prince and dragon

The temperature dropped sharply at night, and the wind was blowing outside the hut.

Inside the hut, it was quiet.

Several people gathered around the flames without making a sound.

The flames flickered on their faces, and the atmosphere in the hut was as dark as night.

A small man turned over the thing on the flame, then grabbed a handful of powdered things from the bag he was carrying, and sprinkled it evenly, his hands looked very skilled.

Suddenly, the smell of meat filled the room.

"It's ready to eat." The little man said, picked up a knife and cut off a piece from the top, and started to chew.

The bearded man sitting across from him sighed heavily, as if he had just recovered from some troublesome matter, he also took out his own knife and began to cut the flesh.

Suddenly, a short sword appeared in the oily flesh, and it was held by a pair of female hands.

"I can't stand it, captain, when will Brant and Jay come back, we can't always take some low-level missions. The reputation of our mercenary team has plummeted in the past few years, and other mercenary teams don't know why they are behind their backs." Laughing at us."

The woman's voice was very sharp, piercing the air, like a short knife piercing the flesh, sharply cutting open the cowhide bag containing troubles in people's hearts.

"Alas—" the bearded man sighed heavily again.The woman's words were very sharp. Since they completed the mission of the Ashi Kingdom and obtained extra loot, they have not accepted a higher-level mission.

It was all his fault as the captain. He shouldn't have temporarily disbanded the team, which resulted in the main force of the mercenary team—the black-robed mage Brant not returning for three years.

Now those things in the original space ring are almost used up, and I can't eat and drink freely.

"Ugh--"

The bearded man sighed heavily again to show how troubled he was.

In fact, he contacted the swordsman Jay after they separated, and Jay also said that he would come back soon. Unexpectedly, this "soon" has passed two years in a blink of an eye.

"Captain..." The small man who was silently eating meat suddenly spoke, but his voice was too low to attract the attention of the bearded man.

"Alas—" the bearded man sighed for the third time.

"Captain!" The little man shouted with all his strength this time.

This time the woman and the bearded man were startled, they turned their heads suddenly, and looked out the window in unison.

There was a flash of thunder, and the tree immediately retreated into darkness after revealing its embarrassed appearance in the rain.

"Captain!" The little man called out again, and the bearded man finally turned his head to look at him.

"What's the matter?" The bearded man frowned, as if he was not happy about being taken aback just now.

"Captain, I received a letter two days ago." The little man said slowly.

"Which lover of yours gave it to you?" The bearded expression looked a little disdainful.

"No...not!" The little man waved his hands quickly, his ears turning red.He scratched his head, as if recalling what he was about to say.

"It's a letter from Jay." The little man made it clear with a sigh of relief.

Now the bearded man drew his attention, and a flash of lightning outside the window seemed to fall into the eyes of the little man.The female mage on the side was also attracted by the man's words.

"You said that kid Jay got a letter?" The bearded man was a little unsure, and the female mage also looked puzzled.

"What about the letter?" the female mage asked.

"Here is the letter." As he spoke, the little man took out a crumpled piece of paper from his arms, stretched out his hand, and was about to hand it to the female mage.

Lightning flashed outside the window, and thunder rumbled.

The female mage was about to take the letter, but saw the letter falling down along with the hand holding him.The female mage thought it was the little man who was teasing her, so she raised her head and stared at him.

At this moment, the little man had already fallen to the ground.

"Benson! Benson!" The female mage tried to call out twice, but there was no response. She turned her head to look at the bearded man, and found that the man had also fallen to the ground.

"Who is it?" The female mage realized that someone was dealing with them, and called out in a high-pitched voice. The only response to her was the rumbling thunder, and then she also fell to the ground.

When the female mage woke up again, there was bright sunlight outside the window, which meant that the night had passed, and what happened last night seemed to be a dream.

Soon the female mage overturned this cognition, she found that she was tied to the bearded man and the small man, unable to move.

There was a tall shadow standing in front of them against the light, unable to see the face clearly.

"Observe for a while, and then find a chance to escape." The bearded man leaned his head on the other two and said softly,

"Who are you?" The bearded man tentatively asked, and at the same time made a secret signal to the female mage, letting her secretly perceive this person's strength.

silence.

The bearded man asked this question for a long time without getting an answer.

The tall shadow didn't seem to hear it. He still maintained the posture he had just now, facing the light, as if he was looking at something.

"What are you going to do!" the bearded man said angrily, suppressing his voice.

I don't know if this sentence added some angry elements, the tall shadow moved, and the light seemed to move with his movements, changing and shining on several people.

Another moment of silence.

The terrible silence.

The female mage trembled a little, retracted the detection magic she had released just now, and quietly sent a secret signal to the bearded man.

After the bearded man received the signal, his eyes were worried.

"If it's for the treasure, we can give you all the treasure we have left now."

"How much treasure do you have?" The tall shadow moved again, this time he finally spoke, the deep voice came with the sunshine, as if he was strongly interested by the word "treasure".

The bearded man saw that the man was interested in the treasure, his eyes were delighted, and he continued: "If you promise to let us go, I will give you all the treasure right away."

"Really? You can consider it. But how do I know if you really have treasure?" The deep voice came from a place against the light, and there was a trace of clear and variable anger in it.

"In his ring." The bearded man thought that the man was angry that they thought they were fooling him, and quickly showed his sincerity.

But he is not worried, this ring is a family heirloom of the Benson family, and there is no way to take it away easily. Cannot take the contents of the ring.

"But Captain, Jay and Brant's shares are still in there." The little man said to the bearded man in a very low voice.

"We haven't figured out his purpose yet, let's delay for a while." That's what the bearded man thinks at the moment.

After hearing the existence of the ring, the tall shadow started to approach the little man.

When he was only one step closer to the little man, the shadow against the light was completely separated from the dark side under the light.

It's a strange face.The little man passed the code to the bearded man and the mage.

Observe and observe again.The bearded man expressed such a meaning in code.

The little man just let the man take off the ring on his finger.However, after the man took off the ring, he didn't immediately look at the ring with hidden treasures. Instead, he held the ring in his hand and observed the little man.

Seeing that man's dark green eyes, the little man couldn't help shivering.

It's just that after observing for a while, the man turned his eyes away from the little man.Then his cold eyes fell on the bearded man.

Because the little man was close to that person, he could clearly feel the rising anger on his body.

Things may not be that simple.The little man guessed so.He passed the conjecture to the other two in code.

The three of them tensed the strings on their bodies together.

"Then, next, I need you to tell me where the owner of this letter is." The man circled around them, and the crumpled paper in his hand also followed his movements and waited for someone with a beard. There was a circle in front of his eyes.

The bearded man couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard that man say that.The room returned to the silent atmosphere just now.

The female mage at the side used a code to say, "Could it be Jay's enemy?" The bearded man looked up at the mysterious man who stopped in front of him, moved his fingers, and signaled that he might be Jay's enemy.

"What should we do, should we tell Jay? But we don't know Jay's location." The female mage said with a secret signal.

"I'll wait, try him first." The bearded man said in code.

"What are you looking for from the owner of this letter?" The bearded man raised his head and looked directly at the mysterious man.

"Take back what's yours."

"He took your things?"

After the bearded man asked this sentence, the sense of peace in that man disappeared instantly, and a violent expression appeared on his face. He bent down and looked at the bearded man with a ferocious expression that was almost beastly.

To be honest, if it was normal, the three of them would have laughed when they saw someone grinning at them in imitation of a beast.But now the bearded man doesn't have the heart to think about whether to smile or not.

This person is too weird, when did Jay provoke such a person?The three people who are tied together now have almost the same idea in their hearts.

"Tell me where he is?" the man said with a suppressed voice, his emotions hidden under his voice seemed to explode at any time.

"Would you let us go if we told you?" said the sorceress.

"Of course, I won't tie you up." The man laughed again, but when he laughed it was similar to when he was angry, with an expression imitating the expression of a beast.

"Then untie the rope, and we'll tell you." The female mage communicated with the bearded and the little man with secret signals while making conditions to that man.

"Yes." The man quickly agreed before arriving.

The black and purple flames did not know when they started to appear, like a nimble little snake swallowing the ropes tightly bound on the three of them inch by inch.

When the last piece of rope was burned to ashes, the female mage yelled, "Go!"

The three of them quickly ran to the corner on the north side of the hut, and the female mage quickly chanted a spell, and the originally ordinary corner instantly shone with an incomparably dazzling light.

That was the escape teleportation array that Brant had left in this hut before.

"Do you think you can escape?" The low voice passed through the light curtain to the ears of the three.

"Morty, leave him alone, continue to activate the teleportation array." The bearded man shouted, calling the female mage's sanity back.

But even though the female mage was sweating profusely, the teleportation array did not make any movement other than the light, let alone teleport the three of them out.

The light weakened, revealing a beast-like smile behind him.The mouth on the face where the smile was located moved, and a silent incantation spewed out.

Black and purple flames ignited around the magic circle, and the scorching light of the flames replaced the light of the magic circle, approaching the three of them.

"Now I think you should be able to tell me the exact location of the owner of this letter."

The flames licked the corners of the three people's clothes, and gradually spread upwards.Although the terrifying temperature has not yet touched the skin, one can feel the horror of the bones being dried.

"We don't know where he is now, we haven't seen each other for many years." The beard shouted, hoping that the mysterious man could take back the terrifying flame.

"Oh—" The man's ending sounded upward, as if he didn't believe it.And the flame that was originally staying at the corner of the three people's clothes went up a few steps.

"It's true! We haven't seen each other for a long time, if you want to find him, we can provide some clues!" The female mage almost screamed.

If this continues, her beautiful skin will turn into ugly charred.

"Okay then, I'll trust you first." The man moved his mouth, and the terrifying flames around the three of them disappeared instantly, but the corners of their clothes had already been burned to ashes.

"However, since this is the case, I think you have to cooperate with me on one thing?" The man shook the crumpled piece of paper in his hand.

Green forest, crisp birdsong.

Swordsman Jay walked in the forest, humming a tune from his hometown.

After three years, the days of serving as Brant's guard were finally over.To be honest, if he stayed in that dark forest again, he would be bored to the point of madness, and he didn't know why Brant could persist for so long.It's better to have a green forest, and the chirping of birds is also nice.At that time, I will ask the captain if he has any new tasks, so that he can return to his previous life.

The swordsman came to a hut as he walked.

In fact, the Kingdom of Oss is very, very far away from the location of their secret meeting.If it weren't for Brant's teleportation array, he wouldn't have been able to get here so quickly, but he remembered that there seemed to be a teleportation array that went directly to the inside of the hut. His luck was not very good, and he was randomly teleported to a place far away from the hut. that teleportation location.

"Squeak—" Swordsman Jay pushed open the door of the hut.

The bearded man, the mage, and the little man were all sitting in the house, eating meat around the fire.The smell of meat went straight to Swordsman Jay's nose.

Swordsman Jay took a deep breath, swallowed, and sat down between the three of them.

"I thought only Benson would come to welcome me, but I didn't expect you to come too. Captain, Morty, I'm so moved." The swordsman cut off a piece of meat with a knife stuck in it very naturally, and said with a big mouth He gnawed, "You are so kind, you even thought of the fact that I would be hungry."

The swordsman smiled and looked at the other three, but the smile on his face froze in the next second.

The expressions on the faces of the bearded man, the female mage and the small man did not show a trace of joy, but were inexplicably heavy.

"What happened, what do you guys..." Only then did the swordsmen realize that they hadn't eaten a bite of the meat they were holding.

"Jay, I want you to do something." The beard put down the flesh on his hands, and turned his face to the swordsman.

"What is it? Is it a dangerous mission? I like dangerous missions. Tell me." Swordsman Jay patted his chest, looking confident.

"You've been with Brant all this time?" Beard asked, but it sounded more like a confirmation.

"Yes, that fellow Brant has helped me for a long time." Swordsman Jay sighed heavily recalling those boring days.

"Then where is he now?"

"That guy is in Osland now, it's too far away from here, if you want to find him, I'm afraid you have to use the teleportation circle, but..." Swordsman Jay glanced at the female mage Morty sitting next to him, He approached the bearded man and lowered his voice, "I think with Morty's ability, I'm afraid he can't activate the teleportation circle that far away."

The female mage's face turned black after hearing this sentence, but her black face was only dark for a while, and after a while, she returned to the serious and extremely serious face that the swordsman saw just now.

Swordsman Jay found it really strange, "I said what's wrong with you guys, it's fine that Captain usually behaves like this, but Morty, you always have this expression, you must have encountered something very difficult, right?"

When the swordsman just uttered these words, the expressions on the faces of the other three fell apart for a moment, especially the little man who glanced out of the window a few times.Jay noticed his subtle movement and looked towards the window suspiciously.

The sun is just right, and the shadows of the trees are mottled.Nothing else.

Seeing this, the bearded man changed his sad expression, and said in annoyance: "Jay, we have indeed encountered a lot of trouble here, and only Brant can solve it. Can you go back to Osland? Call Brant."

When the swordsman heard that he was going back to Os Country, his face immediately turned into a troubled expression.

"Captain, I just came back from there." Swordsman Jay once again thought of the boring days he had spent there.

"Jay." The bearded man scowled. "In the team, you have the best relationship with Brandt, and you are familiar with Osland, so it is most suitable for you to go to Brandt."

"But……"

"What else is there, this is the task assigned by the captain." The female mage Morty added seriously from the side.

Swordsman Jay nodded resignedly, and immediately thought of a question.

"Captain, what kind of mission is it that Brant must go to complete." The swordsman scratched his head and couldn't figure it out.

The bearded man lowered his eyelids, then raised them, and said in a deep voice, "When you find Brant, I'll explain the mission to you right away."

"If you don't say it, don't say it." The swordsman said something, but his eyes were full of curiosity.

"Jay, you can go after eating."

"So fast!" Jay was so surprised that he couldn't hold the piece of meat in his hand.

"This task is quite urgent, you'd better come back as soon as possible." The bearded man said with downcast eyes.

"Captain, you are squeezing the team members." Jay muttered after biting a bite of meat bitterly.The bearded man glanced at him, as if he didn't hear his words.

The wind blows the trees outside the window, the leaves sway with the wind, the light passing through the leaves also changes, and the light in the cabin inevitably changes accordingly.

Swordsman Jay finished eating a large piece of meat, then took out his water bottle, gulped down the water, and then he stood up.

Although he was a little reluctant to go back to the country of Oss, if this was a mission, and the captain said that the relationship between him and Brant was the best in the team, he felt very special after hearing that. comfortable.

But he really didn't expect to see Brant, who had the best relationship with him, so soon.

Swordsman Jay looked around. He remembered that there was a teleportation array left by Brant in this room. Where is it?

"Jay!" Morty stood at the north corner of the hut and called the swordsman's name, "You stand in, and I'll activate the teleportation array."

The swordsman Jay saw the pattern at the feet of the female mage before he suddenly realized that the teleportation circle in the hut was there.He walked slowly into the teleportation array, kicked the ashes on the ground, and waited for the female mage to activate the teleportation array.

The spell was whispered, and the teleportation array shone brightly, but the people in the array did not intend to be sent away for a long time.

Sweat dripped from the female mage's forehead, but the teleportation array still only glowed and did not move.

Just when the swordsman was about to complain, a cluster of black and purple flames quickly fell into the teleportation array, the light was bright, and when the light returned to the magic circle, the people in the circle had already left.

The three people in the room breathed a sigh of relief.

"You have done a good job. If I can get back my things, I will let you go." The mysterious man appeared at the teleportation array at some point, and the three looked back at the direction of the teleportation array, and found Once again, the light was shining brightly, and the light faded after the man's voice completely disappeared, but the man was also teleported away.

"Captain, this is a bit different from what we discussed." The female mage said.

"I didn't expect him to go with Jay. I don't know if Jay and Brant can handle this man." The beard frowned.

The bearded man originally wanted to follow the request of the mysterious man to call Jay and Brant together to deal with each other, but now it seems that things have become more troublesome.

"Why don't we follow along," the little man suggested.

"I don't have the ability to activate such a long-distance teleportation circle." The female mage said with a sullen face.

"Then we can only wait for the news." The bearded man sighed.

"The captain has one more thing. That person took away our treasure ring." Under the pressure of the bearded man and the gaze of the female mage, the little man gradually lowered his voice.