In the vibrant jungle of Merikai Shrine, the chirping of insects is one after another, and the chirping of birds is clear and pleasant to the ears.

Thorne, who was blocked by the bushes, took a deep breath subconsciously, and a natural breath filled with the fragrance of grass and soil was inhaled into his lungs, which made him feel very comfortable in his whole body and mind.

Immediately afterwards, he noticed two little sparrows flying over and trying to land on his shoulders to play, so he raised his brows and glared at them without any malice. The two little sparrows chirped and immediately disappeared into the branches and leaves. .

Seeing such a spiritual little animal, Thorne finally understood why the small animals in the forest like to gather near the temple. It is the natural atmosphere in the temple that gradually opens up their humanized intelligence. This should be the so-called all The idea that all intelligent creatures can coexist with nature and.

Then Thorne turned his eyes to the two people who appeared unexpectedly in front of him, looked at each other thoughtfully and said politely:

"Hello, young Mr. Wizard, and the beautiful Miss Assassin, we meet again, and seeing you there reminds me of the delicious coffee that night, and the enticingly scented meat porridge. , after all, this is the greatest wizard from Cullinport."

Thorne was not surprised by the two people who appeared in front of him. His memory has always been good, and he can still recall the scene where he met the sorceress and the two in front of him, especially the one in the hand of the eccentric wizard. A unicorn emblem.

The sacred emblem of the forest goddess is a unicorn with its head facing left. Since the other party has items related to the Temple of Merika, it is not so surprising that it appears in front of him at this moment.

"Thank you for your compliment, ranger friend, as the most delicious coffee in Kulingang, and a wizard who specializes in this way grinds it for you personally, this kind of coffee is rich and bitter, but it can make people feel refreshing and comfortable coffee. , but you drank it like a vulgar dwarf drinking wine, it is really rare that you can still feel the taste of such an embarrassing food."

The wizard Alanis looked at Thorne with a gentle smile, but there was a bit of sarcasm in his words.

"..." Thorne was stunned by the understatement of the other party, and he didn't know how to answer.

"However, in your eyes, I found that you were not surprised by our presence. You are indeed a ranger walking in the wilderness, with such nuanced insight." The wizard Alanis smiled when Thorne was silent. Laughing, then his eyes flickered, and he said: "So, vigilant ranger friend, can you guess what the purpose of our coming here is?"

"Is it for her?" Thorne thought for a while, and moved his eyes to Lilia, the half-elf girl, and saw that she was gently hugging the arm of the female assassin Irene, very intimate, and his heart was slightly relieved. said subconsciously.

As for the female assassin, he guessed the other party's name that night when he noticed the kind of feeling of seeing things and people, and a few words murmured when he noticed the other party looking at the composite longbow behind him. identity.

The female assassin Irene Moonblade in front of him is the sister of his ranger mentor, the aunt of the half-elf girl Lilia. Through the intimacy between the two, he knew that this lonely half-elf girl has since then. No longer alone, there is at least one relative who accompanies her, or her melancholy personality will gradually return to a little bit of cheerfulness.

Noticing Thorne's gaze, the half-elf girl Lilia's expression fluctuated for a while, while the female assassin Irene standing beside her reached out and stroked Lilia's long smooth hair, her eyes full of love.

"Do you know what the one-to-one balance is?" After listening to Thorne's answer, the wizard Alanis laughed, without nodding or denying, and then asked abruptly.

"Insight into everything, balance everything." Thorne's eyelids jumped, and the words were gently spit out of his mouth.

"That's right." The wizard Alanis nodded, glanced at the altar of the God of Tracking not far away, and continued:

"In my opinion, our world needs balance, every creature has its own natural enemies, and the natural enemies of natural enemies also have natural enemies, so those wilderness rangers who are mainly hunting are disgusting, they are savage and short-sighted, because hunting Any living thing threatens the balance, and breaking the balance leads to extinction, and we all know that extinction leads to world catastrophe."

After Alanis finished speaking, he looked at Thorne with a half-smile, as if waiting for his answer.

Isn't this the balancing idea of ​​extreme druids?

Thorne took a deep look at the other party, his expression turned cold, and he said unceremoniously: "Mr. Wizard, I don't agree with your point of view at all, in my opinion you are as eloquent as an extreme druid. A sorcerer who claims to be unbalanced in nature."

"The opinions you expressed are simply shaking my professional foundation. Natural imbalance? World destruction?" Thorne paused and retorted:

"I'm not that great, and my vision is also very short-sighted. I only see civilization settlements that have been captured by evil races in the entire emerald field, corpses fed by monsters, and those splattered blood, maybe you It's time to go to the lower and upper towns of Upper Falls and ask those who have lost loved ones and friends and see how they will answer you. Are you going to tell those people that you should rejoice in your misfortune?

So, in my opinion, as long as there is an evil that threatens civilization, they deserve to die. "

"That's right!" Lilia, the half-elf girl heard Thorne's words and agreed with him, then took a step forward and stared coldly at the wizard Alanis and said, "The temple of the forest goddess does not welcome you like this. The one who sees everything with indifference."

"You have to understand that everything and everything is within a great cycle and a delicate and beautiful balance. When we encounter problems, we can only look at the overall situation by keeping a distance and objective inspection, instead of being slaughtered and filling our hearts." The wizard Alanis smiled and shook his head, ignoring the gestures of the female assassin beside him, and continued.

"Who are you? What's your purpose?" Thorne was about to refute, when he suddenly noticed the half-smiling eyes of the wizard Alanis and the strangeness in the female assassin's expression, as if he understood something, his expression slowed down, and he said solemnly. asked.

"Sure enough, you are a vigilant ranger. It seems that you understand the so-called balance very well. Yes, our philosophy is to fight crime and evil, and protect the good civilization from fear and tyranny. Although this ideal sounds simple , it's a bit out of reach, but we are always moving towards this goal."

After the wizard Alanis finished speaking, he took out a badge from his pocket and said to Thorne: "The Nightingale Walker in the Emerald Garden has restricted our movements, so there is one thing we need to ask you to help us complete."

"You are the harpists." Thorne looked at the neatly dressed wizard in front of him, and noticed the pattern engraved on a badge in his hand: a harp in the center of the meniscus, and four crosses in The crescent moon circles up and down, left and right.

Harper, continental interference, a group of deranged idealists.

Thorne's expression sank, and he immediately thought of the world's evaluation of the Harper Alliance, and then subconsciously took a few steps back.

As long as the people of this organization appear, there will be no good thing, no wonder even the Druids of the Emerald Garden do not welcome them.