It travels through time, across the oceans, and seeks him in the yang realm, only in dreams and darkness. It has no substance or existence, so the sun does not shine. The same situation has been broken in "Hou De Xingyi", "Xiaoshu created the earth and the sea, the shape of which comes from the dark shadow, and drives the dream into the dark kingdom." "Once the shadow catches Gede, it will pull his power away, and take away all the weight, warmth, and life that has been used to pull his body.

This is the catastrophe that Geddu foresees on every road. And he knew that he might also be able to go to that fate, for the shadow of the shadow would become stronger the closer it was to him, and he was afraid that he would now have enough strength to drive the evil forces or men to its ends, such as signing the wrong signs, or speaking to him through the mouth of a stranger. Ged knew that the dark thing was looking for one of its dark souls in the crowd that was sleeping in the rafter hall of the Aquarium tonight, so that there would be a foothold from which to watch Ged closely. Even now, it is enriching itself with Ged's weakness, fear, and uncertainty.

This is an intolerable thing, and he must rely on luck and let luck lead the way.

As soon as the first cold light of dawn arose, Ged got out of bed and hurried to the docks of Seder in the dim starlight, determined to go to sea on the earliest ship. A galley sailboat is loading Obi fish oil onto the ship and is scheduled to set sail at sunrise to the big port of Hefno. Gede asked the shipowner to carry it. The wizard's hand stamp is the pass and fare that most ships recognize, so they are happy to let Gede get on board. Within an hour, the ship was on its way. The forty long awards were raised in one fell swoop, and the spirit of Gede was also invigorated. The drums that control the paddling motion create a brave sound for Gede.

However, he didn't know what would happen to Hefno, or where he would run when he arrived. Going north seemed like a good direction, and he himself was from North Point, and perhaps he could find a ship in Hefnoor to take him back to Bowte Island, and when he got to Bow Island, he could see Ojian again if he didn't leave. Or, if he doesn't leave, he can find a ship and sail to the area, so far away that the shadow will follow, and finally give up the pursuit of him. Aside from these vague thoughts, there was no other plan in Gede's mind. He also understood that he didn't have to go one way, only that he had to run away......

After leaving Port Said, the forty oars had rowed a hundred and fifty miles on the winter sea before sunset the next day. They came to the seaport of Oromi in the eastern part of the Housk continent, for these large trading ships of the Inner Polar Sea had always sailed along the coast and had stayed in the harbor for the night as much as possible. As it was dawning, Gede went ashore and wandered aimlessly in the steep streets of Harbor Town.

Oromi is an old town, full of great buildings made of rock and brick, with high walls and thick walls, to ward off the outlaw landlords in the interior. The docks and warehouses were built like bunkers, and the merchants' houses were built with towers and fortifications. However, as he strolled through the streets, it seemed to him that the huge Mao Mansion was like a veil, with an empty darkness lurking behind them. The passers-by who are at odds with him are only focused on their own business, and they don't look like real people, but just silent figures. At sunset, he returned to the docks, and despite the bright red light and the sun-fed evening breeze, he felt that the sea and land were dark and silent.

"Wizard, where are you going?"

Suddenly, someone called him from behind. Turned around, he saw a man dressed in gray, holding a heavy wooden staff, which was not a witch staff. The stranger's eyelid hole was hidden in the hood under the red light, but Ge could feel the unseen eyes facing him. Ged looked back and raised his yew cane between the two.

The man asked gently, "What are you afraid of?" ”

"Something that follows me."

"Really? But I'm not your shadow. ”

Gede stood silent. He knew that whoever the man was, it wasn't what he feared: he wasn't a shadow, not a ghost, not a corpse. In this dead silence and darkness that has already enveloped the world, this person at least has a voice and substance. At this moment, the man pulled his hood back, revealing a strange, bald, wrinkled, lined, face. Although his voice does not appear old, his face looks like that of an old man.

"I don't know you," said the man in gray. "But I think we probably didn't meet by accident. I once heard the story of a young man with a scar on his eyelid who won power and even throne through darkness. I don't know if that's your story, but I'm going to tell you that if you need a sword to fight the Black Shadow, go to the Iron Warrior Palace. A yew cane isn't enough for you. ”

When he heard the other party say this, Gede struggled with hope and doubt. A person who is well versed in witchcraft is always quick to realize that all encounters are indeed rarely accidental, and the purpose of these encounters is either good or bad.

"On which island is the Iron Ruoneng Palace?"

"On Ousco Island."

As soon as he heard the name, he saw a black raven in the green meadow, looking up at him with his head open and squinting at him with bright stone eyes, and he had forgotten what he had said.

"That island doesn't have a good reputation," said Gerd, staring at the man in gray to gauge what kind of man he was. Looking at his demeanor, he seems to have the style of a warlock, or even a wizard. However, he didn't speak much of Gede, and had an eeriely tired expression that almost looked like a sick person, or a prisoner, or a slave.

"You are from the Isle of Jok," replied, "and the wizards of the Isle of Jouk are not known for their own shamanship." ”

"Who are you?"

"A traveler, a trading agent on the island of Ousco, has come here for business." The man in gray said. Seeing that Ge didn't ask any more questions, he quietly said goodnight to the young man, and climbed up the steep and narrow street above the pier.

Gotta turned, unsure whether to connect to the message. He looked north, and the red lights on the mountains and the winter sea had faded. Gray twilight fell, and twilight followed by night.

After making a hasty decision, Ged hurried along the pier and saw a fisherman folding fish in a flat-bottomed boat, so he beckoned to him: "Do you know that there are boats in the harbor that are going north to Kamei Island or the Yingrad Islands?" ”

"The longship from Ousco may dock in the Yingrad Islands."

Gede hurried to the long boat instructed by the fisherman. It is a long, sixty-oared boat, withered like a snake, with a tall and curved bow inlaid with a lotus shell-shaped disc, the oars painted red, and a black Sifo amulet. It looks like a terrifying fast ship, the crew is on board, and everything is ready to go. Gede approached the captain and asked for a ride.

"Do you pay?"

"I know a little bit of wind control."

"I'm a weather teacher myself. Don't you have anything to pay? Don't have any money? ”

The islanders of Lower Toning tried their best to pay Gede in the ivory tokens used by the merchants of the archipelago, and although they wanted to give more, Gede only received ten. Now he gave all the ten tokens to the Ousco merchant, but the other party shook his head: "We don't use these tokens, and if you don't have anything to pay for, I don't have a place for you to get on the ship." ”

"Do you need an assistant? I used to paddle a boat. ”

"Okay, we've got two less people, let's go find a stool." After the captain finished speaking, he left him alone.

Gede placed his cane and bag of books under the oarsman's stool, ready to act as an oarsman, and experienced ten hard winter days on this long ship heading north. They sailed away from the port of Oromi at dawn. On that day, he was able to say that he would never be able to catch up with the oarsman's work: his left arm was a little strained by an old shoulder injury, and his rowing training in the Lower Tonning Strait was very different from the one in which he followed the drums and kept pushing the oars to the beat of the drums. Each stroke lasted two or three hours before the second oarsman took over, but this break seemed to only stiffen Gede's muscles and he had to go back to pushing the paddles. The next day it was even worse. But after that, Ge had to work hard, and he successfully survived.

The crew on the ship, unlike the crew he had taken the Shadow to Jok for the first time, made people feel camaraderie. The crews of the islands of Andro and Bow are business partners, and they all work for the common good. But the merchants of Ousco used slaves or guarantors to paddle, or money to hire people to paddle, and the hired people were paid in gold coins. Gold is a rare thing on Ousco Island, but it doesn't make for good friendships, and the same is true for dragons who value gold as well. Since half of the sailors on such a longship were guarantors and were forced to work, the high-ranking officials on the ship were naturally slave owners, all of whom were fierce. Their whip never fell on the hired hands or the oarsmen of the ferry, but there was little friendship between the crew, for some of them were whipped and some of them were not. Gede's companions rarely talked to each other, and even less to him. Most of them are Ousco people, and they speak not the Hehe language spoken in the archipelago, but their own dialect. They are cold by nature, with black beards, fine hair, and long skin, so everyone calls them "Quirapa", which means red-skinned people. Although they knew that Ged was a wizard, they had little respect for him, but rather a defensive malice. Fortunately, Gede himself had no intention of making friends, and sat on the assigned stool, bound by the powerful rhythm of the paddle, and became one of the sixty prize winners. Sailing like this on the empty sea, he felt unsheltered and unguarded. In the evening, the ship sailed into an unfamiliar harbor for the night, and Gede shrank into his hood and slept. Despite his weariness, he continued to dream, wake up, and dream again, all evil dreams, which he had never remembered since waking up, but they seemed to hang around the ship and between the crew, so he distrusted everyone on board.

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