At noon, the harbor was busy, a narrow dhow slowly sailed into the dock, the crew stood at the bow and shouted to run the cable to the ship, the rope formed a circle to tie the ship accurately, another crew also threw the cable at the stern, and the whole ship leaned smoothly against the dock.

One by one, the passengers stepped off the ship, it was a small boat, it didn't carry many people, and after the first few merchants got off the boat, there were only five mage-like people left. The black-robed mage who took the lead slowly walked down the deck, surveying the port town known as Green Bay. The other two black-robed mages behind him quickly walked down the deck with a girl in tow, and the girl finally cast a plea of help at the crew, but the crew lowered their heads and pretended not to see it, as they had been on the previous voyage for a few days. Although a young crew member with curly hair clenched his fists and glared fiercely at the mage who was holding the girl hostage, his companion grabbed him by the shoulders and stopped him from what he might do next.

A black-robed mage at the end of the walk tossed a bag of gold coins to the captain, and then left the dock with his companion without looking back. The captain flipped the money bag in his hand and silently watched the five suspicious guests, he knew that it was better to take care of things that had nothing to do with him, since they didn't cause trouble to themselves, then there was no need for him to get along with these gold coins. Besides, looking at the posture of these mages, the crew of the entire ship together is not their opponent, why take this risk, what does the life and death of that girl have to do with herself?

The black-robed mage escorted the girl out of Green Bay, the largest port town in the south of Cerendra in the southwest of the kingdom, and it was a four-day walk east to reach Grivel, but no one would do that now, because Grivel was in ruins, and most of the travelers who passed through Green Bay to and from the north and south of Threndra chose to continue south by land, where there was the southernmost port of Wallis, Cape Storm. But the mages were the opposite, leaving the east gate and setting out on the road to Grivel. The avenue has been eroded by wind and rain, and no one continues to walk on it, so no one will repair it. The width of the roadbed on both sides shows how wide the avenue was, showing how much trade was once between Greville and Green Bay.

Green Bay disappeared from the mage's sight, and they relaxed slightly, and the mage who held Ness's right hand ripped off the face towel and complained to the black-robed mage who took the lead, "Horatio, why don't we ride a horse, so that we can arrive at Grivel at least two days early." ”

The mage who walked at the forefront did not look back, and his tone was full of indisputability. "What if she runs away on horse, she can't escape from us on these legs without a horse, and we're not in a hurry, the people of Canrito won't be able to come until they find the artifact, and I'd like to wait a few more days. ”

"Then why are we in such a hurry to leave Green Bay, wouldn't it be better to rest there for a day or two? And this chick, who was trying to find a way to call for help from the people around her along the way, I think we still knocked her unconscious. The mage on the other side glanced at Niss, who was glaring at him, and wanted to knock her out with his wand.

"If you're not afraid of sleeping forever in your dreams tonight, you can give it a try. Horatio turned his head and stared straight at Niss, who was being held like a chicken by two mages. "Green Bay has too many eyeliners, the sooner we get out of there, the safer we are, she is the one the master specially ordered to be brought to him safely, although I don't know where she deserves so much attention from the master, but no one wants to be destroyed by the master's magic, right?"

The other three black-robed mages immediately shut their mouths when they heard Horatio say this, obviously the master in Horatio's mouth was both awe and fear to them.

The avenue leading to Greville is deserted, and the further east it goes, the less people people on both sides of the avenue, from the scattered farms when they first left Green Bay, to the dense woods that are now uninhabited, and there is no trace of human life in sight. Just as Horatio began to think about finding a place to spend the night, he suddenly felt the flow of the air around him suddenly change, and almost at the same time, a figure appeared in the middle of the avenue in front of him. Horatio blinked, looking ahead in disbelief, he was pretty sure he hadn't seen the figure a few seconds ago, and he just appeared out of thin air in the middle of the road.

The mages paused and looked warily at the figure in front of them, they hadn't seen a human presence in a few hours, and in this case the figure in front of them seemed more like a ghost.

The figure slowly approached them, and Horatio saw him, a very strong warrior, stronger than almost every knight he had seen in Canrito, but he was not young, his sideburns were gray, and his hair was mixed with a lot of gray hair. Horatio took a fighting stance, turned his face sideways and commanded backwards, "Bad comers, cast defensive magic." The mages silently chanted incantations, weaving a defensive array around the crowd.

Thirty yards away, the warrior stopped, drew his modest sword, rested it on his shoulder, and looked at them with ease. "Where are you going with a girl like this?"

Ness was looking at the warrior in front of her suspiciously, she always felt as if she had seen him somewhere, but after searching in her memory for a while, she still couldn't find the memory of this outfit and imposing person, and now that she heard his voice, Ness was even more sure that she must have seen this person before.

Horatio cautiously assessed the strength of the other party. "I see that you are not young anymore, it is better to live a few more years, it is really not cost-effective to die because of meddlerhood. ”

"Young man, it's not a small tone, haven't you considered that if you provoke me, you won't be able to get away with it. "The warrior has his left hand on his waist and seems to be very sure.

"Don't be too arrogant, who are you and what are you going to do?" Horatio was surprised to find that he couldn't see the true strength of the other party, he seemed to be just an ordinary warrior, but there seemed to be something special about it.

The warrior laughed. "It's simple, give me that girl and you'll be able to get out of the way, and even though you're from the Twilight Cult, I don't want my sword to stick to filthy blood. ”

Horatio's eyes widened in shock, the other party actually knew that he was a member of the Twilight Sect, and none of them could recognize the meaning of this black robe along the way, but the person in front of him knew. "She's the one the master needs, you'd better leave now, or I'm afraid you'll have to die here today. ”

"Really?" the warrior lowered his sword and hung down to his right side. "Let me see what you're up to. ”

"Since you want to die so much, then watch it!" As soon as the words fell, Horatio swung his right hand forward, and a huge flame erupted from his hand, but as soon as the flame left his palm, it suddenly weakened, and almost instantly, it turned into a fireball the size of a fist, and the warrior turned his head slightly and easily dodged.

"Enchantment!" Horatio realized he had been ambushed, but he immediately calmed down. "I didn't expect you to be prepared, but even with the enchantment, you still can't take that girl from us alone. ”

The warrior took a step and walked slowly forward. "Do you think I look like someone who can set up enchantments, what makes you think I'm here alone?"

"What!?" Horatio was really panicked this time, and he quickly stepped back and stood with the other three black-robed mages. "Preparing to break back, we are in an ambush and cannot fight. ”

The mages nodded in agreement, and then escorted Niss to turn around, but behind them, stood an elderly mage, the old mage's silver-white beard hanging down to his chest. "He...... Hussey!" Horatio recognized the old mage in front of him.

Hesey laughed, "I almost forgot, you were once also a member of the Mage Tower, and it is natural for you to know me, but you turned your back on the light and chose the darkness, which is unforgivable. ”

"To hell with it!" the black-robed mage who had been walking at the end cursed and used all his strength to unleash several fireballs towards Hessey, similar to Horatio's fire magic before, these fireballs were not even as big as a fist, Hussey just raised his hand slightly, and all the fireballs were immediately extinguished in the air.

"It's my turn, take it. Hesey barely moved, countless balls of light flew out from behind him, easily breaking through the opponent's defenses at an extremely fast speed, and slammed into the bodies of the black-robed mages, screaming for a while.

Even when attacked, the black-robed mages still clung to Nessy, Hessey's magic was not deadly, and he didn't want to hurt Ness by mistake. Ness was anxious to break free of the mage's grasp, but she was only a girl after all, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't screw a man. At that moment, a strong figure suddenly crashed into the crowd, and Horatio and the mage who was grabbing Niss on the left were slammed several yards away, and the mage on the right raised his hand and quickly chanted the incantation, but several balls of light smashed into him, and he couldn't even finish the incantation. The warrior raised his sword and slashed towards the black-robed mage, the mage screamed, let go of Niss, and rolled to the side, the warrior took the opportunity to grab Niss, his strength was so great, although he had tried to reduce the force, but Niss was still caught by him in pain, and couldn't help but cry out. Only then did Ness realize that the warrior's arms were as thick as her thighs, and not even much thinner than her waist.

"I'm sorry, Ness, just a moment. With that, the warrior picked up Niss and lunged forward, knocking the last black-robed mage to the ground, and then he quickly ran past Hessey towards the woods by the avenue.

"Stop them!" Horatio roared, charging towards Hussey as the fireball formed in his hand.

"You can't do anything in my barrier. Hessey said lightly, and with a wave of his right hand, the portrait of Horay hit a wall of air and fell backwards violently, while the other three mages were still trying their best to cast spells.

Hesey stopped his attack and looked at them coldly. "It stands to reason that you have taken refuge in the darkness, and I have every reason to kill you, but after all, you were once a member of the Mage Tower, and I really can't do it, but only this once, next time I meet you, don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless. With that, Hesey turned around, ignoring the black-robed mages who were still casting spells, and walked towards the woods.

"Stop, Hussey, don't want to go!" Horatio struggled to his feet, and with his companions cast the most powerful magic they could, they no longer cared how much the enchantment would weaken it, so they had to gamble.

Just as the magic was about to be completed, a hurricane suddenly blew inexplicably, and the strong wind almost blew the black-robed mage to the ground, and there was a flying sand around them, and they couldn't see anything clearly. "Hell, leave the wind alone and keep casting spells!" Horatio shouted in the wind, his voice muffled. But when they tried to chant the spell again, they realized that it was no ordinary wind and sand, and they were in it and they could no longer chant the spell. "It's ...... Wind of Silence ......"

The strong wind gradually weakened, and the wind and sand fell back to the ground, and in front of the black-robed mage, there was an empty avenue, and the warrior and Hessey just now were long gone. Horatio fell to his knees, his eyes full of anger and hatred as he stared ahead.