Heading northeast, after nearly ten days, Samuel and his party came to a small village that had been almost abandoned. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"What's going on in this place?"

Looking into the distance of the street, it was desolate, surrounded by stone houses, some of which were even missing most of their roofs, and it was a bleak scene.

"Let's spend the night here today. ”

Lustma looked at the deserted village and made such a proposal, Samuel immediately frowned, and hurriedly stopped it.

"Hey, isn't it, let's rest here at night?

As he spoke, Samuel rubbed his shoulders, which were stiff after sitting in the carriage for so long.

"The opposition is ineffective! This operation is under my command. ”

Lustma glanced at him, quickly drew her twin swords, and struck him on the head with the backs of the twin swords, "I said it in the carriage before I came here, but someone was sleeping too soundly at the time, so I'll say it again." ”

"According to the information provided to me by Lolog, most of the villagers have moved out because of the gradual disappearance of people in this place in recent years, fearing that they will be next. There are only a few families left in this village, so let's go to them and ask about the situation. ”

"In recent years? What else do you want to ask? It has nothing to do with us. ”

Jima and Lilil, who were standing next to her, had been sneezing continuously since just now, and Samuel felt upset when she heard it, "What's the matter with you? ”

"Meow! shut up...... Yes...... Yes...... Ah......h

The nose was very itchy, and it was suddenly interrupted by Samuel, but it was even more unbearable, and it never came out, and Liliel was also holding her nose hard to endure the feeling of sneezing, and said to him: "There is too much dust here, and the nose is very uncomfortable." ”

"I really don't understand......"

"No way, use a handkerchief to block it. ”

“…… You really carry this kind of stuff with you. ”

Rosema shrugged her shoulders in the face of Samuel's spitting, "Let's go back to the topic, how many years did you just say? I'll continue to talk about this village, this village is very rich, because the ground under our feet was rich in magic crystal mines a long time ago, a hundred years ago it was a famous mining village, and then it was attacked by dragons, and most of the magic crystal mines were destroyed. ”

"I'm not interested in hearing about its history. ”

"What a meow...... Listen to her meow first......"

"I don't think you'd better talk, it's ugly. ”

"What meow!"

Hima took the Staff of Nature out, "Looks like I need to shut you up, Meow!"

"Hima, don't quarrel meow! Meow! It's really uncomfortable!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Lilil finally couldn't take it anymore and kept sneezing.

"Go on. ”

Glancing at Hima, Samuel turned his head and continued to ask.

"Maybe you don't know, there's one person in that group of shadow mages who is very familiar to him, and I don't know if that guy has anything to do with the Shadow Alliance, but I've fought him a few times in the past. Half of the reason this village was abandoned was because of that guy, and this was one of his strongholds. ”

"Anyway, let's inquire here? According to you, you have also investigated this place, is it meaningful to come here again? You also said that the matter of missing persons has only happened in the past few years, so it really has something to do with the Shadow Alliance?"

"Don't think about it yet, let's go and ask the people of this village. ”

"Trouble is dead. ”

After complaining, Samuel followed them on, and after a while, the four of them came to a house that seemed to be inhabited. Standing at the door, Rosema knocked on the door, and it wasn't long before an old woman opened the door and walked out.

"Oh, ...... of you?"

The old woman's eyes were not very good, and she stared at them for a long time.

"We passed through here to borrow a night. "I don't know if you remember me, I'm Rustma, and I came here a year ago." ”

"Rosema...... Ahh......h

"No, no, I should say sorry......"

Ruthma's face showed a hint of sadness, and when the old man entered the house, she whispered to them, "After the people of the village have abandoned this place one after another, there are only old people like her left here." ”

"Why didn't she leave Meow? Living alone, so poor Meow......"

Lilil first sympathized with the old woman who lived alone, and did not understand.

"Lilil, older people can't stand the long bumps. ”

"Hima is right, almost every month now, the priests of the temple branch come here, and the situation of these old people ...... That's all there is to it. ”

"But...... Why did everyone leave...... Meow. ”

Lilil still didn't want to give up on the topic, and Hima pushed her inside, "Don't be cranky!"

"Meow ......"

"Speaking of which, you're much better when you come into the house, and you don't sneeze anymore. ”

"Meow!

"Meow, my nose doesn't itch anymore. ”

"What's cooking in the house?

"Lilil is a little hungry ......"

"I say, you guys, this is the home of an old man who lives alone. ”

"W-What meow!"

"I'm going to see the old man and ask if it's inconvenient for us to stay overnight, and this time we'll ...... A bit too many people. ”

When Ruthma came here a year ago, she was alone, sleeping on a couch in the hall.

"After ten days in a carriage, I can finally sleep in a normal place. ”

"Yes, Meow, Lilil has never been in a carriage, so I didn't expect to be like this when I went on a long trip. ”

"You two just don't get down to business. Samuel said, turning away, dropping a word.

"I went outside to see how the horses were doing. ”

The carriage and the horse were parked outside the house, and the horse was tied under a dry tree, and it was time to feed it some feed and drink.

Night soon came, and after Lustma consulted with the old woman, the old woman let the four of them live in the utility room of the house. Ruthma: They tidy up the things in the utility room for hours. When it was almost ten o'clock, the floor of the utility room was spread with quilts and pillows, and everyone slept on the floor sloppily tonight.

"It's so crowded, it's so small here, I don't want to sleep here!"

"Hima...... No way, meow. ”

"Lilil, do you really understand what I'm trying to say?"

Hima looked at Samuel out of the corner of her eye.

"Meow?"

Apparently, after laying the sheets and pillows on the floor, Lustma also noticed the problem.

"There's one more pillow here, I don't think you'll be embarrassed to squeeze into a room with the three of us, here you go, the sofa in the hall is pretty good, I slept there before." ”

"I wasn't going to squeeze with you guys. Samuel sneered, "I'm just bored to come and see how you're doing tonight." He took the pillow and left the utility room.

On the couch in the hall, Samuel threw the pillow over and lay down with a hint of disgust.

"It's terrible, how old is this sofa, and it smells good. ”

Either way, they could only continue their investigation in this village.

Next, everyone split up and worked in pairs, spending a day and a night investigating from place to place.

Although it was not useful information, Samuel learned more about the village, which was inhabited by five old people, one of whom was a bad-eyed old woman like the old woman who took them in, a lame old man, an old couple, and a young man who could not bear to watch them stay here.

"It's ordinary, except for the abandoned houses. ”

Samuel and Ruthma are grouped and find nothing.

Hima and Lilil return and tell the group that they have found a few rocks in an abandoned house in the far west.

"What is this, what does it mean to bring the stone back?"

"This is not an ordinary stone, it is a magic crystal that has no magic power at all, of course it is no different from an ordinary stone in your eyes, but in my opinion, it is not such a meow!"

"What's the use of you finding it, it's just proof that someone has used it in the past. ”

"That's the problem!"

Hima took the stone back, "I'm going to go to the underground mine tomorrow night, I heard from the old man here that it was abandoned a long time ago, and in my opinion, it's the most suspicious place for meow!"

"Well, we're going to investigate there too. ”

After another day's rest, and after morning, the four of them walked in the direction of the underground mine under the guidance of the young man.

Before entering the underground mine, the young man told him several times.

"I don't know why you're going in, there's nothing there. Forget it, you still have to be careful, the environment in the mine is not very good. ”

They entered the underground mine, which was very dark, and Hima immediately used a glowing magic stone to illuminate the surroundings.

"Meow! It's so dusty! I want to sneeze again!"

"I ...... Me too, my nose is so uncomfortable. ”

Lilil kept rubbing her nose, and tears were about to come out.

The underground mine was wider than expected, and it took a long time to walk without reaching the end.

"It's too big and there's no wayposting, so it's easy to walk into a repetitive way. ”

Hima was annoyed, "I hate it here, and I always want to sneeze and my nose fails!"

"Ever since I came in, Lilil has always felt that there is a very bad smell in the place......"

"Hey, Captain, I see that you've been making marks on the wall and drawing the places we've walked through, and what you know about this place, where are we, and how long have we been there?

"I've been here once before, but unfortunately, it's been so long that I don't remember what it looked like. ”

"Isn't it useless?"

"I have not yet found out what I have marked, and I can assure you that the place I am walking now is where I have not been. ”

"Let's keep walking. ”

The further you go, the more you go, the bigger the smell of the mine.

"I can't stand meow !!!"

Hima and Lilil don't want to go any further, and even Samuel and Lustma feel sick.

"I feel like my head is starting to get dizzy, and it's not good to keep walking, because there's less air in it. ”

"I can't help it, but I'm good to have prepared in advance. ”

Rosema shook her head and pulled out a vial.

"Lolog's special magic perfume should dilute the smell inside, at least not make us feel dizzy...... And sneezing. ”

"Because they're aliens, it's just the two of them who keep sneezing from start to finish?"

Samuel also said casually, but Rosema listened and laughed.

"Maybe that's the case, we have a different constitution from the cat people, maybe something makes them allergic. ”

The magic perfume was turned on and some was applied to everyone, and the group felt less uncomfortable.

They walked a little further, and Himma, who was holding the Philosopher's Stone, looked at the ground and suddenly exclaimed.

"Meow! there's a teleportation array here!"