Before Jose went to Jiangcheng to find Lan Yue, he first stopped by the town of Yilai Shiva, the place where Ye Duyu died in front of him two years ago.

Because of her words, he left the two children there when he left Khiva two years ago, and when Valhalla and the military dealt with the town afterwards, they didn't find any children, the two children had already left there, and José didn't know where they had gone.

As for the details of the aftermath of the Khiva Town, Jose only learned from the high-secret archives of Valhalla before the departure of the Elven River, the military sent the spellcasters of the troops to create a real mudslide in Khiva Town, burying the entire town, along with the corpses of the townspeople, there was a little error in the counting of the corpses and the list of townspeople, and the statisticians believe that it was caused by incomplete local population registration, because many villages inhabited by other races outside the Iron Curtain have incomplete population registration.

José and Rong Ruo rode along the way on the white horses that Maruzat had lent them, and in terms of speed alone, these horses were no slower than the black horses he had ridden when he was chasing Hedong two years earlier, and this time it was not an aimless pursuit, so it only took him and Rong Ruo three days to reach Shiva Town from the Elven River.

The reason why Jose brought Rong Ruo was because he felt that if Rong Ruo was left alone in the Elven River, it might be more problematic for her to survive alone, he didn't want to have to take care of a sick person or spend the whole day cleaning his apartment when he returned, and it was not easy to leave Rong Ruo behind.

However, it seems that it is also a troublesome thing to bring Rong Ruo.

"Senior brother, how long do you have to go?" Rong Ruo hugged the neck of her white horse and knelt on the horse's back with no interest, "We are all hungry." A little goblin sat on her messy fiery red hair, looking like she was also lacking interest, the little goblin's name was Pixar, Rong Ruo took this goblin with her when she left the Pale Tree, Maruzat didn't stop her, Jose didn't know what happened between Rong Ruo and the goblins when she and Ye Zhiqiu walked with Maruzat on the top of the White Tree that night, in short, she made friends with the little goblin.

When the two of them first left the Elven River, they were in high spirits, chattering non-stop along the way, but after following Jose for two days, their high emotions had wilted.

"We had lunch an hour ago. José sat on his horse and didn't look back at Rong Ruo, he knew that she couldn't really be hungry at this point.

"But it's really boring, brother, there's no place to buy snacks here. Rong Ruo sat on horseback with a bitter face, holding her rabbit-shaped purse in her hand, and the little goblin was also grabbing Rong Ruo's hair and protesting in stiff imperial words, "Pixar is so bored, Pixar wants to eat." ”

"Hmm. José replied perfunctorily, along the way he had become accustomed to this kind of unnutritious conversation with them, he knew that they were just too bored now, in order to reach Jiangcheng as soon as possible, José chose a path, the last time they experienced the town was a day ago, and since then he has been taking Rong Ruo through the wilderness.

This was the same path they took two years ago to hunt down Hodon, but the condition of the road has changed so much that José has a little difficulty recognizing it because of the landslide caused by Pavic and the mudslide that the military has since dealt with it.

However, after enduring the quarrel between the goblin and Rong Ruo for more than half an hour, Jose still found his destination, the clock tower of that town is still relatively conspicuous, lying in the dirt, two years ago it was under that bell tower that Ye Duyu destroyed the black egg of the King of Crime and Punishment at the cost of his life.

The appearance of the town has changed dramatically, as half of the town has been buried in mud by the military's mudslides, and in two years, the dirt has grown with dead grass.

"Senior brother, look there!"

"Hmm. José replied without looking back, he didn't know what Rong was going to say, but he thought it would be some kind of unnutritious conversation.

"Pixar shows you there!" the little goblin on Rong Ruo's head suddenly flew up and grabbed José's ear, pulling his head and turning in one direction.

José frowned, not because the leprechaun was pulling at his ears, but because he saw a man who had been designated as a restricted area by the military after dealing with the town two years ago, and shelved any redevelopment plans for the area for ten years, and there were no villages or towns within a few dozen miles of the area, so there shouldn't be anyone here under normal circumstances.

Ten minutes later, under a walnut tree in the ruins.

"Pixar wanted to know what it was. The little goblin sat on Rong Ruo's head and asked.

"It's human. Rong Ruo replied to him.

"What is a human?" the goblin asked again.

"Human... Human..."Rong Ruo thought for a long time, and finally stomped her feet in anger and said, "Humans are humans!"

Ignoring the unnourished conversation between the two of them, José frowned and looked at the human child who had fainted under the tree, he knew the brown-haired child, although his appearance had changed slightly, but he still recognized it, this was the child who had been caught by Pavic two years ago and used to threaten Walit.

When Jose spoke to stop the man, Rong Ruo jumped off the horse with the goblin in excitement, but the boy turned around and ran after seeing Rong Ruo approaching, perhaps because he had been bored for too long, Rong Ruo blessed himself with a wind spell and immediately chased after him, and as a result, the child was forced to the tree.

Yes, the kid ended up hitting the tree, and José looked at the bulging bag on his forehead, a little worried about whether he would be affected when he answered his own question later.

Probably sensing Jose's gaze, Rong Ruo pinned his hand behind him and said, "I didn't mean it, whoever asked him to run away when he saw me, I didn't know he would hit the tree." ”

"Humans run fast, humans run fast. The little goblin sat on Rong Ruo's head and interjected.

José ignored them, and Rong Ruo pouted and said, "It's a big deal, can I help you wake him up." ”

"Pixar wants to help, Pixar wants to wake up humans. The little goblin flew down from Rong Ruo's head and landed on the bridge of the boy's nose, pinching his nose, Jose frowned, but it didn't stop him, he wanted to ask the child if he knew the whereabouts of Lan Yue, so he also needed the child to wake up.

The breathless boy gradually opened his eyes, but it was probably the first time he saw the little goblin, and when he saw Pixar on the bridge of his nose, he exclaimed, and Pixar sitting on the bridge of his nose seemed to be frightened, screaming and flying back to Rong Ruo's head.

The boy immediately turned around and ran, and Rong Ruo shouted behind him, "You, don't run!"

But the boy didn't respond, but he had the intention of speeding away, so the dead leaves on the ground suddenly turned into a rope and fell the boy onto the walnut tree at once.

José frowned at the boy who was hanging upside down in the tree and said to Rong Ruo, "Let him down." ”

"Oh. Rong Ruo, who originally wanted to play with the boy for a while, immediately had a disappointed expression on her face, but she still listened to José's words and lifted the magic, and the boy fell into the pile of dead leaves at once.

He got up from the ground and looked at Jose and Rong Ruo timidly, but he didn't dare to run away again, "Sir, Miss, what's the matter?" he asked in a low voice.

"Do you know where Arazuki is?" asked Jose directly.

The boy glanced at José with his pale blue eyes as if he had been electrocuted, but quickly lowered his head, looked at his toes and asked, "Who is that?"

José had been staring at the boy, and for a moment his heart rate had increased by half, which, in his perception, was a manifestation of complex mental activity, indicating that the boy had lied or was hiding something.

"What are you doing here?" said Jose.

The boy lowered his head, looked at his shoes, and didn't say a word, José felt that he would be silent forever, so he decided to use mind reading, which was faster.

"Look me in the eye. He said to the boy.

"Senior brother. Rong Ruo suddenly pulled the corner of Jose's clothes from behind, and there was a somewhat embarrassed expression on her face, "Forget about mind reading, it's very uncomfortable to be read minds." ”

Mind reading is not a very advanced magic, as long as the other party does not resist, the caster can read the thoughts and memories of the caster, this boy is obviously not capable of resisting José's mind reading, but mind reading does cause a great burden on the body of the person being read the mind, and will let other people's consciousness into his mind.

Jose was silent and put down his hand that was about to cast the spell, the boy had been pale with fright when he heard that he was going to be read mind, and Rong Ruo's reminder reminded him that it was against the rules to cast second-class magic (Note 1) on others at will, and Arazuki's matter once again affected his judgment.

Seeing Jose put down his hand, Rong Ruo turned to ask the boy, "What are you doing here, if you tell us, maybe it can help you." The goblin also interjected, "Pixar can help." ”

The boy looked at Jose and Rongruo uncertainly, and finally lowered his head and said, "I'm looking for a case." ”

"Case?" Rong Ruo asked curiously.

The boy nodded, "One of my companions is sick, and the doctor said that her past cases would help with treatment, but I've been looking for it for a day and the results are ......" The boy's head became lower and lower, and his voice became quieter and quieter.

"What disease does she have?" asked Rong Ruo.

"I don't know, the doctor said it was a congenital curse, very attached, and knowing her past cases might be helpful in the treatment. The boy replied.

"What's her name?" José interjected.

"Ling. ”

Hearing that the name in the boy's mouth was not Lan Yue, Jose felt that his mental state was obviously much more relaxed, but remembering the description of the innate curse in the boy's mouth, Jose suddenly followed up and asked, "Was that girl also in this place two years ago?"

Hearing the words two years ago, the boy immediately became vigilant and did not answer José's question, but his reaction had already given José an answer, and he continued without waiting for the boy to speak, "It could be original sin syndrome." ”

"Do you know what kind of disease Ling has?" the boy asked excitedly.

Original Sin Syndrome is the scientific name for the plague brought by the King of Crime and Punishment many years ago, and if that girl had really contracted it, the situation would have been serious now.

"Where is that girl now?" asked José, staring into the boy's eyes.

"Jiangcheng Public Hospital. The boy replied timidly.

"Let's go. José turned and walked towards the horse.

"Senior brother, where are we going?" asked Rong Ruo as she followed.

"Jiangcheng Public Hospital. ”

Note 1: Valhalla's division of magic is one of the ways in which magic is divided into one type of magic that does not cause any adverse effects on others at all, two types of magic that will cause adverse effects on the other person but will not harm the body, and three types of magic that directly cause damage to the opponent's body.