"I'm really wondering if we're out for an adventure or just a walk in the park."
Jared grumbled as he looked at the view in front of him. Caroline sat beside him and laughed, saying nothing. The two carriages traveled along the rough mountain road, and Jared, who couldn't stand the sight of all the women in the carriages, had to come out for air. All went well after that, and the Dark Tower didn't seem to say anything about the man's death. According to the words of the Lord of the Heavens, the master of the Tower of Darkness didn't even bother to care about ... the fools who were revolted by the spirit of magic, so there was no need to pay attention to them, and it seemed that this was the other side's original words. Of course, Jared could not discuss human rights issues with the other party.
The end result was exactly as expected, with Tawana as the leader of the team. Of course, this was in name only, but in reality it was Jared and Caroline who were basically in charge. Guardians and wizards were on equal footing, so it wasn't controversial for them to lead the team instead of Tawana. For Jared, that wasn't the problem, it was the fact that he just couldn't stay in the carriage.
When Jared was assigned, Tawana and Kelly were the only ones in the car. But for some reason, the silver-haired rider, Serenity, insisted on being in the car, too. So, as the saying goes, three women make a man, and Jared couldn't stand the noise of 1,500 ducks any longer, so he left the carriage under the guise of a scouting trip. That's how he escaped their verbal bombardment. It was at this point that Jared realized once again how good Caroline was. Her silence and quietness at all times was far better than the three of them in the compartment.
(However, be careful and watch out, according to Tawana, this path is not so peaceful either.)
Caroline's two-colored pupils swept around, looking around while admiring the scenery, making sure there was no danger before she said to Jared.
Indeed, right off the bat, Tawana showed she wasn't useless.
According to the original schedule, it would take three to four days to reach the Forest of the Undead from the City of Lilies. But Tawana, who was born in a family of traveling merchants, obviously had a different view on this, because Florence was a traveling merchant, he was also very familiar with many unofficial transportation routes - after all, traveling merchants do not only do legitimate business, there are some illegitimate existences, which are not so obvious to the light of day. Many of these Tavana herself had memorized, and so she pointed out a new route to the group - a deserted one, once not often traveled by the travelers of the Forest of the Dead. With luck, they would be able to follow it to the Forest of the Dead in just a day and a night.
If you want a shortcut, you have to pay for it.
According to Tawana's statement, the monsters here are also very much, so much so that there is not even the point of thieves, after all, even if you snatch the gold and silver treasure, you have to have the life to spend it, is not it?
But right now, there didn't seem to be any magical creatures here. There weren't even any animals to be seen, but Jared had found a couple of abandoned nests, and judging by the size of them, they'd been there for a while.
(Presumably the animals have all gone to the Forest of the Dead.)
Caroline's reasoning was not without merit, the forest was alive and well, and while humans were still wary and skeptical of such an unusual development, the animals clearly relied on their instincts. It was only natural that they would leave if they sensed a better place to hunt than the present.
"That said ..."
Jared turned his head and gazed at the second wagon following him, and noticing his glance, the driver raised his head and waved at him ... This guy Jared didn't like at all.
"What do you think this guy is doing here, anyway."
In fact, the guardian represented by the Tower of Heaven is no other than Stephen, who had an inexplicable fight with Jared that day and ended up losing both of them.
He's obviously the Guardian of the Lord of the Heavens, yet his appearance in this place is really suspicious.
And Jared realized that the rest of the four towers weren't all that friendly with the man, which was a big reason why Serenity didn't want to ride in the second wagon, as he was said to be not only eccentric, but also a womanizer, and it seemed that he'd been with a few women in the City of Lilies, and abandoned many more. But this man is also very cunning, he will only pick those who have little power and good-looking girls to start. It's a matter of choice, so there's no point in breaking up. Though rumor has it that he did it because Steven courted the Lord of the Heavens and was rebuffed. In the end, he had to resort to this way to appease his youthful excitement ... but it's none of his business. But frivolous playboys are frowned upon by women, and it just so happens that several of the wizards here are women.
But what made Jared very dissatisfied was that this guy showed unusual interest in Caroline as soon as he arrived. After all, not only Caroline's outstanding beauty, especially her rare double-colored pupils are very easy to attract the attention of the opposite sex. Fortunately, Caroline was unable to speak. So after saying all the sweet words, but also can only get nodded or shook his head in response to Stephen finally had no choice but to give up. And Caroline also put Jared the "fiancé" to the front of the stage, which Stephen had to pay more attention. Molesting a girl is also a matter of picking the soft one, and when faced with an opponent who is almost equal to you, it is wise to give up.
Jared naturally do not believe that he will follow purely because of the beauty of this place is more, in addition to Caroline, Serenity and Kelly, if regardless of personality, just look at the words, indeed can be called on the range of beauty. In fact, Jared had noticed earlier, in addition to that like to use white cloth to wrap themselves with mummies like the Lord of the sky, met several magicians can be basically considered beautiful and very beautiful, which makes Jared had to maliciously speculate that the so-called magic of the Spirit is not really a hobby of any kind. ...
Of course, Kelly gave him a completely different answer.
"It's not about looks, it's about temperament."
She answered rightly.
"Communicating with the Spirit of Magic requires a very sincere heart, and ... a very strong will, and I don't know how it is perceived by males, but for every wizard, communication with the Spirit of Magic will be based on a confrontation with the ego. That's why every full-fledged wizard has a different, yet distinct, aura. Basically, a lot of male wizards will act very manly after stepping on this threshold, and female wizards are expected to be the same."
Does the inside change the outside?
This world's magic comes with beauty benefits?
Jared was fine with it, but I think Caroline might be a little upset, after all, no woman is too pretty for her own good.
All the way smooth, according to this walking method as long as a day and a night can reach the Forest of the Dead, but the problem is that no one in the middle of the night is still stupid to rush, here there is no train or other means of transportation, a wake up has arrived at a few hundred miles away from their own. So after sunset, the people had to stop and camp as a matter of course.
By the way, the most popular of the wizards is the silver-haired girl knight Serenity. Although she doesn't know why she summoned a water sprite when she was born in the Tower of Hiran, it's normal that a wizard who can freely manipulate water is popular among women who are traveling long distances and sleeping in the middle of nowhere, after all, a day without bathing is like the end of the world. After all, for women, a day without a bath is like the end of the world.
Serenity showed "limited" resistance to the idea of her water sprite summoning magic being used in such a way, but in the end she couldn't resist the temptation of taking a bath - it seems that in the eyes of those who study magic, especially women, it's not good enough to be sacred without solving a real problem! It seems that in the eyes of those who study magic, especially women, it's impossible to be sacred without solving practical problems.
"That's pretty discriminatory, don't you think?"
Jared was bored and building a fire while preparing dinner for the crowd when that annoying voice came back.
"I don't care, I'll just jump in the river and wash it off."
He replied without looking back, not even bothering to look at the other man.
"But if you want to go snooping around, ask my sword first."
"Wanna be an escort?"
There was a hint of provocation in Stephen's voice .
"If Caroline isn't with them it's fine with me if you want to look at it any way you want, whether they have a problem with it I don't know."
Jared still did not turn around, from the very beginning of his impression of this man is not good, especially this guy is still a dead face like pestering Caroline and Tawana ... this guy actually not even let go of the little girl? He will not have that kind of tendency right.
"Honestly, I'm surprised you came out on a field trip with us instead of guarding the Lord of Cthulhu."
Another reason for Jared's alarm was that at Vito's dinner party, Caroline had overheard a conversation between Vito and this man. Apparently, there was something wrong with the man. He didn't like people with problems. And since the representative of the Tower of the Sky was a student of the Lord of the Sky, it was probably not out of the goodness of her heart that she had offered to give the victory to Tawana, so Jared had kept his distance from them without making any mistakes.
"Kid, don't think that just because you can withstand a few of my swords, you're qualified to speak here."
Steven's tone had turned sinister, a far cry from the polite manner in which he had behaved in front of the ladies. Jared finally stood up, turned his head to stare at the man, he was staring viciously at Jared, at the same time reached out and stroked his neck, apparently remembering the previous battle, Jared brought his own injuries. It could be said that if the wound had been a few inches deeper, there would have been no need for the two to be standing here talking.
"I can do more than just block a few of your swords."
Jared laughed coldly, gazing at Steven with mockery. This wasn't Lilypaw City, this wasn't the Academy, this wasn't a public place.
"If you want, I can make you disappear from the world forever."
"Are you okay?"
Steven's eyes narrowed with undisguised anger and disgust.
"You're more than welcome to try."
Jared didn't even meet his challenge, but smiled with the confidence and patience of a small child just learning to use a sword.
Steven reached out and gripped the hilt, but he finally let go.
Highly powerful people have good self-control, how could it be because of this one or two sentences of provocation to make a move.
"This is not the time for us to get up in arms."
He stared at Jared and educated him instead.
"Your personal grudge and mine will be discussed after the mission is completed, and at that time, I will make you regret it."
"I promise you will never regret it ."
Jared, of course, wasn't going to give up on that, and he followed up with.
"Dead men don't regret."
Steven's face changed slightly, as if he wanted to laugh, but couldn't. Then he turned away.