Shut up, brave man! I don't want to atone for my sins to you!

Upon hearing this, Charles came closer to Laciel, gently grasped her hand, and whispered:

"Now that the five of us are here, let me repeat it again..."

"There's an emergency in Lentiheim, which could be a big problem - a big problem similar to what happened in Diesel. We don't know exactly what happened, but what we can confirm is that we may have to change our plans and go to Lentiheim next."

Several people had different reactions when they heard this.

Godot had no objection and even whistled excitedly:

"That's great. I've heard that the elves in Lentiheim are all extremely beautiful. I want to go and see them. I just don't know if the elves are willing to marry humans."

Joseph responded reliably:

"Okay, then I will go collect information about Lentiheim later, but don't hold your hopes too high, because those elves rarely communicate with the outside world."

Xi Rui remained silent:

"receive."

Finally, Charles looked at Rachel, and Rachel, without hesitation, grabbed Charles' hand and interlocked their fingers.

Humph, want to escape?

She wouldn't let Charles get away.

Ciel understood her answer and smiled faintly, then turned around and announced to all members of the team:

"Then let us be ready to set off at any time..."

"The target is - Lentiheim."

[To be continued]

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17. Unrecognizable

Changing plans temporarily can even be a good thing in some ways.

At least for Rachel, it would be much more convenient to take her companions to Lentiheim than to Victoria.

As early as two months ago, she habitually left the coordinates for warping in the city-state belonging to the elves. Conversely, she did not have Victoria's warping coordinates.

Although Victoria was not far from her nest, she could easily bring her teammates back to the nest, and then lead them through the Forest Sea to Victoria.

But for a lazy person like her, it would be great to take one less step.

After giving Joseph and the others a brief account of the current situation in Lentiheim and informing them of some precautions, Lacie took out her wand and used the warp spell on them and herself.

In Kangkel's stronghold, the figures of five people were slowly "erased" by some force accompanied by a light breeze; and on the other side, at the entrance of Lentiheim shrouded by the cognitive interference spell, with another light breeze, the figures of five people were "drawn" out of thin air.

In a flash, with the help of the warp spell, they crossed the distance of half of the Pangaea and came to the city-state of the elves from the adventurer's city.

The amount of magic power consumed by a warp spell is related to the caster's spell attainments, the weight of the item being transported, and the warp distance.

However, such a jump is not enough to drain Lacier's magic reserves, after all, she is a witch.

So Lacielle put away her wand with a calm expression and announced to her companions:

"Okay—here we are."

They were already standing in front of the gate of Lentiheim, and before them was the illusion spell disguised as lush vegetation.

Just as Lacie was about to explain to her companions what this "door" was, Godot stood up, stroking his chin.

"Is it an illusion spell?" His eyes were filled with colorful glimmers of flowing magic power. "No, um... is there also a cognitive interference effect? ​​The arrangement is very ingenious. If it were an ordinary person, they might really be fooled."

Joseph beside him nodded:

"Yeah, I also feel that there is something wrong with this bush."

Xi Rui's reaction was more direct -

She squatted down on the spot, closed her eyes, and touched the ground with her fingertips. A shadow "flowed" along her fingertips to the ground. Then, the shadow that seemed to be given life swam silently to the front of the bushes and went in without hesitation.

After a moment, Miss Assassin opened her eyes again, turned to look at her companions, and said calmly:

"No danger."

Joseph and Siree's behavior did not surprise Lacee, except for Godot...

It was obvious that he had only served as a mascot in the team most of the time. After all, his magic skills were terrible. It was embarrassing for a mage to only know a few simple spells.

But now...

He actually easily detected the existence of illusion spells and cognitive interference spells?

Thinking of this, Lacier joked:

"You can actually see the abnormality of this 'door'? Is this still the Gordo Laurent I know?"

Then she saw Godot stare at her strangely for a moment, then he lowered his head, raised his right hand, and looked at his palm absentmindedly.

Immediately, this noble young man changed his usual frivolous attitude and a rare, heartfelt smile appeared on his face.

"Yes," he said to himself almost silently, "am I still the same Gordo Laurent?"

He seemed to have a lot to say, about his powerlessness when the assassination happened, his regret and self-blame after it happened, and his decision to temporarily leave the team and return to Ceylon, but in the end he felt that there was actually nothing much to say.

That iconic, cynical and frivolous smile appeared on Godot's face again.

"Of course I am still the same Godot Laurent that everyone loves."

He answered, hiding his hands, which had thin calluses from long hours of holding a wand and practicing spells, back into his sleeves.

Then, the nobleman waved to his companions as if nothing had happened.

"Let's go. Since Xi Rui said there's no danger inside, why don't we go in quickly?"

Lacee didn't hear what Godot said. Although she was a little confused, since Godot seemed unwilling to tell the truth, she couldn't ask him in person. She could only respond casually and then walked through the door first.

As for Joseph and Sissi, the brother and sister were still focusing on the "door" in front of them and didn't notice anything unusual about Godot at all.

Seeing Lacie walk through the door, they followed suit and walked in one after the other.

Godot was about to follow them in, but as he passed by Charles he heard him whisper:

"Don't blame yourself too much. It's not your fault that you failed to prevent the assassination."

Godot stopped when he heard this.

He subconsciously raised his head and looked at Charles, who also looked at him calmly.

The two looked at each other for a while, and Godot finally couldn't help laughing:

"Captain, you are really..."

"Hmm?" Charles frowned. "How can I..."

Before he could finish his question, Godot interrupted him with a smile:

"If you were as attentive and caring as you are now, you and Lacie would have been married a long time ago, and you might even have a child. Can't you care about Lacie as much as you care about the rest of us?"

For a moment, Charles didn't know how to respond.

He subconsciously wanted to refute, but he really couldn't find a good reason.

By this time, Godot had passed him.

"Don't worry, cheerleader, I'm fine..."

The young man raised his hand and held the brim of his hat.

Charles couldn't help but turn his head and look at Godot's back.

Godot only left him a profile and a familiar, carefree smile:

"——I'm just worried about being left behind by you guys."

After saying this, he flicked the brim of his hat playfully and continued:

"But now it seems that I have caught up with you guys a little bit, right?"

Charles was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then he laughed, which was rare.

"Ah."

He nodded seriously.

"Shall we go?" asked Godot.

"it is good."

After answering, Charles quickened his pace and caught up with Godot.

Just like that, the two of them stepped into the "door" together.

……

Behind the door should stand a giant tree named "Lentiheim" that seems to reach from heaven to earth.

In fact, after entering the door, several members of the brave team did see the giant tree.

As always.

Although it had been poisoned by the Mad Mother two months ago, and therefore had lost many leaves and withered some branches, it was still in good health overall. Obviously, in the next thousands or even tens of thousands of years, this giant tree planted by the Elves' Matron would still stand here, providing a shelter for the elves.

"But if something unexpected happens, it will be hard to say what will happen."

Lacey stared at the giant tree and couldn't help thinking.

Then, she turned around and introduced her companions:

"This giant tree is Lentiheim, and the elves live in the crown of this giant tree."

Joseph and Godot were shocked by the scene before them, while Celine was silently observing the situation around her.

At this time, Lacele came to Charles and said:

"Now we can probably figure out whether the elves have successfully resurrected their mistress - if the mistress has been successfully resurrected, I'm afraid Lentiheim has already noticed our arrival?"

Charles nodded.

"Well, I remember the Archon lady once told us that when the Madam was still alive, every elf could appear in every corner of Lentiheim at any time through the green tree under our feet."

"In that case," Lacie stamped her feet in her leather boots, "Mr. Mula or Ms. Fuwenna should come out to greet us now."

But it didn't.

There was silence all around them, and even with Charles' keen perception he could not detect the presence of any elves.

"So the resurrection of the mistress is really just a lie?" Lacier said as she took out her wand swiftly. "I knew it was impossible for the elves to 'resurrect' the shipboard host."

Charles also drew his holy sword in perfect harmony, and turned around to remind Joseph and the others:

"Something unusual may have happened in Lentiheim. Always be prepared for battle."

"Yes!"

Joseph took the battle axe on his back, Godot drew out his wand, and Xirui took out a dagger from somewhere, and sank silently into Joseph's shadow.

After everything was ready, Laciel used the communication spell to ask Fuvenna whether she had noticed that they had arrived in Lentiheim.

Soon, the communication was connected.

Lacey said first:

"Ms. Fuwenna, we have arrived at Lentiheim and are now at the entrance. How do we get to the city?"

She did not ask about whether the mistress was successfully resurrected.

So Fuwenna didn't talk about the relevant things. Fuwenna simply replied:

"I'm sorry, Miss Lacier. In order to repair the starship and revive the mistress, the jump device near the entrance has been dismantled. If you want to come up, please wait a moment. I'll send someone up right away..."

"No need," Lacier interrupted her decisively, "I still have the coordinates of the city here. If there is no problem, I will use the warp spell to go up now."

"Then you can come." Fuwenna's answer was very normal, and no one could tell there was anything wrong with it. "But please be sure to pay attention to the warp coordinates to avoid any... accidents."

"Ok."

Lacele didn't quite understand why Fuvenna asked her to pay attention to the warp coordinates, but since Fuvenna didn't seem to have any problems, she just followed the host's wishes and obeyed.

She tried it and confirmed that there was an open space at the warp coordinate point, so she felt relieved and turned to ask Charles: