Hello, is this a letter addressed to Demon Fortress?

Elvia stood at the entrance of the Adventurers' Guild.

Listen to a few novice adventurers enthusiastically discussing the story of that "legendary mage".

Her lips twitched slightly.

Legendary mage?

Was she raised by a commoner sister?

And they were migrant workers from elsewhere?

Elvia's expression grew increasingly frantic.

She is not a mage.

But as the powerful princess of the Carter family, she knew all too well what a legendary mage meant.

That's not something ordinary people can afford to support; even royalty can't.

King Carter once supported a legendary mage.

Alexis, a legendary high-ranking fire mage.

Two years ago, the other party left the capital of Carter and resigned from his title, and the royal family did not even say a word to persuade him to stay.

It's not that I don't want to keep them, it's that I simply can't afford to raise them anymore.

A magical experiment evaporated one hundred million gold coins.

According to Alexis himself, he was only ten trials away from a breakthrough.

The Carter family believed it.

Then, tricked by that old rascal, I supported a full fifty-eight experiments.

The opponent showed no signs of making a breakthrough.

Thinking of this, Elvia's eyes suddenly lit up.

She remembered that after Alexis left the capital of Carter, he seemed to have returned to the City of a Thousand Towers.

If the other party still remembers the Carter family's support for his two-year magic experiments...

I remember that half of the national treasury was poured into supporting him.

Maybe it can provide some protection for myself.

Elvia stuffed the hard-earned silver coins into her pocket and turned to run towards the city gate.

This is indeed a very good way out for her, given her current predicament.

For the past five days, she had been looking for Lin Gui, but he had disappeared somewhere and she hadn't seen a trace of him.

Strangely enough, she felt like she could hear news about Lin Gui everywhere, but when she actually wanted to find him, she couldn't find him no matter what.

When Elvia reached the city gate, she froze.

The post office was packed with people, the line stretching from the entrance all the way to the foot of the city wall, then around a corner and going a long way again.

She stood on tiptoe to look inside, but it was a sea of ​​heads, and she couldn't squeeze in at all.

Elvia coughed, straightened her back, and strode forward.

That unapproachable aura cultivated in the Carter capital was instantly released.

Her gaze was indifferent, her chin slightly raised, and her steps were neither hurried nor slow, each step perfectly in time.

She used this trick to clear a path at the post office back in Caran.

Sure enough, those around sensed the imposing aura and instinctively moved aside.

An old woman had just stepped back when she looked up at her.

Then I froze.

The woman before me was stunningly beautiful.

However, she was wearing an outfit that did not suit her appearance at all.

The adventurer's leather armor was worn and dusty, with the knees worn white.

He had an ordinary iron sword hanging at his waist, the scabbard of which was covered in scratches.

The boots were old too, the uppers were all frayed.

He looked like the poorest, most down-on-his-luck adventurer.

The old woman's fear vanished instantly. She glared at Elvia and returned to her original position.

The people around her also came to their senses and looked her up and down.

They rolled their eyes in unison, and those who needed to queue continued to queue.

Elvia's face turned bright red.

She almost had a breakdown.

These people didn't even have the right to look at her before!

But the next second, she thought of Lin Gui's expressionless face.

She imagined the way the other person would look at her with disdain.

She took a deep breath, obediently walked to the back of the line, and joined the queue.

It's easy to make trouble for these people, but it will be difficult to explain to Lin Gui.

She was still hoping that Lin Gui would take her to the City of a Thousand Towers to seek refuge with Count Alexis.

The line moved very slowly.

One by one, the people in front of me handed in their letters, paid their money, and registered. Everyone asked me all sorts of questions, and it took them a long time to finish.

Elvia's legs went numb from standing, from dawn until the sun was high in the sky, and then from the high sun until the afternoon.

Finally, she moved to the doorway.

Through the door frame, she saw Lin Gui sitting behind the counter, greeting customers with a smile.

That smile was so fake, it was obviously an act.

Elvia shifted her gaze from Lin Gui to the map on the notice board by the door.

She knew that Lin Gui's delivery route passed through the City of a Thousand Towers, but she hadn't looked into the specifics of the route.

Now, she sees it clearly.

On the map, there is a route drawn with hemp rope.

Starting from Dragonbone City, traversing the Southern Tundra, White Cliff City, Whispering Valley, Watchtower...

Then they plunged directly into the barren wasteland.

Elvia's eyes widened.

A barren wasteland? A forbidden area?

She continued reading.

After leaving the Deadwood Wasteland, you arrive at Deadwood Town, and then head into the eastern part of the Deadwood Wasteland.

Then come Snake Ridge, Copper Gate City, Twilight Woodland, and Poplar Fort.

A cursed swamp?!

Green Shade Court?

Bone Highlands? !

The City of a Thousand Towers.

Crimson Plateau, Twin Springs Oasis, Ash Stone Plain, Yellow Sand Dunes.

Ash Rift?!

Seabuckthorn hills.

Red soil desert?!

Elvia's mind went blank.

What the hell is this route?

She used to manage transportation affairs in the Carter capital.

They knew the transport route from the capital of Carter northward, through the Broken Bone Pass, to the City of a Thousand Towers like the back of their hand.

The route was very long, but every section was carefully selected to avoid all known dangers and forbidden areas.

This is to ensure absolute safety during transportation.

What about the route with the ghost, Kelin?

Not only did they fail to avoid the forbidden areas, they actually traversed every single one of the forbidden areas along the path.

Deadwood Wasteland, Cursed Swamp, Skeleton Highlands, Ash Rift Valley, Red Earth Desert.

Each one is more dangerous and more deadly than the last.

If Lin Gui's actions were motivated by time constraints...

It doesn't make sense to try to take a high-risk but fast route.

This route is not the shortest path at all.

Elvia could draw several shorter roads.

It can also help avoid several forbidden areas.

But Lin Gui chose this one by chance.

It is long, dangerous, and winding.

It's a hybrid of three different things.

Elvia stared at the city-states strung together on the map.

His brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

White Cliff City, Whispering Valley, Watchtower Fortress, Deadwood Town, Copper Gate City, Poplar Fortress, Green Shade Court, Yellow Sand Court...

She had heard of some of these city-states, but had no recollection of others.

But there seems to be some connection between them.

An inexplicable connection.

Just as Elvia was staring at the map in a daze, someone pushed her from behind.

"Come on, it's your turn."

Elvia snapped out of her daze and realized that there was no one in front of her anymore.

She turned her head and looked at the counter.

Lin Gui was staring at her.

The smile that had been on his face as he greeted the guests vanished instantly.

She replaced them with the dead fish eyes she knew all too well.