Two hours later, a druid dressed in a green cape, escorted by dozens of centaur warriors, a dozen dwarves, and several Wood Elves arrived at the standoff between the Centaur Captain and Lear, who gave Ivo an inquiring look at the Wood Elf, who shook his head helplessly in the treetops.

"Hello, I'm Jenny, the Medic Officer of Lucky City, which one is the magician from Sarabuto?"

In fact, unlike the pretentiousness and isolation of magicians, the druids who believe in Lady Luck and worship nature have little arrogance, which makes Jenny look more like a beautiful girl picking mushrooms in the forest, if she were to carry a bamboo basket.

"I am, and so does this beautiful lady beside me. ”

Lear replied as he craned his neck and looked behind Jenny, wondering where the magical emergency tent was.

"Is there anything wrong with me, sir?"

Lear's gaze obviously caused Jenny's discomfort, as the two parties who had not yet determined the partnership when they met for the first time, when they met a dwarven patrol with a bad temper, they would directly think that he was provoking, fortunately Jenny as a druid had a good cultivation, and only reminded him with a little dissatisfaction.

"Oh no, please forgive me for my faux pas, because you are very much like a long-lost friend of mine, so I can't help but look at it a few more times, sorry again. Lear casually lied and brought the topic over, I can't tell the other party that I know you're good at healing, then let's find your emergency tent, after a pause, Lear's expression changed back to serious, and he officially introduced himself to Jenny.

"My name is Lear, and this is my companion, Lady Adra, and although we are both registered magicians with the Sarabuto Mage Society, I'm from Krurod, and she's from the Bitterland Heights, and we entered the Forest of No Return in the hope of helping the forest dwellers defend against Erathia's invasion, and if we can't gain your trust or you don't need our feeble help, we can go back the way we came. ”

After hearing that Adela was from the Bitter Lan Heights, Jenny couldn't help but look at her more, because the goddess of luck and the goddess of fate are twin sisters, and their relationship is very close, so the believers are also close to each other, Adela then smiled and nodded to Jenny.

"We would like to believe that every friend who has come from afar with sincerity and goodwill, in fact, it is not only you, since the early days, there have been adventuring teams from all parts of the continent entering the Forest of No Return, they are all here to help the elves and natives resist the irrepressible ambition of Ryan Geffenhardt, at this moment some people stay in the lucky city, and many more go directly to the front line. ”

After figuring out the origins, Jenny spoke to Lear in a much softer tone.

"With all due respect, Madam Medic, there is no higher head of strategy in the Hot Springs City, and in my opinion, the task of welcoming or expelling an expedition like ours should not fall to you. If we are hostile, then you will undoubtedly be in a dangerous situation. ”

Lear said it so bluntly that he didn't notice that his words caused a great deal of panic among the forest warriors, and several centaur warriors even clenched their spears in their hands.

"I'm not worried about what you're talking about, first of all, if you're really hostile, that brave elven warrior won't lead the way, and secondly, with the strength of your team, you won't have the opportunity to inform us that you can destroy them as soon as Querry (Captain Centaur's) finds you. ”

Jenny replied very sincerely.

"What if I want to catch a big fish with a long line?"

Lear asks with a wicked twist, which causes Adela to be dissatisfied, and she gives the young leader a deep blank look.

"Lady Luck protects us, and in the forest our warriors are invincible. ”

Well, the fanatical apostle of faith, who did not notice at all the great contradiction in what he said, was before and after.

"I don't have a problem, now it's up to you to decide whether we want to go to Lucky City or go back the way we came. ”

Lear shrugged helplessly, saying that he would accept Jenny's arrangement.

"You are welcome to the Forest of No Return, you and your companions can enter the Hot Springs City, but the orcs may need to settle in a clearing outside the city, for reasons I may explain to you in detail later on the road. ”

Jenny didn't hesitate to accept Lear and the others, and it seemed that even as a medic, she had considerable courage, which gave Lear a little more confidence that the forest dwellers would be able to withstand Erathia's attack.

A day later, Lear and Jenny rode together on the avenue leading to the City of Fortune, and the wooden spire of the tall rampart beneath the distant hill was already visible.

Jenny is now alone by Lear's side, next to her are Adela, Haag, Guina and other Lear's team, and the forest warriors she brought with her are at the back of the team with the orcs, which shows that she says trust, that is, complete trust.

Through this day's contacts, Lear has also gained a general grasp of the war in the Forest of No Return.

Hammondale Castle, which is at the forefront, has changed hands several times, with Erathians and Forest Elves occupying it three and twice, respectively.

Angels appeared in Erathia's army during the last battle for the castle, and the elven elders had not heard back from their attempts to seek the protection of the golden and green dragons in the Dragon's Cliff, so they had to abandon the castle once again, and now the battle line was pushed under the city of Lucky, the strongest fortress of the Forest of No Return.

The green dragons and unicorns who arrived in time held off the Elasian cavalry, and the skies were no longer dominated by the enemy angels, and the war once again entered a delicate stalemate.

Although the Erathians have been increasing their forces to the castle of Harmondale under their control, the forest dwellers and adventurers have been joining the forest side, and although the scattered adventurers cannot do much on the frontal battlefield, their frequent harassment of the Elasian logistics supply line has greatly hindered the enemy's ability to supply the enemy's army.

The Erathians will not be able to push forward with impunity, at least until they have dealt with adventurers who are as difficult as bees and haunt wolves as frequently, but it is heard that they have begun to recruit thieves and bounty hunters in Erathia.

These people have the same sense of smell for money as hyenas do for carrion, and they fight poison with poison.

Because against adventurers, using these people is undoubtedly a better choice than the regular army's large-scale encirclement and suppression, which has little effect.

And even worse news has come that Erathia's Holy Cross Legion has marched from their royal city of Castros to Hammondale to replace the Swordsmen who had suffered heavy casualties in the war.

The army was led by a female general, Sosa, who was already a well-known swordsman in Erathia, and that most of the swordsmen in the barracks, even the Crusaders, had been trained by her.

Although the war was temporarily stopped outside the city of Lucky, but at this time, the city of hot springs, which is two hundred kilometers away from the city of luck, has become a thorough rear of war readiness, and a large number of supplies are transported from the city of hot springs to the front line every day, and there are also various adventurers who form teams to infiltrate the deeper battle line, and the most important task of the city of hot springs is to receive a large number of wounded people who retreat from the front line every day, and on the contrary, the status of medical officers in the city has skyrocketed.

At this point, Lear also understood why it was a medical officer who came to greet him, and he was lucky, when the centaur warrior returned to report the news, he happened to run into Jenny who was patrolling nearby, otherwise Lear and the others would have to wait for at least a day if they went back as fast as they could.

Lear was thinking about it when Hot Springs arrived.

The forest boulders were piled up into an eight-foot high wall, and under the walls were a moat fence made of thick and hard thorns contaminated with venom, which was not as effective as a moat, but it was not an easy task to bypass these five-meter-wide stinger belts to attack the walls.

As for the cleanup, don't even think about it, when the defense was built in the first place, even the forest dwellers didn't think to leave a path to cleanup, the stingers entangled like a mess didn't even have a place to start, and the sharp bows and crossbows on the watchtower were not to be seen.

Whether offensive or defensive, the ultimate goal and essence of war is still killing.

Lear looked up at the sprawling ramparts of Hot Spring City, and a faint haze rose in his heart.

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