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"You never said that." As a senior member of the resistance, Domit was also stunned.
"What's the point of telling you?"
"Uh, that's right."
Zhang Mu waved his hand to stop the two people who were about to ask questions again: "Mihe, forgive my rudeness, after all, this concerns the entire resistance army."
"Ah."
"Can you guarantee that he won't betray me?"
"No." The tone was flat, revealing firmness and trust.
"Then we... eh? Are we brave?"
Halfway through his words, Zhang Mu got out of bed in surprise and looked at Mi He who had also noticed something: "You go and I go?"
"I'll go. I really want to know who has the guts to spy on a convoy escorted by five hundred Griffin Legions."
Chapter 255 An Intentional Encounter
"Griffin Legion, alert."
What Zhang Mu called the "brave" guy was referring to the road about one kilometer ahead.
Someone probably dug a hole and buried himself under the road.
His strength should be of a certain level, but his brain seems to be a little off.
He and Mih's spiritual power detected the man's life characteristics - breathing, heartbeat.
But he didn't sense any fluctuations of magical power.
Being able to block the detection of two people means that his magic level is at least that of a magician, or he is just an ordinary person.
It is ridiculous to say that ordinary people have the courage to ambush this team composed of the "Mage City Lord" and the "Five Hundred Griffin Legion".
But since you are a professional, how could you forget to silence your organ activities?
Whose idiotic assassin?
Besides, who did I offend? Why did you come to me just after I left the city?
Zhang Mu crossed his arms over his chest. Haha, don't worry, wait for Mich and the Griffin Legion to capture the people...
"Zhang Mu." Mi He's voice came into his mind, "Order the Griffin Legion to stop, and then... you come here."
Hmm? What happened?
He pushed open the door of the carriage, jumped out of the car, and walked towards Mih, who was standing in the middle of the dirt road. He called out to the Griffin Legion, who had drawn their swords, "Stay where you are."
One kilometer is almost the same as face-to-face for a magician, and Zhang Mu reached Mihe in just a few steps.
"what happened?"
He didn't rush to speak. He raised his hand and used magic to block the spread of the sound. He pointed his chin at the road a few meters away and said, "The person hiding inside...
He must have applied a precious potion that can completely conceal his own aura."
"So the Griffin Legion didn't find him?"
"Yes."
"Didn't we two sense it?"
"Because he was cheated by the drug dealer."
"What do you mean?"
"The medicine should have been diluted."
"No wonder." Zhang Mu nodded in realization and asked again in confusion, "What does this have to do with you asking me to come here?"
“I got close, and my magic sensed that he was… just an ordinary person.
Judging from the fact that I was deceived when buying medicine, there is no possibility of disguise. "
"so?
Could you please pick out the key points and finish what you are saying at once?"
"Um... there's some familiar smell on him. Even though it's very faint, I can't mistake it."
"who?"
“There’s a little bit of you and Soren’s, and a little bit…of the subhumans you brought with you.
By the way, the flavor of subhumans is the strongest, and that of Soran is the lightest."
What? There are three of us? Leah's is the strongest? Who else could it be...
Halfway through his shock, Zhang Mu seemed to have a flash of lightning in his mind.
If you think about it carefully, there does seem to be such a person who can contact the three of them and stay close to Leah for a long time.
Palina.
She? How is that possible? Didn't she go home to visit her relatives?
What's the reason for doing this?
Zhang Mu was confused. He waved his hand to signal Mi He to step back, and he took a few steps forward and stared at the ground.
The dirt road was repeatedly trampled by pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages, and the road surface was extremely compact.
There is only a rectangular area in the middle that is about the size of a human body. Not only is the soil moister and darker than the surrounding areas, it is also obviously loose.
The most important thing is that there is a bamboo tube as thin as a finger inserted vertically into the road surface.
This stupid...
His facial muscles twitched, and Zhang Mu raised his hand to lift off a layer of dirt, revealing Palina lying underneath.
Because the two of them used magic to block out the sound, she didn't know she had been discovered.
At this moment, he suddenly saw the light and subconsciously raised his hands to cover his eyes, his lips pursed with the bamboo tube, and his cheeks were still bulging and sunken.
"What are you doing?" With a dark face, Zhang Mu squatted down and pulled out the bamboo tube.
I don’t know if she didn’t want to face the reality or she hadn’t reacted yet, but she still covered her eyes and her cheeks were puffy.
"I... huh..."
He grabbed a piece of her face and said, "What are you doing here?"
"Ah?" Finally, she moved her hand away and was speechless for a long time, the confusion in her eyes almost overflowing.
It doesn't look like he's pretending.
Frowning, Zhang Mu wrapped her body with magic power and checked it. It seemed that she was suffering from lack of oxygen.
He raised the bamboo tube in his hand and took a look: "It's so thin, and it's been down there for several days..."
He sighed, picked up Palina horizontally, turned back to the carriage, asked the three to wait in a car at the back, and went into the carriage himself.
"Hey, Zhang, brother City Lord, Sister Palina is injured?!" Leah, who was awakened by the noise, hurriedly climbed out of bed.
"It's nothing. Just leave it there for a while."
Having said that, after Zhang Mu laid her flat on the bed, he still mobilized his magic power to help her breathe more easily and speed up her recovery.
Soon, her distracted eyes regained focus.
"I am...how do I..."
"Why did you get in the car?"
Sitting on the bench, Zhang Mu put his hands on his knees and tapped the floor with his right foot lightly and quickly: "Tell me, what are you thinking about?"
Palina recovered and immediately sat up, burying her head and saying, "Lord City Lord, I..."
"Let's start from the beginning."
Seeing that Zhang Mu didn't look very annoyed and his tone was gentle, she relaxed her shoulders and slowly recounted what happened.
It turned out that after being refused to go to the capital together, she immediately made a plan - hitchhiking.
Because she was not a professional, she went to buy a potion that day that was said to be able to conceal the magician's aura. It was very expensive and almost emptied her wallet.
Then he prepared food and water, collected his few remaining gold coins, set out in advance to reach the road that Zhang Mu had to take to get to the royal capital, and dug a hole to hide.
He planned to wait for the convoy to pass above him, then break out of the ground and crawl under the cars.
Zhang Mu was stunned: "Let's not talk about my carriage being in the middle of the team. The cavalry behind me couldn't ignore the sudden appearance of the earth pit.
How do you ensure that you don’t get exhausted and fall down halfway?”
“I want to take a gamble. Maybe the city lord’s carriage is at the end of the team.
And I brought a hemp rope with me to tie myself to the cart... Hey, where's my cloth bag?" She said, reaching behind her but didn't find her cowhide bag.
"It was full of water and food, so I just put it in the pit."
After saying that, Zhang Mu took a deep breath and continued, "How many days did you stay in there?"
"It seems like... a little more than two days." She said uncertainly, recalling the faint light coming through the bamboo tube flickering twice.
"If I had left half a day later, or if your drug concentration had reached the standard and we hadn't noticed you leaving, you would have..."
He suddenly turned around, opened the rear window, and stuck his head out: "Dam, go back to Gul City and bring..."
Halfway through, he pulled his head back and looked at Palina: "What's the name of the store where you bought the medicine?"
"Norton's Potion Shop."
He stuck his head out of the window again and said, "A shop called Norton's Potion Shop was ripped off. The owner was tied up and hung on a flagpole outside the city for three days. A wooden sign was erected next to it.
Whoever tries to deceive others in business again will suffer the consequences.
Damn it, you dare to sell fake goods in my territory."
"As you command, Marshal."
The sound of horse hooves gradually faded away.
Closing the window, Zhang Mu stared at her: "Why are you following me?"