"Lord Duke, we just found out that the elven ranger who came with you is confronting a woman in black in the garden on the west side of the palace castle, they seem to know each other, we dare not alarm, please show me!" Thinking of the demon just now, a name suddenly flashed in Duke Hunter's mind, and he ordered the captain of the Praetorian Guard to deploy manpower to guard all parts of the palace and perform the "space shuttle technique" himself When he came to the palace garden on the west side, by the cold moonlight, he saw the green dragon standing in the path among the flowers, and also saw the petite woman six or seven meters away from him.

"You're still working for him, you've been by his side for so many years, lurking in some dark corner, waiting for some kind of opportunity, right?" Qinglong held an elven sword in her hand that was even more chilling than the moonlight, and the shining light at the blade was reflected in the woman's eyes, she silently lowered her head, her fists clenched, and she trembled.

"For more than ten years, I have been inquiring about your news, I know that you are not his woman, that cold-blooded prince has no interest in women at all, he just treats you as a minion, and treats you very badly, I don't understand why you want to help him abuse, are you really willing to be his pawn?" Qinglong's footsteps took a step closer with his trembling voice, Duke Hunter could hear how distressed he was, although the woman didn't say a word, but from Qinglong's words, he already knew who the main messenger behind the woman was- A man who has a deep enmity not only with Qinglong, but also with himself and even the entire kingdom.

"Don't come here, I warn you, don't force me to do anything to you!" the woman's voice cried. He took a shuddering step back and pointed at the green dragon with the slender black magic sword in his hand, and a blood-colored halo condensed from the tip of the sword. It emitted a disgusting bloody aura, staining the surrounding flowers with a shocking blood-red color.

"You've already killed me once, and if you want to do it again, I won't refuse!" I just hope to get a true answer from you!" Qinglong opened his arms and walked straight to the woman, the duke behind him secretly sweated for him, he knew that the last time it wasn't for the "Thief City Lord" Noo Li to make a timely move. Qinglong had already died in Huangquan, and this time, Qinglong's chest was close to the magic vortex at the tip of the woman's sword. If the woman really wanted to kill him, she wouldn't have time to rescue him.

The red light flashed, and a sharp bone spur flew under the green dragon's ribs and burrowed into the flowers behind it. Qinglong looked at the woman without changing his face. Qinglong walked slowly in front of her, leaned over and stretched out his hand to her, but the woman suddenly jumped up, knocked him back a few steps, and took advantage of his unsteady steps, wiped his tears and turned and rushed to the garden wall. Perform the levitation technique and fly out and disappear into the night.

Duke Hunter glanced in the direction in which the woman had disappeared. Silently walking towards the green dragon, he knew that the green dragon had time to shoot or wound her while she was performing the levitation technique, and the reason why he didn't do it was because he couldn't bear it. He walked up to Qinglong, silently glanced at the thoughtful expression on his face, followed his affectionate gaze to his trembling left hand on his chest, a string of silver bracelets glittering silver in his palm.

"She still hasn't forgotten me after all, just like I haven't forgotten her for a moment, is it a pain or a kind of luck to be an enemy of the person I once loved?" Qinglong's melancholy sigh made the duke raise his head unconsciously, and his gaze turned to the grass not far away, where the body of a man in black lay quietly, a white bone spur piercing his throat. "This is what she did for me before you came. Qinglong's eyes were fixed on the bone spike on the corpse, and his mixed voice sounded like a sigh, as if he was just stating what had happened.

"Duke!"

The hurried and uneasy call made Duke Hunter and Sgunelle Qinglong turn around in unison, and saw the Royal Paladin's deputy captain Feng Ling striding in front of the two, and the young knight had an anxious look on his face, as if he was impatient to reveal the news he had brought to the two.

"Just now, messengers from various races came to report that the fragments of the Cantel magic stone kept by the elves, dwarves, orcs and minotaurs have been snatched by unknown people!"

The afternoon sun shone on the Neal Forest, twenty kilometers away from the water city of Haiyinsturm, the royal city of mankind, but it could not penetrate the dense foliage, only a few rays of sunlight could squeeze in through the gaps in the canopy, casting the beam of light on the forest grass covered with thick fallen leaves, and the breeze blew through the green dragon's silver hair like snow.

"We are almost at the river Laner, and after crossing the river and heading west, there is a small border station of the kingdom where we can resupply, and then move on, and beyond that we will have the Kordo Mountains. Duke Hunter listened silently, bowing slightly, although Qinglong did not elaborate, but the Duke also knew how difficult and dangerous the highest mountain range on the continent was, but just like the Neil Forest they were in now, although it was full of dangers, it would take a few more days to bypass the forest and choose another way, time was pressing, and they had no choice.

"As for the stolen magic stones, I have asked my brother Billy Winmir to go to the 'City of Thieves' Del and contact Noo Li, relying on the great net of the Thieves' Guild, those guys don't want to escape from the palm of their hands. The rangers know our course of action, and as soon as there is news, they will find and inform us. "Qinglong is obviously confident in his plan, and he and the Duke now each have a fragment of the magic stone in their possession, in addition to the human one, there is also a piece donated by the Gray Elf King Gerros, which has not been taken away because Gerros is accustomed to carrying it with him.

The Duke did not doubt Qinglong's plan, he trusted Qinglong, because they had both fought side by side to establish the human kingdom, and they were friends with Ling Yue and Feng Ling. He is also very familiar with Noo Li and his world-famous thieves' guild. But reason told him that the Thieves' Guild alone was not reassuring, and he knew that they were facing a very good opponent, but now he had to lead the team to the Dragon's Cave and not waste time on guarding against their opponents.

"Qinglong, the Billy Winmir you just mentioned sounds familiar. It seems that the head of the Wyvern Knights under the tyrant Mondderek V was also named this way. Compared to the Duke's apprehensions, the High Priest of Lingyue, who was about his age, seemed more composed, and he had already made careful arrangements with the nine Royal Paladins - except for the vice-captain Feng Ling who accompanied the expedition - and the Holy Knights. With the close protection of the palace and the king, and the help of the rangers, he believed that he could be assured of safety.

It was he, who had been the right-hand man of Cayes, the second son of Mondrec V, and the sweetheart of Princess Lydis, but then he saw more and more the evil deeds of Mondrake V and Cayes, and became very dissatisfied with them. Eventually, he led the Knights of the Wyvern out of the control of Mondderek V, and he remains incognito, and is now a professional killer. ”

"It's a shame. I've heard his story a long time ago, but unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity to see him!" Feng Ling's metal boots stepped over the soft fallen leaves all over the ground, approached the three of them from behind, and interjected. In public. He was a subordinate of Ling Yue and the Duke. And in private, they're more of a friend and don't need to follow red tape.

"Don't worry, Kaede, you'll have a chance to see it!" Before the elf's words fell, a girl's exclamation suddenly came from behind him, and the four of them immediately realized the source of the voice - the only female member of the team, the elf's maiden magician Mu Xue Hongying. Her name is derived from a literal translation of the elven text, according to the elven king Tramis. Orphaned by the late High Priestess Ariel, the widow of the late Elven archwizard Charling, she was well bred and taught, making her the perfect candidate to join the expedition.

Just now, the elven girl was listening to the old dwarven blacksmith Alfrey tell all kinds of strange stories, this happy old man seemed to be very different from the other dwarves, extremely close to the elf girl, and the young elf girl was also unbiased, and the two soon became very close.

Mu Xue Hongying, who was indulging in Alfrey's magical story, suddenly felt something in the grass stumbling on her feet, and was suddenly dragged to the ground by a huge force, only to see a sticky and flexible spider silk wrapped around her white and delicate ankles, dragging her towards a giant spider half a meter long in the depths of the forest. Alfrey beside him was quick-eyed, grabbed Sakura's left hand, and pulled hard, the blacksmith master's strength was amazing, and even the spider pulled back, and the other dwarf miner Gole, who accompanied him, waved the huge battle axe in his hand and cut off the spider silk with an axe, and the spider lost its center of gravity and rolled back into the grass, staring at everyone menacingly.

"Damn!" The suddenly frightened elf girl got up from the ground with the help of the dwarven blacksmith, stared angrily at the spider staring at the grass in anger, waved the staff in her hand and sang loudly A powerful whirlwind blew the spider into the air, hitting the trunk of the tree hard, and the spider who fell down seemed to feel frightened, and turned around and fled into the depths of the jungle in a daze.

"Don't run!" Sakura chased after her.

"Come back, don't chase it!" the Duke shouted to stop, but the elven girl had disappeared into the forest without looking back.

"Duke, I'll chase her!" Feng Ling drew her sword to chase Sakura.

"Don't be in love, bring her back quickly!" Qinglong shouted as he looked at the back of Feng galloping away.

"Don't worry!"

Looking at Feng Ling's back and disappearing into the dense woods, Duke Hunter sighed secretly, although he was silent on the surface, but for Sakura, he was inevitably dissatisfied, such a major matter, how could the elf send a little girl who had not dried up? What is King Tramis's calculation, if it is said that he deliberately preserves his strength, the accompanying royal guard captain Gore is a character whose combat effectiveness is no less than that of the green dragon, such a combination of old and young, so that the duke always feels that there is some kind of mystery hidden in it.

On the other side of the jungle, Kaede tracked down the trampled weeds to the back of a bush, and he poked his head out to look out, stunned by what he saw.

"Almighty goddess, there is such a thing in the world!"

In the clearing of the forest, three huge spiders about one meter tall and two meters long surrounded the elf girl in the middle, their eight legs were more than two meters long, and the huge fangs in their mouths were dripping with green venom, and the little spider was gone. Although Mu Xue Hongying was young and did not have a lot of combat experience, she was isolated at this time, and she was a little frightened, but she was confident in her mastery of magic, so she secretly calmed down, put her staff across her chest, and prepared to meet the enemy.

"The Duke has always been suspicious of Sakura, so why don't I take the opportunity to see her strength, maybe this elf girl really has something special. Kaede clenched his sword and lurked in the grass, took off a golden iris shield with the sacred cross coat of arms from behind his back with his left hand, and watched nervously at the spider's movements, ready to help.

Seeing that the prey was ready to resist, the spiders approached the girl from three directions with their teeth and claws, Sakura tensed her nerves, beads of sweat slipped down her sideburns, dripping onto her white silk robe, and the wind flowing in the jungle blew her long silver hair unusually scattered, and a few strands of hair covered her face, but she didn't notice at all, just stared at the three monsters intently. Suddenly, the spider in front of the spider took the lead in attacking, it was huge, but the action was extremely agile, lightning rushed to Sakura, two front paws grabbed her fiercely, Sakura was not in a hurry, sacrificed a blue magic array, surging waves around her beautiful figure, Sakura staff fingered, a stream of water hit the spider's head, the powerful water brought a huge impact, the spider was defeated and retreated, "poof" lying on the ground, it turned out that the head had been shattered by a powerful impact!

"It's unbelievable, water has such an ability!" Kaede whispered in surprise.

The remaining two spiders saw that their companions were dead, and swarmed up from the left and right rear, the elf girl won the first battle, and her confidence doubled, and she calmly turned around and chanted a series of light and pleasant spells, and the two pounced on the giant spider beside her who was about to kill the killer, and suddenly gushed out two springs of water, and the crystal clear water droplets quickly condensed into ice as soon as they touched the spider's body, forming two ice sculptures with strange shapes.

Feng Ling, who had never seen elven magic, was full of amazement, and almost applauded with excitement. And the elf girl was obviously very satisfied with her work, she circled around the two spider "sculptures", and smiled on her face, knocking on this, touching that, and the previous nervousness was swept away.

Caught off guard, a huge spider web fell from the sky, enveloping Sakura in the web, her staff was entangled in a bundle of spider silk and snatched away, the panicked elf girl tried to cast a spell to break free from the spider web, but the spider silk that kept spraying on her body instead made her thicker and thicker, and soon lost her ability to resist. At this moment, a giant spider hung down from mid-air and landed next to Sakura, who was already powerless to struggle, and stabbed her shoulder with sharp fangs, Sakura let out a painful scream and passed out.

"Bastard!" The stunned Feng Ling finally came back to his senses, jumped out of the grass and landed in front of the spider, the shield in his left hand smashed heavily into the spider's head, the hard shield smashed the spider and staggered back a few steps, revealing huge fangs, and stabbed down at the rushing Feng, Feng raised the shield to block, and the sword in his right hand slashed down, the two fangs were cut off in unison, the venom was everywhere, Feng was full of anger, regardless of the splattered venom, he struggled to split the spider in half with a sword, and the green liquid splashed all over him. Kaede turned and rushed to Sakura, slashing the silk that wrapped her with her sword desperately, freeing her from the cocoon formed by the silk and placing her on the ground.

"Sakura, wake up!" The elf girl's face was purple, the wound was black, her body was cold, soft and lifeless, Kaede tried her breath with a trembling hand, and there was gas, he picked up her soft body in surprise, and did not forget to pick up her staff from the ground, and ran all the way to the direction where the team was, he knew that he couldn't save her with his own mana, only one person had a way.

No sooner had they left than a small spider crawled out of the grass and watched them go, spat out its fangs, which had not yet grown, and turned and ran towards the jungle behind. (To be continued......)