The dust is rising lightly and the sound of horse hooves is heard.

On the kingdom's main road, which was large enough for two luxury carriages to drive side by side, a small motorcade was slowly moving forward.

The formation of the motorcade is obviously different from that of the passing caravans.

About a dozen mercenaries wearing armor, with long swords or various weapons tied to their waists, riding horses, were divided into two teams to protect a dark carriage from the front and back.

Obviously, judging from such a guard formation, the people in the carriage must be very important.

This convoy was the escort group formed by the king's advisor, the sorceress Keira Metz, shortly after leaving Vizima.

The destination of the convoy is Gos Velen, a port city on the northern coast of the Kingdom of Temeria.

It is about three hundred miles away from Vizima. If you go at full speed, you can reach it in only three days.

However, the sorceress obviously does not intend to miss the wild scenery along the way...

At the front of the convoy, a strong man with a steel helmet and a hideous face looked back at Lu Qi, who was riding a horse and walking beside the carriage. He couldn't help but lower his voice and said to the bald man beside him with confidence:

"Jillian, I swear, that boy must have had an affair with the sorceress!"

"Really? How do you know?"

"Look at that kid, he wears a black cloak all day long and looks mysterious. He doesn't look like a mercenary or bounty hunter at all. I doubt that the long sword on his waist has anything to do with the thing underneath him.

, just as soft!”

"Also, he always chats with the sorceress by the window. If they hadn't slept together, I would have chopped off all my fucking birds!"

"I think the sorceress pulled him into the guard group just to satisfy her desires that had nowhere to vent along the way..."

Listening to his men's nonsense, the bald man who had met Lu Qi once recalled Lu Qi's demeanor and behavior when they first met.

Although the other party didn't look like a master of swordsmanship, he always gave him a sense of calmness.

Such people are either blindly arrogant and overestimate their own strength; or they have sufficient knowledge of their own strength and strong self-confidence.

I hope he is the latter...

Thinking of this, the bald man named "Jillian" tightened the reins in his hands and said in a deep voice:

"It is our task to ensure the safety of our employer. Other things? We don't need to ask about it, so don't think too much about it."

"Of course I know! Captain? I just hope that when the robbers come out, that boy won't be so scared that he wets his pants. I don't want to deal with this stinky son of a bitch who makes a living by pleasing women..."

After saying that, the strong man spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm into the ground, and then looked at someone next to the carriage with disdain...

This look was full of provocation and contempt? How could Lu Qi not see it?

Traveling together for two days? Lu Qi naturally understands the attitude of the Yellow Thorns Mercenary Group towards him.

These people seemed to regard themselves, as a lone traveler, as the sorceress's love interest. They didn't give him any good looks and even vaguely excluded him.

But? Lu Qi didn’t explain, let alone have any intention of establishing a good relationship with the other party.

Because? There is no need at all.

Perhaps the only interaction he had with these guys was this escort mission.

Why bother trying to argue with the other party? Just to change the way some people who don’t matter at all think about you?

He just went his own way and did what he should do, such as being alert to the surrounding situation from time to time? Chatting with the sorceress in the carriage from time to time? To relieve his boredom and so on.

According to the sorceress who stays in the luxurious palace all day long, she rarely goes out of the city. For more than three hundred days a year, she spends almost all of her time in the palace listening to the king's political advice, or staying in experiments.

In his room, he studied the profound and obscure alchemy.

Even if she leaves Vizima, Keira will use teleportation spells to reach her destination directly.

If it weren't for the magical barrier on Thanede Island that prevented teleportation, and if she wanted to go out and see the wild scenery on a whim, Keira would never have chosen to take a carriage to her destination.

From the tone of her words, Lu Qi could clearly feel that the sorceress disliked the rural environment.

Keila did not hide anything from Lu Qi about the purpose of this trip.

She said that she was heading to a small island called "Xenide" near Gos Velen to attend a meeting of mages.

As for the purpose of the meeting, she didn't say, and Lu Qi didn't ask.

However, Keira did introduce the situation of Thanede Island to Lu Qi.

Xannide Island is a domain specifically for mages built by the elves using magic thousands of years ago.

There are gorgeous ancient buildings on the island, as well as a long-standing magic academy that specializes in training sorceresses - Aretussa Academy.

Most of today's sorceresses received training and graduated from Arethusa Academy, and Keira is no exception.

While chatting, Lu Qi also asked insinuatingly how to master the power of magic.

Perhaps thinking that it wouldn't matter even if Lu Qi knew about it, Keira very generously explained the specific origin of magic to him.

In order to use magic, you must first perceive the existence of chaotic energy between heaven and earth.

Only those who can sense the energy of chaos are qualified to learn how to use magic and become a warlock.

Chaos energy is mainly composed of four elements, namely air, water flow, earth and fire.

By communicating with the chaotic energy and obtaining permission, the warlock can extract magical energy from the power of the four elements and use magic.

The medium for communicating and manipulating magical energy is naturally the magic spell passed down from ancient languages.

Thanks to Keira's knowledge about magic, a seed was planted in Lu Qi's heart:

If you have the chance, you have to find a way to learn magic!

...

The convoy moved all the way west, and the speed could not be said to be fast.

Even so, four days after leaving Vizima, Lu Qi and others arrived at an area a hundred miles away from Gos Velen.

As we enter the hilly area, the surrounding scenery changes from spacious country fields to lush green forests.

In the past four days, the convoy had not encountered any robbers or monsters, so the initial vigilance gradually decreased a lot.

It was precisely at this time that an unexpected surprise occurred!

With a "whoosh" sound, a sharp black arrow shot out from the woods on both sides and went straight into the eye socket of the sentinel who was riding a horse at the forefront!

The sentry didn't even have a chance to scream, and fell directly from his horse to the ground.

The next second, a wave of arrows struck!

Seeing this, he had no time to pay attention to the mercenary captain who had his men killed. He suddenly pulled out the sword from his waist and raised it high.

A cry suddenly resounded in all directions:
Chapter completed!