Modesty narrowed her eyes as she watched the little creatures pacing back and forth in front of her. The goblins and kobolds offered her fresh prey, such as elk and wild boar from the forest. They placed the prey in front of Modesty's mouth and retreated far away, as if they were afraid that the dragon would swallow them in one gulp. However, Modesty did not have much of an appetite. She only opened her eyes occasionally to scare the little creatures away, and took pleasure in it.
She was indeed waiting for someone, but it was not Malthus, nor the soulless dwarf. It was Gukou, Gwendolyn's servant. Not long after Brando and the others left, Gukou arrived. She descended from the sky with a group of harpies, causing a commotion in the camp. Modesty narrowed her eyes as she looked at the little creature. She was a rare harpy with emerald green feathers, but at the moment, she was in an extremely sorry state. There were many burn marks on her wings, and a few of the long feathers on her head were missing.
"Looks like you've run into a little trouble." The black dragon's tone was a little gloating.
"A few insects snuck into Graystone Town. Useless Tammy." Gukou replied with the sharp voice of a harpy. She was indignant. She was not only referring to Brando and the others who snuck into Graystone Town, but also Malthus. Her burnt feathers were all thanks to Malthus, which made her very angry. She was Gwendolyn's servant, so she was not worried about any verbal offense. In her eyes, Malthus was not as powerful as her master.
Of course, if she were to face Malthus alone, she would never dare to say such a thing.
Modesty's lips curled up. She did not care about the little creature's sarcastic retort. After all, it had nothing to do with her. She said playfully, "Your master, that woman asked me to wait for you here."
"Praise the Master." Gu Kou finally showed a respectful expression.
This attitude made Modesty a little unhappy. Although she had to admit that Gwendolyn was the strongest among the three dragons, a dragon was a dragon. She would not easily show her fear in front of outsiders. Modesty sniffed, and a small flame rose from the canopy nearby. The air was suddenly filled with the smell of sulfur. She coldly interrupted Gukou and said, "My time is limited. Have you found that person? The person your master asked you to look for."
Gukou seemed to have sensed the change in the attitude of the female dragon in front of her. She hesitated for a moment before answering, "No, I couldn't find her. Those humans were too powerful.. I could only see them from afar. Then Lord Malthus and the city was in chaos.... and I took advantage of the chaos."
"You can't even as." Modesty said disdainfully. However, she was not disappointed at all. To be honest, she did not care about the plan of those humans at all. She and Malthus did not come here for this matter. They were just here to help Gwendolyn. Even Modesty herself felt strange. Why would that woman be so obedient to a mere human? She was simply an idiot. However, she did not dare to say this out loud. After all, she was no match for Gwendolyn.
She frowned and asked impatiently, "You only arrived now. You must have returned to Graystone Town after the incident. Did you find her body?"
Although Modesty was absent-minded, it did not mean that she was not meticulous enough. On the contrary, the long life and experience of dragons gave them wisdom far beyond that of mortals.
"The city has long been reduced to ruins. There is no way to find it," Gukou replied awkwardly. "However, there are no human corpses left in the city. There are only some remains of gargoyles. I think they were left behind by the humans who snuck in."
Modesty was originally absent-minded and had just asked casually. However, when she heard the words' gargoyles', she jumped up as if someone had stepped on her tail. "Gargoyles? Are you sure? "
The harpy was slightly startled. She stared at Modesty with some uncertainty, not understanding what kind of reaction this was.
The black dragon raised her head and said angrily to herself, "Damn it, so he didn't pass by Graystone Town. There are no human corpses left at the scene. This means that someone has cleaned up the battlefield. It can't be Malthus. He must have gone after that bitch Mithril! Damn it! They must have escaped. No, they can't have gone far. They wouldn't dare to stay in Graystone Town. They must be hiding in the hills near the Silver Gushing Valley! "
She said 'damn it' twice in a row, which was enough to prove her anger at the moment. In the whole of Anzlova, only one person had a large number of gargoyles at the moment, and she and Malthus could be said to have come for this person. To be exact, they came for the Halran Gaia in his hand. The last time that person disappeared was before Jorgendy Ridge began to attack Anzeruta. Modesty originally thought that according to the speed of the other party, he should have left the Bear Lake area long ago. However, she did not know that Brando did not abandon the Cruz nobles. He also wanted to avoid the detection of Jorgendy Ridge, so he chose the difficult hilly area all the way.
At this moment, when she heard Gukou's description, she realized that she had missed something. She could not help but secretly curse that idiot Malthus.
"It was right in front of you, and you didn't even notice it. What a waste of a pair of eyes!" Modesty was furious. "No wonder we temporarily sensed the existence of the Halran Gaia last night. Damn it!"
"The Halran Gaia!"
Gukou exclaimed. In her vision, the black dragon suddenly stood up and spread its wings. The huge wings almost covered the entire valley. The latter began to flap its wings, and the surrounding goblins and kobolds were blown away by the wind. Even Gukou could not stand still. She flew along with the wild wind and screamed, "Lady Modesty?"
"Listen carefully!" Modesty said coldly. "The mission that Gelindolin asked you to complete is to make sure that the woman cannot leave Anzlova, whether temporarily or permanently. You don't have to find her. I believe you understand what I mean."
"Lady Modesty, could she be with those people?"
"That woman came for revenge. She can't be with this guy," the black dragon sneered. The Black Dragon sneered, "But if they are together, it will save me a lot of trouble. I will make your master thank me properly!"
Modesty's voice was still echoing in the valley, but the dragon had already rushed into the sky. Everyone in the valley looked up and could only see a small shadow in the sky.
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Hiding in the forest on the mountainside in the distance, a few lolis were blown away by the wind. But before the wild wind calmed down, Chiyara rushed over and grabbed Roman's sleeve. She asked loudly, "How is it? How is it? Did you hear it? What are they talking about?"
"Shh!" Roman turned around and put his index finger to his lips to make a shushing gesture. "Keep your voices down."
"Then did you hear it?" Chiyara asked again in a low voice.
Roman nodded and repeated the conversation between the dragon and the harpy.
After listening to her description, Kiara cheered softly. Kiara had her eyes on Lady Shagos from the very beginning. She wanted to get more information from her. As for the danger, she had never considered that kind of thing. Curiosity was not something that could be stopped by danger. This was not an empty phrase. But even she did not expect that the whole thing would go so smoothly, just like she did not expect to meet a dragon in the valley. She said proudly, "See? We came to the right place. Although I did not expect that the dragon would be here, they are obviously looking for Delfien. This explains a lot!"
"Is that so?" Roman asked, puzzled.
"Of course!" Chiyara answered firmly. Her eyes flashed with a kind of moving brilliance. It was a look of wanting to see the world in chaos. "The nature of this matter is different now. Don't you understand, Roman? This is not just a human's conspiracy. There are dragons involved. Whether it is Count Floyd or the Prime Minister of the Empire, it is impossible for them to make the dragon move. The facts have proven everything that I have described. In the entire Empire, there are only a few people who can do this. No, no, no, in fact, there are only two."
"Have you guessed who it is?" Roman may not have understood the meaning of this sentence, but he still asked curiously out of instinct.
"My intuition tells me that it should be so, but reason tells me that it is impossible," Chiyara answered cautiously. But anyone could see that she was trembling with excitement, as if she was not facing a huge conspiracy, but a very interesting puzzle. "No, we should choose to believe in reason first. I still need more evidence." She licked her lips.
It was probably the meaning of the phrase 'birds of a feather flock together'. The three of them who wanted to see the world in chaos understood this sentence at the same time. They all subconsciously looked at the bushes not far away.
Somewhere, a certain unlucky dwarf seemed to have felt a chill, and could not help but struggle and groan.
Chiyara kicked him. "Don't make a sound."
She then cracked her knuckles and turned back. "Well, now we will follow the original plan and execute the script that has been written!"
"But Brando told us not to get into trouble," Roman said worriedly.
"This is not getting into trouble," Chiyara snorted. "This is helping him. That guy is good at everything, but he is too stupid. If I don't do something, I'm afraid that he will be sold and help count the money. Of course, in principle, that guy and I are enemies, but I am still part of this diplomatic group. I don't have the habit of dying with others, so I can only reluctantly help him. Besides … "
"Besides?"
Chiyara blushed. "It's nothing. Just blame me for being too kind."
But the little elf could not see how this human girl who was about her age was kind. She could not help but frown as she tried very hard to repair her shattered worldview.
… …
Chiyara's original plan was very simple. It was to let poor Boli Anvil go to Lady Shagos to get information. Now, there might be a harpy involved. This plan was absolutely bold because once the old dwarf entered the camp, it meant that he was out of their control. Therefore, the first difficulty of this plan was to persuade Boli Anvil to believe that if he dared to do so, the gains would not make up for the losses.
Chiyara's persuasion was very simple. She only patted the dwarf's chubby face and told him, "This is a good chance for you to prove that you did not betray us and that you have nothing to do with this matter. You won't be stupid enough to give us away, will you? You see, since you have betrayed them and there is no way to make up for it, the news we got from you has already spread. So, what you need to do now is to get rid of the matter. You escaped from Graystone Town without meeting anyone on the way, and there is no chance for the news to leak, right? "
The old dwarf's face was red. If he had an axe in his hand, he would have jumped up and challenged Chiyara to a duel. Although a duel with a human girl was not something to be proud of, it was better than being humiliated like this.
Unfortunately, Boli Anvil was not as stubborn as his kind. They could endure the monotonous mining work in the underground tunnel day after day as if such a rigid character had been integrated into the blood of their race. But he was different. He was a dwarf who pursued freedom and pleasure. He had always been proud of his maverick ways. Except for this moment, Boli Anvil had never hated his weakness as much as he did now.
A moment ago, he was solemnly swearing that once he escaped, he would avenge himself no matter what. But after Chiyara untied him, he could not help but hesitate.
Perhaps Chiara was right. He drifted all the way from Graystone Town to this place, and he did not meet any humans along the way. He and the people he was looking for in Jorgendy Ridge were two completely different routes. If he did not say anything, no one would suspect him. He could even calmly report the situation to Lady Shagos whom he had never met before and pretend that nothing had happened. After all, everything that happened in Graystone Town had nothing to do with him. It was all the fault of that damned black dragon. He could not blame himself for being too incompetent. After this matter was over, he could happily be an alchemist and pretend that nothing had happened.
After thinking about it for a moment, Boris Fire Anvil's mind became active.
He rubbed his wrists as he walked out of the forest. At first, he could not help but feel a little nervous. But after a while, he returned to normal and got into the zone. The three ladies followed behind him under the cover of Roman's invisibility spell. Chiyara even whispered to the former, "Just report what you wanted to report to that lovely lizard lady. You don't have to make up any lies. You don't have to worry about being exposed."
When the dwarf heard that, he felt a sense of relief. He could not help but feel grateful to Chiyara, even though the feeling came out of nowhere.
But after a while, Chiyara threatened, "But if we are unlucky enough to be captured, we will betray you immediately. As reliable companions, we must go through thick and thin together. This is the quality that nobles should have."
Poor Mr. Boli Anvil's face darkened when he heard that. Even Shanny, who was lying on the elf's head, could not help but roll her eyes. For a moment, only the Roman was still in high spirits.
Regardless of what Old Boli was thinking at the moment, Chiyara, who was under the effect of the invisibility spell, turned around and looked at the elf. They were actually under an invisible curtain. This witch's spell was similar to Brando's Cloak of the Giant King. It could also block sight and breath, and they could also see each other. The only flaw was that it could be detected by detection spells. Fortunately, the goblins and kobolds did not pay attention to this.
The elf looked at Chiyara with some fear and subconsciously tightened her grip on the demon-slaying spear in her hand. The latter said fiercely, "Remember what I said? Don't be soft-hearted later."
The elf quickly nodded.
Boli Anvil soon arrived outside the camp. The goblins and kobolds obviously did not have the concept of vigilance. Besides, Modesty did not need to be vigilant. Who would suddenly find trouble with a real dragon? If there really was such a person, the goblins and kobolds would not be able to guard against it. When the little creatures saw the dwarf approaching, they reacted in a flurry. For a moment, the camp was filled with screams. The kobolds were known as the descendants of the dragon in many legends, but their barks were genuine dog barks, which was how they got their name. The little creatures barked together and carefully pointed their spears at the old dwarf. The latter gestured and gestured, and finally, he explained his purpose of coming.
At this time, Chiyara saw a kobold in a long robe coming out of the camp with a strange expression. He held a staff and gestured at the dwarf from afar.
"Kobold mentor!" Shanny wanted to cover her face with her claws. She could not help but look at the human girl beside her. Didn't they say that kobolds would never use such high-end magic detection?
"Damn it." Chiyara was shocked and could not help but complain. "These kobolds are a little different from the ones on the surface."
"Now is not the time to complain. What should we do?" Shanny was trembling with fear. Although the kobolds and goblins were nothing to be afraid of, there were at least hundreds of them around at the moment. If they were suddenly exposed, even if each of them had a spear, they would turn into hedgehogs. She did not want to become a hedgehog. Lady Shanny's adventure on the continent had just begun.
Although the elf did not understand what was going on, she knew that it was not a good thing. She was already very nervous, and now she was so scared that she was about to cry.
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