Although Feng Chou's explanation didn't have any flaws, Hogan's eyes showed that he still couldn't let it go. Feng Chou shrugged and said, "You go check on young master Cizé. I'll go collect the spoils of war. Let's get out of here as soon as possible."
Although he couldn't let it go, Hogan also knew that now wasn't the time to get to the bottom of things. He looked deeply at Feng Chou, turned around, and walked to Cizé's tent. He pulled open the tent flap and barged in.
Hogan immediately cursed as soon as he entered the tent, and quickly walked away.
Hearing Hogan's curses, Feng Chou's lips curled into a smile. In fact, the Universe Pagoda's spirit, which had been scanning the entire time, had already told Feng Chou that Caesar had used a knife to cut open the back of the tent and escaped into the forest while they were fighting.
Feng Chou quickly went to Boris and the other knights and took off their magic items.
Raymond had already fainted from the gunshot wound, but Boris was still conscious. One of his hands was placed on the leather bag at his waist, which was specially used to store scrolls. However, due to his injuries, he couldn't even open the bag.
Feng Chou smiled slightly. Not only did he take off the three magic items on the weak Boris, he also took off the leather bag that held scrolls and potions from his waist.
As he took away the leather bag, Feng Chou didn't forget to give Boris a playful smile.
Under Boris's furious gaze, Feng Chou grabbed the unconscious Cary and quickly left the camp, following the tracks that Hogan had left behind.
When Feng Chou entered the forest and left Boris' line of sight, he waved his hand, and a Green Owl silently appeared in front of him. After the Green Owl appeared, it flapped its wings and soared into the sky, quickly disappearing into the forest.
Feng Chou chased for a short distance in the forest with Cary in tow before he ran into Hogan, who was holding the unconscious Cizé under his arm.
Seeing Feng Chou, Hogan glanced at the leather bags in Feng Chou's hands, nodded, and said, "Let's go, let's get out of here."
According to Hogan's plan, everyone in the camp should be killed, but he was relieved when he saw that Feng Chou had taken away the leather bags that held the scrolls and potions. Without the potions and scrolls, those people wouldn't be able to live for long with their gunshot wounds.
But what Hogan didn't know was that not long after Feng Chou left the camp, a Green Owl suddenly flew over the camp. As it circled at a low altitude, several healing spells suddenly fell on Boris and the other injured knights and soldiers.
These healing spells were neither too much nor too little, just enough to prolong the lives of a few people, but not enough to heal their injuries.
After throwing down a few healing spells, the Green Owl flapped its wings and dived into the forest, disappearing without a trace.
Hogan and Feng Chou left the valley with Cizé and Cary.
After leaving the valley, the two plunged into the boundless forest at the foot of the mountain.
After walking through the forest for a while, Cary, who was being held under Feng Chou's armpit, gradually woke up.
Feng Chou called out to Hogan and threw Cary to the ground. He took out the two-handed sword on his back and pressed it against Cary's chest.
Cary woke up from his coma and was confused for a moment. Then, he suddenly remembered what had happened. He pushed himself against the ground and tried to get up, but Feng Chou pushed him back to the ground with the two-handed sword on his chest armor.
At this time, Cary finally saw Hogan and another stranger standing beside him.
Even if he was inexperienced, Cary understood what had happened. He looked at Hogan and Cizé in disbelief and roared, "Hogan, are you crazy?
Do you know what you are doing?
You will become the enemy of all nobles in Antalya!
You will be despised by the God of Nobles and Knights! "
Hogan sneered disdainfully. "I have never believed in any God of Nobles. The King of Lies will protect me."
The King of Lies was the nickname of the God of Murder and Lies, Cyric. He was an evil god with great divine power.
"Go back and tell your Baron that if he doesn't want his only heir to be killed by me, he'd better hurry up and prepare a magic gem worth 250,000 crowns."
"I won't do it if it's not enough, understand?"
"Tomorrow, tomorrow afternoon, bring the magic gem to the Fishtail Mountain in exchange for your young master. If I don't see the gem by nightfall, I will leave Cizé's body behind and leave."
"Alright, get out of here. Tell your baron what I said without missing a single word."
Upon hearing this, Feng Chou withdrew his longsword from Cary's chest.
Cary got up from the ground and glanced at the unconscious Cizé in Hogan's arms. He then looked at Hogan and Feng Chou deeply before he turned and rushed into the forest.
Hogan and Feng Chou took Cizé around the forest and came to the foot of Veron Ridge, a dozen kilometers east of Amborite.
Umborit had built three reservoirs at the foot of Veron Ridge. It was because of these reservoirs that Umborit's 100 thousand acres of fertile land was able to produce good crops in both drought and flood conditions.
In order to protect these reservoirs, the House of Amborite had built a small castle near each reservoir. These castles not only protected the reservoirs, but also served as the core of the nearby farmland. Dozens of farmers lived in each castle. They worked in the fields during the day and rested in their homes protected by the castle at night.
Baron Amborite had stationed four knights and two squads of squires in each castle.
Hogan and Feng Chou climbed to a peak on Veron Ridge. This peak was one of the highest peaks in Veron Ridge.
It was currently dawn. Standing on this peak, not only did they have a panoramic view of the plains at the foot of the mountain, they could even see the peaks on both sides.
This was the main reason why Hogan chose this peak.
About two to three kilometers to the west of this peak, there was a ridge that extended out from Veron Ridge and went about two to three kilometers deep into the plains.
This ridge was to the east of Amborite's reservoir. When the reservoir and castle were built, most of the wood needed was taken from this ridge. As a result, this ridge was bare and there were no tall trees.
This ridge was the trading location proposed by Hogan, Mount Mermaid.
The reason why he chose this ridge was that the trees on this ridge had been cut down. There were farmland on both sides of the ridge, so the view was very wide and it was not easy to be ambushed.
Standing on top of the high mountain, Hogan looked at the bare ridge and could not help but be very satisfied with the location he had chosen.
Feng Chou was also looking in that direction, but his gaze was somewhat different from Hogan's. His gaze seemed to have fallen on the valley on the east side of Mount Mermaid.
It was a fairly wide valley, known locally as the Valley of the Gnolls. This valley went directly through Veron Ridge, which was more than ten kilometers wide, and reached the narrow plains north of Veron Ridge.