"Elu? Where are you, Elu?"

When Hawke hurried back to Beret Village, he found that his sister, who was tied to the second floor of the Oak Hotel, was missing. He was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

"Damn it! She just disappeared at this time..."

"Calm down, Hawke, Ellu won't run away, she knows we'll be back. Look, everything is here." Pointing at the backpack placed in the corner, Reina comforted her companions.

"Maybe...I mean it's possible, will she go to the ruins of Togus?" Dunan was most worried about this possibility. If the little girl really ignored the advice to go to the ruins...

Although the exit of the Shadow Tower was temporarily sealed, it was precisely because of the seal of the earth that the undead mage's original spells were invalidated. The tower located underground is no longer visible at night. The female priest said that the lich just cannot open the tunnel from the inside. If there are humans who do not believe in the darkness open it from the outside... the consequences will be unimaginable.

Thinking of its cold gaze, the ranger couldn't help but shudder. They were just ordinary adventurers, and it was easy for the Lich who advanced as mages to kill them.

"I have to go back to find her." Without wanting to leave her sister alone, Hawke turned around and left, and Reina hurriedly grabbed his arm.

"Don't mess around, it's not wise to go back now."

"Do you want me to leave Ellu and run away alone? She has lost her parents. If I don't even care about her life and death...I..." Hawke's face turned red with excitement.

"What are your plans?" Reina turned her gaze to Dunan. Without a leader, Rangers were the think tank of their team.

"Let's go separately. East, west, north, we run in one direction. Even if the lich escapes from the ruins, it is impossible for us three at the same time."

Dunan's suggestion is unrefutable, and this is indeed the best way for them.

"I decided to go to Ellu. You guys go first. If possible, I will help you delay the time." Hawk turned around and took his own package from the place where he packed his luggage: "If you can see you again, just meet at Jingyao's Fairy Bar."

"Where is the time?" Reina did not persuade him anymore. Hawke turned his eyes to Dunan, and the Ranger shrugged.

"It's a month's time, if we all live to that time."

"Good luck." Wave your hand, the warrior disappeared from the corner of the corridor and returned to the ruins of Togus, who had just escaped.

"What are your plans?" Reina was a little sad. Although their three-person team had not been established for a long time, they had already had feelings for each other. Although she knew that there would always be one day to go her separate ways, she didn't expect that it would be under such circumstances.

"North." Du Nan had made a decision to go north to Jingyao, and then take a carrying bird to Saint Sevantes. No matter how powerful the lich is, he would not dare to run to the headquarters of the Holy See. It would be fine to save his life in a short period of time.

"Hey~ I have to leave the east side to Hawke." With his shoulder-length hair, Reina took out the gray cloak that travelers often used from her bag and put it on.

Looking at the streets filled with morning mist outside the window, the ranger sighed softly.

Maybe, I won't meet again...

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"Hauck is a big fool..."

A thin figure walked with a cold Togus.

It was almost dawn when Elu broke the rope. When she ran along the road to the monument considered forbidden area, she happened to be staggering with Hawke and his group.

"I don't bring me such a fun place." Ignoring the gloomy and mysterious atmosphere, the little girl walked alone in the ruins with only broken rocks and walls, and was not afraid. She was holding a short sword as long as her elbow in her hand to defend herself. She didn't know that such a mortal weapon had no use in encountering a more powerful beast.

Bang!

A muffled sound came from the south.

"What sound..." Alu stopped, not completely unwarranted. But she has been running around with her brother in recent years and has been used to seeing ordinary adventures and commissions. Her courage is much greater than that of ordinary people. Of course, her recklessness is beyond the scope of ordinary people.

Bang!

Another sound seemed to come from the ground, a bit like a knock.

Without further consideration, the little girl ran towards the voice. Soon, a black stone staircase came into her eyes, and the muffled sound came from below.

"Rena! Dunan! Open this damn tunnel!"

"Brother Hawk?" The familiar voice made Elu, who was afraid to get close, give up the alert.

"Alu, is it you?"

"Yes. What's wrong with you? Brother Du Nan, and Sister Reina?"

"I accidentally stepped on the mechanism. When I was evacuating, I was finally locked down. The two of them said they would go to find someone to help, but they haven't come back yet."

"I want to help too, but..." As soon as I heard that my brother was locked up below, Alu was anxious to death.

"If you look carefully, maybe there are mechanisms outside that can open this damn stone."

"Oh... OK, OK." Alu lay on the pedestal and looked for it. He didn't see any of the things similar to the mechanism. Instead, he found that the black stone was covered with yellow-brown patterns, which looked like the decorative paintings in the temple.

"There is no mechanism, I only see some strange things."

"Strange thing?"

"Yes, I saw some weird patterns, kind of like murals in the temple."

"Elu, that's the mechanism. If I destroy it, I can come out. Reina and Dunan, two idiots, have said that they must find a mage. Even such a simple mechanism requires someone to help."

"Brother Hawk, you never scold a fool. You usually only call a fool..." I felt that my brother's tone was a little strange. Elu rubbed his feet on the stone slab first, and the lines were still clear. She used a dagger to scratch instead.

"Ah... I'm so angry that you don't know how uncomfortable it is, it's stuffy and smelly."

As soon as a thin mark was scratched, a strange "rustling" sound came from the air.

"Come off the spell, Alu, I'm almost suffocating!" The brother's call for help made Alu speed up the movements in his hand. In a short while, the seal engraved on the pedestal by the female priest used spell to destroy a corner.

The huge base was lifted up in the violent explosion. Alu, who was standing on it, bounced up and then fell heavily to the ground. She didn't bother to check her injuries and stared at the base filled with smoke and dust.

"ah!?"

The black shadow that was so fast that it could not be seen clearly flashed out of the dust, and immediately grabbed Alu's slender neck and lifted her from the somewhat wet ground.

"Look at what I caught, a lamb that fell into the net."

"Cough...you...who are you? Where are my brother?" The black robe made her skin paler without blood, and Alu stared at the man who strangled her neck.

"Little Ellu, I want to thank you for releasing me from below. Come, let's go find Brother Hawk." The completely unfamiliar face said with a brother's voice. No matter how ignorant Elu knew, she knew that what she released was not Hawk at all.

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When Hawke returned to the ruins of Togus, he saw the damaged pedestal and felt like he fell into an ice hole and his whole body was cold.

"Ai, Ai Lu..."

The feelings for his loved ones overcame fear, and Hawke began to call on his missing sister. There was no sound in the empty wilderness except his anxious shout.

Hawke has made plans for the worst.

After the lich escapes, he will definitely go to find their bad luck. The most direct way is to go back to the village of Bere. If Elu is caught by the lich, it is very likely that it will not kill her for the time being, so as to lure itself into appearance.

what to do?

In terms of strength, I am not as good as a lich. When I go back alone, I may not only not be able to save Alu, but also pay my life.

The female priest Dora's face was like a thunder that struck Hawke's brain.

By the way... why did I forget her?

Even if she can't win, at least she should know the weakness of the lich.

Thinking of this, Hawke ran towards the Temple of the Earth outside Bere Village.
Chapter completed!