Austin thought Brandon would pull the rope out like he did in the previous few times, but the rope that had been tightened was loose at this time. It fell down and gently swayed in the wind. Austin was a little at a loss because his nerves were always tight, but Giles did not panic. There were many possibilities for the rope to loosen, maybe it was broken, maybe it was Brandon who walked back a few steps, not necessarily something unexpected happened.

Giles snatched the rope from Austin's hand and pulled it back one by one. It was not fast. If Brandon and Colin had no accidents, they would definitely see this and hold on to the rope.

Time passed by minute by minute, the rope was still loose and there was no barrier force coming. The ropes under the two of them accumulated more and more. Giles couldn't help but shake it a little, and the dragging the rope became faster and faster. Suddenly he stopped...

Although the ropes woven by the branches are not very strong, judging from the traces of the break, they are more like being cut off by sharp blades than being worn out.

"this……"

Austin looked at it carefully for a moment, frowned, his eyes full of confusion. Although the rope was tight, it was not broken directly. Moreover, no matter what the rope was broken for, it was impossible for Brandon and Colin to fail to see it. Judging from the breaking mark, there is only one explanation. Brandon or Colin had to cut the rope with his own hands for some reason, which even prevented them from using the signal arrow.

"Damn it!"

Giles told himself to be calm as much as possible, but the situation in front of him completely out of his scope of understanding, making him a little irritable and confused. For an old ranger like him, the Black Forest is not scary, nor is it scary, and the rich experience is enough to make him deal with most situations calmly. What is terrible is the unknown, and he cannot apply any experience. Without a way to deal with it, the heavy armor and sharp swords cannot bring him even a sense of security.

The long-lost despair breeds in his heart. This feeling is like the first time he stepped into the black forest. Invisible pressure follows like a shadow. The black cloud tree, which is the same and endless, is at a time when danger will come. As the physical strength passes, the pressure will gradually overshadow the reason, and eventually the emotions will lose control and completely collapse.

"Let me think, let me think..."

Giles took a deep breath and suppressed his irritable mood. In this case, calmness is the most important thing. Extra emotions will only make him vulnerable. He must maintain his physical strength to deal with all possible dangers. If Brandon really has to loosen the rope for some reason, he can throw it away directly. Why do you need to cut it off?

In other words, it is impossible for the person who cut the rope to be Brandon. Could it be that they met outsiders and had conflicts?

There are too many possibilities. Before seeing Brandon himself, speculation was just speculation, without any practical significance. There were only two choices in front of him. The first was to continue waiting and wait in the midst of this heavy rain that would stop. This was the safest way, but no one knew whether Brandon and Colin could come back. The second choice was just 700 meters away. He remembered the marks along the way clearly. He could go directly to see what was born, but the danger of doing so could be imagined.

"Catch up or keep waiting?"

Giles told Austin his guess. He did not intend to discuss with Genos or Yuren. After all, he still did not trust these two newcomers. It was a burden to follow. It would be better to let them stay.

"Wait for another half an hour."

Austin always felt something was wrong, but now his mind was in a mess, unsure and insecure situation, he was more inclined to wait and pin his hopes on Brandon and Colin. It was between 600 meters and 700 meters, and the rope was shaking for about ten minutes. Then, if they still didn't walk out, they would return here, and in half an hour, even if they climbed.

Just as Giles and Austin were discussing each other, Genos carefully walked towards the direction where Yuren disappeared, and he vaguely saw a figure squatting behind the tree from the side. When he was about to ask, a gurgling diarrhea sound broke Genos' doubts.

After a long time, he had diarrhea...

Genos was stunned for a while and shook his head helplessly, but just as he was about to turn around and go back, a flash of lightning suddenly passed by his head, illuminating the ground in front of him. He saw the two shadows overlapping. Genos couldn't help but feel creepy and cold all over. Within this second, he suppressed the urge to escape directly, and his thinking reached the limit of his life.

It is absolutely impossible that Yuren is standing behind him. As for Giles and Austin are still not far away. If it were Brandon and Colin, then the shadow should be three people, not two people. In this case, escaping from behind is the worst choice, so there is only one choice left for him...

"what you do?"

Brandon pinched Genos' wrist with one hand. The force was so strong that Genos could no longer hand the blade forward. The distance between the two was only half a meter. Although Genos's eyes were blurred, he still saw Brandon's bloody face clearly. He stood there, just about to ask something, Giles and Austin on the side also saw Brandon coming back. Both of them breathed a sigh of relief and hurried to Brandon.

"Sir Deacon, what did you give birth to just now? Where is Colin?"

Giles' heart was relieved, but when he approached and saw Brandon's blood stained with blood, and even minced meat slipping from the blade in his hand because of the rain, his heart once again hung. Between six hundred meters and seven hundred meters, what had happened in the short ten minutes? Where was Colin? Have you found a way out?

Brandon was silent for a while, and he reached out to take some rain, wiped away the blood on his face before slowly speaking, "It's Colin, he's crazy."

The six simple words, like the hideous lightning in the sky, made everyone stunned and washed away the blood. Only then did everyone see clearly that Brandon's armor became ragged. His right eye was closed, and blood was constantly leaking out. His right ear was also peeled off. Even if he bandaged it with a cloth strip, he still couldn't stop the blood. The injury was very serious. If the wound could not be treated in time, blood loss alone would be enough to kill Brandon's life.

"Crazy? What do you mean?"

But compared to Brandon's injury, Austin is more difficult to understand. What Brandon said is that Colin has a much deeper qualification than him and Giles, and even one year earlier than Brandon and Dick. He has been a Ranger for nearly thirty years and has survived countless times. If anyone is the most familiar with the Black Forest in Winter City, it is Colin. Anyone who is likely to be driven crazy by this weird forest, but he cannot.

"When Dick and I first came to Winter City, Colin was already under the Rangers, but later... I became the deacon, and Dick became the Ranger leader. This should have been Colin's position, but he became Dick and me and Dick's deputy. The reason is very simple. Since the death of the previous Ranger leader Misha, his mental state has been worrying and he cannot hold these two positions at all. At first I thought Colin didn't care about these, after all, I have been through this for many years, but I was still wrong. Maybe in his opinion, I or Dick are not qualified to replace Misha at all." Brandon sighed helplessly.

"So...you killed Colin?" Giles asked cautiously.

"He has been looking for a suitable opportunity to start, looking for an opportunity that will not arouse others' suspicion even if I die. For example, today, maybe you didn't notice it, or you are used to it. Usually, Colin is the leader of the Black Forest when you come to the Black Forest. Of course, he is indeed the person who is most familiar with the Black Forest in Winter City. Out of trust, we naturally believe that the marks he left and the paths he took were correct. It is precisely this reason that we were misled by the wrong marks left by Colin. The so-called vicious circle did not exist from the beginning."

Brandon's face was pale and his body was shaking, as if he would fall down in the next second. Giles quickly helped Brandon, "Sir Deacon, let's talk about these things when we go back. Your injury is important."

wrong……

Something is so wrong...

Genos's vision never left this person from the moment Brandon appeared. In his opinion, Brandon's explanation was a bit self-talking and too far-fetched. If Colin really had a mental problem and hated him and Dick for some reason, there was no need to wait until today before starting. Whether it was poisoning or sneak attacking, it would have been killed long ago.

What's the point of deliberately taking them around?

Could it be that they plan to kill Brandon by relying on monsters in the Black Forest?

Brandon proposed to weave ropes with branches. If he had guessed Colin's idea early in the morning, how could he take such a great risk to explore the way with Colin? Could it be to convince Colin to give up? This is not like the heart that a deacon in Void Realm City should have.

No matter how you think about it, it doesn't make sense.

Besides, the rain was so heavy that the blood on his body should have been washed away.

But these are not the most critical points. The biggest reason why Genos was suspicious of Brandon was that the sword in Brandon's hand, the reddish-brown head stuck in blood, would be difficult to be seen if he didn't look closely. Although Brandon wiped it away without a trace, Genos still noticed this point. Colin, Giles, he and Brandon were both black, Austin was King. Among them, there was only one person with a reddish-brown head, that was Yulen, who had just had diarrhea...
Chapter completed!