Chapter XXIV

Destroying the cavalry squad yielded them two pots of military bows and arrows, scattered copper and silver coins, and a piece of parchment that looked like a map, and if it weren't for the army's standard heraldic armor, which was extremely inconvenient to handle and took up a lot of space, they would have been able to pull that cavalry squad to the point where there were no stirrups left.

Things have become even more confusing, the disappeared villagers, the suspected demonized humans, the man and the woman on the picture scroll, what is the relationship between these three, and whether the abnormal situation of the grassland has anything to do with these.

Dia flipped through the memories in her mind, and finally found some clues in the memories Leah had left him.

"If I'm not mistaken, the blue badge on the man's right chest on the scroll must be an irise. “

"That's right, irises. Claire nodded.

"There are three human kingdoms in the vicinity of the Tranquil Forest, namely the Iris Kingdom, which is known as the country of knights, the Violet Kingdom, which is allied with the Iris Kingdom, and the most powerful Sgretel Kingdom. “

"Look at the badge on that man's chest, it must be from the Iris Kingdom, another woman, maybe his wife or sister or something.

"As for the people chasing them, judging from the standard equipment, it must be the army of the kingdom, and the Violet Kingdom excluding the alliance seems to be the only one in the Sgret Kingdom. “

"It looks like we're in trouble again. Claire rubbed her head with a headache, "If you can, you really want to find Golden Sand City without any matter what." ”

Neither of them wanted to make a fuss, but since they eliminated that cavalry squad, the two of them were already half insiders, would the upper echelons of the Sgret Kingdom let the murderer go so easily and let them get away with it? Definitely not, especially since they also seemed to have seen things that they shouldn't see, if they didn't flee this grassland before the upper echelons of Sgretel reacted, they would be in trouble, and maybe they would have another escape trip.

"There's something in Golden Sand City that appeals to you so much, it can't be gold. “

Claire glanced at him, didn't hide it, and said generously: "It's an arrow." “

"Arrows?"

"Yes, it's the arrows that come with this bow, and they've been sealed there for some reason I don't know. ”

Dia looked at the longbow in Claire's hand, although the appearance was tattered, it didn't look the slightest surprise, but this was just the appearance, if you lifted the worn gray cloth belt and saw the real bow body, you would be impressed and amazed by the ingenious elven bow craftsmanship.

Outside of the defeat, gold and jade among them. This is a high-level legendary weapon.

Yes, at first glance, I always thought that this bow was missing something, how could such a high-level legendary bow not have an arrow to match?

As for how Claire got the bow, he didn't say, and Dia didn't ask.

"Can you read it?" asked Dia, spreading out the map she had gotten from the cavalry.

"Hmm...... I can almost understand that we are in this position now, and it looks like we are about to leave the grassland. ”

Dia grinned, and that's good news.

"But the further you go, the more patrols Sgret will have. ”

The smile faded away.

Since meeting the cavalry squad, the two of them may have used up the bad luck of the past ten days, and soon after leaving, Claire suddenly waved her hand and motioned for Dia to lean over.

"There are people in front, one, two...... Seven, with a rabbit's foot painted on the canopy of the carriage as a symbol, it seems that it should be a caravan. ”

"Detour?"

Claire thought for a moment and said, "Blend in." “

He put the looted army-standard iron arrows into the spatial ring, so as not to expose what had just happened.

- Hey, friend.

From a distance, Claire shouted at the caravan in the distance, indicating that the two were not hostile.

The caravan spotted them, looked at them with wariness, and then exchanged discussions.

The leader of the caravan was a tiger man, and he narrowed his eyes and said to the crowd, "A half-elf, a human child, not a soldier of the kingdom of Sgrad. What a strange combination. ”

Everyone in the caravan breathed a sigh of relief, "What's the matter?"

"We are lost and would like to travel with you to the nearest city. ”

Everyone in the caravan looked at the tiger man and listened to him.

"Lost?" the tigerman frowned, "half-elf...... How did he get here, did the two of them travel through the whole quiet forest?"

"Look, that's going on. ”

The tiger man looked up, and the grass in front of the caravan grew wildly, and in the blink of an eye, it grew to half a human height.

Caster ...... No, it's a druid!

The tiger man looked at the child beside the half-elf, and said in surprise, "That child is a druid? “

"Hawthorn, what do you think? A green-skinned goblin asked the Tiger Man.

"Yes, Garivimane, the druids won't fight alongside the evildoers, they should be able to trust it, and at times like these, multiple spellcasters on the team will always be much safer. “

"Then hurry up, time is money, my friend. After this batch of goods is delivered, I must go to the Old Horse Banner Tavern for a drink, I haven't had a good night's sleep in fifteen days, damn Kingdom Struggle!"

- Yes, you can come.

Dia and Claire looked at each other and walked towards the caravan, both of them being a little cautious as they got closer, until they had repeatedly confirmed Diadruid's identity, and they let down their guard and put away the weapons they were holding.

"Friend, I hope you can understand, the situation here is very special now, and I must ensure the safety of the caravan. ”

"What the hell is going on here?"

"The kingdom of irises has perished. Hawthorne sighed.

"What!?" Dia looked shocked at the right time.

The tiger man looked at the two of them thoughtfully, they didn't even know about this, could it be that they had been living an isolated life? Maybe they were really adventurers from afar, and it shouldn't be a lie to get lost.

"That's right, Iris has become history, it took less than half a natural month for Sgretel to announce their demise, and before the Violet Kingdom could send troops to rescue, Sgretel's army had already entered the palace of the Iris Kingdom, and even the king of Iris was nailed to death at the gate of the palace. ”

"Although I don't know how Sgret did it, the fact that the Iris Kingdom perished is undeniable, look at this grassland, this was originally the territory of the Iris Kingdom, but now it is all Sgretel's people, and even the villagers who live here have been taken away by them. “

"By the way, did you meet Sgretel's patrol team?"

"Patrol?" Claire asked quietly.

"It's Sgrett's cavalry, it is rumored that the royal family of Iris is not all dead, the son of the head of the Iris Knights and the king's daughter have escaped, and Sgretel is sending troops to hunt them down, and it is said that they are now in this grassland. ”

"If you run into Sgretel's Patrol Soldiers, don't fight them, there are rumors that they have gone crazy and will slaughter everything in front of them if they don't agree with each other!"