Another world's waste wood Saigao

The mayor came over after Quite and the others finished their breakfast, and greeted Quite and Lyle with a smile: "Hehe, the two young masters are well."

Quite and the others don't need to ask the mayor, they have definitely received the news that something happened in the mine, even if there is no sign that it is Quite and his group who did it, but if the mayor doesn't come to check feel strange.

Lyall nodded to the mayor, waiting for him to continue.

"Did the two young masters rest well last night?" The mayor saw that the expressions of Quite and the others hadn't changed at all, and he was a little uncertain, so he could only investigate secretly.

"Fortunately."

"It's fine, it's fine." Lyle's indifferent attitude made the mayor not know what to do next, and seeing Quite and the others knew that he was going to leave the town later, if he Still wanting to hold the other party and not let the other party go, no matter how you look at it, there is a problem, and it will be even more troublesome if it arouses the dissatisfaction of Quite and the others.

In the end, the mayor could only grit his teeth and follow Quite and the others all the way, wanting to chat with Natama and the others from time to time, hoping to get a breakthrough from Tama and the others, but who are Tama and the others?They are all old fritters, how could it be so easy for the mayor to inquire about the truth of the matter.

In the end, the mayor could only watch with tears in his eyes as Quite and his two carriages passed away.

"Sir, what should I do now?"

Quite and the others patted their butts and left. The mayor didn't find out anything. The personnel from the empire soon came to investigate the mine. The mayor looked at his confidant and asked himself what to do. How could he know what to do now? Do it!

"Cold salad!" He dropped two words coldly, turned around and left, anyway, it was already like this now, and the mayor was also prepared.Whatever happens next.

On the other side of Kewell Town, in the residence of the Mader family, Reed carefully waited in front of his father, waiting for his father's next instruction.

"They left."

"That?"

Reed knew who his father was talking about, and he didn't know what to do with Quite and the others.

"This is the end of this matter! Do you understand?" Patriarch Mader assured his respectful son of the news he had just received.

"It's father."

Reid didn't think he was so stupid to Quite and his group. In fact, he was just dazed by the purple gold ore at the time. Now that he calmed down and thought about it, he felt a cold sweat. Fortunately, nothing happened to him. It's fine here too.

Seeing his son who let go of his previous feelings so easily, Patriarch Mader nodded in satisfaction. Just now he received the following news that the mines outside Kewell Town and the unmined ore veins were all given away. Those who can do such a thing are not ordinary people at all, especially the mayor who ran to find the mercenary team early in the morning, and said that those who had no problems were definitely liars.

That team of mercenaries is definitely not simple, and they are not something their small family can offend. Now it seems that the other party is not very interested in dealing with them, so the previous conflicts, it is best to stop here.

On the carriage, Quite and the others didn't know that the two principals of the Mader family were really grateful for the departure of themselves and others. Of course, the emperor who was far away in the capital of the Holy Law was irritable when he saw the news handed down early in the morning. Or what, it has nothing to do with Quite and others, unless you really come to trouble Quite and them, or how to live your life or how to live.

Pickers City, a city with a God-Defying Station, is not far from Kewell Town. Quite and his two carriages were already standing under the gate of Pickers City in less than half a day.This city is not a major commercial city, and there are not many people entering it, so Quite and his two carriages quickly passed the city gate.

"I'm going to find a place to have lunch. By the way, how do I get to No. 55, Michelle Street?" As soon as they entered the city, Quite and Lyle got off the carriage and said to Domo and the others.

"It's the young master."

Anyway, it was still early, and Quite took Lyle to walk in this not-so-big city. The cities of the Holy Law Empire are similar to those of the Lige Empire. The only difference is that there is always a bright city here. Church building of the Holy See.

Needless to say, not only in cities, but also in small towns, there are such buildings. There is one in the small town of Kewell, but Quite doesn't have a good impression of the Holy See, so he doesn't bother to watch the church.

Today, Quite and Lyle were walking slowly in the city of Pickles, and found that the pedestrians around them were a bit strange, as if they were all walking in the same direction. Unknown why, Quite easily pulled the pedestrians who thought they were passing by in a hurry.

"What's the matter with you, all go to one side?"

Of course the passerby didn't like being pulled suddenly, but seeing such a handsome young man, he kindly explained to Quite why the people in the whole city were all walking in one direction today.

"Zeni, who participated in the college competition in her country, has finally returned. We are here to welcome her. Although she did not win the championship, Zeni is still the pride of our city of Pickles." As soon as the passerby finished speaking, he immediately Go forward again.

"Cheni from the Holy Law Empire team? Is that the battle priest?" Quite still had an impression of the battle priest girl.

"But isn't it a few months since the college competition? Why is she only coming back now?" In fact, what makes Quite feel strange is this. She just came back now. That girl wouldn't say that she came back on foot, right?

I have to say, Quite, you are really right, because in the college competition, Miss Zeni realized her own shortcomings, and she told the dean and the team leader when she left Ligedi. My next plan is to go all the way back to the Holy Law Empire through my own efforts.

And the days she counted were vacations after returning to the Holy Law Empire, so Zeni went directly to her hometown instead of going to the Academy of Magic and Martial arts.

"Go and have a look." Actually, you can meet "acquaintances" here, and Claire followed the flow of people to the most solemn building in Pickles City.

As for Domo, of course they don't need to talk about it. When they saw Quite running with Lyle, they followed behind.

Zeni is the battle priest of the Temple of Light, so her home is of course the church.Moreover, Zeni was still an orphan. He was adopted by the priest of the Holy See in Pickles City when he was very young. The choice was actually the thorny road of the battle priest.

But let’s not say, Sister Cai Ni is indeed talented. Let alone going further and further along this road, she has become more and more sturdy, which is beyond the imagination of that kind pastor.

"Pastor Iger, I'm back." Sister Zeni was cold to everyone else, but to the pastor who rescued herself from the brink of death, Zeni felt a little warm at this time.

"Zeni welcomes you back. Although the child cannot win the championship this time, I am still proud of you."

Pastor Iger is a very gentle middle-aged man. At the same time, his appearance is also like his character, full of self-healing. Seeing Zeni coming back, the gentle smile on his face can really make Wannian Bingshan To melt in this smile.

Just like the girl Cai Ni in front of me, this Bingshan girl had a faint blush on her face, "I, I'm fine! Next time I will definitely not lose!"

Zeni felt a little embarrassed when she saw Pastor Iger's smile, but she didn't feel anything wrong with this failure at all. It wasn't that their School of Magic and Martial arts didn't work hard, but that Constantine School was too powerful in the past. Especially that Quitemars, don't look like he hasn't done anything, but his magic pet knows that the opponent is strong, and Zeni has also heard some gossip that the pharmacist from Constantine College also got Quite specifically pointed out.

"Hehe, I'm very pleased that you think so." Pastor Iger couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that Zeni really didn't care. you."

"..."

How enthusiastic the residents of Pickers City are, Zeni, a calm girl from Bingshan, couldn't help but shudder, remembering that she was a member of the participating team of the Academy of Magic and Martial Arts of the Holy Law Empire a few months ago , the residents in the city have already gone crazy once, and now they are coming again? !

But for the love and affection of the residents of the city from the bottom of their hearts, no matter how scared Miss Zeni is, she will not refuse, "Okay."

Sure enough, as soon as Pastor Iger came out with Zeni, the enthusiasm of the residents in the city almost made Zeni want to find a place to hide. When he kept nodding at the residents who showed kindness to him, Zeni spotted Quite in the crowd with sharp eyes.

"Quitemars?"

"Hi, long time no see."

Seeing that Zeni found him, Quite went up to say hello no matter what, even though they were in a hostile state at first, um, even now.

"Zennie, are they your friends?"

Seeing Zeni yelling at Quite, the residents all spontaneously made way out. Fortunately, they didn't hear Zeni calling Quite's surname clearly. Even in such a small city, the surname of Mars, It's still as loud as thunder, Zeni also knows about Kuite's identity, so he won't say anything more.

After seeing Zeni nodding, the other residents saw a friend coming to see Zeni, and he was still such an outstanding man, all of them showed good-natured smiles. Anyway, Zeni also saw it, and everyone dispersed, doing their own things to go .

"Come with me." Zeni also saw that not only Quite was there, but also the team leader of the Constantine College team. As for Duomo and others, Zeni automatically regarded them as guards.Quite, the young master of the Mars family, went out to the Holy Law Empire, which was hostile to the Lige Empire. How could he do it without a group of guards.

Pastor Iger learned that Quite and the others came to see Zeny, and the smile on his face deepened. However, after greeting Quite and the others to sit down and offering a cup of fragrant tea, he smiled and nodded to Quite and the others before leaving, so that Cai Nee had a good chat with her little friends.

Because for so many years, Quite and the others were the first group of friends who came to find Zeni. Seeing that Zeni had such an outstanding friend, Pastor Iger was very happy, "Zeni has finally made friends, and he is still so outstanding. Men, that's really nice."

Thinking of this, Pastor Iger walks in the air, and exudes a happy atmosphere from time to time to infect the people around him.But Pastor Iger, who had thought so well, didn't know that the atmosphere in the reception room immediately cooled down as soon as he left.

Sister Zeni is not someone who likes to talk. As for Quite, I have only met a few times, and the topic is really nothing, and then the atmosphere can only be so cold, but it depends on the situation. They all tasted the fragrant tea in their hands.

"What are you doing here?" In the end, it was Zeni who broke the silence of the scene.

"Come find someone."

Kuite knew that Zeni knew the sensitivity of his identity in the Holy Law Empire, but now he entered the Holy Law Empire as a mercenary, and now even if Kuite wandered in the Holy Law Empire openly, the Holy Law Empire The higher-ups didn't dare to say anything, and they had to protect them all the way, for fear that some unblinking idiot would provoke Quite and make Quite get angry again.

If you really provoke Quite again, it is not as simple as destroying a minister's mansion, and you can dismantle it in front of the three gods. If there is no god watching, who knows that Quite is unreasonable What will the strong player who plays the cards do.

However, Zeni didn't know that the senior officials of the Holy Law Empire were so afraid of Quite, so he was a little surprised to see that Quite appeared in the Holy Law Empire, and he was also a little worried.

"Find someone?"

"Yes, No. 55, Milan Street, do you know it?" Since Zeni is from this city, Quite asked by the way.

Upon hearing that address, Zeni couldn't help frowning, because it seemed that it was not easy for the residents at that address, "The people living at that address are not ordinary." Zeni could only tell Quite cryptically, if possible , don't provoke the people at that address, because even the Holy See of Light is very afraid of the residents at that address.

"Oh?" Seeing Zeni's expression, Kuite and Lyle glanced at each other. It seems that the Holy See of Light should have noticed the weirdness over there, but it's normal to think about it. Against God, Quite didn't believe that organizations like the Holy See of Light didn't receive any information.

When Zeni saw the expressions on Quite and the others, he knew that the cryptic reminder he had just made was in vain, but since the other party dared to find people from that place, he should know who those people were. After thinking about it, Zeni no longer Too much talk.

Just when Quite and the others were about to leave, that Pastor Egg came over again and warmly invited Quite and the others to stay and have lunch with them. Seeing such an enthusiastic Pastor Iger, Quite and the others had no choice but to stay and eat for a while. After lunch, I left under Pastor Iger's very reluctant eyes.

But when Quite and the others left, Quite whispered in Zeni's ear: "Wait and be careful."

Such a nonsensical remark made Zeni look at Quite and the others' backs and couldn't figure it out. In the end, he could only press down his doubts. In fact, it didn't take long for Zeni to understand what Quite was careful about.

After getting directions from Zeny, Quite and Lyle walked all the way to No. 55 Michelle Street.

No. 55, Miller Street, is a manor-style courtyard. At the same time, the fence of the courtyard is very high. It is impossible to see what is inside the fence from the outside. As for this address, it is from the soul that the black cat swallowed before. I found it, and this soul has only one address, but no details about it.

In fact, according to ordinary people's thinking, in such a city that is not prosperous and lively, even if there are strongholds, there will not be many people. Just get an important stronghold.

So when Quite and his group stood at the gate of this courtyard, they were discovered by the people inside.

"There are three god-levels?" I have to say, Quite just scanned with his divine sense, and found three god-levels in the courtyard. This discovery really made Quite wonder what to say about the organization against the gods. .

"There are three god-levels, five holy-levels, and a lot of scumbags. This time, the monkeys and us won't do anything. It's up to you." Stronger anti-god members, Quite said to Kageichi and Tama and others beside him.

"Young master, don't worry, we will never let them go!"

Grandpa Yingyi discovered those god-levels only a little later than Quite, and the pupils of his eyes constricted immediately. The shadow fangs that Quite refined for Grandpa Yingyi was already in his hands, and the aura on his body was constantly soaring, especially that Murderous, if it wasn't for Quite and the others, they would definitely turn Mr. Yingyi's side into a cultivation hell.

Only then did Tama and the others truly feel the strength of Old Man Kageichi, but Tama and the other five had the same hatred for Nishen. Tama nodded to Kate to show that they understood.

As for Andy and Ann, they glanced at Lyle, and after seeing Lyle nodding, they also took out their own weapons. Although they didn't hate Nishen like Duomo and others, the expressions on their faces were excited. , the excitement of being able to compete with the strong.

Seeing that Domo and the others were ready, Quite didn't bother to talk nonsense, because the members of the anti-god inside the manor had already started rushing out, and Quite reached out and pointed at the gate of the manor casually.bump!With a loud bang, the gate of the entire manor was directly destroyed by Quite.

At the same time, Tama and the others rushed into the manor, Nishen, Tama and the others quickly fought together.

Quite didn't look at Tama and the others, but stretched out both hands at the same time, raised his body slightly into the air, pinched out mysterious fingering, and shot words that Lyle couldn't understand from Quite's hand to the surroundings of the manor.Fortunately, there were no residents around the manor, and this time, Quite established a trap within the manor.

Not only to prevent Ni Shen and the others from escaping, but also to prevent the battle of Tama and others from affecting this city that is not prosperous but full of human touch.

Although Quite did not let the battle here affect the outside, but the fierce explosion and the battle flying in the sky, the residents of Pickles City are not stupid or blind or deaf, of course they can see Heard of heavy fighting on that spooky manor.

But after seeing the seven figures dancing fiercely in the sky, none of the residents dared to come here to join in the fun, because it was not a common problem at first glance, and the residents just hoped that the battle over there would not affect them.

Although there is a certain distance from No. 55 Milan Street to the church, almost the entire city could feel the fierce battle of Tama and others. Zeni ran out at that time, and when he looked up, he vaguely saw a few black spots in the sky. Without even thinking about it, I wanted to rush over there.

But just as Zeni was about to leave, she was pulled by Priest Egg beside her, "Don't go to Zeni." At the same time, Pastor Egg looked at that side with a worried look, but he knew that the battle over there was not Zeni able to participate.

Zeni looked at Pastor Iger with such a look on his face, and felt the persistence coming from his hand holding his arm. In the end, Zeni had no choice but to give up, but although he didn't go there to see what was going on, Zeni didn't return either. Inside the church, but standing at the gate, looking at the black spot in the sky over there.

This is what Zeni couldn't help thinking of Quite's words just now, "Could it be?!" Quite's words and the address that Quite just asked was the scope of the fight. This thought made Zeni's face constantly change, But in the end, he still didn't go there, and Pastor Iger has been standing aside, looking at Zeni and the sky over there.

Tama and the others fought directly with the members of Nishen, and there was no time for them to talk nonsense.

Nishen has three god-levels and five holy-levels. When assigning opponents, it goes without saying that Mr. Yingyi directly faced the god-level who seemed to be the strongest.As for the remaining two god-levels, Duomo, Dong and Andy pulled the two god-levels to prevent them from affecting the battle between An Meizi and the four people in the south and northwest.

As for the five saints, they are the opponents of the three people in the south, the north and the west. Although it is five against three, Nan and the others have the combined martial arts learned from the army and Kuite, so it is no problem to resist five opponents. As for Sister An, she has taken care of all the remaining minions. Although she has the most opponents, she is the weakest among them.

In fact, Sister An also found a holy level to connect with her first, but because she has just advanced, her strength is not very stable, letting An deal with those minions is to let An warm up first, and then she can come to help after she gets used to it. Minami and the others are fine, or Tama and the others are fine.

Quite said he would not make a move if he could not make a move. He pulled Lyle to stand quietly on the ground and watched the sky and the battle on the ground. Of course, the monkey and the black cat were always protecting him. What Quite said was nice, but if If something unexpected happens, it is impossible not to take action.

"Lyle?"

Quite, who was originally focused on watching the battle in the sky and underground, felt a sudden burst of very subtle energy fluctuations from Lyle beside him. This kind of fluctuation even felt a little startled. I don't know what happened to Lyle. Quite T turned and grabbed Lyall's hand, whose frowning facial muscles were still twitching.

A warm breath passed from Claire's hand holding Lyle to Lyle's body, and at the same time swam around, finally showing a trace of relaxation on Lyle's face.

"What's wrong with you?" Lyle was by his side all the time, and Quite didn't feel the attack. Why did Lyle suddenly show a painful look?When Quite thought of this, his eyes turned cold. Is there any energy in the Gaia continent that he didn't recognize to attack?

"Don't show such an expression for me." Lyle looked at the icy-eyed Quite, stretched out his hand to gently cover Quite's eyes, there was an unknown pain spreading in his heart, and at the same time, there was a trace of sweetness .

"What happened to you just now?" When Lyle let go of his palm, Quite had already changed back to his original appearance, but for Lyle's sudden pain just now, Quite would never let it go so easily.

"I don't know, just now I suddenly felt a strange feeling inside, and then my head seemed to be hit hard."

Lyle didn't know what happened just now, so he could only point to a certain place in the manor. From there, Lyle could still feel the pain that made him feel painful, but because of the occasional blows from Quite's hand, Only the warm breath can make Lyle let go of his gums to talk to Quite now.

It can make Lyle's gums clenched and his facial muscles twitch in pain. The pain that hit his mind just now is definitely not an ordinary pain.

"Black cat." Quite felt a pain in his head when he heard it. It was very likely that the attack came from the soul. In this respect, the black cat is better than Quite.

The black cat heard the owner's call, and also knew that someone was able to jump over them to attack Lyle just now. You must know that Lyle's meaning to the owner is extraordinary, although Lyle's identity has not yet been upgraded to the level of the master in the hearts of the three spiritual pets , but still dead!

The black cat looked at Lyle, and at the direction Lyle was pointing at, opened its mouth, and a crisp meow sounded.

"Meow!" The sound of the cat's meow seemed to shake the air, and ripples spread continuously, and when the black cat's meow came out, the fighting between the two sides suddenly stopped, although The black cat wasn't attacking this time, but the screeching sound it used to investigate made everyone who heard it tremble.

Mr. Yingyi didn't know what happened, but they were very clear about the black cat's cry, thinking that something happened to Quite, they all abandoned their opponents and rushed towards Quite and Lyle.

"Master Kage, are you all right?" Kage one stood up, and immediately asked Kage worriedly. At the same time, Tama and the others would also come, just like Mr. Kage, looking at Kage with a serious face worriedly.

For Duomo and the others, this expression of their young master was really the first one they saw.There is an unknown fear spreading in my heart, although I know that he is the young master that my family and others have served for many years, but the fear is still there.

"Someone just attacked Lyle's soul!" At this moment, the smile on Quite's face had disappeared, and he looked coldly at the direction Lyle was pointing at.

"What?!" The area of ​​the soul has always been the most mysterious, and someone was able to escape Quite and directly attack Lyle, how is this possible!But when they learned that it was Lyle who was injured, they all turned to look at Lyle worriedly.

"Master Lyle, are you alright!" Andy and Ann were the two brothers and sisters who were most anxious. As Lyle's guards, they couldn't protect Lyle well. To them, this was the most unforgivable thing.

"I'm fine." Lyle reassured Andy and Sister An, although he could still feel the impact of the soul, but because Kate's hand hadn't been let go, the warm breath circled The circle keeps circulating in your body.

"Master, it's not a human being." At this moment, the black cat finally reported its discovery to Claire.

"What do you mean?"

Not a human attack?Scrat wouldn't doubt Black Cat's discovery, but if it wasn't a person, what was it?

"A very special, black box."

The black cat’s tweet just now, and the news of the scattered wave feedback let the black cat know that all the people in the manor have appeared, unless the living object that attacked Lyle has no soul, even non-living people such as undead or liches have souls , as long as there is a soul, it is impossible to escape the inspection of the black cat.

I am worried that the black cat can clearly tell Claire that the attacking Lyle is definitely not a living species.At the same time, the black cat found a sunspot that felt weird to it.

And when the black cat mentioned the black box, Quite's consciousness also scanned over there, and found the strange box that the black cat mentioned in his consciousness. Indeed, when Quite looked at the box, he felt swept towards The spiritual consciousness of the box seems to be swallowed by something. It is different from the previous laws and spaces that filter the spiritual consciousness. How can it swallow the spiritual consciousness?

I don't know what kind of box that is, but since you dare to attack Lyle, then accept his anger!

"I wanted Tama and the others to practice, but I changed my mind." Quite said coldly to the anti-god members who looked at him warily.

When the emperor was angry, blood flowed for thousands of miles, when the holy law was angry, millions of corpses lay down.Although Quite is neither an emperor nor a saint, his strength is definitely at the top of the Gaia continent.When he saw Lyle's painful expression just now, Quite was really angry, and a feeling of destruction suddenly came from the bottom of his heart.

The sudden feeling made Quite want to kill all those who dared to attack Lyle, but this idea was quickly stopped by Lyle.In fact, Quite knew that because he was currently in the stage of distraction and advanced to the integration stage, his spirit was a little unstable. If someone really stepped on his bottom line, the killing heart that had been buried in his heart would definitely explode.

Of course, this is not a madness, but an act of venting. At the same time, if Quite really allows this killing heart to erupt, he will be able to advance to the fusion stage after the killing, but Quite does not want to advance in this way.Although Quite is not a saint, the idea of ​​being a butcher makes Quite feel speechless.

Quite is very angry now, but it doesn't look like he is suppressing this anger. He can only get out of the bag early, and unfortunately, those poor members who were angered by Quite can only obediently put their little ones Life was given to Craite to extinguish the anger in Craite's heart now.

Claire was still holding Lyle tightly with one hand, because he could feel the unceasing attack, so he would not let go of Lyle's hand at all, while the other hand stretched out. When I don't know what my young master will do next.

I saw Craite stretching out his hand and waving it upwards. On the other side, he was watching the anti-god members of Craite and his group warily. Then they flew straight up to the sky without saying a word, and the reaction of the saints was a step slower, and it was this step to give their lives to the outside world.

As for those minions, they didn't react to anything, and then they felt a pain in their bodies, and looked down stiffly. They didn't know when the ground thorns grew out of the ground, and directly pierced them all over. Those saints who were a little slower to react were no exception.

Those saints and minions are all like specimens, wearing thorns from the inner ground, still standing on the ground, but the ground of the manor has been stained red by the blood of those people. In this scene, Not to mention the three Nishen Gods who were lucky enough to escape, even Tama and the others felt a sore throat.

In fact, what Quite did was nothing. Tama and the others had never seen the monkey brutally massacre Nishen's execution team. Quite's behavior at this time made people feel a little shuddering at best.

As for the three gods who flew into the sky, they killed the saints and minions as soon as they saw Quite so easily. At this time, if they don't know that the other party is not something they can deal with, they are idiots. Don't talk nonsense , Turned around and fled directly, but did not know that this space had been manipulated by Quite for a while, no matter how those god-level escaped, it was impossible to leave the sky above the manor.

When cleaning up those saints and minions, Quite took Lyle to the place where the strange black box was placed, and saw the three anti-god gods flying around in the sky, Stretch five fingers towards them, and then squeeze them together.

Snapped!In the eyes of Tama and others, the three gods who were flying around like headless flies in the sky suddenly seemed to be squeezed by something and then scattered into a blood mist and scattered to the ground.

"Black cat."

"It's the master."

Tama and the others saw that Quite seemed to have done a very random thing, they still pulled Laller forward, and at the same time ordered the black cat with the same expression, although Tama and the others did not know that the black cat What effect does it have, but every time he sees those god-level gods who are against the gods dying or dying, Quite makes the black cat shake by the corpses of those gods.

Ignorance is the scariest thing. Thinking of so many Tama and others swallowing their saliva, they didn't dare to think about anything, but obediently followed Quite and Lyle. They didn't know where the young master was going, but Tama and others Everyone can feel that his young master is very angry, so why not talk nonsense obediently.

"Quite, I'm really fine." Only Lyle dared to speak at this time. Seeing that Quite was so angry, Lyle said it's not good to be unhappy, but it's not good if he doesn't want Quite to get angry. up.

"Do not talk."

Claire was still walking in front, holding Lyle's hand tightly, and said to Lyle without looking back.

"Okay." At this moment, Lyle finally smiled and replied softly.