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"It seems there must be some insider."

"What's inside story?" Tidrit asked pouting.

"I just asked you because I don't know."

"No matter whether there is any insider, it has nothing to do with us, right? We just need to cross this mountain and arrive in Wallis as soon as possible!"

Tidrit was right. Even if there was any insider, it should have nothing to do with him.

"That's right. It's better to find Xilith quickly and leave this dangerous mountain!"

Bill said and stood up. Although the others were a little unwilling to do so, they still stood up one after another.

"Anyway, Xilith should have escaped to the forest opposite the road. Let's go there first. If it weren't for the sneak attack just now, those people wouldn't be our opponents."

After that, Bill walked back in the direction of his escape. After reaching the ambush at the beginning, he carefully paid attention to the surrounding situation.

It seems that there are no one else nearby. Although there are still some blood stains, their bodies have been cleared. If there is a chance to meet them again, Bill and the others plan to take the initiative to start a war with them. For the Duchy of Hailan, it is absolutely beneficial to reduce the number of soldiers in the Duchy of Wino. And it is not only for Hailan, but also for them to not forgive those who have just launched a sneak attack and attacked without discrimination.

Although they did not intend to find the enemy's base deliberately, if Xilith was captured, they would not be willing to die. After all, it was her credit for everyone's safety.

"The footprints are going there, so it seems that I have to walk along this one first."

Maru carefully investigated the ground with her fingers and finally found footprints leading to the forest. Since the ground was harder than imagined and there was a layer of fallen leaves, it might be difficult to track them, so she could only rely on the traces left on the fallen leaves.

Although Maru hesitated several times, she still tracked her footprints. The grassland demon Jing was used to living in the wild, so this kind of work was their most proud.

"This is not necessarily Xilith's, maybe it's the footprints of the enemy."

Maru said to Bill while investigating his footprints, because he could not tell which one was Xilith or the enemy's footprints.

"I know this. Anyway, if you encounter an enemy, just ask them about the information."

Bill took it seriously, because this is the fastest way.

Maru shrugged and moved her eyes to the ground again, continuing this extremely exhausting work.

It was almost dusk when Maru found that thing. While muttering that it would be difficult to investigate at night, Maru suddenly stopped and began to investigate her feet carefully, and concluded that there were traces of fighting here.

"Traces of the battle?"

Bill squatted down and observed his feet carefully.

"Yes." Maru seemed very confident.

"The fallen leaves are so messy that they can see that they are unusual. If only someone runs over, it wouldn't have become like this."

"That is, she was chased here and then continued to fight, right?"

Bill observed where Maru pointed.

At this time something turned the dark sunset and shone brightly.

"That's..."

Bill squatted down and stretched out his hand. After pulling off some fallen leaves, the thing was exposed.

It is a short sword. The hilt has very fine carvings, and Bill has also seen this short sword.

"Xilis's...short sword" his voice was a little hoarse.

"That's right. Hillis had an argument with others here, but there was no blood."

"What do you think?"

Bill looked back at Slien.

"I also think Maru is right. Since her dagger fell here, it means she must have been captured."

Bill bit his lower lip, picked up Xilith's dagger and held it tightly in his hand.

"You must save her quickly..."

When Maru heard what Bill said, he couldn't help but frown slightly.

"But I don't know how many of them are, nor where they are?"

"Even so, I'll save her."

"I knew you would say that." Maru shook her head as if she had given up trying to convince him.

"Then we go to a higher place, there will be fire in the enemy's base."

Anyway, there was no other way, so the group had to make a decision first. So they worked hard to climb up the hillside in the gradually dim forest.

Because Shi Li could no longer bear it, he had to stop and rest three times on the road.

Later, they finally climbed to a place with a good view. It was probably almost evening and the enemy had given up looking for them, so there was no light in the forest. Only the path they had just passed by turned into a thin white line like a scar of a forest.

At this time, Tidlit noticed that there seemed to be red lights at the end of the road. Later, the lights appeared one after another, and a building also appeared in the darkness.

"It looks like a fortress." Bill murmured.

"Don't you think it's a ruin?" Tidrit said.

"It's probably all. I think it's probably because of the soldiers of Vino who used the ruins of the ancient kingdom as fortresses."

Slien came to the conclusion after watching the lights for a while.

"Do you want to go right away?"

Bill nodded vigorously and answered Maru's question.

The dark light of the campfire swayed in the darkness.

Now the sun has sunken west, and the surroundings are shining by night. Only the bright moon shining with blue and white light hangs high in the east sky, as if competing with the red light of a campfire, dyeing the window with its face.

Xilith stared at the fire in the grass with her breath. The man named Red beside her was watching the surroundings without moving.

Although the name is obviously fake, Hillis no longer cared about it. Although he was with the flow, since he was hired by this soldier, they were the relationship between employers and soldiers.

Her job is to act according to this person's plan.

However, this plan was unexpectedly bold. He planned to sneak into the fortress where the Wino soldiers were stationed and steal a sword from the fortress.

It seems to be the magic sword left in the ancient kingdom era, probably because it has powerful magic power. For a warrior, having a magic sword is a kind of glory, and almost all the brave men who appeared in the legend carry magic swords.

Therefore, she was not unaware of why this person wanted a magic sword so much, but Xilith still felt that it was too exaggerating to steal from the fortress where dozens of people were stationed. As long as she saved enough money, this kind of thing could be bought in Leding.

However, Red's will was very firm. He seemed to have to put the magic sword in the fortress in front of him, probably because of some reason. Although Hillis didn't want to persuade him, he still really hoped that he could change his mind.

"Is there any countermeasure?"

No matter what, it is impossible to force yourself. Xilith is sure to fight against three people at the same time, but if more people surround her, it would be too late to protect herself and there would be no chance of winning. Therefore, Xilith would run away without hesitation at that time.

"If anything, I can ask the reinforcements."

Red said as he took out a white rod-shaped object and looked carefully at the flute made of some bone.

"Do you have other companions?" Hillis looked at Red's face in surprise.

"Then let's call them now! It's too hard for us to be just two of us."

"If so, I don't want to call them before getting that sword, otherwise the enemy will bring it."

"it?"

Hillis wanted to know who it was, but Red just shook his head and refused to reveal it.

"You have so many secrets. Oh, forget it, I'd better find a way to solve the guards on the door first."

Xilith reached out to take the dagger on her waist. As long as the distance was close enough, she was sure to solve it herself.

But there was only a scabbard left on the waist, and the thing that should have been kept inside disappeared.

(Where did it fall? I like that one very much) Xilith couldn't help but tickled.

"What's the matter?"

"I don't know where my dagger fell."

"Then leave the guard to me."

Red said as he pulled out his dagger from his waist, which seemed to be quite valuable.

"It's a waste to use this for she?"

"I'll pick it up if I have a chance."

After Red left this sentence, he began to act. He bent down and hid in the forest, looking for an opportunity to circumn in front of the guard.

At this moment, there was a sudden movement behind Xilith and the others.

"Are you a patrol soldier?"

Xilith tightened the spirit and hid in the grass. Red seemed to have noticed it too. After he used his eyes to make a secret code, he paid attention to the forest behind him.

The voice seemed to be getting closer, as if he knew where Hillis and the others were walking straight.

"what to do?"

Red shook his head.
To be continued...