The two hundred gold Glen Solon coins in Kah'an's purse shone golden on the table.

"And, this. ”

I opened the pouch I was carrying, carefully took out a purple magic crystal and placed it on the table in front of me.

Whether it's used to craft weapons and armor or as a chanting array, this stone can be used to store a lot of magical power.

"I've been bothering you!"

Under Uncle Victor's astonished gaze, I bowed deeply.

"No, no, the rewards are too rich," he said as soon as he came back to his senses. In the end, because I kept asking, he reluctantly accepted.

"It's still good, young man. ”

"I'm very optimistic about you!"

Victor walked up to me and patted me on the shoulder. It's still just as powerful.

"Mr. Victor, too, must live peacefully and happily!" I said to him with a relaxed smile.

Walking outside, you will be greeted by the morning sea breeze. Karan and Charlotte were waiting in the shade of the tree in front of the store. When they saw me come out of the door, they both stood up.

Karan is completely like a gentleman's son. A purple coat with gilded trim is lined with a white shirt that is slightly turned outward. Handsome facial features are angular in the sun.

- Is this guy a traveling painter?

I said secretly in my heart.

Charlotte was wearing a small beret and her long chestnut hair draped behind her. Under the brown pleated skirt, the white stockings are tied with cute bows, and the miracle stone falls just below the collarbone, exuding an elegant yet cute beauty.

――“......。 You two....... That's an exaggeration."

I said with some distress.

- "What's wrong?!Alan, isn't this the time to show off my Kahran's charm?!"

Kahlan replied smugly.

"Or—is it a little upset to see that your companions are so attractive?" he said suddenly into my ear.

...... This way of speaking, you should use it for the girls who were obsessed with you before............

"Mr. Victor, there will be a meeting later!"

Walking down the winding path, I solemnly turned around and waved my final goodbye to Victor.

"Oh!!!I hear you!" said Uncle Victor's magnetic voice from afar.

The warm sunlight blurred the edges and corners of the rocks in the distance. The sea beneath your feet is slowly playing a bright melody.

――――"Alan!!"

――――"Go into the distance, go forward!"

His voice trembled a little.

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After stepping out of the gates of Casadis, I, Karan, and Charlotte followed the long path with ease towards the north, and at this pace, it would take about a day or so to reach the city of Glen Solern.

Patches of woods are on the west side of the road, while coastal cliffs are on the east side.

Kahlan's purse rattled along the path, and it was particularly harsh.

There were fewer and fewer trees in front of them, and bright red danced on the trees. I looked at it and found a grove of apples......

Calan, who was beside her, and Charlotte also discovered all this. Kahlan ran straight for one of the largest trees. Fresh, pale red fruit hangs all over the canopy, and a few fennel plants grow next to the roots.

Charlotte and I slowly came to the bottom of the tree, only to realize that the tree was unusually tall. Ah, an apple tree overgrown with the supply of magic. Is there any source of magic around here...... This question welled up in my mind.

Kahlan leaped, but his fingers didn't touch a leaf. An unhappy sound came from the mouth.

I took out an iron grappling hook with a soft rope from my bag, flipped it twice, and threw it straight onto the nearest branch, then jerked it hard. The junction between the fruit and the branch actually burst out with blue lightning.

"Boom!" the fruit of the magic tree slammed to the ground.

"Ah, it fell!"

I picked up the apple, only to find that its skin was covered with filiform crystals of magical power, which connected straight to the stem of the fruit. Blue juice slowly flowed out of the crack that had just been cracked.

――I can't eat it.

"Hush. ”

Kahlan frowned, muttered a few words, picked up a stone on the side of the road, and his arm suddenly began to glow.

Under Charlotte's curious gaze.

- "Bang"

Stones thrown at high speed in an instant make a sound that crashes through the air. It smashed straight through the dense canopy not far overhead. After that, he didn't slow down and flew towards the distant sky.

- I hope no one happens to be there ....... I sighed.

"Knock knock" Countless fruits landed.

- "How's that?

Karan's voice came from the left.

You .......

It was already afternoon, and golden daylight was shining on the land of Francis from the western sky.

There was a bridge in front of me, but the sight that caught my eye was secretly strange to me. The bowl-thick iron ropes on the bridge seemed to have been torn by something, and the hanging boards that were broken into two sections hung on both sides. The rushing water rushes from below the cliff to the sea to the east.

-- The only way to the capital has been cut off.

I looked at the stretching ridge to the west and thought to myself.

If you can't cross the bridge, you can only climb the rock wall? ？

- Karan's expression was extremely serious at this time, and his calm gaze quietly shot out.

---Sure enough, he noticed it too.

-- Ever since I was just now, I had a feeling of being stared at by something.

I looked around, and suddenly my eyes caught something behind the rocks not far to the left.

I don't know what a corner is peeking out.

It was metallic and reflected in the sunlight.

Sure enough, there was something hidden there.

I quietly gestured to Kahlan beside me, motioning for him not to stay away from Charlotte. At the same time, he smiled at the girl.

The scenery around me was rapidly receding, and I lowered my body and moved quickly and without making a sound towards the unknown rock.

- It's close!

The metal object on the stone moved slightly to the right.

The next moment, I quickly flashed out from the left side of the rock, and two scarred men were crouching there with broadaxes in hand, looking at Karan and Charlotte in the distance. When he suddenly saw my appearance, he was surprised to stay where he was.

"Whoosh!!"

The bright tomahawk slashed at me with a stream of air. I jerked forward and dodged the bulky first blow.

"Sure enough, we still encountered thieves. I whispered as I kicked the body of the man rushing from the side with all my might.

"Whew!!" another bald man, whose entire arm was covered in a monster-patterned tattoo, threw a giant axe at him. Whistling overhead, it swept overhead.

"Zi-" I pulled out the magic blade at my waist with force, and I silently recited the opening spell of the magic circuit in my heart.

Dazzling golden light quickly flowed through the gorgeous grooves of the blade. At the same time, the body becomes more agile under the influence of magic.

"Hum—" I spun around sharply, skimming past the man's back.

"What...... Whatever!"

In the man's startled voice, I could catch the weakness of his back at a glance.

"Bell!"

I swung the Demon Slash hard, and it just flicked off the tomahawk. At the same time, a large cut was quickly cut on the man's neck, and blood splattered onto the blade, boiling rapidly after coming into contact with the magic power. After a muffled thud, the man's body fell to the ground, no longer moving.

I patted the dirt off my body and returned to Karan and Charlotte. He was about to beckon them to find another way.

-- "Catch them"

But out of nowhere, there was a sound.

Boom, something like flour quickly spreads around. Visibility becomes extremely low.

Dozens of shrewd thieves are closing in on us from all directions.