"Cheruth, Cheruth?"

“...... Uh, uh?"

"Cheruth, did Sister Greywind contact you? Why did you suddenly get in a daze......"

In the central passage on the inside of the first floor of the underground ruins, Nanoha looked at Cheruth with some concern, who had obviously not recovered from her senses.

"Uh, uh...... Yes, Sister Grey Wind just told me that they had already fought the two sandworms and the big spider on it, and it was estimated that they would be able to end the battle soon and come down. ”

Cheruth calmed down and said with a reluctant smile.

"Oh, Miss Cheruth mean your companion has arrived?"

Upon hearing Cherus's words, Cook, who was sitting against the wall across from her Nanoha, asked, and the rest of the people in the passage turned to look at her and Nanoha, because according to their plan, when Cherus and her companions arrived, it would be time for them to break out together.

"That's right," Cheruth nodded, "Now that they're on the ground fighting the three mutant monsters that forced us down before, we also need to prepare here, and when they come down, we'll fight with them to deal with these enemies on the first layer as soon as possible." ”

The four members of the old thief group who were still awake and the two Templars all nodded, especially the several members of the old thief group had more or less excited expressions on their faces, they had been trapped in this underground ruin for more than ten days.

The two knights took their swords and shields to the edge of the illusion barrier laid by the old thief at the entrance of the passage, and watched the fallen mercenaries and desert giant scorpions scattered in the hall on the first floor of the ruins outside constantly adjusting their breathing, obviously ready to rush out and fight as soon as the battle began.

Inari, the pharmacist girl of the old thieves' group, couldn't help but sobbed quietly with moist eyes, and was finally able to escape from this ghost place, but the girl didn't know whether she was more happy or sad. For this girl, who was adopted by the old thief since she was a child with her brother Igg Chunming, and is considered the earliest member of the old thief group, the partners of the thief group are like real family. However, now, four of the eight people, including her own brother Iggy Junming, have cursed them in a coma, and the maddening curse that has not been lifted by hearing from Cheruth and them has not yet been lifted, and the girl really can't imagine what will become of her most important brother and friends in the future.

The regimental elder who was sitting next to Inari looked at the girl who was like his own granddaughter with guilt on his face, and struggled to raise his hand and touch the top of the girl's hair, not knowing what to say to comfort her. As the patriarch of the thieves group, it hurts the old thief to see his children suffer such a thing, he regrets taking the next task for the first time, if he can choose, he would rather have something to do with his bad old man, than see these young people like his children ruined their lives because of this expedition.

The old thief couldn't comfort the crying Inari because of the guilt in his heart, but Cook walked over and raised his hand somewhat casually and gently flicked it on Inari's little head.

"What's the matter, I'm almost rescued and I still take out this picture, thinking that when my uncle was your age, he was blocked in a small valley by more than 30 deserters on the battlefield and didn't cry like you. ”

Maybe it was because he was about to go out, or maybe it was just to comfort Inari, Cook's tone was no longer as tight as before, and he joked about the chestnut-haired girl as he used to.

Inari looked up with tears in her eyes, as if trying to control her emotions, but she kept choking up.

"Stinky Uncle...... When is it still uh...... Also bragging...... And you told me last time...... It was blocked in the alley by more than fifty thugs......"

Cook smiled, turned his head to Zhao Hao, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, and looked at the four partners lying side by side next to Zhao Hao, the relaxed expression that he had just joked with Inari had long since dissipated, replaced by a thick gloom and worry.

“...... Zhao Hao, the battle ...... later"

“...... Don't look down on people...... I'm fine. ”

Before Cook finished speaking, Zhao Hao snorted and interrupted him.

As the only two remaining combat forces of the old thief group, Cook was not injured much because of the way he fought, so the curse he was contaminated with was relatively light, but Zhao Hao was attacked by a lot of mercenaries called Jett and those fallen monsters in the ruins as a melee combat force along the way in order to cover his companions, Cook was worried that he would not be able to suppress the curse on his body if he participated in the battle again, but Zhao Hao himself did not seem to want to show weakness.

"It's just some miscellaneous fish, and I won't hurt them at all, and it won't take much time. ”

Seeing Zhao Hao so insistent, Cook had no choice but to shrug his shoulders, he knew that although Zhao Hao had some excessive self-esteem, he was not conceited, although he and Ye Liangchen usually didn't look very reassuring, but they were actually very reliable.

"Okay, be careful for a moment. ”

While the others in the passage were preparing for battle, Cherus and Nanoha sat in the corner and fell silent again.

Nanoha looked worriedly at Cheruth who was looking at the entrance of the cave again, she could see that Cheruth must have learned something bad from Sister Grey Wind, but the space of the passage was limited, and it was definitely impossible for her and Cheruth to have a chance to whisper here, so she didn't ask, just silently clenched the magic spear in her hand, and decided to follow up with Cheruth when she was fighting for a while, so as not to let her get hurt because she was absent-minded during the battle.

As for the wolf girl herself, she didn't know what she looked like, which made Nanoha determined to protect her. She was indeed annoyed, for Greywind had told her the shocking news that they had arrived.

The three elite members of the Wanderer Mercenary Regiment who came with them were all most likely survivors of the Nolan Clan, and one of them had privately asked Grey Wind about himself along the way...... Although Grey Wind would certainly not make the mistake of revealing her identity, the incident itself was of great concern to Cheruth.

If those three were really Nolan survivors, why would they be interested in her?

Since leaving the Warcraft Forest two years ago, she has always maintained the appearance of a wolf girl, never regained her true human appearance, and has never done anything that can be seen through the identity of the Nolan clan with obvious flaws...... It stands to reason that no one should doubt her for no reason.

Cheruth pressed her temples with a little headache, and there was more to her headache than that, I don't know if it was because of Sister Grey Wind's dissuasion, those three people didn't have any conflict with Raphael, but the problem is that there is a squadron of Templar Knights here, and the survivors of the Solan Cult and the Nolan Clan are simply adding fuel to the fire of the already chaotic situation.

Oh, it doesn't matter, they can fight as much as they like, as long as it doesn't involve her, it doesn't matter, and sure enough, after going out for a while, she still directly finds a chance to drag Nanoha and Sister Gray Wind all the way north, and this side quest is definitely difficult for her to be a dead house, and it's best not to participate indiscriminately.

Cheruth paid attention and let out a long breath.

"Cheruth?"

"It's all right, Nanoha. ”

It sounded like the wolf girl was reassuring her companion that she would be rescued soon, but Nanoha could tell that Cheruth seemed to have been temporarily relieved from her troubles and thought of a solution.

"Hmm!"

Time passed minute by minute, and for everyone who were expecting reinforcements to escape from here, it seemed like more than half an hour had passed even though it was only a few minutes.

Just when Cook couldn't help but want to ask Cheruth how long it would take for someone from outside to attack him, suddenly there was a bang from the entrance to the ground on the other side of the first floor, and he saw a petite figure with a pale red fighting qi fluctuating all over his body flying out from there, like a swift shadow swept around the giant scorpion near the entrance of the plaza on the first floor, and then those giant scorpions fell down as if they had been slapped to the ground by a huge force, and almost all the armor on their backs were cracked to varying degrees, and a small part was even directly smashed into a small hole, and the yellow-green disgusting body fluids of the giant scorpion oozed from it。

Oops, oops~ My Gray Wind sister is really still so violent.

Thinking so, Cheruth immediately saw several figures appear behind Grey Wind.

A bald uncle who looked extremely fierce rushed directly towards a mercenary who leaned towards the entrance, and the next moment the fighting spirit on the mercenary disappeared in an instant, with a confused expression on his face that did not react to what was going on, he was turned to the ground by the uncle with an elbow and then his neck was broken, the uncle didn't even give half a look to the poor worm, and ran directly to the other nearest mercenary, and just now I don't know what method was used to dispel the opponent's fighting spirit and then repeat the old trick, and once again ended up with an unlucky egg。

The other girl with eyes was standing at the entrance of the staircase cleared by the gray wind with a magic guide short-shot in one hand, and called the giant scorpions gathered around one by one, only to see that the magic of the small fireball launched by the short-shot hit those giant scorpions, and immediately the giant scorpions began to twitch, and even some of the giant scorpions that had been attacked several times at the same time fell directly to the ground, and from the gap in the carapace even came out of the thin smoke that seemed to be burned...... Anyway, what kind of magic is it loaded with that magic guide short gun, it looks like it is obviously a small fireball technique at the beginning of the fire system, but this power is not at the same level at all......

And when Cheruth looked at the last person with a dark green enchantment wrapped around him like a hedgehog, all of them were spiky, and she couldn't help but be stunned......

The black long straight, the gothic long skirt, the mouthless face, and a few discount coupons from the sweet shop caused a hoop throwing war...... Remember, it's called Xingxi?

"Miss Cheruth, is that ......?"

“...... Well, it's our companions who have arrived, everyone rush out together, stay safe!"