Shut up, brave man! I don't want to atone for my sins to you!

Then, for some reason, the brave man suddenly turned around again and looked at the coffin containing the priest's body.

He didn't know what he was thinking of, so he lowered his eyes, covered the handkerchief with his hand, took a deep breath, and the smile at the corner of his mouth widened, and finally spread to his entire face.

That smile was a little heavy.

But he suddenly became very relaxed, as if he had thrown off a heavy burden, but his expression was still gentle.

"You have to be good..."

The brave man said softly:

"You have to wait for me."

This time, Lacele heard what Charles said, but she didn't hear it clearly, so she frowned and asked:

"What did you say again?"

Charles turned his head back, but this time, he did not obey, but used the forbidden spell silently.

The hero used forbidden magic to neutralize the power of the master-servant contract between him and the witch. Then, he shook his head and told Laciel:

"Nothing, I was just sighing--"

He looked at his lover's coffin, then looked at Lacey, and continued to smile:

"It turns out there are people in the world who can resurrect the dead. Fortunately, I met you, otherwise, I don't know what to do..."

Lacey felt a little guilty after hearing this. She chuckled and said:

"No, no, it's nothing, it's nothing."

But she didn't get carried away. She stopped laughing and said to Charles with a serious expression:

"But, I can help you - but after I help you revive the pastor lady, you must never tell others that I can revive the dead."

"After all, resurrecting the dead is really... you know, if this news gets out, I'm afraid I won't be able to live in peace in my next life. There will definitely be people from all over the Pan-Continent coming to beg me... I'm most afraid of this kind of thing."

Charles was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then nodded:

"I understand. I will help you hide your identity."

Lacie just said "hmm" and said nothing more.

Although she didn't like Charles very much, even she had to admit that the hero's promise was weighty enough. In the entire Pan-Continent, there were always people who were proud to have received the hero's promise.

Just like gold, silver, or precious spell scrolls, the Charr's Promise is a widely recognized and valuable "tradable good."

This way, she wouldn't have to worry that after she "resurrected" the priest, people like Charles who wanted to resurrect the dead would come to her one after another.

After all, she does not have the ability to resurrect the dead.

But this is all for the future, what we need to consider now has nothing to do with this -

Lacier raised her head and wanted to say something, but after looking at the tall brave man beside her, the words she wanted to say stopped at her lips for the time being.

Damn hero!

The witch thought bitterly.

Why is it that he can be so tall and strong, while she has to be short and fat and fall down with a push?

Lacele almost wanted to step on Charles's shoes - but in the end she suppressed the resentment caused by her height.

"Ciel," she called the hero's name, "Where do you think we should go to start collecting materials?"

Hearing this, Charles bowed his head and answered subconsciously:

"I don't know. You should know more about this than I do. I'll listen to you."

Due to the height difference, every time Lacie spoke to Charles, she had to look up, while Charles could look down at her - so Lacie's resentment that had just subsided began to boil again.

Fortunately, she has strong emotional management skills, so she did not show too much emotional fluctuation towards Charles.

She just snorted and said:

"There are only two places closest to the Sea of ​​Forests that are suitable for collecting materials. One is your human city, and the other is the elves' residence."

"I forgot the name of that human city. I only vaguely remember that it seemed to belong to a newly rising empire of your human race. But speaking of it, I am very interested in both that city and the empire it belongs to."

As Lacie spoke, she looked far away in the direction of the city she mentioned.

Then, she whispered a few nouns:

"Difference Engine, Steam Armor, Secret Guard, Ironclad Battleship, Pollution, Technology, Burning Gold, Pistons and Gears..."

"--Even in the deepest part of the Forest Sea, I often heard about that city... and that country. I heard that they never believed in any god. They only believed in the power of human beings. But they still never lost to any country that believed in gods. They built a whole set of... oh, if I remember correctly, that thing should be called industry - they built almost a complete industrial system."

Laceel looked at Charles, her eyes sparkling:

“It just so happens that I have always been very interested in these things.”

Charles was stunned for a moment, and answered subconsciously:

"So...are we going to that city?"

But what he didn't expect was that Lacier shook her head decisively after hearing this:

"No, we won't go to that city. Although science and mysticism are not mutually exclusive, if there are better options, why must we insist on searching for precious spellcasting materials in an industrial city?"

Lacie turned her head and looked at another city that was completely opposite to that city.

“Let’s go there!”

She raised her hand and pointed to the other side of the sea of ​​forest.

The witch declared:

"Of course, the materials used in mystical rituals must be found in cities with a stronger mystical atmosphere—"

"On the other side of the Sea of ​​Forests is the elves' home, Lentiheim. We will definitely find the right materials there!"

Then, she tapped the hero's knee with her wand, like a whip on a horse, and commanded:

"Let's go! Let's go!"

[To be continued]

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25. Cunning Hero

The warp spell cannot make a person or object appear anywhere at will.

Otherwise it would have been used as an offensive spell long ago.

After all, the human body is so fragile and vulnerable that as long as some foreign objects are introduced into a few key points, the entire human system will naturally collapse.

Heart, brain, arteries...

Saving lives is difficult, but killing people is easy.

Although Laciel had never killed anyone with her own hands, as a witch, she knew how many ways there were to kill a person.

But the warp spell is obviously not among them.

You need to remember the coordinates of the destination in advance, and there is a fairly long pre-casting period, which is extremely easy to be interrupted. Moreover, if everyone has it, it is almost the same as if no one has it. Now, which high-level wizard has not mastered the anti-leap spell?

Therefore, the warping spell is both convenient and inconvenient - at least now, it cannot directly bring Lacie and Charles to Lentiheim.

Because Lacele had only visited the elf city once.

"Speaking of which," the witch lowered her head and looked at the brave man who was walking through the forest, and asked, "How could those stingy pointed ears be willing to give you their most precious mother tree branch?"

Then she suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and she couldn't help but open her eyes wide and took a breath:

"——You're not going to tie up the queen of the pointy-eared ones, are you?"

Charles, who was busy on his way, answered without even looking up:

"I wouldn't do anything like that."

Lacele thought so too. It was indeed unlikely that Charles would kidnap the queen of the pointy-eared creatures and force them to give him the branches of their mother tree. But she couldn't remember when Charles had ever helped the pointy-eared creatures.

So she asked suspiciously:

"Have you helped them?"

"Probably... not."

"Then why did they help you?" Laceer asked suspiciously, "Is it because the Elf Queen has a crush on you?"

"..."

Charles finally couldn't help but stop.

He raised his head and looked at Lacie who was floating high in the sky like a kite, but he was worried that he would see what was under the witch's skirt, so he quickly lowered his head again.

"I have never been to Lentiheim," he answered as briefly as he could, "and I have never seen the Elf Queen."

Rachel nodded thoughtfully:

"So, those pointy-eared people are just trying to please each other for no reason?"

If someone is too nice to you for no reason, he is definitely either a traitor or a thief.

What's more, there was that group of stingy pointed-eared ones. She had dealt with the elves before in order to exchange for the eight bottles of aged wine. Therefore, those stubborn guys had left a very deep impression on her.

If the word "Char" can be used to describe the degree of rigidity of the thinking of a person or a race, then the elves are "Techar" and "Superchar".

In other words, the more Charles, the more Charles. These six words are perfect to describe Charles himself and those pointy ears.

Although many people in the Pangaea thought that the pointed-eared elves were mysterious and elegant, and that their every move was filled with aristocratic style, Laceel did not think so at all. She only felt that when she went to Lentiheim last time, every elf who saw her seemed to say to her:

"You stinking outsider, you're here to beg for food in Lentiheim!"

They looked at her with such caution and vigilance, as if Lentiheim had never had a visitor before.

——Although this seems to be the case, whether in the three years with the Brave Team or when she stayed in the depths of the Forest Sea, Lacie rarely heard any news about the elves.

Those stingy pointed ears seemed to be even more homely than she was, and rarely stepped out of the city called Lentiheim, so rumors about the elves were mostly found in poems sung by bards.

In those poems, elves are the favorites of gods, the essence of nature, the model of all beautiful concepts in the world, and the most perfect works of the Creator.

Lacele had no idea how those nerdy misers could deserve such compliments.

"As expected, distance creates beauty."

She muttered quietly.

As long as the distance is far enough, even a fool like Ciel can become the embodiment of virtue. He is obviously just a fool - he always shouts "Resurrection my love", but in fact she is always by his side, but he is completely unaware of it.

happy.

Thinking of this, the witch glanced at the hero who was still rushing on his way.

The warping magic couldn't take her and Charles to Lentiheim immediately, and she was too lazy to move, so she simply used magic to turn herself into a spirit. Like a kite, she tied herself to Charles and ordered him to take her across the Sea of ​​Forest to Lentiheim.

In her spirit form, she was almost weightless and did not add any burden to Charles. Just like that, the strong Charles walked through the dense forest, while she hung on Charles' head, without moving at all.

But the Forest Sea is vast after all. The two of them traveled for two whole days before they barely reached the outskirts of the Forest Sea, which was still quite a distance away from Lentiheim.

And kite flyers need a rest.

After traveling for a whole morning, Charles stopped in an open space in the woods.

The donkey pulling the mill needed a rest, and the mill had no objection of course. She didn't have to move anyway, it was Charles who was moving.

So Lacielle released herself from her spirit state, returned to the ground, found a fallen tree, and leisurely used her wand to summon the elemental creatures with whom she had signed a contract to sell their bodies. She ordered them to clean the moss-covered tree, and then sat down on it.

And Charles had already taken out water and dry food from the bag he carried with him and began to replenish his energy silently.

Brave men of all generations are big eaters.

It is reasonable that a strong physique requires sufficient nutrition to maintain, so Charles's appetite is almost ten or even nine times that of Lacie. Except for traveling and resting, he almost spent the rest of his time eating.

For this reason, before leaving Laciel's nest, he specifically asked Laciel to take him to the nearest human city to buy enough dry food. Laciel happened to have the coordinates of the human city, so she took him there.

She even showed mercy and helped Charles put away the dry food.

Due to the influence of the forbidden spell, Charles cannot carry any storage items. When she was in the brave team, she helped carry tents, dry food and other things.