The soldiers had rested, and Ethan was the first to set out with Ogden's cavalry on the journey home. The majestic and neat cavalry was now more than half shorter, and the armor of the holy knights who were ready to go was mutilated, and most of them had their breastplates or hand armor damaged, and some of them had lost their helmets, but the cavalry still marched southwest, in a neat line.

During the battle at Fort Glory, Rachel was left behind by Lucius in Valdosta, and the princess prayed every day for her sweetheart, and when she saw Ethan return safely, she would have almost thrown herself into his arms if she had not been afraid of being seen by her father. Ethan kissed Rachel on the back of her hand, mounted her mount, and followed at the back of the group, reluctantly bidding farewell to the princess.

Rachel had begged her father to allow Dayton's army to set off with Ogden's cavalry so that she could stay with Isantor for a while, but Lucius refused, as the king did not want to pass through Ogden via the Sky Bridge, preferring to cross the Borderlands and return to Dayton via the border of Tempe, in fact, it would be much closer and avoid the embarrassment of entering Ogden.

Enoch and Miruria also bid farewell to Fern and went to Arturas together. Enoch said that he would introduce the girl to his relatives who were still alive in the capital, and Miruria looked at the warrior with a happy expression. Fern sincerely blessed them, he was very happy that the two border countrymen who had been wary of him at every turn were now friends of life and death, and expressed his desire to have the opportunity to continue their adventures together in the future. Enoch laughed and punched Fern hard. "Do you still want to put us in danger?" said the warrior, but after Miruria walked away, he leaned into Fern's ear and whispered, "Come to Arturus if you need me, and I will do my best to help you." With that, Enoch looked over to Miruria, and exhaled with relief after making sure that the girl hadn't heard him. They left the same day, and Fern looked at the backs of the two of them leaving, and always felt that he would definitely meet the two of them again in the future.

Lucius had a very high opinion of Fern and Stan, and the king always dragged them both to drink, and at the same time kept praising them until all three were so drunk that they didn't even know the way back to their room, and then they were helped back to their room by the attendant to rest.

At this point, Rachel would complain to the three mages that she couldn't leave with Ethan, but she had to stay here and waste her time. But saying that, in fact, the princess and the three mages are together, but there is no lack of fun, the four girls together, can always come up with a lot of interesting topics, of course, the most talked about is the man, Ferne, Stan, Ethan did not escape their talk, even Brewster was pulled in. The four young girls walked together in the castle of Valdosta every day, then walked out of the castle and walked around the snow-covered garden several times before reluctantly returning to their rooms. Then, after dinner, the four of them would gather in one of the girls' rooms and continue to tell some horrible stories, and then let out a frightened scream together, and finally, no one dared to go back to their room and sleep alone, so the four of them had to spend the long, cold night in one room.

Almost every day, Botarus consulted with the Great Sage about what to do next, and Artuna bordered the Far North, and the king feared that the Dark Tide would soon return, and that it would be almost impossible to resist it at that time. However, Adeline is confident that the Dark Tide will not come again anytime soon, and that if there is any movement of the Dark Tide, she will notify Botarus immediately. However, the king was still not at ease, and the mere 1,000 defenders left in Fort Glory could not be reassured in any way, and finally Botarus decided to mobilize another 2,000 soldiers from Arturas to Fort Glory, so as to temporarily relax.

Occasionally, Lucius would be dragged by Bothalus and Adeline to discuss future plans, and at this time, Fern would take advantage of the rare opportunity to walk outside the castle. As he walked past a large open space that had been carved out next to the stables to house the four young dragons, he couldn't help but be attracted by the figure of a mage inside. That's Nigel, and the mage is domesticating them here.

Fern walked over, and the red dragon saw him and immediately craned his neck at him.

Nigel didn't even look back to know who it was. "Dragons are truly a race of heart, both to Wallis and to their masters. ”

Fern reached out and touched the red dragon's neck. "What's next for you?"

"Me?" Nigel glanced at Fern. "I didn't plan to do what Adeline needed me to do, or I'd just stay here and not go anywhere. ”

"Adeline must not have expected your strength to increase so much. Fern walked over to the mage and joined him as he watched the four young dragons resting.

"Yes, it's not necessarily a good thing, the power of the green dragon gives me the potential to surpass the Great Sage, and she may be wary of me. Nigel doesn't hide it. "She still can't calculate everything, for example, the green dragon will give me all the rest of the power. ”

"You shouldn't really do anything to threaten her, you are also a master and apprentice. Fern stole a glance at Nigel, but there was no expression on the mage's face.

"No one can predict what will happen next. Nigel turned his head to look at the mercenary. "Fern, sometimes I don't know why I'm telling you these thoughts, and I shouldn't have said them so that Adeline wouldn't be wary of me. ”

Fern shrugged at Nigel. "It means you trust me not to tell this, because I don't like Adeline either, but she's been wary of you since we teamed up to defeat the Ethereal. ”

"That can't be helped, we don't necessarily have to let the Ethereal Spirits kill us all. Nigel shook his head helplessly, and the wide mage hat swung twice on his head, almost falling off, and the mage hurriedly held it. "Besides, it's not easy to escape the eyes of the Great Sage, I'm afraid it's even more difficult to escape the eyes of the Dark Lord, so instead of hiding it, it's better to improve your strength, so that even if the Great Sage knows, he won't be able to do anything to you. ”

A cold wind blew, and although Fern was wearing a lot of clothes and a thick cloak, he still felt a chill after listening to the mage's words, and the mercenary stared at the mage's eyes in a serious tone. "Nigel, I feel more and more that we may become enemies in the future, and if this is unavoidable, then at least, please do not make enemies of me in the name of the Dark Tide. ”

The corners of Nigel's mouth curled slightly. "Anyway, I still don't make this kind of mistake of principle, but what about the rest...... It's hard to say. The mage looked at Fern again. "However, I promise you that if one day you are defeated by me, I will spare your life, but, only once, this promise will work just as well for Enoch or Miruria. ”

Fern snorted softly. "Don't be too arrogant, you mages seem to have this problem. ”

"Then look, heir of Oberon. Nigel's tone returned to its original flatness.

Fern suddenly felt that the mage in front of him had become very unfamiliar, and he had completely lost the feeling of having experienced life and death with him, the two stood in front of the young dragon, neither of them spoke, and the subtle atmosphere surrounded them, and even the four young dragons felt the unusual, restless agitation between the two.