After leaving Heitan Town, there is a vast forest sea.

It is full of uneven hills, but there are few people, but in a densely vegetated valley, there is a simple forest hut.

In front of the house was a small lake, and a wooden trestle had been erected on the shore, and at this time, a boy who looked to be seventeen or eighteen years old was sitting on the edge of the trestle, holding a fishing rod, apparently fishing.

However, the bait cast under the surface of the water had been eaten, and only one unfortunate fish was hooked in the lip, and could not break free.

But the boy did not immediately withdraw the hook, for he sat where he was, with his head propped in one hand, and fell asleep.

It wasn't until the fish struggled for a long time, swung its tail hard, and dragged the fishing rod directly into the water, that the boy was awakened, but he could only watch the rod sink into the water.

"Ugh."

The boy sighed, simply rolled over on the trestle, and went back to sleep.

His name is Nova Priest, and he originally lived in Baifeng Town, and his parents were nobles of no low status, but he did not belong to that family, because he was only an adopted son.

Before being adopted by his current parents, he was a wandering homeless man who didn't know his origins, and one day he wandered with the crowd to Baifeng Town, where he collapsed when he came to the city gate because he couldn't eat for a long time.

Seeing that he was about to be disposed of by the soldiers defending the city, a noble couple happened to enter the city in a carriage, and the man who was originally a doctor saw at a glance that Nova was not dead, and out of professionalism, the couple decisively saved him and let him live in his own house for a while.

The couple had no children, and Nova was smart, sensible, upright and kind, and they felt that they were very close to the child, so they adopted him as an adopted son, so that they could inherit their family's aristocratic status and the medical clinic that the family had run for several generations.

Nova didn't care about the inheritance, and he only longed to have a family, so he readily agreed.

He thought that the rest of his life would be smooth sailing, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, and the change happened a year ago.

The adoptive father's family was only divided, and he had other siblings, although they also inherited part of the inheritance of the previous generation, but they all ended up in the middle of the family because of poor management or random squandering, so they naturally started the brother's idea.

At first, they just made excuses to borrow money from him, but never mentioned the matter of repaying the money, and then they didn't even want to borrow money, but said "You have no children and no daughters anyway, you should take care of your brothers and sisters", and directly asked him for money.

Although his adoptive father said many times that he could introduce them to jobs, they were used to asking him for money and did not listen to his advice at all.

It wasn't until later that his adoptive father finally broke out, thinking that when he first divided the inheritance, everyone shared about the same, and it was not easy for him to make money himself, so why should he raise these guys who eat and drink for nothing.

So, he directly quarreled with them and drove them away.

However, the matter does not end there.

One day, a few weeks later, a group of fierce men broke into his adoptive father's hospital, smashed it everywhere, and finally set fire to it.

Although the members of the Order who were maintaining law and order immediately arrived, they did not expect that as if they had planned for a long time, they quickly retreated after smashing them.

Nova could of course guess who had instigated this, but he had no direct evidence and could not denounce his adoptive father's siblings.

He thought that those people just wanted to vent their anger, and this matter was over, but then, he didn't expect those people to do such a desperate thing.

A few days later, the family of three went out in a carriage to relieve the shock they had received from the previous incident, but when they reached a remote place, a group of people came out of the road and stopped them.

Nova recognized these people at a glance as the guys who had smashed the adoptive father's medical hall, and they directly pulled out their knives and were about to attack the three of them.

Fortunately, his adoptive parents desperately protected Nova and allowed him to save his life and escape, but they died at the hands of those people.

According to the laws of the Empire, if a nobleman had no children and did not make a will, then when he died, his siblings were entitled to inherit the estate.

Nova knew very well the motives of these people, and he also thought about seeking revenge on them, but through formal channels, he had no substantive evidence, after all, there were no witnesses at that time, and he himself was soft-spoken, if he did it himself, he didn't have the ability, and in the end he had no choice but to leave Baifeng Town.

Later, in order to escape the pursuit of his enemies, he temporarily lived in the deserted forest.

Now he has become alone again, although he has a deep blood feud, he can't get revenge, which makes him have an extra mental blow.

However, as time passed, the depression in his heart gradually dissipated, and he deliberately wanted to escape from his troubles, so he always filled his life with all kinds of trivial things.

Build houses, reclaim land, fish, ...... As long as he is not reminded of the hatred he carries, he is very enthusiastic.

However, when his life stabilized and gradually became less than anything to do, he could not help but think of the events of that time, which often kept him awake at night and low in energy during the day.

Therefore, when he was busy with his daily chores today, he planned to kill time by fishing, but because of the lack of sleep for a long time, he actually dozed off.

There was no food to grow in this season, and he didn't have any food, so he counted on fish for food.

Because of this, the rod being dragged away caused him a lot of trouble, but he was also worried that he had nothing to do, and it would be okay to make another one later, and now it was imperative to go to bed while this long-lost sleepiness hit.

I don't know how long it took for him to open his eyes, because he had finally slept well, he suddenly felt refreshed, and the senses of his whole body seemed to become sharper.

He sat up and began to think about where to find the materials to make the fishing rod, when he suddenly heard the voice of someone not far away.

The voice was rather rough, obviously two men talking, and Nova, instinctively sensing danger, quickly rolled over and came to the bottom of the trestle.

Then he looked in the direction from which the voice came, and sure enough, dozens of figures were found under the tree more than a hundred meters away, two of them were talking, and they seemed to be the leader.

Nova recognized them at a glance, they were the ones who killed his adoptive parents that day, and one of the leaders was his adoptive father's brother, and every time he came to his house to ask for money, this guy was the most arrogant.

"Oh no, they found it here." Nova couldn't help but shudder.

On the one hand, he was afraid of death, because these people were likely to come after him, and on the other hand, he was angry, he did not expect to see this group of enemies.

He really wants to take revenge, he wants to break these people into pieces, but the other party is so powerful, what can he do as a weak teenager?

While he was thinking about it, the group actually came towards his cabin, and Nova peered through the cracks in the trestle and found that there were indeed ten people, but one was very short.

He wondered if it was a dwarf, but when he looked at it from a different angle, he realized that it was a little girl who looked to be more than ten years old.

I saw that her hands were tied, and a large lump of cloth was stuffed in her mouth, perhaps because she understood that she couldn't escape, she didn't cry, but followed those people very honestly.

The two leaders then walked into the cabin and pushed the little girl in while the others stood guard at the door.

Nova had very good hearing, and the bridge was less than ten meters away from the hut, so he could vaguely hear what the people were saying.

"Oops, I didn't expect there to be a house in this place, it's really good to use it as a base."

"yes, but I don't think there's anyone living here, you see, there's pickled fish."

"Hmph, whatever, it's Lao Tzu now anyway."

"Huh, yours? Don't laugh, I hired you, it's obviously mine. ”

"Yo, you're going to settle accounts with us, aren't you? You see that we kidnapped this child, from stepping on the point, looking for candidates, to doing it, and bribing the guards, which was not done by my brothers, you are good, we didn't see a cent of the good money, so we dared to put it here and call me out, if it wasn't for the reasonable price of the unit before, Lao Tzu wouldn't want to wade into this troubled water. ”

“…… Hehe, look at what you said, don't you see it, we are brothers and brothers now, and the idea of kidnapping the children of the nobles is mine, otherwise where will you go to make money, but, I admit that I just said the wrong thing, then now everything is up to you, and then my share of the money will also be calculated for you, as the salary for hiring you, I have only one request, that is, after completing this order, you will help me hunt down the adopted son of my brother. ”

"Hmph, this is quite good, but I wonder, your brother's family is dead, and you have got the inheritance, just an adopted son, as for it?"

"Alas, you don't understand, that kid is clever, if he gets on good terms with those fools of the Knights one day, I'll be in danger then."

"Hehe, okay, we can be regarded as a little friendship, if you want anything in the future, you can just look for us, provided that there must be money to be made, understand?"

"Yes, yes, of course."

Then they called all the younger brothers outside, and the man in charge of cooking processed the food that Nova had prepared for the winter, and then began to eat and drink.

"Tsk, damn it."

Nova hid under the trestle, gritting his teeth in hatred as he watched his hard-earned food be wasted.

……

After a while, on the opposite bank of the lake in front of the forest hut, there was a large stout tree with a circular pattern carved into its trunk.

Immediately after, a green light flashed, and two figures appeared under the tree, strangely enough, it was Emir and Anne who were about to go to White Peak Town.

After the two of them came here, they saw the surrounding scene and were directly stunned.

"This, what is this place? Could it be that the town of Baifeng is in the forest? Emir asked, with a dark line on his face.

"Well, I don't know." Anne scratched her head and looked at the magic circle on the trunk.

There is no doubt that this is indeed her mark, but she has traveled many places, made a lot of marks along the way, and never remembers when it was.

However, she thought about it for a moment and figured out why this was happening.

It stands to reason that the magic array she drew will not be erased by ordinary people, because to do this, the other party also needs to use magic power, so there is only one possibility, it was a magician in Baifeng Town who stumbled upon her mark, and then worried that it was made by someone with bad intentions, so he eliminated it.

Once the end point is lost, the teleportation magic will automatically choose the end point marked elsewhere.

When Anne spoke her mind, Emile looked surprised, but she could only recognize the reality.

They had to determine where they were now, and if they were too far away from White Peak, they might really make Leonard unable to wait.

"Look, there's a little cabin there, maybe it's inhabited, let's go and ask." Anne suddenly spotted a cabin in the woods on the other side of the river.

"Oh?" The emir also looked over and thought to himself that this would be the case, and that he would soon know the location of this place, "Let's go." ”

Later, the two of them came to the door of the forest hut, only to hear the laughter of many men inside.

"It feels like there are a lot of people, it's great, there will always be people who know where this is." Thinking so, Emir knocked on the door.

Immediately afterward, the sound in the room stopped abruptly, and after a while, a crack opened in the door, revealing the head of a tall man.

"What for?"

"Uh, that, hello, we're travelers passing through here, and want to ask what this place is, please ......"

"Go, go, get out of the way, Lao Tzu is busy."

After the man finished speaking, he closed the door impatiently.

The emir froze in place, one hand still in the same posture as he had just knocked on the door.

"I'm just asking for directions, why is my attitude so bad?"

"Well," Anne thought as she touched her chin, "maybe it's the wrong way, I'm going to do it this time." ”

She then asked the emir to step aside and knocked on the door herself.

After a while, the door opened, and it was still the same man.

Perhaps he had never seen a girl so beautiful, but the man's eyes were straight, and he looked Anne up and down, as if he was ready to pounce on her.

Undaunted, however, Anne cleared her throat and spoke in a pitiful voice.

"You, hello, I'm a traveler passing through here, because I haven't eaten for a long time, and then the weather turns cold, and I forgot to bring thick clothes, so it's just hunger and cold, can you do well, give me a bite to eat?" Even if I don't, let me go in and take shelter from the wind, please. ”

The emir wondered on the spot, didn't they have a good breakfast in the morning? And how could the witch be afraid of the cold, if she was afraid of the cold, how could she keep wearing such a thin dress.

Besides, they were obviously asking for directions, so how did they suddenly become food and shelter from the wind?

However, the man really believed it, and he turned back to the eldest in the house for instructions, and then opened the door with joy.

The two walked in, but as soon as the front foot entered, someone closed the door on the back foot, completely closing the door and beating the dog.

Just imagine, there are several strong men in the house, and a young girl who is incredibly beautiful is surrounded by them, this is definitely a lonely and helpless little sheep into the wolf's den, what will happen next, no one dares to imagine.

Emile couldn't help but sweat, but not for Anne, but for these wolf-like men.

In the next second, the men rushed towards Anne, all looking like they were going to eat her alive.

However, Anne was unmoved, she casually threw out a small piece of paper, and a huge magic array was projected in an instant, and with a flash of light, everyone disappeared.

"Well, doesn't that mean you're going to force us to do it?" The emir couldn't help but sigh, but he quickly reacted, "No, who should we ask for directions now?" ”

"Well, there's another one there." Anne gestured to the little girl in the corner.

"Huh?" Slightly surprised, the emir hurriedly ran over, crouched down and asked, "What's your name?" Why is it here? ”

In order for her to answer, the emir untied the rope from her body and took out the cloth ball in her mouth.

The little girl finally shed tears after realizing that she was saved, and it turned out that the reason why she was so honest just now was only because she was afraid that she would be silenced after crying.

"It's okay, the bad guys have been beaten away." Anne also walked over and comforted her softly.

However, the little girl pointed behind them with tears in her eyes.

Emile looked back at the door and found a boy his age standing.