Early in the morning, the sun shone on the earth, bringing a trace of warmth.
In a bustling port, merchant ships were traveling to and fro, wandering around.
"It's almost time, let's stop here."
Standing in front of a huge black cargo ship, looking at the people behind him, Adil said.
Behind him, there were a few people standing there, including the elders of the Southern Alliance like Cager, as well as some big nobles in the area.
These people were here to see Adil off after knowing that he was about to leave.
At this time, Adil had already stayed here for half a month, and after finishing some things, he began to prepare to leave.
"Lord Adil, won't you stay here for a while longer?"
On the side, Kaig said, "According to the news, the Kingdom of Kuma has already sent people over after knowing that you, Lord Adil, have returned. The leader is the Great Knight Cedro, who is said to be a member of your tribe."
"As long as you wait for a week, they will be able to rush over to meet you."
"No need."
Standing in the same place, Adil raised his head and looked at the black cargo ship in front of him, "I've already wasted a lot of time here, there's no point in continuing to wait."
"After I leave, help me send someone to tell him to directly bring his people back."
He turned to look at Cager and said with a smile.
"This … Alright." After hesitating for a while, Cager finally nodded his head.
While they were talking, the others at the side were very quiet.
For them, an official Wizard was too much of a threat. Other than Cager, who was an acquaintance of Adil, others standing in front of Adil wouldn't even dare to say more than a few words.
Not long after, the ship outside slowly came in, and Adil walked up to the black cargo ship in front of him, ready to wait for the ship to leave.
Under the respectful guidance of a servant, he walked to his room, put down his luggage, and then walked back to the deck.
At this time, the ship had already started to leave, and a weak wind blew on his face, bringing a trace of coldness.
"It's over …"
Adil muttered to himself as he looked at the land that was getting further and further away and the vague silhouettes of people.
At this moment, an indescribable feeling rose in Adil's heart. He was afraid that he would not be able to return for a very, very long time after leaving this place.
At that time, everything in front of him might not look like this anymore.
However, this was also an inevitable result.
A mortal's life was too short and insignificant. A mere few decades was nothing to a Sorcerer.
Even a level 3 acolyte could only live a few decades longer than an ordinary person and could not compare to an official Magus.
After one or two hundred years, the people Adil was familiar with would pass away one by one, leaving behind only the sealed memories of the past.
This was something that most wizards had to go through.
Silence stood on the deck for a while. After a while, Adil walked towards his room.
Not many accidents happened during the journey. Soon, more than a month had passed, and the ship was about to reach its destination.
After disembarking, Adil bought two horses in the vicinity and continued on his journey.
He crossed the border of the southern continent and headed towards the northern plains.
Along the way, he heard many things.
The few Sorcerer organizations that originally existed in the southern continent had almost all disappeared. According to what Edith had said, they had all migrated to a new and unknown area to develop. There were only a few small Sorcerer organizations left in the continent, but it seemed that they would not be able to hold on for much longer.
The entire continent was filled with a deathly stillness. There was a strong pollution spreading in this area, robbing all life and forcefully turning a large area into a land of death, giving rise to many polluted creatures.
All of this was said to be caused by the leak of the historical remains. No one knew what was sealed in there, but even though many Sorcerer organizations worked together to seal it, some things still leaked out, causing such serious consequences.
While on his way, Adil also asked around for some information about the academy, wanting to find out about the location of the academy's relocation.
This information was easy to find out.
The relocation of a few local Sorcerer organizations had caused a huge commotion in this area, and it was impossible to conceal it.
Adil casually asked around and found out where the academy had chosen to evacuate, but he did not know the exact location.
After secretly recording the information from the academy, Adil continued north, quickly passing through the vast southern continent, and arrived at the northern plains.
… …
A few months later.
Early in the morning, the sun was shining on the ground.
The long caravan was traveling on a narrow road, and it was now slowly stopping to rest.
As the caravan stopped, from time to time, people would take down some things from the carriages behind. It seemed that they were preparing to start a fire and prepare for lunch.
"Master Adil, it's time for lunch."
At the side, a girl in a green dress quickly ran to the carriage on the side and shouted into it.
After a while, a person walked out of the carriage.
It was a handsome young man with a long sword on his waist. He wore a black robe, and he looked calm and calm.
He walked down from the carriage, smiled at the girl in front of him, and then walked to the side.
At that moment, someone was calling his name, telling him to quickly walk over.
"Adil, you're here too."
In the front of the crowd, a middle-aged man with a big beard smiled at Adil with a piece of barbecued meat in his hand.
"Yes, I was just called down."
Adil nodded, then looked at the people around him and asked, "What's going on here?"
"I don't know yet."
The bearded man shook his head and said, "We were also suddenly called here. It seems that something has happened."
At this moment, heavy footsteps came from ahead, attracting everyone's attention.
"Sorry to disturb you all."
In front, a middle-aged man in black armor walked to the front. He looked very majestic and said, "However, there is something that I have to make clear to everyone."
"Last night, we received this."
As he spoke, he took out a long black arrow.
This arrow was very unique. It was made of black crystals, and there was a picture of a strange bird engraved on the arrowhead. It seemed to be some kind of symbol.
Looking at this arrow, everyone's expression changed, "This is … the symbol of the Hand of Fierce Wind, why?"
"That's right. As you all think, we have been targeted by the people from the Hand of Fierce Wind."
Standing in front of everyone, the middle-aged man's expression became serious when he spoke about this matter, "Although I am also very curious as to why this group of madmen would suddenly target us, since it has already come to this, we have to deal with it."
"Here, I will give you the right to withdraw."
He quickly looked around and said, "If you choose to withdraw from our team, then we will refund half of the fee you paid previously."
"However, if you choose to stay, then as the price, you will have to pay double the fee for the rest of the journey."
"How can this be?"
"You don't keep your word?"
"Didn't we agree on the price back then?"
Hearing what the middle-aged man said, everyone's expression changed one after another. They no longer had any hesitation and directly questioned the middle-aged man.
Facing their questioning, the middle-aged man's expression was very calm. He waited until those people's voices gradually died down before he suddenly moved.
Along with a light sound, the longsword on his waist was pulled out. The longsword emitted a bit of green radiance and heavily slashed onto the ground, leaving a deep sword mark. The strength of a knight was completely revealed.
Looking at the scene caused by the sword, everyone fell into silence. Faintly, the sound of someone swallowing their saliva could be heard.
"I don't have time to joke with you all …"
In front of everyone, the middle-aged knight looked a bit impatient, "I will only give you all one day's time. Before tomorrow morning, immediately give me a reply. If you are not willing to stay, then take your things and leave!"
After saying this, he left with the few attendants beside him. From the looks of it, he didn't seem to have any patience with those people in front of him.
After he left, only then did those people dare to open their mouths and speak. One after another, they stood there and sighed.
"Sigh … We were clearly walking away peacefully, why did such a thing happen?"
Standing up from where he was, the big bearded man who spoke to Adil previously had an ugly expression on his face as he stood there and sighed continuously.
"Gru, are you preparing to leave or stay?"
Looking at Gru's appearance, Adil opened his mouth and asked.
"I'll stay …"
Towards Adil's question, despite feeling extremely uncomfortable, big bearded Gru still didn't have the slightest bit of hesitation, "I am not like you, Adil. I still have a lot of goods with me. If something were to happen to those goods, I'm afraid that I will be sold as a slave to pay off my debt."
"A very wise choice."
Standing at the side, Adil picked up a small piece of bread from the cloth in front of him and nodded his head while looking towards a certain corner.
Those were the few people that he had noticed very early on. Not only did they rarely come into contact with other people, when they were facing that knight just now, they also looked very calm and did not have the slightest bit of nervousness.
And from those people's bodies, Adil also sensed a familiar smell.
That was the smell of energy particles. Even if they had concealed it very well, it was still detected by Adil. It was impossible to hide it from an official Wizard.
"Interesting, the northern plains is indeed much more prosperous than the southern continent. Even if I just randomly found a merchant group to travel with, I would still be able to meet so many people of the same trade."
Adil's expression was calm as he turned around and looked towards a direction far away.
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