Chapter 329: Departure
The dark clouds were approaching incessantly, and the humid atmosphere turned into an unpleasant wind, blowing head-on on the people on the tower, so that the disturbing moisture condensed fine droplets on the bare skin of the people from time to time, and the corners of the clothes and trousers soon attached a heavy dampness.
It's not a good day to go out, but it's a good time to say goodbye.
On the terminal platform, there is a surge of people. Accompanied by Serena and Alwyn, Gehr stood quietly on the edge of a pillar, watching the able-bodied laborers carry piles of gifts to the airship, and some of the passengers mixed in with such a somewhat crowded crowd slowly walked towards the airship, and some of the more powerful people were surrounded by a few servants, shouting at the laborers who passed by as they went, reminding them not to run into the honorable lords.
As a high-level apprentice, Gell didn't need to huddle on the boat like these people, he could just sit around and watch the others continue to be busy for a while, and talk to Serena and Alwyn by the way.
Serena and Alwyn's love affair is not very high, and the conversation with Gehr is also a little uninteresting, and it is not exciting.
In comparison, Serena is better than Alvin, after all, she has already known the news of Geer's imminent departure in advance, and she is psychologically prepared, although the sadness of parting is still there, it has been reduced a lot, and Alwyn is different.
The little girl had just left her parents and brother and came to live in a strange place, accompanied by her beloved teacher, but she did not expect that the teacher would also travel far away in a few days. And obviously won't come back anytime soon, thinking that in the future, only a big sister like Serena, who is still a little stranger, lives in a place that is still very strange to her. In addition to his reluctance, Alwyn also has some fears about his future life.
"If you can. Take care of Alwyn, she's still young, after all. Gell shook Serena's hand.
"I will. Serena nodded, turned her head to look at Alwyn, who was standing to her right with her head down, and reached out her free right hand and grabbed her small hand.
Arwyn raised his head slightly, looked at Serena timidly, and then turned his gaze to Ger's face, his eyes flashing like an abandoned beast.
Gell let go of Serena's hand. Walked over to Alwyn and rubbed her head. "If you want to change your fate, the fate of your parents and brothers, and even the fate of your clan, then you can only do it yourself. I can only guide you on what I think is the right path, but in the end, where you can go, whether you follow the path, give up halfway, or find another path, is only up to you. ”
"Teacher...... I don't understand. Alwyn blinked in confusion, his almost transparent, crystal-like blue eyes reflecting Gehr's figure.
Gehr smiled and rubbed the girl's head again. He didn't continue to explain, but looked at Serena, "This passage is also for you." ”
"Hmm. Serena nodded vigorously.
"Take good care of her, she's still a child after all. ”
"I will. Serena replied solemnly.
Gehr knew Serena out of his knowledge. I have a lot of confidence in her. Some time ago, he reorganized his body of knowledge, wrote down the parts that were suitable for Serena and Arvin, and gave them to Serena, along with the resources he had left for them. It's all that can be done, and it's up to them to do more.
Then. Serena seemed to remember something, and hurriedly took a black notebook from her robe and handed it to Gehr.
"What is this?"
Gehr took the notebook. I looked at it. The shell of the book is leather.,Feel a little hard.,It should be cowhide.,There's a lily pattern tattooed on the edge.,A thin golden chain is horizontal on it.,The book is firmly tied.。
"This is information about some of my family's direct businesses and partners, they are all located in various places, and they have a certain amount of influence in the local area, and I think you may be able to use them sometimes. ”
"Thank you. Gell smiled and nodded, tucking the notebook into his arms.
The two then chatted casually for a while, deliberately alleviating the solemnity of parting.
Suddenly, a long whistle sounded from the place where the airship was docked in front of him.
Gehr turned his head and looked in the direction where the sound had come from, only to see a green flag raised high on the huge airship, hunting and rattling by the strong wind in the sky.
"It's time, it's time for me to go. Gell knew that this was a signal that the airship was ready and about to start, so he greeted Serena and Alwyn, picked up his suitcase, and turned to walk towards the airship.
"Gere, will we meet again?" Serena silently followed Gehr as she took Alwyn by the hand, and asked aloud as Gehr was about to step onto the board.
"There will be a chance. Gell stopped, smiled, and waved his hand at the two women behind him, then turned around again, and walked up the boarding board to the airship, without stopping.
Once on board, Gehr did not go directly into the cabin, but stood on the side of the ship, like most of his fellow passengers, and looked at Serena and Alwyn on the platform, looking at each other with an indescribable feeling.
The one qiē here is over, and he probably won't come back if there is no accident. For Longbottom's valuable connection, Gell has already arranged it and handed it over to Serena. Although he lost his potion supply, Serena is already a high-level apprentice, and such a line also has considerable investment value for Longbottom, and as Serena improves, the value she can embody will become greater and greater, plus Alwyn can also give Serena a lot of help if she develops well, so even if the cooperation between the two sides is still very stable, this is a good thing for both parties.
As for Dilansina, Gehr didn't think about it, with her current strength, Serena was not enough to catch up on that side, but if she developed well, it would not be without opportunities in the future.
Now everything is ready. Just waiting to go.
This wait did not last long, with four whistles of three long and one short. The flag on the airship was changed from green to red, which was a signal to stop boarding.
The moment of parting came. Gehr waved his hand at the two women below, and put the hood hanging over his shoulders to cover their faces.
Looking up, the sky was still overcast, and there were already scattered rains drifting over, mixed with the cold wind, blowing on the robe and making it shake constantly, and a trace of coolness kept drilling in from the seams of the clothes.
Gehr no longer remained on the side of the ship, and walked towards the cabin. Soon disappeared on the deck.
The boarding board was slowly taken away, and Serena felt that her heart was empty, all the feelings were like this boarding board, being taken away little by little, and the whole person seemed to be a fallen leaf in the wind, fluttering, mixed with those memories flying higher and higher, but she had no place to return......
Although Gehr's figure had left, Serena still stared blankly at the side of the ship where Gehr had been. It wasn't until the airship rose higher and higher, turning into a black dot in the air and slowly disappearing, that she had been looking in that direction for a long time before she lowered her head and sighed softly. After raising his left hand and gently wiping the corners of his eyes. Pulling Alvin, who was already crying, slowly walked towards the exit......
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At the same time, in another spot far from the area of the mugwort rift, between the dark woodlands that obscured the sky.
A team of more than a dozen people was walking through the woods covered in moss and roots. There were no words, only rustling footsteps echoing through the woods.
"Your Excellency. ”
Suddenly. Suddenly there was a man's shout ahead, accompanied by the sound of messy footsteps. Approaching the team at a rapid pace.
After a while, there was a chaotic noise in front of him, and the dense branches and leaves in front were pushed away, and a strong man in leather armor walked out of it and came to the front of the line.
"Starfall Lake is just ahead, and it will take less than half an hour to walk up. ”
The leader nodded, "Very good." He turned to the man behind him and gave the order, "Speed up." ”
The speed of the team suddenly increased, and the footsteps in the jungle suddenly intensified.
As the leader said, the team marched for more than twenty minutes. Finally, through this dense jungle, we came to a quiet lake.
The diameter of the small lake is twenty or thirty meters, and in the middle of it lies a huge rock, which shows half of its body on the water. The stone is full of indentations with blue light, flickering and bright, only to see that every time the luster changes, the stone is like a living swallow of the lake, brightening will suck the lake water into the indentation, darkening is to spit out the water in the indentation back into the lake, with this seemingly never-ending change, the entire lake is rippling with a deep layer of blue, a heavy energy fluctuation is constantly emanating from the lake, filled with a very strong chaotic atmosphere.
"That's it, the chaotic energy fluctuations of the Starfall Lake can clear a qiē tracking spell, everyone soaks in the lake, and then goes their separate ways according to the plan. The leader took the lead to the lake, squatted down, scooped the water with his hands, nodded imperceptibly, and turned to the people behind him to give a new order.
I saw that except for the strong man who led the way at the beginning, the rest of the people, including the leader, were all wearing robes with red edges on a black background, and their faces were hidden in their hoods, and what was even more strange was that each of them was carrying a big black cloth bag, and the style was exactly the same.
After hearing the leader's order, they walked directly into the lake, letting the water wet their bodies, and after a while, they walked back to the shore from the lake again, and then they scattered in all directions, and walked into the jungle surrounding the lake from different directions, and soon disappeared with a rustling sound from near and far.
In the process, no one spoke, and the silence did not look like a living person at all.
After the rest of the people left, there were only two strong men and leaders left by the lake.
The leader looked around, as if relieved, then untied the hood, scooped some water and poured it directly on the bald head that had been covered by the hood, and the crystal and blue water went all the way down the smooth scalp, and soon passed the mysterious tattoo pattern on the back of his skull, emitting an eerie light.
If Gorle is there. As long as he saw this tattoo, he would definitely recognize this person, it was Naxinda, who he had seen at auction.
"What do we do next?" asked the strong man in leather armor.
"We wait. After three hours of rest, we will be forced to disperse by the scattered pursuers, and then we will go directly to Pavlan City, where the wizards of Ezio are in charge, and they dare not mess around, so we can go directly to the Boundary Forest by airship, and then we will be safe. Naxinda stood up, put her hood back on, and sat down in a more comfortable place by the lake.
The strong man muttered a few times, but finally didn't say anything, found another place and lay down directly, and soon there was a snoring sound. (To be continued......)