Austin thought that Brandon would pull the rope out like the previous few times, but the rope that had been tight was loosened at this time, it hung down, swaying gently with the wind, Austin was a little overwhelmed because his nerves had been tense, but Giles did not panic, there are many possibilities for the rope to loosen, maybe it was broken, maybe Brandon took a few steps back, not necessarily there was an accident.

Giles snatched the rope from Austin's hand and pulled it back again and again, not very fast, and if Brandon and Colin hadn't had any accidents, they would have noticed this and tugged at the rope.

Time passed minute by minute, the rope was still loose, there was no blocking force, the rope under the feet of the two of them accumulated more and more, Gilles couldn't help but shake a little, and the speed of dragging the rope became faster and faster, and suddenly he stopped......

Although the rope woven from the branches is not very strong, judging from the signs of breakage, it looks more like it was cut by a sharp blade than worn off.

"This ......"

Austin looked at it carefully for a moment, frowned, his eyes were full of confusion, although the rope was very tight, but it was not directly broken, and besides, no matter what the reason for the rope was broken, it was impossible for Brandon and Colin not to find it, from this fracture, there was only one explanation, Brandon or Colin had to cut the rope with their own hands for some reason, and this reason even made them unable to use signal arrows.

"Damn it!"

Gilles tried his best to tell himself to be calm, but the situation in front of him was completely beyond his comprehension, making him a little irritable and confused, for an old Ranger like him, the Black Forest was not terrible, nor was the monster terrible, and his rich experience was enough to make him calmly deal with most situations, the terrible thing was the unknown, he could not apply any experience, there was no way to deal with it, and the heavy armor and sharp sword could not bring him even the slightest sense of security.

The long-lost despair breeds in his heart, this feeling is like stepping into the Black Forest for the first time, the invisible pressure is like a shadow, the same and endless black cloud tree, the danger that will come at some point, with the passage of physical strength, the pressure will gradually overshadow reason, and finally the emotions will lose control and completely collapse.

"Let me think, let me think ......"

Gilles exhaled deeply, suppressing his irritable thoughts, calm is the most important thing in this situation, excess emotions will only make him vulnerable, he must maintain his strength in order to deal with all possible dangers, if he thinks about it, if Brandon really had to let go of the rope for some reason, he could have thrown it directly, why cut it?

In other words, the people who cut the rope could never be Brandon, could it be that they met outsiders and had a conflict?

There are too many possibilities, before seeing Brandon himself, speculation is just speculation after all, there is no practical meaning, there are only two options in front of him, the first is to continue to wait, wait in this rainstorm that will stop at some point, this is the safest way, but whether Brandon and Colin can come back, no one knows, the second option, a mere 700-meter road, he remembers the markings along the way clearly, he can go directly to see what happened, but the danger of doing so can be imagined.

"Catch up or keep waiting?"

Giles informed Austin of his suspicions, he didn't plan to discuss them with Genos or Yoren, after all, he still didn't trust the two newcomers, and it would be a burden to follow, so it was better to let them stay.

"Wait another half hour. ”

Austin always felt that something was not right, but now that his mind was in a mess, he was completely uncertain and insecure, he was more inclined to wait, pinning his hopes on Brandon and Colin, between six hundred meters and seven hundred meters, the rope shook about ten minutes apart, and then the last hundred meters, if they still didn't go out, would come back here, half an hour, even if they climbed.

Just as Gilles and Austin were discussing with each other, Genos cautiously walked in the direction of Yuren's disappearance with his sword until he reached a black cloud tree, and he vaguely saw a figure crouching behind the tree from the side, and was about to open his mouth to ask, when a gurgling diarrhea sound broke Genos's doubts.

After doing it for a long time, he actually just had diarrhea......

Genos was stunned for a while, and shook his head helplessly, but just as he was about to turn back, suddenly a lightning bolt crossed his head, illuminating the ground in front of him, and he saw two shadows overlapping together, Genos couldn't help but feel creepy, chills, in this second he suppressed the urge to run away directly, and the speed of thinking reached the limit of his life.

It is absolutely impossible for Yuren to be standing behind him, as for Giles and Austin are still not far away, if it is Brandon and Colin, then the shadow should be three people, not two, in this case, running away with his back is the worst option, then there is only one option left for him......

"What do you do?"

Brandon pinched Genos's wrist with one hand, the force was so great that Genos could no longer hand the blade forward for half a point, the distance between the two was only half a meter, although Genos's eyes were very blurry, but he still saw Brandon's bloody face clearly, he was stunned in place, and was about to ask something, Giles and Austin on the side also saw Brandon who came back, both of them breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly came to Brandon.

"Lord Deacon, what the hell just happened?

Gilles's heart was relieved, but when he approached and saw Brandon covered in blood, and there was even minced flesh on the blade of his sword that had slipped from the rain, his heart hung again, between six hundred and seven hundred meters, what had happened in these ten short minutes? Where was Colin?

Brandon was silent for a while, he reached out to catch some rain, wiped the blood from his face and slowly said, "It's Colin, he's crazy." ”

The simple six words, but like the hideous lightning in the sky, made everyone stunned, washed away the blood, then everyone saw clearly, Brandon's armor became tattered, his right eye was closed, constantly oozing blood, his right ear was also cut off, even if it was bandaged with a strip of cloth, it still couldn't stop the bleeding, the injury was very serious, if the wound could not be treated in time, the blood loss alone was enough to kill Brandon.

"Crazy, what do you mean?"

But compared to Brandon's injury, what is more difficult for Austin to understand is what Brandon said, Colin's qualifications are much deeper than him and Giles, even a year earlier than Brandon and Dick, serving as a ranger for nearly thirty years, countless times escaped death, if anyone in Winter City is most familiar with the Black Forest, it is none other than Colin, everyone can be driven crazy by this strange forest, but he can't.

"When Dick and I first came to Winter, Colin was already part of the Rangers, but then ...... I became a deacon, and Dick became the leader of the Rangers, which was supposed to be Colin's position, but he became my and Dick's deputy, for the simple reason that since the death of the previous Ranger leader Misha, his mental state has been worrying, and he can't hold these two positions at all, I thought Colin didn't care about these at first, after all, I've been like this all these years, but I'm still wrong, maybe in his opinion, I or Dick are not qualified to replace Misha at all. Brandon sighed helplessly.

"So...... You killed Colin?" asked Gilles, cautiously.

"He's always looking for the right opportunity to start, looking for an opportunity that won't arouse suspicion even if I die, just like today, maybe you haven't noticed, or maybe you're used to it, usually come to the Black Forest, usually Colin leads the team, of course, he is indeed the person who is most familiar with the Black Forest in Winter City, out of trust, we naturally think that the marks he left and the path he took are correct, and it is for this reason that we will be misguided by the wrong marks left by Colin, the so-called strange circle, which did not exist from the beginning。 ”

Brandon's face was pale, his body was swaying, and it seemed that he would fall down in the next second, Giles hurriedly hugged Brandon, "Lord Deacon, let's talk about these things when we go back, your injuries are important." ”

Wrong......

It's so wrong......

Genos had never taken his eyes off this person from the moment Brandon appeared, in his opinion, Brandon's explanation was a bit self-talking, too far-fetched, if Colin really had a mental problem, and hated him and Dick for some reason, there was no need to wait until today to start, whether it was poisoning or sneak attacking, he would have killed him long ago.

What's the point of deliberately taking them around in circles?

Could it be that he planned to kill Brandon with the monsters in the Black Forest?

If he had guessed Colin's idea early on, how could he take such a big risk to explore the path with Colin, could it be that it was to persuade Colin to give up?

No matter how you think about it, it doesn't make sense logically.

Besides, the rain was so heavy, it stands to reason that the blood stains on his body should have been washed away.

But these are not the most critical points, the biggest reason why Genos is suspicious of Brandon is that the sword in Brandon's hand, the strand of reddish-brown hair that is sticky with blood, it is difficult to find if you don't look closely, although Brandon wiped it off without a trace, but Genos still noticed this point, Colin, Gilles, he and Brandon are both black-haired, Austin is blonde-haired, in their group, there is only one person with reddish-brown hair, that is Yuren who ran to have diarrhea just now......