-Prologue-

"Crafted by a winged mage, the Goddess's Claws are forged with the shadows left by unrequited passions, reconciled in sorrow, quenched in the secret tears of her admirers. What's even more regrettable is that now half of her time is spent chasing him. ”

- Goddess Claw

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The morning fog completely cleared, and when the weather cleared, they arrived at Haixin Island. It's always bustling with activity, an important anchorage for ships, and a transit point for many shipping routes.

Maybe Lanaya won't care so much, when the Sword of the Sky is advanced, Banderru really looks at it in his eyes, and in his concept, it's a human being, it's just the Izaro who uses the sword, and it's the kind that uses it very well.

Of course, Banderru didn't know Izalo.

Banderru is a person who completely admires Lanaya from the inside out, from top to bottom. Or awe, subconsciously, he thinks that Ranaya is more than just a human being.

"You don't want to be a thief anymore?" Ranaya also asked in passing, she had already thought about the next sentence, but saw Banderru desperately make a small gesture to her.

Looking at it, there are still a lot of people in the neighborhood. I wonder a little, don't thieves care about what happens on the West Coast? Could it be that when we get to Haixin Island, the rules change.

If Banderru knew that Lanaya was still the head of the Thieves' Guild, and he didn't know how he would feel, it would be very possible to pounce directly on his subordinates. Everyone wants to follow the strong.

"Well, I think you can go to this place. With that, Lanaya took out a letter of recommendation that she didn't know when it was written......

It's been hidden for so long, in fact, it's not deliberate, but now it can't be concealed anymore, and the identity of Lanaya's relic contractor has finally been revealed in front of Bander.

Bandero showed a look of sudden realization, as if it wasn't an uncommon thing for him to bump into a relic contractor, but, oh, it turned out that she was a relic contractor, no wonder she was so powerful, this only made sense?!

Lanaya subjectively thinks that the abilities and qualities shown by Banderru in front of her are reasonable, even if they are placed in the previous thieves' guild, they can definitely be ranked in the middle and upper reaches, and the Radiant Grand Alliance needs such a person.

"In other words, from now on, I am your subordinate, right?"

"No, you can choose your job then. Even if we're in the same ministry, I'm not your boss. "For the rest, Lanaya doesn't plan to explain it anymore, the more she explains, the more she explains, the pattern of the Radiant Grand Alliance is more complicated than the Hidden Sanctuary, and she won't be able to explain it for a while.

Banderru seemed to hear another information from his words, and couldn't help but be a little surprised, even people like Lanaya don't have a relatively high position, so how powerful are the people who manage Lanaya's department?

Some of the remaining trivial matters were also briefly explained, and the two parted, anyway, what they could meet soon after, it didn't make much of a big deal.

Banderru was to return to the West Coast, and Ranaya was to go to the Western Peninsula, where the ship was to be shipped, and there were no strong winds and waves along the way, and in the evening two days later, the ship reached the southern tip of the Western Peninsula.

She was the only one who disembarked at this stop, and a short distance north from the southern tip of the western peninsula was a wooded and uninhabited area.

I tried the teleportation inducer, but it still didn't work.

I was so anxious that I wanted to smash it.

There is no way, but to honestly go step by step, plus use a flashing dagger to increase efficiency.

The Sword of the Sky is advanced, Lanaya didn't think at all, maybe the knowledge she received was too limited, and she didn't know that the weapon could be advanced, for her, the more magical thing was the inlaid magic crystal, such as enchantment was already very advanced.

Is it the work of the Venerable Caster......

Its drawings, and all the impressions about it, come to view.

This is the weapon of a unique Assassin belonging to the Hidden Sanctuary.

Assassin, Assassin's Medal, penultimate mission: Destroy the Demon God's Blade.

......

Shaking his head, he shouldn't think about it so much.

It's time to think about how you can elevate yourself in the big leagues. After all, there is already a common enemy, then there must not be a lot of intrigue within the interior, it is normal to want to improve the status, only by improving the status, can you have more resources, more opportunities and rights, these are all beneficial to yourself.

said that he wanted to improve his status, but if he really wanted to count what he had done for the big leagues, he really couldn't count a few things. The mission from Gondor says to kill Motriti, and it has been entangled for centuries (...... I didn't kill it, but other than that, it was a little helper who didn't mean anything, and I made some primers, and they were all for daily use, so they didn't do much to improve the overall combat effectiveness. On top of that, there are two letters of recommendation.

The first one was for the orc boy Karlock, and I don't know how he's doing in the big leagues right now.

The second letter is for Banderru, and the man is estimated to have just arrived on the West Coast.

Isn't it possible to find more people to make a contribution?

"Rustle!"

Just as she was walking forward, the branches of the tree in front of her suddenly stretched out towards her, not one, but dozens. They are red all over, with red stems, red leaves, and red stamens that resemble sharp fangs.

Carnivorous trees, distributed in the woods at the southern end of the western peninsula, as the name suggests, Lanaya are standing in front of them, and the reflex should be to pounce on her and eat her again.

If it weren't for the red in her eyes, Lanaya would have had the illusion of entering the tree formation of the alchemy master Madeleine, and of course she is no longer what she used to be.

"Scratch Scratch Scratch!"

It's not Lanaya's turn to do anything, Xiao Zi will help her solve it all, what is it like to eat meat, what is it like to eat a hard beetle, I'm afraid that the carnivorous tree will not forget it when it goes to hell.

Lanaya will also use the Sword of the Sky to pull away a little, but she doesn't dare to use its flame effect, it will be spectacular, the pale golden flame burns the carnivorous tree into charred charcoal, and it is still spreading rapidly around, but you don't have to worry about not being able to get out, because the Sword of the Sky can no longer hurt yourself, even this movement is too big, and it is clear to tell others that there is someone here.

With the good cooperation and control of one person and one scorpion, it was not a problem for them to deal with the carnivorous mangroves, but the strange corrosive liquid splashed out was a headache for Lanaya, so she had to wrap herself in the guardian cloak.

"It's so fresh that someone can pass through the carnivorous mangroves unscathed?"

As soon as you hear it, you know that it is not made by a person.

Originally, Ranaya wanted to pass through this dangerous area, so she immediately asked Zagonas or Xendrisa about their location and the situation over there, but there was another uninvited guest.

Just as Lanaya was wondering whether to throw a letter of recommendation at the man, the thing (which really can't be called a human) ssnaked in from the woods, and the message it emitted told Lanaya—

Dire Pact!

The green monster, if it stands still and doesn't look closely, will think it's a plant. It has three heads, large in the middle and small on the sides. It's just out of the mangroves, and if you're in the mangroves, this earthy green monster must be very conspicuous.

Once here, the monster can hide itself with the help of the surrounding scenery, but Lanaya does not retreat back into the mangroves to make it easier to see it.

Since they are both contractors, they must be prepared to be stronger than themselves.

It just so happened that the other party thought the same way, and when they both learned the identity of the other, both sides became more or less vigilant.

The reptilian monster, which looked like a plant, spoke: "I didn't expect to meet the enemy as soon as I left Kidi Island. ”

I didn't expect to meet the enemy as soon as I got off the ship, and Lanaya thought the same, the Sword of the Sky was already burning under her control.

"Xiao Zi, be careful. Lanaya said to Xiao Zi, who had already gone into invisibility.

Xiao Zifei quickly reached the monster's body, and immediately withdrew a few meters.

It's so bad, this sour smell of nasality!

Xiao Zi decided to hold her breath this time and do it again. It greeted Lanaya, and as soon as the Silent Fog was released, it came up and beat it.

But Xiao Zi took a step slower, the monster did not retain its strength, it released a large amount of deadly poisonous mist as soon as it came up, and it spread rapidly to all sides without dead ends, Lanaya wanted to escape from this encirclement with a flashing dagger, but she didn't expect the poisonous mist to spread in front of her after it.

It is useless to pinch the nose, and it is useless to wrap the whole body in the guardian cloak, as long as the toxin touches the slightest bit of skin, it will quickly invade the body.

Xiao Zi reacted quickly, it flew to a high place, and it was less affected, but it was still almost fainted because of the smell.

Taking advantage of being able to fly, Xiao Zi launched a poisonous needle attack on the monster in the air, and the result was bounced off without exception!

Instead, the monster noticed it and fired a stinger at it. I don't know when, around the monster, a few more things that look a little similar to the monster broke through the ground, and they were also firing stingers at Xiao Zi.

Xiao Zi's conditioned reflex was blocked with the front chela, but as soon as he blocked it, he found that the situation was wrong, and the poison in the stinger actually began to have an effect on it.

Xiao Zi thought that its hard carapace would not be damaged by this level of attack, but she didn't expect to be wrong.

Its speed slowed down a lot, and as a result, its ability to dodge was reduced, and it had to flee farther away.

Fortunately, this monster can't fly, and the speed of squirming on the ground is also slow, otherwise Xiao Zi would have fallen by now.

This deathbringer from the island of Kidi is a venom monster through and through, born from the decomposing corpse of a herbalist.

Riesel was its name, and it was his, the poor herbalist, and yet, now Riesel had no memory of the previous humans.