The sun is gradually setting in the west, and the noon clouds have long since dissipated. The sky in the west is dyed with a layer of translucent orange-red, and in the distance unknown birds are chirping with joy as they return to their nests. On the western slopes of Mount Helga, large tracts of birch trees are visible.
The woods played a swishing movement in the evening breeze.
On the lonely and cold official road, a long shadow was drawn out of the lonely carriage.
Zina sat impatiently on the carriage, holding a piece of dogtail grass in her mouth out of boredom. As a maid of Her Royal Highness, her image is completely unimaginable. But Zina has a special status, weird personality, and
At this time, she was out of town, and there was no one else except the gentle and kind-hearted person in the carriage, so it was okay for the maid to behave a little more boldly.
"Princess, if you keep waiting like this, it will get dark."
"Then let's get ready to spend the night." the princess said softly.
"Are you really not going to give me another chance?" Zina complained: "I will definitely find the big pudding this time..."
Before she could finish her words, her voice suddenly stopped.
The person in the carriage asked strangely: "What's wrong, Zina?"
The maid looked into the distance, where the winding official road spread out from the canyon, where a thin figure was walking over step by step.
Zina was overjoyed: "Princess, someone is here."
The visitor walked quickly and arrived at the carriage in just two or three minutes. The maid's joyful eyes suddenly turned into disappointment. She glanced at the plainly dressed young man with disdain, turned back and said to the people in the carriage: "It's a pity that he is a
child."
Du Lan, who deliberately pretended not to dare to look at the carriage, almost stumbled and fell to the ground when he heard this.
What does it mean to be a pity that you are a child?!
Although the development of this body is relatively slow due to malnutrition, it is still about fifteen or sixteen years old, right? Looking at the height alone, although it pales in comparison to big guys like rock puppets, ogres or evil spirits, at least Du
Lan straightened her back and was about the same height as the maid on the carriage.
"You yourself look less than 20, right? You actually have the nerve to call me a child?" Dulan complained in his heart, and suddenly felt a little confused. What if they didn't ask him for directions because he looked younger?
Do I have to think of another way to drive this carriage away?
He subconsciously slowed down.
Fortunately, a soft voice came from the carriage at this time: "You can ask the child, maybe he knows the direction of Big Pudding City."
The maid seemed to be more delicate than the princess: "I don't want to ask a child for directions! It would be shameful to let others know."
Dulan, who slowed down his pace, was already filled with tears. How could there be such a weird maid in this world?
"Okay, let me ask."
The curtain of the carriage was opened, and the princess walked out. She got off the carriage and called to Duran:
"Sir, please wait!"
Dulan let out a sigh of relief. All the rhetoric flashed through his mind, and then he turned around calmly.
The next second, Dulan suddenly felt his eyes were a little sore.
If the protagonists in bloody TV dramas always like to open their eyes to strong winds, and sand is always blown in, then Dulan clearly felt that a stream of concentrated sulfuric acid was pouring into his eyes.
His heart was pounding, his mind was blank, and Dulan was stunned.
The purple floral skirt is lying fluffily on the ground, with a small and exquisite crescent moon pendant hanging on her fair neck. Her long golden hair is curled slightly naturally, held together by light green hairpins, and on her delicate face
, a pair of pearl-like eyes as bright as jade.
There is a kind smile on the corner of her mouth, giving people a particularly clean and comfortable feeling.
"She is the daughter of Grand Duke Jinque?"
Dulan subconsciously looked away, but his accelerating heartbeat reminded him that the woman in front of him was so beautiful. It's not that Dulan had never seen beautiful girls. To be fair, Chloe's beauty was enough.
Aiming to be the best, and the headless girl Anna's normal image is pure and pleasant, but they don't give Duran such a thrilling feeling.
The reason is also very simple. As an Oriental, Duran has inherited the aesthetic concepts in his soul. Both Chloe and Anna are images of Western beauties. Although Duran thinks they are pretty, they don’t
There is a heart-pounding feeling.
But this girl is completely different.
Her beauty came from the inside out, and she exuded a unique temperament. Dulan didn't even dare to look at her again.
At this moment, a cool air flow suddenly came from the platycodon flower badge he wore on his chest.
The air flow hit Dulan's mind, calming his heartbeat, and the pounding feeling of his heart was gradually suppressed.
Dulan's heart moved. In addition to the powerful basic attributes attached to it, the most important effect of this Platycodon flower badge is that it is immune to fear spells below the third level, which means it strengthens the wearer's will and is extremely resistant to mental spells.
high.
"I had this strange feeling just now. Could it be that this girl used some kind of mental spell to charm me?" Dulan was a little confused. The girl in front of him was indeed very beautiful, but there was no way he would let her get away from him right away.
You're so confused, right?
The only strange thing is that if the other party used a charm spell, Duran's high perception did not feel any trace of the spell. And the other party is also a princess, so there is no need to cast a charm spell on a passerby like himself.
?
Dulan was full of doubts, but now that he was awake, he didn't dare to look at the girl's charming face anymore. He lowered his head and tried to pretend to be scared: "Two ladies, two ladies, what's the matter?"
The maid on the carriage snorted in surprise, as if she felt a little strange.
The blond girl smiled and said: "Hello, sir, my name is Jane Lancelot."
Her voice is soft and reserved, very polite, and quite aristocratic. Even when she is talking to people whose status is much lower than hers, she can give people a feeling of spring breeze.
Dulan still didn't dare to raise his head. According to today's secular concepts, these two people are obviously descendants of dragon-blood nobles and have extremely high status. He is just a commoner, and it is normal to have a fearful attitude when encountering them:
"Dear Miss Lancelot, hello, my name is Duran."
However, he was thinking in his mind: Lancelot is indeed the surname of the Grand Duke Plantagenet.
Jane chuckled and said, "Just call me Jane."
Du Lan responded honestly: "Miss Jian, what are your orders?"
"Mr. Duran, do you know the direction of Big Pudding City?"
Du Lan was overjoyed and finally got the idea. He wanted to send these two women away immediately, so he immediately said: "Big Pudding City? It's in that direction. Just follow the official road and you'll get there."
The official road here only has two directions, one goes to Baisha Town, and the other goes to Big Pudding City. Du Lan is naturally very familiar with it and pointed out the direction directly to them.
"Okay, thank you." Jane's voice was like the sound of nature. She turned around and said to Qina: "Big Pudding City is over there. Let's leave quickly. I'm afraid my brother and the others are already at Earl Lyle's Mansion.
Waiting for us."
The maid didn't buy it. She looked at Dulan with disbelief: "Hey, boy, are you sure that is the direction of Big Pudding City?"
Dulan felt his teeth itching with hatred, but on the surface he nodded respectfully.
Zina sneered and said: "You look like you are only fifteen or sixteen years old. How can you possibly know the specific location of Big Pudding City? Have you been to Big Pudding City? Also, where are you going when you appear here now?"
Just as Dulan was about to say his words, who knew that at this moment, a wild beast-like roar suddenly erupted from the dense forest at the western foot of Mount Helga.
Seven or eight tall figures strode out of the dense forest, led by a strong ogre nearly thirteen feet tall!
"I'll go, what's going on!?" Dulan was stunned.
Among the ogres, the one running second was actually Ironhide with light gray skin.
"Princess, be careful, these are ogres! Their target is us." Xina's expression changed, and she hurriedly pulled out her sword, as if facing a formidable enemy.
Although the number of these ogres is not large, except for Ironhide, all of them have silver-level power. The bald Bell, the leader, has level 29, which is close to the gold level. Duran scanned it with his eyes and knew that all of them had silver-level power.
Although Na has gold-level power, she will definitely have no problem surviving in the face of these ogres, but she may not be able to protect Jane, who is a princess.
The ogres were tall and had long strides. They roared onto the official road in almost the blink of an eye.
The bald Bell was carrying a huge bronze mace in his hand, and he lived up to his nickname. There were only a few sparse hairs hanging on his head, which looked extremely ridiculous. But in this situation, the three people beside the carriage
But no one could laugh. The ogres quickly surrounded the carriage. These ugly monsters let out disgusting laughter. Ironhide mixed in among them, and made a few embarrassing laughs from time to time.
"Princess, you hide in the carriage first and let me deal with these ogres."
Xina's face turned red with anger. Although the prestige of the Ruha royal family in the Dragon Empire has dropped a lot since the Twelve Dragons went to explore Chaos. But on the surface, they still maintained a harsh and powerful rule, robbing the imperial nobles on official roads.
This kind of thing is almost unique.
Jane, who looked fragile, showed a worried expression: "Zina, you are alone..."
"Lend me a sword."
At this moment, such a voice suddenly appeared next to Zina and Jane.
"Huh?" Zina was a little surprised. In her eyes, Duran was so thin and had no fighting power at all. At this time, this guy actually asked her to borrow a sword? Could it be that he wanted to participate in the battle with the ogre?
Come during the battle?
Dulan had a gloomy face. Although he didn't know why the plan had changed, the fact at the moment would not change - these ogres planned to rob the carriage, and he certainly could not stay out of it.
As for Tiepi... hmph, I will definitely have to settle the score with him afterwards.
"Here!" For some reason, the unruly maid did not embarrass Dulan this time.
An ordinary fine steel sword was thrown over, Duran grabbed it and rushed directly into the ogre formation.
"Hey, kid, don't seek death!" Zina was shocked. She originally thought that Du Lan borrowed a sword from her just for self-defense, but she didn't expect that this kid was so cramped that he actually killed a group of cannibals alone.
In the devil.
Who does he think he is? A swordsman who became famous at a young age? Even a gold-level master wouldn't dare to be so reckless, would he?
Xina bit her lip, and finally stood guard beside the carriage - her duty was to protect Her Royal Highness the Princess, and as for this silly boy, she could only let him die.
