Richard didn't know the bartender's sigh, so he walked out of the door before the bartender sighed. Taking advantage of the afterglow of the setting sun, he looked to the north of the town and thought quickly.
According to what the bartender said, the group of people who took the blue seal came from the north. After getting the blue seal, it is very likely that you will return in this direction.
The other party set off this morning, with a large number of people, riding horses and carrying luggage, so they would not move too fast. In this case, even though the other party goes first, if he catches up with speed, he may not be unable to catch up.
Then give it a try... With his mind made up, Richard took a step forward and his body disappeared transparently. The next moment, he appeared dozens of meters above the ground, flying towards the outside of the town at high speed.
At this time, the last part of the western sun sank below the horizon, and the surrounding night slowly spread like a heavy fog.
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Time passed quickly, and it was midnight.
In the north of Graywood Town, a group of people were resting in the open space on the side of the forest road.
This group of people, including men and women, looked ordinary around a bonfire.
But when you get closer, you will find that this group of people is quite strange. They are either hunchbacked, lame, one-eyed, or trembling all over like they have a cold.
A team of eight people looks like a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people.
The only one who was relatively normal was a graceful woman who looked to be in her thirties, with a slender figure and thick hair that could almost reach her waist.
The long-haired woman was sitting four or five meters away from the bonfire, squinting at a blue seal in her hand under the light of the bonfire.
The blue seal kept turning over in her hand, reflecting the luster and looking very dazzling. Suddenly the woman seemed to sense something. She stopped moving, put away the seal, and turned her head to look aside.
On one side, next to the bonfire, a lame, thick-lipped woman wearing a gray robe was stirring the burning wood with a stick, as if she was bored. Suddenly she seemed to sense something. She looked at the long-haired woman and suddenly stretched out her hand to grab the air next to her.
After grabbing it, the thick-lipped woman's expression changed and she quickly opened her mouth.
There was no sound, but it was obvious that everyone had received the specific signal. It only took a second for them to stand up in unison, adopt a defensive posture, and look together in a direction in the forest next to them.
Among these people, a strong man about 1.8 meters stepped forward, his muscles vibrating with his breathing, his eyes widened, and he shouted: "Hey, who is there? Come out! Otherwise, don't blame me. You are welcome."
"Wow!"
The branches of a tree in the forest shook and made a sound.
The strong man reacted very quickly. He raised his hand and released a red light, hitting the branch.
"boom!"
The red light exploded, and the whole tree was blown to pieces, but no other beings were harmed.
The strong man frowned, his expression a little confused, and then his pupils shrank. He saw that less than a few meters in front of him, the air was distorted, and a person appeared out of thin air - Richard.
"you!"
The strong man took a step back in response, stood together with his companions, looked at Richard with great vigilance, made a gesture of attacking at any time, and asked quickly: "Who are you? What do you do?"
As the brawny man asked, Richard carefully looked at the group of eight people including the brawny man.
He could sense that there was a strong energy reaction in the bodies of the eight people. They were obviously wizards. But the strange thing is that he cannot accurately judge how strong the energy reaction is and what level of wizards the group is. It seems that a special interference spell was used.
It's not simple... Richard silently concluded in his heart... People who can take shortcuts to enter thangka tombs are indeed not simple.
Seeing that Richard didn't answer for a long time, the strong man lowered his face slightly and patiently asked again: "Hey! Who are you? If you are passing by, please leave immediately, because my companions and I are both You are very unwelcome. You'd better cooperate, otherwise don't blame us for being rude."
"Don't get excited. I am not a passerby with malicious intentions. I am here specifically to find you." Richard said.
"Huh? Are you looking for us?" The strong man's expression became more dangerous, "We don't know you, right? What's your purpose of looking for us?"
"Before answering your question, I want to confirm one thing first." Richard looked at the strong man and said, "That is, may I ask, not long ago, you went to the thangka wizard's tomb in Baigu and took away a blue Color seal, right?”
"You!" After hearing what he said, the strong man's eyes suddenly widened, and the mana fluctuations in his body increased sharply. If he couldn't bear it, he would attack.
But just when the mana fluctuation was approaching its peak, it suddenly dropped, and a hand of the long-haired woman gently pressed on his back.
The strong man was stunned, then slowly turned his head to look at the long-haired woman, opened and closed his mouth, and asked in confusion: "Team... Captain, you?"
"You step back first, calm down, don't always think about taking action, let me ask him before talking." The long-haired woman looked at the strong man and said, her dark brown eyes seemed to have a strange magic power, making the strong man bow his head and agree. Come down.
"Yes, Captain." The strong man stepped aside.
The woman stepped forward and stood where the strong man had been. Her long dark hair was slowly fluttering in the night wind, and her pair of dark brown eyes looked at Richard like obsidian.
Richard also looked at the long-haired woman, a little surprised at the woman's appearance. As far as he knew, in the current world, people with nearly black eyes and dark hair were relatively rare. However, he did not lose his composure. He nodded slightly and said hello calmly: "Hello."
"Hello." The long-haired woman responded, her tone was a little cold, but not disrespectful, and she asked in a low voice, "Excuse me, why are you looking for us, and why are you asking about the tomb of the thangka wizard? Also, how can you be sure, We took a blue seal from there?”
"I don't want to go into details about the specific reasons, but what I can tell you is that I have a similar seal." Richard said. As he spoke, he raised his hand and showed a blood-red seal in his palm.
The long-haired woman looked at it, raised her slender eyebrows, and turned her head slightly to look behind her.
Behind her, a white-haired old man wearing a black iron mask shook his head slightly, not knowing what he meant.
The long-haired woman retracted her gaze, pondered for a few seconds, reached out and took out the blue seal from her arms, compared it with the blood-colored seal in Richard's hand, and chuckled: "It does look very similar, but this doesn't explain it. You Why are you looking for us? What is your purpose, stranger?"
"My purpose is actually very simple, that is - cooperation." Richard said, "You have a blue seal, and I have a red seal. Blue is water, red is fire, water and fire are in harmony, both are indispensable. This is a win-win situation I don’t think you have any reason to refuse.”
"Huh?" The long-haired woman made a questioning voice, her black eyes rolled, and she turned her head again and looked behind her.
The white-haired old man wearing a black iron mask behind her shook his head as usual, not knowing what he meant.
The long-haired woman turned her head, pursed her frosty pink lips, and asked Richard after a few seconds: "Can you explain what you mean?"
Richard was a little stunned by this question. After a few seconds, he guessed a certain possibility. He blinked and asked, "Don't tell me, you haven't seen the words engraved on the bottom of the seal in your hand?"
The long-haired woman's eyes suddenly widened, slightly surprised, and she said, "Under the seal... are there words?"
"There are words."
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