Dusk came, and in the fading light, the Emerald River galloping through the whole town glowed with silver light, and the distant sky was adorned with a hint of pink by the sunset.

On the twelfth floor of the tower, Andrina opened the curtains, opened the shutters, and looked around the bustling market in the lower city. Most of the merchants were busy packing their eye-catching goods and gradually dispersed.

From time to time, there was a barking of dogs in the town filled with the smell of fireworks. The patrolling soldiers on the city wall were also changing shifts. The new round of guards continued to remain vigilant, watching the endless wilderness.

As the Heruk hobgoblins settled in the Silent Forest, the situation in the town of Falls became more and more difficult, because they cut off the trade route to the city of Sept, resulting in many goods in the town could not be sold. .

Many scarce materials are also in short supply, especially food.

Fortunately, it is on the edge of the wild, where you can hunt to satisfy your hunger, and have an entrance to the Underdark, which can barely sustain.

But if it continues like this, the development of the whole town will stagnate.

At this time, a long team of teams caught Anderina's attention.

From the flying flag on the carriage, it could be seen that they were from Twilight Town, which is the farthest away. She could easily judge the heavy cargo on the carriage, and it was all weapons and equipment.

With the five towns in the Emerald Wilderness forming an alliance of lords, in order to completely expel the hobgoblins in the Serenity Forest, they finally decided to take the initiative to issue a war book to the lord of the lords in order to completely expel the hobgoblins of the Serenity Forest. The open space brings a fateful battle.

Therefore, Andrina could see the war supplies being continuously delivered to Waterfall Town by the other four towns every day.

In addition to weapons and equipment, strong bows and crossbows, there are various war instruments suitable for field battles and some powerful magic items.

Of course, there are the constant build-up of fighters.

A war is slowly approaching as time goes by. The war is like the drowsy sky at this time, making everyone in the wilderness involuntarily become heavy.

"The war is over, I don't know how many people will die." Looking at the neat rows of stone houses in the lower city, Andrina sighed slightly in her heart, reached out and stroked her hair, feeling a little inexplicable sadness.

Thinking of this, Thorne's figure suddenly appeared in her mind, then she closed the shutters, turned to sit on the chair beside the marble table, and stared at the crystal ball floating in the air.

It has been half a month since Thorne brought the old butler and the little wizard back to Upper Falls.

But what made her depressed was that the day he came back, he went directly to Malvasia to discuss a very important matter.

As for what the negotiation was about, she didn't know the specifics. She only knew that it should be about the Insight, and the two stayed in the room for a long time.

They went from dusk until dawn the next day when Malvasia came out from the twelfth floor of the tower.

It can be seen that the expression of this mysterious goblin wizard seems to be a little relaxed, and it seems that she had a pleasant conversation with Thorne this evening.

But Thorne's expression was very solemn. When he walked out of the room, he just explained to himself that he needed to find a quiet environment to be quiet, and then he went away and never came back until now.

During this half-month period, he did not attend the meeting of the five towns against the gnomes, nor did he attend the ceremony held by the priests of the Earth Mother Goddess to build a temple.

In short, he has disappeared for half a month. Although Andrina can easily determine his location through Taring, she knows that Thorne is a measured person, so she doesn't want to disturb him unless it is absolutely necessary. .

Strange people also include the goblin wizard Malvasia. When she saw Thorne leave, she spent a day making the tower spirit of the wizard tower overnight, and gave her the correct way to use it, and then chose to leave the waterfall. Go to town and return to your own horn town.

Before leaving, Andrina also saw the goblin wizard standing at the top of the tower staring in the direction of Winter City for a long time, sighing slightly from time to time.

The silent back reminded her of Malvasia's tears in the Sword Mound in Uptown.

This scene is so similar that it even overlaps.

Seeing the strange behavior of the two, Andrina felt inexplicably that something big was about to happen, but she couldn't guess what it was.

Now, there are still more than ten days before the decisive battle with the hobgoblins, and Thorne has been alone for half a month, so Andrina thinks it is time to get him back.

After all, in the war against the Hobgoblins in the Serenity Forest, the entire Wizard Tower had to practice a set of tactics with his cooperation.

"Taling, help me search for Thorne's trace." Anders Lena tapped the table lightly with her finger and ordered.

Immediately afterwards, a mechanical icy metal sound sounded: "Searching for the target... The target has been found.... The target is near the Emerald Tower... Coordinates x13, y56..."

"It turned out to be hiding here to steal leisure." Anderina glanced at the picture that flashed in the crystal ball, a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and then got up and walked downstairs.

There are not many people in the entire wizard tower. Apart from their own magic pets, there are only elf banshees and of course the half-elf ranger who rarely returns home.

The rest are the old troll butler who can come and go at will, and the little wizard Pardo, the mind flayer Vel'Koz, and the new drow elf Aamir, who are limited to the first three floors.

Andrina did not choose to use the teleportation spell, but walked towards the outside of the tower on foot.

When she walked to the fourth-floor plantation garden that looked like daylight, she paused for a while, and found that the old troll butler appeared here.

"Old housekeeper, why did you come back suddenly?" Anderina stepped forward and asked.

Seeing that the old troll housekeeper was about to salute her, she remembered the reminder that Thorne once gave her, so she quickly stopped it, so as not to let him see and say that she was feudal.

"The work of the gray dwarves in the ruined city has been settled by me, and the three little guys Pardo, Aamir, and Velks are also helping to mark the runes for the constructs. There is nothing to do today, Just come here and take care of these flowers and plants."

The old troll housekeeper held a small **** in his hand to dig out some flower seedlings and re-categorize them, and then replanted the flowers: "I don't know who planted these flowers, there is no pattern at all, it's too messy, every time I pass here, It hurts to look at me."

"..."

Andrina was at a loss for words for a while, because the old housekeeper was right, and she looked uncomfortable, but she didn't know how to garden, so she could only let it grow, and then said a little embarrassedly: "It was planted by Thorne. "

"Rangers are all masters of wilderness survival and forest-loving rangers, but in my opinion, this Thorne doesn't even know the most basic cultivation techniques and cooking food. No, he should know nothing about it."

Hearing Andrina's answer, the old housekeeper remembered the scene when Thorne set fire to the birch forest and was attacked by a black bird that night, while arranging the flower seedlings, he laughed and complained.

"Actually neither will I," Andrina thought to herself, but she didn't say it, but chose to explain to Thorne:

"That's because he is not good at this knowledge. You can see that, he is used to being a loner, and he has no interest in managing affairs. Therefore, the source of funds for the wizard tower can only rely on your old man. Yes. Of course, if you want to beat someone, you can find him, he's the best at that."

"I've seen it for a long time. When we escaped from Winter City together, I saw the general character of this person." The old housekeeper smiled and pondered: "It's not bad."

"Then take it easy, I want to go out." Anderina finished and continued to walk down.

The old troll housekeeper looked at the back of his young lady leaving, and finally swallowed all the words that came into his throat.

In fact, he wanted to mention to her the unclear relationship between Thorne and the half-elf girl, so that she could be a little off guard.

However, after thinking about it carefully, I felt that it was not appropriate, and I suppressed this idea again.

As a young man, he always has his own way of living, and it is not something that the old man should worry about.

Andrina walked through the woods on an uneven path, the twilight of the dusk cast on the ancient forest, the rosy light reminded her of the first time she explored the tower with Thorne, the corner of her mouth. Involuntarily, he evoked a smile, and his pace quickened a bit.

After a while, she saw his figure in a relatively open area deep in the forest.

I saw him lying on the green **** grass with his head and legs crossed in his hands, a small grass in his mouth, looking at the dim sky, the sun disappeared on the jagged horizon, and a dark orange light appeared in the sky.

"How long are you going to lie here?" Andrina sat down beside Thorne and complained, pretending to be unhappy, and then she said, "How is it, do you understand?"

"Not yet." Thorne sat up, spat out the grass in his mouth, shrugged helplessly, and said with a smile.

"Then what to do." Andrina looked into his eyes, she found that his face was full of smiles, and there was no expression of confusion hanging there at all, which made her a little angry to think that the other party was lying she.

So Andrina glared at him angrily, then turned her head away, showing a look like she didn't bother to pay attention to you.

"Seeing you here, I understand everything."

Thorne looked at the pretending to be angry sorceress, patted her on the shoulder, and explained with a smile.

Noticing the other party's relaxed look, he got up directly and stretched out his hand to pull Anderina up: "Come here and watch something with me."

"Look at what?" Andrina was successfully aroused curiosity.

After finishing speaking, they were dragged by Thorne to a hillside.

"Do you know where that flash was?" Thorne pointed to the south.

"Isn't it the wizard's tower in Winter City? What's so strange? I can see it every day on our tower." Andrina looked at Thorne puzzled.

Thorne met Andrina's gaze, smiled and nodded at her, then pulled her to sit on the lawn together, took her body into his arms, and gently stroked her cat-like soft back. Back, while looking up at the light of the wizard tower, he told her:

"A year ago, the lower part of the town of waterfalls was attacked by the hobgoblins. Although the people in the town relied on the terrain of the upper part of the town to successfully kill the hobgoblins, the half-elves and our compatriots in the whole town suffered heavy losses. There In this battle, I not only lost many friends, but also my dearest ranger mentor."

Andrina put her head on Thorne's chest, grabbed his other hand with both hands, and listened quietly.

"It was also the tragic battle that made me realize how powerless the pure ranger profession is. After I buried my ranger mentor, I sat alone in this place for a long time."

"You are no longer alone, and I am by your side." Andrina clenched Thorne's hand and answered softly.

Thorne kissed Andrina's forehead, and then said: "Now I remember very clearly how much I longed for great power when I sat here alone. At that time, the wizard's tower of Winter City was destroyed. The light suddenly became brighter in my eyes, and it felt like seeing a bright dawn in the deep darkness, constantly guiding me towards Winter City."

"Then you went to Winter City." Andrina nodded lightly.

"That's right, under the guidance of the light from the wizard's tower, I set off overnight, rushed towards Winter City, and met the old man and you who taught me the nine swords."

Thorne continued: "However, in the past few days, I don't know if it's my illusion or what's going on. I always feel that the light of the wizard tower is driving me towards Winter City again."

Hearing the words, Andrina got out of Thorne's arms and looked up in the direction of Winter City.

Seeing this, Thorne also looked over.

Suddenly, he found that the wizard tower seemed to sense his gaze, and the light became a little brighter, exactly the same as what he saw a year ago.

"I didn't find anything special." The two were silent for a long time, and Andersina shook her head slightly.

Except that the light is a little brighter than the stars, there is really nothing to find.

"I want to go to Winter City." Thorne thought about it, and finally said the decision he had considered for a long time.

Because this feeling is not only familiar to him, but also very impressive, so he has to face it up. He thinks that something must happen in Winter City, and he wants to go and see it.

"I'll go with you. With the assistance of Taring, I can now activate the teleportation array, so that if I come and go, it will be faster and will not delay time." Anderina thought about it seriously and turned to look to Thorne.

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