"If Edward can contact him, we can also contact him, right? Why not just give him a fake quest and set a trap?" Donner was still a little puzzled.

"We couldn't get in touch with him, it's likely that he's on a mission, or even that he's looking for you. We can't reach him until a mission is completed. ”

Donner finally understood

"Then I'm sorry for you. He smiled and nodded at Gernada.

He accepted the dwarf's kindness, and didn't even think of being polite. After seeing the skills of the man in black, he didn't feel that he was capable of protecting himself in front of that man.

He wasn't even very sure if the dwarf in front of him would be able to deal with the man in black. However, he naturally wouldn't say such an idea, that would be a little too uninteresting.

"No hassle. Gernada smiled.

......

After a night's rest in the dwarven lab, Donner said goodbye to Nadia and prepared to return to Lante Island, with Gernada, of course.

When the twin sisters heard that the teacher was going back to their hometown island, they pestered Natia to go together, but Natia was overwhelmed and could only agree.

So the eight men came to the docks of Dorne in two carriages, and after chartering a boat at the docks, they traveled west for two days and one night, and only arrived at the small port of Rand after nightfall.

The long-lost island of Lante is indeed as isolated as the rest of the world, and there is no sign of celebrating the victory of the war.

Downer even thought, perhaps, that the people of the island didn't even know that there had been a war.

The town of Rand was right next to the docks, and Kelly was anxious to leave everyone and trot all the way to her father's tavern.

She was halfway through the run, suddenly turned around, smiled mischievously at Donner from afar, and said, "See you tomorrow!" before turning back and running away.

"See you tomorrow!" Donner grimaced at her as well.

Walking on the way to the blacksmith's shop, Donner felt as if the familiar alley had suddenly narrowed, and even become a little desolate, and when he came to the dock, he only met Uncle Jim along the way.

Uncle Jim's honest smile and the restrained expression he had when he saw the dwarves and gnomes showed that the island of Lant was still the same. I was only delusional because I was used to seeing the wide streets of Dorne and Coennas, and the crowded crowds.

There was a dim light in the window of the blacksmith's shop, and by this time my father must have put out the fire, could it be that an old friend had come to the door to drink?

Donner saw the home he had lived in for ten years from afar, and he couldn't help but wonder a little.

Richard didn't care about that, he was already running, Donner shook his head with a smile, and ran behind him.

The brothers, who had been away from home for a whole year, were finally able to see their father.

"Bang", the door was slammed open, but Richard froze as if he had been electrocuted, and shouted "Father" miserably.

In the blacksmith's shop, Old Tom was tied to a chair, covered in blood.

In front of him, there stood a man in black, holding in his hand the same thin scimitar that Donner had ever seen.

When Richard pushed the door open, the scimitar in the black-clad man's hand was already stabbing straight at him.

The knife came so fast that Richard didn't have time to dodge, only to watch as the scimitar stabbed him in the chest.

Donner had seen the man in black, his father covered in blood, but it had happened so fast that by the time he could react, the thin scimitar had stabbed Richard in the chest.

Donner only felt that the blood all over his body was rushing to his brain, his brother had not received divine grace, and this stab would end his young life without any suspense. He still has half a year to be promoted to the knight, and in three years he will go to the Knight Federation, but all these realities and dreams will be ended by this cruel, shining white scimitar.

But at this moment, a miracle happened, and the knife only pierced for one point and stopped.

It wasn't because the man in black had suddenly changed his mind, but that Gernada's palm had pressed against Richard's back.

The dazzling light of vindictive energy shone on Gernada's body, and passed through his arms and palms, covering Richard's entire body. If Enriquez's fighting spirit is like a flame, Gernada at this time is like the sun god descending into the world.

In the face of such miraculous might, the scimitar of the man in black instantly rebounded, bouncing his entire body backwards.

Donner only felt that in front of him, Gernada had disappeared from the spot, and in the next moment, the man in black was already pressed to the ground by him like a dead dog.

"Huh......" Gernada snorted softly, let go of the man in black, turned his head and said, "I committed suicide by taking poison." ”

Neither Donner nor Richard ignored his explanation, and instead rushed to Old Tom, who had become a bloody man.

The old blacksmith was dying.

Gernada quickly broke the old blacksmith's mouth and poured a whole bottle of potion into it.

"Father, father!" and Donner and Richard cried out at the same time.

Natia had already walked in with the twins, and in a moment's whack, she ordered Adarua to stay outside the door before closing the door of the blacksmith behind her.

Old Tom finally opened his eyes and smiled comfortingly at the faces of the brothers who were close at hand.

Then he closed his eyes and stopped breathing.

The cry of "Father......" stopped abruptly, and Richard fainted because he was overly sad.

Donner trembled violently, his face twisted hideously, his features almost constricted, and then his closed mouth slowly opened and let out a hoarse hiss, and tears welled up in his eyes.

This is a manifestation of the extreme pain.

Gernada and the others stood quietly aside, neither leaving nor coming forward to consol them, for at such times, there was no point in consolation.

The old man should have been tortured before, died in the most painful way, and there was no reason for consolation.

......

I don't know how long it took, Richard was still unconscious, and Donner finally spoke slowly: "Why?"

The voice was cold, and it didn't look like it came from him.

"I don't know, the man committed suicide by poisoning. Gernada replied.

"Is it because of me?" asked Donner, bitterly, the last thing he could accept.

"Absolutely not. ”

Natia spoke her conclusion before continuing to explain.

"To him, killing you is just a business, he has no enmity with you, there is no need to do anything to your father—and besides, your whereabouts are not a secret, and it is not difficult to find out from elsewhere, and there is no need to go to the island of Lante to ask your father. Judging from the methods he used to extract a confession and the signs that he took poison immediately after he was discovered, it seems that he tried to get some important secret or clue from your father, and it should have been unsuccessful—your father is very strong. ”

"Perhaps, what he wanted to ask, his father didn't know at all......" Donner was slowly regaining his ability to think. Natia's analysis made sense, and if it was just to find herself, the killer didn't have to do it at all. However, how could his father, who had always been simple and honest, have the secrets of a killer organization.