Roy woke up and the first thing he did when he opened his eyes was to run to the next room, which was empty.

There were still a few apples in the basket next to the table, and in addition to the peel, there was a peeling knife in the round plate, and some of Woods's personal belongings were still in the room.

Roy scratched at his hair a little wordlessly, looking like something must have happened next to Woods......

Walking out onto the terrace, Instructor Nora came out of a wooden house opposite, took a warm cup of fruit tea, and asked Roy:

"Roy, did the kid come back last night?"

Roy shook his head, a hint of worry in his eyes.

"Instructor Nora, I'd like to go to Fountain Square to inquire, maybe someone has seen Woods."

Instructor Nora strode to the window of the cabin, pushed it open, and shouted to Instructor Eleanor, who was sleeping inside:

"Wait, I'll go with you, Eleanor, hurry up and give you five minutes to wash, that kid didn't come back last night, he probably got lost, Roy and I want to go to the fountain square to look for it, you go with us."

Instructor Eleanor appeared at the window with her hair as messy as a chicken coop.

"...... so early"

When she saw Roy on the terrace of the treehouse opposite, she immediately retracted her head, and then there was a sound of rushing water in the room.

Along the way, Instructor Nora was expressionless, and it could be seen that she was in a bad mood, and when she came to Fountain Square, there were not many elves in the square.

The early morning sun shines through the foliage on the edge of the fountain, surrounded by neat apple trees with benches for pedestrians to rest, the square is paved with fine stone slabs, and in the center is a fountain with a cluster of statues.

The water in the pool was so clear that some of the elves even drank it......

Roy took Instructor Nora and Instructor Eleanor to a bench where he and Woods had been sitting the day before yesterday and waited until dark.

"Woods said that sitting here has ......the best view," Roy said.

Instructor Eleanor walked behind the bench, two meters away from the bench, planted a row of apple trees, Instructor Eleanor pressed his hand on the trunk of an apple tree, drew some magic symbols on the trunk, and ended with a brief incantation.

Her pupils turned light green, as if she had lost all consciousness and could only stand under a tree in a daze.

If you look closely at her lips, you can see that her lips are quivering slightly, as if communicating with the young apple tree.

This scene in front of him was seen by Roy when he was in the jungle of Malaga.

It was a long time before Instructor Eleanor regained consciousness.

"How? Did you find any useful information? Instructor Nora asked impatiently.

"The kid did come here yesterday, but other than that, the trees didn't leave any useful information......"

Instructor Eleanor said with some frustration.

Instructor Nora found that Roy was missing at this time, so she looked around, and on the other side of the square, Roy found that Roy had actually run to a bench opposite, asking the old elf sitting on the bench about something, and even took out a portrait.

The two chatted for a long time, and the old elf finally shook his head, and Roy could only leave with a blank expression.

Immediately afterwards, Roy ran up to a young elf who was running, and said to him:

"Excuse me......"

Instructor Eleanor and Instructor Nora look for clues around Fountain Square, and Roy will walk up and ask when he sees a half-blood elf passing by.

Woods was uncharacteristic, but his two arms were so featured, bandaged, and unable to bend, and he walked very unnaturally.

Such an elf boy, as long as a half-blood elf has seen it in the fountain square, he will definitely have an impression......

"Roy, this kid treats his friends really well!"

Instructor Eleanor whispered to Instructor Nora as he rested.

"He also has a close friend in the academy, and he is also a Silver Moon Elf nobleman." Instructor Nora said, clearly reaping of Roy.

Almost all of the people who came to this square were half-blood elves.

When Roy stepped forward to strike up a conversation, he always got a response:

"Didn't see ......"

"I haven't seen it, so ask the other elves!"

"No ......"

"No ......"

“……”

Roy didn't know how many half-blood elves he had accosted, and when he heard the other man say, "It's a bit of an impression, that young man was sitting on the bench over there at noon yesterday, and I saw that he was carrying a kettle on his back, as if his arm was too convenient, and he looked a little funny when he drank water......

He didn't react for a moment, and was about to go to the next half-blood elf.

Roy grabbed the elf's arm with both hands, and said with some excitement:

"You saw Woods here yesterday at noon?"

The other party nodded: "It should be the young elf you described......"

"Did you see when he left?"

The half-blood elf said, "He sat on the bench for a while, and then left with the two elves, probably going that way!" ”

With that, he pointed in a direction.

Roy hurriedly greeted Instructor Eleanor and Instructor Nora and walked towards the west side of Fountain Square together.

……

According to the clues given by Roy, Instructor Eleanor really found a clue from a ginkgo tree.

She had obtained an extremely blurry image of the ginkgo tree, which was a remnant memory of the ginkgo tree, and Instructor Nora needed to soul link to the ginkgo tree in order to obtain these intermittent ones, seeing two half-blood elves sandwiched Woods in the middle and board a silver carriage together.

"It shouldn't be Woods's relatives, they didn't hug after meeting and didn't behave very kindly......"

The soul link is very mentally draining, and Eleanor Instructor can't use it frequently, and when the carriage is finally in place, it is also at the intersection to take a look.

Instructor Eleanor chased them all the way, and when he was looking for those slave traders, he also relied on Instructor Eleanor's reconnaissance skills to find them from the vast jungle.

After confirming that Woods had been taken by the two elves, Instructor Nora immediately returned to the hotel and called out all the members of the party.

Everyone went their separate ways, Instructor Gru and Scarlett Wizard went directly to the Thieves' Guild to buy news, and the rest of the members followed Instructor Eleanor and followed the clues......

……

In a nondescript tavern, Scarlett Wizard and Gru Instructor pushed the door open, and the half-blood elves who had been sitting all over the tavern stared at Scarlett Magician.

The two walked to the bar......

Scarlett's magic robes reveal her identity as a magician.

The bartender put down the empty glass in his hand, looked up at the two and asked:

"Drink something?"

Scarlett Sorcerer shoved a stack of Kohler in front of the bartender and said, "Two glasses of white wine, and we'd like to buy some news here." ”

The bartender handed two glasses of wine to Instructor Gru and Scarlett Magician, then wiped his hands with a rag, reached out and took off his apron again, and led Scarlett Wizard and Instructor Scarlett to the back of the tavern.

"Please talk to us later."

There was a small room at the back of the tavern, where a young elf happened to be sitting at a table, and the room was dimly lit.

The bartender sent the two here and turned to leave.

The elf looked up and smiled at Scarlett Magician and Instructor Gru before asking, "How can I help you?" ”

"We have a half-blood elf friend who went missing yesterday afternoon, and I'd like to buy some clues about the missing elves here."

Instructor Gru placed several sketches of the elf at the elf's desk, painted by Sabrina, about the size of Woods himself......

"It takes a hundred Kohler." The elf glanced at the portrait and said casually.

Instructor Gru quickly took out a stack of Kohler and placed them on the square table.

"Tell me what's going on? Where exactly did the disappearance take place, and when did it happen......"

Instructor Gru recounted Woods' disappearance.

"A young half-blood elf with broken arms is missing? Well, this time tomorrow, we'll give you a piece of information. ”

The elf said to the two.

Instructor Gru and Scarlett Wizard walked out of the tavern together, and then Instructor Gru sighed:

"It's the first time I've dealt with a thief's union, and it only costs a hundred Kohler......s to buy a message."

"They don't tell us all the news at once, and they may have to pay another amount later!"

Scarlett Mage squinted, glanced back at the tavern, and said calmly.

"I hope the clues from Eleanor's side won't be broken......"

……

Instructor Eleanor stood at the corner of the street, carefully identifying the direction in which the carriage was leaving.

Instructor Nora and Instructor Virgil were with her, and it was already a long way from Fountain Square, and the carriage was headed for the outskirts of Padstow.

Roy, Sabrina, and Miss Christine stand across the street.

"I can't figure it out, why are they arresting Woods?" Miss Christine whispered to Sabrina with her hands on the guardrail.

"Maybe they'll transport Woods to the human world, as the slave traders often do! Maybe it will be sold to some mine owners, since the dwarves left the elven continent, many mines are short of miners, and it is difficult to find miners through normal recruitment......"

Sabrina explained in a whisper.

Roy stared across the street at Instructor Eleanor, a slightly familiar figure, speeding down the street in a horse-drawn carriage......

Roy recognized at a glance that the man sitting in the carriage was Wizard Benjamin.

He lifted his foot and chased after him.

There are no straight roads in the city of Padusto, almost all roads are winding, and the carriages do not run very fast......

Seeing Roy chasing after a carriage, Sabrina hurriedly followed from behind, and Miss Christine also panted to catch up from behind.

The carriage made a turn in front of it, and quickly left Roy far behind.

Roy gasped and stopped on the side of the road.

Looking at the direction in which the carriage disappeared, he looked sorry.

This was the third time he had seen Benjamin the Wizard, but without exception, he had avoided them, and thinking of this, Roy wanted to kick over a big tree beside him......

When Miss Christine caught up, she couldn't help but ask:

"What's wrong?"

"I met a fugitive, I met him in Castletown, he was a member of a gang of slave traders, I didn't expect to see him here!"

Roy said a little unwillingly:

"And let him slip away under his nose again!"

……

"Roy, hurry up and keep up with ......"

Instructor Nora stood on the side of the street not far away, beckoning to this direction, and Roy hurriedly walked over.

Led by Instructor Eleanor, the group of people followed a road, through a few streets and a few jungle tree houses, and actually walked out of the city of Padstow, with an orchard in front of them.

When you come here, your horizons widen up.

Instructor Eleanor led the group around an orchard in front of them, and a wooden house with an attic appeared in a woodland......

The hut is located next to an unknown river, and the yard is surrounded by low sunflowers, which are now surrounded by a low fence wall.

Instructor Eleanor lay on a slope a few hundred meters away and whispered to the crowd:

"The carriage drove into the front house, and it probably hasn't come out again, and when it gets a little darker, I'll be able to sneak in and check it out."

As he spoke, a carriage came out of the courtyard.

"Shall we stop this carriage?" Instructor Virgil asked in the back.

"No, there are no elves in the carriage......" Nora waved her hand.

Finally, when it was dark, Instructor Eleanor melted herself into the shadows and felt her way to the wooden house by the river.

The house was beautifully built, the yard was clean, and Instructor Eleanor walked into the yard against the wall......

……

Wizard Benjamin sat in the carriage, still feeling palpitating.

When he passed a street corner in a carriage, he actually saw Roy again, this guy was like a haunting ghost, no matter where he hid, he could meet him.

Fortunately, he found out in time, urged the coachman to go faster, and threw the young trainee priest far away.

He came to the outskirts in a carriage to return to the Elven Continent with the group of slave traders in Padstow.

After a period of accumulation, these slave traders have captured a lot of slaves, and if they want to get these slaves out as soon as possible, they have to transport them to the Elven Continent.

It's not easy to get through the portals of the Partington plane safely.

There are a lot of relationships that need to be opened up, and the portal guards are their own people......

The slave traders' hideout was set up in an orchard on the outskirts, and as the sky began to darken, Wizard Benjamin urged the coachman to hurry up.

The carriage drove all the way into the courtyard of the wooden house by the river, and Wizard Benjamin pushed the door open and stepped out of the carriage.

Several half-blood elves came out of the cabin, and one of them asked Benjamin the magician:

"Benjamin, are you going to return to the Elven Continent with us tomorrow?"

(End of chapter)