The surging wind brings the unique fragrance of the midsummer grassland, which is the charming taste of grass blades, wildflowers, dew, and earth, formed by the combination of sunlight, and has a natural and vast artistic conception, as if it can take people's thoughts all the way to distant places.

Victor lay flat under a dwarf oak tree, its leafy canopy like an open umbrella, shielding it from the scorching sun and casting shade. The weeds on the ground have grown to the knee height of an adult, and lying on it is like sinking into a large soft bed, and all sides are covered by blades of grass, which is especially suitable for laziness.

Mei Wen, the dragon maid with blue hair, squinted her eyes like a docile kitten, curled up in Victor's arms, her body light and soft, exuding an indescribably wonderful aura. Victor's left hand rested on the back of his head, and his right hand circled Megfia's long, white neck, playing with her white and crystal dragon horns.

The dragon maid Mei Wen is like Countess Andrea Wimbledon in all aspects, with the same temperament, delicate facial features, stunning beauty, but also the same bad temper, arrogant and willful and unsociable, likes to be alone, and has a strong curiosity. In short, she is more difficult to get along with than Alexta, who has a fiery personality, but by Victor's side, she is gentle and docile, as if she had two faces.

Victor contemplated the secret method of Portanos, spent two days and one night feeding the mythical three-headed lizard, and just woke up from a deep slumber, Mei Wen was entangled. At this time, Deli and Fugre were still on guard on the perimeter.

He hugged the blue-haired and blue-eyed Meg Fiawen, but he was thinking about Andrea.

If it were the Countess of Wimbledon, she would probably seize the opportunity to stick to him like Mei Wen. The dragon maid and Victor have a soul contract, and Mei Wen's situation is even more special than the other dragon maids, she has more wind elemental law powers from Victor, and is especially obsessed with the master's breath. Andrea Wimbledon and Victor are of the same blood, and although she is a Tempest Knight and has a strong independence, she also likes to be close to Victor very much, and even unconsciously shows obedience.

However, Andrea did not give up her Wimbledon Earls Court for the sake of Victor.

Neither the power of the law of the Children of the Wind, nor the love attracted by the bloodline was enough to shake the will of the high-ranking female knights.

The question is, what happens to the High Elves when they see Victor?

The marriage between the elven royal family and the knight family in the Chosen Era hopes to give birth to the Sun Elves with the special connection between the Golden Knight and the Elemental Sea. So, does the powerhouse of the Elven Royal Clan have the means to restrain the Sun Elves?

The answer is obvious, the legendary powerhouses of the elves must maintain themselves even in the face of the sun elves, otherwise they cannot be called legends.

What Victor had in mind was: did the Elven royal family have any special means to "capture" him?

If the Elven Royal Clan can artificially awaken the ancient will in his bloodline, Victor feels that he should keep his distance from the elves for now, and wait for the Twin Bloodline Talent Tree to form a balance, so that he can not worry.

The footsteps of sand, sand, and sand came from far and near, and the dragon maid Dili and Fugree noticed that their master had woken up and rushed over from a distance, and they saw Mei Wen lying in Victor's arms with snow-white and delicate jade feet, so they glanced at each other, and were about to take off their long combat boots and seize the position of Victor's left shoulder.

In fact, Victor is considering whether to dismantle the little scheme of Grace, and from a rational point of view, he should avoid it, because the thief in the camp is likely to be related to the elves, but he is also full of curiosity about the thief and the elves.

Dilly and Furgre's rivalry for favor immediately gave Victor a reason to return to camp and keep an eye on Dane.

I only have two arms, and the three dragon maids want me to hold them, so I can't afford to let them quarrel......, right? Victor bounced Mei Wen up from the grass and said, "We've been out for two days, it's time to go back." ”

Di Li's disappointment was written on her face, and she pouted and said, "The master is eccentric, we just came back, and you have to leave." ”

Furgre blinked and said in a coquettish voice, "Your Majesty, you have been dormant for the past two days, and we haven't started searching for thieves yet. ”

Mei Wen also nodded and said, "Wang, shall we catch the thief now?"

Victor looked in the direction of the camp and said with a smile: "The thief has been in the camp all along...... Dane is ready to do it, and I want to see how he can force out the invisible thief. ”

In the past two days, Pastor Dane led an old white-mouthed fox around the camp, and although he flatly denied that he was searching for ghosts, the news that the priest used the old fox to catch ghosts had spread throughout the camp.

The Randall knights and ferocious warriors only thought that Dane was deliberately weakening the presence of the undead from the position of the clergy. You know, out of fear of the unknown dead, ignorant people can also develop evil beliefs. There have been cults that worship the undead in the history of the human kingdom, and although the Church of Radiance extinguished them with lightning speed, the clerics of the Lord of Radiance have since been particularly taboo from rumors about the undead. Priests speak in a unified voice, only publicizing the causes and weaknesses of the dead to believers, and do not like believers to openly discuss or spread mysterious events about the dead.

Unfortunately, horror stories of the undead and ghosts have always been marketable in both the upper and lower classes of the human kingdom. Except for the extraordinary knights who can deeply understand the laws of the movement of the elements, no matter how the priest explains, it is difficult for others to understand the simple reason that the undead cannot survive because of the lack of water element.

Of course, as long as the popular believers are not superstitious out of fear, the purpose of the church's propaganda has been achieved.

For example, Nelson and Charlotte have heard a lot of ghost stories, but they are not very afraid of the undead. Pastor Dane catches ghosts alone, and they are in high spirits. Nelson also ran to Dain, saying that he wanted to help, but was blasted away by the priest.

Professional things are left to professional people, and in order to cooperate with Dane's search for ghosts in the camp, members of the Randall family are far away from him according to the priest's request.

Alchemic creatures don't have the curiosity of knights and fierce warriors, they do what they usually do.

That evening, two Origin-Blood militiamen patrolled the camp with a bear dog as usual. As they passed a pile of boxes, a small figure emerged from the corner, quietly following the Blood Warrior. The fierce and perceptive bear dog turns a blind eye to strangers.

It always hid under the shadow of the Source Blood militia, as if it merged with the shadows, and walked silently, and the people and animals it met along the way did not notice that there was an extra dwarf behind the patrol. The strangest thing is that the patrol guards always leave footprints when they trample on the grass, while the blades of grass that the dwarfs have stepped on automatically return to their original shape, and there is no trace of trampling.

Whoever walks through must leave a trace, a theorem that does not seem to exist in the dwarf, who swaggers around the camp like a real ghost, but no man or beast of war notices it.

However, as the patrol approached a tent, the dwarf suddenly smelled a pungent stench and couldn't help but sneeze loudly. The Blood Warrior and the Bear Dog looked back sharply, only to see a figure flash into the grass and disappear without a trace in an instant.

The camp was like a frying pan, and the sound of heavy footsteps was approaching this side, and Caligula was the first to rush to the scene with a roar, searching around with a wide bull's eye, and then simply lying on the ground, pouting his ass and sniffing the smell with the war mastiff and the bear dog.

"I know, in the tent!" and with a shout from Acre, Nelson and several of them rushed into the canvas tent and tumbled over, finally tearing down the tent without finding the intruder.

Everyone was inexplicably excited, gossiping, and the guards in charge of the patrol and Aka were asked over and over again, but they couldn't tell what they saw.

Commander Nelson yelled at Pastor Dane, who had just finished the questioning, "Master Reverend, there really is a ghost! ”

"Why are ...... so happy? Isn't it fun?" Dane scolded the people who didn't think it was a big deal to see the excitement, "It's all scattered, it's all scattered, and some ghosts are scared to death by you, how can I catch it?"

"Let the fox out?" Nelson suggested with a shy face.

"Okay, let's go back first, don't gather around here, take care of the camp supplies, and be careful of being deceived by the invaders. Charlotte beckoned the crowd to leave, and when the onlookers had gone, she saluted the priest and asked in a soft voice, "What do you think should be done now, Lord Dane?"

Dane's face turned slightly pale, and he waved his hand and said, "Don't deal with it, if it's a ghost, it should be dead by now, and if it's an intruder, it won't dare to stay in the camp...... In short, thefts will not happen again. ”

"Huh, it's that simple?" Charlotte was so disappointed that she covered her mouth again and smiled embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, I was rude." ”

It is obviously rude to show a keen interest in the ghosts of the dead in the presence of the pastor of the church. Dain was silent for a moment and said, "At first, I thought it was a theft caused by Bell's awakening mind body sorcery talent, but now it doesn't seem to be ...... If the thieves are really ghosts, it's my responsibility to exorcise the dead, and I don't want people to intervene to help. Madam, I hope you will understand my insistence and let everyone not make a fuss, I will take care of it. ”

Charlotte smiled and saluted Dain again to apologize.

No one should offend the priest, especially an expeditionary force that is on an exploratory mission in the field. Priest Dain, who has mastered divine art, can save many lives, as the Randall Expeditionary Force's previous battle with the Half-Dragons has amply demonstrated.

The Favored Knight left, and Priest Dain tightened his grip on the rope with the white-mouthed old fox in his hand, and dragged it around for a search before turning and leaving the scene.

The commotion caused by the thieves gradually subsided, and the camp resumed normal operations. No one noticed that the perpetrators of the theft were hidden under a carriage on the edge of the camp.

It lay on its stomach in the grass beneath the carriage, the shadows of the carriage and the dense weeds providing perfect cover, and it muttered in a subtle voice: "Stinky old fox, disgusting old fox, damn old fox...... Bobo must leave, right away...... If Tian Tian dares to laugh at Bobo, let him come to the oak barrel compass himself. ”

After making sure that there was no danger around, mainly the absence of the stinking old fox, the dwarf got out from under the carriage and, with the help of the grass and shadows, slipped out of the camp.

It deliberately made a circle, came to the reeds by the river, and called out softly, "Tiantian, Tiantian, I'm back." ”

The dense reeds on the riverside swayed slightly, as if blown by the evening breeze, and another dwarf poked his head out of the reeds and said dissatisfiedly: "Bobo, it's not time for the shift change, I'm willing to bet you with the delicious and sweet purple sugar, you definitely haven't taken back the barrel master's compass from the thief's hand...... Bobo was lazy. ”

"Bobo is not lazy......"

"You're lazy...... I bet then I won, and all the purple sugar is sweet. ”

"Damn, I met the old fox in the camp, don't you believe it?"

"Well, I believe...... Bobo, you'd better not move, it's on your left. ”

The dwarf, named Bobo, turned his head slowly and stiffly, and saw the old fox standing on the upwind side of the reeds, its green eyes staring at him, and its toothless mouth still dripping.

Bobo was so frightened that he didn't dare to move, and said anxiously: "Tiantian, think of a way, I'm going to stink to death by it." ”

"Nonsense, how can I not smell the stench. ”

“...... Your position is against the wind. ”

"You're also in the headwind. ”

"I stink when I see it!" Bobo finally shouted angrily.

"Well, you're right, so we'll be fine if we don't look at it now. ”

"Bastard, it's going to bite me, you kill it. ”

"If I don't do it, I'll stink for years. Kill yourself......" Tian Tian shook her head repeatedly.

"Not for years, just a few days...... It stinks for a month at most, no more, I assure you. ”

"Is that so? Nabobo killed it, and Tian Tian sang for you. ”

The two dwarfs were arguing with each other, not noticing that Pastor Dane was quietly approaching them. The eyes of the servant of the Lord of Radiance shone with a white-gold luster, which was the outward appearance of the Spiritual Fire Divine Technique, and at this moment, Dale was as powerful as a veteran knight, and with a swift movement, he raised his two crossbows, aimed at the two dwarfs respectively, and pulled the trigger without the slightest hesitation.

The cone-shaped bolts of fine iron shot like two blue streamers towards the dwarf's head. Suddenly, the air took on a spiral-like current, blowing the tail of the bolts, wrapping them around them and pulling out two upward curved flight paths.

The two dwarfs came to their senses and jumped into the reeds screaming. I saw the long reeds swaying in the wind, and there was no movement at all from being separated from the middle. Dane immediately threw away his two crossbows, and while taking out the mace hanging from his waist, he pounced like lightning. He parted the reeds, but the two dwarfs disappeared again, and only a few stolen tools were scattered inside.

"Don't bother....... these two halflings have been able to hide in the camp for so many days without being discovered, and even I haven't found their hiding place. It can be seen that they are high-level halfling adventurers. They're now integrated into the environment, and you won't be able to find them for a while. ”

A light and pleasant voice came in the wind, and Dane turned his head and saw Victor's slender figure standing not far away, he smiled bitterly and put away the mace, and said dryly: "Your Highness....... what a coincidence." ”

"Coincidentally, Dane, do you think it's a coincidence that I'm here here?" Victor's smile was elegant and charming, and the look in his dark golden eyes was deep and distant, and he sighed: "Mortals always summarize accidents beyond their control as coincidences, but they don't know that behind the coincidences may be the result of the dominance of the strong. Miller once said that the strong man ...... The future is a chaotic interweaving of countless possibilities, and the truly strong man always shapes the chaotic future into the reality he wants. ”

Dain was stunned for a long time and muttered, "This ...... Is this the true meaning of Great Prophecy?"

"Everyone can be a prophet. Victor walked over without hesitation, and said to Dane: "The First Paladin Turnans said, 'All wishes come true, not dreams,' as if you were going to grow vegetables in the grassland, what should you do? Collect the soil and fertilizer, build up a vegetable garden, dig a canal by the river, bring water into the vegetable garden, and find the right vegetable seeds, take care of them every day, and after a few months you will get the vegetables." ”

Dane scratched his head with a confused expression and said distressedly, "It seems like this, I always feel that it is too simple." ”

"Different powers naturally have different ways of fulfilling prophecies. I want a vegetable garden, I just need to tell the subordinates, and they will naturally give me a vegetable garden. And you'll have to do it yourself. Victor smiled and said, "You want to find the halflings and kill them quietly, but I want to catch them alive...... The results are clear. ”

The reeds by the river fell in pieces with a clatter, and Mei Wen, the dragon maid, jumped out of it with a dwarf in one hand, and turned and ran towards the camp.

Victor nodded in satisfaction and continued to say to Dane, "I must praise you for doing a good job...... You first denied that there were ghosts in the camp, pushed the problem onto Bell, suggested that I go out and track down possible intruders, and then cleverly created the atmosphere so that Nelson and them would mistakenly think that you were looking for ghosts when you didn't admit it. ”

Dane hung his head and said, "I know I can't deceive Your Highness, so it's true that I said that there are no ghosts in the camp, and it's also true that this matter has to do with Bell......"

"The truth can also serve the purpose of deception. Victor gave Dane a funny look and asked, "Why do you think I'm really going to be fooled? Nelson and Charlotte are stupid, you've already said that ghosts don't need to steal food, so why isn't there any thieves' excrement outside the camp? ”

Dane opened his mouth to stammer, and after a long time, he said with a bitter smile: "Your Highness, you know everything, and you should be able to understand my distress." ”

Victor looked at the reeds and dwarf oaks by the river, and said, "There are many dwarf oaks in this grassland, but there are no such trees on the Wharton prairie of the Sasang Empire, because the red-haired bison of the Wharton steppe can knock down the trees and eat up the leaves and twigs. There are no large herbivorous animals resembling red-haired bison, and there are no goblin groups in sight, and the gnolls are small bands of goblins, with the agile tricolor shorthorn and wild boar as their main prey. ”

"This shows that this grassland is a battlefield, a battlefield of forest centaurs and ant-man monsters. They fight here every dozen years, and neither the large bison nor the sedentary goblin herds survive. However, the forest people's home is east of the Lizard Swamp. With a distance of thousands of kilometers, how did the forest centaurs know that the Ant-Man monster was about to enter the grassland battlefield?"

"It's the elven scouts who are tipping off the forest centaurs, and that's the most likely, because this grassland is right next to the Everfree Forest. Do you suspect that the halflings in the camp are elven scouts?"

Dane bowed deeply and said sincerely, "Your Highness is extremely wise, you are right. It's only recently that I've thought of the Halfling Scouts, and I was going to kill them quietly, but His Highness has returned...... In any case, I implore Your Highness not to come into contact with the elves. If you and the Elves get together, Her Majesty the Queen Rose will certainly not let Master Miller go, and the consequences will be catastrophic. ”

Victor was silent for a moment, the corners of his mouth outlined the arc of a smile, and his tone was relaxed but full of calmness: "Dane, you have to remember one thing, this is the only time you have made your own decisions, if there is a next ...... I'll leave you on the road. ”