Kobold Wizard's Journal

Chapter 88 Sunset and Darkness

"Sir Ruge, please don't blame her. Myrtle hasn't gotten a good rest these past few days because of me," Master Lorigo said, covering his head. He was surprisingly the first to wake up. He continued, "When I was a child, I drank some potions prepared by my family. I think they had some effect."

The red-haired woman gradually calmed down. She looked around, covered her forehead and summoned an emerald green gem. The gem rose and fell, circled around her, and then stayed in her ear, whispering something as if it could speak. She listened attentively, her face changed, and she waved her hand to send the emerald green gem away.

Myrtle looked at Ruger, breathed a sigh of relief, and took a step forward.

"Thank you, Lord Ruge." She bowed respectfully, maintaining the posture for a while before raising it.

"Thank you for your guidance," Myrtle said, brushing her long red hair back. "The way a Gem Summoner cultivates his spiritual power is very unique. I was so eager to contract more gems that I was a little irrational."

Ruger waved his hand and continued to savor this wonderful insect milk tea.

The camp seemed to have returned to normal. Lorigo and Myrtle sat aside in silence while the mercenaries dismantled their tents. They looked at Ruger with even more fear in their eyes, not knowing what was going on.

The tent was quickly dismantled, two bug cars were brought over, and everyone started on their journey home again.

The creaking shaking sound is still so sleep-inducing.

Luger looked calm with his eyes half closed.

Perhaps, the book about the relics told by the ancestors that Master Lorigo was shown to him was deliberately shown to him by someone from the beginning to the end. That person knew what he was interested in, or perhaps the contents of the book were all false.

Perhaps the series of misfortunes frightened the mercenary group. After obtaining the consent of their employer, they decided to continue without stopping and complete the final journey in one breath.

Luger didn't mind, he just wanted to sleep more as the rocking time became longer.

He dozed off all the way, and while half asleep and half awake, he felt that the light in front of his eyes gradually became brighter. It was an extremely slow transition, so slow that it was obviously from dark to light but it did not feel abrupt at all. He was even half asleep and half awake and did not notice it at first.

He opened his eyes. The mercenaries seemed tireless, and the light around him had gradually reached the level of sunset. This was rare in this world. Large areas of land could be seen very clearly, and even the details of the edges of some ditches and bumps could be seen.

Some mercenaries began covering their eyes with strips of cloth.

It is said that some people who were born and raised in the Abyss Cave area, if they want to live in the Catacombs City one day, need to get a bottle of eye-catching potion first, so that their eyes can be reborn and adapt to the light there. People who drink the potion will leave a circle mark around their pupils. Even if they become nobles or powerful extraordinary people, they will be maliciously talked about behind their backs. It is not until the second generation of the family is born without the circle on their eyes that they can be considered to have taken root in the city and be truly accepted by the Catacombs City.

The mercenary team gradually stopped, and a town came into view in the distance. It was time to say goodbye to these people who exchanged their lives for money.

Ruger got off the bug car. He also had to say goodbye to the little bug, which was not used to running in the light.

He looked at the town in the distance, which seemed to be under the setting sun, waiting for the master and servant to complete the final negotiations with the mercenary group.

"Let's go, Lord Ruge. It's getting dark. Let's go into the town and rest. Thank you for agreeing to my invitation." The handsome young man came over and said.

Ruger was brought back to his senses by Master Lorigo. The fact that he was standing here, waiting to go with him, naturally showed his answer.

Looking at those mercenaries, they didn't even go into the town to rest. They fled from the young master from the Cave City as quickly as possible as if they were avoiding the plague.

The three of them walked slowly towards the town under the setting sun.

"Sir Luger, please take this little thing with you. Your appearance is too special, and this can help you avoid some troubles."

Master Lorigo handed over a metal badge with stars and a sword chiseled on it.

"Wear it, and you'll be a guest of the Star Family, avoiding encounters with foolish, reckless, and rude people," Lorigo said, curling his lips. "There's no shortage of such people in this world. Believe me, even if you're a noble spellcaster, you wouldn't want to deal with them." "Thank you."

Ruger thanked the young master for his attentiveness, reached out to take the badge, and put it on his wizard robe without hesitation.

He noticed that the red-haired beauty next to him had a hint of envy in her eyes when she saw him take the badge.

The roads in the town are also paved with the same hard stones as those in Yuanku Town, but children can be seen running and playing on the roadside. The energy and vitality are far better than those in the towns in Yuanku District. The people coming and going are no longer so ferocious, and the smell on the street is also slightly better.

Ruger removed his hood and twitched his ears, causing nearby children to gasp in surprise. Some fled in terror, while others tried to follow, their legs trembling as they raced. In the end, their parents, with profuse apologies, carried them away. Passersby, seeing the emblem on his chest, would panic and move out of his way. This made him seem even more impressive than the real owner, Master Lorrigo, who was standing beside him.

"Sir Ruge, there's a nice tavern up ahead. I used to sneak out and sit there."

Master Lorigo said as he led the way, with the two spellcasters following behind him.

The young master seemed to have shaken off his gloom, and was in high spirits, even walking with a much lighter step. In Ruger's opinion, the gloom in the young master's heart these days was not just the failure of the ruins expedition, nor the anticlimactic assassination attempt, but rather the suspicion of the people around him, or the distress after guessing their identities.

The tavern that Master Lorrigo pointed out was right in front of them. Suddenly, the ground vibrated and dozens of knights riding six-legged underground beasts rushed over from the main road of the town.

Red-haired Myrtle started to get a little nervous, but then gradually relaxed.

Ruger glanced at the young man next to him and saw that he was calm, so he knew that the problem was not serious.

The leader of the knights took the lead and was the first to rush to the corner of the street. He pulled the reins of his beast suddenly, causing the beast to growl and turn around to stop.

"Master Lorigo, the Baron asked me to take you back."

The knight's voice was meticulous, without a hint of inquiry. His eyes from beneath the slit in his helmet focused on Ruger, then looked at the emblem on his wizard robe.

……

In a dim room.

"I've been waiting to hear from you."

A young man's voice rang out in the room. His dissatisfaction could be sensed from his tone, but despite his dissatisfaction, his voice remained steady.

"We did what we had to do..."

"So my people were the only ones who died?"

"We also have many believers who have completed their journey to salvation..."

"I remember you promised that a bishop would take action. Can't both bishops do it?"

"The two bishops did not take action. There was a wizard beside him. You didn't mention this before. This is your fault and your sin..."

"Wizard? I once hanged a guy who was so arrogant as to dare to offend me. That guy was also a wizard."

"That's different, that's just an ordinary wild wizard..."

(End of this chapter)