After sailing north along the coastline for 23 days, the sailboat stopped at a harbour town in the north-west of Giethoorn Bay, where a couple of men and horses were already waiting early on the shore.

They were the Golden Rose people here, and while they were on board, the accompanying crew had already informed them of their arrival by means of seabirds.

After two days of carriage travel to the east, Roshi arrived at the capital of the kingdom of Archi.

The Kingdom of Archie is a purely commercial country, never participating in wars on the mainland, and relying entirely on its suzerain, the Kingdom of Slanka, for military assistance.

At present, the Kingdom of Slanka and the Kingdom of Puru are in a military alliance, and the arrival of Rohi and his gang has naturally been warmly entertained by the people here, and the hospitality to them is the largest nobleman in the Kingdom of Slanka, the Gesen family, and the first to dismiss Louis is the patriarch of the Gesen family, Count Ryan, but he has been dead for a long time, and at this time his son Johnny is at the helm.

Commercial cities tend to be chaotic, and the kingdoms of Aceh and Slanka have the highest number of missing people on the continent, and there are countless cases of crime.

However, of course, Roshi and the others did not have these problems, and under the opening of the way by two well-armored cavalry, even the beggars who liked to pester the rich the most did not dare to approach, and the carriage smoothly drove into a splendid palace in the center of the city, which was located next to the royal capital, or rather, the royal capital was located next door to it.

Count Johnny greeted him in the main hall of the palace, accompanied by a number of women, ranging in age from 10 to 30 years old, with the same beautiful appearance and full of luxury, and... They were dressed very little.

The dignified ceremonial gesture and specially trained Peugeot smile reminded Roch of their time in the Black Tower, and their role here was mostly the same.

With the continuous reduction of age, some of Roxi's physical characteristics have gradually returned to when he was young, and now when he occasionally wakes up in the morning, there will be physiological reactions that normal men have, and this kind of thing is naturally back.

However, Roshi declined Count Johnny's kindness.

He didn't know why, maybe it was because the desire wasn't strong enough, or because of the different species, or rather... Don't want to extinguish the little illusion of feelings in your heart?

Count Johnny seemed a little disappointed, but he didn't say anything in the end, and just invited Roshi to dinner as normal.

I thought that the wizard would also come to this dinner, but I didn't expect Johnny to be the only one at the table, which surprised Roshi.

It wasn't until Rohi got straight to the point that Johnny squirmed and told Roshi that the wizard had moved out a long time ago.

I'll go, why are you going around such a big bend with me if no one is there?

Roshi was very unhappy with Johnny's behavior, and rested in the city for the night, and the next day left the palace with the Golden Rose, and went to the wizard's residence with the map that Johnny had obtained.

In addition to the six knights who came down from the ship, the local Golden Rose sent six more, a total of twelve knights to send each other.

Roshi felt that there was no need to make such a big fuss, but after suggesting it to their captain, the captain decisively rejected Roshi's proposal.

The man who had retired from the army said to Luo Xi very seriously: "My lord, you don't know, the situation in the Slanka Kingdom has been a little unstable recently, and the lords everywhere are privately strengthening their combat readiness, so let's send you to your destination, we are under the banner and it is much safer." ”

I see.

At this time, Roshi suddenly understood why that Count Johnny was frequently showing favor to himself, and he was planning to frame himself in this kid's way?

Fortunately, master, I am upright and invincible, otherwise if I really take the benefits of others, I will pat my ass and leave if it is really bad at that time.

Leaving the royal capital, he drove in a carriage on the official road to the east for two weeks, all the way to the end of the official road, and then changed to a horse and continued through the winding sheep's intestine path for a week.

I feel that something is wrong with this country.

Along the way, they often bumped into small armed bands, either bandits or peasants, but because Roshi and the others had been holding the banner of the Golden Rose, they avoided them from a distance.

Going out to be curious, Roshi asked the captain Suke, who was a knight at the local Golden Rose Residency and knew a little more about the situation here.

The main problem in Slanka now was a peasant revolt.

The cause of this problem can be traced back to the fact that after the patriarch of the previous generation of the Gesen family came to power, during the decades of Earl Ryan's lifetime, he excessively solidified the class, looted the wealth of the people, built a large number of buildings, etc., and made ordinary people have no way to live.

However, Earl Ryan has the prestige and so on, and the work of armed suppression has been done well, and he has barely supported it, and after his death, things began to get out of control, and it seems that the current situation is mostly about to end.

After sleeping in the open for a week, Roshi and the others came to the barren valley in the northeast of the Archi Kingdom, entered the valley, and entered the valley for less than a hundred miles under the scorching sun, and a strange forest appeared in front of Rohi and them.

It is strange because the geological environment of this valley is mainly composed of basalt and other large-grained massive rocks, which do not have the environment for vegetation to grow.

Since entering the valley, the surrounding vegetation has indeed gradually decreased, and only a few plants can be seen protruding from the cracks in the rocks on some cliffs.

However, when I came to the center of the valley, there was such an unusually dense forest and sea of trees, and the overlapping and tangled thick trees grew incredibly densely, and the trees grew side by side, leaving no gaps at all, let alone riding horses, even thin humans may not be able to walk into it.

What's even more strange is that the sun is shining outside and the sky is clear, but at the top of this forest, there is a thick dark cloud, covering the entire forest, and a secluded smell comes to the face.

"You guys go back first. Luo Xi turned his head to Su Ke and explained, then dismounted and came to the forest, and took out a golden bell Ling from his arms.

It was taken from Johnny, and according to him, it was a token from the wizard who lived here, and only by holding this could the wizard himself.

Standing at the gate of the forest, Roshi gently shook the bell.

"Jingle bell!~"

The crisp sound of the bell sounded quietly, and it sounded no different from an ordinary bell, but as a wizard, Luo Xi clearly felt a trace of fluctuations coming from his soul, and if he looked closely through the sea of spiritual consciousness, he could see a circle of ripples slowly waving towards the forest.

"Rustle!~"

When this sound ended for a long time, a faint rustle sounded, and the next scene made Su Ke and the others who had not left in the distance in awe.

In the midst of this rustling sound, the thousands of thick trees that had been standing still seemed to come to life, and fell to both sides, and in a rumbling sound, a long tunnel completely intertwined with trees appeared in front of Roshi's eyes.

Looking through this long, straight tunnel, the silhouette of an ancient castle looms at the end of the tunnel.

Roshi lifted his footsteps and walked in slowly...