"No, no!" Gustav rushed forward to pick up the fallen Nala, and shouted hoarsely, Rogge quickly turned around and asked Little Flower Spirit to come forward to treat Nala, but it was too late, and the mixture of poison prepared by Nala quickly took her life.

Looking at Gustav, who was crying bitterly with Nala's body in his arms, Rogge sighed with a heavy heart, looked back at Catherine who was leaning on him with a sad face, and muttered softly: "Maybe the Great Wizard's decision is the right one, I shouldn't have revealed the truth, it's all my fault......"

After collecting Nola's remains, Gustav summoned the witch doctors to ask them about the whereabouts of the children she had left behind, and the witch doctors took him to the home of one of the witch doctors, where they saw a nest of delicate crocodile eggs.

"Patriarch, this is your first child, a girl. The witch doctor held a baby crocodile from an egg hatched yesterday to the Grand Patriarch, and Gustav carefully took the bewildered child with a trembling hand, tears of excitement.

After seeing his children, he entrusted them to the care of the witch doctor, and then went to the residence of the great wizard Salim himself, bowed down before him alone and begged for his forgiveness, expressing his willingness to serve Salim as a father in the future, and hoping that the two factions of the crocodile clan would put aside their dispute from now on.

After listening to Gustav's words, the Great Wizard, who sat quietly in the center of the room with his eyes closed, let out a long sigh of silence.

He got up and helped Gustav up, took his hand and said, "The two of us have been fighting for many years, but we didn't expect to end up holding each other's hands because of Nala, and now that Nala has passed away, it is time for us to let go of our past grievances." ”

Hearing the old wizard's words, Gustav embraced him, and the two then went to visit the children left behind by Nora, and held a general assembly of the whole clan, and the archwizard called on the whole clan to unite under the command of the great patriarch, and unanimously target the lizardmen and defeat the enemies of their race once and for all.

Two days after Nora's burial, one hazy evening, Rog sat in an open space at the edge of the base camp, quietly looking out at the empty swamp, with a rare melancholy in his brows, and the little owl Lilith was playing alone on the side, not disturbing his thoughts.

A man walked lightly from behind him, sat down beside him and looked curiously at his contemplative face, Rogge's melancholy eyes moved, looked back at Catherine's concerned face and said, "You are here." ”

"You don't seem to be happy," said Catherine, looking at the remaining melancholy on his face, "are you still saddened by Lady Nala's death?"

"yes, that's my fault, otherwise Nala's children probably wouldn't have lost their mother. Rogge said with a muttered sigh.

"But I think that the reason why Lady Nala chose to end her life was mainly because of the death of her brother, even if you didn't debunk her, her father died for her, and her brother was killed by her, she would have lived in pain and guilt. Catherine comforted him by placing her hand gently on his back.

Rogge was silent for a moment, nodded and sighed with melancholy: "You are right, but in any case, I still feel very uncomfortable to see her apologize for her death in front of me, I don't know if she has already seen her newborn child, she actually only wants a child of her own, I heard him call Mommy ......"

"Didn't you hate her at all?" Catherine asked, looking at him curiously, "After all, she once wanted to kill you." ”

"If she really killed me, it can only be said that the god of fate intervened in this matter, just like I found out the final truth, but gave the great patriarch such an ending, should he also hate me?"

Rogge put his arms together in fists to support his knees, pressed his chin to his fists, looked at the fading horizon in the distance, and said: "Human emotions are the most complicated, and for me, I would rather deal with a murderous and unpredictable villain like William, rather than care about the love and hatred of ordinary people." ”

"That's why, everyone among the rangers knows that the lone wolf is good at hunting vampires, but no one knows that he also hunts for murders. Rog turned back to Catherine with a wry smile and shook his head slightly.

"I understand, you're all for me. Catherine gently hugged Rogge's arm and snuggled her head over his shoulder.

"Silly girl. Rogge gently touched Catherine's head and said, "No matter what, everything is over, the Great Patriarch has promised to help us find Bach and Wood, I don't know if they are still okay, I hope to send back clues as soon as possible, so that we can find them quickly." ”

Catherine leaned silently on his shoulder, not answering his words, Rogge looked back at her curiously and asked, "What are you thinking?"

Catherine glanced at the little furball that was playing not far away, turned back to Rogge and said, "I envy Lilith so much, and I want to be by your side forever like her." ”

"How can that be done?" Rogge smiled and shook his head and said: "The little villain doesn't grow up, you are different from her, you want to find a good man who you love and love you at the same time in the future, and have a warm little family of your own......"

"I don't want any other man," Catherine interrupted Rogge, biting her lip and looking at him stubbornly, "I like you, and I want to be by your side and follow you forever." ”

"Silly girl," Rogge said with a smile as he stared into her serious eyes, "how can you waste your youth with me, a wanted criminal?

"I don't care, I like you, I only feel safe when you're by my side, I'm sure you'll follow!" Catherine pouted and hugged Rogge tightly, unflinching.

Rogge stared at her stubborn appearance, pondered for a moment, looked at her with an inquiring gaze and asked, "Are you serious?"

"Of course!" replied Catherine without hesitation.

"You know you shouldn't choose me, there's someone who loves you more, he ......" Rogge's words were suddenly interrupted by Catherine, she raised her head and stared at Rogge in annoyance and said loudly: "Why, why do you want to push me to someone else, you tell me what you don't like about me, I will try to change!"

"What do you like about me, I'll change it, okay?" Rogge said with a smile on his face, looking at her anxious little face.

"Are you so reluctant to accept me, is it because of Grace, you still love her, and think about her, right?" asked Catherine, biting her lip in disappointment, getting up from the ground and looking at Rogge.

"It has nothing to do with Grace, I only treat her as a sister, although my brother is incompetent and failed to protect her......" Rogge glanced up at Catherine's annoyed face, sighed and lowered his head again.

Catherine stood in place at a loss and was silent for a moment, seeing that Rogge showed no signs of changing his mind, she felt a pain in her heart, she gritted her teeth and said loudly to Rogge: "Maybe you don't want to accept me now, but I won't give up, I will wait for you forever, keep waiting!"

After saying that, she turned and hurriedly ran away, her back was like a flustered rabbit, the footsteps were hurried and uneasy, Rogge silently looked back at her, until her back disappeared into the night, he turned around and wiped his face with his hand, and let out a long sigh.

"Don't you like stupid girls?" asked suddenly, the little furball landed on Rogge's knee from the sky, tilting his little head to look at him.

"Is that funny what you ask?" Rogge poked his finger at her little head, frowned, and said, "Don't you know why I did that?"

"Poor stupid girl," said the little furball, kneeling on Rogge's knees, "and I don't want to leave her, or let Lady Louise turn her into a bird!"

"You're going to have a bad idea!" said Rogge, stroking the little furball's furry back with his fingers, "She and we are not all the way after all, separation is the inevitable result, just like everyone else, when everything settles, it will naturally be separated." ”

"Hey, I'll be the only one left, and I'll be bullied by you again!" the little furball pouted and raised his head and sighed melancholy.

"Did I bully you? Then why don't you fly away?" said Rogge, with a flick of his hand on her little head, "Little bad bird with no conscience!"

He stood up, let the little furball fall on his shoulder, and walked towards the camp in the thick of the night, and in the distance he saw a figure standing at the intersection in front of him, and Rog narrowed his eyes, turned back and motioned for Lilith not to speak, and walked to the man.

"Do you have something to say to me, brother?" he asked softly, staring at Murphy's preoccupied face in the night.

"Why did you reject her, you know how much she loves you, can you really bear to let her down a piece of infatuation?" asked Murphy, frowning, looking up at Rogge with a sharp gaze.

"I'm doing it for her good," replied Rogge, looking him in the eye calmly, "I know what kind of person I am, and I know what kind of person she is, but she doesn't know it, her love for me is nothing but the fanciful infatuation of a young girl, and if I really accept it, it will only hurt her." ”

He put a hand on Murphy's shoulder and whispered to him, "Don't lose faith, brother, she may be blind now, but you must be firm in your faith, and one day she will understand who really loves her and is worthy of her dependence." ”

He let go of his hand and passed by Murphy's side, and walked slowly towards the camp, Murphy glanced back at his hazy back in the night, and suddenly said loudly, "You're right, none of us know who you are, who are you?"

"Do you want to know the answer? brother, maybe one day you'll know, but I guess that's not the answer you want, like Nala. Rogge's deep voice echoed in Murphy's ears, drowning in the night.

The next morning, Rogge was awakened by the little owl Lilith, and the little furball fell on his chest and shouted: "Bad wolf, get up, get up, there is an ugly crocodile outside that has been standing like a stake for a long time, and I dare not go out to play!"

"Can't you let me sleep soundly?" Rogge sat up from the bed with his eyes and yawned deeply, when the crocodile soldiers outside the door heard his voice, reached in from outside the door, and said after seeing him, "Mr. Rogge, the great patriarch has asked you to go over and discuss important matters." ”

"Did you find the priest of the Holy Order?" Rog asked the soldier with his eyes wide open.