Talheim itself was already very close to the northern border of Sarah, so the place that Kremens had marked on the map was not far away, and after walking for about half a day, the small woods there were already in the spotlight.

"It was there, and I could almost smell the aroma of corned beef. Fern put away his map and quickened his pace towards the woods.

"Maybe there's also the morning dew ale, fermented with Sarah's most precious wheat. Stan unconsciously follows in Fern's footsteps, and they haven't taken a sip of wine since they left Wolfsburg.

Ness smiled at the two men who were walking faster and faster in front of her, only to find that Rui's face was still very serious. "What's wrong Rui, is there something wrong?"

Rui came back to his senses from his contemplation. "Oh, I'm thinking about the phrase Cremens said, the spirit of Sarah, and only by understanding this sentence can we find the armory. ”

"yes, I think Fern and Stan seem to have forgotten about it, they can't find it in the past. Ness smiled helplessly as she looked at the two backs in front of her, almost trotting.

"Let's let them squander their strength, at least narrow it down a bit. Rui tightened her cloak. "We'll just follow it slowly. ”

Quiai, who had not spoken, suddenly asked, "Rui, what do you think Sarah's spirit refers to?"

Rui turned his head to look at Quiai in some surprise. "In my understanding, tenacity, but it can also be heroism or restraint, and the Sara never put their spirit on their lips, but neither one, I can relate to the entrance to the armory. ”

"Maybe it's a mechanism, and Sarah's spirit is the key to cracking that mechanism. Quiai fiddled with a bow and arrow in his hand, spinning skillfully in his right hand.

"We'll find out in a moment. Rui looked at the woods.

The foliage of this grove was unexpectedly lush, much more luxuriant than most of the woods farther south, as if the cold had not affected the area. The leaves at the tops of several towering cedar trees are connected to each other, covering almost the entire forest, and the rest of the smaller cedar and pine trees form the main part of the forest, and the ground is covered with fallen leaves, but the leaves on the branches are still luxuriant.

"I seem to have arrived in the woods of Roanoke, Parades. Fern looked up and looked at the leafy branches above him in bewilderment.

"Now when I see anything I can't explain, I put it down to magic. Stan shrugged his shoulders and tried to hit a tree trunk hard with the side of his fist, causing the branches to shake and some fallen leaves to fall into Stan's palm. "It seems to be real, not an illusion. ”

The answer may lie in the armory. Fern glanced around his surroundings. "Everywhere you can see are trees, I guess it's underground. ”

Stan frowned as he listened. "Do we have to turn all these fallen leaves up to find the entrance?"

"There will be some hints, let's walk around the woods twice first, maybe we'll be lucky enough to run into it. A sense of excitement suddenly rose in Ferne's heart. Maybe I should be a treasure hunter instead of a mercenary. The mercenary thought to himself.

As soon as the three mages entered the woods, they sensed something was wrong, and they all raised their heads to look around at their surroundings.

"Something seems wrong, I can feel it...... Fluctuations in magic. Ness was the first to voice her doubts.

"I also feel it, there is a magic source here, but the fluctuations are not very smooth. Queai closed his eyes and carefully felt the magical power around him.

Rui stepped on the fluffy pile of fallen leaves. "That's why these trees are still so lush, is there any artifact left over from the armory that Kremence said?"

"It's possible, but where do we go to find the entrance to the armory? Ness clasped her hands, not knowing what to do.

Rui found a pile of dry leaves and sat down. "Let's take a break and see what they can find. ”

Ness sat down beside Rui and crossed her legs and began to meditate.

Queai ran away on his own. "I'll go to them and maybe give them some advice. ”

"Hey, wait a ......minute," Ness opened her eyes, and before she could finish speaking, Quiai had already run far away.

"What's the matter, Ness, if she and Fern look for it, it should be of great help. Rui glanced at Ness.

"No, I just ...... I don't know. Ness was at a loss for what to say.

Rui smiled secretly, but after a moment, the smile was gone. "What are you afraid of what will happen to her with Fern? ”

Ness was a little anxious, and spoke much faster, "You don't know, Rui, the night before we met you, we had all slept in the woods, she ...... She ......"

"What's wrong with her?" Rui raised an eyebrow, curious to see what Niss would say next.

She slipped into Fern's cloak and slept with him until dawn the next day. Ness pouted and finished her words in one breath.

"What, she's going too far!" Rui's voice raised a lot. "Why aren't you optimistic about Ferne?"

"What can I do? No, Rui, why do you blame me?" Ness looked at Rui angrily, she had expected Rui to be on her side.

Rui sighed and shrugged his shoulders. "Ness, you know, men have no resistance to beautiful women, and they are facing Queai, she is so charming and full of energy, I think Fern has done well enough, he didn't even sneak a few glances at Queai, I began to wonder if he was sick. After saying that, Rui thought about it and asked, "Did they do anything that night?"

"Not really, they were neatly dressed, and he didn't know it until Fern woke up, but, Rey, they slept together all night. Ness spoke in a particularly accentuated tone as she said the word sleep.

"If you want me to say, Ness, you should praise Fern for having exhausted all his willpower just by resisting Quia's innate temptation, and it will take your help to prevent this from happening. Rui stretched and smiled easily. "I'd love to see what it was like. ”

Ness turned her head angrily, closed her eyes and began to meditate again, but the thought that Quiai might be holding Ferne's arm and talking and laughing now made her brain quiet. "I'd better go look for them. Ness stood up, patted the needles on her buttocks, and was about to run out, but she heard the conversation between Fern and Stan in the distance, and quickly sat down again and pretended to meditate.

"How's it going, did you find anything?" Rui motioned for them to sit down and rest for a while.

"There was nothing but trees, and leaves. Fern shook his head and sat down on the pile of leaves.

Stan leans against the trunk of the tree. "Maybe we've missed something, like the particularly thick pile of fallen leaves, and the cedar tree with frozen mushrooms on its trunk. ”

"We've seen several thick piles of leaves and frozen mushroom trunks along the way, which one are you talking about?" Fern asked, looking at Stan and smiling.

Stan smiled helplessly and spread his hands. "I always felt that there was something missing. ”

"Maybe we were wrong from the beginning?" said Queay, sitting beside Fern. "We've been looking for what we think is a mechanism, but perhaps, a tree, a branch, a bunch of grass, is a mechanism?"

Fern looked sideways at her. "That makes sense, so do you have any suggestions?

"I can try if you need to. Quiai's smile is even more charming than the warm winter sun.

Ness's mouth pursed again, her hands fiddling with the corners of her clothes.

Fern ignored Quiai and turned his head to look at Rui. "I think we have to understand the meaning of that sentence in order to find the entrance, otherwise it will be tantamount to finding the shortest hair in a cow. ”

"Sarah's spirit is the key to solving all challenges. Rui silently read the puzzle-like sentence, his brain spinning rapidly. After making several assumptions in his head, the mage gave up in frustration. "As a Sarah, I don't even know what Sarah's spirit is?"

"I thought of another possibility. Quiai's left index finger rested on his rosy, plump lips. "Sarah's spirit, perhaps, doesn't really mean spirit. Looking at the puzzled eyes of the others, Quiai pushed the hair from his ear behind his ear. "I mean, the spirit is just a metaphor, meaning something else, something that really exists. ”

This time, Lian Rui also straightened up as if he had been greatly inspired. "You're right, it seems easier to think about it, but it's still too difficult to figure out what it is. ”

Fern scratched at his messy curls. "I thought of something, but we don't have it anymore, holy water, if there's one thing that's most important to Sarah, it's holy water. ”

"Yes, holy water, which is the most important, has brought destruction, but as Fern said, we don't have holy water anymore. Rui leaned weakly against the trunk of the tree, looking up at the branches above his head.

"But I really can't imagine what kind of mechanism must need holy water to open, or rather, it must need holy water to find, and the mechanism is not a dark tide, could it be that holy water still has a special effect on the mechanism?" Stan grabbed his hair, his hair had grown a lot, and it was no longer a short layer.

As soon as Stan finished speaking, Fern suddenly had an idea, and an idea flashed through his brain. "Hell, Stan, you're a genius!" said Fern whooshing to his feet, running into the woods without looking back.

Stan stretches his hands outstretched, inexplicably. "Did I say anything? Or did I say it myself and I didn't hear it?"

"Don't think about it, let's go after him, who knows what stupid thing he's going to do again. Ruiya quickly stood up and chased after him.

Ness got ahead of Queai and ran with all her strength behind Ray's back.