Xiao Chen saw a flash of silver light in the woods. It was a signal sent by Catalina who came to support him. She was sent by Xiao Chen to coordinate the ambush with Ganor.
Xiao Chen led the other three people up a small slope and saw Katarina waving at them beside Ganuo. She was holding a bow in her hand, wearing a hood, and one foot was on a tree stump. In the weak light, she looked like a forest ranger.
"Brother Xiao, are you all okay? I just saw you kill that guy in the sky in one fell swoop, you are so awesome." She followed Xiao Chen happily.
"That was done by Roger. I was just assisting." Xiao Chen replied. When he saw Katarina, he would always smile unconsciously no matter how tired he was.
"Without you, he would have escaped. But without Brother Roger, someone would have caught him. In the end, you are more powerful." Catalina glanced at Roger. "Brother Roger, you are not angry when I say this, right?"
"That's how it was, thanks to you for crushing his spirit. Even if a warrior loses his spirit, he still has muscles to use. But if a wizard loses his spirit, he becomes a piece of meat that can be cut at will. Whether I take action or not, the outcome will be the same." Roger said, "But Miss Tasia also made a great contribution. She blessed Master Xiao Chen and me with the flying skill."
"Well, Miss Tasya, thank you for helping Brother Xiao this time." Katarina said, holding Xiao Chen's arm.
"I'm just doing what I think is right. I don't need any extra thanks." Although Tasya was dressed in walking clothes, she smiled lightly with airs, showing her impeccable manners as a magical noble. It was as if she had transformed from a lively person into a lofty statue.
Catalina curled her lips secretly and whispered in Xiao Chen's ear: "How noble."
Xiao Chen knew what the little girl was thinking, so he tried to smooth things over by saying, "How can it be redundant? Anyway, you and Knight Belia helped us a lot in this operation. If it had been just Roger and I as planned, we would have been in a lot of danger along the way. It can be said that without you, we wouldn't have been able to get here unscathed.
During this journey, we experienced so many difficulties, including overturning carts, riding horses, fighting, climbing mountains, and you never complained a word. How can we not be grateful?"
After all, Tashia was still a young girl. After being praised by Xiao Chen, she couldn't hold back her expression and couldn't help laughing. She even looked a little embarrassed. "Really?"
"Of course! However, we will have plenty of time to thank each other later. Now I have to go say hello to Ganuo from the Temple of Nature."
Xiao Chen met Garno at the top of the hill. Due to her sensitive identity, Tasia avoided meeting Garno and waited at the bottom of the hill.
"Sir Xiao Chen, thanks to your joint attack just now, we finally prevented the mage from escaping. It seems that our plan is half successful." Ganor did not wear a hood like the others, but let the fine rain hit his face, as if he wanted to show a hint of pride to the outside.
"Half? Didn't I attract all the enemies?"
"Sancho led a team to hunt you down, and Prato stayed with his men to sneak into your house."
"Any news from there?"
Ganuo shook his head. "We have lost contact with the city since we entered the woods."
"I hope my companion is alright. By the way, have you found Sancho's body?"
"We are still cleaning up the battlefield, but we will find him eventually."
Gano still had to command the Knights of the Wind to clean up the battlefield. Xiao Chen was in a hurry to return to the office to support other companions, so he gave up waiting for the search results here. There were horses prepared by Catalina in advance, and they changed to new horses and left the ambush site first.
Back on the main road leading to the capital, the rain had basically stopped. The dark clouds had dispersed slightly, revealing a corner of the moon. Both Tashia and Belia's cloaks were almost soaked, clinging tightly to their clothes, and they looked a little tired. Xiao Chen knew that the two of them could become important combat forces, but he was embarrassed to ask them to go to the office to help.
He thought for a moment and said, "Tasia, the enemy is attacking my residence now. Roger, Katarina and I must rush to support them. I'm afraid we can't send you back to the manor. But we can send you back to the Magic Association on the way. What do you think?"
"Xiao Chen, we have fought side by side for a whole night. Is there only one last battle left? Of course, Belia and I will go back with you. Haven't we proven our strength yet?"
At this critical moment of life and death, Xiao Chen would not be hypocritical. He nodded and said, "Thank you! I won't say anything more. Let's go!"
As Tasia rode past him, she whispered, "Next time if you need help, just ask directly. You look awkward when you hesitate."
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When the five of them rode fast all the way to the west gate of the royal capital, the gate had already been closed. However, Xiao Chen took out his badge of the Magic Association and placed it on a magic circle below the city tower. Soon, several soldiers ran out from the city tower, opened a small door on the gate, and welcomed them in respectfully.
They continued riding through the commoner section, across the arched bridge over the river, and into the noble section.
It only takes more than ten minutes to ride on horseback from the place where you get off the bridge to the office. The surrounding aristocratic area looks peaceful and there is no noisy movement.
"Brother Xiao, I think they should be fine. If the battle was really fierce, the city guards would have arrived long ago." Catalina said.
Xiao Chen also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "It's too early to draw conclusions now, let's go back and see."
They continued walking forward, and suddenly fog rose around them. The fog came in a strange way, like the white smoke in the stage effects, rolling out from several street corners, and in the blink of an eye, it enveloped Xiao Chen and his companions.
"There's something strange about this fog. Let's rush out quickly. Everyone, pay attention to the locations of the people around you and don't get separated." Xiao Chen shouted as he rode his horse forward.
But the fog was getting thicker and thicker, and seemed endless. After running for a while, Xiao Chen found that the fog was so thick that he couldn't see his hand in front of him. Looking around, he couldn't see any of his companions.
"Roger! Katarina! Tasia!" he shouted, but there was no response. Xiao Chen turned his horse around and ran back a few steps. Suddenly, he saw a dark figure rushing out of the thick white fog. He prepared an ice spear spell and was ready to use it at any time. However, when he saw the face of the person coming, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out to be Katarina.