The logistics supply team from the city of Mukuso successfully arrived in the village of Selia, and the first batch of logistics supplies were also transported to the side of the Yezipias manor.

The carriage had to travel along the dilapidated mountain road to the village of Selia, and the rest of the road relied on the carrying of the logistics personnel to reach the Yezipias Manor, in fact, even without these supplies, the soldiers of the Heavy Infantry Regiment would not starve, this estate was very well stocked with food and supplies, and they did not refuse to provide it to the Heavy Infantry Regiment.

Gulit Thum set up a yellow sheep dripping oil on the campfire, and the bearded Edgar crouched next to the campfire and asked Surdak, "What are we going to do next?" ”

The hoplite soldiers in the camp looked relaxed, and dinner was served with white bread and broth, and everyone was celebrating the victory.

Surdak scratched his head, he thought for a moment before he said to Edgar: "The Heavy Infantry Regiment still needs to be stationed here for a while, and this stronghold of the Dark Arts Hermitage will wait for further inspection by the Magic Guild Law Enforcement Regiment, and you will stay and guard the scene here." ”

"I'm going to go back early to take care of the business on the Ruit side, and I'll leave tonight."

Edgar didn't expect Surdak to return to Ruit City in the evening, and he could only order it after listening to Surdak's arrangement.

As the commander of a hoplite regiment, the bearded Edgar had to stay here.

Sitting in front of the campfire, Surdak glanced at Aphrodite, who was sitting in the shadows not far away, and said to her:

"Aphrodite, you're going to stay this time too......"

His main purpose in keeping Aphrodite here was to make it easier for him to get here through the Void Gate at any time, after all, there were still many uncertainties here.

In the past few days, Ruyt City has accumulated a lot of official business waiting for him to deal with, and as the city's consul, Surdak has no way to stay here.

This time, he returned to the city of Ruyt, and he would also take with him a large amount of valuable supplies that had been captured.

In addition to the seizure of magical materials and desires. The Tree of Hope, Surdak also found some magic books in the caves of the Dark Arts Hermitage Institute.

Among these books, Surdak selected some basic magic books to take home, but the books about the dark arts were left untouched, and some religious books, which were left on the shelves, because there would be magicians from the Magic Guild Law Enforcement Corps to take them over, and everything could not be emptied.

"Thea, you go back with me this time!" Surdak said.

Thea rolled her eyes, reluctantly, but there was no reason to refute it.

Although the two of them are on the same path, Surdak actually only needs to ask Aphrodite to finish summoning the circle before he can return to Ruit City through the Void Gate, and Thea's fastest way to return to Ruyt City is to ride the magic rod over the mountains of the abandoned mining area.

Thinking about riding a magic handlebar and flying all night against the night wind, the Naga mermaid is not very happy.

Although reluctant, there was no other way but to agree to it.

……

Aphrodite wears a Mithril mask and appears to be an alchemist with a very eccentric temper.

In the camp, almost no one dared to talk to her.

She walked back to her tent, where Naomi was sitting quietly in the doorway, her thick cloak wrapped around her and her face covered by a hood on her head, hidden in the shadows.

If you hadn't gotten closer, it would have been hard to find that there was still a person sitting in the shadow.

Aphrodi sat down next to Naomi, and the two sat side by side.

Naomi had a faint smell of embalming potions.

Aphrodite turned to Naomi and asked, "Have you thought about it, do you want to join us, in fact, I think you should join us, at least life won't be as messy as it is now......"

Naomi was silent for a long time before she said in a metallic voice, "I want to stay here." The village of Celia is a place I know well, and I don't want to go anywhere but there......"

"Since you insist, I respect your decision." Aphrodite said.

Naomi lifted the hood from her head, revealing a withered face that was almost covered in bones, staring at Aphrodite in some surprise.

"Surdak told you before, we are not a magic union, there is no discrimination against people like you, as long as you don't break the local law, you can live here forever, but no matter what, you have to beware of the ordinary people around you, these people are too brainwashed by the Lady of Liberty, even if they are abandoned by the Lady of Liberty now, they will not repent, this is my personal advice to you."

Aphrodite didn't look at Naomi's uncertain face as she spoke.

"Actually, it's good to go back to the village of Selia, after all, it's relatively remote, and you basically won't come into contact with strangers......"

Naomi pursed her shriveled lips, she didn't say anything in the end, she wanted to stay to take care of old Avi and his wife, although the two old men and the other children lived in Ruit City, and the children hoped that they would go to live in the city, but the two old men stubbornly did not want to leave the village of Selia.

Looking at Aphrodite's glowing Mithril mask, Naomi pursed her lips again, feeling that her face had been gradually starting to go numb lately.

The corpse of her body had intensified, and she felt that her time was probably running out.

In the last few days, she hoped that she could hide at home and wait for her death, and she hoped that her body would fall into the mine after she died......

……

Not far away, in the corner of the camp, Craike's body lay in a coffin, his eyelids covered with two copper plates, and his hands crossed on his chest.

These two copper coins are said to have been given to the ferryman when his soul passed through the River Styx.

Kreck's wife and son, though they had been in prison for some time, were still somewhat frightened, and the boy looked very thin and had some fear on his emaciated face.

The woman sat at the door of the tent, leaning against the coffin, her face numb, as if she had completely despaired of her future life.

Craike's death was really a big blow to their family, there were three children to support in the family, and the little savings in her hand couldn't last long, her son would go to military service after sixteen, and the two daughters would have to support them for many years, and they had to prepare two dowries, otherwise once they were arranged to marry the homeless man in the town, the days after that would make people feel even more desperate.

In this year, how can you marry without a dowry!

Once the news of Kreck's death gets out, the woman will be remarried by the town's census officer, and the new family will not know what it will look like......

She felt a chill in her body, and pulled the blanket around her tighter, she looked at her son beside her, and reached out to hold him in her arms.

The two of them just snuggled up to each other, and the night in the mountains seemed to be cold......