Everyone thought that Abigail Norman would henceforth live happily ever after in the city of Valk, with her knightly husband of noble birth and noble blood, and that the occasional return to the village would bring a feast here.

This was true in the first year...... The next year, on a rainy evening, Abby rode into the village on horseback and knocked desperately on the door of her home.

People are curious to guess what really happened. Many asserted that it was the young and handsome knight who had once again taken a fancy to another woman, and lamented Abby's unfortunate fate—they did not know, but their own fate.

A few days later, an army stormed into Hessel, broke open the gates of Norman's house, and dragged everyone out of it, but there was no woman they wanted, Abigail Norman, who had killed her husband.

Abby's family insists they don't know Abby's whereabouts. She stayed at home for only one night and disappeared into the deepest darkness before dawn. They didn't even know what she had done, and thought she had just had an argument with her husband and ran back in a fit of rage.

The knight Waller, the head, was Quincy's uncle. He gathers the entire village and announces Abby's crime in public, claiming that anyone who can provide clues about Abby will be rewarded handsomely. If anyone can catch her, the boys of the right age in the family can return to Valk with him and become the knight's squire, thus freeing them from their lowly status.

That's a big attraction for people in the middle of nowhere. Although many people still remember Abby's power on the night of the wedding reception, many young people began to search for Abby in the surrounding forest. But nothing was found.

Abby's family is locked in a clearing in the village by Waller, whether it's Abby's parents, her brother, and their wife and children...... Only a baby boy escaped.

Abby doesn't show up for a day. Her family was not released for a day. Abby's father first broke down in his granddaughter's hungry cry and told Waller where Abby was hiding.

It was a cave that Abby had discovered when she was a child playing in the woods with her brothers, and the entrance to the cave was very small, but it led to a huge cave in the heart of the mountain.

Waller took Abby's two older brothers and led most of his army to find the cave...... When he returned, there were only a few people left.

No one knows exactly what's going on. Enraged, Waller slaughtered all the Norman family with a gloomy face, and walked away with the only surviving boy in his arms.

Blood soaked the open space in the village. The terrified villagers could only hide in their houses for half a day. No one even dared to collect the corpses in that place.

When night fell, Ai in a white dress appeared like a ghost.

She stood in a daze in the blood of all her loved ones, without screaming madly. No angry accusations, no mournful weeping...... Then the earth began to shake.

It was as if some huge monster was roaring and struggling to break through the ground. All the houses in the village collapsed one by one. The man who could not escape let out a terrified and brief scream before being swallowed by the earth......

"My father died. Then there was my mother, who was still holding my brother in her arms...... Liv, my sister, she dragged me desperately out of the village, not daring to turn back for a moment. I remember very well, it was my eighth birthday, but no one remembers, no one remembers...... I never had a birthday since. The old man's tone was so calm. But it's creepy.

"She ruined the whole village...... Of the more than 100 people in the village, only about 20 escaped...... And what did we do? What did we do?" the old man's voice suddenly sharpened. "She didn't go to Valk to kill the noble knights, the real murderers of her whole family, but she poured out all her anger on us!-no, she was the murderer, she killed all her relatives, she killed everyone!!Why is she still alive, why is she still alive?!"

As the curse turned into a dry cry, Tess covered her ears and curled into Naria's arms, who clung to Is's side.

"I'll never forget those ...... The blood, the screams, the frightened and desperate faces, the black holes that collapsed one after another on the ground were right behind us...... Every night I dream about it, every night I ...... I don't have a day of peace in my life! I cursed her...... Curse all her loved ones...... I thought she was dead, under the harshest punishment of the gods, but as I began to grow old, she appeared to me again, as young and beautiful as she had been decades ago...... Why? Why? Why? Couldn't the gods see what she did? Shouldn't she be burned in the fire of hell until even hell is destroyed?!"

The strong hatred made Fili shiver hard, and Hima, who was pushing the door in, froze by the door with a frightened face.

Rosa walked over and took the copper kettle in her hand, rested it on the ground, whispered comfort and led her out the door.

"You...... Haven't you tried to tell the others?...... to the lords nearby, to the priests or knights in the temple," Firi rubbed his nose and spoke tentatively.

The old man looked up at him and replied bluntly, "I don't want to die—at least not then." You think no one wants to go to someone for help, but he died, and his body lay next to the village well...... She knows everything, she can see everything...... If she could save her life by giving her a few girls as servants, why not? ”

"Then why are you telling us now?" asked Naria, "you know she's not dead...... Aren't you afraid that she will retaliate?"

The old man giggled, his thin body trembling, "Can't you see, girl, I'm dying...... People spend most of their lives in fear of death, but one day they ...... Someday you will even hope that death will come as soon as possible. When you're not even afraid of death, what's there to fear?"

Naria was speechless.

"Okay...... We'll do our best to find her. We'll make sure she never gets to hurt anyone again. Filly sighed and walked over to her, hesitantly raising his hand to caress the top of the old man's head: "I'm not a priest, and I don't know which god you worship, but...... Whenever death comes, may Nyo bless your soul...... Peace at last. ”

The paladin's palms flashed a little softly, and the old man looked straight at him, tears gradually shining in his cloudy and dry eyes.

As Hima lowered her head and sent them out of the Quint's crumbling cabin, Naria couldn't help but take her hand.

"You can come with us. She blurted out.

Himma's parents died young, her grandmother raised her, and not long ago, her grandmother had passed away.

The girl barely managed to squeeze out a smile and shook her head in refusal: "But this is my home......" She looked back at the old man sitting like a shadow in the dark room, "and my great-grandmother is already my only relative." I can't just leave. ”

"Of course. Naria bit her lip in frustration, wondering what else could help Hima other than the silver coins that Rosa had secretly stuffed under the windowsill.

They rescued the girls - the story of legend always ends like this, no one ever tells her, that it never really ends.

"I'll be fine. In the end, it was the thoughtful girl who comforted her so much that she could only nod silently.

After walking a distance, Tess sighed with emotion and slapped Filly on the back: "You are really a paladin." ”

It was almost some kind of compliment—Filly smiled, but his steps were still heavy.

"A village is gone...... Didn't anyone ever think to come and see what was going on?" asked Naria, dissatisfied, "The temples of the water god can be found in almost every city...... You've never heard of this, have you ever heard of this?"

"That was decades ago...... Long before I was born. At that time, the power of the Water God Temple was far less than it is now. Filly smiled wryly, "And you know how many like Hessel...... Or are there so little villages scattered across the continent that some villages appear and disappear so silently that no one even remembers them, and some rumors have long since become ridiculous after they have been passed around...... We're not idle enough to hear any rumors and send someone to investigate. ”

"What about the knight's death?" Rosa asked suddenly, "the death of a man of honorable status is always remembered by more people...... Isn't it?"

"Quincy, Wifred...... "Filly mused," Phiri mused, "I think I've heard of this last name...... But it seems that no one in that family is still alive now......"

"Raven's revenge?" Tess guessed.

"I'll send someone to check it out. Filly scratched his head, "Maybe we'll find some clues." ”

They did need more clues - he didn't know how Scott would have to catch up with a mage who had teleported him there without knowing it, but who had been hunted down like the White Crow...... There should always be some other hiding place.

The village looked almost as quiet as ever, as if it were uninhabited - people were probably still afraid of the return of the crows. It wasn't until they walked out of the village that Ivy was out of breath and chased after her.

"I know it's nothing. The little girl blushed and stuffed some food into Naria, and said seriously, "But...... Thank you, and thank you on my behalf, the blue-eyed adult...... He saved me, but I was too scared to thank him, and that was not right. ”

Ivy has a slightly chubby, childish round face, which makes her serious expression look especially cute. Before Naria could speak, Tess had already rushed over and hugged the little girl and rubbed it around: "Oh, that's cute!...... Hey, Sweetheart, do you want to come with us? I can take you on a dragon ride!"

Naria smiled helplessly and took back the thief who tried to kidnap the young girl.

(To be continued......)