The mage arrives

Early the next morning, Gordon set off with Sigrid, the Phoenix knight and mobile key of the Phoenix family, and left Sea Cliff Castle for Qingmai Town in the south of the peninsula to meet the female druid Ivania.Its purpose, of course, is the elemental key called "The Key of the Blue Wind".

After arriving in the town, it was still the elder Pensa who was already familiar with Gordon who came to receive him.

I don't know if it's because of the illusion, but Gordon always feels that the old man is getting younger and younger. Compared with the last time we met, he is much more energetic, and his body no longer wobbles when he walks. As fast and powerful as a man.

In normal times, Gordon might still have some curiosity about this unusual change and explore it.But today, he didn't care about these things anymore.

Because Patriarch Aikan is missing.

During this period of time, the female druid has been devoting all her attention to those captives, and has made great achievements.Today, [-] Salois have given up their belief in the evil god Zehir and thrown themselves into the arms of the God of Nature.They took the family as the unit, formally surrendered, and then were placed in the saltwater swamp area southeast of Qingmai Town to open up wasteland and cultivate.

However, many Aikan people still have complaints about Vinia's policy of providing rations, tools, and land to the Salo people free of charge.The female druid is not only responsible for the naturalization of captives, but also resolves the conflict between the Aikan people and the Salo people.

After Gordon heard about the recent situation of the female druid from Pensa, although he felt a little guilty.But I don't regret my original decision.As the lord of the Haiwen Peninsula, if he wants to improve his control over the territory, he must not let Vinia continue to have too much influence among the Aikan people.

certainly.It's one thing not to want Vinya to have too much influence, but quite another to wipe her out with violence.Gordon had not yet had such insane thoughts.

When Pensa and several other elders who greeted him brought Gordon to the tree house where the female druid lived, they found that the room was in a mess, with traces of battle and blood, and the female druid.But nowhere to be found.

Seeing the scene in front of them, several Elkan elders all showed expressions of horror.They were all elders who had conflicts with the patriarch because of the captive issue, so when they heard that Gordon was coming to Qingmai Town.Come and greet me immediately.However, this contradiction is not to the point of using force, and they don't want to have an accident with the matriarch.

Seeing the reactions of these elders, Gordon ruled out the possibility of internal rebellion among the Aikan people.

Pensa's reaction was different.After the old man looked around the room, he turned his searching eyes to Gordon.

The latter could only shake his head with a wry smile.

Pensa was the only one who saw through Gordon's use of Saloi captives to weaken the authority of Patriarch Venia.So after Vinia's accident.He immediately took the object of suspicion.Locked on Gordon, who had a conflict of interest with the female druid.

But Pensa's position is a bit subtle.

When he saw through Gordon's plan, he didn't remind Vinya, but chose to remain silent.He even suggested that Gordon simply marry Vinia home, so as to completely control the Aikan people and obtain the right to use the key of the blue wind.

For this reason, he even wrote letters to Sea Cliff Castle more than once, expressing his willingness to speak in the middle about the marriage with Gordon and Vinia.

Judging from Pensa's series of behaviors.His ass didn't seem to sit either on the patriarch's side, Vinia, or on the Aican's side.On the contrary, it is more like a loyal lord's staff who always considers the maximization of Gordon's interests.

After seeing Gordon shaking his head, Pensa believed that the disappearance of the female druid was not caused by Gordon.The old man shouted "Quiet" angrily, and calmed down the other elders who were restless because of the disappearance of the matriarch.

"Don't be dazed, immediately send someone to look for the whereabouts of the patriarch. See if there are other things happening in the town. Let the lord handle it here. His spell will definitely solve the problem."

In the last battle against the Saloi, Gordon's spells left a deep impression on the Aikan.These ordinary people who don't know much about magic seem to have equated Gordon's spells with "omnipotence".So after Pensa spoke, the other elders temporarily calmed down and took action on their own.

"Elder Pensa, I'm just a mage, not a god—even a god can't solve all the problems. You think too highly of me."

"I don't think so." On Pensa's old face, a vibrant smile bloomed, "Lord Lord, I have confidence in you. You are different from other mages."

Gordon did not know where Pensa's inexplicable confidence in himself came from.He shook his head, and then, together with Sigrid, began to carefully investigate the messy tree house.

Although there was a lot of blood in the room, which looked shocking, Gordon was not too worried.Because when he entered the room just now, he felt a faint aura of chaos from the blood stains.

These bloodstains should be left by some kind of abyssal creature, not the female druid herself.

In addition, Sigrid also relied on Elling's special ability to sense elemental energy to detect a large amount of remnants of cold attribute and flame attribute energy in the room.

Druid's spells belong to the category of divine spells, which are fundamentally different from the most obvious residue of arcane spellcasting.

There was no body of Vinya in the house, nor were there any fine particles after the human body was decomposed by the disintegration technique, which meant that Vinya was probably still alive.

So the conclusion is easy to come to: a mage who is good at summoning demonic creatures and using evocation spells broke into the tree house, and after a battle, took the female druid away.

Soon, the elders who went out to search the entire Qingmai Town brought further evidence to prove Gordon's inference.

The same missing person this morning was the young man named Alva.Gao registered that the young and energetic guy was once the "general" of the Aikan people, but he suffered a big defeat in the battle with the half-snake mercenaries, and then disappeared.

For Gordon, the only focus of this small role is his relationship with Vinia.To the female druid, he is like a younger brother.

In addition, the Key of the Blue Wind, which is a sacred object of the Aikan people, has also disappeared.

Connecting these clues together, Gordon already had a clear thread in his mind.

A powerful mage kidnapped Venia, and forced the female druid to take the key of blue wind with Alva's life. (.)