Anyway, the battle is over and Richard is ready to leave.
Under the night, in the tent of the camp, a private conversation was going on. The two parties in the conversation were Richard and Gro. Pandora listened nearby, looking for shiny silver tableware.
"Your Excellency Richard, are you leaving now?" Gro said, with a bit of worry in his voice, "You leave now, what if those people come back...?"
"Then you can only find a way on your own." Richard said calmly, "After all, I can't protect you all the time. In fact, you don't have to worry too much. Since the morale of that group of people has collapsed, they will not be able to come back soon. Leave the forest at dawn and rush back to the capital as soon as possible, then it will be safe."
"But I'm afraid something will happen on the road." Gro said with twinkling eyes, "With Earl Vic's incident first, I'm worried that there will be people in the team who are unfavorable to me."
"It's possible." Richard did not deny it, "But there is one person you should trust."
"who?"
"Lancet."
"Lancet? Him?" Gro was stunned, thought for a moment, and spoke hesitantly, "Although he has always performed well, the time I have been in contact with him is too short. I don't know him well, so... I don’t dare to believe him too much.”
"You have to think about it this way." Richard raised his hand and said, "You are in his territory now, so if something happens to you, he will definitely bear the main responsibility and even become the scapegoat. Therefore, he is the most important person in the entire team now. , there is no one person who least wants you to die.
Unless his brain is abnormal, he will not participate in any actions related to assassinating you. If you are really worried about danger on the way back, then after you leave the forest, stay in Lanster's territory castle for ten days. "
"Ten days?" Gro was stunned, "Why do you have to stay for ten days? What about after ten days?"
"The reason for staying for ten days is that during this time, you can definitely recruit enough loyal soldiers to protect you when you return. The other thing is... after ten days, our deal will be completed, so by then, what will your life safety be? It doesn’t make any sense to me anymore.”
"I..." Gro was speechless and stared at Richard. Although what Richard said is reasonable, isn't it too straightforward
"Of course, I still hope you can survive." Richard said, "Because soon, I may go to the capital of the Jade Kingdom to have a look, try to contact the current world wizards, or try to board a ship to the mainland. Ship. At that time, if you are still alive in the capital, you should be of some help to me."
Gro has some dark streaks. This seems to be more straightforward. He wants to take advantage of him nakedly.
"Actually, you have to understand one thing." Richard looked at Gro and said seriously, "Maybe I can help you, but only if you become stronger can there be any meaning in being helped. People, after all, still have to You have to rely on yourself.”
"Um..." Grotto fell into deep thought.
"Okay, that's it. It's already very late. I really want to leave." Richard pulled Pandora out of the tent and finally said, "I hope you can really become a wizard, and I hope you can live a good life." Go down and see you again one day. That’s it, bye.”
Richard waved his hand and disappeared from Gro's sight, then walked out of the camp, walked into the darkness, and walked towards the hill.
In the tent, Gro's eyes were shining: "Is it possible to become a wizard?" As he spoke, he subconsciously grabbed the small bottle of ether that Richard had given him before.
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In the night, the sound of "ta-da-da" footsteps sounded.
Richard and Pandora walked like two moving pieces of fat in the forest, exuding an alluring aura. Many nocturnal beasts sniffed and swarmed towards her. Then they saw Pandora's appearance, and then... they ran away crazily with their tails between their legs.
Walking along the way, it didn't seem boring, but rather hilarious.
But amidst the hilarity, Pandora walked around with her silver fork in her mouth, seemingly unhappy.
Richard walked aside, looking at Pandora, his eyes flashed and he said, "I know what you are thinking."
"Scared?" Pandora turned her head and looked away, making a sound.
After more contact, Richard has figured out the general rules for using one syllable to communicate with Pandora:
Use the flat tone (yinping, one sound), generally to express affirmation, or to express a calm and indifferent mood;
Using Yang Ping (second tone) usually expresses doubts, or emotions of surprise or surprise;
Use the euphemistic tone (upper tone, third tone), usually to express hesitation or boredom;
Using a heavy tone (falling tone, four tones) is used to express rejection, denial, or to express anger, anger, or unpleasant emotions;
Now it's the euphemism - question.
Richard replied: "You are thinking about what happened in the camp just now. In fact, you can do it, right? You can definitely drive people away faster than me, but I stopped you and kept you from taking action. Very boring.”
"Click!" Pandora heard this, bit the tip of a new silver fork in her mouth, then nodded and said seriously, "Scared."
Calmly, sure.
Then he raised his voice again: "Scared?" This was to ask Richard why he did this.
Richard said: "It's simple, because I don't want you to kill more people."
"Scared?" Pandora was confused again.
"There are differences and similarities between humans and animals. If you have not established your own complete world view, outlook on life and values, participating in too much killing will affect your character. Of course, you can also say that you are willing, but ...There is something bad after all." Richard said.
"Killing can be used as a means, but it should not be used as a hobby. For a certain purpose, you can kill many animals and humans. This is called the price. But because of hobby, because you want to satisfy your twisted heart, you kill. This, um... can't be called bad, can only be called stupid.
This can easily arouse the anger and resistance of the rest of the people, and then be jointly besieged. At that time, you may be able to escape or even fight back, but you will also be injured and die. "
Richard paused and continued: "Actually, you have done a good job in these things. For example, in the beast tide, you can kill many creatures without blinking, but you usually maintain the order of many animals drinking water, even if If an animal breaks the rules, it's just a beating. I didn't let you take action just now because I want you to keep it like this. When you grow up and have a relatively neutral outlook on things, you can then choose what to do and how to do it. .”
"Scared?" Pandora said, expressing deeper doubts. Richard knew what she was asking.
"After all, I can't stay in the forest forever, I will leave. In fact, I will leave when the current research comes to an end. Because for some of my purposes, I must contact the real wizards in the current world and understand the real wizards. The world can proceed more smoothly.
To be honest, you and Gregory are, in a sense, more advanced than wizards. But because of this, considering my current research at the initial stage, it is a bit too ambitious to study something through you here in life, and it is more likely to disrupt the entire research process.
Maybe I will come back after I have been away for a few years or ten years and produced some research results. But that is in the future after all, and I still have to leave now. Gro, it is a small foreshadowing, or springboard.
Because of this, I want you to maintain a relatively neutral outlook and not cause too many killings, so as not to wait until I come back and not be able to find you and Gregory. Understand? "
"Scared!" Pandora stopped in place, looked at Richard with big eyes and replied, denying in a heavy voice.
Richard chuckled and shook his head: "You don't have to be like this, I know, you have already understood. Okay, let's go back. No matter what, at least I won't leave immediately, and I have to solve the problem of the beast tide."
As he spoke, Richard extended his hand.
"Scared—" she said in a tactful voice. Pandora frowned and looked at Richard for a while, and finally grabbed Richard's hand.
Two figures, one large and one small, walked back towards the hill in the night.
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