Fern carefully carried Ness, and the group walked out of the cave, breathing in the cold air again, and everyone felt like a new life.

After a long battle, the sky was completely dark, but the clear sky was not a single dark cloud, the moon and stars filled the night sky, and the green aurora stretched across the entire skyline, illuminating Dagger Mountain.

After continuing to march for a few hours, it was almost midnight, and Quiai led the group to the cave where she had spent the night. The cave was much bigger than the one they had the night before, enough for all of them to spend the night inside.

Although everyone was tired, and Moses was willing to bet that Adeline would not return, Fern insisted on leaving the cave where they had fought and finding another place to spend the night. Stan says he's too cautious, but Rui knows that the mercenaries don't want to let the renewed hopes be dashed again, and it's Ness who worries about it.

Stan builds a fire, sets up a stand, and begins to bake food and water. Fern gently placed Ness's leg flat on the ground, but still didn't let go, and the mage's head rested on Fern's arms.

"She's fine, you can rest assured that she will lie on the ground. Moses had a sore back from trekking for hours on the mountain trails, and he didn't forget to take the opportunity to embarrass Fern.

Fern blushed and lowered his head in embarrassment, he looked at Ness's gently heaving chest and made sure she was okay before reluctantly placing the mage on the ground.

The water is already boiling and everyone is pouring a cup of hot black tea, which is really pleasant to drink a cup of piping hot black tea in cold weather.

"Moses, I'm curious how you perceived Adeline's purpose. Fern took a sip of hot tea and relaxed.

Moses kept sipping hot tea until he finished his cup before he began to answer, "Fabioso has been keeping an eye on Adeline's comrades at the Mage's Tower, Hessey is watching the mages there in Doyle, and I, have been following Adeline. Starting from these three aspects at the same time, you can always find some clues. ”

"And what do you mean by a long time of preparation?" Stan continued on the other side.

Moses held out his teacup to the knight. "Pour me another glass, it's too much, I'll have to think about it. ”

Stan didn't dare to slack off, and immediately filled it up for the old mage and handed it back.

Moses nodded in satisfaction and glanced at the knight. "I heard you're from Doyle, what do you think of Rui, who is also from the Border Country?"

The tea in Stan's mouth erupts into the fire, causing a puff of heat to float to the top of the cave. "Rui is so good, I don't deserve it, and besides, I already have a sweetheart. ”

"Oh, is it? That's a shame, I know that with the character of this child, Ere, she will only marry a frontier in the future, and you would have been a good choice. Moses' eyes were fixed on Rui, and he blushed at her.

"Don't listen to him, Moses, his sweetheart has left this world, and now he is only living in his heart, and after a while, he will forget it. Fern shrugged at Stan. "You've got to look ahead, Stan, Liel must want you to do the same. ”

Stan's expression suddenly becomes serious. "No, Fern, I'll never forget Lil, never!"

"Alright, alright. Moses waved his hand. "I'm just casually mentioning that you don't have to take it to heart, this kid Rui is not too young. Speaking of this, the old mage suddenly remembered something and looked at Quiai, who had been silent. "By the way, Quiai, and you, Hessey also asked me to help you find the right person during the trip, is there anything you like here?"

Queai glanced at Ferne, who was hiding his face behind the teacup. "My heart already belongs, and I will wait for him. After speaking, he continued to drink tea silently.

"I'm too old to understand what you young people think. Moses laughed at himself and began sipping his tea again.

"We're still talking about what you've done, right?" Fern thought that these old mages were all the same, forgetful but not serious.

"Oh, yes, I almost forgot. Moses coughed twice, and was about to start continuing, when Ness, who was next to her, suddenly hummed twice.

Fern hurriedly lifted the mage's head, and the teacup nearly toppled over. "Ness, are you awake?"

Ness slowly opened her eyes and looked blankly at the mercenary in front of her. "Fern, you're still alive!

"Yes, I'm alive, you saved me. Fern looked at Ness affectionately.

"So...... How can I live?" Ness looked around suspiciously, seeing the others. "What happened? Why didn't I die?"

Seeing that Ness had finally recovered, Fern was a little incoherent with excitement, "It's the Circle of Life, Hussey's, the Circle of Life." ”

"Calm down, Fern, I'll tell you. Rui spooned a small sip of hot tea into Ness's mouth and slowly passed it into the mage's mouth. "Hesey put the Ring of Life on you, we all forgot about it, we forced Adeline away, and then Moses awakened the Ring of Life, and your life was saved. Rui was concise, but he described the whole thing accurately.

Ness sat up staggeringly, Fern holding her aside. "Have we gotten the third seal, and are the trials complete?"

"Let's have something to eat first, Ness. Fern suddenly felt very resistant to the word Holy Seal.

"You should listen to Fern and start with some hot tea and something to eat. Moses motioned for Stan to bring Ness a cup of tea, and the knight complied, the old mage's satisfied gaze making him feel uncomfortable. "But for your peace of mind, the Holy Seal is with Quiai. ”

Ness held the teacup, letting the warm moisture moisten her lips.

After Moses finished the second cup of tea, he didn't immediately ask Stan to pour it again, but said slowly, "I'll go on, now that Ness is awake, I can say more about Fabioso." The old mage nodded at Ness, who looked back at him with some surprise. "Yes Ness, your master, Fabioso, Hesy and I have been secretly helping you, but we must not be too ostentatious, Mage Tari has many eyes and ears, besides Adeline's, there are others. ”

"Anything else besides Adeline?" Rui's eyes widened.

"The relationship between the Mage Towers is definitely no less complicated than the court of any kingdom. Moses was helpless, but he remained calm. "The three of us are the only archmages we can trust each other, Hesse has been researching how to break the barrier that Adeline has arranged, and has created the circle that seals evil magic, the one that Quiai cast, he is a genius, of course, this also has something to do with the proximity of the evil mage he has been staying in the Wolf Castle. ”

Kui Ai pursed his lips unconsciously and took a sip of tea, it is always a pleasure for someone to praise his master, although he actually applied the Circle of Life to other people's apprentices. When you see him again, be sure to question him.

Moses finally gives Stan the cup of tea. "Fabioso has been keeping an eye on Adeline's henchmen of the mage tower, and he even used a little trick to disrupt the communication between them a few times, I don't know what method this guy used to stop the best raven in the mage tower, well, I have to ask him when I go back to see him this time, otherwise it will not be easy for him to stop my letters. The old mage spoke so engrossively that he didn't realize that the people around him raised their eyebrows.

"What did I say?...... Oh no, the Seven Gods forbid, I'm just kidding, Stan, why don't you fill me with the teacup yet!" Moses stirred it up, took the knight's teacup, and nodded at him in satisfaction. "And I've been following Adeline's tracks, of course, with my old bones, I can't follow her all the time, and her guards' anti-reconnaissance abilities can detect me on the first day, but I'm far away, and every time they leave the previous location, I will follow them to check. ”

"How did you know their whereabouts? and you're still able to follow them when they're gone?" Fern looked at the old mage puzzled.

"Of course I don't have the skills, but I do. Moses pulled out a pocket watch that resembled a compass from his bosom. "It's thanks to Hessey's ...... of studying evil magic," the old mage looked at everyone in a panic as he said this. "He just studied it, he didn't use it, and you have to swear to me that you didn't even hear what I said. ”

"Hessey has already told us personally, and if you don't say we've forgotten. Fern couldn't help but laugh, these old mages are really the same.

Moses lifted his wide sleeve and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "That's good, that's good, Hessey has figured out how to detect the remnants of evil magic around me, so I've been tracking Adeline with this so I can see what she's been up to, and then remove some of the obstacles she's cast on you in the way. ”

"If she needs Ness to synthesize the Holy Seal for her, why would she put up so many obstacles to stop us?" Rui was sipping his tea, his face flushing from the warmth.

All she needed was Ness, so the fewer others the better, and it turned out that she was right, and it was indeed someone else who sabotaged her plans. Moses glanced at Ferne. "It's just that all of her attempts were sabotaged by me. ”

Fern thought for a moment and remembered something else. "So the day before we met Adeline, did you bring us enough firewood and restore Ness and Rei?"

"What?" Moses looked surprised. "Has anyone restored your mental strength?" the old mage looked at the two mages suspiciously.

"Yes, judging from the degree of our recovery, his magic power should be very strong, definitely above us, and maybe even comparable to what you have, Master, so after meeting you, I thought that person was you. Seeing that Moses didn't know either, Rui's eyes widened in surprise.

"And the man also hypnotized me. Ness looked at Moses puzzled. "Isn't it really you, Moses?"

Moses was a little unhappy with the suspicion of the two young mages, and his beard was blown. "Do you look like someone who can carry so much firewood and walk so far in the mountains?"

Ness quickly looked away and stuck out her tongue, and Rui lowered her head in embarrassment and took a sip of tea.

"It seems that there are other people, besides us, Moses, Adeline, there are other people here. Fern frowned, touched his chin and muttered to himself.

Everyone was silent, they didn't expect that after the dangers they had experienced along the way, there were so many secrets that no one knew. Perhaps, what they know is really just the tip of the iceberg.