Hussey hands two packages containing food and water to Fern and Stan, saying that they are delivering, but in fact they use magic to make the packages fly into their hands. "There's enough supplies in it for you to eat for a week, and I've only put a small amount of water, and when you get out of the secret passage, you can melt the snow and drink. ”

"But our horses. Ness asked, a little frustrated, reluctant to follow her to the northern frontier country since Chavanna.

"There's no way, and you're going to have to go on your own for a long time. Hussey shrugged. "I guess as soon as you entered the source of magic, Byron had already informed the towns of Doyle to keep an eye on you, and if you were discovered, you would be wanted. ”

"Holy!" Stan cursed viciously.

"Stan, you probably didn't think you'd become Doyle's wanted man one day. Rui added oil and vinegar to the side.

Stan doesn't get angry. "Ever since I heard that conversation in the castle, I expected this day to come, but I didn't expect it to come so soon. ”

"You rushed out of the city overnight tonight, I helped you recover a lot of mental strength when I was treating your injuries before, so you don't even need to sleep tonight, you can walk all night. Hussey put his hands in the wide sleeves and reminded the crowd.

"Alright, let's go. Fern nodded to Hussey and picked up the package.

Hessey walked over to the fireplace, raised his hands and began to cast the spell. The flame that was still burning suddenly went out, and the room suddenly fell into darkness, and then, at the place where the flame had been, it gradually lit up again, and a stone door carved with seven gods appeared in front of everyone's eyes. Two torches burned on either side of the door, and by the light of the torches, you could see that the carvings of each of the ancient gods on the door were still lifelike even though they had passed hundreds of years.

Hussey stretched out his right hand and pushed it towards the stone door, and the door slowly opened with the sound of the stone slab rubbing against the ground, and a cold, dry air swept across everyone's faces. What appeared in front of everyone was a pitch-black passageway, not large, allowing only one person to pass through, and Fern had to bend slightly to enter.

"Are you ready?" Hussey's tone became serious again.

"Yes!" all four replied in the affirmative almost at the same time.

"Proceed, then, warriors, for the Seven Gods are with you. Hussey nodded solemnly goodbye to everyone, and when it came to Ness, Hussey paused in particular. The old mage hung his right hand in the air above Niss's head, and whispered the incantation in his mouth, and as the spell ended, the old mage retracted his hand into his sleeve, but it seemed weaker than before. "Ness, I cast the Ring of Life on you, may it protect you once in the most dangerous of times. ”

"What, the Circle of Life? But that ...... It takes the caster's original power to consume!" Ness shouted in surprise.

"I'm already old, it doesn't make much difference if I live a few more years or a few years less, I just feel ashamed of you, the Mage Tower is ashamed of you, the whole Wallis is ashamed of you, you have to endure so much at such a young age, this circle of life should be my apology. Hussey looked older, but his gentle smile was still so peaceful.

Ness lowered her head and was about to cry again, and Hussey hurriedly drove them into the secret passage. "Go, warriors, the future of Wallis is in your hands, do not be confused, trust your companions and believe in your faith, and always walk in the light, so that even the dark lord is not afraid. ”

Fern led the way into the secret passage with a torch, Ray followed, Ness third, Stan broke with another torch, and the four of them took one last look at Hussey and walked into the depths of the secret passage without hesitation.

As the fire faded away, the hut fell into darkness again, and Hussey whispered a spell, and the slate door disappeared into the fireplace, replaced by still burning firewood, as if nothing had happened.

Hussey slowly lowered his hands and slipped them back into his sleeve. "Wallis's history will be written again. ”

The tunnel has gone down from the beginning of the slope to the current undulation, and they have been walking for four hours. There was no light in the passage except for the swaying of the torches, the narrow passages felt oppressive, and the only sound of burning torches was left around them, except for their own breathing and footsteps, and it was definitely not a pleasant thing to travel for a long time in this environment.

Finally Ness couldn't take it anymore. "Fern, how long is it before we get to the exit, I'm going crazy any longer. ”

"I'm afraid I'll have to walk for a while, and it's almost time for the tunnel to start rising. Fern himself didn't know how long he would have to go, in fact, he was under a lot more pressure than Ness.

"I think let's rest where we are, drink some water and eat something. Rui also looked a little uncomfortable, and his hand kept holding the wand tightly.

"It's fine. Fern simply sat down on the ground, "It's a good thing it's still dry here, otherwise it's more troublesome." ”

Stan sits down on the ground as well. "Yes, the climate in Doyle has always been like this, cold and dry. ”

Ness and Rui hesitated for a moment, then sat down. Fern and Stan took food and water out of their packages and gave them to the mages, and the four of them ate in the darkened tunnel.

Ness looked around as she ate. "Thankfully, Fern and Stan were in the way, otherwise I would have gone crazy. ”

"It's true that I also feel very uncomfortable and not safe at all. Ruiya rarely showed nervousness, and his left hand kept stroking his right arm.

Fern shoved a smoked sausage into his mouth and looked out at the black hole in front of him. "Stan, judging by you, how far are we from Wolfsburg?"

Stan leans against the earthen wall of the passageway and looks over his head for a moment. "I guess I'm more than ten miles away, but the Doyle cavalry patrol is very extensive, so I guess we'll have to walk for a while. ”

"It's a terrible feeling to not even be able to judge the direction here, it's like being blind. Fern took a sip of water and passed the sausage. "All methods of judging direction and distance in the field are completely useless here. ”

"Fern, what do you say we can't get out all the time?" Ness asked suddenly, worriedly, with a scared look on her face.

"Why, don't think about it, Hessey is going to hurt us?" Fern reassured with a smile.

"Of course Hessey won't, but he probably doesn't know that there's a change in this secret passage, so what should we do?" Ness became more and more frightened as she spoke, and subconsciously leaned closer to Fern.

"If there's really no exit, we just need to get out of the range of Doyle's patrols and dig a hole straight up, you can even use magic to blow a hole out, as long as it doesn't hurt us. Fern continued to eat his food, not in the slightest concern about the problem.

"yes, why didn't I think of that? I don't feel so scared, Fern, thank you!" Ness happily ate the fruit again, and the fear she had just made disappeared in an instant.

"Ness, sometimes I envy your character. Rui said a little lonely.

"Yes, I envy you for your calm character, I feel like a child compared to you. Ness nibbled on an apple and smiled happily.

"Hey, it's good to look at others. Rui also smiled helplessly. "Ness, you are so innocent, but beware of some bad guys, don't be deceived by him. ”

"Bad guy, who do you mean?" Ness blinked her big pretty eyes and looked at Rui in bewilderment.

"It's the guy eating beef. Rui glanced at Fern out of the corner of his eye.

Ness quickly turned her head to look at Fern, only to see the mercenary putting a piece of beef jerky in his mouth. Fern also heard Rui's words, and his hand just stopped in mid-air, it was not good to eat, and it was not good to put it down, so he was in a dilemma.

"How could it be? Fern, how could he be a bad person? He saved me so many times, and I can't thank him too late......" Ness seemed to have a lot to say.

Rui smiled maliciously and continued to ask, "When your trial is completed, will Fern's commission be considered complete?"

Ness didn't realize she was in Rui's trap, "yes, what's wrong?"

Rui continued to smile and said, "Now that the commission is complete, Fern is going back to Deville, and you, too, are going back to the Mage Tower, do you know what I mean?"

"You mean, I'm with Fern later...... Ah, this ......" Ness suddenly became overwhelmed.

Rui stopped talking, snickered and drank water.

"Rui, you seem to have talked a lot more than before since you came out of the source of magic, and there is more nonsense. Fern gave Rui a reproachful look, then patted Ness on the shoulder. "Don't listen to her, the most important thing for us now is to complete your trial, this is a very difficult task in the current situation, we can't have other distractions, we must do our best. ”

"Hmm......" Ness looked up at Fern with a hint of reluctance in her eyes.

"Let's eat, let's get on the road as soon as possible. Fern instructed.

Ness pursed her lips, didn't say anything more, and ate to herself. Fern, why do I have a feeling of reluctance towards you, at first I just saw you as a mercenary who could be manipulated at will with only gold coins, but now I find myself willing to listen to you, I really hope that the day of separation will never come. Ness heard herself.