I rode my horse south and finally found Avina under a dead old tree. Her horse had collapsed from exhaustion by the dead tree, and Avina was there at a loss when I found her.

It was getting late, and I dismounted to see Avina curled up on the ground shivering.

"It's okay, I'm here. I stepped forward and comforted

Avina saw me with tears in her eyes.

"We'll stay here for the night tonight, and we'll be back to Pohip at dawn tomorrow. I said to Avina

Avina nodded, and the two of us found some dead branches, which I lit a campfire with the flint and steel I had with me.

I laid out the sleeping bag hanging from my horse, and by the time I was done, it was already pitch black.

Avina snuggled up to me, and I gave her half of the bread in my horse bag.

I drank a little mead, and this mead was my last treasure.

The moon was faint tonight, and Avina and I remembered our time on the island, and perhaps that time was the best memory we had in each other's hearts.

"Larick, I've been feeling like something is following me lately, I'm feeling very insecure. Avina said

"It's okay, I was the same as you many years ago. At that time, I had just learned how to become a mercenary from Heater, and I was naturally afraid of ghosts. But old Heesside's trial that night taught me how to overcome my fears. ”

"I've never heard you talk about what kind of trials. Avina looked at me with interest.

"It was a vampire's burial chamber, and old Heesside locked me up defenseless and inexperienced. I was the only one left in the dark tomb, but there seemed to be a myriad of fierce gods and evil spirits around me. It's very insecure when you're unarmed and when you can't see your surroundings clearly, and I was just a young man who didn't know much about the world. I was afraid, I cursed, I did everything to embolden myself. ”

"And then?"

"Early the next morning, old Heatside found me sleeping in the burial chamber, and from that day on he decided to take me as an apprentice. ”

Avina was amused by me, and she asked me how I did it.

"Actually, I didn't feel good that night, I was afraid that I felt like a vampire or a ghost would pop up around me at any moment, I was ready to fight at any time, but I lost to sleepiness, and I don't know when I fell asleep unconsciously. Old Heesside told me many years later that I was the second person in so many years to fall asleep in that burial chamber. ”

"And who's the other one?"

"Haha, the other one is old Cesside himself. In fact, the so-called fear is just scaring yourself, even if there is really a ghost, what should happen will still happen, it is better to face it calmly. Besides, if a person is not scary when he is alive, can he become stronger when he becomes a ghost?" I said

"That's right. ”

"It's not too early, you go to bed early. You don't have to worry about my vigil tonight. ”

"I'm afraid you'll fall asleep while you're watching. Avina teased

"Don't worry, I won't let you get hurt in the slightest. ”

Avina went to sleep, and I kept vigil by the campfire.

Seeing Avina fall asleep soundly made me feel much more relaxed.

I don't know how long it took, but I really fell asleep. I suddenly noticed that Avina was gone, and I immediately became nervous.

I saw green fires everywhere around, and these fires were similar to ghost fires. Not only that, but these green fires are still moving.

I draw the sword of punishment and prepare to fight at any moment.

The number of ghost fires grew more and more until some of them approached me. Through the faint campfire, I finally saw the appearance of these ghost fires.

Actually, these are just scarecrows, but they are not ordinary scarecrows. is something known as ghost scarecrows, as some ghosts live among these scarecrows.

That's why these ghostly scarecrows glow green, and I hurriedly mounted my warhorse.

I mounted my steed and sprinted towards the green light, slashing it with the sword of punishment.

Walking through the darkness, I felt like a lightning bolt of dawn tearing these ghostly scarecrows apart.

Suddenly, I stumbled over my horse's hooves, and I suddenly fell off my horse. However, these ghostly scarecrows did not stop in the slightest, and quickly surrounded me.

I had some leg injuries that made it difficult to move, so I had to slash as hard as I could.

Seeing that these ghostly scarecrows were about to surround me for life, something happened that I didn't expect.

Fireballs pierced through the darkness and smashed into the ghostly scarecrows, who were instantly engulfed in flames and let out heart-rending screams.

It was Nataya who came to the rescue in time, which I never expected.

In an instant, these ghostly scarecrows that had originally surrounded them suddenly disappeared without a trace.

I was overjoyed to see Nataya, and immediately stepped forward to say hello.

"Thank you for saving my life. I said

"Don't rush to thank me yet, what about Avina?" said Nataya

It turned out that not long after I fell asleep in a daze, Avina woke up.

She didn't wake me up when she saw me asleep, but planned to keep vigil in my place. But at this moment, there was a cry not far away.

Avina listened to me, and she decided to overcome her fears. So she lit a torch and walked in the direction from which the sound came.

The sound came and went, sometimes strong, sometimes faint. Suddenly the crying stopped, and Avina only felt a tingling in her back. She slowly turned around and saw a little girl glowing green staring at Avina.

Avina broke out in a cold sweat, unaware that there was a ghost.

But soon Avina calmed down, and she decided to become a real mercenary.

She chased after the little girl, but the little girl was fast. And so on, one after the other, until they came to the edge of a cliff, and Avina almost fell off the cliff.

The little girl disappeared into thin air, and Avina looked at the scene.

Here is a large waterfall with a small lake formed at the bottom of the waterfall.

Avina didn't know where it was, she was as confused as she had been before she met me.

She wanted to call my name, but she was frightened by the sight of another scene.

Tens of thousands of ghosts, evil spirits, resentful spirits, and ghosts emerged from the surface of the lake, and Avina was too frightened to make a sound.

Nataya and I followed the trail left by Avina, I didn't know if I would ever see Avina again, and I was worried about her safety.