Chapter 676 - It’s Coming Again (2/2)

“Who is it! Who is it exactly?”

The black leopard desperately shouted in human language.

Even though the leopard was fast, it could not run away from the dreadful ocean of Arcane Bullets.

It could only watch the Arcane Bullets falling toward him in despair and consternation.

The only thing it could do was to try to widen its panicked and desperate eyes.

The storm of Arcane Bullets hit the ground and caused consecutive explosions.

Countless pieces of broken stone flew in the airt. At the very center of the explosion, the stones were stained with red blood and purple furs.

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The explosions lasted almost ten seconds. Looking at the dust and smoke on the hill, Roland waved his hand and extinguished the fire in the woods. He then stepped on a white cloud and floated away.

Roland returned to the Magic Tower and spent some time with Vivian.

Andonara had gone to the capital of Fareins to protect Stephanie, so Roland could only come to Vivian to relax.

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After studying low-level spells for two days in the Magic Tower, Roland returned to his manor to check the growth of the Immortal Phoenix’s Blood Grasses.

But he discovered, to his surprise, that Lady Bluebird was in his manor.

Roland was stunned to see her. Then he remembered that he had indeed teleported Stephanie, Andonara, and Lady Bluebird from the capital of Fareins to this place.

But a few days earlier, he only sent Stephanie and Andonara back to the capital and completely forgot Lady Bluebird.

Roland covered his head and apologized. “I’m sorry, Lady Bluebird. I almost forgot that you were still in my manor.”

Because Lady Bluebird was incapable of fighting, she volunteered to hide in the basement in order not to burden Stephanie and Christina when the manor was surrounded by the Druids.

That was safer for all of them.

But because she stayed in the basement, both Andonara and Stephanie temporarily forgot her.

Andonara only saw Roland in her eyes. She didn’t really care about other women.

Stephanie, on the other hand, was shocked by the Light Goddess’s actions and too busy considering how to deal with the mess in the capital of Fareins. She forgot Lady Bluebird too.

Lady Bluebird stayed in the basement alone and lived on food and fruit wine for two days. She slept and ate, ate and slept, until she couldn’t hold back anymore and ran out of the basement.

Then, the maid told her that Andonara and Stephanie had left for the capital, and she had been left behind.

She was so depressed that she almost burst into tears.

At this moment, she was staring at Roland with self-pity. “It’s fine, Mr. Roland. I’m an ugly woman anyway, and I’m not as charming and easy to notice as the First Princess or Ms. Andonara.”

Roland said with a bitter smile, “I’ll send you to the capital immediately.”

“That will be unnecessary.” Lady Bluebird waved her hand. “I’ve been away for days. If I go back now, my husband will probably beat me to death after he finds me. I might as well stay here until the First Princess finishes handling the affairs of the royal family. She’ll probably have everything planned out for me.”

“You’re really not going back?” asked Roland.

Lady Bluebird shook her head. “No. I hope I won’t outstay my welcome here.”

“Sure.”

Roland knew the marriage of nobles very well. Under most circumstances, they didn’t care where their spouse had been, and they only cared whether or not their spouse would bring benefits to their family.

There were couples in love among the nobles, but their number was too small.

It would be great if one in ten couples was actually in love.

Since Lady Bluebird was going to stay longer, Roland would have to entertain her, but Roland didn’t want to waste time on her.

Weren’t Anna and Vivian good enough for him?

Wasn’t magic study satisfying? He didn’t have much research time in the first place. If he had to entertain a noble lady, he would have even less time. He thought for a moment and invited the old mayor’s wife and daughter, asking them to help entertain Lady Bluebird.

The two of them loved afternoon tea and chit-chatting. They were suited for the task.

As expected… Lady Bluebird soon made friends with them. They stayed together every day and went shopping once in a while. Their lives were quite happy.

Then, Roland was fully devoted to magic studies.

Days went by quickly when he was fully concentrated on research.

He made fast progress in his studies without being disturbed by women and trivia.

On the fourteenth day, a clerk from the Guild of Mercenaries came to update Roland.

“Mr. Roland, we’ve found some leads on the matter you asked us to investigate.”

“Oh?” Roland gave half a bag of gold coins to him. “This is your payment. Tell me about it.” “A hundred spellcasters have left Palvasi for Delpon. They’ll probably reach the suburb by tomorrow morning.”

After killing Aslan, Roland went to the Guild of Mercenaries in his spare time and released multiple missions. One of the missions was to look for spellcasters who were likely Druids and moving toward Delpon. He offered copious rewards for the missions.

The Guild of Mercenaries accepted those missions and had been paying attention to the Druids.

This world was dominated by human beings. While the Druids could live easily in the wilderness, they had to purchase a lot of resources they needed from the human world, such as salt and some magic materials. Not everybody had a talent that allowed them to cast spells without materials.

So, if they dared to enter the human world from the woods, they might be discovered.

When the Guild of Mercenaries in Palvasi noticed the Druids, they informed the Association of Mages in Delpon with magic immediately.

Then, a clerk was instantly sent to inform Roland.

“Thank you for your intelligence.” Roland pushed a bag of gold coins at him.

The clerk of the Guild of Mercenaries picked up the bag elegantly. “Feel free to come to the Guild of Mercenaries if you ever need us. We can do anything you want!”

Then, the clerk left with the bag of gold coins in delight.

Roland was a super generous guy in his eyes. He didn’t think that this piece of intelligence was worth so much money.

Roland was never a passive man who waited for the enemy to come to him. He would rather take the initiative.

After inferring the Druids’ possible location with the intelligence he acquired, Roland simply flew out.

He planned to keep the danger out of the city.

Using the magic cloud, Roland had been flying for only an hour when he noticed a mixed stream of magic power moving in the woods below.

“Gotcha.”

Roland threw three magic spiders from the sky.

Those spiders were too small and light to be hurt by the fall.

Besides, there was plenty of foliage on the ground as buffers… Very soon, Roland saw the Druids clearly in his mind.

“There are a hundred of them. They’re not concentrated. Also, there are thirty more over there.”