When the dust settled, the chest regained visibility in the eyes of the people around it, and the stone statue containing the huge box had disappeared, and in its place was an old female dwarf. The dwarf's hair and beard were white, his skin was wrinkled, his body was covered with fine stone chips and dust, and even his loose clothes had accumulated a lot, and the old dwarf still lay motionless in the box with his eyes closed, as if he had fallen asleep.

"No wonder Barto, you don't know how to wake up a target from a petrified state. Pannis nodded thoughtfully and said, "It seems that after self-petrification, as long as the body returns to a certain state, the petrification will be automatically lifted, which is worthy of the strongest talent for self-protection." ”

"Wake up. Catherine, who had been staring at the old dwarf, noticed that her fingers suddenly twitched as she lay in the box, her chest gradually began to rise and fall, and her closed eyes and eyelids began to tremble slightly. Catherine thought for a moment and said to Barto, "Let's leave first, you can explain, we will wait for you in your tent." ”

"Thank you so much. Barto bowed solemnly to the five people and said sincerely: "I apologize again for the rudeness yesterday and this morning, and no matter what you ask for in the future, as long as I can do it, I will do my best to assist and never shirk." ”

"Needless to say, it's not a very strenuous thing for us, and you don't have to be too grateful. Catherine waved her hand indifferently: "We help you, also for part of the commission, as long as you remember to go to the adventurer's guild to make up a commission at the end, and settle the commission fee by the way." By the way, there are also the conditions that the dwarves of the hills promised us on behalf of the dwarves, don't forget, we really need some help from the dwarves when we come to the country of mountains this time. Explain to Councillor Serra yourself, let's go to your tent first, hey, Lina's now not the time for you to be curious, and Vivien, stop researching, let's go. ”

Catherine dragged the two teenage girls away by the collar, and Pannis and Freya looked at each other, ignoring the girls' protests and cries for help, and walked out.

"Their tents are huge, too. Before she could enter the tent, Freya whispered. Different from the tents of the adventuring group, the tents where the dwarves live, it is obvious from the visual effect that they are not the same style as the tents of the nomadic tribes, and the dwarves should use a huge traveling tent that they carry themselves, the huge tent is enough to make it easy for ten people to live inside, and there is enough space left for a lot of items: "I remember that there is such a similar tent at home, but it has never been used, it may have been left by my father when he was on adventures before." When I was a child, I begged my father to set up a tent in the yard, and at that time I liked to stay in it, fantasizing about trying the life of an adventurer in the future. Think about it, the environment is full of dangers, life is full of excitement, and this tent, like a peaceful haven in a rainstorm, makes people feel safe. Whenever I return to the tent after a bloody battle, sit side by side with my beloved at the door and look up at the stars in the sky, as if the danger of the outside world is far away in another world, and the original world is only us, well, what a romantic life. ”

Since Vivien was forcibly taken away by Catherine by the collar, no one stopped Freya from expressing her feelings, which made her fortunate enough to be able to sigh completely, and Pannis followed aside, and said with a wry smile: "It stands to reason that in this kind of imagination, shouldn't this safe space be as small as possible? ”

Freya was silent for a moment, rolled her eyes and said, "In my perception when I was a child, this was the smallest living space, and at that time, I had never lived in a smaller house, and I couldn't understand that people could live in a smaller space. ”

In an instant, Catherine's knife-like eyes were already pierced in Freya's face, and she gritted her teeth and said viciously: "Have you two talked enough, talk enough, hurry up and enter the tent with me." ”

"Well, the eldest sister is jealous. Freya covered her mouth and snickered, pushed Pannis's back and said with a smile: "It's all because you've been dragging behind, and you still have to chat, you see, make the eldest sister angry, don't leave quickly." ”

"Hey. Pannis protested, and was wheeled into the dwarven tent. The space in the tent is relatively large, but there are many boxes stacked, making the tent look full, all the boxes have been opened, many of the contents of the boxes are scattered outside, at a glance are a pile of strange ores of different sizes, many of the ores originally contained in more than twenty large boxes are mixed together on the ground, and the dwarf Bren is carefully sorting and putting these ores back where they should be. Hearing the footsteps at the door, Brun raised his head from his work, just met Catherine's gaze, Catherine waved her hand and said: "Barto will come back in a while, we wanted to come here to wait for him first, but it is not convenient to see your situation here, so let's tell him when Barto comes back later, we will go back to our tent and wait, and when he has time, he will go to my side to find us, and we will talk in detail when there is anything." ”

As soon as she returned to her tent, Lina seemed to have put down her burden, and the contradictory temperament that mixed rudeness and nobility that had been revealed in her body disappeared instantly, and she broke free of Catherine's clamps like a child, ran to her bed in a few steps and threw herself on the bed, rubbed her face with a pillow, and said happily: "I'm so tired of casting spells, I want to sleep for a while, don't disturb me." ”

"Hey, don't fool around. Catherine chased after her: "You've wanted to lie in bed since the morning, and now you've finally found a chance, right, don't sleep, there will be guests coming later, get me up." ”

"Don't. Lina rolled into a flat bed, covered her face with a pillow, and said vaguely: "I didn't sleep well last night, I heard someone sneaking out of the tent in a daze at the door, staring at him strangely for half a night, and now I'm really sleepy, I'll sleep for a while." ”

Catherine chased after the bed, trying to reach out and pull her up, but the outstretched hand hesitated in the air for a moment, and finally fell on the silver hair that had become messy again on top of her head, rubbed it gently, sat down on the edge of the bed, and said, "Then lie down and sleep." But that's right, looking at the current situation today, it's not necessarily when you can set off, just lie in bed. ”

"Hee-hee, eldest sister is so nice. Lina suddenly sat up from the bed, hugged Catherine's neck from behind, leaned into her face and kissed her hard, and said with a smile: "I know that the eldest sister feels most sorry for us, then I will continue to sleep." ”

"Hush. Catherine slapped Lina a few times on the buttocks of Lina, who was lying down and pretending to be asleep, got up and said, "Vivien, do you need to lie down for a while to recuperate?"

"Sister, I'm really not going to die soon. Vivien no longer shy away from mentioning her physical state, and said with a smile: "That kind of poor breathing situation occurs without warning or reason, and it will not change because of my activity or rest." So you really don't have to be so nervous, otherwise wouldn't it be easier for me to sleep in the basement of my home?"

"Hmm......" Catherine also found that she was a little overly nervous, and scratched her head in embarrassment: "Then whatever you want." And Pennis and Freya, do you want to, no, you better forget it, don't rest. ”

"Hey. Pannis raised an eyebrow and said, "I'm the one who deserves the most rest, I didn't sleep all night last night." ”

"You two accompany me to receive guests, I expect they will come soon, but I am not familiar with dwarves, and sometimes I may need your cooperation. Catherine made an arrogant look: "No protests. ”

"Yes, my knight. Pannis replied weakly, slumped down on the chair beside him, grabbed the wild fruit on the low table and stuffed it into his mouth, and gnawed it like an angry one. Sure enough, as Catherine had expected, it didn't take long for the footsteps of the three dwarves to appear outside the tent. Under Catherine's forced gaze, Pannis lazily stood up, and the four of them went out together.

As soon as he lifted the curtain of the tent, he saw three dwarves waiting outside the door, except for Bato, the other dwarf had white hair and white beard, and carried a solid wooden cane in his hand, and the crutches also exuded magical fluctuations, which seemed to be more appropriate than a cane. Barto and Brun respectfully followed behind the old dwarf without saying a word, and their eyes patrolled around vigilantly, guarding the old dwarf's safety at all times.

"Councillor Serra?" said Catherine, with a courtesy smile, "Congratulations on your recovery, your two bodyguards are already dying. By the way, please come in, let's talk about something in the tent. ”

"You're welcome. Serra spoke in the same deep, nasal voice characteristic of a dwarf, and her voice was deep and old, but although she was on crutches, her steps were steady. Serra walked into the tent and was stunned for a moment when she saw Lina on the bed, Catherine explained with a smile: "That's Lina, the priest of the Earth Goddess, she was a little tired from casting spells before, so she is resting now. Let's ignore her, please sit here. ”

"That's a shame. Serra nodded and said, "This priest must have healed me, and I would have liked to thank her in person." ”

"Don't be so polite. Catherine asked Serra to sit down, and Barto and Brun consciously did not follow, but cautiously stood guard at the door of the tent. Catherine smiled and said, "Lina, she is also the responsibility of a priest of the God of Love, and we are adventurers, since we have accepted the commission, we will try our best to complete the task, and your treatment of Councillor Sierra is only part of the mission, and we should do it, so there is no need to thank you at all." ”

Serra smiled, not taking Catherine's words seriously, her gaze brushing over everyone's faces, and as she passed by Pannis's face, she suddenly froze, as if she remembered something from the depths of her memory. (To be continued.) )