Lily wasn't very happy. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In fact, she had been a little low since the battle at the entrance to the forest. And this sentiment became more and more evident after she left the village that had existed for hundreds of years.

Whoever you are, I'm sure it will. When I returned to my hometown after a long absence, I was not welcomed by my old friends, nor did I see the scene in my memory. Although time can change a lot, the Ghost Forest has been artificially distorted into what it is today. Instead of tomorrow, people who knew each other in the past have been trapped in this land of death for hundreds of years. And, if no one does anything about it, they, and the forest, may continue to remain in their present state until a long, long time later.

It wasn't the first time Lily had known this, but the longer she spent in this oppressive environment, the more she wanted someone to fight properly - an enemy, of course, not a former friend like another Hissa.

"Heh, it's the first time I've seen you look so listless. Where's Lily Nono, who claims to be very powerful? ”

The familiar but unexpected voice suddenly came, and the mercenary turned her head to see the dark-haired woman of unknown age strolling leisurely from the forest with her hands behind her back, as if this was not a dangerous forbidden place, but a warm back garden of her home.

"Thou ...... What are you doing here? She suddenly had a bad premonition, and narrowed her eyes to stare at the other party, "You can't be looking for us, right?" ”

"You guessed it." Jill chuckled, "Bayard has given me the task to stop your quest, or the worst of all, to complete it before you. ”

The conversation between the two attracted the attention of several people who were camping on the side. Elio was the first to run, followed by Alphonse, who seemed to be following Bell, who came to see the excitement, and Ann, who walked unhurriedly with a thick notebook.

"Huh?" Lily glared at Jill, not paying attention to the crowd behind her, "Who is Bayard?" We've never heard of that name before. ”

The black-haired woman sighed, a slight helplessness in her expression.

"All I know is that he's strong." She said earnestly, without a hint of falsehood in her eyes, "I don't know where he came from, what his experience was, and who he studied with." She glanced at the people behind Lily, "But if he wants to kill someone, including me or the people from Brigade, I'm afraid he can't stop him." ”

"Oh?" Elio took two steps forward, seemingly not quite believing Jill's words, "If he's so powerful, why don't you come here yourself and ask you to help with the errands—do you want to be behind those knightly novels?" ”

The brunette sneered, and Lily turned around and gave Elio a hard look.

"Everyone has their own battles." Ann wrote in the notebook, "There is no need to speculate in any way about what others think, because we don't know."

"To be honest, I don't know why he's locking himself up - I guess there is, but I think it's better not to say it." Jill clapped her hands, drawing the mercenary's attention back, "I didn't come to see you to quarrel. But if you talk about joining forces easily, I'm afraid you won't be able to put your mind at ease. So, how about we have a match? ”

Sure enough, Lily thought to herself. She knew that the dark-haired woman was a competitive person, and the last time she had met with the Fritzians, the two had not been able to put in the full force of the fight because of the occasion. As someone who is also looking for power, she really wants to have a good match with each other - in whatever form.

"So, what are you going to do?" She nodded, a flame of war intent ignited in her eyes, "This kind of place, I'm afraid it's not suitable to fight directly?" ”

"Of course." Jill tilted his head slightly in agreement, "Besides, you can't beat me at the moment." She said lightly, as if that were the right fact, "Let's try to see who can find the secret hidden in this forest first." ”

Sounds good, but that's one of their original purposes. But how? Lily raised an eyebrow, waiting for the other to continue.

"This is the material Bayard gave me." The black-haired woman threw a piece of paper at Lily, and it landed firmly in the mercenary's hand under the push of some force, "set up here by 'that guy'...... There are four things that are considered 'protective devices', and if you want to find that guy, you need to remove them all. She described it lightly, "Let you choose two first, and I'll leave the rest to me, and you can win or lose by speed." ”

In other words, it's more of a division of labor. It's just that the one who completes the task first has more time to get closer to that 'secret'.

Lily turned to look at her companions—Elio's face was eager to try; Ann bowed her head softly, indicating that it was acceptable; Elena looked at her with some concern, but did not object; Bell shrugged and motioned for everything to listen to her. Alphonse walked up to her and took one of the mercenary's hands.

"You're the best, Lilianor." "I'm going to work on it too," he said. ”

"That's right." Lily grinned, "We're not going to lose, because—they're the best of the best." ”

She opened the paper in her hand, her eyes swept over the places marked on it, and almost without hesitation, she chose two of them, "Let's go to the south and east, and the rest...... Is it your responsibility? ”

"Well, let's start as a contest from now on." Jill bowed slightly, his left palm and right fist pressed lightly in front of his chest, "Good luck." ”

She turned and walked straight towards the northern end of the forest, slowly merging into the dark and eerie jungle. Lily looked away at her back, turned around, clenched her fists hard, and smiled confidently.

"We don't want to lose, so guys, get ready?"

"I have a bad feeling." Ann suddenly wrote in her notebook, "Miss Lily, please think again—"

"You didn't object before, so it's too late now." Lily grinned and walked quickly to the slightly empty distance, and the next moment, the giant wyvern took her place once more. She flicked her long spiked tail, flapped her bat-like wings, and paced to the crowd.

With the exception of Alphonse, the other three were all a little blue-faced, clearly remembering some bad experience.

"Hurry up, we have to hurry?" The head of Lily Nono's regiment declared, "It's going to be a quick trip." ”