313 Bear Knight

"Did you say you still had supplies stored in Frost-Wolf Forest?" After training, Landen met with Priest Waldi. He was no stranger to the camps in the forest, and had little interest in these so-called supplies. "What sort of things are there? If it's all Magic Pattern Plates, forget it. I have a Magic Workshop. We can make all kinds of Magic Pattern Plates and scrolls."

"The rest doesn't matter. The key thing is a sacred statue. It belongs to His Majesty the Ancient God, and I want to bring it over," Waldi said rather cautiously. "Priest Patani left it in our keeping. It was originally meant to help her find more apprentices with some foundation. Didn't you say you wanted to establish a Temple in the city? I want to place the divine statue inside."

"I understand. Then let's go tonight," Landen said. "Right now I'm too tired. I'm really not fit to go adventuring in the forest."

When Landen saw Priest Waldi again, it was already evening. Landen, Blaze, Tania, and Black Rabbit had all made their preparations. Hearing that they were going to retrieve a sacred statue, Patani and Totapara also insisted on going along, and they even specially reserved a Wind Wolf for Waldi. And so, after nightfall, a top-tier little squad of four mounts quietly approached Frost-Wolf Forest.

Once they entered the forest, the advantages of the Wind Wolf and Frost-Wolf showed themselves. They could leap high, had no fear of springing across rivers, and their vision between the trees was far better than a horse's. Blaze, on the other hand, had originally been extremely fast on the plains, but after entering the forest, he was blocked by layer upon layer of trees and could not build up speed at all. The fire elements on