Chapter 158: First Intimate Contact (Two Chapters in One)

When he thought of the dangers of the seeds of the Dark Mother Tree, the black-haired elf's expression changed and he murmured: "No, I have to go get the seeds of the Dark Mother Tree back."

"The only one who had the chance to take away the seeds was the young knight who used the witchcraft scroll."

The image of Ren, the young knight holding a two-handed sword, instantly appeared in the black-haired elf's mind.

The next second, the black-haired elf transformed into an eagle again and soared into the sky.

Soon, she caught up with Ren's group who had just left the entrance to the temple garden and were preparing to return.

Half an hour later.

"Captain, this eagle in the sky is a bit strange. It has been circling around us several times." A night watchman seemed to notice the eagle above his head and turned to the night watch captain Mateo beside him.

"Huh?" Matteo also immediately raised his head to observe a few times, nodded, and said:

"There is indeed something wrong. It seems to be tracking our team. Could it be that there are falconers from unknown forces nearby?"

Matteo's face turned stern. After thinking for a while, he clamped his legs hard and drove the horse to speed up. He came to Renn who was talking to Lagre and reported:

"Adjutant, there is this eagle in the sky that has been tracking us. I judge that there should be an eagle trainer from an unknown force nearby."

"Eagle?" Renn looked up doubtfully.

I saw a few birds passing by in the sky, but they were not eagles. In other words, there was no trace of eagles in the sky at this time.

"Matteo, there's no eagle?"

"Huh? It was clearly there just now?" Matteo touched his head, and he couldn't figure it out for a while.

But obviously, since the Eagle is gone, there is a high probability that he is paranoid.

Perhaps the eagle was simply chasing its prey, which was located near their group.

In fact, just when Mateo looked up, the black-haired elf who transformed into an eagle in the sky noticed that her multiple circling behaviors must have attracted the attention of some people in the team below.

Therefore, she immediately decided to fly in the direction of the team, landed not far in front of the team, quickly transformed into a squirrel, and then jumped up to the crown of a tall tree to observe the team.

The spying of a squirrel will naturally not alert anyone, not even Ren, who has amazing senses.

After all, there are many wild beasts in the Yege Forest. If the spying of a squirrel will be focused on, then there are too many spying eyes that require attention and vigilance.

——

Half a day later, the team returned to Goldsmith Town, and Hamilton was already waiting at the door of Goldsmith Town's administrative hall to greet everyone.

As soon as the team entered Goldshire, a security guard informed him.

Seeing that most of the night watchmen from Rennes and Goldsmith Town had returned safely, a happy smile suddenly appeared on Hamilton's face.

However, when he saw several stretchers being carried at the back of the team and the Templar team that was obviously missing two people, Hamilton's smile suddenly faded.

After some questioning, Hamilton looked surprised!

He didn't expect that the evil spirit knight incident, which was originally a sure thing, would turn out to have such twists and turns.

First of all, the number of evil spirit knights unexpectedly increased to three, and almost all of them had the strength of peak knights.

Secondly, in the hall of the ruined temple, there are actually the ruins of the ancient cult 'Mother Tree Sect', and there are also powerful evil beings such as flesh and blood tree spirits, whose strength is equal to that of the Great Knight!

This made it difficult for Hamilton to imagine the intensity of the battle at that time.

However, what puzzled him was why the elite members of his Night Watch basically had nothing to do, while the much stronger Templars of the Church, who had long since become extraordinary, suffered such heavy casualties!

The two living ones were seriously injured. In addition, there were two Templars who died gloriously lying on the stretchers. This...

besides

Why did his adjutant Ren, after experiencing such a tragic battle, not only have no injuries on his body, but also look in high spirits?

In this state, if Ren said that he had just woken up from a nap, Hamilton would think it was more reasonable!

"Huh? Ren's breath"

"Why does it feel like his strength has improved again!"

Hamilton's eyes suddenly widened when he looked at Renn, and he was obviously shocked.

However, before Hamilton could ask in detail, he saw Rudolph walking over with a serious look on his face.

"Master Rudolf, thank you for your hard work! These two fallen knights of the church will definitely receive commendation and compensation from the empire."

"Your Excellency Hamilton, this time, I would also like to thank Adjutant Lane of Goldsmith Town for his strong support. Without him, perhaps we would have suffered even greater losses." Rudolph glanced at Lane, then turned to Hamilton and said.

"This is what we in Goldshire should do." Hamilton was stunned after hearing this.

Because from what Rudolph meant, Ren should have played a decisive role in this mission.

Otherwise, according to Rudolf's always rigid character, it would be impossible for them to say such 'nice words' to compliment each other.

After some pleasantries, the church team headed by Reverend Rudolf did not stop in Goldsmith Town. Instead, they mobilized two carriages and rushed back to the county town overnight.

First of all, it was because the two Templars were seriously injured and needed timely treatment.

In addition, Rudolf also needs to report to the Bishop as soon as possible about the discovery of the ruins of the ancient cult 'Mother Tree Sect'.

but

Before Rudolph left, he specifically chatted with Ren for a few more words.

"Ren, the door of the Monsoon and Ocean Goddess Church will always be open to you!"

"In addition, I will also report your performance in this incident to the Bishop."

As soon as Rudolph left, Lane was pulled into his office by the curious Hamilton and asked carefully.

Just now, due to the presence of church personnel, it was naturally not convenient for Hamilton to ask about many things.

"Well, sir, it's actually nothing."

After Rennes briefly described the two battles, Hamilton finally understood why Rudolph valued Rennes so much!

If it were him, it would be the same.

Originally, he thought that the church suffered so many casualties, so in this mysterious incident, the church must be the one who contributed the most.

It is even possible that the night watchman team was only engaged in some vigilance matters, which is why there were so few casualties.

But the result was beyond his expectation!

Renn almost single-handedly turned the tide. On behalf of the Night Watch of Gold Town, he made a key contribution in this incident.

"Ren, good job! I'll report the situation in the next two days. I think you will be rewarded with a large amount of merit points soon." Hamilton said in wonder.

Renne surprised Hamilton in the last battle with Adams, but this time, he refreshed his knowledge again!

"Thank you, sir." Ren bowed slightly and smiled.

Merit points are a good thing, so Renn will not refuse them, although his gains this time have been huge.

But no one would object to having more money, right?

But when he thought about the merit points, Renn thought that the water-coated steel advanced knight armor he customized would actually take two months. It was really too long.

And the chromium iron sheath on his body was almost ready for scrap after two battles between Adams and the flesh-and-blood tree spirit.

It seemed that he had to go to the county military supplies office again to exchange for a new set of knight armor in case of emergency.

At this time, the black-haired elf, who had transformed into a squirrel, followed Ren's team to Goldsmith Town, with a hint of surprise in his bright eyes.

Huh?

Isn't this the approximate location where I perceived the talisman before?

Hmm. That’s right!

It should be within the limits of this small town.

The squirrel, who was transformed into a black-haired elf, nodded with certainty.

But since the talisman has not been triggered for a while, she still needs to search carefully to locate it.

but

You can put this matter aside for the time being, but you still have to keep an eye on the young knight first.

The black-haired elf was also hesitant at the moment. She didn't know which way to choose to communicate with the young human knight.

The first way is, of course, to find an opportunity alone. After the two of them communicate, she will tell the other party about the harm of the seeds of the Dark Elf Mother Tree to the world, and then ask the other party to give the seeds to her.

But she instinctively felt that humans would not be so 'reasonable'.

The second method is, of course, for the safety of the world, she sacrifices her personal moral character and quietly takes away the seeds.

But this kind of behavior should be ‘stealing’ or ‘theft’, right?

Therefore, the black-haired elf didn't know which method to choose for a while.

——

After dinner with Lagret, Anna and his family, Ren returned to the room alone.

He began to think about his own performance in this battle in Yege Forest.

To put it simply, it is a ‘battle review’!

Because only by constantly reflecting and summarizing can we maintain progress.

Renn has already experienced the benefits of doing so.

"I experienced two battles this time. In the first battle, facing the evil ghost knight protected by heavy armor and black energy, my core skills of 'Hammer Specialization', Tokkal Hammer Technique and Pig Head Hammer were perfect. Combined, the three-in-one attack achieves super lethality.”

"This is the best test of the effect of the last post-war review!"

Because, since the last battle with the apostle of the Black Flame Church, Renn has decided to slowly practice the hammer technique, and use the super armor-breaking and concussive damage of the heavy hammer to inflict heavy armor on enemies. Powerful Hurt's plan.

This time, on the three evil spirit knights, the ‘heavy hammer armor-breaking tactic’ was effectively verified!

Ren's eyes flickered, thinking.

"Besides, it's the second battle, the battle with the flesh and blood tree spirit."

"In this battle, if Chief Rudolf hadn't released the high-level divine magic 'Sword of Judgment' and inflicted heavy damage on the flesh and blood tree spirit. Then, even if I tried my best, I might not be able to defeat the flesh and blood tree spirit. Tree spirit."

"However, this is normal. After all, according to Lord Hamilton, the flesh-and-blood tree spirit is an evil creature on the same level as the Great Knight."

"In the end, I relied on the witchcraft scroll 'Extreme Cold Wind' and the entry-level contact witchcraft 'Scorching Touch' to defeat the opponent. To be honest, at this stage, it was more challenging to fight head-on with a big sword than before. It’s much easier.”

"From this point of view, the importance of witchcraft is beyond doubt. If you can master multiple witchcrafts, then when you fight against the enemy, you can target the enemy's weaknesses, use specific witchcrafts reasonably, and it is very likely to produce unexpected results."

"In addition, the importance of mental power is also becoming increasingly prominent."

"After all, there is currently no other way to improve the power of witchcraft. And only by strengthening mental power can the power of witchcraft be improved simultaneously. This is clear."

"From this perspective, if there is no special situation later, the mental attribute will be the priority item for adding points."

"As for mastering multiple witchcrafts?"

Ryan crossed his arms, rubbed his chin with his right hand, and paced back and forth in the room to think.

"But the test crystal has confirmed that I have the strongest affinity for fire energy ions. No, there is another one, which is the light silver energy particles that I still can't figure out."

"But even if the light silver energy particles are included, I only have a higher affinity for two types of energy particles. Learning other types of witchcraft will not only be ineffective, but also less powerful than these two types."

"Well, I will focus on fire witchcraft first. As for the others, I will slowly search for other witchcraft models."

"After all, the biggest problem I am facing now is the lack of various witchcraft models."

"Oh, by the way, the last time Jenny and I made an appointment should be tomorrow. I hope that I can get something when I go to the library of her bestie's house tomorrow."

Ryan suddenly remembered the last agreement he made with Jenny, and his eyes lit up.

Since he felt the power of witchcraft in actual combat, Ryan has been looking forward to the emergence of every new witchcraft.

"Also, I have never heard of the ancient sect 'Mother Tree Sect' that appeared this time. Including the pale golden sapling, I have no idea about its origin. It seems that various ancient knowledge is also what I need to pay attention to next."

"Then, the study of spiritual language (Akkadian) cannot be stopped."

"After all, many ancient books are recorded by wizards or wizard apprentices and written in spiritual language."

Soon, Ryan took out the three ancient Akkadian books and placed them on his desk.

For the study of these three ancient Akkadian books, Ryan is currently more than halfway through. Most of the Akkadian words can be understood by Ryan, but the pronunciation is still not standard and proficient, so it needs to be further strengthened.

While Ryan was studying Akkadian seriously, in the room next to him, Lagre tossed and turned.

She has decided to leave the town of Shining Gold with the relics (weapons) of her brother and teammates early tomorrow morning and return to the barbarian tribe in the cold tundra in the north of the empire.

This matter is of great significance, and she must complete it.

Because only in this way can the souls of her brother and teammates return to Valhalla.

In addition, she also decided to apply to the tribal priest for a life and death trial once she returned to the tribe.

She did not mention these two things to Ryan.

Especially the latter, she never planned to share it with Ryan.

After this period of time, Lagre found that she had a good impression of this big boy who saved her twice!

If she can successfully pass the life and death trial, maybe there is still a future.

But if she fails

In this case, it means that she has never been with the boy she likes from birth to returning to Valhalla. Isn't this too regrettable.

"Or, I'll go to his room at night"

"But will this hurt Anna?"

"It shouldn't, after all, I may not survive, and even if I survive, I may not come back and meet Ryan again."

Soon, Lagre made up her mind. When the night got deeper, she would go to Ryan, and then.

Before dawn, she would embark on the journey back to the Wind Tundra alone!

Late at night, when the black-haired elf was about to sneak into Ryan's bedroom on the second floor, she suddenly saw through the window of the corridor that the door of the room next to Ryan slowly opened.

A figure wearing gauze and with a curvy figure walked out quietly.

The black-haired elf's beautiful eyes showed doubt.

She recognized the girl in front of her at a glance. She was the barbarian girl who returned from the Night Song Forest with the young human knight during the day.

So she stopped and watched quietly.

The barbarian girl did not knock on the door, but quietly opened the door of the young knight, and then quickly flashed into the other's room.

The black-haired elf was quite curious!

Could it be that the two were going to discuss something secret?

So, they made a special appointment at midnight?

Is it possible to discuss how to deal with the seeds of the dark mother tree?

Thinking of this, the black-haired elf's eyes lit up slightly.

The next second, a squirrel jumped from the tree to the roof of Ryan's new home, and quickly ran to the window of Ryan's second-floor bedroom, observing through the gap in the window.

With her dark vision, she could see everything clearly!

The next second, the squirrel she transformed into showed a very human expression, her eyes suddenly widened twice, her mouth opened wide, but her two short hands covered her eyes tightly.

In the room, a barbarian girl with a curvy figure was trying to tame a 'male wild horse' in a riding position, while a young human knight was pinching the girl's gourd-shaped waist.

(Ten thousand words are omitted here)

After a fierce battle, the ‘male wild horse’ had so amazing endurance that it was extremely difficult to tame it!

Therefore, the barbarian girl finally gave up on taming and instead lay down to rest.

But maybe because she was too tired during the day, the girl couldn't rest well all night, whether she was lying down or kneeling.

But that night, the squirrel at Ren's bedroom window came and went, but never found a suitable opportunity to communicate with Ren about the important matter of 'world security'.

As the sky gradually turned white, the squirrel transformed into a black-haired elf finally shook his head and left in an extremely helpless manner.

In fact, Ren had already noticed it when La Gray entered the room quietly.

With this familiar scent, he knew that the person coming must be Lagret.

However, he was still wondering why Lagret came in without knocking?

But the next second, he was stunned because a... entered somewhere in his body (omitting ten thousand words here).

In the yard, an ant was suddenly entangled with a sticky tongue, and the next second, it was swallowed into the mouth of a lying lizard.

After the lizard chewed it, it felt like the ants had exploded in its mouth, which caused pain in its mouth.

So, the lizard quickly spat out the exploded ant. When it looked closely, it turned out to be a poisonous fire ant.

Poisonous fire ants have a self-protection mechanism, that is, once attacked, a transparent venom will be secreted from the body surface, causing paralysis and irritating damage to the enemy.

In the darkness, the lizard did not see clearly that it was not an ordinary ant, so it accidentally ate poisonous fire ants.

Just when the lizard was about to leave, it found that behind it, there were ants attacking the vulnerable parts of its lower body.

This can't help but make the lizard furious!

It once again swallowed the bold ant with its slimy tongue, exploded the juice and killed it. However, the next second, the lizard quickly spit it out again.

Unexpectedly, this is also a poisonous fire ant!

One night, the lizard was attacked by poisonous fire ants on its vulnerable parts one after another, and it continuously swallowed the poisonous fire ants into its mouth with its slimy tongue, exploded the juice, killed and spit it out.

Finally, when the sky was dark, the lizard fled!

It no longer dares to stay in this ghostly place. There are too many poisonous fire ants. It killed them all in one night. Unexpectedly, it couldn’t kill them all!

Early the next morning, Renn woke up and turned to look at Lagree, who was still sleeping next to him.

The sleeping barbarian girl showed off her fair skin. Her blond hair was naturally spread on the white pillow. She had a small nose and cherry mouth. She had a face that was more delicate than most women in the empire.

Judging from the face alone, others would not be able to tell that Lagret is a barbarian tribe from the windy tundra of the empire.

In addition, Renne still hasn't figured out what happened last night.

Why did Lagret suddenly come to his room in the middle of the night?

Also, before I could ask any questions last night, suddenly, the 'battle' between the two started.

On the one hand, it's because Lagre's delicate face and curvy figure are too alluring.

On the other hand, it is Ren's own problem.

Ever since he entered the transcendent realm, his desire in this area has become stronger and stronger. Therefore, when Lagret fired the first shot of the battle, Renne's powder magazine was ignited, and the two naturally started to fight. There was a fierce battle.

Thinking of the hearty battle last night, Renn couldn't help but smile.

He couldn't help but stretched out his hand and gently brushed the scattered hair on Gray's face.

At this time, it seemed that due to Ren's actions, the sleeping Lagree was awakened. The other party's long eyelashes swayed slightly, and a pair of deep blue eyes opened and appeared in front of Ren's eyes.

Lagree also looked at Ren in front of her, and for a moment, her mind was in chaos.

to be honest.

This is a bit different from what LaGrei expected.

Originally, in her plan, she would come quietly in the middle of the night, stay for a while, and then leave quietly.

Before dawn, she would leave a letter on Ren's bedside. After that, she would leave Goldshire with her luggage and return to the Howling Tundra.

After all, in her opinion, when this kind of thing happens, men should be very tired and then fall asleep.

Even though she knows that Ren has amazing physical strength, she should follow this rule in this regard!

result

Renn actually didn't stop until it was slightly light!

This not only refreshed her knowledge, but also emptied her physical strength.

Now, she was feeling intense physical exhaustion and mental radiance. Two contradictory feelings appeared in her body at the same time.

In addition, this also made it impossible to implement Lagret's original plan.

But when Lagret thought that she might meet Anna getting up later, she suddenly woke up and said:

"I gotta go, Ren."

"Leave?" Renn raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Well, I have to take my brother and everyone's relics and return to the Wind Tundra as soon as possible." LaGrei looked at Ren with her beautiful eyes and said seriously.

"Well, can't you go back later?"

In his previous life, Leonardo da Vinci said that 'eyes are windows to the soul'. In fact, Ryan had already understood the meaning of Lagre's eyes just now.

Therefore, Ryan did not dissuade Lagre, but he still asked her reluctantly if she could leave a few days later.

"I'm afraid not. I have stayed too long. I have to return to the tribe as soon as possible." Lagre lowered her head slightly and shook it gently.

Sure enough, the answer was as Ryan expected.

From the time they got along for a while, Ryan felt that perhaps because of the tempering in the harsh natural environment of the cold wind tundra since childhood, Lagre's character was firm and tenacious, and she was not an indecisive person.

In an instant, Ryan also understood. Why did Lagre take the initiative to come to his room last night.

Is this because she is leaving?

"Then when will you come back?" Ryan said with a little unwillingness.

"I don't know." Lagre shook her head again.

She planned to participate in the life and death trial immediately after returning to the tribe. Facing the high mortality rate of the life and death trial, she didn't know whether she could survive smoothly.

She was not good at lying, so Lagre really didn't know how to answer Ryan's question.

In addition, Lagre didn't want to tell Ryan or anyone else that she had returned to the tribe to participate in the life and death trial.

"Ryan, I really have to go. If it's later, Anna will get up." Lagre stood up, showing her beautiful figure, and quickly put on her clothes.

"By the way, you, tell everyone for me that I'm going back to the tundra."

Looking at Lagre's leaving figure, Ryan felt a little lost!

Ryan knew clearly that with his current strength, he had no ability to change many things.

In addition, he couldn't indulge in temporary joy at the moment.

However, Ryan believed that as long as he kept moving forward and breaking through, some things, some people and some regrets would eventually be transferred and changed according to his will!

Breakfast time.

"Sister Anna, have you seen Sister Lagre?" Mint asked curiously after looking at the table with one person missing.

"I didn't see her get up. Maybe she was tired from the trip to Nightsong Forest last night, so she's still sleeping?" Anna smiled and touched Mint's head and said.

"Um, this Lagre has left. She returned to the Wind Tundra." Ryan hesitated and said.

Instantly, several eyes focused on Ryan.

"Huh?" Emma, ​​the mother beside him, looked at Ryan in surprise and asked, "Ryan, what did you just say?"