"Possession of black crystals is a great sin here... Even the president didn't know that I still had this kind of thing..."

At the gates of Cutrancy, Baird and his party stood not far from the gates—a place in the blind spot of the patrolmen.

"Dark Crystal, as a bounty hunter in the Nozer Chronicle, you are hiding such an evil thing. "Elluman has always scoffed at this kind of thing. According to Nozer's laws, anyone who possessed the black crystal, whoever it was, was to be punished with death.

"Then you should go out. Baird picked up a stone and threw it forward. The stone flew some distance, crashed into an invisible wall, and bounced back.

"It's all at this time, it doesn't matter if he is crystal black or not, let's go out and talk about it!" Marcus looked anxious, he knew that the landing point of the giant eagle was in the forest to the west, and if someone picked it up first, it would be troublesome.

"The matrix, that is, the energy array. Baird came to the edge of the wall and pasted a finger-long black crystal in his hand, "The black crystal is very special, it has been incompatible with other energies since its birth, and it also has the side effect of hiding its tracks. As soon as the words fell, the black crystal quickly evaporated with a "swish", and then a circular gap more than half a meter wide was revealed.

"It's worthy of a national-level matrix, and consuming the entire black crystal only reveals such a small gap..."Baird sighed distressedly, "We must move quickly, this gap can't last long." ”

"How are we going to get into the secret forest after that?" asked Eluman. Even if there is a way to get out of Ketland, the Uncharted Forest is not something that can be entered if you want to, and it is rumored that the fog that surrounds it tends to make pedestrians go back to square one.

"It's better to take one step at a time than to stay here and stand still. Baird said no more and went out first.

......

Uncharted Forest, inside Blake's plantation.

Evan and the others stood by and watched as Blake used a shovel to renovate the dirt in the garden. There were large and small bright mushrooms growing on the ground, several of which were extremely bright in color and still showing a faint mist.

"Poof-" "Poof-" The two mushrooms suddenly released a thick mist. In Blake's "technical terms," the mushroom is ripe.

"Ha, ripe. Blake held the small shovel and carefully scooped up the mushrooms and soil, carefully picked out the mud, and placed them in the cloth bag on his waist.

"Are these mushrooms really that useful?" said Aven, still skeptical.

"The title of pharmacist is not earned for nothing. "These mushrooms are supposed to be cultivated together with other medicinal herbs, and their toxicity has been reduced to a minimum, and they also have some other special effects. ”

"The gift, this is Blake's gift. Blake untied the bulging bag around his waist, which contained various kinds of mushrooms, and stuffed it into Kerrydoranf's hand.

"It seems that it is time to say goodbye to you, time does not allow us to linger too long. Crridolanff patted Blake on the shoulder and sighed. Time is not waiting for anyone, and he has not forgotten Ian's request.

"Dragon... It's mine... Help me—" Tears suddenly welled up in Blake's cloudy eyes, and he slurred a few words before returning to the room with his head down, and then slammed the door shut.

"Thank you, Blake!" Evan and Leah shouted outside the house, not knowing if Blake heard me.

"Let's go. Crridolanff stroked Evan and Leah's hair, pulling them around and into the woods.

......

"I say, aren't you a bounty hunter, what level are you?" Marcas and his party walked cautiously on the gravel path of the Secret Forest. The surrounding vegetation is strange and dangerous at the same time. Gradually, they were surrounded by layers of fog.

"I, the guild's rating for me is purple. Baird continued to observe the situation around him, after all, the secret forest was the most pristine ancient forest on the continent of Tansfog other than the relic forest. It was no easy task to make your way through the fog and still find the two children and Crridolanf.

"Then why don't you call your tracker out so we don't have to suffer this here. Marcas complained that although it was winter, it was as hot as the beginning of summer, and pesky mosquitoes were flying everywhere, and it was not quite large.

"I have to warn you again. Baird frowned, he was a little upset, "There is another person with those two children, named Crridolanf, he is an orange-rated bounty hunter, and skipping tracking or his own lack of ability will make the other party perceive our intentions, that is, anti-tracking, which will be very bad for us." ”

"I would also like to remind you that I don't need this sword, I just want to borrow its power for a while. Eluman, who was born in the aristocracy, was still haunted by the identity of Marcus and the bald head, and even the details of future use were simply drawn early.

"And what do you want? I don't believe you bounty hunters would do that thankless, free labor. Marcus looked at Baird.

"Like you, I have come for riches, this sword is not simple, I know an employer who has been looking for this sword all his life, and if we find it first, we can get from him a glory that will not be spent in two lifetimes. ”

"Chief, you're so sharp-eyed. "The bald head slapped a sycophant at the right time. As long as the glory and wealth that can't be spent in two lifetimes can be rubbed by him a little, it will be a great joy for everyone, and when the time comes, there will be wine and prostitutes...

"Stop, look!" said Baird, interrupting the bald head's daydreaming.

I saw a strange tree with a light blue transparent shape growing on the road that must be passed. It is called a strange tree because it appears to be made of water, which ripples on its skin when gently blown by the wind. There was not a single leaf on the trunk either, and there was only a faint layer of moisture around it.

"Bald, go over and take a look. Marcus urged with a push on his bald head.

"Boss..."The bald head was a little scared, but he still had the courage to go up.

The blue liquid inside the tree was circulating up and down, and it had no roots, or even no roots, but was "standing" there out of thin air.

The bald head stretched out his finger and poked it tentatively, and the finger easily sank into the tree.

"Whew!" the bald head screamed and retracted his fingers. The light poke just now almost made a layer of skin fall off his fingers.

"What the hell is this!" the bald head rubbed his reddened fingers and yelled at the strange tree with an unhappy expression.

"Hum~~~" A bug accidentally crashed into the tree, and within a few seconds it was decomposed to the point that there was no scum left.

"I see, that's how you eat. The bald head touched the shiny head, squinted his eyes a little closer, and was about to observe the wonderful sap in the body of the tree again, but the strange tree suddenly "grunted" and suddenly sank into three holes, like eyes and mouth.

"Ahh

"Ahh I saw the strange tree lying on its side less than 1 meter away from its original position. Its bark is constantly undulating and seems to be gulping in on the air.

"What kind of monster is this. Eluman drew his sword and walked over. The body of the strange tree continued to shrink, eventually turning into a dark blue spherical creature with only the diameter of a basin.

"I can't run, spare my life!" the ball creature pleaded for mercy with its blue tongue spitting out its blue tongue.

"You've only moved less than 1 meter, and you can't run?" Seeing that it was not threatening, Eluman simply squatted down and took a branch and plucked it, "You creature is really strange, not only can you speak Continental, but it seems that you can also change." ”

"What do you call this creature, I have a name!" the spherical creature suddenly lost its temper and seemed to mind the name.

"I'll move, I'll move! I'll do it all! Ouch, don't poke me!" the ball-like creature sat up against a rock, its eyes starting to hollow (two holes indeed). It sighed, like a weathered man.

"My name is Bud, and I've had about several... I haven't dealt with anyone for more than ten years, by the way, your Excellency's surname?"

......

The capital of Noze, Cutland. Wells IV had ordered the city to be put on maximum alert.

Siege equipment such as catapults and fuel trucks had been moved to the outermost double walls of Cutland, and there were one or two times as many soldiers and guards patrolling the walls as usual.

Of course, these fortifications were only carried out in secret, and the civilians in the city were only informed that this was a military exercise after the lockdown, so as not to cause panic among the people.

However, at the moment, this will not be too long, after all, there is still no understanding of the origin and cause of this national matrix, and Wells can only prepare for the worst first.

The Silver-Armored Knight Captain Manken guards the idol, Rériol goes outside the city to investigate the matrix, and Rolf and several other scholars spend the night flipping through ancient books to try to find some clues about it.

However, after several twists and turns, they did not find that there had ever been a country-level matrix in history (except for the large barrier created by the Aegis Guardians in Ironstone City in "The Battle of the Black Swamp"—this possibility was ruled out in the first place, and it was impossible for the Aegis Guardians to do such a breach of the covenant. And then there's the barrier that the Great Thorox used during the siege of the First Age War - of course, the secret of creating this barrier has been transformed into an eternal secret under the black spear along with his body).

Looking back into the chamber, Slipp and the other Protectors discussed an early warning plan for an enemy attack (the protectorate had become the top priority to be accomplished, so Slip's life was saved for the time being).

It seemed to be calm before the storm, and apart from the huge dark clouds in the sky that covered the whole of Ketland, the daily lives of the inhabitants were not greatly affected.

"Your Majesty!" shouted a soldier as he walked in.

"What's the matter!!" Wells IV was already a frightened bird, and what he was most afraid of now was to hear any news from the soldiers.

"When we were carrying the body in the church, we found a pregnant woman!" the soldier saluted, this time with the bombshell news, "The baby in her belly is still alive!"