The sound of chasing footsteps broke the silence of the forest.
The spruce trees block out the sun, like countless towering walls forming a vast forest. The girl staggered through the white gauze-like mist, the footsteps of her pursuers still echoing in the forest.
The pursuit had lasted for two days, and her physical strength had long been exhausted. She could hardly run anymore.
She prayed for a miracle, but what she received in response was a shout of surprise————
"I'm afraid of your fate, the god of the sun..."
After being discovered, she no longer ran away. Instead, she squatted down and drew a religious symbol symbolizing the sun with her fingers on the mossy mud.
"Bathe in the light and receive God's grace..."
"I'm sincerely afraid, I'm sincerely afraid..."
The wind blew through the tall forest canopy, and a ray of morning light broke through the layers of ancient branches and leaves by chance, and fell on the slightly scrawled hand-painted symbols on the ground.
"Go on a pilgrimage and walk in the light!"
The next second, the wings broke through the shadow of the tree, and the sharp-eyed gryphon swooped down, but missed.
The knight with the redbud flower totem engraved on his armor jumped off the back of the griffin, and a large number of mercenaries and adventurers gradually walked out of the forest, including soldiers from the Kingdom of Luo.
They formed a circle of encirclement, but the girl who was originally targeted was missing.
"Didn't you say you found someone?"
The leading gendarme asked the thief beside him dissatisfied.
The thieves were also puzzled.
"She was squatting here just now..."
The griffin knight followed the position he pointed to, pulled out his sword and used the tip of the sword to pick apart the fallen leaves, searching for something on the ground.
Soon he found an abstract drawing of a burnt sun.
"A miracle..."
The intelligence clearly shows that she has not yet become a cleric, and her month of escape may have allowed her to become a priest.
But the clergy of the Church of Light are still at the level of rookies, so there is nothing to worry about.
He sheathed his sword, stepped on the picture of the sun on the ground, and crushed it twice.
"She can't run far. Taking this position as the center of the circle, the radius is within one thousand meters."
The military policeman snorted, found a boulder and lay down on it, unwilling to move again.
"I've been chasing for two days. One thousand meters and then five hundred meters. I can't see a single person. I don't want to wait anymore."
Several soldiers also complained repeatedly and showed an attitude of impatience. The mercenaries and adventurers were doing better, and they listened to the knight and continued the pursuit, but it seemed they were just dealing with the business.
The knight's face hidden in his visor revealed a look of disdain.
If you, the novice adventurers, and the oil soldiers at the outpost hadn't been so negligent, would it have taken two days to hunt down an unarmed girl?
He snapped his fingers.
A huge shadow roared over the military policeman. The griffin's sharp hooked beak was overflowing with saliva, and its cold vertical pupils looked down at him condescendingly.
The thick lion's claws stepped on the boulder he was lying on, and the sound of the rock cracking scared him out of his mind.
After rolling and crawling away from the shadow of the gryphon, he drew his sword and pointed it at the knight————
"You, you, what are you doing?"
The gendarme pointed at him sternly: "Why should I listen to the command of a Bavarian lackey like you? Do you dare to touch me? This is Roo's land!"
The surrounding soldiers also picked up their weapons nervously and surrounded the griffins and knights.
Of course, it was just a show. A real fight wouldn't be enough for the griffin to serve as bread before the meal.
"The cross-border pursuit has been approved by your Minister of Foreign Affairs. In this case, you should fully cooperate before arresting the person. Your Governor also agreed..."
The knight took out a small cloth bag from his armor and threw it on the gendarme's face.
The gendarme's eyes lit up, and he heard the sound of gold coins.
It's quite painful when hit, maybe there are only ten or twenty of them.
He immediately got up and ordered the soldiers to put down their weapons with a flattering look on his face.
"Look at what you said. Aren't Bavaria and Luo a family? Why should they be separated? They see each other so much..."
"It will be good for you and me to get the lazy dogs under your hands to take action. It will be good for you and me to end it as soon as possible."
After the knight finished speaking, he pulled the reins, and the griffin spread its wings and soared into the sky again.
This cedar forest is tall and dense, and the branches are thick and intertwined, which is not conducive to the flight of griffins.
The girl was petite and easy to evade, so if she wanted to search, she would have to rely on these ground troops.
The knight's voice echoed in the forest and reached the ears of everyone involved in the search:
"The reward is increased. The reward for discovering the target's whereabouts is 300 gold coins, and the reward for catching her alive is 600 gold coins. She is nearby, please keep your eyes open!"
"oh!!!"
The excited shouts startled a large number of birds in the forest.
.........
The knight was right, the girl did not run far away.
The first time she used Miracle, she was not only unable to control the distance, but also unable to grasp the landing point.
Then a strange scene happened.
The good news is that she successfully performed a miracle, proving that she has an excellent compatibility with the gods of the Church of Light, and the future is immeasurable.
The bad news is that Miracle moved her to the faces of the two mercenaries on the periphery, and the future has come to an end.
As soon as the mercenaries heard the good news that the bounty had been doubled, they saw a ray of sunshine falling and the target appeared in front of them impartially.
Their eyes met each other, making people confused.
The three of them read the surprise on each other's faces.
The mercenary prayed and devoutly thanked the Sun God for his gift.
The girl turned around and ran away with a sad face.
But there was a gap in speed. The petite girl was quickly blocked by two tall mercenaries, and was gradually forced to a huge spruce tree.
The two mercenaries did not intend to call anyone, but they decided to capture her alive together and then collect the reward from the knight from Bavaria.
If other people are involved in the arrest, the bounty will be divided.
Just catch a kid, easy.
When I took a closer look, I realized that the girl was much more beautiful than the one in the portrait. She had three-dimensional facial features, fair skin, and big, round eyes. She was as cute as a girl manga character from the Eastern Kingdom.
"Hey, little loli, don't resist, how about you just follow your uncle?" The mercenary showed a smile that he thought was quite kind.
The little girl frowned, as if she was dissatisfied with the name Loli.
"Untouchable, what qualifications do you have to talk to this lady? Don't be too proud, you will all die when my escort arrives!"
The mercenary smiled contemptuously.
"Are you amused by this young lady? You two idiots. Get out of here. To deal with low-level pariahs like you, my young lady's guards will be there..."
"You brat, your parents never taught you how to speak?"
The mercenary's eyes turned cold and he drew out his knife.
The bright blade reflected the cold light, which scared the girl and shut her mouth immediately.
"Where is your guard? Let him come out and show me. If not, uncle, I will be angry -"
The little girl leaned against the big tree, unable to retreat.
"You, are you really not afraid? Did I scream?!"
The mercenary laughed even more happily when he heard her trembling voice.
"Just shout."
So here comes the classic line.
“Help——!!!”
"It's no use shouting, no one will come to save you!"
According to the development of the classic plot, whenever the villain shouts this sentence, the troublemaker is coming.
So, as soon as the mercenary finished speaking, there was a "swish" sound, and three arrows shot through the air almost in a straight line, narrowly grazing the throats of the two mercenaries.
The arrow wiped out two streaks of blood and sank into the tree trunk, penetrating three-thirds of the way into the wood. The tail feathers swayed, and the force was so frightening that the two of them stepped back and turned pale.
"Two grown men bullying a little girl, how shameless is it?"
