For the beasts of the woods, they have an instinct that has been degraded and vanished by humans and other intelligent creatures. This instinct allows them to have a vague sense of who they are confronting, and they can tell if the other person is aggressive or weak. In fact, there are similar phenomena in the social interaction of intelligent creatures, but compared with the keen intuition of animals, humans need a lot of experience as a reference if they want to identify each other for the first time. But there are always exceptions, some people have too good temperament, they are as conspicuous in the crowd as oil droplets floating on water, and anyone who sees them will know their character at first sight, of course, this character is not necessarily all of them, but it is indeed a side of their soul.

Heather was such a person, and anyone who had ever seen the knightess would feel that way. Their impression of her is often not her figure or appearance, but a vague impression, resolute, tough, and beautiful because she does not rely on her. Then they would pay attention to the appearance and other details of the famous knight chief. Even cheese is no exception. You must know that although Cheese has not seen many people, but those who can appear in the Mage Tower basically have their own distinct temperament, and those who exist in the civilized world all have a status and authority that are difficult for ordinary people to achieve, even if it is An Lina, who is the closest to Cheese, her temperament that has been refined over countless years cannot be imitated. However, the lady in front of Cheese at this time, her temperament was not inferior to those people, which made Cheese feel a little kind in addition to surprise.

Of course, this is not to say that Heather is not beautiful, from an objective point of view, this blonde lady is undoubtedly a beauty, although she no longer looks like a girl, but the polishing of the years has only made her beauty more mature. It's just that the aura emanating from her body is too conspicuous, weakening the impact of her flesh itself to a certain extent.

Under the recommendation of Mayor Bender, Cheese and the Captain Knightess briefly got to know each other. However, to the mage's surprise, the lady didn't seem surprised by her appearance, and even took it for granted. And the answer to this matter was quickly solved by the female knight chief herself.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Your Excellency the Mage from the Grey Tower. ”

Cheese didn't say anything about his origins, and even mentioned his identity to Elsa, which was not that he deliberately kept it secretive, but Cheese knew that for them, his mentorship would basically not be known, so until now, he only claimed to be a member of a secluded mage organization from the north of Longji Mountain. However, Heather called out his origin, which really made him feel a little stunned.

Naturally, the chief knight sensed the mage's surprise as well, and she smiled and continued.

"Don't be surprised, your master once helped my ancestors, and there has always been a legend about the Grey Tower in our family. I also received a summons from my family before this mission, which is why I'm here now. ”

Well, now it seems that his teacher has left far more hands in the North than the Frost Guardians, although Cheese doesn't know which noble family Heather is referring to, but it seems that the female knight captain still has good intentions towards herself, and that is enough. He didn't really care about what happened to his teacher and Heather's family, maybe he would be interested in it when the plague was extinguished, but for now, it was imperative to know the state of the county, and he had been delayed for too long.

"What is the situation in the county now, you know, my companions and I have only explored a small area since we entered the county. In order to develop an antidote to the plague as soon as possible, I need to understand the situation here. The mage asked.

Heather nodded, she also knew that this was the main problem now, the reason why she would take a long detour with her troops to rescue Cheese was to repay the kindness the family had received before, but more importantly, because the family summons also pointed out that Cheese was the key to solving this plague.

"The southern and western borders of the county have been blocked, so it seems that the spread of the plague has been curbed now. As far as I know, the kingdom's pharmacists have arrived at our stronghold on the border of the county, and they have begun to treat the refugees there. My troops and I set out from the West, and from what we've seen along the way, the county has largely become a dead land. The inhabitants who are still alive are barely visible, and the roads and villages are littered with dead bodies and rubble. And ......" the knight seemed to want to say something, but she didn't say it because of some concern.

"And what?" the mage's obvious hesitation made the mage think that Heather might have discovered some important information.

The chief knight was silent for a moment, then she organized her words and said.

"And we found that there was a significant discrepancy between the number of bodies found and the number of local residents, but even if my men and I dug into the ground, we didn't find any survivors in any village. But it's likely that they fled to the southern border, so I'm not sure if this is accurate until I meet the Kingdom Knights stationed in the southern border. ”

There was no doubt that the number of corpses was less than the number of inhabitants that should have existed, and Cheese nodded, which was normal.

"Were you attacked by any monsters when you came?" the mage asked.

"Monsters, are you referring to those guys?" asked Heather, frowning slightly.

"No, I mean, a monster that looks like a giant humanoid mouse. ”

The knight shook his head, indicating that he hadn't seen the "nezuman" in Cheese's mouth all the way.

"Whew, you're undoubtedly lucky. The mage immediately told the knight what had happened to Gloria.

"You're saying that this plague will not only kill the sick, but also turn them into that kind of ...... Nezumen?" Heather chewed on the new term slightly, realizing that if everything was as the mage had said, then the plague would be far more severe than she had imagined.

Mayor Bender, who had been listening to the sidelines, suddenly interjected.

"Mr. Cheese, you mean Miss Gloria is still alive!"

The mayor's excited reaction was completely unexpected by the mage, in his opinion, even if Count Salon's county had been very prosperous before, in this situation, Gloria's value as the count's widow was far less valuable than her as a case sample.

"Yes, it's just that she's been turned into a nezumi, and while I've stabilized her mutation, she's far from what you think of as the count's daughter. Cheese said.

"But she's still alive, isn't she?" the mayor asked.

"Yes, and she's still conscious. The mage replied truthfully.

"That's enough. That's enough. You can't understand the kindness that Lord Earl has shown us, but I swore allegiance to the gods to the gods when I became mayor of Sweetwater. Before, I had no choice but to make a living for the safety of Sweetwater, I thought ...... I thought I wouldn't have a chance to live my vow again......"

This was the first time Cheese had seen Mayor Bender have such an expression, even when he was deceived by the devil, even in the face of a huge army of cavemen, the mayor who led the townspeople to escape the plague did not appear so vulnerable. But when he heard that there were still people in the House of Salons who had survived the plague, he cried like a child. Heather patted Mayor Mare on the shoulder to comfort him, as a knight who values glory as the highest value of life, she can understand Mayor Bender's performance.

Putting aside the mood swinging Mr. Mayor for now, Cheese still has a lot of questions to ask the chief knight about this plague. And the main problem is -

"As you can see, while my mates and I have good fighting power, we are also inadequate against enemies who are far outnumbered by us. So Ms. Heather, I thought, can we go together for a while?"

This was obviously a concern for the chief knight, and she was even afraid that the mage would insist on going it alone for some strange reason, especially after hearing that there were a large number of nezumen roaming the county, Heather had a lot of concerns about the safety of the mage. After all, in her opinion, a mage from the Grey Tower was more likely to solve this terrible plague than an apothecary from the kingdom.

"Of course, I have agreed with the Knight Captain Leon of the Kingdom Knights to meet in Vale, and you and your companions can go with us. I think Lyon will welcome you as well. The knight said.

With Heather's promise, Cheese finally has a firm understanding of the solution to this plague, although Mona and they are all elite warriors, but after all, their numbers are too small, to act in the current county, it is inevitable to fight with a large number of nezumi, and the strength of the five of them alone is indeed stretched. But now that Heather and her Hammer Knights are in the ascendancy, and even the Knights of the Kingdom are likely to come to their aid, the chances of resolving the plague as soon as possible have increased dramatically.