Section 38 Aftershocks

(4.7 First Update)

When the dawn of dawn returned to Sokabi, all life was still asleep, and the occasional early merchant was busy, and the caravan waiting to leave the city breathed tired, wandering on the moss-oozing stone steps, and wasting the eve of the lazy garrison guards.

"Count, will last night's beautiful scenery shake your cold heart?"

A light and shadow flashed behind him, completely adapted to the atmosphere of the ghost town, but breathing the breath of a human being. After a breeze of manufacture, Mr. Plant appeared before my eyes, carrying an unopened wine, but it was already fragrant.

"If you want me to say something thankful to you, then you have to go through my consideration game first, about the punishment for being late!"

"Gnaw, sure enough, the abusive tendencies that I had gained from Kelis were the earl's concern. Even if it's a performance that is passively given by the forces of nature! ”

Plant unscrewed the mellow wine, and his snort was completely lost to the touch of rubbing against the spilled molecules, and his exaggerated acting skills were only a disguise for the fact that alcohol was eliminated.

"How's going on Duke Duolu's side? The building was razed to the ground in an instant, and it was impossible to be treated as a supernatural event! ”

The gunsmoke in that direction has become a miserable forbidden area after sufficient absorption. However, the smug expression on Plant's face implied that infiltrating it to obtain information was as easy as finding out for him, and of course, such ability was undoubted.

"Disguised as a tomb robber at the excavation site, he demanded appropriate labor fees at the request of the government department, of course, the antiques buried in it did not disappoint the government's authorities, and the death of Duke Duolu was able to give him a happy ending, the death of his rivals, and the ability to control the small world of Sokabi through easier channels. This is my plagiarized detective investigation report, which records all the truth, but the twisted words are more like forged evidence in court. ”

Plant handed me the dossier, covered in ashes, perhaps the smell of ashes. With a flick of the flick, the open secrets are revealed.

"Investigation report, 1323.4.3, the Duke of Duolu's palace was attacked by unknown gangsters, and according to the evidence left at the scene, it was preliminarily concluded that it was a robber who sought money and killed him, because it was completely an act of destroying corpses, it should have come from some huge criminal gang, and the target should be the black-clothed envoys or foreign wandering traders in this area."

"Sure enough, it is a perfunctory confession, and naturally I have to thank the Earl for not wanting to leave any flaws that can be used as evidence, and even if there is, no one is willing to find the truth in the ashes, let alone explain it to others."

Plant whistled, and two energetic horses galloped out of a small alley, as if he had mastered the tacit communication between his kind.

"It's time to hit the road, Count, or that annoying Kelis will find an inexplicable excuse to deduct my labor fees."

With a slight leap jumped onto a horse, but their master-servant relationship did not seem to be harmonious, and the horse began to breathe with a snort. Xiao Yi touched the mane of the other horse, and the emotional wink was also very cute. Wrapping his arms around Xiao Yi's waist, he handed her to the horse first.

"Is the Earl coming to my arms, it's warm!"

Plant beckoned me and patted me on the back, but his mount was not pleased with his appearance, and his fellowship would be regarded as a vassal invader, and I refused any gracious offer out of selfishness.

"Hmph, the enthusiastic temperature, but it is a tragic situation that it does not want to witness, I advise you to live in harmony with your companions, otherwise halfway through, falling from a horse and dying is not a glorious death!"

With a slight leap, he jumped onto the docile steed that had been tamed by Xiao Yi, and when he got close, he saw Xiao Yi's crimson cheeks, and he didn't dodge. Stepping over Xiao Yi's waist, he grabbed the reins guiding the direction with both hands, and with a slight wave, he rushed out of the city gate that had just been opened, and the dust stirred up was regarded as a freshener for the lazy guards.

"Count, you're going in the wrong direction!"

After a few seconds of sluggishness, I tightened the reins and stopped the sturdy horse's hooves.

"Bell is such a road idiot!"

Xiao Yi helped me roll up my cuffs, and the exposed magnetic needle was also laughing at my rash movements, and as instructed, it was completely reversed.

"This is a gesture in return to you, Your Highness Princess!"

Gently pinching Xiao Yi's face, the red landscape formed by the gathering of red pigments avoids the eyes of the viewer. After tugging at the reins and turning the horse's head, he galloped again to hearty laughter.

Stepping through the shallow stream stirred up bursts of ripples, and the colorful small fish also burst out with jumping vitality; The fresh green grass has set off a gentle ripple, and the beautiful birds have also shouted for their hard work; Walking through the dense woods, the echoes are resounding, and the splendid flowers are also sprouting the charm of blooming. Unbeknownst to them, however, the striking ornamentation cast on the passage of death.

"Count, we seem to be in some trouble, it should be a desperate situation created by man."

The horse on the edge of the cliff did not seem to have a particular fear of heights, but it was Plante, anxiously commanding the indifferent confident old horse, and after finding hopelessness, he hurriedly jumped off the more stable ground.

The gap in front of the broken bridge leaves traces of polished tools such as shovels, and on both sides of the ropeway, it is the danger of broken cliffs. The stagnant business trip can only helplessly pray for the healing of the wound.

"The compassion of being trapped in the lonely city was rejected before it even began. As long as you can cross the barrier, it shouldn't be a grand reception, maybe a tense hostility. ”

Jumping off the horse, I naturally didn't want to believe that the mount was no longer competitive, and of course I could understand its suffering, and the sacrifice of falling into the abyss should be ugly. The old horse leaned down and assisted Xiao Yi to land smoothly.

"I don't know how Si Qi passed, this kind of destructive power to destroy buildings is definitely not a masterpiece that can be created overnight, he will not have the ability to climb mountains and mountains! But for an elusive perverted butler, that doesn't seem to be a difficult task. But his team, I don't have the confidence to overestimate. ”

Indeed, Si Qi likes to take risks, but he will not willfully gamble the fate of his team, he must have discovered a secret path to heaven, and then completed the redemption of the shortcut to the other side before the countdown to death.

Fleeing from the increasingly crowded crowds, God will not mercifully open the closed window of stalemate out of mercy to maintain the non-intervention posture of bystanders. Looking around, there is no insight into any possible way out. Is it going to stagnate here?

"Hey, look there, the sinkhole hidden by the woods is a treasure hunt mark left by the pioneers!"

"Hey, there's that over there! Spacious enough for easy passage of carriages and horses! ”

After a carpet search, a large crowd can always reflect the advantage of numbers, and animals living in groups will always have more intelligent intelligence. There is no need to hesitate, in the midst of the noise and pushing, the wonderful journey to the elephant city was started.

"Count, shall we go and see? The traps laid by hunters are not deadly props, but they are also lures to go astray. ”

"I don't like being in a crowd, it's just a stupid imitation of a fallacy, but I'm still intoxicated and contented. However, you should also be aware of it, and open the mark of the mysterious door! ”

"Sure enough, I can't escape the earl's eyes, naked exposure, but I can't get a shy face, I wonder if I'm too shy!"

Plant's honest eyes and bewildering lies, of course, if there is a lack of some obscure emotion between shamelessness and shyness, there is not much difference between the two, and it is clear that God will not allow the imitation of perfect flaws.

"I don't understand it, but I think it makes sense."

Xiao Yi nodded to the sidelines, indulging in the world she had conceived, we couldn't enter, but she could walk freely.

"The story of the ivory tower, that is a legend that has been circulated among the people for a long time, but I didn't expect that it has exceeded the limit of nationality, maybe the ideal in the country of Coron is an inferior product copied."

"Ivory tower?"

Xiao Yi's eyes widened with curiosity and shook my arms, like a coquettish to the storyteller before good night.

"Well, the story that has been passed down since before the Common Era, there is a lost behemoth from heaven who has come to the world inhabited by humans. Everywhere it passes, it is a mess, its houses are collapsing, its population is plummeting, it has made a pact with humanity, whoever can get close to its heart, it will give up doing evil, but if the challenge fails, it will be dinner! ”

After that, many warriors appeared, but they could not resist the attack of the sharp tooth, and were directly crushed into meat sauce on the muddy grass. Suddenly, one afternoon, the warrior sent by the gods, Aliclus, walked into the heart of the divine beast and calmed its restlessness. The transformed gods became today's elephants, and humans built a labyrinthine ivory tower in honor of this hero. ”

Plant held the book in his hand and read out the story he had just heard.

"So, how did Aliclos do it?"

"Well, let me find it," Plant frantically flipped through the pages, "and here he just gave up resistance, went into the elephant's mouth, and slid down the pipe into the beating heart. ”

Xiao Yi nodded as if he didn't understand, of course the story is very clear, but the hidden contradictions are only allowed to be regarded as legends that cannot be written into textbooks.

Coming to the broken platform where the figures have dispersed again, it is extremely deserted after removing the hustle and bustle, only the eagle with wings whistling by, speeding at will on the isolated two shores. On the edge of the cliff blocked by the fog, there is no end to the abyss, and there may be no end, like the city of Regat! As for the smiling face carved on the boundary monument, it was not some playful child's prank, it should have been a meaningless reminder.

"Ready? A princess who may adventure with me! ”

"Huh?"

Xiao Yi, who was held in his arms, didn't have time to hesitate, he could only insist on trust, and jumped into the visual abyss, the horse's screams had not yet dispersed, they had already landed, and the fog gradually dissipated.

The huge silhouette that vaguely emerged, the sound of shattered footsteps that shook the sky, I am afraid that the only thing that can be understood is the deep hole that has been smashed out!

(The story in this section is purely fictional, and there is no need to consult the classics to verify it!) )