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Duncan and Caterina stood silently, until the faded figures finally disappeared from sight, and then they exhaled softly in unison and turned to set out on the way back to the manor.

The team of only five men was left to follow the road and make their way through the undulating terrain of the Pale Mountains, and they were not very fast, and it took them nearly an hour to cross the mountains on the eastern side of the Gray Valley. This was because Leon had instructed them to erase as much as possible when they came back from their journey, so they checked carefully along the way, especially since Yelena and the Elven Ranger had lived in the Great Forest for a long time, and they seemed to be more handy than the others at this time.

However, they have become much more silent than when they came.

Except for a few words with Leon at the time of separation, Caterina kept pursing her lips tightly, not knowing what she was thinking, and Sophia, who had always been lively, became quiet, holding the half-broken scepter in both hands, and followed Caterina listlessly.

Yelena and the Elven Ranger were slightly better, dutifully looking around on both sides of the team while also acting as a watchman, but they didn't seem to have much desire to talk.

Duncan stood at the end, looking back and forth at the backs of several people, a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and at the same time he couldn't help but shake his head slightly. He knew that everyone was not worried about the safety of the return journey - although the number of people was now nearly half, he had already figured out the situation of the route by the time he came, and he and Sophia had two people. If there are no very special accidents, there should be no danger.

Then there was only one possibility, and Duncan thought about it for a moment and decided that it was up to him to break the atmosphere.

"Katarina. Are you worried about Leon?" Duncan said suddenly.

Caterina was stunned for a moment, she turned her head, her black and white eyes looking clear as water in the sunlight.

"Yes," the girl nodded, admitting calmly, "there are only four of them, and they are going to the territory of the werewolves. I do think it's too dangerous. ”

"Why didn't you just say your concerns, but kept encouraging him?" asked Duncan deliberately.

The girl thought for a moment and said seriously, "I don't want my love to interfere with him. Now that Leon has made a decision, what I should do at that time is to encourage him and increase his confidence," the girl said earnestly, "and I would also like to see Melissa solve the mystery of her origins. This is indeed a rare opportunity. ”

"As for the dangers that may arise...... Actually, I'm very confident in his abilities. It's just that sometimes I can't help but ponder, on the one hand, I'm really a little worried, but on the other hand, I'm imagining what I would do if I were in his situation, I think this will increase some experience in dealing with things, and I won't be left too far behind by him. ”

When Caterina said this, she noticed that Duncan's eyes were a little strange, and only then did she realize that she had spoken some of her heartfelt words under the influence of parting thoughts. couldn't help Xia Fei's cheeks, and said abruptly: "I...... Am I talking about something bad?"

"How can it be bad?" said the middle-aged man with a smile, "On the contrary." In the following think you're doing pretty well. ”

To be honest, Duncan was a little surprised, originally he thought that the other party was only so silent because he was worried about Leon's safety, but he didn't expect to hear a completely different answer, it is rare for a girl who is less than twenty years old to have such a mature and steady idea, I don't know if it is from the influence of the family or the education in the Knight Academy, but in Duncan's case, it is still the former.

"It's quite unexpected," he added inwardly, "Caterina seems to have the potential to help in every way......"

After this conversation, Duncan had some doubts about his judgment just now, so he turned to look at the priest girl who was curiously listening to his conversation with Katarina, and asked, "Sophia, aren't you worried about him when you are usually so lively, but now you have become listless?"

The girl scratched at the top of her head, and her golden hair swayed like waves under her movements.

"Me?" her expression was a little dazed, and she said, "What are you worried about Brother Li Ang doing?

Sophia thought for a moment, and then said, "However, I feel that Brother Leon doesn't seem to be very interested in anything as long as he is not around, and the weapon he gave me has also been damaged by me, really...... Why should I use my scepter to hit that goblin's sledgehammer, it's hard to look at!"

Sophia flattened her mouth and held the obviously broken scepter in her arms as if she were holding a baby, looking like she regretted that she shouldn't have been.

Duncan's heart swelled up with an unspeakable feeling, compared to Caterina's somewhat marginal thoughts, Sophia's mind was completely out of his imagination, which made him quite speechless.

But he was still a little unwilling, so he looked at the two people who were stopping to look at them again, and asked, "What about you?"

Yelena shook her head and said, "Since following Lord Leon out of the wolf's kiss forest, and after going through one battle after another, we think that nothing can stump him, no matter how dangerous it is, the adults have a way to deal with it, and I don't need to worry about this." ”

Speaking of which, the former female leader smiled at Duncan, although she was already a woman in her thirties, she still had a look that was not inferior to other girls, or was better in terms of maturity.

"I know your intentions," she said, "but I really didn't think about it just now, I was just thinking about it...... Just a big goblin tribe on the outskirts of the Pale Mountains has such strength, and if it weren't for the great power of the adults, it would be quite difficult for us to annihilate them all, and with the two people of Dusk Claw, it would be even more dangerous, and they might even fail completely. ”

"When I think about it, I marvel at the feat of Master Coulf leading the mountain people out of the Pale Mountains all the way to Campbell, which symbolizes the strength of the mountain people at their peak. ”

"But...... The current mountain people have gradually declined, and even if they bring enough three hundred of the strongest mountain warriors, they will not be able to defeat the formation of the big goblins in one fell swoop like the ancestors," Yelena sighed, "So, I think it is necessary to strengthen training after going back this time, the current conditions are far better than at the beginning, and there is a new lord of the mountain people, what reason can't I reproduce the grandeur of the mountain people back then!"

These words were obviously something that Yelena had just thought about repeatedly, so he could say them all at once, and Duncan admired the belief of the mountain people she represented, but it also proved that his own judgment was wrong again.

"And what are you thinking?" Duncan finally looked at the Elven Ranger, and couldn't help but feel a little curious.

"Actually, I'm just like them," Dan shrugged his shoulders, "Besides, I think if the adults take me with me, maybe I'll be third-order when I come back, isn't it worth regretting?"

Duncan's original intention was to enlighten these companions so that they should not worry too much about the safety of Leon and his party, but after listening to these people's words, he himself fell silent.

After a while, he suddenly laughed and said with a relaxed face: "Since this is the case...... Then let's keep walking, if we don't speed up, we may not be able to reach the manor tomorrow at noon, and I miss Jeff's craftsmanship quite a lot. (To be continued......)