The Princess Merry had entered the southern section of the Tarentala Hills before dawn, and according to the map, it was the closest to the marker after entering the hills and continuing the boat voyage for about half a day. Now that it was dawn, Fern and Morena had freshened up early, and on deck with Carlos they were looking at the map and compass to see if they had reached their destination.

Carlos confidently threw the compass into the first mate's hand. "I don't have to look at the map to know where that turn is, don't worry, I'll be there in a while, I won't be wrong." ”

"That's good. Fern put away the map and began to tie the pannier back to the horse.

Carlos looked at Fern as he struggled to pack his luggage and shook his head in bewilderment. "I said Fern, what are you going to do in that place where you can't even find a ghost? There's nothing but beasts. ”

"We're going...... Treasure hunting. Fern laughed, and after two nights of rest on the ship, he had almost recovered his strength.

"Treasure hunting?" Carlos suddenly became interested. "If you don't take me with you, I can definitely help you a lot. ”

Fern straightened up and patted the captain on the shoulder. "You've lost a finger, do you want to have another one?, besides, this treasure is worth not a single silver coin to those who can't use it, and whoever gets it is in danger of being hunted down. ”

"Hell, what kind of treasure is this, aren't you going to die? You can forget it, why do you want to bring a beautiful and elegant lady like Morena to accompany you?" Carlos, his eyes wide, helped Fern carry another pannier onto Jarena's mount.

Morena couldn't help but laugh. "Captain, this is something very important to me, and I asked Fern to accompany me. ”

Carlos gave Fern a sympathetic look. "You really don't want your life for money. ”

"It's not about money. Fern wrapped the packer's rope around the horse's belly and tied two attached slipknots.

"It's not about money, so what are you for?" Carlos' gray eyes rolled. "Oh, you kid, you're really willing to spend your life in order to chase women. ”

Jasmina covered her mouth and smiled, and Fern quickly waved her hand. "Don't guess, it's not for this reason, you don't understand. ”

"That's right, I don't understand, I don't understand how you can enjoy all kinds of beauties when you lose your life?" Carlos touched his sloppy beard, his eyes became distracted, and it was obvious that his thoughts had drifted to the so-called beauty.

At this time, the voice of the first mate attracted everyone's attention. "Carlos, that sharp bend ahead should be it. ”

Carlos went to the bow of the boat, looked ahead, and saw that the river was blocked by the bank at a distance of about two hundred yards, and turned sharply to the right, and suddenly reversed the direction of the river and kept pounding at the bend, forming several small whirlpools. "That's it, we can't stay there, either pass through there quickly, or turn around here and go back to Wet Harbor, it's time to say goodbye. ”

Fern nodded, took a money bag from his waist, and handed it to Carlos. "Thank you so much for your help, Carlos, and for the comfortable room and delicious food along the way. ”

Carlos took the money bag, weighed it in his hand, and immediately opened his mouth and couldn't close it. "You're so gracious, Fern, giving so much more each time, but I can say without exaggeration that my ship is the best you can find in Wet Harbor. ”

"Of course, of course, I know, Carlos, so your ticket is particularly expensive. Fern looked ahead at the overgrown riverbank. "How are we going to get ashore now?"

Carlos pointed to a slightly leveler clearing. "We can't get too close to the shore because we can easily run aground, so we always have one or two small wooden boats that the crew rows to the shore. With that, Carlos instructed the two crew members to carry the wooden boat out of the hold.

"Don't bother. Jasmine's words caused the crew to stop and look at her in bewilderment. "I'm a mage, and I can cast magic to make us fly. ”

Carlos looked at Fern in surprise, and the mercenary shrugged at him. "Don't ask me, I don't understand, magic is so magical. ”

The first mate brought the boat as close to the shore as possible, the crew dropped anchor, put away the sails, and the Princess Merry came to a halt on the river. Morena raised her palms upwards and chanted a spell in her mouth, and after a while, a faint gust of air flowed around everyone, and Fern slowly floated into the air with Morena and their mounts. Everyone on the boat looked at the two people who slowly floated to the shore in shock, and the exclamations were endless, and Carlos gestured to his chest. "Guess what I saw today, O god of navigation, if only I could have the ability to do the same. ”

Fern and Jalena stood on the shore and turned back to wave at the Princess Merry. "May the god of navigation be with you, Carlos, and goodbye, my friend. ”

The crew waved their hands, and Carlos waved them even harder, perhaps because of the heavy purse that refreshed him. "Old friend, goodbye, may the god of warriors and the god of magic bless you, but don't die, remember to come to me next time you take a boat, don't forget to bring your money bag, hahahaha. The captain's laughter echoed across the river as it shone with the first rays of the sun.

Fern and Jalena mounted their mounts and rode towards the southern part of the Tarentala hills, the White River behind them getting farther and farther away, and the Princess Merry gradually disappeared from view.

The undulating terrain of the hills was very unaccustomed to the two of them, and the horses' frequent uphill and downhill with their luggage made their physical strength depleted faster, and sometimes they even had to dismount and lead their mounts up the steeper slopes. Luckily, the slopes weren't too high, and the extent of each slope wasn't too big, so Fern always tried to get around them when he didn't have to walk too far.

In the early afternoon of the same day, the two of them finally approached the area marked on the map, which was already the edge of the Tarentala Hill, and the slope was much gentler than when they first disembarked, and most of it was just a small dirt slope.

Fern was holding the map in front of him and leading the way. "It's a little different here than it was a long time ago. ”

"Once upon a time?" Jasmine followed slowly, the climate here wasn't as hot as in the Black Swamp, nor as cold as other places, making the Archmage feel very comfortable. "How long?"

"The First Dark Tide War. Fern pointed to a bare breach in the distance, with only a few bushes growing scattered on it. "I remember that at that time, there were a lot of woods all over the place, and some of them even grew up to the slopes, covering the entire slope. ”

Jasmine nodded thoughtfully. "It's in the source of magic, Rui told me about your experience there, the things in the source of magic themselves can't be fully trusted, and of course it's possible that the hills were like that. ”

"There are no woods, which is not conducive to our concealment, and in such a bare place, as long as there are mages within a radius of a few miles, we will be discovered immediately. Fern looked around worriedly, trying to find some place to hide.

Jasmina also recognized the seriousness of the problem. "So what do we do?"

A dirt slope appeared in front of the two of them, and Fern jumped off the back of the dark cloud and moved his hands and feet. "It's very close to the place on the map, and from now on, every time I come to a slope, I'll go up and reconnoiter it first, and then you come up again, can you take my horse with me? ”

"I don't know...... I can try. Jasmine looked at the tall clouds in embarrassment and took the reins in her hand.

Fern smiled, turned and made a quick climb to the top of the dirt slope, which was not steep, and in a few moments he was only a few steps from the top. But Fern did not stand up immediately, but lay on the ground, carefully climbing the last few steps, and the whole person was close to the ground, observing the situation around him.

Jasmine waited uneasily at the bottom of the slope, she always felt that her surroundings were full of danger without Fern by her side, and the archmage was used to Fern's constant protection, which made her feel reassured. At this moment, Morena could only pay attention to the movements around her worriedly, hoping that Fern would soon call her up.

Finally, a few minutes later, Fern's deliberately muffled voice was heard, and Morena looked up to see that the mercenary was waving to her at the top of the slope. The archmage controlled his mount as he led the clouds and rode slowly towards the top of the slope. She had never controlled two horses at the same time before, and the entourage would take care of the troubles for her, she only had to ride her horse to her destination, and she didn't have to worry about anything else. The two horses swayed from side to side as they approached the top of the slope, and Fern came to the help of the archmage, who took the reins of the clouds and pulled them up together with the other with the other hand.

"If you're pulling two horses for the first time, you're doing a good job. Fern rode up the clouds and began to ride down the slope.

"Thank you...... Your compliments. Jasmine found herself enjoying the kind of work that would help Fern, and although she wasn't very skilled at it, it at least showed that Fern needed her.

Using the same method, the two men crossed one dirt slope after another, getting closer and closer to their destination without encountering any danger.