Fang Plover left the dense shrubs and walked out, looking at the nightingale girl who was leaning on an ash tree with her head lowered to bandage her wound. The big cat man on the side put his sword on the ground with one paw, leaning against another man not far away.
An ash tree, he turned around when he heard the sound, narrowed his eyes at them, and said hello.
Fang Yu nodded before greeting the nightingale girl: "Long time no see, Alice."
Alice raised her head and looked at him, a hint of reserve flashed in her clear black and white eyes. Of course she had not forgotten everything that happened on Fenris Island, and it was impossible for her to forget it.
That memory brought her too much unbearable past, as if it still turned into a nightmare that lingers every day, and she can't get rid of it - even though she knew that it had nothing to do with the other party, and it could even be said that the other party saved her from that endless nightmare.
She was rescued from it, but she still tried her best to avoid all the people and things associated with it.
She has subconsciously not contacted them these past few days, although Alice told herself that it was not necessary - they and her sister had nothing to do with her anymore. She did not need to pick up the past again, and her life was pretty good now.
New environment, new people. But she also understood that it was just an excuse.
But now this excuse is no longer applicable. Alice tried her best to smile, making her tone sound as if it was the same as before: "It's been a long time, Mr. Ed, but I often hear her talk about you from my sister.
."
She looked at Jita behind Fang Pliance again: "Hello, little Jita, you have grown a lot taller than last year."
Jita, who had lost her glasses, looked at her with empty eyes and replied softly: "Hello, Miss Alice."
Nini was climbing up from Fang Plover's shoulder. She had been woken up by the previous battle and was now drowsy. She looked curiously at this girl who was very similar to Miss Nightingale, and made a milky voice.
Said: "Papa?"
"Is this Nini?" Alice looked at this little guy with a little curiosity in her eyes.
Speaking of which, the birth of this little girl had something to do with her. Just thinking of the lizard god, Alice's mind sank. But after such a interruption, she was finally much better than her previous low state, and she seemed to be back again.
Recovered some feelings from the past.
Fang Yu replied: "Miss Alyssa often talks about you."
Alice smiled slightly: "Sister, she must be much more free when she is with you than before."
"...even a little too free." Fang Plover answered this question a little dryly. The gentle and kind sister of the twins in his past impression has long since disappeared, replaced by a slightly evil one.
Interesting Miss Nightingale.
Whenever there is any gossip about him, this lady is always the first to participate. The other party seems to like to see him embarrassed. For example, there has been a lot of rumors on the ship recently - about the rumors between him and Miss Miya.
.
Alice couldn't help but smile, and the atmosphere relaxed a lot: "It seems that sister has caused you a lot of trouble."
"...More or less," Fang Yu replied awkwardly: "But overall, Miss Alisa is still a very good scout and investigator. She has helped us a lot in the Seven Seas Brigade.
."
"That's natural." Alice seemed to have finally recovered some happy memories from the past, and winked playfully, "My sister and I are the best nightingales among rain listeners, and Captain Gubai's vision is not bad at all.
not bad."
Regarding this answer, Fang Plover was convinced. Not only Alisa, but also Box, the two former members of the Seven Seas Brigade from Listening to the Rain, both of whom were outstanding, and Kita and Luo from Yutapolis.
Yu is not inferior in comparison.
Compared with the Oak Knights, the size of the Rain Listeners is far behind. Before the former was disbanded, it was a Guild of Free Callers with half a foot in the second world. Compared with the Spear of the Silver Forest, the
The guild is equal enough to exist as a rival to the descendants of Flor.
In the first world, it is at the level of second-tier guilds and above, and even higher up are the well-known guilds and the top ten.
The Rain Listeners are just a regional guild, not even comparable to the Holy White Stone. Strong regional guilds like Twilight are at best similar to guilds like Art Struggle. Generally speaking, how big is the size of a guild?
How many resources we have at our disposal determine what kind of talents we can cultivate.
But the reserves of Listening to the Rain are obviously better than those of these guilds, which shows that the ability and vision of the Solitary White Wilderness are extraordinary. However, after the Fenris incident, the other party left Listening to the Rain and heard that he went to the north.
I went to the ancient pagoda, but no news came, and even the box could no longer be contacted.
"We're done with the pleasantries, Mr. Ed," Alice then said, "Let's get down to business first."
Fang Yu also nodded: "Actually, I was about to ask you this. I heard your sister said that you joined the Stargate Port Special Reserves, but just now?"
"It's a long story," Alice replied as she stood up, pulling up the long hair on the back of her head, tying it into a bundle, and then flipping her ponytail neatly, "and actually I didn't join.
If you go to the military, you can only say that you have done meritorious service, or that you are still in the observation period——"
After the Stargate Special Forces took her away, they quickly investigated the cause and effect of the Fenris incident and proved her sister and her testimony. Speaking of which, it was all thanks to the stupid guy in front of her.
If it weren't for his shocking actions at that time, some of the inside stories of Listening to the Rain wouldn't have been exposed so quickly.
Alice seemed to think of the unexpected things that Fang Plover did at that time, and couldn't help but laugh: "Then the military gave me two options. One was to end my career as a selector, but I can consider it as appropriate.
Not to hold me accountable in the future, so that I don’t have to return to Earth and face prosecution. The second is to join them and help investigate the whereabouts of the top leaders of the Rain Listeners, but I actually have no choice - "
"...Although I was only the party under coercion in the Fenris Incident, those things were done by me after all, and almost led to a catastrophe, leading to the death of hundreds of thousands of people. Even if I returned to Earth, I would only
It can only exempt some of the responsibilities, but we may also face an indefinite supervision period."
Having said this, she shook her head, as if she didn't care too much: "Although I deserve this, I might as well stay here and be supervised by the military, or do things for them. Of course, the more important thing is
Even I am unwilling to do so. If we don’t find those people, wouldn’t my sister and I become their scapegoats and victims in vain?”
It was quiet in the woods.
Fang Yu didn't expect that so much happened behind this, so he couldn't help but replied: "Alyssa has never told us about this."
"Sister is right not to say anything," Alice replied: "This matter has nothing to do with you. Besides, the military here does not regard me as a prisoner. Generally speaking, I am relatively free. Then
After that, I went to St. Xiu'an and changed my identity. Now my name is Rainbow. Soon after, I joined the Holy White Stone Guild under the arrangement of the military. It was about the time you were in Vanrich."
Fang Yu was a little surprised: "You joined the Holy White Stone Guild?"
Alice nodded: "I was in the Holy White Stone team at the time, but I got detailed information about you from Time Reflection. He is very tight-lipped about the information about your saviors, so I had no choice but to reveal it.
Only if he has some relationship with you will he be willing to let go——"
Fang Yu took a while to digest the news, and asked somewhat unexpectedly: "So you joined the Holy White Stone Guild because of Stargate Port. What is the relationship between the Holy White Stone Guild and Listen to the Rain?"
Alice looked at the person in front of her, knowing her relationship with that person, so she didn't shy away from it: "That's not true, it's just that the Holy White Stone Guild cooperates closely with the Twilight people, and may also be merged into Flore.
I just lurked in advance."
Fang Plover was slightly startled.
It turns out that the military is planting nails in the alliance, but this is nothing new. Such nails have already existed, and Alice is definitely not the only one.
"Then before? You were discovered by Twilight's people?"
"That's not the case," Alice sighed softly: "I took the initiative to expose him, but actually if it hadn't been for what happened today, I might have continued to lurk."
Fang Yu looked at her in surprise: "What's wrong?"
"I wonder if you still remember something that happened not long ago," Alice replied: "Time Reflection told me about you going to see Elder Grayskin, and what the tree man elder said about it.
Something about the heart of the mountain."
"The heart of the mountains?"
Alice nodded: "Yes, the Heart of the Mountain... I feel that the people in Twilight are trying to have the Heart of the Mountain. If the Heart of the Mountain is really as important as you say, then I have to risk it."
Risk to come and see you. But I didn’t expect that they would be so vigilant, but this also shows from the side that my guess may be right——"
After she finished speaking, she couldn't help but think of the thrill before, and breathed out lightly, but suddenly she found that the surroundings were a little quiet, and the only sound was her own breathing.
She couldn't help but raise her head to look at him, only to find that Fang Yu's expression was calm and he seemed to be thinking about something.
Now it was Alice's turn to be a little surprised. She looked at him and said, "You knew this?"
"I guessed a little bit," Fang Pliong replied.
"But wait," Alice asked in surprise, "Aren't you in a hurry?"
Fang Yu shook his head.
He had indeed suspected it for a long time, but it was only confirmed at this moment.
Most of the people they chased all the way from the Hall of Trees were also people from Twilight. The other party may have originally planned to create a commotion in the Hall of Trees and attract everyone's attention, but they didn't expect to encounter their group.
, the plan failed, and he had to flee in a hurry.
Therefore, the other party's behavior of silencing them makes more sense. The people of the Twilight Guild must not let their own people be exposed in this plan, otherwise they will become public enemies of everyone left here, even most of the guilds.
And the only thing that probably surprised him was that Alice was also here, and she came here for this reason.
Of course he cares about this matter, otherwise he would not have chased all the way to this place with the big cat man - just being anxious is of no use, being anxious will not let them fly in front of each other at once - at this time, they
What is needed is more calmness.
Fang Yu pondered for a moment and then asked: "The people from the Twilight Guild can pursue you without restraint. Does it seem that the Holy White Stone Guild is also involved?"
Alice shook her head: "...maybe not involved, but the people in Dusk used their share of the mine in exchange for our people to help them. In fact, the leader may not necessarily know the truth about Chongshan.
It is a matter of concern, but the pressure from the guild should be considerable...
"Actually, it's not that I haven't considered borrowing power from within the Holy White Stone. The leader is an upright person, and the time reflection can also prove it for me. But I'm worried that the higher-ups in the guild may not have guessed Dusk's intentions -
But the temptation is too great, and Twilight’s share here is close to one-third.”
"...I didn't dare to bet on this, so I thought of you."
After hearing this, Fang Yu roughly understood the situation.
He raised his head and looked at the dark underground rock top, and then asked: "Alice, when you left there, had they already left?"
Alice still shook her head: "Not yet."
"How long has it been since you left there?"
Alice thought for a moment: "About half an hour."
Fang Plover lowered his head and happened to see the big cat man looking in his direction, the feline's pupils shining in the darkness.
"They are probably already here," the Lion Paladin didn't seem to be afraid that anyone would find someone here. He held the match in his hand, lit it, and let the dark red sparks fall into the pipe, while replying in a low voice: "
Remember, we didn’t walk long into that valley last time, and I’m afraid there isn’t much time left for us—”
Fang Plover also frowned.
"Alice," he asked again, "do you know of any other way into that valley?"
Alice shook her head, she didn't know more about this place than the two of them did.
Fang Plover and Rhett looked at each other.
"Go to that entrance first and have a look," the big cat man replied, "but I guess the chance is not great."
Fang Yu nodded silently.
…
Facts prove the big cat people's foresight.
His big furry paws pressed the bushes very low, and he looked vaguely in that direction for a moment, looking at the selectors patrolling back and forth at the entrance of the valley, and fiddled with the hair ring tied to his mane.
, then turned around.
"As you can see, the other party is not a fool. The few people who fought with us must have tipped off the information. Calculating the time, it is almost exactly two tariatric moments. They just have time to resurrect." He pointed to the shadowy figures below.
The figure asked, "Are those people from your guild?"
"He's one of our people."
The girl looked in that direction with a heavy gaze and nodded.
Fang Yu put down the communication crystal in his hand. He had just contacted the other people on the other side. Sylvide told him that the crystal had not launched an attack yet, but that the crystallization beast had appeared in the withered woodland.
The selectors on the periphery are returning to defense, and the scope of the investigation has been reduced again and again - to be precise, it was forced to compress by the crystallized beasts, which has never happened before. The march of the crystallized beasts seems to be faster than the previous times.
Acting much more organized is not good news.
Most people were aware of the abnormality. The front line was extremely tense. Several regiment leaders had asked him about the situation several times, and the ship officer had no choice but to fool him first.
"If you don't come over, there's nothing I can do." She said.
"I'll be there in a minute."
Fang Yu could only answer like this first, but the situation on his side was not optimistic either.
He closed the crystal and then asked the two of them: "How is it? Can you rush through?"
The big cat man shook his head.
"Better sneak in, little one."
"In front of half the group?"
Fang Plover looked in that direction. He hadn't noticed it much when he came last time, but the entrance to the valley was less than a hundred feet wide.
He thought for a moment and decided to adjust the position of the clockwork goblin in front of him, intending to see if there was any better entry point nearby. But at this moment, a huge force suddenly came from behind - the Lion Paladin
With one hand and one hand, he and Alice were dragged backwards, and then they were pushed down into the bushes, one on the left and the other on the right.
Before Fang Plover had time to figure out what was happening, he felt the world spinning and the back of his head hitting the ground. Just when he was hit so hard that stars appeared in his eyes, he heard the deep voice of the big cat man coming from the side:
"Be silent."
Fang Plover then turned around and saw the silver-grey gaze of the big cat man hidden in the grass. He quickly asked the other person with his eyes:
"what happens?"
Rhett was silent for a moment, as if he understood what he meant, and replied in a low voice: "Someone is coming, we seem to have been discovered."
Has it been discovered?
How can this be?
His clockwork goblin was still in front, and the opponent hadn't even found his clockwork goblin yet, so how could he possibly find them? But at this moment, the three of them suddenly heard a rustling sound coming from the front, and then
A round, ball-like creature emerged from the bushes there.
When the strange thing saw the three people, its reaction was even greater. It almost jumped three feet high from the ground, and at the same time it couldn't help but scream in fear:
"Don't kill me, Gu Pu is a good person Gu Pu! Gu Pu doesn't want to die, Gu Pu doesn't want to die Gu——!"
Although Alice had already pounced on the thing and held down its big mouth the moment she saw it, it was still a little late. The little monster's terrifying screams sounded like a ghost in the silent forest.
It was a large loudspeaker that marked their location conspicuously.
The big cat man looked embarrassed, looking at the little guy twisting and struggling in Alice's arms, he spread his hands and said, "I didn't expect it to be him."
But Fang Yu didn't have time to talk to him about this.
He was just glad that Miss Scholar didn't come over——
From the corner of his eye, he almost instantly saw several flashes of magic lighting up under the valley. Without saying a word, Fang Yu took back his clockwork fairy and only said one sentence: "Run!"
However, it rolled down the hillside.
But the moment he left the place, a bright flame exploded behind him, and the scorching airflow and shock wave immediately blew him away from behind.
Fang Plover's last memory was the feeling of seeing a tree trunk coming across from him, hitting him squarely on the bridge of his nose.