Night has fallen.In this era when there are no electric lights and the wilderness is undeveloped, there is rarely light in the world after dark, and the only lights are concentrated in the aristocratic area in the center of the city and near the church, once out of the city, the only thing that can guide the traveler is the moonlight and the starlight, as is now.Hao Ren and Lily easily left the city after dark, and the ordinary soldiers patrolling were like decorations to them.After walking a short distance along the avenue outside the city, the two of them noticed a clearing beside the road, and in the open space stood a dead beech tree, and the bright moonlight of the near full moon shone on the dry branches of the beech tree, and a crow was standing there, looking with dark eyes at the two men who had gone out of the city in the night.Hao Ren looked at the crow for a while, and then calmly spoke: "Are you here to show us the way?"
”The crow was frightened, and let out a hoarse and unpleasant cry, fluttering from one branch to another.Lily scratched her hair: "Landlord, I don't think it's ...... it" Hao Ren frowned: "That Lady Mary said let us follow the crow's guidance, she won't even lie to this point, this is a bit bad, it's completely harmful to others and not to herself......"
Before he finished speaking, he heard another sound of flapping wings behind him, and then a hoarse voice like a crow's cry sounded: "Hey!
Hi!
Idiot!
Idiot!
Where are you looking?
Great Kodo Adults in this place!
”Hao Ren turned his head to look, and saw an ugly strange bird at least twice the size of an ordinary crow jumping around on a haystack not far away, with a striking black feather standing on the head of the strange bird, jumping around while also making noise in a vigorous tone: "Hey!
That damn old woman, always let the great Kodo lead the way for you stupid guys with unclear minds, hey, hey!
”Hao Ren was a little stunned for a moment: "So you are the crow who led the way for us?"
”"Of course it's me!
Of course it's me!
Have you ever seen a raven more beautiful than the great Kodo?
”The giant crow screamed and flapped its wings, "What a joke you guys were talking to that skinny, little sick man—gah!
That old woman is a joke too!
Knowing that the wilderness is full of crows, he insists that Kodo be responsible for leading the way for strangers!
”"Okay, okay, we know you're great," Hao Ren quickly shut up the chattering ugly bird, "Now take us to meet your master, it's agreed in advance." ”"Kodo knows, Kodo knows, Kodo is smarter than most of you, so keep your mouth shut, Kodo himself knows what to do-" The big crow yelled loudly, chattering nonsense, but at last it still had to obey the witch's orders, so it flapped its wings and flew into the air, and ran through the night wilderness with Hao Ren and Lily.The crow, whose brain was not very normal, flew very fast at first, and seemed to sincerely want to shake off the two people behind him, completely ignoring the orders given by his master, but soon it found that its flight speed was completely worthless to the two on the ground, no matter how fast it flapped its wings, it was impossible to get out of the sight of the two, and Lily even had the kung fu to collect a large pile of strange stones and weave a wreath of flowers and plants picked in the field while running-to be honest, if it weren't for the serious business, The dog can even go hunting......
The big crow finally gave up the idea of teasing the two men.But its noise didn't stop for a moment, maybe the witch fed the bird some other strange thing when she turned on its mind, the bird's mind was always in a state of uncontrollable, it flew and talked loudly, talking about the human harvest, talking about the quirks of the lords, talking about the size of the city and the country, talking about the weather and the soil, and even talking about the name of the second egg he laid last year......
In the noise of Kodo all the way, Hao Ren noticed that the moonlight around him was gradually dimming.They deviated from the avenue and ran on a wilderness, fog began to rise all around, and in the fog even the direction became erratic, and slowly, even the crows in mid-air were obscured by the fog, and only the constant sound of nonsense sounded in the air, guiding the next direction.A cemetery emerges abruptly in the fog.A few staggered iron railings stood in front of you, and on the opposite side of the iron railings you could see sparse tombstones and stone statues, a few dead trees falling sideways, and the dry branches overwhelmed the walls of the cemetery, and the branches were stacked on a few lonely tombstones.The sound of the crow flapping its wings sounded in the air, and Cordo fell from the thick fog, standing on the iron railing and shouting in the direction of the cemetery, and with the shrill crow of the crow, the fences and tree trunks immediately grew countless hands and feet, and ran hurriedly to both sides while shouting.Hao Ren and Lily raised their vigilance and followed the big crow into the cemetery.A long table was set up in the open space in the middle of the cemetery, filled with all sorts of suspicious food, thick white candles stood between cups and plates, and the pale flames at the top of the candles burned quietly in the mist.There were several black high-backed chairs scattered around the long table, and several women in black robes were standing up, they turned their heads, and their eyes were staring at Hao Ren and Lily with suspicion and wariness.The fog in the cemetery slowly faded, Hao Ren could see the appearance of everyone present, some of the witches were charming and charming, some were young and beautiful, and some looked like ordinary peasant women, but these appearances were meaningless - Hao Ren knew very well that the main duty of witches as servants of alien gods in the mythological era was to serve their masters and please guests, and their most basic ability was to use magic to reshape their physical appearance, and every adult witch had at least a dozen faces, Even they themselves don't know what they're supposed to look like, so it's useless to know a witch from her appearance.But at least in the process of this "visit", these witches should not change their appearance.So Hao Ren quickly recognized the "Lady Mary" among the witches, and she was standing in front of the chair with a back closest to the end of the long table, dressed in a simple black robe, with a brass ornament hanging from her chest, and the great crow "Kodo" standing on her shoulder, tearing a piece of bloody raw flesh with relish."
Very well, you have arrived," said Lady Mary, raising her chin and expressionlessness, "the mysterious wizard, and the mysterious Lady Werewolf—these are difficult times, and I hope you don't mind this humble place of hospitality." ”"You can call me Hao Ren," Hao Ren didn't give himself a Western-style name, but directly used this name that would be inexplicable to the locals, "The werewolf's name is Lily. ”Hao Ren......
Strange syllables," Lady Mary repeated the word stiffly, and then took it for a pseudonym used when walking, and although wizards are not as adept at disguise as witches, basic disguises and pseudonyms are still common, "Alien wizards, I hope you can understand our caution in this situation, and in this day and age, it takes a great risk to receive a stranger—I hope you can prove your wizarding identity first." ”"It's understandable that gullible guys tend to die quickly in these years."
Hao Ren smiled, and with a casual move, countless swords and strange-shaped weapons immediately appeared with ripples in the air, and the cold light of metal continued in the air - of course he didn't know the tricks of wizards, but there were a lot of methods for a dignified censor, and it was not difficult to disguise a wizard, not to mention that the wizard system on the earth was messy, and they were all "magic apprentices" forcibly created by various alien gods back then with methods similar to human experiments, and it was even more difficult to distinguish.The witches didn't expect Hao Ren to prove his "wizard identity" to be such a scene, and there was a little commotion at once, and Lady Mary's face changed slightly, and then they thought that this kind of witchcraft of "making weapons" should indeed be a means of wizards.At least not a witcher.Lily also stood up with great interest: "Hey, I need to prove myself, don't I?"
Look at my ears, look at my teeth—they're all the real deal!
”The witches closest to her subconsciously retreated, and then a young woman bent down unnaturally and saluted: "This werewolf lady's identity does not need to be proven, we can feel your powerful aura." ”Lily was immediately overjoyed.Hao Ren's eyebrows moved, realizing that although the age of mythology was over at this moment, and the human wizards had been freed from slavery and become an independent group, the aliens with orthodox bloodline still had a certain deterrent power in front of them, and although Lily was not a real werewolf, she still had the coercion of a werewolf and an extremely similar aura - for a witch with only half of the inhuman characteristics, it was completely impossible to distinguish the nuances of this.Looks like there are some unexpected benefits to taking Lily into action."
You brought news of the witcher?"
After confirming her identity, Lady Mary asked bluntly.Hao Ren didn't answer immediately, but randomly found an empty chair at the long table and sat down, he saw that there was a mysterious person sitting on the opposite side of the table wearing a black robe with his face hidden in the hood, judging from his figure, it should be a man, it should be the male witch mentioned by the gray squirrel before.The hooded wizard nodded slightly to Hao Ren, which was regarded as a greeting, and Hao Ren also returned the salute, and then responded to Lady Mary's question: "First of all, I want to know about the arrested witch." ”Lady Mary's face darkened: "I said, that's ......"
"That's a foolish deception?"
”Hao Ren raised his eyelids and glanced at the witch, "Then you guys did your best for this scam - even went to the city's execution ground to carve a bunch of runes, right?"
”The middle-aged witch's expression finally became surprised: "You actually made a special trip to confirm those things?"
”"If you don't even have this bit of caution and care, how can you deal with you cunning guys," Hao Ren spread his hands, "I think we should be more open, the witchers are roaming around, and the human church is also powerful, in the name of magic, aren't the enemies enough?"
I have to devote all my energy to discerning your words. ”Lady Mary grimaced and said nothing, and a young witch behind her finally stepped forward: "You should understand our caution, wizard, for the person we are going to rescue is of great importance—she is a representative of a great power, and we look forward to being protected by that force through her." ”Hao Ren didn't really care much about who the witches were trying to rescue, he wanted to directly inquire if there were any ruins and castles near this place, but in order to get closer to this group of witches, he still had to let the topic continue, and even considered helping them save people: "Oh?
What kind of character is it?
”"Her name is Hethanna, a powerful blood mage.""
Poof—"