Lear and his party had been in the Forest of No Return for a month, and under the guidance of the Wood Elf Ivo, they had avoided most of the danger - don't think that there would be no danger in the lush woods, and the ferocious serpents and trunk-turned treant scouts lurking in the jungle could kill a traveler who let his guard down at any moment.

Because Lear's party was not recognized by the foresters, they had to bypass the marked territory and navigate the thick, narrow forest paths.

This process would continue until they entered Hammondal's first forest-walled spa city, and were welcomed by the city's native inhabitants.

During his travels, Lear had seen the stables where the centaur warriors lived, climbed to the top of the trees with Ivo, and saw the rows of forest dwarf huts, but not the elves' dwellings, which according to Ivo said, lived deeper in the trees, the taller Dryad's Gate and the mysterious Unicorn Forest were all in the center deeper than the elves' dwellings, and the Pegasus-infested Fountain and the Dragon's Cliff were very far away.

"How far are we from the city of hot springs?"

Lear asked the wood elf jumping between the trees in front of him, with a slight tug-under the horse's belly.

"If nothing else, we'll be able to see the spire of the Hot Springs in three days' time, and hopefully the Elasian army hasn't advanced there yet. ”

Ivo paused on a thick treetop and replied worriedly.

"If that's the case, it seems like a good option to join Erathia's army directly. ”

Lear tells a bad joke, but no one responds to him.

Slightly awkward.

"Stop!"

A strange group of warriors with human upper bodies and lower bodies of horses rushed out of the woods with spears in hand and surrounded them, and at the very end of the road, a tall warrior with a white horse body slowly paced into the sight of Lear and the others, holding a long spear in his hand, looking like the leader of this group of creatures.

Centaur Captain.

Lear raised an eyebrow, he knew the creature.

"Who are you, and why did you enter the territory of the forest dwellers?"

The reason why he didn't attack in the first place was because he didn't see the signs of the Erathian army in these people, and in addition to the wood elves in the trees as guides, the sharp short axes in the hands of the orcs also put a lot of pressure on him.

The elves would never betray the forest and Lady Fortune, and he tried to convince himself that he could not say that he was not brave enough because he was afraid of the force of the other party.

"Friends from Sarabuto, we hope to enter the city of hot springs and contribute to your defense against the invasion of Erathia. ”

Lear replied earnestly that he would not normally smile in such formal diplomacy or in situations that could easily lead to misunderstandings.

"Lie!"

Hearing Lear say that he was from Sarabuto, the centaur leader immediately became furious.

"The entire Forest of No Return knows that those people of the Kingdom of Dimon have rejected our request for help, and they are now fighting fiercely with the Erathians and even colluding with them, wanting to invade our territory from the east and west, how can you have the face to say that you are from there?"

He pointed the spear in his hand at Lear's face, as if he was about to launch a surprise attack in the next second.

"Just because we're from Sarabuto doesn't mean we're Sarabuto, but isn't everyone in the spa city from the Forest of No Return?"

Lear asked rhetorically without haste, and from the effect, it was clear that his question had stumped the other party.

After a while, the centaur leader lowered his spear, but still did not give way.

"What do you use to prove that you are not a spy sent by the Dimons, if you can't, I must collect your weapons, and if you resist, then we will show you the courage of the warriors of the Forest of No Return. ”

"I can't prove it, but I think my elven companion is the best proof that the Wood Elves and the Druid will never betray Lady Luck, isn't that enough?"

Lear tried to make himself look calmer, in fact he was a little impatient, and if the other party was a druid or a patrol hero, then he would be patient to talk to them anyway.

But for the weakest class in this kind of barrier, even if he is a centaur leader, Lear feels that he has wasted too much tongue, because no matter how much he talks to the other party here, if he meets someone who can really talk on the road or after entering the hot spring city, he will have to repeat it all.

It's a lot of trouble.

"In normal times, it would be enough to have elves to lead the way, but this is a time of war, and although the druids and patrol heroes have kept the war on the borders of Lucky City, we must also be wary of enemy infiltration in the rear, so if you can't prove yourself, you will have to be rude to you first. ”

What the centaur captain said was categorical, and he really wanted to throw a magic arrow on the other party's head, but he couldn't refute what people said, so he could only hum very arrogantly and then look up at the sky, looking like 'Lao Tzu doesn't want to deal with you at all'.

It's impossible to go, if you really want to go from here, do you want to join Erathia's army as you just said?

As for the start of the fight, it is even more non-existent.

So the two sides fell into a strange stalemate, Lear couldn't prove his origin, but he didn't attack or flee, and the centaur leader could only surround Lear and the others after carefully measuring the difference in strength between the enemy and us.

Although by now he was almost certain that Lear had no malicious intentions - otherwise, if he directly launched a surprise attack with the deployment of these people on the other side, his side would fall half in an instant.

But where his duty lies, coupled with the fact that the words in the scene just now have been released, if the young man on the opposite side doesn't give him the steps, he will definitely not be able to get off the stage if he retreats first in front of so many clansmen.

But after the man snorted, he kept looking up at the sky, as if there was a dragon flying in the sky.

Let's consume it.

"Mr. Captain, could you please send someone to inform your druids, or the person in charge stationed in the Hot Springs City, that you can tell him that there are two magicians from Sarabuto who want to help the elves, and that we can wait here if they wish, or we can go back the way we came. ”

Eventually, Adela couldn't take it anymore, and she rode out of the group and said to the centaur leader.

"You say you're magicians?"

The centaur leader asked in surprise, because there were too many people on the other side, he had not paid close attention to the accessories on the other party's body, and after Adela reminded him, he found that sure enough, the lady's left chest was suspended with a brass mage badge, and the tsundere boy pointed to the two bars on his chest exaggeratedly, and then raised his nostrils higher.

"I'm sorry, I'm going to send someone to inform the druids. ”

The centaur captain put away his weapon and said softly to Adela, and two leggs galloped away from the warrior ranks.

After knowing the identity of the other party, the centaur captain was even less suspicious, because he knew that human mages were as precious as druids in the forest, at least he had not heard of a country rich enough to drive two mages to become spies.

And I heard that there is an organization called the Mage Association in the human world, this organization is not like the kingdom regime, but it has a power comparable to the kingdom regime, and it is this power that ensures that every mage is a maverick existence outside the whirlpool of power, and they are not driven by anyone unless they are voluntary.

The most important point is that he has thoroughly understood that he can still stand here alive, then it is already the other party's show of goodwill to the greatest extent, otherwise even if he is a very famous warrior in the tribe, he is still so vulnerable when facing a magician.

So he gave Adela a gentle smile and moved out of the way, and waited quietly for the druids to arrive.

Occasional winds blow through the woods.

Slightly sweet.

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