Paladin

Everything finally calmed down, and the temperature of the seaside sun dispelled the chill here again.

In the fishing village, there was a ruined wall, and the remaining limbs and blood of the Sea Demon Anemone were everywhere—after a period of exposure to the sun, it gradually shrank and shriveled.

Hewitt fell into a coma for a while because of his injury, and when he woke up, he found that his wound had been bandaged very refreshingly, and it should have been healed by a divine spell, so there was no serious problem now.

The mage's original tunic had been cut open to treat the wound, and now he was only covered by a gray cloak.Silently, he grabbed his cloak and wrapped himself up, and when he walked out, he saw a few surviving fishermen.

They sat or knelt, gathered together, and looked at their destroyed homes in silence.

The rays of the red sun shone on them, casting long and narrow shadows.

Hewitt pushed the door out, seeing this scene.

When Connor heard his footsteps, he hurriedly wiped his face, turned his head and said hoarsely: "Good morning, Your Excellency Yinhuo."

The mage's eyes stayed on his red eyes for a while, and after seeing his weather-beaten eyes, he knew that he didn't have to and couldn't let these people feel relieved.

Hewitt stood with them for a moment and asked, "Where is Evan?"

Hearing this name, several fishermen subconsciously stood up and looked this way.

"Your Excellency Paladin went to that huge rock." Connor replied.

……

There was a mess under the giant rock, and the gravel all over the ground showed traces of being scorched by flames, and the high temperature even baked a little bit of glass shards.

The remaining bones of the Lich were empty, entangled with a charred black corpse.

Evan sighed, bent down, and tried to gently wipe the black ash on Gao Shan's face.

This layer of ash almost formed a shell on his body, and Evan carefully peeled off a layer of them, revealing Gao Shan's original dark brown skin and tall nose bridge.He was a traditional Highlander, in color and build, and in the way he spoke—he was like any other, except for a little stupidity.

After part of the black ash was cleaned up, Evan saw the hands of the charcoal-like corpse tightly clenched together, holding something.

Evan struggled to open his hand a little, and saw that there was a metal lump inside—it was probably something that was melted by the fire and condensed again by Gao Shan in the palm of his hand. This thing is half copper and half iron, with a classic bronze.

Evan took out two guard's name tags from his sleeve - the same material as it.

What Gao Shan held tightly in his hand before his death were the name tags of all his dead comrades in arms.

They burned together and could not be separated again.

The paladin stood silently for a while, silently paying tribute to the departed heroic souls.

He dug a grave alone in the mountains, trying to collect the body of the only soldier who died in this battle.

This highlander was very tall, at least two meters tall. Even when a tall blood elf carried him on his back, his feet would still drag on the ground.

Evan put him down, opened his hands, and wanted to pose him in a more formal pose, but he couldn't do so. Even if this person died, he was still surprisingly powerful.

Evan had no choice but to try to take out the metal lump he was holding tightly in his hand. He stretched out his hand to pinch it, and when he was about to take it out carefully, suddenly——

A charred hand grabbed his wrist like lightning!

Rao Evan couldn't help but be surprised. When he looked up, he saw the highlander suddenly raised his head, and the newly revealed face was full of confusion.

Gao Shan suddenly took a deep breath, his chest rose and fell violently, and he began to breathe again.

Gao Shan gasped for a long time before saying: "I'm suffocating."

He slowly sat up from the ground, making a rattling sound, and when he sat stiffly on the ground, he remembered to take back Evan's hand.

Evan couldn't believe it, he actually stopped breathing for so long after the fire on his body went out naturally... and then he was still alive?

But he was still alive, even though he was scorched and blackened.He also patted himself, and after finding that he couldn't get rid of the ash, he held the metal lump in his hand, stood up and took two steps stiffly, and then walked more and more normally, standing still as if nothing happened.

This guy's clothes were all burned to ashes, and now he was walking around naked, except for his face, which was wiped clean by Evan, it was covered in black Haloxylon from head to toe, and something in his crotch was still swaying from side to side , extremely influential observation.

Evan's face was horrible, and he couldn't help but say: "You..."

Gao Shan turned his head, only then remembered that Evan was still present, Hanhan said, "Well, me."

"..."

Evan stared at him for a long time before he was sure that this was indeed a normal and healthy living person, and couldn't help asking, "How did you survive the fire?"

Gao Shan said in a daze, "Hold your breath."

—but it was the hot flames of the Lich's spell!What kind of secret technique is holding your breath that allows you to survive so casually!

However, no matter how you look at it, Gao Shan has such a naive face that he doesn't understand what he asked at all.

Evan's heart was in a mess, and he just felt like screaming up to the sky.

They stood by the grave and looked at each other for a while.

Gao Shan looked confused, and Evan looked complicated.

After a while, Evan said: "You... Come with us? This place is too destroyed to live in. Come with us to Moa."

The mountain stood still, and the person was so tall that even Evan needed to look up. He lowered his head to Evan and replied, "The officer ordered me to wait here!"

Evan explained: "You came to look for the mage, didn't you? Now the evil mage has died in your hands, and your mission is complete. You can go back to Moa City with me, and then look for your chief. "

Gao Shan snorted, thought for a while, and then said stupidly: "Is the mage dead? Did I kill him?"

—Have you forgotten yourself? !

Evan nodded with a complicated expression.

Gao Shan grinned happily, and said after a while: "The officer ordered me to wait here!"

Evan: "..."

The paladin completely gave up on reasoning with this fellow, he thought for a while, and then took out another bronze medal—the certificate given to him by the captain of the guard, Corbett.

Evan showed the bronze medal to Gao Shan and said, "Is this your officer?"

This guy didn't know that Corbett and himself were not in the same army, but he also didn't know where the gods taught him how to distinguish ranks.

When he saw the bronze medal, he realized that the other party was of a higher level than himself, so he stood up straight and shouted, "Hello, sir!"

The sound was so loud and deafening that Evan heard a buzz in his ears, stepped back hastily, and said, "The officer ordered you to follow me to Moa."

Gao Shan didn't hesitate for a second, and shouted again: "Yes, sir!"

Evan easily dealt with the fool, heaved a sigh of relief, took the bronze medal back, and said, "Let's go."

The guy then took a step, and something was about to swing back and forth again.

Evan was really worried, and said again: "Wait, I'll go pick up a piece of clothing."

……

Evan led the mountain, just like leading a tall bear child, and finally returned to the temporary camp.

A group of fishermen have already packed up what they need along the way, but food is really in short supply, and I am afraid that they need to think of some ways along the way to stick to their destination.

Evan walked into the house, but couldn't find a familiar figure for a long time.

He asked, "Where's the Hewitt? Where's the Connor?"

The fisherman replied blankly: "Mr. Yinhuo went to look for you not long ago. Connor... Connor has already left."

Evan paused after hearing the words, and said, "Connor is gone? Alone?"

"Yes, Your Excellency," someone replied, "Connor went into the mountains when he heard that his leg could not be saved."

Evan was silent for a moment, then heaved a long sigh: "How long has he been gone? I'll go find him back."

"Your Excellency..." Someone called hesitantly.

Evan lowered his eyes halfway, sighed deeply, and had a premonition in his heart, and then he heard the fishermen say: "Your Excellency, we are all like this here. If the old man comes to the time when he can only be a oil bottle, he will do it himself." Go to the mountain... find a place to kill yourself. You see, even if Connor is rescued, he can only be taken care of by his children—Rose and Jim are not very old, how can they take care of them?"

Evan shook his head, and asked after a while, "Is he... just confused for a while, or has he made up his mind?"

The fishermen looked at each other, and someone said: "A few days ago, before you came, Connor was cutting branches. Your Excellency, it is the one he is leaning on. He sharpened it this morning , took it up the mountain..."

They were silent for a long time.

Everyone knew that the old fisherman was not coming back.

This is Connor's own choice and determination, Evan has nothing to do but sigh, only sigh.

The survivors here are still looking up to him, he has no time to grieve.

The paladin went back to the house to check on Cesis' condition. The latter was seriously injured, but the difference with Connor was that Cecis was a professional after all. Young people practiced divine arts all the year round. Withstand a lot of divine power.

Evan used his magic to forcibly hang his life, but he couldn't wake up temporarily.

The paladin looked at the room twice, and suddenly felt that something was missing. He thought again: Huyter hasn't come back yet?

He waited for a while, and after drinking the cold water on the table, he saw a few slips of paper under it.

Evan picked them up, and the first one read: [Evan: I went to deal with the gray-robed Gray's laboratory alone.I can't let the residence of an arcanist be discovered by the Holy See, especially the materials and letters about the Thorium Association, which are related to the lives and deaths of thousands of mages.After taking away the materials, I will seal the underwater hole forever. 】

After reading it, Evan thought to himself: I don't care about this, it's just...why do you have to leave alone?Obviously afraid of the water to death, but also to go to sea alone... Sigh.

He turned over the first piece of paper, and saw that the bottom one read: [When fighting against the Sea Demon Anemone, I had to use spells, Sethis has discovered my identity.My identity was exposed, and it was impossible to stay in the team.So farewell, bye, Evan. 】

Evan smiled wryly and whispered to himself, "Where are you going?"

He turned over the last sheet of paper.

It's blank.