But the search was soon over, because Parsa was brought back. He looked miserable, with many burn marks on his body, his clothes were tattered, his hands were tied behind his back, and a mechanical spider was lying on his head, pointing its sharp feet at his head.
Following behind him were two elves, a man and a woman.
The male elf saw Luo Ling and asked his companion: "Maya, did you feel it?"
"I feel it. It's the breath of the World Tree." She nodded slightly to Luo Ling and said, "I am Maya, an alchemist from the Elf Kingdom. Are you Luo Ling?"
"So you are Maya, and the red-haired girl is Di Ning. Elena and Xiao Chen have mentioned you many times." Luo Ling saluted to the two of them with a look of joy on her face.
"Elena..." Maya's eyes were slightly red, and she sighed, "She has also mentioned you many times. You are her best friend outside the Elf Kingdom. No, it should be the best friend. After she came back, we were together for a short time, but she has told me a lot about you. To me, it's like yesterday."
"Yes, it seems like it was yesterday. She seemed to have always been by our side and I could even feel her presence." Speaking of Elena, Di Ning was also infected by Maya's emotions.
Luo Ling confirmed that the two of them did not know that Elana had become Xiao Chen's spirit servant, but when she saw Maya and Di Ning's sad expressions, and thought of the sacrifice Elana made for her, her own eyes soon became red.
Maya said, "Well, today those of us who know each other finally have a chance to really get to know each other. It shouldn't be a sad day."
Di Ning glanced at Duke Parsa and said, "And this guy is here too."
Luo Ling said: "It shouldn't be a coincidence that you caught him, right?"
Di Ning nodded and said, “Our original plan was to go to Black Mountain to find Xiao Chen and fulfill our agreement. However, when we were in Green Forest City, we discovered that you guys were following the Shadow Group. We were worried that these people would harm you Chinese, so we followed you.
Along the way, we followed them from a distance and found that they had no connection with the Shadow Group or Green Forest City, so we guessed that they belonged to the Chinese Tower. Later, when we arrived in this forest, I overheard their conversation in mid-air and confirmed this.
However, although Maya and I wanted to help, the strength of these three people was so strong that each of them was no less powerful than Maya and me. Even if we wanted to help, we couldn't find any way to intervene.
Several of your battles along the way also opened our eyes. Your winning methods were completely different from what we thought. So we kept flying in the air, following you and observing you. But when Duke Parsa was about to break out, I found that you were a little busy, so I secretly placed a magic mark on the Duke's body. In the panic, he and his companions didn't notice my little move. "
"No wonder you were able to find him after he used the random teleportation scroll." Anar said, "Thanks, this guy almost got away. Today's operation was perfect in other aspects. It would have been a pity if he was missing. Where did this guy escape to?"
"He teleported to a place two kilometers north of here," Maya said, "but with Dinin's magic mark, he was as obvious as the moon in the night. We chased him and ambushed them, but the wizard resisted fiercely and was killed by Dinin in the battle. Duke Parsa was first injured by magic and then captured by my spiders."
Luo Ling thanked Di Ning and Maya and asked, "So what are your plans now?"
Di Ning said, "Our original purpose was to go to your city to broaden our horizons and learn something different. But we didn't have a clear destination. Now if you can use us, we will go with you."
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Luo Ling settled the two elves and brought Ackley to the Duke of Parsa. The Duke was still tied up, and the spider on his head had been taken away by Maya, but now he had added the magic seal and the weakness seal, and his strength was not much better than that of an ordinary old man. He sat on a tree trunk by the roadside, and there were three warriors and a wizard guarding him, waiting for the rest of the people to deal with the battlefield. The Duchess and her youngest son were lucky enough not to be physically injured in the fierce battle just now, but they both looked very scared and curled up beside the Duke of Parsa.
Luo Ling walked up to the Duke and wanted a guard to take the Duchess and the child away, but the Duke's son held his father tightly and refused to let go.
Duke Parsa said, "Sir Luo Ling, I heard that you are a high-level wizard. You don't have to make things difficult for my son."
Ackley sneered, "When you ran away just now, you didn't think about your sons. You abandoned them in the middle of the battlefield without mercy. Now you are playing the role of a loving father?"
Duke Parsa smiled faintly and said, "I just don't want to do anything stupid. It's very difficult for me to escape by myself, so how can I take them with me? Taking them with me by force will only increase the possibility of them being injured or killed during the escape. On the contrary, if they stay here, I heard that the Chinese have always been very good to prisoners. You won't kill two women and children who have no ability to resist, right?"
"You are good at calculating." Ackley said sarcastically, "The outside world is still praising your brave and straightforward image, and you don't have too many thoughts. I didn't expect you to be such a person in person."
"Being brave does not mean being reckless, otherwise I would not have been able to run Greenwood City into what it is today over the years," said the Duke.
"Since Green Forest City is your masterpiece, why do you want to give it up?" Luo Ling asked.
"It's the same reason why I just abandoned my wife and son." Duke Parsa glanced at his son and said, "Why sacrifice for something you know you can't keep and are about to lose? I just think more clearly and understand it better than everyone else. Now I know that I have been captured by you, and Green Forest City will soon be occupied by you."
"You are really straightforward." Luo Ling said.
"Now I have a little problem."
"Go ahead."
"Where will I be sent? Where will my wife and children be?" asked the Duke of Parsa.
"You will be escorted to a town in the rear, where you will naturally be judged. Then you will know what you will do in the coming years." Luo Ling said, "But before that, you must come with me to Green Forest City and help us persuade those soldiers to surrender."
Unexpectedly, Duke Parsa said, "I refuse."