Isabel.

The little girl who was sent to the Assassin League by herself.

He had sent people to find Isabel's news before. However, due to the split between the White Valley and the Alliance, and the White people in the Saint Desert chose to form an alliance with the White Valley under the command of the Holy Spirit White Deer, the Assassin Alliance collapsed immediately.

When Lorrant's men arrived at Shadow Valley, the Assassin's Base had been destroyed.

They found the bodies of countless children, but because they were destroyed very hard, it was difficult to tell who it was.

They guessed that the Alliance must have taken away the assassins who chose to obey their orders and killed the rest.

Marvin didn't know what Isabel's fate was.

But he believed that with the intelligence of a girl, she would definitely escape from the alliance.

In the face of disaster, he gradually felt his powerlessness.

Although he is already very strong, he still cannot take care of everyone.

When he thought of this, Marvin's mood couldn't help but fall to a low point again.

He traveled every corner of his territory. Most ordinary people lived as usual.

Even though I have heard about the catastrophe, most people still do not have a complete concept of this.

Farmers are still accustomed to gathering under an old locust tree to chat after farm work and before sunset.

The children are still chasing in the fields.

He saw the newly formed army setting up stations near the northern mines, who meticulously followed Anna's orders.

The slaves were still digging the iron ore in the mines digging.

He even saw Lola being commanded in the mine. There was actually a small follower beside her.

Halfling Little Tuc.

Previously, Anna reported to Ma Wen that the mine was short of management staff, and Lola happened to have nothing to do about the alliance's war, so she took the initiative to apply to come here to be responsible for management. Ma Wen did not pay attention and directly approved it.

Now that I saw Lola and the Little Halfling here, Ma Wen couldn't help but suddenly remembered the time when the group traveled through the Spider's Cry a few months ago.

Lola seemed very calm when she saw Marvin. Speaking of which, the two hadn't met for a long time except at the meeting.

All of this is because Marvin is too busy, and he is always busy preparing for the catastrophe.

However, the day before the catastrophe, he found himself suddenly free.

Of course, this leisure is just an illusion.

He knew very well what difficulties he would face after tomorrow.

But he thought it would be nice to give himself a day off.

So he walked over and watched Lola arrange the slaves' workload today, and the latter nodded and smiled at Marvin:

"It seems like you have nothing to do."

"I left the territory for too long and found that I was a little overwhelmed except for fighting, but I was a little overwhelmed at the rest. This feeling must be very bad, right?"

Marvin spread his hands: "It's not that bad either, at least I can rest."

Lola rolled her eyes: "I have never seen you a lord who is so careless. The man in the zodiac sign is indeed unreliable."

After saying that, she pulled her dirty clothes on her body and walked out of the mine with Ma Wen.

There is a camp outside the cave for people to rest. A dark guard is responsible for garrisoning here, and no one dares to make trouble.

The two walked into the camp, and the little halfling followed them all the time.

"Actually, I don't quite understand what will happen tomorrow."

While slapping off the dust on her body, Lola glanced at the young follower with a squinted look: "Where are you?"

Little Tuk scratched his head: "My grandfather said it was a terrible disaster."

Marvin looked at Little Tuk with some curiosity: "Why did you come here?"

The halfling said awkwardly: "My grandfather said he wanted to do something. He said he wanted to find a safe place to settle himself."

"So you came to the White River Valley?" Marvin's eyes were a little playful.

Xiao Tuke said blankly: "I have no other place to go. There are many monsters in the spider crypt. I packed my luggage, walked south, and then I got here."

"After all, I have an acquaintance here, right? Although she is sometimes fierce."

Lola said dissatisfiedly: "Hey! Little half-ling. Before you talk nonsense, use your brain to think about who took the risk to provide you with work."

Xiao Tuke immediately retorted: "Isn't it Mr. Ma Wen? I saw the signature on the approval note."

Lola said angrily: "Will Marvin approve it without my application? And when you see the sloppy signature, I'm afraid that when he signed it, most of his attention was on Sister Anna!"

Marvin suddenly felt very embarrassed.

He has signed a lot of words recently, and out of trust in Anna, he didn't look carefully.

But how did this objective fact turn into another taste when Lola's mouth?

Lola and the Little Banling are already common in the camp. Generally speaking, Xiao Tuk's failure surrender is the end because Lola always has her killer weapon.

"No matter what you say, it cannot cover up the fact that you left me and ran away in front of the monster! You little slippery, do you dare to deny this?"

Xiao Tuk was speechless.

When he was in the Spider's Crypt, he acted entirely with the instinct of a thief, but in the end, this matter would probably be laughed at by Lola for the rest of his life.

It's a lifelong shame...

After the little halfling surrendered, Lola returned to her room and changed into clothes.

She took out a deck of cards with exquisite covers and said to Marvin with a smile:

"It happens to be three people, let's play [Lock Card]. If you don't understand, I can teach you."

"There are three types of Rock Cards. One is [Secret], one is [Constellation], and the other is [Truth]."

"The rules of the game are very simple. Whoever can see through the secrets in the opponent's hands first is the winner."

"The constellation card is fixed and you can choose a secret first..."

In Lola's calm explanation, Ma Wen actually relaxed.

The three of them sat in the camp hut and played Rock Cards for a whole day.

Lola is obviously a good player in Rock Cards and has basically never lost, while Marvin lost more than he wins. If he had gambled, he would have lost all of it long ago.

But he felt extremely comfortable.

Time to play cards passes quickly.

The sky soon became darker, and the slaves came back in groups of three or three in the camp.

Lola put down her cards and returned to work.

Before leaving, she suddenly asked Ma Wen: "After today, do we still have such a chance to play cards leisurely?"

Ma Wen was silent for a while before finally saying seriously:

“Yes, I believe there will be.”

"Yeah, I believe you." Lola's eyes narrowed into crescent moons, jumped back to her job, and began to count the results of the slaves' work today.

As the deputy, Xiao Tuk naturally followed.

Ma Wen put down the cards, breathed a deep breath, and took advantage of the night to leave the northern mine.

In the castle, the dinner was ready.

There were only three people on the dining table, Anna, Marvin and Winnie.

There was an old housekeeper, but unfortunately the old housekeeper passed away not long ago.

The only one who really grew up in this castle was the three people in front of him.

Dinner was just plain.

Winnie finished her job and was already exhausted. After dinner, she went back to her room to rest early.

Only Anna and Marvin were left.

"I heard you played cards for a day today?" Anna looked at Marvin with some curiosity: "This is not like your style."

"My style?"

Marvin smiled: "In your eyes, am I just a lord who runs around and doesn't do his job properly?"

"Not that." Anna held her chin and said rarely less serious: "Although you can only run around in the eyes of others, I know how much you have paid for this territory."

Ma Wen calmed down: "Do you want to have a territory?"

"Ahha?" Anna obviously didn't understand what Ma Wen meant.

...

Half a minute later, the wind was howling on the highest mountain in the west of the castle.
To be continued...