The old man Oscar opened the wooden box and saw inside a rolled up star pattern paper, a small bottle of starry sky ink, and a golden quill.
"Sir, what are you doing?" Guard Zong Hu looked over, a little confused.
The old man explained to the guard Zong Hu: "You also said that we are almost safe now and will return to Soma soon. In this case, let's let things here come to an end. The chess pieces placed here must be It just makes sense for him to help us learn more about Pompey."
After speaking, the old man dipped his quill pen into Starry Sky Ink, wrote on the star pattern paper, and carefully wrote a line: "I have left safely. I hope you will act as agreed. If possible, you can pay more attention to Northwest A small volcanic town.”
Originally, according to the old man's idea, he wanted to directly write the name of the town - Pompeii. But thinking about what the recipient said to him before about "possible interception and decryption", he finally carefully chose to use "volcanic town" instead.
After writing this line of words, the old man watched the handwriting slowly disappear. After confirming that the message was successfully transmitted, he let out a breath.
He didn't notice that an invisible presence above his head suddenly left.
Zong Hu, the bodyguard of the fourth-level wizard, was too seriously injured and his perception was greatly reduced in non-combat conditions, so he was also not noticed.
Seeing that the handwriting on the star pattern paper was getting lighter and fainter, and finally almost disappeared, the old man stretched out his hand to roll up the star pattern paper and wait until the next opportunity to use it.
But as soon as his hand touched the star pattern paper, the star pattern paper buzzed. The silver texture on the surface quickly lit up, and a new line of text came over, replacing the text that had almost disappeared before.
The text passed was very simple, but the content was a bit shocking. It said: "The message has been received. I wish you a safe departure. Also, be careful that there are hundreds of people intercepting it due to the north."
Um
Even if there is a city like an old man, his body trembles slightly, showing a look of horror. He tried to take a deep breath, trying to suppress his shocked emotions, but he couldn't suppress it. The more he thought about it, the more incredible he felt, and he couldn't help but say: "This!"
Zong Hu, the guard next to him, noticed something was wrong, walked over and asked the old man, "What's the matter, sir?"
The old man Oscar didn't hide it and handed the star pattern paper directly to the guard.
Guard Zong Hu quickly scanned the contents on the star-patterned paper, his eyes subconsciously shrank, his eyebrows raised, and more blood suddenly poured out of the wound on the right side of his chest.
However, he ignored the wound, and his eyes suddenly lit up, like two flashes of lightning, and he raised his head and looked towards the north.
One second, two seconds, three seconds.
Three seconds later, the light in guard Zong Hu's eyes faded, he withdrew his gaze and frowned.
Then he leaned down and pressed one hand solemnly on the ground, as if feeling something.
One second, five seconds, ten seconds.
This time, it took more than ten seconds for guard Zong Hu to stand up, with a complicated expression.
The old man realized a certain possibility and asked aloud: "Could it be that the words on the star pattern paper are true?"
"It's true." Guard Zong Hu nodded and said with a serious expression, "There is really an enemy blocking the way in the north. They are still some distance away. I can't even see it with the 'Eye of God'. However, using the 'Breath of the Earth' It is still vaguely detectable. It is not clear whether there are hundreds of people, but it is indeed a lot, far more than any group of enemies who intercepted us. It is probably a trap deliberately set, waiting for us to run into it. "
"What does this mean?" the old man asked.
"The enemy's side means that they are more cunning than we thought. As for the messenger's side, it means that we may have greatly misjudged the other party. The other party can remind me, indicating that he can clearly understand our situation. And know the enemy's deployment.
Either he infiltrated the enemy in one day, or he has amazing means that we don't understand. "Guard Zong Hu replied.
"Amazing means that we don't understand?" the old man murmured, thoughtfully, and guessed, "Could it be what the other party said, about the interception and decryption of transmitted information? Maybe, the other party successfully intercepted and decrypted the enemy's Passed on information, figured out the enemy's disposition, and then told us."
"Maybe." The guard said, not sure.
"Well, anyway, it seems that the other party has become far more than a chess piece." The old man said, "Before, I wanted him to be more active, so I gave him a certain amount of respect. Now, maybe because of him His strength gives him more respect."
"Then Sir, should we do as the other party said?" Guard Zong Hu asked.
The old man smiled: "Don't ask me about this. I'm too far behind you when it comes to fighting, Zong Hu. You can do whatever suits you best. I'm just a burden at best and can't be of much help."
"Okay." Guard Zong Hu took a deep breath and said seriously, "Sir, next, we have to stop resting and continue on our way. We must try to avoid contact with the enemy and make a large circle to enter the Soma Alliance. Sir You might be a little tired."
"It doesn't matter." The old man shook his head, "I, an old guy, have suffered enough, and it doesn't matter if I eat a little more now."
"Okay then. Sir, let's set off."
"Um."
After saying that, the two stood up, covered up the traces left behind, quickly turned around, and headed northeast.
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After a while.
The two members of the Truth Society flew through the air, lowered in height, and finally landed with a "snap" where the old man Oscar and the guard Zong Hu once stayed.
One member scanned the surroundings, lowered his body, cleaned away a layer of soil on the ground, and found a group of almost dried blood.
He twisted a handful, put it under his nose and sniffed, looked at his companions and frowned: "The smell of blood has faded a lot. It's been a while since we left. It stands to reason that they should have crashed into the encirclement."
"But they didn't," said the companion.
"So, they changed direction."
"Changed direction? Did they discover our arrangement in advance?"
"Maybe, after all, the opponent is a fourth-level wizard. It's best not to underestimate it. Even if the opponent has been injured by Director Rommel, we can't deal with it." The person who said this threw away a handful of blood-stained weapons in his hand. Tu said seriously to his companion, "This situation needs to be reported."
"Okay, let me report." The companion said, taking out a crystal ball from his arms and pouring mana into it. The crystal ball flashed several bright lights quickly.
After doing this, the two stood up, chose a direction and flew after it, hoping to find more clues.
As for whether you can actually find it, it depends on luck.
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