Boom Boom

A huge flash of lightning descended on the nearby clearing, and the rock that had been hit instantly turned into debris and scattered scattered all over the ground.

The steady ground trembled with fear, and on this thunderstorm night when I couldn't see my fingers, everything seemed to become frightened. The magic that fills the air depicts strange trajectories, as if to warn people that they are not "normal" natural phenomena.

The storm enveloped the land, and the magic contained in the wind and water was like a madness, raging the land without mercy. A loud roar of thunder from the foothills of the distant mountains played an ominous tune, and the electric light that rolled above the clouds cast its blue-white glow onto the ground.

"It's getting worse and worse, we've been in Catrice City for three years and we've never seen rain like this before. Lizzie's brow furrowed slightly, cautiously observing the trajectory drawn by the mad magic, "Although the rainstorm that has lasted for a week is already very abnormal...... But now the rain looks like someone is taking a basin of water and sprinkling water into a miniature box. ”

This anomalous storm is littered with signs of spell manipulation, but how it works is difficult to decipher. Since a long time ago, many magicians have been researching how to use spells to control rainfall, but their efforts have not been rewarded.

After all, based on the total amount of mana, it is difficult for ordinary people's magic to create large-scale natural phenomena, and it is extremely difficult to adjust the elemental operation of the entire environment.

"Forget it, don't worry about it, let's find a way back first...... This is indeed around the city, right?" Look at the valley around it that was almost destroyed by flames. Lizzie waved her hand to mobilize the shadow tentacles that stretched up from the ground, carrying the two sorcerers who were firmly bound.

The power of their whole bodies was drained by Lizzie's spells. Now he can only look at her with angry eyes as she operates spells. There is no doubt that these two guys are not going to be caught. Although they have been bound by the three layers of the spell, they are still trying to mobilize the little magic left in their bodies, trying to break through the first line of defense set by Liqi and regain their mobility.

The vague magic power, though extremely weak, kept flowing under their control, seeking the right angle to unravel the spell. That alone is enough to show that they have a good level, and if they don't get a blow from Lizzie when they show their flaws, it may take some effort to subdue them.

Lizzie noticed their actions, of course, but she only raised the corners of her mouth mockingly, and did nothing to hinder them. The phantom tentacles that bound the two sorcerers seemed soft. But it's not as easy as they think. And...... If it really is necessary, she can always use some more "drastic" means to stop them from escaping.

So she was happy to see how far the two sorcerers' efforts could go - it was interesting for her to watch someone have a headache trying to crack their own spells. Although she looked indifferent, she had already laughed out loud in her heart.

"You're right, finding the way is the most important thing...... But the question is, where the hell is this?" Looking at the evil fun of Lizzie, Curt could only pretend not to see it, although he had a headache, "I'm sorry, I don't seem to see what this place is." ”

He looked around a little dazedly. But the qiē in the rainy night has lost its original appearance, and there is no way to even judge the direction by the direction of the stars. Truth be told, he never imagined that he would get lost in the hilly terrain around Catrice City, as a mercenary who often performs his work in the field. Such an encounter is no different than getting lost in the back garden of your own home.

This situation is also quite helpless for Curt, after all, he rarely walks in the wild on stormy nights. The tools he carried with him had been damaged in his previous busyness, and the sword star crest pinned to his chest did not react at all due to the magic of the riot around him.

Barren mountains and mountains. It's probably the perfect word to describe this valley. There is a large area of mountains around the city of Catrice, which have not yet been fully opened, and they will be walked in these places tomorrow. Except for the mercenaries, there are probably only a small number of mountain people.

"Probably over there...... Or over there?"

Faced with Curt's question, Lizzie could only smile and casually point in a direction: "I have just tried to use spells to identify the location of the city." But the surrounding mana field was so chaotic that even my spells were disturbed. All in all...... Let's go that way first. ”

Inexplicably, Lizzie misses the nagging little girl of Mio Disstad, and if she has the help of the guidance technique she has mastered at this time, she will surely find her way back soon. That's when Lizzie remembered that she hadn't said hello to her in a long time.

Maybe after returning to the academy, it will be necessary to find out Oscar and them together and explain some things...... Thinking like this, Lizzie shook her head slightly.

"That's due north. Lizzie pointed in one direction, "Not only that, but it's also the most likely way to find a branch road to Catrice City in that direction." ”

The city of Catrice is known to have been built in a small corner surrounded by endless mountains. In addition to the vast Great Plains in the north, there are a few directions of mountainous areas that are still covered by primeval forests, or some undulating hills, which are somewhat similar to the terrain here.

"O North...... Maybe it's really in that direction. ”

Curt looked at the outline of the mountains to the north, and the ridges in that direction gradually opened up, as if they were the exit from this mountain valley. Perhaps Lizzie had chosen the right one, as only the northern slope was gently downward, surrounded by mountains, and a rushing stream was flowing into the distance.

Walking slowly in the direction Lizzie had pointed out, Curt cautiously crossed the riverbank by the stream, which was strewn with sharp gravel. The fire, which had been extinguished before it arrived, seemed to have burned most of the valley, and the further you went, the more scorched things became.

He lit the lantern he had taken from the sorcerer duo and took in the light of his surroundings. Oddly enough, the center of the lantern was embedded with some crystal fragments, which caused it to emit a kind of blue light that lacked temperature, making it look like a ghostfire.

I don't know if the two sorcerers were the culprits of the fire, but there was absolutely no way for them to get rid of the relationship. In the scorched earth left behind by the fire, some unburned remains can still be seen - mostly weeds and small flowers, especially some wooden stakes that have pierced into the ground.

It looked like a fence or a low wall around the farm, except that all that was left of the field was burned to ashes. Even if it was a farm, it would have been abandoned a long time ago, and even the farmhouse had been razed to the ground.

At the edge of the valley, there were faint piles of toppled stones. When he first saw them, Curt thought they were just random piles of rubble, but now that he thinks they may be the remains of the pillars of the building, gradually covered with overgrown weeds over time.

He looked at the remaining things around him suspiciously, frowned and muttered to himself: "Strange... I've always felt like this place is a familiar place -- what the hell is this place? Abandoned farms or something...... I don't remember a spot like this around Catrice City. ”

The Mercenary Administration has a map of the area around Catrice, carefully surveyed by the Scrivener Bureau, on which the coordinates of all facilities and locations are clearly recorded. But no matter how much Curt thought about it, he couldn't find a record similar to this mountain valley in his memory.

There could have been no error in that map, as the members of the Scrivener Bureau re-surveyed and updated the records every other year, so the map of the Management Office had to be updated with the latest version every year. Curt doesn't see any "abandoned farm" markers on this year's map, in other words, it's either not documented for some reason, or some people have used their own means to cover up the area.

If the news were reported to the members of the Scrivener Bureau, it could throw the guys who managed the text into chaos. They trust the number they get after their investigation, and if they learn that this number has been maliciously tampered with by some people, then the expression on their faces will not look good.

However, now is not the time to consider how the scribes reacted to this news - a greater dilemma has only just begun for those who have exploited their already erroneous information. Since the map may be biased, the surrounding area must also have more or less problems.

So the biggest suspicion naturally fell on the head of the "True Eye".

"It's really troublesome, how powerful are the tentacles of the 'True Eye' guys, and how do I feel that they have touched a lot of important places......? But I didn't expect that even the scrivener bureau would have one of them,"

Curt couldn't help but complain that if his reasoning was correct, then not only had the dispatch of the Catrice Academy's subordinates become untrustworthy, but even the Scrivener's Bureau had been infiltrated. If he was a person who could influence the depiction of the surrounding map, then his status must be far above that of ordinary scribes.

This was something Curt had expected, and he didn't expect that even the upper echelons of the Royal Scrivener's Bureau would have renegade - which would undoubtedly complicate the already chaotic shape.

Vaguely, a trace of uneasy premonition crept into his heart, I am afraid that whether it is the "True Eye" or the "Ultramarine Faction", their strength has been greatly underestimated. I'm afraid that after making a mess of Catrice, they still haven't used all the pieces they have at their disposal.

Thinking of this, Curt subconsciously accelerated the pace of progress. (To be continued!)

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