Leaving the city of Vantolis, a city full of blood and tears, Jiang Zhe and his party continued their journey north in the direction indicated by the new leader of the Thranders, Genevieve Dolby.

Not to mention the fate of the Thrand people in the end, after driving the carriage for a day and a night, Jiang Zhe and the others finally crossed the border of Galik.

The Galik soldiers on the border did not embarrass them, on the contrary, they also pointed out to Jiang Zhe and them the small city closest to the border - Hale.

The small town of Hale is located a little northeast of the Galic border, and although it is only a small city, due to its topography, it has a large population, mostly merchants from all over the world, or mercenaries who eat together, and of course, some of the refugees of Jacobsemb in the near future.

When the carriage reached the gates, the Garrick soldier stationed at the gate came over for a routine inspection, and was obviously surprised to find that the carriage was full of children, but then he was relieved - there were many adventurous aristocratic imps these days.

Riding into the city in a slightly bumpy carriage, looking at the bustling people in the city, Lerella exhaled lightly and whispered, "Ivey, I think we should rest here for the night, take a shower, and change our clothes......"

Before she could finish speaking, Lisa smiled and said, "I want to eat a good meal and sleep peacefully...... It's so infuriating in that hellish place in Vantolis, especially that villain named Tammy, so ......"

"Giggles," Dia chuckled at the slightly childish words, and whispered, "They look fierce, but they didn't hurt us, did they?" she said, sighing slightly, with a somewhat inexplicable expression, and whispered, "I've always heard people say how bad the Thrand people are, but after seeing that city...... It's in ruins now, isn't it? a city that's been built for more than 200 years...... I hope they get a good home!"

"Can you still get a good home if you are enemies of the Empire?" Glancing at Dia, Lavia frowned, "I did sympathize with what happened to them when I first entered Vantoris, but those men attacked Galik's salary, they broke the laws of the Empire, they robbed the salaries that were originally used to distribute to the Gallic soldiers, do you know what that means?

"I don't agree with you," Dia whispered, shaking her head at Lavia, "You have seen the situation of the Thrands, who are hungry and cold, and the Empire is ignoring it...... Yes, they have violated the laws of the Empire, but isn't that out of necessity? We should understand......"

"Understand?" "Understanding?" Smiling slightly, Lavia held her chin and looked at the crowd outside the carriage window, and said lightly, "Understanding is understanding, but whether it can be tolerated is another matter, if it were in our Altak, such criminals would be put on wooden shackles, tied to stakes and whipped......"

"It's cruel......"

"Cruel?" Glancing at Dia subconsciously, Lavia sneered and mocked, "When you are enjoying a peaceful life, who is paying for your peaceful life! You must know that our relationship with the northern barbarians is not harmonious, those barbarians who live in the extreme cold land of the north often peep into the rich land of the empire, but the empire has the most solid northern barrier, that is, the Artak-Gron Galik line, you can sympathize with those Thranders, but I can't tolerate it- The pay is given to these warriors who defend the line with their lives, and what right do the Thrandians have to take possession?"

Looking at Lavia, who seemed a little excited, Lisa timidly called, "Ivey?"

As if realizing something, Lavia looked apologetically at Dia, who looked embarrassed, and whispered, "I'm so sorry, I just ...... You know, I was born in Artak, I grew up there, and I've seen a lot of things that you probably won't ever see in your lifetime......"

"It's okay, I know you're unintentional," Smiling at Lavia's apology, Dia nodded and said, "Indeed, people like me who live in peaceful areas can't understand about border defense, by the way, have you ever seen barbarians?"

"I've seen it when I've been very young," Lavia thought for a moment and whispered, pursing her lips as she recalled, "Savages aren't much different from us humans, it's just ...... Well, they are strong, very tall, barbarians are natural warriors, especially those who have mastered the use of [rage], they can effortlessly lift a Makohito with one hand and throw it far away, especially the berserkers among them, they are simply killing machines on the battlefield, I have seen a dozen Artak soldiers surround a berserker and still can't kill him...... The barbarians worship their ancestors, and they believe that great power comes from their hearts, so they have little need for equipment, and of course, this has to do with the fact that they live in the extreme cold and do not get along well with the dwarves......"

"You know so much...... looking at Lavia with a somewhat envious expression, Dia shook her head and whispered, "Like me, I've never known these things - maybe you're right, but I still sympathize with the Thranders......"

Glancing up at Dia, Lavia smiled faintly and said seriously, "I said that sympathy is sympathy......

As he spoke, the carriage creaked to a halt, and Allen, who had come to the door, knocked on the window with his finger and said tiredly, "Get off, honorable ladies!"

Lavia stretched out her hand and pushed the door open, and suddenly the noise of the street came like a tidal wave, shouting, laughing, shouting, abounding.

"It's so lively," said Lisa, who puffed out her cheeks and stuck out her tongue as she looked at the street with delight, "I still prefer a city like this, unlike Vantolis, which is messy, dirty, and lifeless, and the faces of those people are fierce...... "Ivy, let's go for a walk and see what fun is here...... No, I mean we should go buy some stock food and come back, hee-hee!"

"You!" Glancing at Lisa angrily, Lavia said helplessly, "Okay, but find a place to rest first, Lyrela is right, we can't just go to Scott, it's rude!"

Looking down at her dirty dress, Lisa blushed slightly, nodded and said, "Okay, let's find a place to rest first, take a shower, and then go shopping together......" As she spoke, she seemed to think of something, leaned into Lavia's ear and said, "Or, I'll go with Lyrela, and you and Soth ......"

Suddenly, Lavia's little face turned a little crimson, and she glanced at Jiang Zhe with her eyes flutteringly, but saw that he was talking to Dia, and in an instant, she felt that all her good mood had been destroyed, and she sighed angrily and said, "Forget it, I don't want to go with that guy!" As he spoke, he turned his head to Alan who was looking around and said, "Allen, find a place to rest!"

I saw Alan scratch his head and look at the shops and inns around him, and then pointed to a house and said, "Just the inn around the corner - there should be enough space for us to stop the carriage!"

"Alright then!"

A few minutes later, they arrived at the inn, and Alan had booked six rooms for six silver coins per room.

Hale was a small town at best, but the rooms here were clearly more satisfying to the girls than the rooms in Vantolas—at least there was enough hot water to supply them with bathing.

For Jiang Zhe and Allen, taking a bath is a very easy thing, and it can be done with a flush of water, but compared to girls, their speed is a very test of patience.

It took more than an hour for a few girls to knock on the door of Allen's room as agreed, and at this time, Jiang Zhe had already been lying on the sofa in the room for a long time, which was strange to say, he was originally very sleepy, and his recent sleep time seemed to have gradually become shorter.

"You're too slow, aren't you?" Glancing at a few girls, Jiang Zhe was a little weak.

"What are you talking about," looking at Jiang Zhe dissatisfied, Lavia said angrily, "You think everyone else is like you?"

"Okay, okay," clapping his hands interrupted the argument between the two, Alan lowered his head and said to Jiang Zhe, "Gentleman, gentleman, man!" As he spoke, he shrugged his shoulders and said to everyone, "Let's stay here for one night today, and tomorrow we'll go to find that bastard from Scott, then...... What happens next?"

Hearing Alan's words, Lisa grinned and hugged Lavia's arm and said with great interest, "We're going to go for a walk around town, hee-hee, I just saw a lot of interesting things in the carriage!"

"Huh?" said Allen, pretending to be disappointed, making a strange expression, "I thought I could treat you to a glass of local ale!"

"Why don't we go together," Lisa suggested, looking at the crowd, "how about we go to dinner first, and then go to town together?"

"That's right," after thinking about it slightly, Alan turned to Jiang Zhe and said, "What do you say, buddy?"

Jiang Zhe glanced at Dia with some embarrassment, and all of this was seen by Lavia, only to see her bite her lip and say in a deep voice, "I suddenly feel a little tired, Lisa, you and Alan go shopping together!"

"How?" Lisa was visibly disappointed, pouting at Lyrela, only to see her smile and say, "I don't want to be caught between you and Eren - I'm a little tired, and I'm in the company of Ivey!"

"Alright then," Lisa pouted in disappointment, looked at Jiang Zhe and Dia, and asked, "What about you?"

"Let's just take a walk around the neighborhood!" Dia said with a smile.

Lisa obviously noticed the word us, glared at Jiang Zhe angrily, turned her head to Alan and said disappointedly, "Then it's just us, it's not fun at all......"

Winking at Lisa, Alan said in a strange tone, "Isn't it fun at all?"

"Giggles, it's fun!"

A few minutes later, Lisa and Alan, Dia and Jiang Zhe, all left the hotel one after another, leaving only Lavia and Lyrela.

Glancing at Lavia lying on the bed with her right hand on her pillow, Larella walked over and sat on the edge of the bed and said, "You're in a bad mood, Ive, aren't you?"

"Not really!" Lavia, who was lying on the boat, turned over, looked at the sky outside the window, and then suddenly sat up and said, "There's no reason for them all to go out, only we stay here - let's go out too!"

"Giggle," she smiled, and Lyrela teased, "and said no! Okay, I'll go with you!"

After spending more than ten minutes changing into an inconspicuous costume, the two girls left the inn, leaving only a few chess puppets to look at the contents of the house, after all, magic puppets are not ordinary things, and they will definitely attract the attention of others.

But neither Jiang Zhe, nor Allen, nor Lavia and Lyreira noticed the disappointed expressions on the faces of those chess puppets...... God, can lifeless puppets be disappointed?

"You really should be nicer to Soth......"

On the crowded street, Lyreira smiled and teased her female companion, "Everyone is scared away by you all day long--I've never seen a boy confess to you in two years at Reochs Academy, shouldn't you reflect on it?"

"Those boring guys, my time is precious, I don't have time to play any emotional games with them!"

"Then there's a kung fu to accompany Soth?" Lerella teased with a chuckle.

"Who...... Who's with him? Don't talk nonsense!"

Winking at Lavia, Lyreira said with a smirk, "Am I talking nonsense?

"I ...... I know what, well, I'll admit that I did spend a little more time with him...... Just a little, but that's just for the sake ......of learning magic," Lavia said, gesturing her index finger and thumb in a small increment, and after a moment's thought, she narrowed the distance between the two again.

"Giggles," Lyrela shook her head helplessly, whispering in Lavia's ear, "Did you attend the masquerade to learn magic too?"

"What, when am I going to ......?"

"Oh my God, you denied it! I remember it very well, you were nervous......

"Don't talk about it......"

"Okay, okay," Lerella chuckled and changed the subject, "Actually, there are a lot of boys in the academy who have a crush on you, Ivey, and your supporters are not a few even among the seniors, as long as you don't keep a straight face every day......"

"Who has a straight face all day long?"

"You're still quibbling about you," Lyrella whispered, glancing at Lavia, "Don't you see that Soth likes girls with gentle surnames......"

"What does that have to do with me!"

"You, you're really ......" was about to 'educate' her friend again, when Lyrela suddenly felt the light in front of her dim, and suddenly, she felt as if she had hit someone, her forehead and left hand were particularly painful, and then a vicious voice came into her ears.

"Don't you walk with long eyes, little ghost!"

Looking up in a daze, Lyrela found that she had bumped into a mercenary-looking man, who was wearing an old leather armor, carrying a long sword behind his back, and a scratch on his face that had been scratched by an unknown animal, which looked terrifying, especially when the other party glared at her with a vicious expression, Lyrela couldn't help but feel a surge of fear welling up in her heart.

"Right...... I'm sorry!"

"Huh?" the mercenary tilted his head, looked at the girl in front of him with contempt, and said mockingly, "What did you say?"

Swallowing her saliva, Larella lowered her head and said in a voice twice as loud, "I'm sorry!"

"Hey!" the mercenary smiled, stretched out his hand to the two girls, and said, "Well, I'm just short of a few dollars, and if you're willing to give me a few silver coins, I think I'll treat it as if it didn't happen!"

"What are you doing?!" Ravia frowned and scolded as she stepped forward to protect Lyrela behind her, "She's already apologized to you!"

"Yo, it's a very imposing little ghost!" Looking at Lavia and smiling, the mercenary touched his chin covered with scum, and said mockingly, "Apologize, what problem can an apology solve?" As he spoke, he glanced Lavia up and down, and said with a smile, "It seems that you are not ordinary family ghosts......

"What do you want to do?" Looking at the man in front of her vigilantly, Lavia suddenly saw the patrol guards in the distance, and said in a deep voice, "I advise you not to think about anything, extortion will be whipped!"

Suddenly, the mercenary's face sank, and he glanced at the patrol guards not far behind him, and then glared at Lavia viciously, and said in a vicious tone, "Little ghost, are you threatening me? Hehe, I didn't pay attention just now, yes, it's a pretty little ghost, so let's go have a glass of wine with me!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and touched Lavia's face.

Lavia's face flushed with anger and she stepped back to avoid the mercenary's hand.

"Tsk, what a disobedient little ghost!" With a little interest, the mercenary licked his lips, grabbed Lavia's arm, and said with a smile, "What a disobedient little ghost, let me teach you a lesson for your parents, what to do when you provoke someone you shouldn't mess with!"

"Let go!" Lavia struggled hard, but unfortunately, her strength was clearly much weaker than that of the other party.

"What if I don't let it go!

At this moment, a figure came to the mercenary's side, tapped his shoulder with his finger, and said lightly, "I advise you to let go!"

Glancing warily at the visitor, the mercenary said viciously, "Boy, don't meddle with your business!, if you don't want to get hurt, get out!" and as he spoke, he let go of his grip on Lavia's hand and reached for the long sword behind his back.

But in the next second, the mercenary was actually knocked away by the opponent's punch for more than a dozen yards, knocking down a row of pavements.

"Hey, what's going on?" the people in the street chattered.

"Tsk!" waved his right hand very casually, and the man said jokingly, "It seems that you are not an obedient fellow either!"

"Are you ......" looked at the person who had saved him in amazement, the expression on Lavia's face changed for a while, and then, surprise and joy filled his face, "Connell?!"

Lavia clearly saw that the person who helped her out of the siege was the werewolf she met a year ago, Jean Connell!

"I thought you'd call me Jean!" a joke was made, and Connell laughed, "Did you surprise you to see me?"

"yes, that's amazing," Lavia nodded in surprise and teased Connell, "I almost don't recognize you, you've got a rough beard, hee-hee......" She was referring to Conneill's bushy beard that stretched to the sides of her cheeks, which, to be honest, looked more like some kind of creature's body hair than a beard.

Shrugging his shoulders, Connell joked, "This is not what I wanted, I suspect that if I continue, I may be treated as a monster by others!"

Glancing at the thick body hair on Connell's thick arms, Lavia blinked and teased, "No, you are!" She was referring to Connell's great strength and immortality.

"You little ghost!" Connell shook his head angrily with a somewhat helpless expression.

"Ive," Larella whispered, tugging at Lavia's arm, "he...... Do you know this man?" she said, glancing at Connell with some trepidation, she subconsciously felt that the man in front of her was much more terrifying than the mercenary.

"Don't worry," Lavia said with a chuckle, "He met near Professor Hodd's house a year ago, and it's my friend, Jean Connell, who looks scary, but she's actually a nice person, Jean, she's one of my best friends, Lyreira Geddes!"

Are people good?

Connell smiled helplessly, stretched out his hand and said, "Nice to meet you, little ghost!"

After a few sneaky glances at Connell, Lyreira carefully raised her hand and shook it, and whispered, "I'm glad to meet you, Mr. Connell......" As she spoke, she turned her head and whispered with an old-fashioned expression, "Your friend is so strange, his body is so hairy, and his eyes are fierce, like a wolf......"

He's a werewolf...... Lavia winked playfully at Conil, and then, as if she had noticed something, she pointed behind him.

Connell turned and glanced in the direction Lavia was pointing, only to see that the mercenary who had been knocked away actually stood up and walked angrily towards him.

"Boy, are your fists very powerful!

Glancing at the other party lightly, Connell grinned, stared at the other party and said in a threatening tone, "If you don't leave, you will no longer lose just your face...... Get out!"

Forced by Connell's momentum, the mercenary hesitated to reach for the long sword behind his back several times, but in the end he still left.

Looking at the back of the mercenary leaving, Lavia chuckled and said, "Can you scare away a mercenary with momentum?"

"What's so surprising about this, even if it's a mercenary, he will cherish his life," Connell said, looking around and asked suspiciously, "Just the two of you? What about the imp who was with you? The imp named Thos!"

Suddenly, the smile on Lavia's face disappeared, and she bit her lip and whispered, "He...... Something ...... a little bit of a thing."

"What's the matter?" Glancing at Lavia, Connell seemed to think of something, frowned and said, "He bullied you, that little ghost, I'm going to kill him!"

"Don't!" Lavia subconsciously grabbed Connell's hand, shook her head and said, "You misunderstood, Jean, he didn't bully me, he just ...... We're just having a mess, yes, that's it......"

"You!" Connell laughed, patting Lavia on the head and laughing, "You won't even tell a lie...... Okay, don't worry, I won't hurt that little ghost, I can't guarantee that I can't beat him, his kid is protected by demons, but I was killed by him......"

"Jean!" Lavia reminded in a low voice.

"Kill?" Glancing at Connell, Lerella was a little baffled, wasn't she good?

"Heh," Cornill said with a smile after glancing at Lyreira, "Wrong, yes, I almost killed, that imp has a very powerful force!" he said, looking at Lavia with eyes soaked in fatherly love, and pretending to be vicious, "After thinking about it, I still have to teach that little imp a lesson, by the way, where do you live?"

Glancing at Connell angrily, Lavia turned her head and pointed in one direction and said, "There, the inn around the corner!" As he spoke, he said to Connell seriously, "Don't hurt him!" Although Connell's tone sounded like a joke, Lavia was still a little worried, after all, this person in front of her was not an ordinary person, he was the most powerful, immortal dark life between werewolves and vampires, Gangaro!

"Got it!" Connell smiled, and walked with the two girls towards the inn where they were staying, and as he walked, he suddenly stopped, put his hand lightly on Lavia's shoulder, and whispered, "Let's go another way!"

Looking at the street in front of Connell, Lavia couldn't see anything unusual, so she asked suspiciously, "Is there anything ahead?"

I saw Connell look coldly ahead and said coldly, "There's a bastard who makes me very unhappy!"

At the same time, on the other side of the street, the necromancer Poole, who had wrapped himself in a traveling cloak, taunted him, "Hear me, Argus?

"Don't be in a hurry," said Argus, who was sitting on a barrel by the side of the street, wearing only a long black coat as usual, as he slowly bites the bread in his hand, and chuckles when he hears his companion, "I don't care if he calls me a bastard or anything else, as long as he is willing to throw himself on our side...... That guy is strong, and he's a headache for an undead body, I don't want to provoke such an enemy......" As he spoke, he paused, looked into the distance and said jokingly, "Don't worry, my dear companion, he will come to us, because we can give him the ...... he wants."

"I hope you're not wrong, but ...... When are we going to wait? I think we should give that guy a deadline to play hide in a small town? It's not fun!"

"Well, you're right," Argus tossed the last bit of bread into his mouth, then looked into the distance and said with a smile, "That guy is really not interesting, it looks like we need to talk to him again......"

"Now?"

"Of course!" said Argus, as if he had seen something, with a strange expression on his face, and in a tone of surprise, "...... That little imp is here? Interesting, Poole, wait for me here for a while!"

"Hmm, what are you going to do?"

"Hey, have a nice chat with a funny little ghost!" said Argus, walking towards a stall on the street, and next to the stall, Dia was happily pointing to a gadget and saying something to Jiang Zhe.

(To be continued)