"Yes, that's it. The thinner Samoel nodded and replied: "Just two days ago, there was another tragedy in the border area between Farar and the Neutral Lands, this time four neighboring villages were slaughtered in a row, probably more than 800 ordinary people died, and no one in the four villages survived. ”

"All dead?" Catherine frowned and asked, "Are they exactly the same as the previous ones?"

"I don't know much about that. Samoel hesitated for a moment, but still shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it with my own eyes, I have heard from familiar friends." According to them, everyone was supposed to be lying in bed when they died, as if they had been killed in their sleep at night, and they all died in the same condition, all of them looked old and could barely move. ”

"Again. Catherine's hand unconsciously stroked the hilt of the knight's sword at her waist, and said in a distracted voice: "Have you changed to a neutral place this time? ”

"Strange, why didn't Freya hear this news in the morning?" Vivien didn't go into a state of distraction this time, and listened very carefully, so she could ask keenly, "Doesn't the Mage Guild know about this?"

"I guess the two of us came over faster. "Both of our territories are the smallest ones closest to the border, right next to Falar, and I just heard about it this morning," Samoel said. As for the internal teleportation channel of the lords of Bute, the degree should be the fastest, so we are probably in front of the Mage Guild News Network, I guess so, as for whether this is really the case, I don't know. ”

"That should be true. Vivian nodded in agreement: "I'll go to the guild early tomorrow morning to ask, there should be detailed information, but I don't know how detailed it is, by the way, this matter was born before yesterday?"

"Well, the night before yesterday. Samoel replied: "Then he was seen yesterday morning, and it is said that he is more timid." I was almost frightened crazy on the spot, and if I think about it, hundreds of people died of old age in bed together, and the scene was indeed too weird. ”

"And have you heard anything else about it?" Moore asked in a singing rhythm, "like the villages near the scene of the tragedy." Recently, there has been news of mages haunting, even if it's just a rumor that can't be determined whether it's true or not. ”

"I don't know. Samoel was still a little curious about the legendary elven chant in front of him. Elves in the Mage Nation are not very rare, after all, the forest mages of the elves are also one of the three major schools of mages, and now the connection between the mages of each school is getting closer and closer. The exchanges between each other are also becoming more and more frequent, and it is not particularly unusual to see elven mages in the country of mages, or human mages in the elven court. However, other elven professions are not common in the country of mages, due to geographical differences, elves who like trees and forests, and do not like the environment of meadows and shrubs on the plateau, let alone the relatively thin air on the plateau, so few elves will come to the country of mountains for no reason, let alone a chanter under the throne of Jeda, one of the elven gods. So it's no wonder that Samoel was curious. However, curiosity is curiosity, this gold-level mage lord did not show his curiosity, and still replied normally: "The time when the news came is too short, and we have a fixed itinerary, so it is not convenient to change, so there is not much time to collect relevant clues, and there is no time to verify even the authenticity of this news." ”

"Wow, it turned out to be unverified news. "Fat mage Jonas offended many of his peers in the first half of his life because of his impatient personality and poor sociability. So a few friends forbade him to speak out on such occasions, so in the conversation, he has been trying to act as a background, pretending that he is just a harmless piece of furniture. But now he couldn't help it. whispered angrily to his friend: "You actually used unverified news to deceive me, in case I believed it, and stupidly ran over to study, but now there is nothing to do, isn't it going to run in vain?"

"Shut up for me. Samoel glared at his friend fiercely, forcibly suppressing his complaints, regardless of the occasion or time. Turning his head and smiling bitterly, he said, "Masters, I'm really sorry, this friend of mine was a little rude when he was young. But rest assured, although I haven't verified the truth of the news, but the tragedy is indeed reliable, I can guarantee this, as for the specific number of deaths, the number of villages involved, and the time of birth, I can't be sure, after all, it has not been verified. ”

"I didn't get blown up. Jonas gritted his teeth and retorted, but he still had a little sense and did not argue with his friends on the spot. Catherine didn't put on some master's style, and she didn't reproach Jonas for being ignorant of the world, but covered her mouth and chuckled: "Since that's the case, then I won't disturb the interest of the two lords, tomorrow we will go to the Mage Guild to inquire about the specific news, thank you two for informing." Ah, by the way, I just said that I want to exchange information, but I don't know how much the two lords know about this matter, and what do you want to know, it doesn't matter, just ask, except for some things that need to be kept secret, we will try to answer. ”

In fact, this meeting, Catherine's heart felt very embarrassed, on the one hand, there were young legendary-level professionals who could be called masters, and on the other hand, there were older ordinary gold-level professionals, Catherine was very entangled in what posture she should use to face each other, if it was okay in other regions, she would stand in the perspective of young people, and communicate with a posture of respecting the elders but being equal, so that those elders who were older but less powerful would not be unhappy in their hearts. But here in the country of mages, Catherine knows very well that this country is a country controlled by mages, or more generally, it is the only country controlled by professionals and a very small number of ordinary scholars, such a country attaches great importance to strength and academic achievements, so in the country of mages, the level of respect of legendary professionals is much higher than that of gold level professionals, and the level of respect of gold level professionals is much higher than that of silver level professionals, and among professionals of the same level, the degree of respect of mages is the highest, and the rest of the professions can only be below mages。

In this way, most of the time, there will not be any wrong communication posture will lose the effect, after all, it is not on any occasion at any time, it will be the best choice to keep both parties equal, and sometimes it will make the other party feel flustered or even unhappy, resulting in bad results. Therefore, after Catherine was entangled, in the end, she could only use a slightly higher posture to deal with it according to Samoel's reaction, on the basis of maintaining enough politeness, as if the other party was the most accustomed to this posture and would not have too strong a sense of disobedience.

But the knight girl didn't know, the other party was actually very embarrassed in her heart, these two mage lords actually lived in their own world all the year round, rarely talked to strangers, and rarely came into contact with unfamiliar professionals, so they were not very accustomed to communicating with outsiders, this kind of people mostly appeared among some fanatical scholars and mages, they locked themselves in the laboratory almost every day, or studied academics, or studied magic models, and the people they saw in a year, maybe not as much as most people saw in a day, so that this kind of people and strangers came into contact with it, it was simply a kind of torture。 Fortunately, Samoel was slightly better than Jonas, not too out of shape, but after a short conversation, he also felt that he had reached the limit, and his heart was fully looking forward to the departure of these strange masters in front of him, and then he heard that Catherine had the intention of ending the conversation, and he didn't care about the curiosity of his friend Jonas, and said quickly: "Well, no, no, we are just curious, there is nothing to really want to know, and we will not waste the precious time of the masters." The masters must have important things to discuss, and it just so happens that we have other things to do, so we will take our leave in a faux manner, hoping that the masters can have a pleasant evening, and I also wish the masters to hear the news they want tomorrow. ”

"Well, two gentlemen. Catherine smiled bitterly, knowing that the appearance of her group still affected the other party, so she could only say apologetically: "I'm really sorry, it seems that our arrival still disturbed the original interest of the two mage gentlemen, and I hope they can forgive us for our recklessness." ”

"No, no, no, we really have something else. Samoel secretly kicked his old friend: "Yes, we still have to go to see Derrick, it's too late to leave now." ”

"Ahh A dazed Jonas finally came to his senses at Samoel's cannibalistic gaze, and said, "That's right, we're going to see Derrick, it's a very important thing." Well, but isn't Derrick still on his floating island, and he's coming along?"

"If you don't shut up, I'll help you freeze them. Samoel almost wanted to strangle his companion, although Jonnas's voice was a whisper, but he didn't think that a few legendary masters would not hear it, but at this time there was no other way, he could only pretend that others did not hear, and said with a dry smile: "That's it, we still have to go to meet with friends, and it is almost the appointed time, so it is not a problem of several masters." ”

"Okay, I see. Catherine smiled helplessly and said, "Then don't trouble the two gentlemen, I hope you two can have a good mood tonight, good night." (To be continued.) )