"Da-da, da-da", the sound of hurried horses' hooves resounded in the night sky, echoing in the wilderness near the capital of knowledge, five fast horses lined up, galloping along the road, under the white sky, each horse reflected a bright light, obviously the body has been soaked with sweat, the riders on the horses are also covered in dust, the gray face is painted with sweat one by one mud stains, but the riders on the horses do not care about these at all, everyone is very focused on controlling the horses, trying to maintain the same speed will not fall behind.

The five members of the adventure group borrowed five high-quality war horses from the mercenary union yesterday morning, and rushed all the way back to the capital of knowledge, in order to maintain the strength of the horses, they only rested for ten hours in total, and the rest of the time was on the road, and in two days, they finally rushed back to the capital of knowledge before the sun rose. In the early hours of the morning at the end of summer, the sky has turned white, and the brightness brought by it can already see the surrounding scenery clearly, and when you ride a horse and look forward, the huge buildings of the Holy Capital have appeared in everyone's field of vision, and you can vaguely distinguish the shape of the building. Each of the five riders turned off the crystal lantern on the lamp stand on the horse's back, slowed down the horse slightly, and allowed the horse to keep running slowly to regain his strength, and gradually approached the gate of the city of knowledge.

Since their adventures, the girls have seen various cities and towns, each with its own merits, but for the girls, there is no city that can compare to the beauty of the capital of knowledge, because everyone's home is here. No matter how beautiful and peculiar the place is, it can't compare to the allure brought by the word home, as long as it is close to home, no matter how tired the body will be naturally full of vitality, just want to be able to walk faster, can get home earlier, enjoy the familiar feeling and smell of home, and wash away the tiredness of the journey.

At night in the capital of knowledge, three of the four city gates connecting the inside and outside of the city are closed, only the south gate has been kept open, for pedestrians or goods to pass urgently at night, but in order to ensure the safety of the city, the night check is also more strict, at the wide city gate, there are always sixteen bronze steps of the city guard team members standing guard every night to prevent possible crises. There is also a reason for choosing this gate to stay open at night, the southern city is just the area where the adventurer's guild is located, except for the adventurers in the city, most of the middle and high-level adventure groups whose hometowns are not in the holy capital are stationed in the southern city, it can be said that the southern area represents the city's highest-end combat power, and even the headquarters of the city guard team is located here. Even if the city really encountered a crisis at night, and the southern gate was breached, the enemy would be hit head-on by the most powerful force of the guild, counting the hundreds of years since the Holy Capital was built, such an unthinkable enemy has only appeared twice, both of which were relatively powerful thieves at the time, and the first time they rushed into the city less than three hundred meters, they were surrounded by a group of adventurers who were woken up from their sleep, and were finally beaten to death by the angry adventurers. The second time was even more pitiful, as soon as they entered the gate, they met two legendary powerhouses who were walking on the street because they couldn't sleep, and then they were wiped out almost silently, and they didn't see the sun the next day without accident.

Even so, the guards at the city gate were still dedicated, and did not dare to relax their spirits for a moment, and would closely examine every armed team that entered the city in groups, but when the five men rode into the city, they did not stop at all, nor were they hindered in any way. These guards are not stupid, and as one of the few gold-level adventure groups, Nelly's adventure group is also one of the most famous adventure groups in the capital of knowledge, and it can be regarded as the one with the highest proportion of legendary-level adventurers. For the image of these top adventure groups, every member of the City Guard must keep in mind, those legendary professionals who are qualified to be called masters are always a little arrogant or eccentric, and they don't like to be disturbed, so whenever they encounter the current situation, automatic release is the best choice, in other words, it is impossible to stop them if they are really malicious anyway, it is better to save some effort.

Even if there is something urgent, you can't ride a horse on the city road, this is the most basic safety common sense, the five people put the horse more slowly, along the familiar street, quietly through the adventurer's paradise. In the early morning, there was silence in the adventurer's paradise, there was hardly a pedestrian to be seen on the street, even some of the shops catering to adventurers were closed, and not even a horse-drawn carriage carrying goods passed by. If you are in the free city, there are already mercenaries running in groups on the street at this time, but adventurers are different from mercenaries, the adventure groups that can be stationed in the Holy Capital team are at least middle and high-level teams, and there can be no too low-level weak people among the members, morning jogging is no longer meaningful to them, they need more to hone their combat skills and be familiar with each other, so even if they want to practice in the morning, they will do targeted exercises in the professional training ground like Catherine, and do not need to use running to improve their physical fitness like mercenaries。 Therefore, adventurers rarely come out in the early hours of the morning, and the shops dedicated to adventurers are naturally not stupid enough to prepare for the early opening and then waste a morning.

"Catherine. After slowing down, the five horses walked side by side on the spacious streets of the Holy Capital, and Pannis said: "Christo is older, and he doesn't like crowds very much, so you go home first, I haven't been back for so long, those two little undead and two sisters with too much thief smell may not cause much trouble, you go back early to solve the trouble, Freya and I will go directly to Christo, it won't take too long, and we will go back to meet you soon." ”

"It's fine. Catherine nodded, "But won't you be too hard?" And wouldn't it be rude to go to the master so early?"

"We're fine, as for the time......" Pannis looked up at the sky, "The city is so big, by the time we get there, it should be light." And the elderly sleep less, it doesn't matter. ”

"Alright then, let's go back first. Catherine thought for a moment and agreed, "We'll go back and make breakfast and wait for you to come back." ”

"Don't. Pannis and Freya stopped drinking at the same time: "We'll bring breakfast back when we go back, don't cook it yourself." ”

"You're going too far. Catherine glared and said angrily, "Especially you, Freya, you traitor, when Pannis didn't come, I didn't cook for you every day, but you betrayed me so quickly." ”

"Haha, haha, eldest sister, you misunderstood. Freya looked up at the sky, not daring to look Catherine's eyes: "Actually, I'm worried that you're too tired, so let's rest a little longer, hahaha." ”

"You two are really annoying. Catherine rolled her eyes and said, "Why is it that the relationship between the two of you is so good all of a sudden." ”

"Hey, hey. Freya and Pannis looked at each other and smiled, and waved their hands, "Let's go first, big sister, you want to go slowly." ”

Passing through the intersection of the adventure zone and the business district, there is a different scene in front of you. The clock had moved from early morning to early morning, and the other three gates were gradually opened. The streets are filled with early risers, and the number of horse-drawn freight wagons passing through the temple area is gradually increasing. There is actually an interesting phenomenon in the City of Knowledge, although theoretically the four gates can be used by pedestrians and trucks, people often choose the West Gate as the freight gate. If you think about it, it is not surprising that there are a large number of adventurers gathered in the southern adventure area, and it is also the military and political center of the city, and the small and medium-sized merchants are instinctively reluctant to approach there; the eastern mage area gathers a large number of mages, and the temper of the mages has always been the most unpredictable thing in the Yala continent, and the ranking is even higher than the psychology of women, and the small and medium-sized merchants with non-teacher backgrounds prefer to hide from them; as for the northern district, this kind of gathering place for artists who treat the day as a night, if anyone disturbs their rest by transporting goods, they may be drowned by the angry worshippers, and only the clergy have the best temper, naturally chose the temple area in the west as the main channel for freight.

"Recently, however, I heard from my father that we are discussing a new plan. Freya explained to Pannis: "There should be a side gate in the southeast and southwest directions of the business district, so that outsiders can enter the business district directly. ”

"It was proposed a hundred years ago. Pannis pouted and said: "But the city lord at that time asked the business federation to be responsible for the funds for urban renovation, but the stingy guys of the business federation were reluctant, so they kept dragging it, it seems that now both sides are a little unbearable, hehe, yes, whether it is the flow of people or goods, it is getting bigger and bigger, so it must be troublesome to go around." ”

"Well, my father quarreled with the president of the business association every day some time ago. Freya covered her mouth with some schadenfreude and smiled: "The two of them have been arguing for more than 20 years, and I often watched them quarrel in the study when I was only a few years old, so I guess I have already quarreled with each other." ”

"Hey, that's your father. Pannis squinted and said, "Is it really appropriate to laugh at him like that?"

"What's this? Freya spread her hands and said, "Anyway, I'm a bad girl with a false face, isn't that what I should do?" ”

"You guy. Pannis shook his head helplessly: "Don't make trouble, the road is not close, hurry up and find Christo, it is estimated that he has been waiting in a hurry for the past few days." ”

"Going to the teacher's house?" Freya asked, "Where is Cliff Street?"

"No, with little Carat, no, no, with Christo's character, he can't be at home after the news came out five days ago. Pannis, who knew Christo well, explained, "He must be in the Colossus' own dedicated research room area now, and he must have been eating and living there for the past few days." So go straight to the Tower of the Colossus, don't look anywhere else, let's go, let's go. (To be continued.) )