The sudden question made Lin En stunned for a moment.

As several figures gradually approached, Lynn recognized the leader at a glance. It was the person he was looking for this time - Johnny.

The girl wrapped in the black robe was about twenty years old, with strange long silver-gray hair and bright sapphire blue eyes.

Perhaps because he had been hiding from place to place all day, Johnny had become much thinner and his face looked sickly pale compared to the last time they met.

"I don't understand what you mean, Johnny!" Lynn's tone was extremely firm, without the slightest wavering. With all the memories of his previous life, he was very sure that Carl had not done anything to betray him.

At most, it's just something you think about in your mind, otherwise there's no need to worry and hide in the slums.

"Where is your sword?" the gray-haired witch continued to question.

Only then did Lynn notice that Johnny's eyes were fixed on the sword he was holding. After a moment of thought, he immediately understood what went wrong.

"The weapon in your hand is the one commonly used by witch hunters!" Buck, the tall and strong wizard apprentice at the side, said excitedly.

"Of course, this is my trophy. Any problem, Buck?" Lynn replied calmly, but cold sweat broke out on his back.

He had been carrying such a time bomb all these days! Of course, he couldn't be blamed for not being careful enough. After all, his dagger had been left in the house in the slums. It would be hard to just throw away the ready-made weapon in front of him, right?

The most important thing is that there is no information in Carl's memory that "Witch Hunters are equipped with standard weapons."

Judging from the fact that he had not encountered any trouble these days, there should be very few people who knew this information, but this obviously could not be hidden from Old Hawke in the Drunkard Tavern.

No wonder the other party used various reasons to shirk his test when he was buying Guluo wine. The information that he had the witch hunter's sword must have been passed on to Johnny and the others by Old Hawke.

"War booty? You mean you killed a witch hunter and took his sword?" Buck sneered. "Karl, if I remember correctly, you can't even master the most basic first-level magic, Ice Blade... You might as well find a more appropriate excuse."

As the running dogs of the Holy See, those who are chosen as witch hunters are the elite among the elite, with skills far beyond ordinary people. They usually act in teams of several people, and even official wizards will have a headache when encountering them.

For apprentices like them, being able to escape with their lives was a blessing.

"Sometimes strength isn't everything, Buck!" Lin En shook his head. "Besides, the last time we met was four months ago, right?"

As he spoke, Lin En stretched out his hand, and the hydrogen and oxygen in the air around him were stripped away, then quickly cooled down and condensed into shape.

Almost in an instant, a diamond-shaped ice blade appeared in front of everyone. It had a strange shape but was full of strange beauty.

Several wizard apprentices present were stunned for a moment. This was not because they were surprised by the unprecedented shape of the ice blade, but because Lin En's casting speed was too fast! You know, before becoming a formal wizard, you can't record the corresponding spell slots in your brain, so how to quickly complete the complicated casting steps and increase the casting speed becomes a big problem.

After all, in a real battle, the enemy will not wait foolishly for you to finish casting a spell. An ordinary wizard apprentice will be qualified if he can complete the preparation for casting a spell within two seconds.

However, Lin En compressed the entire process into about one second, probably for the pursuit of pure speed. The shape of the ice blade was not a perfect Kelu configuration, but it was enough to attract the attention of everyone present.

“Also, I don’t think the Holy See will allow a wizard to become a witch hunter and give him corresponding weapons…” Lin En objected again without waiting for everyone to come to their senses.

Buck was completely speechless. The Church had always been a stickler for killing wizards like them. Allowing a wizard who was "corrupted by the devil" to become a witch hunter was simply a blasphemy against God...

The other wizard apprentices obviously understood this truth and their hostility towards Lin En was somewhat restrained.

Johnny did not lower his guard, but looked at one of them and asked, "Have you explored the area? White Pigeon?"

"No one is surrounding this place..." The man who spoke shrank his body into his black robe and replied timidly.

After getting an accurate reply, Johnny turned around and said to Lynn apologetically, "I'm sorry, Carl, the situation is urgent and we have to be careful."

"So, you are just suspecting me and are ready to kill me without any evidence?" Lin En asked.

"I assure you, the magic just now was just a test. No one wants to hurt their companions!" Johnny explained solemnly.

Lin En stared into the girl's blue eyes and did not see any evasion or lies in them, but when he was attacked before, he definitely felt the danger.

However, considering that his suspicion had not been completely cleared and his perception was not 100% reliable, Lin En did not reveal this information in public.

Compared to the other apprentices, he had followed Kelu for the shortest time and was the least trustworthy one! After a pause, Lin En suppressed his unhappiness and asked again. "Did something happen? I need an explanation..."

"Come with me first. This is not the place to chat. The battle just now might expose our whereabouts!" Johnny looked at Lynn apologetically, and then called on everyone to return to the base under the cover of night.

When the full moon hung high above his head, a desolate and dilapidated village appeared in front of Lynn.

"During the last conquest war of the Duke of Nordland, this village was massacred by a group of mercenaries who sneaked in. Now, apart from us, there are only a group of wild beasts left here." Johnny sighed and then whispered to himself. "These damn nobles, damn the church, damn war!"

Lin En looked at Johnny with a little surprise. He was not surprised by the girl's words, but everyone present was probably of noble origin. Is that really a good thing? Although he had an inexplicable aversion to the nobles, Johnny still chose a noble manor as the location for his temporary residence.

After experiencing the ravages of war, the huge manor has long lost its former glory. The entire main house looks shaky, with ruins and broken walls everywhere.

The inside of the house wasn't much better; the dilapidated walls were covered with cobwebs, the overturned chairs were covered with thick dust, and the air was filled with a rotten smell.

But this is the residence of the nobles after all. In order to cope with war, the huge main house is almost a small castle. There are several sentry posts and even an independent drainage canal. In other words, at least they don’t have to worry about drinking water here.

After entering the manor, Lin En soon saw the wizard apprentice who stayed in the castle—Barton! Compared with his sturdy brother Buck, Barton was almost another counterexample. He could only be described as skinny, as if a gust of wind would knock him down.

Johnny and everyone else moved the debris to the door and sealed it again. Then, before Lynn asked, he took the initiative to speak.

"Kent is dead!"

Who is Kent?

Lynn was stunned for a moment, and after searching his memory, he remembered that Kent was the third disciple accepted by Kelu and the only wizard apprentice who was not present. He didn't expect that this guy was dead.

Special abilities?

Lin En subconsciously looked at the wizard apprentice named Bai Ge.

She looked too young, perhaps only thirteen or fourteen years old, not even as tall as his shoulders, with sparse freckles on her yellow face and messy hair. She was squatting in a corner, feeding a few gray crows.

Lin En's thoughts quickly connected it to the crow's cry he heard in the tavern, and he guessed that the other party must have some kind of magic that could control animals.

"I suspect that someone betrayed our information, which is why the Holy See was able to find our hiding place so accurately." Johnny said worriedly.

"Then how many people know where our hiding place is?" Lin En asked the most crucial question.

As wizards hunted and suppressed by the Vatican, they would never reveal their whereabouts at will, which means that there must be very few people who know about it, and all we need to do is to use the process of elimination.

Johnny was silent for a while, then shook his head. "Normally, we should be the only ones who know about this."

"Could it be the teacher..." Buck at the side asked hesitantly.

"Absolutely not!" Johnny's eyes narrowed and he scolded in a decisive tone.

Buck shut up immediately.

Lin En didn't dwell on this question too much, but instead asked the second question that he was most concerned about.

"So what's our plan next?"

Lin En vaguely regretted coming to find these wizard apprentices. He originally thought that although Johnny and others were being hunted, at least the internal situation was stable. Even if they could not lead him to find another official wizard, they could still be a good help.

However, this now seems not to be the case.

If Johnny doesn't have a reliable enough plan to escape the Vatican's pursuit, he will just look for an opportunity to leave the group.

For Lin En, it is safer to act alone than to follow a group of stupid teammates.

Buck and Will also looked at Johnny, and even the white dove stopped feeding the gray crow.

During the time when they were being hunted by the Vatican, they asked the same question more than once, but Johnny always evaded the question and insisted on waiting until all of them were present before he would reveal it.

Johnny did not hide anything this time and responded calmly. "After that, we will take a boat across the foggy sea and head to the wizard's land - Greenriel!"

"Does the wizard land really exist?" Will, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked. "But I've heard that outside the Sea of ​​Mist is a land of death, and those who go out to sea will never come back."

"Yes, I've been there with my mentor. It's a territory that belongs exclusively to wizards. There's no influence from the Church and no witch hunters. Everyone can study magic freely there!" Johnny said firmly.

"This sounds as wonderful as Ella's holy land." Barton murmured softly. He really couldn't imagine a world where wizards were not hunted and could cast spells freely. It could only be described as a dream.

It is like the holy land of Ella described in the Bible, a place that only the most devout believers can reach after death.

There is no illness or aging, and everyone can live in a spacious manor and enjoy the meticulous care of the dream elves.

In the Holy Land, the rivers flow with fine wine, the wheat fields automatically produce full ears of wheat without the need for cultivation, and every tree branch is hung with juicy steaks...

"Ella doesn't like wizards..."

The white dove squatting in the corner said weakly, interrupting Patton's fantasy.

"Then how do we get there?" Will asked anxiously.

Johnny hesitated for a moment, but still answered truthfully. "Ur Town is very close to the harbor of Nordland. We can take a ship there. I think... Lame Lord should be able to help us."

Laud?

Lin En couldn't help but be a little surprised, because Old Hawke, the owner of the Drunkard Tavern, had mentioned this name to him before.

Rumor has it that when he was young, Lame Lord worked as a pirate for several years and made a name for himself. However, his leg was broken during a robbery of a merchant ship, and he escaped by pretending to be dead.

However, it was this experience that changed Lord's luck. After that great battle, most of the big leaders of the pirate gang were killed, and Lord, who was lucky enough to survive, became the pirate leader very smoothly.

However, this guy did something out of character and did not continue to rob. Instead, he started a legitimate business. Now he controls the wine trade between Ur and the seaport. He can be said to be the biggest local tyrant west of the entire Nordland Territory.

When thinking about the various rumors in the market, Lin En immediately realized that the so-called wine trade run by the other party was just a disguise, and the real main business should be maintaining the connection between the wizarding land and the outside world.

"In any case, we must hurry up, as the road to the wizard's land will only be opened briefly on Sundays." Johnny quickly drew the long sword from his waist, drew the location of Ur Town and the harbor on the ground, and marked the route of action with sword marks.

"We will set out early tomorrow morning and go around Mount Codesso. It shouldn't attract attention. According to the astrological signs, this year's Sunday will last for five days. We will definitely make it in time!"

Johnny explained the general plan, and seeing that Lynn and the others had memorized it, he used a fireball to destroy all the engraved images.

"That's all for tonight!" Johnny looked around at everyone in the light of the fire and added, "White Dove, I'll leave the night watch to you. Let Carl carry you on his back tomorrow."

Why me? Lin En, whose name was called, rubbed his nose, feeling extremely depressed. They really were bullying the newbies, weren't they?

(PS: I can’t find a suitable place to end the chapter, so I will post two chapters together today.) 　Thanks to book friends 20180222162706940, Miao Shi Yi Hui, dsf23dd, and I’m Really Lonely with You for the reward of 100 Qidian coins.

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