High Above

"Don't you know almost as much as I do?"

Ian looked at Xiou with a smile, causing his expression to gradually change, from indignation to shame caused by the self-exposure in ten seconds.

Xiou sighed, sat back on the log, continued to eat the stone barbecue, and said helplessly: "Okay, I admit that I know all this... but there is no malice, and I didn't deliberately track you."

"Anfa and I have known each other for a long time. We are pen pals. He made an appointment with me to meet in a small town west of Indigo Mountain, but the deadline for the agreed time has not been reached in the past three days, so I had to set out to look for him."

——You also said that I lied. Didn’t you also lie in the same way?

Ian was not moved by this rhetoric at all, and even felt like laughing in his heart: "It's exactly the same as Anfa. It's all real information with a lot of fake news that sounds real - the fact that they are pen pals I’m not lying, and the language habits are too similar.”

And if you look carefully, Ian can still see the traces of Anfa's appearance on Xiou's face. They obviously have a close relationship, and they can even borrow their faces, but for some reason they have lost the way to contact each other.

etc.

The young man's heart suddenly moved.

——This dragon in front of me claims to be Anfa’s friend.

——The dragon flying out of the Baisen Mountains.

——In Nauman City, because of the competition for the ‘precious things’ of the Dragon Worship Cult.

——And finally, Anfa, who claimed to have come to travel and investigate the ancient culture of the mountain people...

Anfa claimed that he came to Nanling for clues about ancient indigenous culture and pre-era civilization. This was indeed not a lie, Ian could see it.

but.

From the Lost Era to four hundred years ago, wasn’t the god worshiped by the mountain people a fifth-level ancient dragon, the ‘Qiang Steel Dragon’?

"No, it can't be?"

He was startled. Although Ian did not reveal any flaws on the surface, the sequence of actions of Anfa and Sister Yingguang could not help but emerge in his mind: "Anfa is related to the Dragon Worship Cult? This is not very surprising. .”

"Is it possible that Sister Yingguang is actually following Anfa's whereabouts??

Because the Dragon Worshiping Cult in Nanling has been active recently, it is a normal inference that the Huaiguang Church has pinned the possibility of missing persons on the Dragon Worshiping Cult.

However, Sister Yingguang accidentally found the whereabouts of Anfa related to the Dragon Worship Cult, so she ignored other suspicious areas and came to Laian Territory.

Before Ian left the Ryan Territory, he also talked with Sister Yingguang. He knew that there were many places on the Agate Stone Plain that were more likely to cause disappearances than the Ryan Territory, but Sister Yingguang ignored them all the way and came directly. To this place.

Because the matter was confidential, Sister Yingguang did not tell Ian the reason for her actions. She only said that she had solid and reliable clues and followed them all the way, so she could find the evidence that Baron Ryan was evil at the first time.

At that time, the young man was still thinking that the intelligence power of Huaiguang Church was so powerful that it could find the true source so directly.

But now it seems...

"I'm afraid it's not the blind cat that bumped into the dead mouse, but the whole thing!"

Ian shook his head slightly, and now the clues became clear.

If nothing unexpected happened, Anfa should be related to the Dragon Worship Cult. He traveled all the way south just to meet the dragon pen pal in front of him who called himself Xiou.

Because he is really a researcher of indigenous civilization, he planned to visit the Leian Territory, a symbol of the integration of mountain people and the empire, but was blocked by a sharp-clawed tiger halfway.

Immediately afterwards, Sister Yingguang, who noticed that Anfa was related to the Dragon Worship Cult, also arrived in Ryan Territory, which made Baron Ryan feel incredibly happy - he thought Sister Yingguang would take a long time. Only then could I find myself here, so I was not prepared at all and became nervous and alert.

Coupled with his own arrival and the movement caused by the Dragon Worship Cult in Nauman City, which attracted all the personnel of the Academy of Gnosis, this series of factors made the Baron determined to start planning as soon as possible.

Immediately afterwards, Anfa noticed something was wrong with Lian Lian, and after meeting with him, he ran away directly.

Sister Yingguang made a mistake and solved the source of the disappearance case with Ian.

Everyone was misunderstanding, but it just solved the whole problem.

But now, after everything has settled, the elf bachelor may have noticed that Sister Yingguang was following her all the way, or he really felt that the atmosphere in Nanling was wrong, so he hid completely, so he disappeared and even broke off the relationship. means of communication with the outside world.

With such elements superimposed, it became clear that this dragon, which was probably related to the Dragon Worship Cult, controlled a remote prosthetic body. He ran over and asked himself, this person who was probably the last person to see Anfa, if he knew where the elf had gone. .

Well, the current chaos in Nauman City should also be added.

If Anfa is really related to the Dragon Worship Cult, he may have noticed the chaos in the city in advance, so he set off early.

Even...he was one of the 'changes in destiny' caused by himself?

"I think you should go into the mountains and have a look."

With that said, Ian took a spoonful of broth and drank it, feeling the heat soaking through his body.

He said to Xio, who had already sat back on the log with a thoughtful look on his face: "He always said that he wanted to study the culture of the mountain people, and aren't you a mountain people? You guys probably staggered - he went into the mountain and you went down. , it’s that simple, that’s why you can’t find it.”

"Yes."

With a word that woke up the dreamer, Xiou opened his eyes wide and showed a sudden expression: "I just said that I have been chasing him for so long, and he is not fast. We should have met long ago..."

"I see, thank you very much, guide knight, please allow me to take my leave first!"

"Thank you for the pine cone boar you hunted. It was a hearty meal." Ian watched the other person stand up and lead the pony away. He smiled and picked up the steak in his hand and said, "I really won't leave any." Come on, have you finished this meal?"

"No, thank you for your help." At this point, the red-haired 'mountain man' seemed to remember something. He turned his head and looked at Ian.

Xio smiled and raised his hand, raised a finger, and lowered his voice mysteriously: "I almost forgot, in order to express my gratitude, I want to tell you a very crucial piece of information."

"Besides me, there is someone else following you from a distance."

"And that person obviously has bad intentions."

Saying this, Xiou waited to see Ian's reaction - this guy's face was full of 'Come and ask me to help you! ’ His expression was like a big cat without any bad intentions.

It's easier to read than Isengard.

"Thanks for the tip."

The corners of the young man's mouth curled up, but he didn't react at all: "I will be careful."

The red-haired 'mountain man' felt quite bored and left muttering, but he still praised Ian's cooking skills before leaving.

After the other party left, Ian suppressed his smile. As he ate the steak, he was thinking about Xio's last words.

——In addition to this guy, there is another person with malicious intentions who is following him.

But it's just the second level.

Of course he knew this, but compared to the light cyan light, the purple light was certainly not very eye-catching.

But the other party followed him all the way, but never made a move... This made Ian not sure whether he needed to take the initiative to expose the other party.

"Is it the Gnostic Academy? Or the Noble Court? They probably want to get clues about the deputy section chief from me, but they can't be sure whether I know it, so they are just looking for opportunities halfway - after all, I He is also a knight, and if he accidentally makes a scene, everyone will look bad."

Ian deduced the enemy's target and observed it with a frost butterfly, and found that there was always a faint red color lingering around him.

Obviously, no matter what kind of handling method is used, the existence that follows him will definitely take action against him. There will be a battle between the two sides, and there will be certain risks.

unless……

Arrive at Twintree Town by yourself.

The light red and purple mist remains, signaling the coexistence of danger and opportunity.

"interesting."

Throwing the finished bones into the fire, Ian laughed: "I want to see what kind of 'opportunity' there is in Twin Tree Town."