The cold-faced earl doesn't want to trigger the plot

A large number of black feathers fell from the sky, and after falling to the ground, they were blown up by a strange wind and then gathered together. In a short while, they piled up and formed a rough and shallow human figure.

The next moment, as an arm suddenly stretched out from the pile of black feathers, the feathers immediately scattered, and then a woman in a black dress appeared in Claire's field of vision in this way.

It seems to be facing a rather young woman, with extremely long black hair scattered like a waterfall.It even grew so large that it fell to the ground, as if blending with the surrounding darkness.

The lady raised her head and stared into the air with a serious face.

And she was staring at Clare's eyes, shining with a strange red light.

Seeing the appearance of this lady, Claire froze for a moment, and his face became serious.

"It turns out that the body of the black crow is you...the Night Witch."

"You actually know me?"

The lady known as the Lacquer Night Witch was still watching Claire,

"It seems that Huguang and Madam have told you a lot of things. Then, this matter is even more puzzling. Why did you commit acts of betrayal?"

Claire didn't respond.

The Night Witch then spoke,

"Although you are trying your best to cover it up. But your eyes are constantly drifting towards the direction of the forest. Not surprisingly, there is the escape route for the Holy Maiden of Light. In other words, she is the reason why you betrayed the organization?"

Claire's heart trembled, and she subconsciously retracted her gaze.

"You are now deliberately confining your eyes and demeanor, which will only prove that my previous guess is correct. You may not know that you are worse at hiding yourself than you imagined. Therefore, it is better to surrender now, and Tell everything before being interrogated. That way, you won't get a pardon, but you'll die easier."

Listening to the words of the Night Witch, in response, Claire raised her head slightly, as if she had saved a little time, then suddenly breathed out flames, and let it sweep towards the direction of the opponent.

And the black feathers all over the Night Witch's body, once again without wind, gathered in front of her and became a shield-like thing. After resisting Claire's flame, it turned into ashes.

"Resist? It's useless. You may think that by doing this, you can buy time for the Holy Maiden of Light who is at large. But, it's just to recover a little guy, and I don't need to do it myself."

The Night Witch raised her hand and pointed her extremely slender fingers against Clare,

"And, now, I am more interested in you."

In an instant, a large number of black feathers floated into the air, and then aimed their sharp side at Claire.

...

On the other side, in the forest on the northwest side of the mansion.

As the Night Witch said, Melueita, who was fleeing desperately, was chased by members of the Scourge Church.

Melueita was running, with one eye open and one eye closed, and with the closed eye, she saw two blood-colored beings in the heart-like landscape, always in a state of being able to catch up with her at any time .

Although the heart is like a landscape, you can only roughly see the outline of a person, but the behavior of these two people is also very strange.

Their centers are depressed, and more accurately, they appear to be running on all fours.

The god of fantasy in the Church of Scourge belongs to the kind of god who prefers to distribute his power to believers.

Therefore, members of the Church of Scourge also have basic abilities.Just as adventurers generally have the power of "skills", and followers of the religion of all things generally have levels.

The universal ability of the Church of Scourge is to transform into phantom beasts.

However, the word Eudemons sounds pretty good.But in fact, it is just a more powerful existence based on wild beasts.

Therefore, Melueta speculated that the two members of the Church of Scourge who were chasing her now had turned into phantom beasts like dogs or wolves.Then, he was chasing after her scent.

Coincidentally, the package that Meluetta took when she left contained seasonings that had been stored in the dungeon.

So, she followed the knowledge she couldn't even remember where she got it, and flustered all the seasonings to the surroundings.

There are no pungent spices in these seasonings, that is, they can destroy their sense of smell!

...

Melueita's thoughts were good, but the reality was that apart from her being choked up, the two of them were still rapidly approaching her direction.

In desperation, Meluita started calling for help with her throat itching so badly.

Book 31: Chapter [-], Nero

"I said Nero, that so-called strange thief, will he really wait for us in this kind of place?"

In the earl's mansion, when the thrilling "Camprete Fire" plot was being staged, two young men appeared at the other end of the northwest forest.

The person called Nero is a silver-haired boy.

Since he was a child, he has had a bohemian haircut, branching out like a hedgehog, but in the eyes of the people around him, he is very "ordinary".

As he grew older, he fell off a cliff in an "ordinary" way, picked up the holy sword in an "ordinary" way, was discovered by an adventure group passing by their village in an "ordinary" way, and got several gods in an "ordinary" way. blessing of.

And now, he and his partners are "ordinarily" attacking the large and impenetrable maze in the border town of Greyse.

It's just that, for some reason, Nero hasn't entered the Grayse maze for a long time.

"Whether he's waiting for us or not, we have to get him back."

Nero looked at his partner with a serious expression on his face.

His partner is called Seid, and his appearance is quite "ordinary".

He was tall, with healthy brown skin and a shiny bald head. He was obviously 17 years old like Nero, but he looked like he was in his forties.

In addition to appearance, the dress of the two is actually quite special.

Nero was wearing light silver armor, and a long sword with an extraordinarily gorgeous scabbard pinned to his waist.And Said is carrying a wooden box that is much taller than his height.

It's just that, as adventurers whose appearance and personality are equivalent to business cards, the two of them are actually not too overdressed.

"So, what exactly did you get stolen by the strange thief?"

Carefully carrying the dimly lit lantern and walking in the dark forest, Seid asked Nero who was walking in front.

"I do not know either."

Nero shook his head,

"However, it's because of this that it's scary, isn't it?"

Nero's face was serious and deep,

"That's the famous Phantom Thief of the kingdom, he will never lie."

"..."

To be honest, Seid felt that Nero should have been cheated.

Just based on a piece of paper that quietly appeared at their place of residence the day before, they thought that the kingdom's well-known strange thief was eyeing him or something.

Probably, only Nero would be fooled by this.

However, Seid didn't stop Nero from doing such a meaningless move.

On the one hand, with Nero's strength, he will not suffer any big losses.On the other hand, if you get cheated a few times, this partner who is not very good at brains will probably be more stable.

What's more, Seid is actually very curious about who is following them.

They shifted their focus from conquering the maze to hunting down the strange thief, which happened only two days ago.

The cause of the incident was still because of Nero's jumping brain circuit.

There is a rule in the kingdom that even adventurers cannot wear cloaks, only nobles have this qualification.

And Nero, who has always been suffering from his own "ordinary", has always wanted to get a red and stylish cape.

Therefore, he must become a nobleman.

But commoners want to become nobles, and the road is extremely limited.One of them is to make great achievements for the kingdom.

As it happens, the strange thief who has been making fun of the Kingdom's Royal Knights recently appeared in a small town near Grayse.

Therefore, Nero's purpose has become "the strange thief must be caught".

No matter how casual the reason is, Nero's desire to catch the Kaitou is serious.Then, the message left by the "Phantom Thief" really appeared in front of him...

No matter what Seid thinks, this matter is not easy.

"Sid, look."

After walking through the woods for a while, Nero suddenly pointed to Seid and said,

"These should be the precise riddles that the strange thief will leave behind for the pursuers he likes in the rumors."

Following Nero's pointing, Seid saw arrow-shaped marks drawn with fluorescent materials on many trees in the forest.

He was speechless.

Rather than a puzzle, this is more like a signpost to prevent Nero from falling into the puzzle, right?

Only those who have been in contact with Nero know that Nero, who looks serious and serious, is actually a guy whose mind is full of grass.

Following the direction of the arrow, the two went deep into the forest step by step.

Saide is now sure that these fluorescent paints don't last long.Therefore, these marks were probably left recently, and it is very likely that the person who left the mark was the person who sent them the letter.

And they have been moving forward for nearly half an hour, and the arrow pointing the way has not been cut off.Come to think of it, this disguised Phantom Thief is a very patient person.

"Sid, stop!"

After walking forward for a while, Nero suddenly reached out and stopped Seid.

Seid, who was more or less used to Nero's surprise and surprise, didn't say anything but stopped in his tracks, holding his breath.

"Did you hear anything?"

"sound?"

Seid listened carefully for a while...

Nothing was heard.

"No, someone is calling for help! Damn it, as a criminal, the Phantom Thief has finally taken a step that shouldn't have been taken."

After sighing with grief, Nero started and quickly rushed towards the extremely dark direction of the forest.

And Said behind him just touched his bald head helplessly, and then followed him.

...

The other side of the forest.

The two "hyenas" of the Church of Scourge who were in charge of chasing down the Holy Maiden of Light maintained the aloofness of a secret organization on the surface, but they had long been cursing in their hearts and felt a little nauseous.

From the common names of the two, it is not difficult to see that they have no status in the Church of Scourge.Therefore, as a peripheral member, he has been arranged outside the mansion by the black crow.

Originally, they thought that their survival in the wild would end with the handover of this day, but they did not expect that at this last moment, the saint escaped from prison.

And the process of chasing the saint was not smooth at all.

In their impression, the so-called saintesses should be weak and weak, as if they would fall down when the wind blows.No matter how bad it is, it should be dignified and elegant. Let alone sports on weekdays, you should not even carry anything heavier than a cross.

But in fact...

This saint ran too fast.

You know, it is actually very difficult to quickly shuttle through the woods.

Because the environment will set up many natural traps for runners, if you don't pay attention, you will be scratched and stabbed by the surrounding things and so on.

But the Holy Maiden didn't seem to care about these things at all, she ran forward aimlessly and recklessly, not picking a route.However, it seemed that she would not be hurt by these obstacles at all, and her escape speed never slowed down from the beginning to the end.

Moreover, the seasoning she sprinkled in the middle did cause trouble for the two hyenas.

The saint has the blessing of the moon, which can quickly dispel the strange taste caused by those seasonings.But hyenas can't, and their sense of smell is indeed more sensitive than ordinary people.

Therefore, they are still in a very uncomfortable state.

But the two hyenas still don't know that the world's malice towards them has only just begun.

...

Although, times and places have changed.

Although, Claire has drawn a route for the real protagonist, while Melueita is just running away indiscriminately.Therefore, in the huge forest, the probability of two groups of people meeting is no less than winning the lottery jackpot.

But unfortunately, it seems that fate is really controlling everything.

The two who were supposed to meet, finally met.

...