sara fugitives?"

Rui smiled self-deprecatingly. "You're right, we should all learn something from this, okay, Stan and I haven't finished our work yet, we're still a little bit closer, would you like something to eat? You haven't eaten any food in the past two days except water, and of course, water is what Ness fed you. ”

"No need, you guys go ahead, I can do it myself. Fern waved his hand and looked at Ness. "Ness, do you want to rest too......"

But Ness didn't answer him, and by this time the mage was already lying on the table and falling asleep, the sound of regular breathing gently reaching the ears of his companions.

At this moment, Fern felt a strange feeling flash through his heart, whether it was moved, warm, or ...... , he himself can't tell.

It was another morning, and it was overcast, and although it was not early, it was still about the same as early morning when I looked out of the house. There was not a single ray of sunlight in the dim sky, as if it would rain at any moment.

"How's that going, Ferne, does your head still hurt?" Stan poured a cup of hot tea for Fern.

"It's okay, it's not bad if it wasn't for the vigorous shaking. Fern tried to shake his head as he spoke, then immediately frowned and held his head.

"It's not going to be good, I think we'd better have another day off, and Hesey didn't mention the time crunch anyway. Rui drank the tea calmly, not at all in a hurry.

"I also agree with Rui, if something really happens, I should feel it, so it should be fine. Ness added a few more bitter tea leaves to Fern's teacup.

Fern thought about it for a while, and finally compromised, "Okay, I'll drag you down on the road and let you take care of me for two days." ”

"But Fern, I said you were so brave that you dared to jump into the river in the winter of Doyle, and even the Doyle people had to weigh it before they could make it, and you jumped without hesitation. Stan smiled and patted Fern on the shoulder.

Fern cupped his forehead and said helplessly, "I didn't expect this result, I was also forced to be in a hurry at that time, so I acted so rashly, I still had too little experience of severe cold weather, and I thought I could get through it." ”

"The bitter cold of the north will give anyone who dares to underestimate it enough hardship, but luckily Stan is a Doyle, and I guess you didn't swim a lot of winter swimmers as a kid. Rui looked at Stan with confidence.

Stan replied with some embarrassment, "You were right, my grandfather used to throw me into cold water when I was a child." ”

"It's cruel, but it saved our lives. Ness clenched the cup in her hand in fright.

"Haha, Ness, this is not cruelty, in Doyle it is a custom, in order to increase the hope of survival in the future in the war. Stan laughed.

Ness stuck out her tongue and grimaced at Fern, who smiled weakly back.