After leaving Blackpool Town, there is a vast forest.

There are rugged and hilly areas everywhere, but few people are seen. However, in a valley with dense vegetation, there is a simple-looking forest hut.

There is a small lake in front of the house, and a wooden trestle has been set up on the shore. At this time, a boy who looks about 17 or 18 years old is sitting on the edge of the trestle, holding a fishing rod in his hand, obviously fishing.

However, the bait thrown under the water has been eaten, leaving only one unfortunate fish hooked on the lip, unable to escape no matter what.

But the young man did not take back the fishing hook immediately, because he actually sat there, supporting his head with one hand, and fell asleep like that.

It wasn't until the fish struggled for a long time, swinging its tail vigorously, that it dragged the fishing rod directly into the water. The boy was awakened, but could only watch the fishing rod sink into the water.

"well."

The young man sighed, simply turned over on the trestle, and went back to sleep.

His name is Nova Priest. He originally lived in White Peak Town. His parents were nobles with a high status, but he did not belong to that family because he was only an adopted son.

Before being adopted by his current parents, he was a homeless man wandering around without knowing his life experience. One day, he wandered with the crowd to Baifeng Town. Because he had not had enough to eat for a long time, he collapsed when he came to the city gate.

Got off.

Just as they were about to be dealt with by the soldiers guarding the city, a noble couple happened to enter the city in a carriage. The man who was originally a doctor saw at a glance that Nova was not dead. Out of professionalism, the couple decisively saved him.

He also let him live in his home for a period of time.

The couple had no children, and Nova was smart, sensible, upright and kind. They felt that they were very destined to the child, so they adopted him as an adopted son. In the future, he could inherit their family's aristocratic status and the family business for several years.

Modern medical clinic.

Nova didn't care about the inheritance. Being alone, he only wanted to have a family, so he readily agreed.

He thought that the rest of his life would be smooth sailing, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, and something unexpected happened a year ago.

The adoptive father's family was just a branch. He had other brothers and sisters. Although they also inherited part of the inheritance from the previous generation, they all ended up in the middle of the family due to poor management or squandering. So of course they started fighting.

This brother's idea.

At first, they just made excuses to borrow money from him, but never mentioned repaying the money. Later, they were not even willing to borrow money, but said, "You have no children anyway, so you should take care of your brothers and sisters."

", while asking him directly for money.

Although their adoptive father said many times that he could introduce them to jobs, they were used to asking him for money and did not listen to his advice at all.

It was not until later that the adoptive father finally broke out. He thought that when the inheritance was divided, everyone had a similar share, and it was not easy for him to make money himself. Why should he support these guys who eat and drink for free?

So, he directly had a big quarrel with them and drove them away.

However, the matter did not end there.

One day a few weeks later, a group of fierce and strong men broke into my adoptive father's hospital, smashed it everywhere, and finally set the hospital on fire.

Although the members of the Knights who maintained law and order arrived immediately, those people seemed to have premeditated the attack and quickly retreated after smashing it.

Of course Nova could guess who instigated this incident, but he had no direct evidence and could not report on his adoptive father's brothers and sisters.

He originally thought that those people just wanted to vent their anger and the matter would be over. But then, he did not expect that those people would do such a cruel thing.

A few days later, a family of three went out for fun in a carriage, hoping to relieve the shock they had received from the previous incident. As they traveled to a remote place, a group of people jumped out from the roadside and stopped them.

Nova recognized these people at a glance as the guys who smashed up his adoptive father's hospital. They immediately took out their knives and were about to attack the three of them.

Fortunately, his adoptive parents fought tooth and nail to protect Nova, allowing him to save his life and finally escape. However, they died at the hands of those people.

According to the laws of the empire, if a noble has no children and does not make a will, then when he dies, his brothers and sisters have the right to inherit the inheritance.

Nova knew very well the motives of these people for committing crimes, and he also thought about seeking revenge from them, but through formal channels, he had no substantive evidence. After all, there were no witnesses at the time, and he himself was a low-key person. If he had done it himself, he would not have been able to do so.

In the end, he had no choice but to leave Baifeng Town.

Later, in order to avoid being pursued by his enemies, he temporarily lived in an inaccessible forest.

Now he is alone again. Although he has a blood feud, he cannot get revenge, which gives him an additional mental blow.

However, as time went by, the depression in his heart gradually disappeared, and he deliberately wanted to escape from trouble, so he always filled his life with all kinds of trivial matters.

Building houses, cultivating land, fishing... As long as he doesn't think about the hatred he carries, he is very enthusiastic.

However, when his life stabilized and he gradually became nothing to do, he still couldn't help but think of what happened at that time, which often kept him awake at night and low in energy during the day.

Therefore, after he finished his daily chores today, he planned to kill time by fishing, but due to lack of sleep for a long time, he actually dozed off.

There were no vegetables to grow during this season, and he had no food stockpile, so he relied on fish as food.

Because of this, the dragging of the fishing rod caused him a lot of trouble, but he was also worried that he had nothing to do. It wouldn't hurt to make another one later. The top priority now was to take advantage of this long-lost sleepiness.

Go to bed quickly.

After an unknown amount of time, he opened his eyes. Because he finally had a good sleep, he suddenly felt refreshed and all his senses seemed to have become sharper.

He sat up and began to think about where to find materials for making fishing rods, when he suddenly heard someone talking not far away.

The voice was quite rough, and it was obviously two men talking. Nova instinctively felt the danger, and he quickly turned over and came to the bottom of the trestle.

Then I looked in the direction where the sound came from, and sure enough I found dozens of figures under a tree more than a hundred meters away. Two of them were talking, and they seemed to be the leader.

Nova recognized them at a glance. They were the ones who killed his adoptive parents that day, and one of the leaders was his adoptive father's brother. Every time he came to his house to ask for money, this guy was also the most arrogant.

"Oops, they actually found this place." Nova couldn't help but tremble.

On the one hand, it was the fear of death, because these people were probably coming to hunt him down. On the other hand, he felt angry because he didn't expect to see these enemies again.

He really wanted revenge and wanted to cut these people into pieces, but there were so many people on the other side. What could a weak young man like him do?

Just when he was thinking wildly, the group of people actually walked towards his forest hut. Nova secretly observed through the gap in the trestle and found that there were indeed ten people, but one of them was very short.

He was a little confused, could it be a dwarf, but when he looked carefully from another angle, he realized that it was actually a little girl who looked to be in her teens.

Her hands were tied and a large ball of cloth was stuffed in her mouth. Perhaps because she knew she could not escape, she did not cry and followed those people honestly.

Then, the two leading people walked into the forest cabin and pushed the little girl in, while the others stood guard at the door.

Nova's hearing is very good, and the distance between the trestle and the hut is less than ten meters, so he can vaguely hear what the people in the house are saying.

"Oh, I didn't expect that there is a house in this place. It would be really good to use it as a base."

"Yes, but why does it feel like there are people living here? Look, there are also marinated fish."

"Hmph, no matter what, it belongs to me now anyway."

"Haha, yours? Don't be ridiculous, I hired you, it's obviously mine."

"Hey, are you going to settle the score with us? Look at what we did when we kidnapped this kid, from checking out the location, looking for candidates, to taking action, and bribing the guards. None of it was done by my brothers. It's good for you to say yes.

We haven't seen a penny of the money, so you dare to put it here to challenge me. If the price of the previous order hadn't been reasonable, I wouldn't want to get into this muddy water."

"... Hehe, look at what you said. We are brothers and sisters now, and I was the one who came up with the idea of ​​kidnapping the noble children. Otherwise, where would you make money? However, I admit that it was I who just said

That's wrong. Now everything is up to you. Then my share of the money will be given to you. It will be regarded as the salary for hiring you. I only have one request, that is, after completing this order, you must

The adopted son who helped me hunt down my brother."

"Huh, that sounds pretty good, but I'm confused. Your brother's whole family is dead, and you've got the inheritance. It's just an adopted son, so what?"

"Oh, you don't understand. That boy is very clever. If one day he gets close to those idiots from the Knights, I will be in danger."

"Haha, okay, we have a bit of friendship. If you have anything to do in the future, you can always come to us. The prerequisite is that you must make money. Do you understand?"

"Yes, of course I understand."

Then, they called all the boys outside, and the person in charge of cooking processed the food that Nova had prepared for the winter, and then started eating and drinking.

"Tsk, damn guy."

Nova hid under the trestle, gritting his teeth with hatred as he watched the food he had worked so hard to save being wasted.

…

After a while, on the other side of the lake in front of the forest hut, there was a thick tree with a circular pattern carved on the trunk.

Immediately afterwards, a green light flashed, and two figures appeared under the tree. Strangely, they were Emil and Anne who were preparing to go to Baifeng Town.

After the two came here, they were stunned when they saw the scene around them.

"Here, what kind of place is this? Is Baifeng Town in the forest?" Emil asked with a black line on his face.

"Uh, I don't know." Annie scratched her head and looked at the magic circle on the tree trunk.

There is no doubt that this is indeed her mark, but she has traveled to many places and made a lot of marks along the way, but she can't remember when it was.

However, after thinking about it for a while, she finally figured out why this happened.

It stands to reason that the magic circle she drew cannot be erased by ordinary people, because in order to do this, the other party also needs to use magic power. Then there is only one possibility, which is that a certain magician in Baifeng Town accidentally discovered it.

I got her mark, and then I was worried that it was done by someone with evil intentions, so I eliminated it.

Once the end point is lost, the teleportation magic will automatically choose the end point marked elsewhere.

When Anne expressed her thoughts, although Emil looked surprised, he could only recognize the reality.

They must now determine where they are. If it is too far away from Baifeng Town, Leonard may really be unable to wait.

"Look, there is a cabin there, maybe someone lives there, let's go and ask." Annie suddenly discovered the cabin in the woods on the other side of the river.

"Oh?" Emil also looked over, thinking that now it's good, he will know the location of this place soon, "Let's go."
To be continued...