Chapter 417 - The Black Leaves“ Last Hope (1/2)

The peasant said, “A couple of days ago, Kaido met a few outsiders who seemed gentle when he was playing in the village. They had fun at first, but soon, those strangers broke into Cage’s manor and looked for something. They didn’t find it, so they beat the butler up.”

The peasant paused.

Andonara asked anxiously, “What next?”

The peasant caught his breath and continued, “Cage was not at home then. He was in Winterwind. After he returned, the butler reported the incident to him, and he left to save his son with the butler. That was two days ago.”

“Where did they go?”

“In the direction of Winterwind.”

Hearing that, Andonara was going to set off immediately, when Roland stopped her and said, “Don’t be hasty. Let’s gather the details first.”

Then, Roland asked the peasant, “Did you see the strangers? What did they look like?”

The peasant thought about it and replied, “They were all young men, with golden hair and blue eyes.”

Roland had a bad feeling when he heard that.

As he expected, the peasant continued, “The weirdest thing was that they had a black leaf on their faces.”

Stunned, Roland fell into silence.

Andonara was surprised at first. Then she burst into fury.

Her clothes were shaking though there was no wind. Her long braids were fluttering too.

The peasant had watched Andonara grow up from a little girl. Even though she had always been strong, he was never scared of her until this moment.

He felt that he was about to pee his pants uncontrollably, as if a dragon were gazing at him.

This peasant never made eye contact with a dragon before, but it was exactly his feeling.

“Calm down.”

Roland put his hand on Andonara’s shoulder.

Andonara’s aggressiveness immediately dropped.

She was still angry, but she was no longer scary.

“Clearly, it was done by the Golden Sons.” Roland grabbed Andonara’s hand and said, “Let’s go. Don’t be too anxious. It’s not that terrible. Cage is not weak. A few players whose level has plunged so many deaths can’t beat him easily.”

Andonara nodded docilely.

Andonara’s hand, usually smooth and warm, was now rather cold. As a woman who always lacked a sense of safety, she was rather overwhelmed when her family was in danger.

The Life G.o.ddess was right. Andonara was essentially just a weak woman at heart.

On their way to Winterwind, Roland summoned White Amber, the magic pet he barely used.

After White Amber appeared, it looked around and climbed on Roland’s shoulder, before it asked in surprise, “Master, you’ve never summoned me over a long distance. Are you in trouble?”

“Yes.” Roland nodded. “You will follow Andonara later and work as a bridge of communication between us. Got it?”

White Amber nodded. “Don’t worry. I’ll keep the queen safe.”

“Thank you,” said Roland.

Though White Amber did not have a high combat ability, it had night vision and healing methods and could be helpful to Andonara.

Then, Roland and Andonara split up for the investigation. Roland took off and searched from the sky, and Andonara simply went to Winterwind.

Winterwind was being rebuilt, but the Guild of Mercenaries and the Guild of a.s.sa.s.sins were already operating again. Those two guilds were famous for their intelligence. It couldn’t be wrong to go to them.

In a forest ten kilometers to the east of Winterwind, six players with a black leaf on their faces were warming themselves near a bonfire.

A little boy with golden hair and blue eyes was sitting next to them with tears in his eyes. He was gritting his teeth to stop himself from crying.

That boy was Kaido.

The whole incident was not very complicated.

These black leaf players were quite smart. Though they were killed several times, they managed to hide themselves in the woods and subsist on brooks and wildlife. They successfully survived the manhunt.

Then, they pa.s.sed Reed Village by accident when they were moving to the border of Hollevin.

Reed Village barely had any interaction with the outside world. The villagers didn’t know who the black leaf players were at all.

Kaido didn’t know, either.

Those black leaf players behaved obediently at first when they came to Reed Village.

They paid for everything they ate, and they were very friendly.

Then, Kaido, who was playing in the village, went to the players curiously.

The black leaf players didn’t want to do anything to Kaido at first. They even had a lot of fun with Kaido.

After all, it was in human beings’ nature to play with kids.

Kaido grew even more enthusiastic seeing how friendly they were.

Kids tended to trust the people who were nice to them, and disclose things that should’ve been kept a secret.

Kaido claimed that he had an awesome dad and his cousin was the queen, but the black leaf players simply laughed at him.

As a six-year-old boy, seeing that the players weren’t convinced, Kaido bragged innocently, “My sister Andonara had brown hair and eyes at first, but after she took my father’s potion, she got golden hair and blue eyes. She also grew much stronger.”

Then, all the players were excited.