Wizard: The exploration panel keeps me pure.

"Mr. Ron, should we continue chasing them?"

Hearing the girl's soft question beside him, Ron shook his head: "No need, they probably saw me make a move and have already run away."

"And what about us?"

"Let's go, let's get as far as we can before the pursuers catch up."

"Pursuers? They're just a bunch of ordinary bandits. Seeing you intervene, they shouldn't have the courage to chase after us anymore, right?"

The boy glanced at Lillian, who was speaking beside him. Could the leader of a few ordinary bandits be a mid-level knight?

It's impossible even with your toes.

Of course, it's normal that the girl doesn't have the same abilities as him and doesn't know the key to this.

But he had a strange feeling that the journey ahead wouldn't be very safe. However, there was no need to tell her any of this.

"By the way, Miss Lillian, how did you know those people were bandits? And how did you manage to travel such a long distance to Arkham City?"

"I guessed it. I just came here to relax and have a picnic in the woods, and those people grabbed me without saying a word. What is this if not banditry?"

"As for how we got to Arkham, we came by airship, of course. We couldn't possibly have come by horse-drawn carriage, could we?"

Ron was immediately taken aback by Lillian's words. Was she guessing?

Thinking of the elite armor those people wore and the gleaming warhorses they rode, they didn't seem like the bandits she described at all.

Moreover, is it normal for a person to think of having a picnic in such a remote and desolate place?

Although he still had many questions in his mind, now was not the time to dwell on them. He turned his attention to the airship the girl had mentioned:

"Is it one of those ships that can fly? Is there a direct flight route from Arkham to Norris?"

"Pretty much, of course there are. The nearest airship zone is in the nearby city of Digris. I took an airship from home to get there first."

Ron was delighted to hear this answer and immediately asked, "Do you remember the way back? Approximately how long the journey will take?"

Lillian thought about it carefully and gave him a reply that relieved him:

"If you're riding a horse, it should take about three suns to get there."

Looking at the three dusty warhorses he was leading, he couldn't help but feel a little fortunate. Fortunately, the horses in this world weren't as fragile as the ones in the world before he transmigrated. After being tripped, they only suffered minor scratches. Otherwise, it would have taken them much longer to walk over.

The unease in my heart grew stronger and stronger.

"Can you ride a horse?"

"Yes, the bodyguard in the house taught me, no problem."

Having received an affirmative answer from Lillian, Ron immediately handed the reins of one of the horses to her without hesitation: "Let's go, you lead the way."

The girl took the reins, nodded, mounted the horse, and with a flick of the reins, flew off like an arrow.

Seeing that the other party was indeed fine, Ron casually picked a horse and rode it, then followed closely behind.

As for where his horsemanship skills came from, they naturally came from the original owner's memories.

The two rode their horses one after the other along the forest path, stirring up clouds of dust from the trees.

......

"You mean, you met a girl with wizarding potential, and on the way back you encountered a little boy wizard, and that's how that guy, Durren, died?"

"Yes, yes, sir."

"Then how did you all manage to come back alive?"

"Sir, we came back to deliver this message to you."

"I see. So you've delivered the message, your mission is complete, shouldn't you go and die?"

"No, no, please let me go, sir..."

The plea for mercy came to an abrupt halt.

Inside the pitch-black stone house, an old man with gray hair and a wrinkled face looked at the five dried corpses at his feet. His mouth slowly stretched to the back of his ears, and saliva dripped from the cracks, making a "sizzling" sound as it corroded the ground.

"Garbage is garbage; it only provided less than three days of life."

"However, at least you're not entirely useless. You've helped me find two decent test subjects. I'll take good 'care' of your families for you, hahaha!"

The others standing nearby felt a chill run down their spines when they saw his appearance.

Especially after hearing the old man's uninhibited words, they were so frightened that they lowered their heads and dared not look him in the eye, fearing that he would go crazy and "eat" them up as well.

"Hehehe, guys, what are you all doing with your heads down? Trying to savor the fragrance of the earth?"

Upon hearing this, everyone quickly raised their heads again, knowing how monstrous this old guy was.

Since that old bastard came to the mountain stronghold three years ago, he has made a lot of fun for people.

If I don't like you, I'll bury you completely in the ground, not allowing a single hair to show.

"Alright, now that you've heard it, come with me to 'invite' those two kids back. I'll give you a few days off, so you won't have to be so tense all the time."

"Yes."

Everyone responded in unison, but no one knew what they were really thinking.

......

Meanwhile, Ron and Lillian rode their horses and quickly arrived at the city of Digglis.

Based on the principle that time is life, as soon as he entered the city, he had the girl take him to the airship area in the city.

Although she didn't understand why they were in such a hurry, Lillian did as she was told. She wasn't a brainless fool; she needed this "little gentleman" by her side to get home.

If you offend him, regardless of whether you can get away with it, you'll definitely be disliked.

A wizard, especially such a young one, would be someone even her grandfather would try to befriend; there was no reason for him to offend her.

Unfortunately, when the two arrived at the ticket office in the airship area, the staff told them that they would have to wait two days for the next flight to Norris.

Left with no other choice, they booked two tickets and found a hotel in the city to stay in.

These expenses weren't particularly high, totaling just over two hundred gold coins, which, according to the academy's exchange rate, amounted to 0.2 magic stones.

Of course, Lillian promised to reimburse Ron when they got back.

Time passed slowly, and the red curtain covered the entire sky. After returning to the hotel, they went back to their respective rooms.

Lying in bed, thinking about the events of the day, I still felt a sense of foreboding.

"I've had this feeling so many times already~"

He couldn't help but complain.

I forcibly shifted my attention elsewhere, afraid that if I continued thinking about it, I would go insane.

"By the way, I haven't looked at that map properly yet, and I don't even know where it's pointing to."