Platinum Throne

Their walking speed decreased significantly, and several times, under Finn's prompt, they changed directions to avoid invisible attention.Even Caroline couldn't help but be affected by this atmosphere, and gradually raised her heart.

Norma has been by Caroline's side all the time, her magic power seems to have been fully recovered, and gradually began to stabilize, which can be seen from the fact that she has been closely following their steps.Norma looked around, her eyes were pure and seemed to be filled with endless curiosity.Caroline curled her lips silently, and turned to look at the black box carried by Javier.

Whether the elf is still alive, and what kind of mood he has, no one seems to pay attention.Caroline glanced at the other people who were indifferent, and then at Norma who was also silent, and asked via voice transmission, "Is he still alive?"

Norma glanced at Caroline, seeming to be a little surprised by her curiosity. After being silent for a while, she also replied via voice transmission: "I'm alive, but I don't know how long I can live for."

"It's so pitiful." Caroline sighed, and drew an eye on her chest. This is the logo of the god of magic and skills, and it is the god that spell operators usually choose to believe in.

Norma thought for a while, then shook her head: "Who knows?" She didn't care about this elf, even though he looked so miserable.

"It's here." Finn stopped in front of a tall tree. He looked around for a while, and carefully drew a magic circle. Then he turned his head and said to several people, "The trees here are tall and Robust, it should be cultivated by druids regularly. We have already stepped into the range of elves."

Caroline looked up at the big tree when she heard this.It is said that elves are born from the world tree. Elves have a tradition of worshiping big trees, and they will deliberately cultivate big trees. These trees are signs, gatekeepers, and spiritual harbors for elves.Caroline took a long breath: "If I had been in the Platinum Tower, I wouldn't have seen such a scene."

"Yes." Norma's voice came from the side, and she also looked up at the big tree with her head up, watching them separate their thick branches, clear out the surrounding saplings, and let the sun fall unscrupulously, " See, record."

"Come here." A urging voice came from the front soon.People who have dealt with elves for a long time did not feel that such a scene was shocking at all, and they even mobilized all their guards to prevent accidents that might occur at any time.Javier stood at the front and quickly stated their next arrangement.

"I don't know what the orc is up to, or if they have set up a trap for us to get in. But it's a good thing, because then we have enough evidence to prove that the orc and the elves are colluding. So we have to pretend I didn't find anything." Javier said, he turned the box behind him and adjusted his position slightly.He stepped on the soil covered with leaves and grass, leaving a deep footprint.

"Open the box," Norma said suddenly.

Javier looked at Norma strangely, and subconsciously assumed a vigilant posture.Finn, who was walking in front, and Nok, who was in charge of guarding behind him, also sensed that something was wrong, so they hurried over and looked at Norma together.Their expressions clearly showed tension and anxiety, and they stared intently at Norma.

Norma didn't answer, and she didn't even look at these people. Although she didn't do anything, it still made others feel provocative like being despised.

And Caroline was quite straightforward, she said with a smile: "My Joe never shoots indiscriminately, you'd better take a look at your own box."

Norma glanced at Caroline, and added silently: "Your footprints are 3 centimeters heavier than before. Since you didn't add extra water or change equipment, the only possible reason is that the weight of the box has changed."

Caroline touched her earlobe carefully. She learned from Norma's detailed explanation that her mentor had discovered her but not the vision, so she gave a detailed explanation.Caroline cleared her throat, and said in a pretentious manner: "You better take a look, I know that black cloth has the effect of isolating and tracking magic. But this is the territory of the elves, and there is always nothing wrong with being careful."

Javier pursed his lips, and he gave Noke a look. Noke immediately shrank behind Javier, carefully opened a gap in the black cloth, and the next moment, he let out a scream, and his whole body went limp. on the ground.

Javier put down the box hastily, he knew that an accident must have happened.And Finn stepped forward to block Javier at the next moment, expressing his distrust of the two operators in action.

Norma and Caroline don't care much about the vigilance of the two low-professionals. Although Caroline is not as good as Norma in other aspects, she is definitely strong in dealing with people and grasping people's hearts.She looked at the frightened thief and frowned a little: "Too timid..."

And following Caroline's whisper, the covered black cloth was also pulled away, revealing the scenery inside the box.The tormented, almost insane elf was gone, and inside was a grown man with twisted and broken limbs forced into a box.

is human.

And the strong smell of blood also filled the air, filling everyone's nose.

Tick, tick.

There was the sound of blood falling in the quiet forest, but before that, no one had noticed blood or smell.

"Yes, is it a replacement? Is this what the demigod did?" Nok whispered, and he began to look around, for fear that the person who replaced the corpse would be hiding in the dark. watching them.

"Maybe it's an illusion." Norma replied. She touched her pocket, took out the gloves, put them on her hands, and walked forward. She stared at the cage for a while, and turned her head to be stunned. Javier said, "Open it."

Javier didn't dare to disobey Norma's words at this moment, he hurriedly opened the cage, and Caroline saw him standing with his hands down, like a respectful servant.Caroline felt a little funny while feeling vaguely worried, feeling that her position seemed to be threatened a little.

And Norma was still seriously inspecting. She didn't care about the tragic death of the other party. She casually pulled the other party's hands and feet, opened the other party's eyelids, and inspected the gradually solidified subcutaneous marks.

Finally she clapped her hands and stood up: "It hasn't been long since I died... If it is preserved at high temperature, the time of death may be delayed a little bit." As she spoke, the flames twined and burned her hand gloves.When Finn on the side saw this scene, he subconsciously moved away a little, with a look of fear and terror in his eyes.

"What are they trying to do!" Javier growled in horror and doubt.

"Obviously, they are warning us." Norma replied, she looked at the three people again, "What is your decision, whether to continue or go back."

"Go on." This time, Caroline was the one who answered instead of Javier, who had shown hesitation.

Norma frowned slightly, looked at Caroline, and said in a low voice, "You'd better give me a reasonable explanation."

It seems that her credibility has really dropped a lot... Caroline touched her hair with some guilt, she didn't face Norma, but looked at Javier: "This is an obvious one. The truth, gentlemen. Since last night, we have entered their gaze. They were divided into two parts, frightened twice, and at the same time did not take any drastic actions..." While speaking, Caroline looked The distorted dead corpse in front of my eyes, "...I mean, it didn't cause any excessive harm to us. This shows that either they are not as confident as they have shown themselves. Or, they are also enduring and giving in , I hope we get out of trouble.”

"Obviously, our goal is not confrontation. As long as we reach the goal and retreat immediately, we can complete the mission safely and quickly and return to the camp."

And there was a priest of the Goddess of Light in the camp, and the elves would never choose to fight a mercenary group with an official background.

"Yes... yes." The more Javier thought about it, the more he felt that what Caroline said was very reasonable, and he immediately cheered up.At this moment, Finn suddenly turned his head to look into the depths of the woods, and whispered, "What's the matter, here it comes!"

As soon as the sound fell, there was a crackling sound. The bird was surprised and made a clattering sound. A thick palm stuck out. It was covered with thick bark. The rodent was surprised and ran over it.It forcibly pushed aside the trees in front of it, finally revealing an old bark with a huge human face on it, and roared: "This place...forbidden...flame..."

Everyone looked at Norma silently.

Norma completely ignored other people's attention. She was quiet for a moment, and the light slid across her monocle. The next moment, the flame rose again, burning with a raging provocation.