Chapter Twenty-Three: Rescuing Sarah
Ron stood in front of the corpse and picked up the Abyss Diamond, Norma watched his movements, and for some reason, asked:
"He's dead?"
"No, I just ran away, but I couldn't make any big waves. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ Info" Ron said, green fire wrapped around the abyssal diamond, and after a while, there was a strange rune on it, he put away his things, looked in a certain direction, snorted, and returned to his original position.
"Ron, I'm thinking, since there is such a character in the team, why don't you just do it to those two and let us find him all the way? On the way back, Norma asked him, and Ron said that he didn't know, Norma was not wrong at all, if the other party did it, he was afraid that his side would lose a lot, but the best opportunity was wasted by them, which is indeed a puzzling place. But since the other party gave him a chance, then there was no need to think about it.
The two people who returned to the team officially set foot on the plateau under the leadership of the large army, as long as they passed through this plateau, they could reach the destination this time, and according to the clues given by the two people, they learned that their team had come to the city-state and was settling in a tavern, Ron's face showed a relaxed attitude, thinking that the other party might not arrive at the city-state so quickly, but now hearing such news, it is indeed good news.
"Your Excellency. The man with the vital magic guide suddenly walked up to Ron, and he looked at him in surprise, not knowing what he had come for here.
"My lord, there is something I think I need to tell you. The man struggled for a while, but finally made up his mind, and then told Ron what he wanted to say.
"We found two very different codes at the fork in the road. These are all secret messages left by our team, so I would like to inform you about the previous communication. The man said this, but Ron frowned deeply, and he stood up from his position, looking into the man's eyes, as if trying to find a trace in his gaze.
"In that case, take me to see your cipher location. Ron asked him to lead the way, and in a few moments he came to a fork in the road. One leads to the city-state, and the other spirals upward, and when you look closely, it looks like a small dirt slope. The location of the cipher was in two places, one along the main road to the city-state, and the other leading to the small dirt slope. The strange thing is that the code leading to the city-state is a very dangerous warning sign according to the other party, and the side of the small dirt slope shows that everything is safe.
"If it's an attack, then it's normal to turn to the small dirt slope and carve a warning, why is it the other way around?" the two men said confusedly. This is also the confusion that arises after seeing such a sign and receiving the information that it is safe to reach the city-state.
"The scene was clean, there was no backtracking magic to tell what was going on, but I had a little idea. Ron touched his chin, "Your team has been attacked. And it was very difficult to escape to this side along the way. He pointed to the small dirt slope ahead.
"Do you have any peak magicians in your ranks?" he asked again, the two of them shaking their heads, Ron's brow furrowing, "Gather everyone, we need to discuss the next move." β
Following his order, everyone who had been cursed by the dragon clan reluctantly came to Ron's side, and the boss of the team also came over, he didn't understand, he was about to reach his destination, why he had to gather everyone to discuss the so-called route.
"Now that we've arrived, I'll explain the current situation. Ron took out the map of the neighborhood and showed it to everyone, making a few circles of his own and placing them where they were standing now, "Those cursed by the dragons can follow this continent all the way to the city-state, and if they are not ambushed by dragons on the way, they will be safe when they reach the city-state soon." He divided a circle and arranged it on the main road, and he asked Norma to take out some golden shells and put them in front of the people.
"This money is what I paid for the publisher of this mission, and I hope you will leave my team. This is compensation for breach of contract. Ron's gaze fell on these dragon-cursed creatures, and his tone was unmistakable.
"Why!" someone threw Ron's golden shell to the ground, looking at Ron angrily.
"It's very simple, in order not to drag us down, you are useless. Ron's tone was calm, and the summoned creatures of the night had already appeared beside the group, "If you don't want to die now, take your Jinbei and leave, now, immediately, immediately!"
"Damn bastards. Frightened by the threat of the summoned creatures, the group could only accept Ron's suggestion, silently picked up the golden shell on the ground, left the team, and headed towards the city-state in front. There are also speculators who want to leave and turn back, but they find that there is no trace of those people around.
"The people here below are all people who can keep their hearts without being cursed. You've heard about us, boss, and if you feel in danger, take those here who don't want to leave with us, and enter the city-state along this path after we've completely disappeared from your sight. β
"Small road, why take the small road, if you are on the mainland, there is no danger, right?" Immediately, an adventurer jumped out of the group.
"If you don't want to be torn apart by a bunch of angry dragons, try taking the big road. Ron rolled his eyes, there were still some idiots in the team who didn't understand why he let that group of people go first, not to mention whether there was an ambush ahead, those people under the curse of the light dragon couldn't bear the dragon's wrath, if they continued to let them follow, their team was afraid that it would be completely wiped out. Letting them all go at the moment is undoubtedly playing the role of cannon fodder. At the same time, if the dragon and the ambusher were to face each other, it would be better for his next plan.
The man who spoke choked and was embarrassed to speak, so he could only fall back into his place and wait for Ron's next arrangement.
"There are so many things happening right now, and the mission completion rate of Crystal Town has dropped so much, there are some reasons for our people, but the things in it can't be revealed to everyone, for everyone's safety, we have to change direction. Ron divided the other part of the map into a circle representing his team, "The rest of you can choose to follow us, or you can stay here and wait for us to leave once and then follow the path into the city-state." β
The atmosphere calmed down for a moment, and after a while, a few people retreated and separated from Ron. To these people, Ron gave them a few golden shells and a puppet for the dead, and then stopped talking.
"Then the rest of you, it is necessary to tell you about the situation. The opponents are the same as the people we met before, and in the event of a battle, the proceeds of each battle will be yours, and we will do everything in our power to keep you safe. Ron explained the distribution of benefits and security issues, his eyes fell on the task publisher, and he said with some emotion, "Dear sir, I didn't expect you to choose us in the end." β
"So which team did you want me to choose?" the boss smiled wryly, and Ron pointed at himself, who was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.
The whole team was divided into several parts at once, and according to Ron's request, the people who stayed behind acted according to what Ron had said before in the following time.
Ron and the others who were heading towards the small dirt slope did not find any codes along the way, the faces of the two people in front of them were already serious, according to reason, if this place is really not dangerous, then according to their previous agreement, there will be codes at intervals, in the previous process, there are codes along the way, but there are changes at the fork in the road before, and now everyone follows the signs of safe march to this place, but there are no marks along the way, which means that this is not the place they reachedγ But if that's the case, then how did Ron ask everyone to go this way?
"If I'm not mistaken, this is the place of siege. Ron pointed at a nearby tree, and countless dust scattered down, and everyone looked at each other for unknown reasons, feeling the magic remaining in the air.
"Evacuated some kind of magic element?" Norma was the first to react, now she was no less than Ron in terms of combat power, and she was able to see the difference thanks to her years of healing various injuries and diseases, and she was very clear about the missing magic element.
"It's an element of the fire attribute. Ron walked all the way, and the solemnity on his face became more and more obvious with each place, and he stood in a wasteland in the woods, "It's a terrible battle, and you really don't have a peak magician in your team?" Ron asked.
The two shook their heads, indicating that the strongest person in their team was only the captain, but it was much worse than Ron and his group.
"Isn't that weird?" Ron set his eyes on Maggie, "How strong is your brother?"
"If it's my younger brother, it's impossible, when I leave the team to perform a mission, my strength should be at the 'extreme' realm, if I can improve so much strength in less than half a month, it's too exaggerated. β
"Could it be a battle between the Monster and the Pinnacle Magus?" Norma asked, "And, Ron, are you really sure the other side is going in this direction? β
"If I wasn't sure, I'm pretty sure now that they're following the trail and leaving marks along the way. A green fire appeared in Ron's hand in the eyes of everyone, in an environment without fire attribute elements, he was able to use fire attribute magic, and with his flame, the magic array that appeared around appeared in this place.
"This is?!" The eyes of the two who were still seeing the code without the code widened at this time, and the code that appeared in their eyes along the way, a sense of fear arose, each of which was a sign of danger, if it wasn't for Ron appearing here, they didn't know that their team members were already in danger at this time.
"Which one of the magicians in your team is a flame element?" Ron asked seriously, "Night, summon a creature that can evade the perception of others and see what's going on ahead?"
"My lord, our teammates, will it be?" the two asked uncertainly.
"No, not yet. Ron explained, "The other party doesn't dare to rush, because there must be an extremely powerful peak mage in your team, otherwise the battle will definitely not be like this." Is there such a fire-type mage in your team?"
"Fire attribute?!" the two looked at each other and shook their heads, "If anything, it seems that there is only the eldest lady among us, who is said to be from the green city-state, and our captain at that time saw that the other party was dirty and exhausted, so he gave a meal, and then this lady stayed in our team in order to repay our captain, always cleaning and tidying up for us, as a very friendly lady as a logistician." When we first saw each other's fire attribute magic, it was still in a mission, and in the end, when we all thought we were going to die, a flame shot out from behind us, we didn't care at first, and now if you mention it, the only thing I can think of is that lady. β
"Really?" Ron didn't even think about who this lady was, a peak magician must have her thoughts when she could appear here, and wait until he met the other person. But the next moment, the news came from the night that made Ron and Norma stunned at the same time.
"Ron, it's the flames, the flames in the sky, there are people fighting in front of them, fluctuating according to the magic. Like, it seems to be Dean Sarah. β
"What? Dean Sarah, the long-lost Dean Sarah. Norma, you're in charge of looking after them, and Night, you're in charge of defense. I'll come when I go. β
"Ron, be careful. "Norma knows what Salo represents to Ron and Crothea, although no one said anything before, and acquiesced to the rules of the upper level, but if he really found Dean Salo, he and she couldn't easily let each other leave.
Ron's body did not fully recover, but it did not prevent him from using it again and again, and the "burst" speed after using it again and again reached an unprecedented limit, and it didn't take long for him to come to the place where the flames were burning.
Yes, the flames all over the mountains, if it weren't for the special enchantment to block it, this sky-high firelight would definitely be able to attract countless attention, Ron stood in front of the flames, stretched out his fist wrapped in blood, and squeezed into the enchantment little by little, the temperature in the space quickly made Ron's forehead sweat, he felt the magic fluctuations in it, looking for the lady with a poisonous tongue but a very kind face. He spotted a direction and rushed out.
As he ran, a terrifying magic that made his heart palpitate suddenly appeared throughout the barrier.
"Who!" exclaimed someone, this berserk magic was an oppression to everyone, especially the enemy who was in the middle of it.
"Dead people don't have the right to know my name! you bastard!" Ron clenched his fist and landed heavily on a man's face, slamming the other man's facial features together, and knocking the person away for a long distance, the power of the punch was terrifying.
Ron stood in front of Sarah, shook his fist, turned around slowly, looked at Sarah's stunned face, and said with a grin:
"Yo, isn't this my Dean Sharo, why are you so embarrassed?"
"Are you?" Sallo didn't seem to recognize Ron, but felt that the person in front of her was somewhat familiar, and the teasing tone didn't make her angry.
"Let's talk about the old things later, just let the students clean up the guy in front of you for you. Ron turned, stomped under his feet, and swept towards the most powerful sorcerer among them.